AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG EMULEX CORPORATION, TORTUGA ELECTRONICS LLC, SERVERENGINES CORPORATION, AND THE STOCKHOLDER AGENT Dated June 7, 2010
Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
EMULEX CORPORATION,
TORTUGA ELECTRONICS LLC,
SERVERENGINES CORPORATION,
AND
THE STOCKHOLDER AGENT
Dated June 7, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER |
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RECITALS |
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ARTICLE I THE MERGER |
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1.1 The Merger |
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1.2 Effective Time |
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1.3 Effect of the Merger on Constituent Corporations |
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1.4 Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement of Surviving Company |
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1.5 Officers of the Surviving Company |
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1.6 Closing Merger Consideration |
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1.7 Effect of Merger on Outstanding Securities of the Company |
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1.8 Adjustments to Earn Out Shares and Rights to Receive Parent Common Stock |
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1.9 Fractional Shares; Book Entry Form |
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1.10 Dissenting Shares |
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1.11 Exchange Procedures |
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1.12 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock |
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1.13 [Intentionally omitted] |
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1.14 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action |
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1.15 Earn Out Shares |
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1.16 Return of Exchange Fund |
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1.17 Exemption From Registration; California Permit |
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1.18 Calculation of Closing Cash |
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1.19 Escheat Laws |
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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2.1 Organization and Qualification |
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2.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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2.3 Capital Stock |
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2.4 No Subsidiaries |
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2.5 Directors and Officers |
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2.6 No Conflicts |
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2.7 Company Financial Statements |
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2.8 Organizational Documents |
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2.9 Absence of Changes |
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2.10 No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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2.11 Taxes |
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2.12 Legal Proceedings |
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2.13 Compliance with Laws and Orders |
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2.14 Plans; ERISA |
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2.15 Real Property |
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2.16 Tangible Personal Property |
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2.17 Intellectual Property |
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2.18 Material Contracts |
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2.19 Insurance |
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2.20 Affiliate Transactions |
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2.21 Employees; Labor Relations |
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2.22 Environmental Matters |
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2.23 Substantial Customers and Suppliers |
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2.24 Accounts Receivable |
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2.25 Inventory |
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2.26 Brokers |
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2.27 Banks and Brokerage Accounts |
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2.28 [Intentionally omitted.] |
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2.29 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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2.30 Tax-Free Reorganization |
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2.31 Intentionally omitted |
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2.32 Approvals |
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2.33 Intentionally omitted |
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2.34 Disclosure |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB |
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3.1 Organization and Qualification |
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3.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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3.3 Issuance of Parent Common Stock |
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3.4 SEC Documents; Parent Financial Statements |
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3.5 No Conflicts |
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3.6 Information to be Supplied by Parent or Merger Sub |
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3.7 Ownership of Merger Sub; No Prior Activities |
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3.8 Tax-Free Reorganization |
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3.9 Approvals |
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ARTICLE IV CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME |
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4.1 Conduct of Business of the Company |
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4.2 No Solicitation |
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ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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5.1 Permit Application |
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5.2 Stockholder Approval |
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5.3 Access to Information |
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5.4 Confidentiality |
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5.5 Expenses |
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5.6 Public Disclosure |
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5.7 FIRPTA Compliance |
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5.8 Notification of Certain Matters |
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5.9 [Intentionally Omitted.] |
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5.10 Additional Documents and Further Assurances; Cooperation |
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5.11 Indemnification |
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5.12 Form S-8 |
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5.13 NYSE Listing of Additional Shares Application |
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5.14 Company’s Auditors |
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5.15 Termination of 401(k) Plans |
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5.16 Takeover Statutes |
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5.17 Actions to Qualify as a “Reorganization” |
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5.18 Intentionally Omitted |
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5.19 Information Technology Access |
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5.20 Intellectual Property |
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5.21 Delivery of Stock Ledger and Minute Book of the Company |
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5.22 Certain Employee Arrangements |
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5.23 No Control |
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5.24 Supplement to Company Disclosure Schedule |
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5.25 Operation of the Surviving Company Post-Closing |
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5.26 Legal Representation |
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5.27 Restrictions With Respect to Certain Information |
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5.28 Confidential Contracts |
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5.29 Additional Parent Loans |
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5.30 Notice of Certain Matters |
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER |
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6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger |
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6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company |
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6.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub |
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ARTICLE VII SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS; ESCROW PROVISIONS |
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7.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements |
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7.2 Indemnification of Parent from the Escrow Fund |
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7.3 Indemnification by Parent |
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7.4 Limitations on Indemnification |
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7.5 Claims for Indemnification |
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7.6 Escrow Fund |
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7.7 Stockholder Agent |
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7.8 Broadcom Litigation |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
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8.1 Termination |
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8.2 Effect of Termination |
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8.3 Extension; Waiver |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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9.1 Notices |
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9.2 Entire Agreement |
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9.3 Further Assurances; Subsequent Actions |
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9.4 Amendment; Waiver |
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9.5 Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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9.6 No Assignment; Binding Effect |
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9.7 Headings |
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9.8 Invalid Provisions |
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9.9 Governing Law, Submission to Jurisdiction |
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9.10 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY |
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9.11 Construction |
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9.12 Counterparts |
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9.13 Specific Performance |
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9.14 Arbitration |
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9.15 Payment of Fees and Expenses |
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9.16 Time is of Essence |
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9.17 Company Disclosure Schedule |
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ARTICLE X DEFINITIONS |
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10.1 Definitions |
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10.2 Construction |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Certificate of Merger | |
Exhibit B
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Letter of Transmittal and Instructions for use in obtaining Merger Consideration from the Exchange Agent | |
Exhibit C-1
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Parent and Merger Sub Officer’s Certificate | |
Exhibit C-2
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Parent and Merger Sub Secretary’s Certificate | |
Exhibit D-1
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The Company Officer’s Certificate | |
Exhibit D-2
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The Company Secretary’s Certificate | |
Exhibit E
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Share Transfer Documents | |
Exhibit F
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Escrow Agreement |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.6(c)
Schedule 1.6(d)
Schedule 1.7(d)(iii)
Schedule 1.11(a)
Schedule 1.15
Schedule 1.18(b)
Schedule 1.18(c)
Schedule 1.18(d)
Schedule 5.22(c)
Schedule 5.22(d)
Schedule 5.28
Schedule 6.3(g)
Schedule 6.3(i)
Schedule 6.3(n)
Schedule 10.1 NCO
Schedule 1.6(d)
Schedule 1.7(d)(iii)
Schedule 1.11(a)
Schedule 1.15
Schedule 1.18(b)
Schedule 1.18(c)
Schedule 1.18(d)
Schedule 5.22(c)
Schedule 5.22(d)
Schedule 5.28
Schedule 6.3(g)
Schedule 6.3(i)
Schedule 6.3(n)
Schedule 10.1 NCO
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated June 7, 2010, by and among
Emulex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Tortuga Electronics LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), ServerEngines
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and, with respect to Article VII,
Article IX and Article X only, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, as Stockholder Agent (the “Stockholder
Agent”).
RECITALS
A. Parent has proposed to the Company that Parent acquire all of the outstanding shares of
Company Capital Stock pursuant to a merger of the Company with and into Merger Sub upon the terms
and conditions set forth herein (the “Merger”).
B. The board of directors of the Company has considered the Merger and has determined and
declared the Merger to be advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders, and unanimously (1) determined that the Merger qualifies as an “Offer” as defined in
ARTICLE V, Section 1(c) of the Company’s certificate of incorporation; (2) resolved that it is
advisable and in the best interests of the Company to suspend and waive the application of clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) of ARTICLE V, Section 1(c) of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, to
the extent required, in relation to the Merger and the transfer of the shares of Company Capital
Stock thereby; and (3) approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
C. The Founders collectively hold at least 51% of the outstanding Company Common Stock, and
have determined, subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions hereof, including receipt
of the Company Stockholder Approval, to exercise their rights under ARTICLE V, Section 4(a) of the
Company’s certificate of incorporation and “drag along” the Company’s other stockholders, pursuant
to and on the terms set forth in ARTICLE V, Section 4(a) of the Company’s certificate of
incorporation.
D. The board of directors of Parent has determined that the Merger is advisable, fair to and
in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders and, in furtherance thereof, has approved this
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
E. Parent, as the sole and managing member of Merger Sub, has determined that the Merger is
advisable, fair to and in the best interests of Merger Sub and, in furtherance thereof, has
approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
F. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend that the Merger shall constitute a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and in furtherance thereof
intend that this Agreement shall be a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections
354(a) and 361(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
G. Concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a material inducement to
Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, (i) the Founders have each entered into a
Support Agreement with Parent and Merger Sub (each, a “Support Agreement”),
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(ii) certain Stockholders of the Company have each entered into a Non-Competition,
Non-Solicitation and General Release Agreement with Parent and Merger Sub, each dated as of the
date hereof and to be effective upon the Effective Time (each, a “Non-Competition Agreement”), and
(iii) the Founders have each entered into a Contingent Payment Agreement with Parent, dated as of
the date hereof and to be effective upon the Effective Time (each, a “Contingent Payment
Agreement”).
H. A portion of the shares of Parent Common Stock otherwise issuable or reserved for issuance
by Parent in connection with the Merger shall be placed in escrow by Parent, the payment to the
Company Stockholders of which shall be contingent upon certain events and conditions, all as set
forth in Article VII.
I. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, representations and warranties set forth
herein, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger. At the Effective Time and upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the LLC Act, the Company shall be
merged with and into Merger Sub, the separate corporate existence of the Company shall cease, and
Merger Sub shall continue as the surviving entity of the Merger (the “Surviving Company”).
1.2 Effective Time. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to
Section 8.1, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place no later than five
Business Days following satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI
(other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to
the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of those conditions), at the
offices of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, unless
another place or time is agreed to by Parent and the Company. The date upon which the Closing
actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” On the Closing Date, the parties
hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger, in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Certificate of Merger”), with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable Law (the
time of acceptance by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of such filing or such later
effective time as may be agreed to by the parties and set forth in the Certificate of Merger being
referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).
1.3 Effect of the Merger on Constituent Corporations. At the Effective Time, the
effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the LLC Act.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all
the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Merger Sub and the Company shall
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vest in the Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities and duties of Merger Sub and the
Company shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Company.
1.4 Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement of Surviving Company.
(a) At the Effective Time, the certificate of formation of Merger Sub, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of formation of the Surviving
Company until thereafter amended in accordance with the terms thereof and applicable Law, provided
that the name of the Surviving Company shall be changed to “ServerEngines LLC.”
(b) At the Effective Time, the operating agreement of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall be the operating agreement of the Surviving Company until
thereafter amended in accordance with the terms thereof and applicable Law.
1.5 Officers of the Surviving Company.
The officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of
the Surviving Company, each to hold office in accordance with the operating agreement of the
Surviving Company.
1.6 Closing Merger Consideration.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as consideration for the Merger, Parent shall pay
at the Closing:
(a) to the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Company Capital Stock entitled
thereto, (i) an aggregate amount in cash, equal to (A) $102,409,393, plus (B) the amount of the
Interest Accrual, less (C) the amount of Closing Company Net Indebtedness excluding 2010 Interest
(the amount derived from subtracting the amount in clause (C) from the sum of the amounts in
clauses (A) and (B), if any, the “Closing Cash”), and (ii) a number of shares of Parent Common
Stock equal to the Closing Shares; and in each case less the Pro Rata Portion of such consideration
payable to the holders of Company Options with respect to such Company Options, which shall be
payable by Parent pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(v);
(b) to the Escrow Agent, a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Closing Escrow
Shares and the Stockholder Fund Escrow Shares;
(c) the Founder Loans and all Interim Company Indebtedness by payment by wire transfer of cash
in the total amount of the Closing Founder Loan Cash and the total amounts due under the Interim
Company Indebtedness to the holders of such indebtedness, such amount to be determined, allocated
and distributed as specified in Schedule 1.6(c), as such schedule may be amended pursuant
to the terms hereof up to one Business Day prior to the Closing. The Company represents and
warrants that Schedule 1.6(c) (i) correctly and accurately sets forth the amount of the
Closing Founder Loan Cash due as of the dates set forth therein, and the holders thereof, and (ii)
as amended prior to the Closing, will correctly and accurately set forth the amount due under all
Closing Founder Loan Cash and Interim Company Indebtedness as of the Closing Date, and the holders
thereof; and
(d) the Unpaid Third-Party Expenses by payment by wire transfer of cash in the total amount of
the Unpaid Third-Party Expenses to the persons to which such amounts are owed, such amount to be
determined, allocated and distributed as specified in Schedule 1.6(d), as
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such schedule may be amended pursuant to the terms hereof up to one Business Day prior to the
Closing. At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent
an amended Schedule 1.6(d), which the Company represents and warrants as of the Closing
Date will correctly and accurately set forth (i) the amount of the Company’s Third-Party Expenses
as of the Closing Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be all of the Company’s
Third-Party Expenses), and (ii) the amount of the Company’s Third-Party Expenses which have been
incurred but not paid as of the Closing Date, along with wire transfer instructions for the third
parties to whom payment is to be made hereunder (“Unpaid Third-Party Expenses”).
1.7 Effect of Merger on Outstanding Securities of the Company.
On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder
of any shares of the Company Capital Stock or Company Options, the following shall occur:
(a) Conversion of Company Capital Stock.
(i) Each share of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Preferred Stock to be cancelled
pursuant to Section 1.7(b) and any Dissenting Shares) shall be cancelled and
automatically converted into the right to receive, promptly after the Effective Time, an
amount equal to the Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference. The payment of the Preferred
Stock Liquidation Preference shall be made (1) in accordance with the Company’s certificate
of incorporation, and (2) first from the Closing Cash, until the Closing Cash is exhausted,
and if the amount of the Closing Cash is insufficient to pay the Preferred Stock
Liquidation Preference in full, from the Closing Shares, and then any other shares of
Parent Common Stock otherwise payable to the holders of Company Capital Stock pursuant to
this Agreement, for such Company Capital Stock, at the time and only to the extent that
such shares would otherwise be payable pursuant to the terms hereof. In the event that any
portion of the Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference is required to be paid in shares of
Parent Common Stock, such shares shall be paid based on a per share valuation equal to the
Calculated Stock Price.
(ii) Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be cancelled pursuant
to Section 1.7(b) and any Dissenting Shares) shall be cancelled and automatically
converted into the right to receive, (A) promptly after the Effective Time, (1) an amount
in cash equal to the Closing Cash Ratio, plus (2) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock
equal to the Closing Stock Ratio, plus (B) upon each Escrow Payment, a number of shares of
Parent Common Stock (if any) equal to the Escrow Stock Ratio for such Escrow Payment, if
and when payable pursuant to Article VII and the Escrow Agreement, plus (C) upon
any distribution of Earn Out Shares, a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the
applicable Earn Out Exchange Ratio for such distribution, if and when payable under
Section 1.11(a)(ii) and Section 1.15.
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(b) Cancellation of Parent-Owned and Company-Owned Stock. Each share of Company
Capital Stock owned by Parent or the Company or any Subsidiary of Parent or the Company immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically canceled and extinguished without any (i)
conversion thereof or (ii) further action on the part of Parent or the Company or any Subsidiary of
Parent or the Company.
(c) Membership Interests of Merger Sub. All of the membership interests of Merger Sub
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and
exchanged for validly issued and fully paid membership interests of the Surviving Company.
(d) Company Options, Company Restricted Stock and Company Stock Plans. All unexpired
and unexercised Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested
or unvested, and all unvested Company Restricted Stock as of the Effective Time, together with the
Company Stock Plans, shall be assumed by Parent as follows:
(i) (A) Subject to cancellation of Non-Continuing Options pursuant to clause (ii)
below, each unexpired and unexercised Company Option (other than Non-Continuing Options),
whether vested or unvested, shall be, in connection with the Merger, assumed by Parent,
together with the Company Stock Plans.
(B) Each Company Option so assumed by Parent under this Agreement (a “Substituted
Parent Option”) shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions
as were applicable to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time
(including any repurchase rights or vesting provisions), provided that upon exercise, the
holder of any portion or all of a Company Option (a “Company Option Portion”) shall be
entitled to receive, for each share of Company Common Stock that would have been issuable
upon exercise of such Company Option Portion immediately prior to the Effective Time had
such Company Option Portion been fully vested at such time, promptly after exercise, the
number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Closing Stock Ratio (provided that
no such exercise shall be for less than ten shares of Parent Common Stock (or all of the
Substituted Parent Option, if less than ten shares of Parent Common Stock are issuable
upon exercise of the Substituted Parent Option). For the avoidance of doubt, after the
Effective Time, the aggregate exercise price of each such Substituted Parent Option,
assuming full vesting thereof, shall remain the same as it would have been for the
corresponding Company Option, again assuming full vesting thereof, immediately before the
Effective Time, such that the exercise price of any portion or all of a Substituted
Parent Option shall continue to be determined based on the number of shares of Company
Common Stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of the corresponding Company
Option Portion, assuming full vesting of such corresponding Company Option Portion,
immediately prior to the Effective Time and the exercise price per share of Company
Common Stock under the corresponding Company Option Portion immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
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(C) In addition, each holder of a Substituted Parent Option shall be entitled to
receive the following payments in respect of each share of Company Common Stock that was
issuable upon exercise of the related Company Option (whether or not vested at such
time), immediately prior to the Effective Time: (1) the amount of cash equal to the
Closing Cash Ratio (the “Option Cash”), to be paid upon the later of (U) the vesting of
such Substituted Parent Option (or relevant portion thereof) and (V) the time at which
any holder of Company Common Stock receives Closing Cash (if any) pursuant to Section
1.7(a)(ii); (2) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock (if any) equal to the
Escrow Stock Ratio for each Escrow Payment, if payable pursuant to Article VII
and the Escrow Agreement, such shares to be paid upon the later of (W) the vesting of
such Substituted Parent Option (or relevant portion thereof), and (X) the date of such
Escrow Payment to the former holders of Company Common Stock; and (3) a number of shares
of Parent Common Stock equal to the applicable Earn Out Exchange Ratio for each
distribution of Earn Out Shares if payable under Section 1.11(a)(ii) and
Section 1.15, such shares to be paid upon the later of (Y) the vesting of such
Substituted Parent Option (or relevant portion thereof), and (Z) the applicable Earn Out
Delivery Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the exercise or termination of any vested
Substituted Parent Option (including one that vests on a termination of employment) shall
not affect the Substituted Parent Optionholder’s rights to the payments described in this
paragraph. The applicable payment date in clauses (U), (V), (W), (X), (Y) and (Z),
hereof shall be determined independently with respect to the vested and unvested portions
of each Unvested Substituted Parent Option as of such date of determination. For the
avoidance of doubt, if any Unvested Substituted Parent Option does not vest, then the
holder thereof shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section
1.7(d)(i)(C) with respect to such Unvested Substituted Parent Option, and to the
extent that any Company Option is vested as of the Effective Time, an equal portion of
the Substituted Parent Option shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed vested as of
the Effective Time.
(ii) No Non-Continuing Options will be assumed by Parent or Merger Sub in connection
with the Merger or otherwise. The Company may in its discretion accelerate the vesting
of unvested or unexercisable Company Options that are Non-Continuing Options prior to the
Effective Time and shall terminate, or cause or allow to be terminated or to be
forfeited, all Non-Continuing Options, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time,
such that no Non-Continuing Options are outstanding at the Effective Time.
(iii) All of the Company repurchase rights and purchase options, under any stock
option agreements, buy-back agreements, and supplemental agreements entered into pursuant
to the Company Stock Plans and the other agreements listed on Schedule
1.7(d)(iii) that are outstanding as of the date hereof shall terminate, and the
repurchase rights and other restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock shall lapse,
as of the Effective Time.
(iv) Except as provided in this Section 1.7(d), any and all restrictions on
the Company Options granted under the Company Stock Plans and related agreements, and the
Company Common Stock issued pursuant to such
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Company Options or pursuant to any such other agreements that do not lapse in
accordance with their terms (as in effect at the Effective Time) shall continue in full
force and effect until such restrictions lapse pursuant to the terms of such Company
Stock Plans and agreements, and any repurchase rights or repurchase options that the
Company has with respect to such Company Options shall also continue in full force and
effect with respect to the Substituted Parent Options until such rights or options lapse
in accordance with their terms.
(v) Each of the Company and Parent shall take commercially reasonable actions
necessary or advisable to cause all Company Options to remain unchanged, except for (A)
the conversion of Company Options as set forth in Section 1.7(d)(i) as a result
of the Merger, and (B) in the case of Non-Continuing Options, (X) the cancellation,
expiration, forfeiture or termination thereof; each as provided for in this Section
1.7(d) prior to the Effective Time, (Y) the acceleration of vesting of Non-Continuing
Options at the election of the Company prior to the Effective Time, or (Z) such other
changes as are approved by the Company and Parent in writing after the date hereof.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any or all payments
to be made to holders of Company Options under the terms hereof, may, at the election of
Parent, be paid by the Surviving Company or Parent, or any designated agent thereof, and
shall not be required to be paid by any exchange agent or paying agent or other agent
designated hereunder to make payments to the Company Stockholders. Any such election
shall automatically impose upon Parent the obligation to make, or cause the Surviving
Company to make, such payments.
(vii) In the event that at any time after the Effective Time Parent or the Surviving
Company terminates without Cause the employment of, or causes the termination of
employment with Good Reason of, any holder of an Unvested Substituted Parent Option as of
such date (a “Terminated Company Employee”), effective upon the date of termination of
employment of such Terminated Company Employee, the Unvested Substituted Parent Options
held by such Terminated Company Employee shall vest and such Unvested Substituted Parent
Option shall become fully exercisable upon such termination, subject to the terms
thereof, and such Terminated Company Employee shall have until the earlier of (X) 30 days
from and after the date that Parent notifies such Terminated Company Employee of the
ability to exercise such Unvested Substituted Parent Option in full and (Y) the
expiration date of such Substituted Parent Option, to exercise such Substituted Parent
Option.
(e) Reservation of Shares. Parent has reserved or will reserve sufficient shares of
Parent Common Stock for issuance pursuant to Section 1.7(d).
(f) Restrictions on Closing Shares. Until December 31, 2010, none of the Closing
Shares issued by Parent to the Founders prior to December 31, 2010 shall be, directly or
indirectly, transferred, sold, exchanged, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, gifted or otherwise
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disposed of, and the Founders will not enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that
transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such Closing
Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such Parent Common Stock or
other securities, in cash or otherwise. In furtherance of such restrictions, Parent shall be
entitled (i) to issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent with respect to such shares
if any Founder attempts to transfer such shares in violation of the provisions hereof, and (ii) to
place restrictive legends reflecting such restrictions on any certificates or other evidences of
ownership of such shares. Notwithstanding the provisions of ARTICLE V, Section 4 of the Company’s
certificate of incorporation providing that the Drag Along Stockholders shall be subject to the
same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, and agreements made by the Founders, the
restrictions set forth herein relating to the Closing Shares of the Founders shall apply to only
fifty percent of the Closing Shares and the Option Shares issued to each Eligible Securityholder
other than the Founders.
1.8 Adjustments to Earn Out Shares and Rights to Receive Parent Common Stock.
The Earn Out Shares, the First Earn Out Shares, the Second Earn Out Shares and the Total
Closing Shares, and any other share numbers or ratios hereunder shall be equitably adjusted to the
extent necessary, if any, to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split,
stock combination, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible
into Parent Common Stock or Company Capital Stock), reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock or Company Capital Stock
the effective date of which occurs after the date hereof and on or before the Effective Time (or on
or before the date of payment of the applicable Milestone with respect to the Earn Out Shares).
1.9 Fractional Shares; Book Entry Form.
(a) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued in the Merger, and in lieu
thereof, each holder of shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Option that would otherwise be
entitled, whether as of the Closing Date, Escrow Payment Date or any Earn Out Delivery Date, to a
fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent
Common Stock to be received by such holder on such date) shall be entitled to receive from Parent
an amount of cash (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the product of (i) such fraction,
multiplied by (ii) the Calculated Stock Price.
(b) The shares of Parent Common Stock constituting part of the Merger consideration, at
Parent’s option, may be issued in uncertificated book-entry form, unless a physical certificate is
requested by a holder of shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Option or is otherwise required
under applicable Law.
1.10 Dissenting Shares.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company
Capital Stock held (other than shares to be cancelled pursuant to Section 1.7(b)) by a
holder that has (i) demanded and perfected appraisal rights for such shares in accordance with the
DGCL, and that, as of the Effective Time, has not effectively withdrawn or lost such appraisal or
dissenters’ rights or (ii) to the extent applicable, such shares are dissenting
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shares under the CGCL for which the holder has properly demanded payment for such shares at
their fair market value in accordance with Chapter 13 of the CGCL (such shares in clauses (i) and
(ii), each, “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive cash
or Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.7, but the holder thereof shall only be
entitled to such rights as are granted by the DGCL or the CGCL, as applicable. If, after the
Effective Time, any holder of shares of Company Capital Stock that demands appraisal of such shares
under the DGCL or payment for such shares at their fair market value under the CGCL shall
effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) the right to such appraisal
or payment, then, upon the occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares shall automatically be
converted into and represent only the right to receive the consideration otherwise payable with
respect to such Company Capital Stock as provided in Section 1.7, without interest thereon,
upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of the certificate representing such shares in accordance with
Section 1.11.
(b) The Company shall provide to Parent (i) prompt notice of its receipt of any written
demands for appraisal of any shares of Company Capital Stock under the DGCL or demands for payment
for such shares at their fair market value under the CGCL, withdrawals of such demands, and any
other instruments relating to the Merger served pursuant to the DGCL or the CGCL and received by
the Company and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with
respect to demands for appraisal under the DGCL or demands for payment for such shares at their
fair market value under the CGCL.
1.11 Exchange Procedures.
(a) Closing Cash and Parent Common Stock.
(i) At the Closing, Parent shall (A) deposit with the Exchange Agent the portion of
the Closing Cash and the Closing Shares required pursuant to Section 1.6(a) for
exchange for Company Capital Stock in accordance with this Article I, and (B)
deliver to the Escrow Agent the Closing Escrow Shares and the Stockholder Fund Escrow
Shares for deposit into the Escrow Fund pursuant to Article VII.
(ii) On each Earn Out Delivery Date, and subject to any payments required by
Section 1.7(a)(i), Parent shall:
(A) deposit with the Exchange Agent, (1) the aggregate number of shares
of Parent Common Stock then distributable pursuant to Section 1.15
less (2) the applicable number of Earn Out Escrow Shares less (3) if Parent
has made the election described in
Section 1.7(d)(v) with respect to such payments, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock then distributable pursuant to Section 1.15 equal to the aggregate Pro Rata Portion attributable to all Substituted Parent Options (provided that the aggregate shares of Parent Common Stock that would be fractional shares shall not be deposited with the Exchange Agent but shall be cancelled by Parent or its stock transfer agent, and in lieu thereof Parent shall provide the Exchange Agent with cash in an amount sufficient to permit the
Section 1.7(d)(v) with respect to such payments, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock then distributable pursuant to Section 1.15 equal to the aggregate Pro Rata Portion attributable to all Substituted Parent Options (provided that the aggregate shares of Parent Common Stock that would be fractional shares shall not be deposited with the Exchange Agent but shall be cancelled by Parent or its stock transfer agent, and in lieu thereof Parent shall provide the Exchange Agent with cash in an amount sufficient to permit the
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payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section
1.9); and the Exchange Agent shall timely pay and distribute such shares
in accordance with Section 1.7(a)(ii)(C), Section 1.11(b),
and the other applicable provisions of this Article I; and
(B) deliver to the Escrow Agent the shares of Parent Common Stock being
distributed under Section 1.15 that constitute Earn Out Escrow
Shares for deposit into the Escrow Fund pursuant to Article VII.
The shares of Parent Common Stock then distributable pursuant to Section 1.15
equal to the aggregate Pro Rata Portion attributable to all Substituted Parent Options
shall be distributed to the holders of such Substituted Parent Options, if and when
issuable pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(i)(C).
(iii) All shares of Parent Common Stock released at any time from the Escrow Fund for
payment to the Eligible Securityholders pursuant to this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement (each, an “Escrow Payment”) shall be deposited with the Exchange Agent, less, if
Parent has made the election described in Section 1.7(d)(v) with respect to such
amounts, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock then distributable from the Escrow
Fund equal to the aggregate Pro Rata Portion attributable to all Substituted Parent
Options, which shares shall in the case of such an election be delivered to Parent for
distribution to the holders of such Substituted Parent Options, if and when issuable
pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(i)(C). The Exchange Agent shall timely pay and
distribute such shares deposited with it in accordance with Section 1.7(a)(ii)(B),
Section 1.11(b), and the other applicable provisions of this Article I
(provided that the aggregate shares of Parent Common Stock that would be fractional shares
shall not be deposited with the Exchange Agent but shall be cancelled by Parent or its
stock transfer agent, and in lieu thereof Parent shall provide the Exchange Agent with
cash in an amount sufficient to permit the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares
pursuant to Section 1.9). If Parent has not made the election described in
Section 1.7(d)(v) with respect to such amounts, a number of the shares of Parent
Common Stock then distributable from the Escrow Fund equal to the aggregate Pro Rata Share
attributable to all Substituted Parent Options shall be distributed by the Exchange Agent
to the holders of such Substituted Parent Options, if and when issuable pursuant to
Section 1.7(d)(i)(C).
(iv) Parent shall pay, or if Parent so elects, the Exchange Agent shall pay, the
Option Cash (if any) to the holders of Substituted Parent Options at the time at which
such holders become entitled to receive such Option Cash (if any) under Section
1.7(d)(i)(C).
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments to be made to the Exchange Agent
hereunder attributable to Substituted Parent Options will be subject to reduction by the
amount payable by Parent or the Surviving Company to the holders of such Substituted
Parent Options upon election by Parent to pay such holders pursuant to Section
1.7(d)(v).
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(vi) All payments made pursuant to this Section 1.11(a) shall be consistent
with the hypothetical calculations set forth in Schedule 1.11(a).
(b) Exchange Procedures.
(i) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Company
shall cause to be mailed to each holder of record of outstanding Company Capital Stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time and which shares were converted into the right to
receive the Merger consideration pursuant to Section 1.7(a), (A) a letter of
transmittal and (B) instructions for use in obtaining their Merger consideration from the
Exchange Agent, each in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Upon delivery of
such letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be
appointed by Parent, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the
instructions thereto, and any other required documentation specified in such letter of
transmittal, the holder of such Company Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive from the
Exchange Agent promptly in exchange therefor the Merger consideration payable promptly
after the Effective Time for each of the shares held by the holder pursuant to Section
1.7(a) and the other provisions of this Article I.
(ii) From and after each of the Earn Out Delivery Dates and upon each Escrow Payment:
(iii) (A) each Eligible Securityholder who was immediately prior to the
Effective Time a holder of Company Capital Stock and has previously
delivered a duly executed and completed letter of transmittal and other
required documentation to the Exchange Agent or Parent, as applicable, shall
be entitled to receive, and the Exchange Agent shall promptly pay and
deliver, the Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares then allocable to such
Eligible Securityholder under Section 1.7(a) and the other
provisions of this Article I (in each case, with cash in lieu of
fractional shares) with respect to such Company Capital Stock;
(iv) (B) each Eligible Securityholder who was immediately prior to the
Effective Time a holder of Company Capital Stock and has not delivered a
duly executed and completed letter of transmittal and other required
documentation to the Exchange Agent or Parent, as applicable, upon such
delivery, shall receive, and the Exchange Agent shall promptly pay and
deliver, the Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares then allocable to such
Eligible Securityholder under Section 1.7(a) and the other
provisions of this Article I (in each case, with cash in lieu of
fractional shares) with respect to such Company Capital Stock;
(v) (C) each Eligible Securityholder who was immediately prior to the
Effective Time a holder of a Company Option, if any portion of such Company
Option has vested as of the distribution date (without regard to whether
such Company Option has been exercised), shall be entitled to receive, and
the Exchange Agent shall
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promptly pay and deliver, the Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares then
allocable to such Eligible Securityholder under Section 1.7(d)(i)
and the other provisions of this Article I (with cash in lieu of
fractional shares) with respect to the vested portion of such Company
Option; and
(vi) (D) each Eligible Stockholder who was immediately prior to the
Effective Time a holder of a Company Option, if such Company Option is an
Unvested Substituted Parent Option as of the distribution date, shall be
entitled to receive, and the Exchange Agent shall promptly pay and deliver,
the Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares then allocable to such Eligible
Securityholder under Section 1.7(d)(i) and the other provisions of
this Article I (with cash in lieu of fractional shares), upon
vesting of such Unvested Substituted Parent Option (or portions thereof).
(vii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments to be made to the Exchange Agent
hereunder attributable to Substituted Parent Options will be subject to reduction by the
amount payable by Parent or the Surviving Company to the holders of such Substituted Parent
Options upon election by Parent to pay such holders pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(v).
(c) [Intentionally omitted.]
(d) Distributions With Respect to Unexchanged Shares of Company Capital Stock.
No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock declared or made after
the Effective Time and with a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to any former
holder of Company Capital Stock entitled to Merger consideration with respect to the shares of
Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of record of such shares of Company
Capital Stock shall deliver a duly executed and completed letter of transmittal and other required
documentation to the Exchange Agent or Parent, as applicable. Subject to applicable Law, following
valid delivery of any such letter of transmittal and other documentation, there shall be paid to
such record holder the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor,
without interest, and at the time of delivery of such shares of Parent Common Stock, the amount of
dividends or other distributions, if any, with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore
payable (but for the provisions of this Section 1.11(d)) with respect to such whole shares
of Parent Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, no holder of a Substituted Parent Option shall
receive any such dividends or other distributions unless and until such option vests and the
applicable shares of Parent Common Stock are payable to such holder pursuant to Section
1.7(d)(i)(B) or (C).
(e) Withholding Rights. Each of Parent, the Surviving Company and the Exchange Agent
shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable to any Person
(whether in cash or securities of Parent) pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as it is required
to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any provision of applicable
Tax Law (with any shares of Parent Common Stock withheld
valued at the closing price per share as reported on the NYSE on the trading day preceding the
payment). To the extent that such amounts are so withheld or paid over to or deposited with the
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relevant Governmental or Regulatory Authority by Parent, the Surviving Company or the Exchange
Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been
paid to the applicable Person in respect to which such deduction and withholding was made.
1.12 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock.
The consideration paid pursuant hereto in exchange for the outstanding shares of Company
Capital Stock and Company Options shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all
rights pertaining to such shares of Company Capital Stock and Company Options, and from and after
the Effective Time there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the
Company of shares of Company Capital Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time. If, after the Effective Time, any shares of Company Capital Stock are presented to the
Surviving Company for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this
Article I (including submission of all required documentation).
1.13 [Intentionally omitted]
1.14 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action.
If, at any time after the Effective Time, any such further action is necessary or desirable to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Company with full right, title
and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company or
Merger Sub, or to perfect the Surviving Company’s ownership of any and all Company Owned
Intellectual Property, or to complete and prosecute all domestic and foreign patent and trademark
filings related to Company Owned Intellectual Property, the officers of the Surviving Company are
fully authorized to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action.
1.15 Earn Out Shares.
(a) Earn Out Shares; Earn Out Milestones. Schedule 1.15 sets forth two
distributions that may be issued as additional consideration in the form of the Earn Out Shares
(and cash in lieu of fractional shares related thereto) pursuant to this Article I,
including without limitation Sections 1.7(a)(ii) and 1.7(d)(i), and the applicable
Milestones that must be achieved in order for Parent to become obligated to issue any Earn Out
Shares. Earn Out Shares (and cash in lieu of fractional shares related thereto) that are
distributable under Section 1.7(a)(ii), Section 1.7(d)(i) and this Section
1.15 shall be promptly deposited with the Exchange Agent and shall be promptly distributed by
the Exchange Agent to the Eligible Securityholders in accordance with this Article I,
including without limitation Section 1.11(b)(ii) (or to the extent appropriate in the case
of shares of Company Capital Stock for which no letter of transmittal has then been delivered or
Substituted Parent Options, reserved for issuance in accordance with Section 1.11(b)(ii)).
(b) Procedure.
(i) No later than each Earn Out Delivery Date, Parent shall provide to the Stockholder
Agent either (A) a statement that the relevant Milestone for
distribution of Earn Out Shares set forth in Schedule 1.15 has been achieved
and, if relevant to such determination, appropriate supporting documentation regarding such
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Milestone, or (B) a statement that the relevant Milestone set forth in Schedule
1.15 has not been achieved and, if relevant to such determination, appropriate
supporting documentation regarding such Milestone (each, in case of either clause (A) or
(B), an “Earn Out Determination”). If the Earn Out Determination states that the
applicable Milestone has been achieved, then no action on the part of the Stockholder Agent
shall be necessary and such Earn Out Determination shall be deemed final (a “Final Earn Out
Amount”). In any other case, the Stockholder Agent will notify Parent in writing within 30
days of receipt of such Earn Out Determination if the Stockholder Agent disputes such
determination, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the dispute (each an “Earn
Out Dispute Notice”). During such 30-day period, Parent shall provide all information
reasonably requested by the Stockholder Agent relating to the Earn-Out Determination. If
the Stockholder Agent does not deliver an Earn Out Dispute Notice within 30 days of receipt
of an Earn Out Determination or if the Stockholder Agent accepts such determination in
writing, such Earn Out Determination shall be deemed a Final Earn Out Amount. In the event
that an Earn Out Dispute Notice is delivered to Parent, Parent and the Stockholder Agent
shall meet within ten Business Days of the delivery of such Earn Out Dispute Notice to
attempt to resolve such dispute in good faith. If a final resolution of such dispute is
reached, the agreed upon amount shall be deemed to be the Final Earn Out Amount. If no
final resolution is determined within fifteen Business Days of the delivery of such Earn
Out Dispute Notice after good faith negotiation, the final determination of a Final Earn
Out Amount shall be submitted by Parent or the Stockholder Agent first, to non-binding
mediation utilizing JAMS or such other mediator acceptable to both parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, non-binding mediation shall be used only if, and for the
duration that, Parent and the Stockholder Agent determine, each in its sole and absolute
discretion, that such non-binding mediation is likely to result in the savings of time and
expense, and would not postpone the resolution of any dispute relating to the Final Earn
Out Amount. In the event that Parent or the Stockholder Agent determines not to enter into
mediation, the final determination of the Final Earn Out Amount shall instead be submitted
to arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 9.14. In the
event Parent and the Stockholder Agent agree to enter into non-binding mediation, if no
final resolution of such dispute is reached within 30 days of appointment of the mediator,
or if the parties cannot agree on a mediator within 30 days, the final determination of the
Final Earn Out Amount shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the procedures
set forth in Section 9.14. The determination of the arbitrator shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by Law, be final, binding and conclusive upon each Eligible
Securityholder, the Stockholder Agent and Parent in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9.14(c).
(ii) The Stockholder Agent may notify Parent in writing at any time that he believes a
relevant Milestone has been achieved. Parent will cooperate in good faith with the
Stockholder Agent to determine whether such Milestone has been achieved at such time.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments to be made to the Exchange Agent
hereunder attributable to Substituted Parent Options will be
subject to reduction by the amount payable by Parent or the Surviving Company to the
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holders of such Substituted Parent Options upon election by Parent to pay such holders
pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(v).
(c) Stockholder Agent. The provisions of Section 7.7 shall apply to any acts
taken by the Stockholder Agent pursuant to this Section 1.15. To the fullest extent
permitted by Law, any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholder Agent in connection
with this Section 1.15 shall constitute a decision of all Company Securityholders and shall
be final, binding and conclusive upon each of the Company Securityholders. Parent shall be
entitled to rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholder Agent as
being the decision, act, consent or instruction of every Company Securityholder. Parent is hereby
relieved from any liability to any Person for acts done in accordance with such decision, act,
consent or instruction of the Stockholder Agent.
(d) No Assignment of Contingent Rights. No interest in any Contingent Rights or any
portion thereof may be assigned or transferred, directly or indirectly, to any Person (whether by
operation of Law, or otherwise), and any attempt to do so will be null and void; except in the
event of death of an Eligible Securityholder who is an individual, in which case, such Contingent
Right may be transferred to such Eligible Securityholder’s estate, personal representative or heirs
by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that as a
condition to any such transfer the transferee(s) shall hold such interests subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the right
(if any) to receive distributions of any Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares shall be personal to the
Eligible Securityholders and such right shall not (i) attach to or run with any Parent securities
issued in exchange for any Company Capital Stock or upon exercise of Substituted Parent Options, or
(ii) inure to the benefit of any purchaser, assignee or other transferee of such Parent securities.
(e) No Interest. No interest shall accrue or be paid on any Closing Cash, Closing
Shares, Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares or any payment or distribution relating to the Closing
Shares, Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares, including any payments of cash in lieu of such shares or
to holders of Unvested Substituted Parent Options.
1.16 Return of Exchange Fund.
Any portion of the cash and Parent Common Stock delivered to the Exchange Agent by Parent that
remains undistributed to the Company Stockholders six months after the Effective Time shall be
returned to Parent, upon demand, and, from and after such delivery to Parent, any Company
Stockholders who have not theretofore complied with this Article I and received the Merger
consideration to which they are then entitled to receive for such Company Stockholder’s shares of
Company Capital Stock shall thereafter look only to Parent for the Merger consideration payable in
respect of such shares of Company Capital Stock, in each case, without any interest thereon, and
subject to Section 1.19, Parent shall pay and distribute such cash and Parent Common Stock
to the same extent, at the same times, and in the same manner, as would be required hereunder of
the Exchange Agent had such cash and Parent Common Stock not been returned to Parent under this
Section.
1.17 Exemption From Registration; California Permit.
Parent and the Company intend that the Parent securities to be issued pursuant to Section
1.7 in connection with the
Merger will be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by
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reason of Section 3(a)(10) thereof. Parent and the Company intend that the Parent securities to be
issued pursuant to Section 1.7 in connection with the Merger will be qualified under the
California Code, pursuant to Section 25121 thereof, after a fairness hearing has been held pursuant
to the authority granted by Section 25142 of such law (the “Fairness Hearing”). Each of Parent and
the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts (i) to file promptly following the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, an application for issuance of a permit pursuant to Section 25121
of the California Code to issue such securities (the “California Permit”), and (ii) to obtain the
California Permit as promptly as practicable thereafter.
1.18 Calculation of Closing Cash.
At least three Business Days prior to the Effective Time (and updated no more than one
Business Day prior to the Effective Time), for purposes of determining the Closing Cash under
Section 1.6(a)(i), the Company shall deliver to Parent its good faith determination of (a)
the amount of the Closing Founder Loan Cash as of the Closing Date, which shall be as set forth in
Schedule 1.6(c); (b) the amount required to repay, in full, the Parent Loan as of the
Closing Date, including all accrued and unpaid interest through the Closing Date, which shall be as
set forth on Schedule 1.18(b); (c) the amount of the Closing Company Net Indebtedness
(including Cash and the other components thereof), which shall be as set forth on Schedule
1.18(c); and (d) the amount of the 2010 Interest, which shall be as set forth on Schedule
1.18(d). The Company hereby represents and warrants that each such schedule referenced in this
Section 1.18, to the extent updated on or before the Business Day prior to the Effective
Time, will accurately set forth and describe the information required hereby to be set forth on
such schedule as of the Closing Date and to accurately calculate the Closing Cash.
1.19 Escheat Laws.
Neither Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent nor their respective
Representatives shall be liable to any Company Securityholder for any shares of Parent Common Stock
(or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash to which they are entitled for their
shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Options in the Merger that is delivered to a public
official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, subject to such
exceptions as are disclosed in the disclosure schedule and schedule of exceptions delivered
herewith and dated as of the date hereof (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”), and numbered with
corresponding numbered and lettered sections and subsections, as follows:
2.1 Organization and Qualification.
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has full corporate
power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be
conducted and to own, use, license and lease its Assets and Properties. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries is duly qualified, licensed or admitted to do business and is in good standing as
a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the ownership, use, licensing or leasing of its
Assets and Properties, or the conduct or nature of its business, makes such qualification,
licensing or admission necessary, except for
such failures to be so duly qualified, licensed or admitted and in good standing that,
individually
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or in the aggregate, have not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Section 2.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
each jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as applicable) is so qualified,
licensed or admitted to do business and separately lists each other jurisdiction in which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as applicable) owns or leases substantial tangible Assets and
Properties, or has employees.
2.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement.
Subject only to the requisite adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company,
the Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company’s board
of directors has determined the Merger to be advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders, and unanimously (1) determined that the Merger qualifies as an
“Offer” as defined in ARTICLE V, Section 1(c) of the Company’s certificate of incorporation; (2)
resolved that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company to suspend and waive the
application of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of ARTICLE V, Section 1(c) of the Company’s certificate
of incorporation in relation to the Merger and the transfer of the shares of Company Capital Stock
thereby; and (3) approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
to which the Company is or will become a party and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action by the
board of directors of the Company, and, subject only to the requisite adoption of this Agreement by
the stockholders of the Company, no other action on the part of the Company is required to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to
which the Company is or will become a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company
or the Founders is or will become a party, including the Support Agreements and the Share Transfer
Documents, have been or, for Ancillary Agreements to be entered into by the Company or the Founders
after the date hereof, will be on or before the Effective Time, as applicable, duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and the Founders and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof (and, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements to which Parent is a
party, thereof) by Parent, assuming enforceability against Parent and Merger Sub, each constitutes
or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or the
Founders, as applicable, enforceable against the Company or the Founders, as applicable, in
accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
2.3 Capital Stock.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists only of 40,000,000 shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Company Common Stock”) and 5,000,000 shares of preferred
stock $0.001 par value per share (the “Company Preferred
Stock”), all of which Company Preferred Stock is designated “Series A Convertible Preferred
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Stock.” The number of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock set forth in
Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule are issued and outstanding. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been issued in compliance with all applicable
federal, state and foreign securities Laws. Except as disclosed in Section 2.3(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no shares of Company Capital Stock are held in treasury or are
authorized or reserved for issuance.
(b) Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the name and the state and
country of residence of each holder of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock as provided
to the Company by such holder and the number of such shares held by each holder.
(c) With respect to any Company Capital Stock that is issued and outstanding that is subject
to a repurchase option or buy-back agreement on the part of the Company, Section 2.3(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the holder thereof, the number and type of securities
covered thereby, and the vesting schedule thereof.
(d) Except as disclosed in Section 2.3(d)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
are no outstanding Company Options, Company Warrants, Company Stock Purchase Rights, Restricted
Stock Purchase Agreements or shares of Company Restricted Stock, Equity Equivalents or other
Contracts to issue any Equity Equivalents to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party, or any other obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries, contingent or otherwise, to
issue, sell or transfer or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or that relate to the holding,
voting or disposition of, or that restrict the transfer of, any Equity Equivalents of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries. With respect to each Company Option, Company Warrant or other Contract
to issue any Equity Equivalents of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
Section 2.3(d)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the holder thereof, the number and type of securities issuable thereunder, the country of residence of such holder as provided to the Company by such holder, and, if applicable, the exercise price therefor, the exercise period and vesting schedule thereof. The exercise price of all Company Options was determined as set forth on Section 2.3(d)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as disclosed in Section 2.3(d)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all of the Company Options were issued, and all grants of Company Restricted Stock that are unissued were made, in all material respects in compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities and other Laws.
Section 2.3(d)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the holder thereof, the number and type of securities issuable thereunder, the country of residence of such holder as provided to the Company by such holder, and, if applicable, the exercise price therefor, the exercise period and vesting schedule thereof. The exercise price of all Company Options was determined as set forth on Section 2.3(d)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as disclosed in Section 2.3(d)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all of the Company Options were issued, and all grants of Company Restricted Stock that are unissued were made, in all material respects in compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities and other Laws.
(e) Except as disclosed in Section 2.3(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
are no preemptive rights or Contracts to issue preemptive rights with respect to the issuance or
sale by the Company of Company Capital Stock or the capital stock of any Company Subsidiary created
by statute, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or
any Contract, and there are no Contracts pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has the
right to elect to satisfy any Liability by issuing Company Capital Stock or other Equity
Equivalents of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(f) True and, except as disclosed in Section 2.3(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, complete copies of all Company Stock Plans and a copy of the form grant
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agreement (and,
where different in any material respect, copies of individual grant agreements) relating to or
issued under the Company Stock Plans have been made available to Parent prior to the date hereof,
and such Company Stock Plans and individual grant agreements, have not been amended, modified or
supplemented, and there are no Contracts to amend, modify or supplement such Company Stock Plans,
individual grant agreements or the form grant agreement in any case from the form provided to
Parent.
(g) Except for the Support Agreement and as set forth in Section 2.3(g) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of the Founders are party or subject to, and, to
the Company’s Knowledge, as of the date hereof, no other holders of Company Capital Stock are party
or subject to, any Contract which affects, restricts or relates to voting, giving of written
consents, dividend rights or transferability of shares with respect to the Company Capital Stock,
including any voting trust agreement or proxy.
(h) Except as disclosed in Section 2.3(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no debt
securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries or other Indebtedness of the Company or its
Subsidiaries is issued and outstanding.
2.4 No Subsidiaries.
Except as disclosed in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has
no (and prior to the Closing will have no) Subsidiaries and does not (and prior to the Closing will
not) otherwise hold any equity, membership, partnership, joint venture or other ownership interest
in or Equity Equivalents of any Person.
2.5 Directors and Officers.
The name of each director and officer of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as applicable), and
his or her position with the Company and its Subsidiaries is listed in Section 2.5 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
2.6 No Conflicts.
The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and execution and delivery by the
Company or the Founders of the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company or the Founders are a
party do not, and the performance by the Company and the Founders of their respective obligations
under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company or the Founders is a party
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not:
(a) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational documents) of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) subject to obtaining the consents, approvals and actions, making the filings and giving
the notices disclosed in Section 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, if any,
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Law or Order applicable to the Company, its
Subsidiaries, the Founders or any of their respective Assets and Properties; or
(c) except as disclosed in Section 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i)
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event that,
with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii)
require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Founders to obtain any Approval,
including making any filing with or give any notice to, any Person as a result or under the terms
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of (except for (A) the filing of the Certificate of Merger; and (B) such filings as may be required
under the HSR Act), (iv) result in or give to any Person any right of termination, cancellation,
acceleration or modification in or with respect to, (v) result in or give to any Person any
additional material rights or entitlement to increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed
payments or performance under, (vi) result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to
create or impose) any Lien upon the Company or any Company Subsidiary or of any of their respective
Assets and Properties under, or (vii) result in the loss of any material benefit under, any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract or License to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Founder is a party or by which any of the Assets and Properties of the Company
or its Subsidiaries or the Founders is bound.
2.7 Company Financial Statements.
(a) Section 2.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Financial
Statements. The Financial Statements have been (i) prepared from, and are in accordance with, the
books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a basis consistent throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each other
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto as delivered to Parent prior to the date hereof).
The Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
condition, operating results and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and
during the periods indicated therein.
(b) Except as disclosed in Section 2.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2007, there has been no change in any accounting policies, principles, methods or
practices, including any change, except as disclosed in the Financials Statements, with respect to
reserves (whether for bad debts, contingent liabilities or otherwise) of the Company.
2.8 Organizational Documents.
The minute books and stock record books and other similar records of the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries (a) have been provided or made available to Parent or its counsel prior to the
execution of this Agreement, (b) are complete and correct in all material respects as of the date
hereof (or will be as of the date of delivery of records delivered after the date hereof relating
to actions taken after the date hereof), and (c) have been maintained in accordance with sound
business practices. Such minute books contain a true and complete record of all material actions
taken at all meetings and by all written consents in lieu of meetings of the directors,
stockholders and committees of the board of directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the
applicable date of its incorporation. The Company has prior to the execution of this Agreement
delivered to Parent true and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or
similar organizational documents) of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, each as amended
through the date hereof. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any
provisions of their respective certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational
documents).
2.9 Absence of Changes.
(a) Since December 31, 2009, (i) except as disclosed in Section 2.9(a)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has operated its business in all material
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respects in the
ordinary course and consistent with past practices and (ii) there has not been any Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or any occurrence or event or state of facts that, individually or in the
aggregate, would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) In addition, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as disclosed in
Section 2.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2009:
(i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any Contract,
other than with Parent or its Subsidiaries, in connection with any transaction involving a
Business Combination;
(ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any material
transaction with any officer, director, stockholder, Affiliate or Associate of the Company
or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to any Contract disclosed to
Parent pursuant to (and so identified in) Section 2.9(b)(ii), Section
2.18(a) or Section 2.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and made
available to Parent prior to the date hereof;
(iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has declared or set aside or
paid any dividends on or made any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property)
in respect of any Company Capital Stock, capital stock (however denominated) of any Company
Subsidiary or other Equity Equivalents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
effected or approved any split, combination or reclassification of any Company Capital
Stock, capital stock (however denominated) of any Company Subsidiary or other Equity
Equivalents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or issued or authorized the issuance
of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of Company
Capital Stock, capital stock (however denominated) of any Company Subsidiary or other
Equity Equivalents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any shares of Company Capital Stock, capital
stock (however denominated) of any Company Subsidiary or other Equity Equivalents of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except repurchases of Company Common Stock pursuant to
agreements of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with employees, officers, directors and
consultants relating to repurchases at cost upon termination of service with the Company or
the applicable Company Subsidiary;
(iv) except for the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Options
under the Company’s existing Company Stock Plans to employees and eligible consultants,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (A) issued, granted, delivered, sold or
authorized or proposed to issue, grant, deliver or sell any shares of, or modified or
amended the rights of any holder of any outstanding shares of, Company Capital Stock,
capital stock (however denominated) of any Company Subsidiaries or other Equity Equivalents
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as disclosed in Section
2.9(b)(iv)(A) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (B) reduced or altered the consideration to be paid to the Company upon the
exercise of any outstanding Company Options, Company Stock Purchase Rights or
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other Equity
Equivalents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) accelerated the vesting of or
modified any material term of any Company Option, Company Warrant or Company Restricted
Stock, other than Non-Continuing Options and Non-Continuing Restricted Stock, except as
disclosed in Section 2.9(b)(iv)(C) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;
(v) there has not been any amendment to the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational documents);
(vi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or agreed to make any
disposition or sale or transfer of, waiver of rights to, license or lease of, or incurrence
of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on, any material Assets and Properties of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than (A) dispositions of inventory, (B)
non-exclusive licenses in connection with the sale of Company products, or (C) exclusive
licenses for software or firmware solely designed or modified to operate with a particular
customer’s technology, in each case in the ordinary course of business of the Company or
its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice;
(vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or agreed to make any
purchase of any Assets and Properties of any Person or Persons other than (i) acquisitions
of raw materials, inventory, or licenses of products, in the ordinary course of business of
the Company or its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice and (ii) other acquisitions
in an amount not exceeding $500,000 in the case of any individual item or in the aggregate;
(viii) except as disclosed in Section 2.9(b)(viii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or agreed to make any
capital expenditures or commitments for additions to property, plant or equipment of the
Company or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries, constituting capital assets, individually or
in the aggregate in an amount exceeding $250,000;
(ix) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or agreed to make any
write-off or write-down, any determination to write-off or write-down, or revalue, any of
the Assets and Properties of the Company or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries, or change any
reserves or liabilities associated therewith, individually or in the aggregate, in an
amount exceeding $100,000;
(x) except as disclosed in Section 2.9(b)(x) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or, agreed to make
payment, discharge or satisfaction, in an amount in excess of $50,000, in any one case, or
$100,000 in the aggregate, of any claim or Liability (whether absolute, accrued, asserted
or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than (A) the payment, discharge or
satisfaction in the ordinary course of business of Liabilities reflected or reserved
against in the balance sheet contained in the Unaudited 2009 Financial
Statements set forth in Section 2.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
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(B) Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2009, or (C) the
transactions expressly contemplated by this Agreement;
(xi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to pay or otherwise
satisfy any Liabilities presently due and payable of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company (other than immaterial delays in the ordinary course of the Company’s business
consistent with past practices), except (A) as set forth on Section 2.9(b)(xi) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (B) for such Liabilities that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate means or procedures and that, individually or in the aggregate,
are immaterial in amount;
(xii) except as disclosed in Section 2.9(b)(xii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has established or modified any
(A) targets, goals, pools or similar provisions under any Plan, employment Contract or
independent contractor Contract, or (B) salary ranges, guidelines or similar provisions in
respect of any Plan, or (C) employment Contract or independent contractor Contract,
including paying or agreeing or making any commitment to pay any discretionary or stay
bonus or severance or termination pay;
(xiii) except as disclosed in Section 2.9(b)(xiii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made or changed any material
election in respect of Taxes, adopted or changed any accounting method in respect of Taxes,
entered into any tax allocation agreement, tax sharing agreement, tax indemnity agreement
or closing agreement, settlement or compromise of any claim or assessment in respect of
Taxes, or consented to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any
claim or assessment in respect of Taxes with any Taxing Authority or otherwise;
(xiv) except as disclosed in Section 2.9(b)(xiv) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any change in accounting
policies, principles, methods, practices or procedures (including for bad debts, contingent
liabilities or otherwise, respecting capitalization or expense of research and development
expenditures, depreciation or amortization rates or timing of recognition of income and
expense);
(xv) there has been no physical damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or
not covered by insurance) affecting any of the Assets and Properties of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries individually or in the aggregate in an amount exceeding $50,000; and
(xvi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into or approved any
Contract to do, engage in or cause or have the effect of any of the foregoing.
2.10 No Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except as reflected or reserved against in the Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements (including
the notes thereto), and to the extent adequately
accrued for therein, or as disclosed in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there
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are no Liabilities of, relating to or affecting the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Assets and Properties, other than Liabilities incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the Financial Statement Date or
which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
2.11 Taxes.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 2.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all Tax
Returns required to have been filed by or with respect to the Company and any Subsidiary of the
Company have been duly and timely filed (including any extensions), and all such Tax Returns are
true, complete and correct in all material respects. All foreign, federal, state and material
local Taxes due and payable by the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company, whether or not shown
on any Tax Return, or claimed to be due by any Taxing Authority, have been paid or accrued on the
balance sheet included in the Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements, other than Taxes that are being
contested in good faith, and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Unaudited 2009
Financial Statements.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for Taxes in
the period after the Financial Statement Date, other than Tax liabilities incurred since such date
in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. The unpaid Taxes of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract extending the
time within which to file any Tax Return, other than standard extensions of filing dates. No claim
has ever been made in writing by a Taxing Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may
be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(d) Except as disclosed in Section 2.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to withhold or pay any Taxes in connection with
amounts paid or owing to any employee, creditor or independent contractor.
(e) The Company does not have Knowledge of any actions by any Taxing Authority in connection
with assessing additional Taxes against or in respect of it or any of its Subsidiaries for any past
period. Except as disclosed in Section 2.11(e)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there is no dispute or claim concerning any Tax Liability of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, either (i) threatened, claimed or raised by any Taxing Authority or (ii) of which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is otherwise aware. There are no Liens for Taxes upon the
Assets and Properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Liens for Taxes not yet
due or payable or that are being contested in good faith through proper proceedings. Section
2.11(e)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists those Tax Returns, if any, of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries that have been audited or, to the Company’s Knowledge, examined by
Taxing Authorities, and indicates those Tax Returns of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
currently are the subject of audit or examination. The Company
has delivered to Parent prior to the date hereof complete and correct copies of all federal,
state,
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local and foreign income Tax Returns filed by, and all Tax examination reports and
statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
since the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.
(f) There are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the statutory period of
limitation applicable to any Tax Returns required to be filed by, or that include or are treated as
including, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to any foreign, federal, state
or material local Tax assessment or deficiency affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written ruling related to
Taxes or entered into any agreement with a Taxing Authority relating to Taxes.
(h) To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
liability for the Taxes of any Person other than the Company and, as applicable, its Subsidiaries
(i) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign Law), (ii) as a transferee or successor, (iii) by Contract or (iv) otherwise.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any obligations
under any tax sharing, tax allocation, tax indemnity or similar Contract.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free
treatment under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code (i) in the last two years or (ii) in a
distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions”
(within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code) in conjunction with the Merger.
(k) Except as disclosed in Section 2.11(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any deferred income reportable for a period ending
after the Closing Date which taxable income was realized and reflects economic income arising prior
to the Closing Date.
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any payments, is obligated to
make any payments, or, except as disclosed in Section 2.11(l) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, is a party to any Contract covering any current or former employee or consultant of the
Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, that under certain circumstances could require it to make or
give rise to any payments that are not deductible as a result of the provisions set forth in
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code or the Treasury Regulations thereunder or would result in
an excise tax to the recipient of any such payment under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(m) There is currently no limitation on the utilization of the net operating losses, built-in
losses, capital losses, Tax credits or other similar items of the Company or its Subsidiaries under
(i) Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) Section 383 of the Internal
Revenue Code, (iii) Section 384 of the Internal Revenue Code or (iv) Section 1502 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
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(n) Each material election (if any) with respect to Income Taxes affecting the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is set forth in Section 2.11(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is nor has it or any of them ever been a
United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(p) Except as disclosed in Section 2.11(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has or has ever had a branch or similar establishment,
including a permanent establishment (as defined in any applicable Tax treaty between the United
States and a foreign jurisdiction) or a disregarded entity, in any foreign jurisdiction.
(q) Except as disclosed in Section 2.11(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company and its Subsidiaries have, in all material respects, properly and in a timely manner
documented their transfer pricing methodology in compliance with Sections 482 and 6662 (and any
related sections) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and
any comparable provisions of state, local or foreign Tax Law or regulation.
(r) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “reportable
transaction,” as currently defined in Treasury Regulations § 1.6011-4(b) or Section 6111 of the
Internal Revenue Code or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law.
2.12 Legal Proceedings.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
are no Actions or Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Assets and
Properties or, the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s directors, in their capacity as such, or to
the Company’s Knowledge, the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s employees, in their capacity as
such.
(b) Except as disclosed in Section 2.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to
give rise to any Actions or Proceedings against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective Assets and Properties or the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s directors, in
their capacity as such, or to the Company’s Knowledge, the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s
employees, in their capacity as such.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of, and does not
otherwise have Knowledge of, any Orders outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, any defects or dangerous or
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substandard conditions in the products or materials sold, distributed, or currently proposed
to be sold or distributed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that could cause bodily injury,
sickness, disease, death or damage to property, or result in loss of use of property, or any claim,
suit, demand for arbitration or notice seeking damages from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
for bodily injury, sickness, disease, death, or damage to property, or loss of use of property.
(e) The Company has not requested or issued any requests to counsel for the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries regarding auditor’s requests delivered prior to the date hereof regarding Actions
or Proceedings pending or threatened against, relating to or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(f) Section 2.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Actions or
Proceedings, or, to the Knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, Actions or Proceedings
threatened against, the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Assets and
Properties or the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s directors, in their capacity as such, or to
the Knowledge of the Company, the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s employees, in their capacity
as such, during the three-year period prior to the date hereof.
2.13 Compliance with Laws and Orders. Except as disclosed in Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (acting, directly or indirectly, through their respective
directors or employees), nor to the Company’s Knowledge their respective Affiliates or other
agents, has violated in any material respect since the formation of the Company or, as applicable,
each of its Subsidiaries, or is currently in default or violation in any material respect under,
any Law or Order applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Assets and Properties, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of any
claim of violation, or of any actual violation, of any such Laws and Orders by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries since the formation of the Company or, as applicable, each of its Subsidiaries
with respect to which, if the Company were found to have violated such Laws and Orders, would be
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, or the Company’s ability to timely consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
2.14 Plans; ERISA.
(a) Existence of Plans. Section 2.14(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a true and correct list of the Plans. None of the Plans (i) is a “multi-employer plan”
as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA and neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates has maintained or contributed to such a multi-employer plan at any time
in the past six (6) years with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may
reasonably be expected to incur any Liability, (ii) is a “defined benefit pension plan” within the
meaning of Section 3(35) of ERISA, (iii) provides post-retirement medical or health benefits,
except where required by Law, or (iv) is a “welfare benefit fund” as defined in Section 419(e) of
the Internal Revenue Code, or an organization described in Sections 501(c)(9) or 501(c)(20) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA
Affiliates is or was a party to any collective bargaining agreement with
respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has any Liability, and neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has announced or
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otherwise made any commitment to create or amend any Plan, except as required by applicable Law, to
maintain tax-qualified status or as would not result in any increased cost to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. There are no Plans (A) as to which Parent or the Surviving Company or their
respective Subsidiaries will be required to make any contributions or with respect to which Parent
or the Surviving Company or their respective Subsidiaries shall have any obligation or liability
whatsoever, whether on behalf of any of the current employees of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or on behalf of any other Person, after the Closing, other than as disclosed in
Section 2.14(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (B) that Parent or the Surviving
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries will not be able to terminate immediately after the
Closing in accordance with their terms, ERISA and subject to the requirements of applicable Law.
All obligations in respect of each Plan have been properly accrued and reflected in the balance
sheet contained in the Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements to the extent required by GAAP. The
Company has made available to Parent prior to the date hereof true and complete copies of: (I) each
of the Plans and any related funding agreements thereto (including insurance contracts), including
all amendments, (II) the currently effective Summary Plan Description pertaining to each of the
Plans, if any, (III) annual reports filed on Form 5500 from the past three years for each of the
Plans (including all related schedules), if any, (IV) the most recently filed PBGC Form 1 (if
applicable), (V) the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination letter, opinion,
notification or advisory letter (as the case may be) for each Plan that is intended to constitute a
qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (VI) for the Company 401(k)
plan the most recent two years’ financial statements.
(b) Present Value of Benefits. The present value of all accrued benefits under any
Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA shall not, as of the Closing, exceed the value of the assets of
such Plan allocated to such accrued benefits, based upon the applicable provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code and ERISA, and each such Plan shall be capable of being terminated as of the Closing
in a “standard termination” under Section 4041(b) of ERISA. With respect to each Plan that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA, (i) no amount is due or owing from the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates to the PBGC or to any “multi-employer
plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA on account of any withdrawal therefrom and (ii) no such
Plan has been terminated other than in accordance with ERISA or at a time when the Plan was not
sufficiently funded. The transactions contemplated hereunder, including the termination of any
Plan at or prior to the Closing, shall not result in any such withdrawal liability.
(c) Penalties; Reportable Events. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries
nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is subject to any material liability, tax or penalty
as a result of engaging in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code, and
neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Knowledge of any circumstances that
reasonably might result in any material liability, tax or penalty, including a penalty under
Section 502 of ERISA, as a result of a breach of any fiduciary duty under ERISA. Each Plan that is
required to comply with the provisions of Sections 4980B and 4980C of the Internal Revenue Code, or
with the requirements referred to in Section 4980D of the Internal Revenue Code, has complied
therewith in all material respects. To the Knowledge of the
Company, no event has occurred that could subject any Plan to Tax under Section 511 of the
Internal Revenue Code. None of the Plans subject to Title IV of ERISA has, since September 2,
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1974, been completely or partially terminated nor has there been any “reportable event” as such
term is defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA, with respect to any of the Plans since the effective
date of ERISA nor has any notice of intent to terminate been filed or given with respect to any
such Plan. There has been no (i) withdrawal by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates that is a substantial employer from a single-employer plan that
is a Plan and that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of which are not under common
control, as referred to in Section 4063(b) of ERISA, or (ii) cessation by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of operations at a facility causing more
than twenty percent of Plan participants to be separated from employment, as referred to in
Section 4062(f) of ERISA. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates, nor any other organization of which any of them are a successor or
parent corporation as defined in Section 4069(b) of ERISA, has engaged in any transaction described
in Section 4069(a) of ERISA.
(d) Deficiencies; Qualification. None of the Plans nor any trust created thereunder
has incurred any “accumulated funding deficiency” as such term is defined in Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code, whether or not waived, since the effective date of said Section 412, and no
condition has occurred or exists that by the passage of time could be expected to result in an
accumulated funding deficiency as of the last day of the current plan year of any such Plan.
Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries has any unfunded liability under Title IV of ERISA
in respect of any of the Plans. Each of the Plans that is intended to be a qualified plan under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter, opinion,
notification or advisory letter from the Internal Revenue Service, and has been operated in
accordance with its terms and with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code in all material
respects. All of the Plans have been administered and maintained in compliance with ERISA, the
Internal Revenue Code and all other applicable Laws in all material respects. All contributions
required to be made to each of the Plans under the terms of that Plan, ERISA, the Internal Revenue
Code or any other applicable Laws have been timely made. There are no Liens against the property
of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates under
Section 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(f) or 4068 of ERISA.
(e) Acceleration. Except as disclosed in Section 2.14(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise set forth herein, neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether alone or
upon the occurrence of any additional or further acts or events) will (i) result in any obligation
or liability (with respect to accrued benefits or otherwise) on the part of the Company, Parent,
the Surviving Company, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to the PBGC, to any Plan, or to any
present or former employee, director, officer, stockholder, contractor or consultant (or any of
their dependents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) be a trigger event under any Plan
that will result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due to any such
present or former employee, officer, director, stockholder, contractor, or consultant (or any of
their dependents), or (iii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of
any compensation theretofore or thereafter due or granted to any employee, officer, director,
stockholder, contractor, or consultant (or any of their dependents) of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
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(f) COBRA. With respect to each Plan that provides health care coverage, the Company,
its Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate has complied in all material respects with (i) the
applicable health care continuation and notice provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), and the applicable COBRA regulations and (ii) the
applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the
regulations thereunder, and neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary of the Company nor any ERISA
Affiliate has incurred any liability under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code.
(g) Litigation. Other than routine claims for benefits under the Plans, there are no
pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, threatened or anticipated,
Actions or Proceedings involving the Plans or the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates as the employer or sponsor under any Plan, with any of the IRS, the
Department of Labor, the PBGC, any participant in or beneficiary of any Plan or any other Person.
2.15 Real Property.
(a) Section 2.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and correct
list of each parcel of real property leased and/or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (as lessor or lessee or otherwise) (the “Leased Real Property”). To the Company’s
Knowledge, no foreclosure proceedings have been commenced with respect to any Lien on any Leased
Real Property. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property other than
Company or Subsidiary owned leasehold improvements, if any, on Leased Real Property.
(b) Subject to the terms of its respective leases, each of the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, has a valid and subsisting leasehold estate in and the right to quiet
enjoyment of each of the Leased Real Properties for the full term of the leases (including renewal
periods) relating thereto. Each lease for Leased Real Property is a legal, valid and binding
agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms, of the Company or its applicable Subsidiary,
and, to the Company’s Knowledge, of each other Person that is a party thereto, and except as
disclosed in Section 2.15(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in default, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received
notice that it is in default, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no other Person party to any lease
for Leased Real Property is in default thereunder, and to the Company’s Knowledge, there exists no
condition and no event has occurred that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default thereunder. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owes brokerage commissions or
finder’s fees with respect to any such Leased Real Property, except to the extent that the Company
or its applicable Subsidiary, may renew the term of any such lease, in which case, any such
commissions and fees would be in amounts that are reasonable and customary for the spaces so
leased, given their intended use and terms.
(c) All improvements on the Leased Real Property (A) comply with and are operated in all
material respects in accordance with applicable Laws (including Environmental Laws) and all
applicable Liens, Approvals, and Contracts, including covenants and restrictions, and (B) are in
all material respects in good operating condition and in a state of good
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maintenance and repair,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, and such improvements are in all material respects adequate and
suitable for the purposes for which they are presently being used and there are no condemnation or
appropriation proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
threatened against any of the Leased Real Property or the improvements thereon.
(d) True and correct copies of the documents under which any Leased Real Property is leased,
subleased (to or by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or otherwise), utilized, and/or operated
(the “Lease Documents”) have been made available to Parent prior to the date hereof. The Lease
Documents are unmodified and in full force and effect, and there are no other Contracts between the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, and any third parties, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by
and among any third parties, claiming an interest in the interest of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the Leased Real Property or otherwise relating to the use and occupancy of the
Leased Real Property.
2.16 Tangible Personal Property. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of and, except for Permitted Liens,
has good and marketable title to, or has valid leasehold interests in or valid rights under a
Contract to use, all tangible personal property used in the conduct of its business, including all
tangible personal property reflected on the balance sheet contained in the Unaudited 2009 Financial
Statements and tangible personal property acquired since the Financial Statement Date, other than
property disposed of since such date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice. Except (i) for purchase money liens on equipment purchases or product purchases in the
ordinary course of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business for which the purchase price
is not yet due and payable, (ii) for Permitted Liens, or (iii) as disclosed in Section 2.16
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all such tangible personal property (including plant, property
and equipment) is free and clear of all Liens, and is adequate and suitable in all material
respects for the conduct by the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, of its respective
business as presently conducted, and is in good working order and condition in all material
respects, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and its use complies in all material respects with all
applicable Laws.
2.17 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete
list of all Company Registered Intellectual Property and lists any proceedings or actions pending
as of the date hereof before any court or tribunal (including the PTO or equivalent authority
anywhere in the world) related to any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property.
(b) Except as disclosed in Section 2.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all requisite right, title and interest in or
valid and enforceable rights under Licenses or other Contracts to use all Company Intellectual
Property necessary to the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted. Each item
of Company Intellectual Property, including all Company Registered Intellectual Property listed in
Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is owned exclusively by the Company or,
as applicable, one of its Subsidiaries (excluding Intellectual Property licensed to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries under any License, Modifications to the Company Code,
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and Modifications to
Third Party Code) and, subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable License, is free and
clear of any Liens. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) own exclusively all trademarks, service
marks and trade names used by the Company and, as applicable, any of its Subsidiaries, in
connection with the operation or conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
including the sale of any products or technology or the provision of any services by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries may use
trademarks, service marks and trade names of third parties that are licensed to the Company or, as
applicable, its Subsidiaries, or are in the public domain, and (ii) own exclusively, and have good
title to, each copyrighted work that is a Company or Company Subsidiary product and each other work
of authorship that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries otherwise purports to own (except for
modifications, enhancements, updates, and derivative works (collectively, “Modifications”) made by
the Company or its Subsidiaries to the firmware and software, including drivers, that are used with
the products of other Persons (collectively, “Third Party Code”), that are licensed from such other
Persons, and except for Modifications to Company firmware and software, including drivers, made by
other Persons, that are used with the semiconductor products of the Company or its Subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Company Code”), which Company Code is licensed by the Company or its
Subsidiaries to such other Persons, which Modifications may be owned or co-owned by such other
Persons).
(c) To the extent that any Company Owned Intellectual Property has been developed or created
by any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company or its applicable Subsidiary
has a written agreement with such Person with respect thereto and the Company or, as applicable,
its Subsidiary has either (i) obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of, all such
Company Owned Intellectual Property by operation of Law or by valid assignment of any such rights
(except for Modifications to the Company Code and Modifications to Third Party Code, which may be
owned or co-owned by Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), or (ii) has obtained an
exclusive License under or to such Company Intellectual Property, which License is in full force
and effect.
(d) Except pursuant to Contracts identified in Section 2.17(d) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have transferred ownership of
or granted any License of or other right to use or authorized the retention of any rights to use
any Intellectual Property that is or was Company Owned Intellectual Property to any other Person.
(e) The Company Intellectual Property constitutes all the Intellectual Property used in and/or
necessary to the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ businesses as currently
conducted or as reasonably contemplated to be conducted, including the design, development,
distribution, marketing, manufacture, use, import, license, and sale of the products, technology
and services of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including products,
technology, or services currently under development), other than Intellectual Property that is
generally available for License from third parties on commercially reasonable terms.
(f) Section 2.17(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Licenses and other
Contracts (including all inbound Licenses) to which the Company and, as applicable, any of its
Subsidiaries, is a party with respect to any Intellectual Property. Except pursuant to
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Licenses or
other Contracts listed in Section 2.17(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Person
other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has ownership rights to improvements made by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in Intellectual Property that has been licensed to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (except for Modifications to Third Party Code, which may be owned or
co-owned by Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries).
(g) Section 2.17(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Licenses and other
Contracts between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person, on
the other, wherein or whereby the Company or its applicable Subsidiary has agreed to, or assumed,
any obligation or duty to warrant, indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise
assume or incur any obligation or Liability (including without limitation providing the other
Person a right of rescission) arising out of or with respect to the infringement or
misappropriation by the Company or, as applicable, any of its Subsidiaries or such other Person of
the Intellectual Property of any Person other than the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
(h) The operation of the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted, including the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ design, development, use, import,
manufacture and sale of the products, technology or services (including products, technology or
services currently under development and including the use of such products, technology or services
as intended to be used) of the Company or its Subsidiaries does not (i) infringe (including
directly or indirectly) or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any Person, (ii) except as
disclosed in Section 2.17(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, violate any term or
provision of any License or other Contract concerning such Intellectual Property (including any
provision required by or imposed pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 200-212 in any License or other Contract
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring that products be manufactured
substantially in the United States), (iii) violate the rights of any Person (including rights to
privacy or publicity), or (iv) constitute unfair competition or an unfair trade practice under any
Law, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge, or has received notice from
any Person claiming, that such operation or any act, product, technology or service (including
products, technology or services currently under development) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any Person or constitutes
unfair competition or trade practices under any Law, including notice of third-party patent or
other Intellectual Property rights from a potential licensor of such rights.
(i) Each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property that has actually been registered is
valid and subsisting, and all necessary registration, maintenance, renewal and annuity fees and
taxes in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been paid and all
necessary documents and certificates in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual
Property have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or
other authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of maintaining such Company Registered Intellectual Property. Section 2.17(i)(1)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all actions that must be taken by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries within one hundred eighty days from the date hereof, including the payment of any
registration, maintenance, renewal fees, annuity fees and taxes or the filing of any documents,
applications or certificates for the purposes of maintaining, perfecting or preserving or renewing
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any Company Registered Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in Section 2.17(i)(2) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has registered the
copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office and its equivalent in any relevant foreign jurisdiction
for the latest version of each product or technology of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
that constitutes or includes a copyrightable work. In each case in which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company has retained a consultant or assigned an employee to develop Intellectual
Property for the Company or any Subsidiary, the Company or its applicable Subsidiary has obtained a
valid and enforceable assignment sufficient to irrevocably transfer all rights in such Intellectual
Property (including the right to seek past and future damages with respect to such Intellectual
Property) to the Company or its applicable Subsidiary. To the extent the Company or, as applicable,
the Subsidiary of the Company has deemed it reasonably necessary to protect the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s ownership rights in and to such Intellectual Property in accordance with applicable
Laws, the Company or, as applicable, the Subsidiary of the Company, has recorded each such
assignment of Registered Intellectual Property with the relevant Governmental or Regulatory
Authority, including the PTO, the U.S. Copyright Office, or their respective equivalents in any
relevant foreign jurisdiction, as the case may be.
(j) There are no Licenses or other Contracts between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
on the one hand, and any other Person, on the other hand, with respect to Company Intellectual
Property under which there is any dispute (or, except as disclosed in Section 2.17(j) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Knowledge, facts,
events or circumstances that may reasonably lead to a dispute) regarding the scope of such License
or other Contract, or performance under such License or other Contract, including with respect to
any payments to be made or received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder.
(k) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing or misappropriating any Company
Owned Intellectual Property.
(l) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable steps to
protect the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries in confidential information and trade
secrets of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company or provided by any other Person
to the Company or Subsidiary of the Company subject to a duty of confidentiality. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has, and enforces, a
policy requiring each employee, consultant and independent contractor to execute proprietary
information, confidentiality and invention and copyright assignment agreements substantially in the
form set forth in Section 2.17(l)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and, except as
disclosed in Section 2.17(l)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all current and former
employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have
executed such an agreement and copies of all such
agreements executed on or prior to the date hereof have been provided to Parent or made
available to Parent for review prior to the date hereof.
(m) No Company Owned Intellectual Property or product, technology or service of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Order, Actions or Proceedings or “march in” rights that
restricts, or that is reasonably expected to restrict in any manner, the
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use, transfer or licensing
of any Company Owned Intellectual Property by the Company or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries or
that may affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Company Owned Intellectual Property.
(n) No (i) product, technology, service or publication of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) material published or distributed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
(iii) conduct or statement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries constitutes obscene material,
a defamatory statement or material, false advertising or otherwise violates any Law.
(o) Neither this Agreement nor any transactions to be accomplished pursuant to this Agreement
will result in Parent’s granting any rights or Licenses with respect to the Intellectual Property
of Parent or its Subsidiaries to any Person pursuant to any Contract to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective Assets and Properties are bound.
(p) Section 2.17(p)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of (x) all
software that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has licensed from any third party that is used
by the Company and its Subsidiaries in its products or otherwise in its business (other than
standard off-the-shelf software) and (y) all “freeware” and “shareware” incorporated into any
product now or heretofore shipped by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed
in Section 2.17(p)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has all of the rights necessary to use such software, “freeware” and “shareware” as
currently used in the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(q) Section 2.17(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of (i) all
products in development or commercially released by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
(ii) for each such product, all third party Intellectual Property used in such product. Except as
disclosed in Section 2.17(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Intellectual Property
not solely owned by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries is used in any of the Company’s
products that are in development or commercially released.
(r) The products of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries which are in commercial
production comply in all material respects with the feature specifications and performance
standards set forth in the product data sheets of the Company and, as applicable, each of its
Subsidiaries, except (i) to the extent that there are minor errors or bugs that do not materially
affect the performance of the products (and which errors or bugs the Company believes will be
corrected by software or firmware updates developed in the ordinary course of business), or (ii) as
disclosed in Section 2.17(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as disclosed in
Section 2.17(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding
claims (or facts, events or circumstances that may reasonably lead to a claim) for breach of
warranties by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the foregoing.
(s) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken all reasonably necessary and
appropriate steps to protect and preserve ownership of Company Owned Intellectual Property and
rights under any License relating to Intellectual Property licensed to the Company by a third
party. In the event that any consultant is concurrently employed by the
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Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and a third party, the Company or, as applicable, its Subsidiary has taken appropriate
steps to ensure that any Company Owned Intellectual Property developed by such a consultant does
not belong to the third party or conflict with the third party’s employment or consulting agreement
(such steps include ensuring that all research and development work performed by such a consultant
are performed only on the facilities of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and only using the
resources of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries).
(t) For purposes of this Section 2.17 other than Section 2.17(h), all
references to the currently conducted business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or similar
terms, mean such businesses as currently conducted and as contemplated to be conducted in any
product roadmap or other written materials previously delivered to Parent, including the design,
development, distribution, marketing, manufacture, use, import, license, and sale of the products,
technology and services of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including products, technology, or
services currently under development) described in such product roadmaps or other written
materials.
2.18 Material Contracts.
(a) Section 2.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete
list of each of the Material Contracts (true and complete copies or, if none, reasonably complete
and accurate written descriptions of which, together with all amendments and supplements thereto
and all waivers of any terms thereof, have been made available to Parent prior to the execution of
this Agreement), to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of
their respective Assets and Properties are bound (other than Confidential Contracts, information on
the terms of which has been provided pursuant to Section 2.18(d) below).
(b) Each Material Contract required to be disclosed in Section 2.18(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
agreement, enforceable against the Company or its applicable Subsidiary in accordance with its
terms, and, except as disclosed in Section 2.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to
the Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, each other party thereto, except to the extent
such Material Contract has expired by its own terms. Except as disclosed in
Section 2.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (i) neither the Company nor its applicable Subsidiaries, or any other party to such
Material Contract is, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received notice that it is, or
given notice that any other party is, in violation or breach of or default under any such Material
Contract (or with notice or lapse of time or both, would be in violation or breach of or default
under any such Material Contract) and (ii) there exists no condition and no event has occurred
that has caused or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under
any Material Contract.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Contract
that has caused or could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate with
any other similar Contracts, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or that
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has caused or could
reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate with any such other
Contracts, material Losses to the Company or, as applicable, any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) Section 2.18(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, accurate and
complete list of the Material Contracts with respect to which the Company has not disclosed
material terms due to confidentiality restrictions binding the Company or one or more of its
Subsidiaries (the “Confidential Contracts”). Section 2.18(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a true, accurate and complete description of the material terms of each of the
Confidential Contracts, to the extent such terms are not apparent on the face of the redacted
versions of the Confidential Contracts provided to Parent and to the extent such disclosure to
Parent does not violate any confidentiality obligation of the Company to the other parties thereto.
With respect to the terms of the Confidential Contracts that may not be disclosed to Parent,
without such disclosure being a violation of the confidentiality obligations of the Company to the
other parties to such Confidentiality Contract (the “Confidential Terms”), the Confidential Terms
are commercially reasonable in light of the use by or services to the Company and its Subsidiaries
under such Contract, as well as consistent with the customary or standard terms and conditions of
similar agreements within the industry. Except as disclosed in Section 2.18(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Confidential Contracts were entered into on an arms-length basis.
No Confidential Terms restrict in any manner, the ability of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective Affiliates to engage or compete in any line of business or to compete in any
geographical area. Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the Merger and any other transactions contemplated hereby, will violate, or
conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a material default (or an
event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default) under, or
result in the termination or in a right of termination or cancellation of, or accelerate the
performance required by, or result in the triggering of any payment obligations under, or result in
the creation of any Lien upon any of the Assets and Properties of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under, or result in being declared void, voidable or without further binding effect,
or result in any other modification of or trigger any right or obligation under, any Confidential
Terms (either alone or in conjunction with the other terms of the Confidential Contracts, except to
the extent evident on the face of the redacted versions of the Confidential Contracts provided to
Parent).
2.19 Insurance.
(a) Section 2.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete
list (including the names and addresses of the insurers, the expiration dates thereof, the annual
premiums and payment terms thereof, the period of time covered thereby and a brief description of
the interests insured thereby) of all liability, property, workers’ compensation, directors’ and
officers’ liability and other insurance policies in effect that insure any of the business,
operations or employees or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affect
or relate to the ownership, use or operation of any of the Assets and Properties of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and that (x) have been issued to the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries or (y) to the Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, have been issued to any
Person (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) for the benefit of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The insurance coverage provided by the policies set forth therein will not terminate
or lapse by reason of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the
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Ancillary Agreements. Each policy required to be listed in Section 2.19(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule is valid and binding and in full force and effect, all premiums due thereunder
have been paid when due and neither the Company, the applicable Subsidiary of the Company nor the
Person to whom such policy has been issued has received any notice of cancellation or termination
in respect of any such policy or is in default thereunder, and the Company has no Knowledge of any
reason or state of facts, events or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to lead to the
cancellation of such policies or of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase
with respect to, any of such policies. The insurance policies listed in Section 2.19(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule are in amounts and have coverages as required by any Contract to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective Assets
and Properties is bound.
(b) There have been no claims (other than claims under its medical, dental, disability and
workers’ compensation insurance policies by employees or former employees) made under any insurance
policies covering the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the last two years. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that any insurer under any policy listed
(or required to be listed) in Section 2.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is
denying, disputing or questioning liability with respect to a claim thereunder or defending under a
reservation of rights clause.
2.20 Affiliate Transactions.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 2.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
(i) there are no Contracts or Liabilities, other than relating to the Founder Loans (and Interim
Company Indebtedness entered into after the date hereof), between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (A) any current or former officer, director, stockholder, or to
the Company’s Knowledge, any Affiliate or Associate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(B) any Person who, to the Company’s Knowledge, is an Associate of any such officer, director,
stockholder or Affiliate, on the other hand, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
provides or causes to be provided any Assets and Properties, services or facilities to any such
current or former officer, director, stockholder, Affiliate or Associate, (iii) no such current or
former officer, director, stockholder, Affiliate or Associate provides or causes to be provided any
Assets and Properties, services or facilities to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
(iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Investment Assets of any
such current or former officer, director, stockholder, Affiliate or Associate; in each case,
whether directly or indirectly.
(b) Each of the Contracts and Liabilities listed or required to be listed in
Section 2.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule were entered into or incurred, as the
case may be, on terms no less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (in the reasonable
judgment of the Company) than if such Contract or Liability was entered into or incurred on an
arm’s-length basis on competitive terms.
2.21 Employees; Labor Relations.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement and there are no unfair labor practice or labor arbitration
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Actions or Proceedings
pending with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, and there are no facts or circumstances with respect to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge that could reasonably be expected to give rise to such
complaint or claim. To the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there are no union
organizational efforts presently underway or threatened involving any employees of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the employees performing work for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries but provided by an outside employment agency, if any. There has been no work
stoppage, strike or other similar concerted action by employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(b) Each Person who is an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is employed at
will, and no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by a union with
respect to the employee’s employment by the Company. Except as disclosed in
Section 2.21(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Person who is or was an
independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or was properly classified as
an independent contractor for purposes of all employment related Laws and all Laws concerning the
status of independent contractors. Section 2.21(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth the name of each employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and each consultant
providing services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries similar to employees), together with
such Person’s position or function, annual base salary or wage and any incentive, severance or
bonus arrangements with respect to such Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, within the six
months prior to the date of this Agreement, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
other than those identified on Section 2.21(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, has
made any threat, or otherwise revealed an intent, to terminate such employee’s relationship with
the Company or, as applicable, its Subsidiary, for any reason, including because of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as disclosed in
Section 2.21(b)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement for the provision of labor from any outside agency. To
the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no claims by employees of such outside agencies, if
any, with regard to employees assigned to work for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no
claims by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority with regard to such employees.
(c) Since January 1, 2007, there have been no complaints, charges or claims filed with a
Governmental or Regulatory Authority under federal or state or any other Law based on sexual,
racial or other prohibited forms of harassment, age, sex, disability, race or other prohibited
forms of discrimination or common law employment-related claims, including claims of wrongful
termination, by any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, by any of the employees performing work for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, but
provided by an outside employment agency, and there are no facts, events or
circumstances with respect to which the Company has Knowledge that could reasonably be
expected to give rise to such complaint or claim. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has (i)
complied in all material respects with and properly classified and paid its employees under all
applicable state wage and hour Laws, except as disclosed in Section 2.21(c)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) timely paid all compensation (including, but not limited to,
vacation, bonuses and commissions, if any) owed to all current and former employees, (iii) complied
in all material respects with all requirements of state and federal Occupational Safety and Health
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Administration (OSHA), (iv) complied in all material respects with all applicable immigration Laws,
(v) complied in all material respects with all Laws related to the employment of employees, except
as disclosed in Section 2.21(c)(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (vi) since
January 1, 2007 neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of
any claim that it has not complied in any material respect with any Laws relating to the employment
of employees, including any provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, the
payment of social security and similar taxes, equal employment opportunity, employment
discrimination, employee safety, or that it is liable for any arrearages of wages or any taxes or
penalties for failure to comply with any of the foregoing.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any written policies and/or employee
handbooks or manuals.
(e) To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is obligated under any Contract or subject to any Order or Law that would
interfere with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted. To the
Knowledge of the Company, neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the carrying on
of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business as presently conducted nor any activity of
such officers, employees or consultants in connection with the carrying on of the Company’s or any
of its Subsidiaries’ business as presently conducted, will conflict with or result in a breach of
the terms, conditions or provisions of, constitute a default under, or trigger a condition
precedent to any rights under any Contract under which any of such officers, employees or
consultants is now bound.
2.22 Environmental Matters.
(a) To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess any and all
material Environmental Permits necessary to or required for the operation of their respective
businesses.
(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with
(i) all terms, conditions and provisions of its Environmental Permits; and (ii) all Environmental
Laws.
(c) Neither the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company, nor any predecessor of the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company nor any entity previously owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, has received any written notice of alleged, actual or potential responsibility for,
or any inquiry regarding, (i) any Release or threatened or suspected Release of any Hazardous
Material, or (ii) any violation of Environmental Law.
(d) Neither the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company, nor to the Knowledge of the Company
any predecessor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company nor to the Knowledge of the Company
any entity previously owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has any obligation or
liability with respect to any Hazardous Material, including any Release or threatened or suspected
Release of any Hazardous Material, and there have been no events, facts or circumstances which
would reasonably be expected to form the basis of any such material obligation or liability.
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(e) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Releases of Hazardous Material(s) have occurred at,
from, in, to, on, or under any Site and no Hazardous Material is present in, on, about or migrating
to or from any Site.
(f) None of the Company, nor any Subsidiary of the Company, nor any predecessor of the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company nor to the Knowledge of the Company any entity previously owned by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has transported or arranged for the treatment, storage,
handling, disposal or transportation of any Hazardous Material at or to any location.
(g) No Site is a current or, to the Knowledge of the Company, proposed, Environmental Clean-up
Site.
(h) There are no Liens under or pursuant to any Environmental Law on any Site.
(i) To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no (i) underground storage tank, active or
abandoned, (ii) polychlorinated biphenyl containing equipment, (iii) asbestos-containing material,
(iv) radon, (v) lead-based paint or (vi) urea formaldehyde at any Site. To the Knowledge of the
Company, any underground storage tank at any Site meets all 1998 upgrade requirements.
(j) To the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no environmental investigations, studies,
audits, tests, reviews or other analyses conducted with respect to any Site which have not been
delivered to Parent prior to execution of this Agreement.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party, whether as a direct signatory
or as successor, assign, third-party beneficiary, guarantor or otherwise, to, and is not otherwise
bound by, any lease or other Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
obligated or may be obligated by any representation, warranty, covenant, restriction,
indemnification or other undertaking respecting Hazardous Materials or under which any other Person
is or has been released respecting Hazardous Materials.
(l) To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries, and any predecessors of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any entity previously owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have provided all material notifications and warnings, made all material reports, and
kept and maintained in all material respects all material records required pursuant to
Environmental Laws.
2.23 Substantial Customers and Suppliers. Section 2.23(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the fifteen largest customers
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, collectively, on the basis of revenues collected or accrued
for fiscal year 2009. Section 2.23(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the fifteen
largest suppliers of the Company and its Subsidiaries, collectively, on the basis of cost of goods
or services purchased for fiscal year 2009. Except as disclosed in Section 2.23(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no such customer or supplier has ceased or materially reduced its
purchases from or sales or provision of services to the Company and its Subsidiaries since
January 1, 2009 or, to the Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has threatened to cease or
materially reduce such purchases or sales
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or provision of services after the date hereof. To the
Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, no such customer or supplier is threatened with
bankruptcy or insolvency.
2.24 Accounts Receivable.
The accounts and notes receivable of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries reflected on the
balance sheet contained in the Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements, and all accounts and notes
receivable arising subsequent to the Financial Statement Date, (a) arose from bona fide sales
transactions in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and are payable on
ordinary trade terms, (b) to the Knowledge of the Company are legal, valid and binding obligations
of the respective debtors enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, (c) to the
Knowledge of the Company are not subject to any valid and material set-off or counterclaim, except
as disclosed in Section 2.24(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (d) do not
represent obligations for goods sold on consignment, on approval or on a sale-or-return basis or
subject to any other repurchase or return arrangement, except as disclosed in Section
2.24(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
2.25 Inventory. All inventory of the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected on the balance sheet included in
the Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements consisted, and all such inventory acquired since the
Financial Statement Date consists, of a quality and quantity usable and salable in the ordinary
course of business. Except as disclosed in the notes to the Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements or
in Section 2.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all items included in the inventory of
the Company and its Subsidiaries are the property of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries free
and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens, have not been pledged as collateral, are not
held by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on consignment from others and conform in all
material respects to all standards applicable to such inventory or its use or sale imposed by
applicable Law or Governmental or Regulatory Authorities.
2.26 Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any broker’s,
finder’s, financial advisor’s or similar fee or commission in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby based on arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Founders.
2.27 Banks and Brokerage Accounts. Section 2.27 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, (a) a true and complete
list of the names and locations of all banks, trust companies, securities brokers and other
financial institutions at which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have an account or safe
deposit box or maintains a banking, custodial, trading or other similar relationship, (b) a true
and complete list and description of each such account, box and relationship, indicating in each
case the account number and the names of the respective officers, employees, agents or other
similar representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having signatory power with
respect thereto and (c) a list of each Investment Asset, the name of the record and beneficial
owner thereof, the location of the certificates, if any, therefor, the maturity date, if any, and
any stock or bond powers or other authority for transfer granted with respect thereto.
2.28 [Intentionally omitted.]
2.29 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (acting, directly or indirectly, through their
respective employees or directors), nor to the
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Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
any agent or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic
political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, violated any material provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other similar unlawful payment.
2.30 Tax-Free Reorganization. To the Knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, neither the Company, nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective directors, officers or stockholders has taken, or
permitted any Affiliate to take, any action that would cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a
“reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2.31 Intentionally omitted.
2.32 Approvals.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained all material Approvals from
Governmental or Regulatory Authorities necessary to conduct the business conducted by the Company
and its Subsidiaries in the manner as it is currently being conducted, and, there has been no
written notice received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any material violation or
material noncompliance with any such Approvals. All material Approvals from Governmental or
Regulatory Authorities necessary to conduct the business conducted by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as it is currently being conducted are set forth in Section 2.32(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Except as disclosed in Section 2.32(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company Stockholder Approval is the only vote of the holders of any of the Company Capital Stock
necessary to approve this Agreement and the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.33 Intentionally omitted.
2.34 Disclosure.
(a) No representation or warranty made by the Company contained in this Agreement, and no
statement contained in the Company Disclosure Schedule or in any certificate or other writing
furnished to Parent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including the Company Financials
and the notes thereto) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements herein or therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) No information statement or proxy statement relating to the Company Stockholder Approval
or any meeting called for such purpose, or action by written consent in lieu thereof will, as of
the date delivered to the Company Stockholders and at the date of such meeting or consent, contain
any statement which, at such time, is false or misleading with respect
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to any material fact, or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading, and such information
statement or proxy statement will, as of the date delivered to the Company Stockholders and at the
date of such meeting or consent, otherwise comply with all applicable requirements of Law and the
certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company.
(c) The information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the application for issuance of
the California Permit pursuant to which the parties shall apply for the Parent securities to be
issued in the Merger to be qualified under the California Code (the “Permit Application”) shall
not, at the time the Fairness Hearing is held pursuant to Section 25142 of the California Code, at
the time the qualification of such securities is effective under Section 25122 of the California
Code or at any other time prior to the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or
misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation, warranty or
covenant with respect to any information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub which is contained in the
Permit Application.
(d) Except as disclosed in Section 2.34 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, true,
accurate and complete copies of all documents referenced in the Disclosure Index have been provided
to Parent on or before the date hereof.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub each hereby represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Organization and Qualification. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has
full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to conduct its
business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and to own, use and lease its
Assets and Properties. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly qualified, licensed or admitted to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership, use, licensing or
leasing of its Assets and Properties, or the conduct or nature of its business, makes such
qualification, licensing or admission necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified,
licensed or admitted and in good standing that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has full corporate or limited liability company power and
authority, as applicable, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to
which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub
of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation by
Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary action by the board of directors of Parent and the sole member
of Merger Sub, as
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applicable, and no other action on the part of the board of directors of Parent
and the sole member of Merger Sub is required to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which each is a party and the consummation by
Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party have been or, for Ancillary
Agreements to be entered into by Parent or Merger Sub after the date hereof, will be on or before
the Effective Time, as applicable, duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger
Sub, as applicable, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the
Company and the other parties thereto, and assuming the enforceability against the Company and the
other parties thereto, constitutes or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, enforceable against Parent or Merger Sub, as
applicable, in accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar Laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles
of equity.
3.3 Issuance of Parent Common Stock.
The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger, when issued, will be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and issued in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities Laws subject to the truth and accuracy of the
representations made by the Company and the Founders in Section 2.34.
3.4 SEC Documents; Parent Financial Statements.
(a) As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents filed by Parent prior to the date
hereof and, subject in all cases to the truth and accuracy of the representations made by the
Company in Section 2.34, all SEC Documents filed after the date hereof but before the
Closing, complied or, if filed after the date hereof, will comply, in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, as the case may be; none of the SEC
Documents contained or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except to the
extent such SEC Documents have been corrected, updated or superseded by a document subsequently
filed with the SEC. Except for the filing of a Form 8-K in connection with entry into this
Agreement, no event, condition, fact or circumstance exists that requires Parent to file a Current
Report on Form 8-K with the SEC that has not been filed by Parent with the SEC.
(b) The financial statements of Parent, including the notes thereto, included in the SEC
Documents (the “Parent Financial Statements”) (i) have been prepared from, and are in accordance
with, the books and records of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) comply as to form in
all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
(iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as may be indicated
in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the
Exchange Act) and (iv) present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position of Parent at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash
flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
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financial statements, to normal
year-end adjustments), it being understood that such financial statements may be required to be
restated from time to time as may be required under applicable accounting rules in connection with
past, present or future acquisitions. There has been no change in Parent’s accounting policies
except as described in the notes to the Parent Financial Statements. Except as reflected or
reserved against in the Parent Financial Statements, Parent has no material Liabilities, except for
Liabilities (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) that would not be required to
be reflected or reserved against in the balance sheet of Parent prepared in accordance with GAAP.
3.5 No Conflicts.
The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements to which it is a party does not, and the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of its
obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not:
(a) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of (i) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or (ii) the certificate of
formation or operating agreement of Merger Sub;
(b) except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of any Law or Order applicable to Parent and Merger Sub or their respective
Assets and Properties; or
(c) except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (i) conflict with or result
in a violation or breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event that, with or without notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) require Parent to obtain any
consent, approval or action of, make any filing with or give any notice to any Person as a result
of the terms of (except for (A) the filing of the Certificate of Merger; (B) such consents
approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under
applicable state or federal securities Laws; (C) such filings as may be required under the HSR Act;
and (D) the listing of the additional shares on the NYSE with respect to the shares of Parent
Common Stock issuable under this Agreement), (iv) result in or give to any Person any right of
termination, cancellation, acceleration or modification in or with respect to, (v) result in or
give to any Person any material additional rights or entitlement to increased, additional,
accelerated or guaranteed payments or performance under, (vi) result in the creation or imposition
of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon Parent or Merger Sub or any of their
respective Assets and Properties, or (vii) result in the loss of a material benefit under, any of
the terms, conditions or provisions of any License or other Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub
is a party or by which any of their respective Assets and Properties are bound.
3.6 Information to be Supplied by Parent or Merger Sub.
The information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion in the Permit Application shall
not either at the time the Fairness Hearing is held pursuant to Section 25142 of the California
Code or the time the qualification of such securities is effective under Section 25122 of the
California Code, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent
and Merger Sub
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make no representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information
supplied by the Company which is contained in any of the foregoing documents.
3.7 Ownership of Merger Sub; No Prior Activities.
Except for obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its formation and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and except for this Agreement and any other agreements
or arrangements contemplated by this Agreement, Merger Sub has not incurred, directly or
indirectly, through any Subsidiary or Affiliate, any obligations or liabilities, or engaged in any
business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any agreements or arrangements
with any Person.
3.8 Tax-Free Reorganization.
To the Knowledge of Parent, neither Parent nor any of its directors, officers or its
stockholders has taken, or permitted its Affiliates to take, any action that would cause the Merger
to fail to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
3.9 Approvals.
(a) No Approvals of Governmental or Regulatory Authorities relating to the business conducted
by Parent are required to be given to or obtained by Parent from any and all Governmental or
Regulatory Authorities in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (other than (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger,
(ii) the filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act, if applicable, and, in
such case, termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act, (iii) Approvals as may be required
under securities Laws, (iv) authorization of the NYSE of the listing of additional shares with
respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable under this Agreement, and (v) Approvals of
Governmental or Regulatory Authorities which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent).
(b) No Approvals are required to be given to or obtained by Parent from any third parties
(other than Governmental or Regulatory Authorities) in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, other than such Approvals
the failure of which to make or obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on Parent.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
4.1 Conduct of Business of the Company.
(a) Unless otherwise consented to in writing by Parent, during the period from the date of
this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of (x) the termination of this Agreement and
(y) the Effective Time, the Company shall carry on its business and that of its Subsidiaries
substantially in the usual, regular and ordinary course and consistent with past practice, pay the
Liabilities and Taxes of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries consistent with the Company’s
past practices (and in any event when due), pay or perform all other obligations when due
consistent with the Company’s past practices (other than Liabilities, Taxes and other obligations,
if any, being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings).
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly permitted by this
Agreement (excluding the provisions of Section 4.1(a)), during the period from the date of
this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the
Effective Time, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall not (and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to) do, cause or permit any of the following, without the
prior written consent of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned:
(i) cause or permit any amendments to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or
similar organizational documents);
(ii) declare or pay any dividend on or make any other distribution (whether in cash,
stock or property) in respect of any of its capital stock, or split, combine or reclassify
any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock, or repurchase or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock except from
former employees, directors and consultants in accordance with agreements in effect on the
date hereof providing for the repurchase of shares at cost in connection with any
termination of service to it;
(iii) enter into any Material Contract, or violate, amend or otherwise modify or waive
any of the terms of any of its Material Contracts, other than (A) entry into Material
Contracts, or amendments, modifications and waivers, in each case, in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice and not otherwise prohibited hereunder, and (B)
the acceleration of the exercisability or vesting of any Non-Continuing Options;
(iv) issue, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of,
any shares of Company Capital Stock or capital stock of a Company Subsidiary (however
denominated) or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options
to acquire, or other Contracts of any character obligating it to issue any such shares or
other convertible securities or other Equity Equivalents or rights to acquire, other than
the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant
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to the exercise of Company Options
outstanding as of the date hereof and grants of Company Options to employees and service
providers hired after the date of this Agreement, with the consultation of Parent, in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(v) dispose of, license or transfer to any Person any rights to any Intellectual
Property, other than (A) non-exclusive licenses in connection with the sale of Company
products, and (B) exclusive licenses for software and firmware solely designed or modified
to operate with a particular customer’s technology; in each case in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(vi) sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any Assets and
Properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as permitted under
Section 4.1(b)(v) or for sales of products (and related non-exclusive licenses) in
the ordinary course consistent with past practice;
(vii) incur any Indebtedness, including guaranteeing any Indebtedness, or issue or
sell any debt securities, or guarantee any debt securities of others, other than Interim
Company Indebtedness;
(viii) enter into any operating lease with a value exceeding $20,000 in any individual
case or $100,000 in the aggregate, or lease for any real property;
(ix) pay, discharge or satisfy any claim or Liability (absolute, accrued, asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise) arising other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of
liabilities reflected or reserved against in the balance sheet contained in the Unaudited
2009 Financial Statements and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(x) make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements, except
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and, individually or in
the aggregate, in an amount not exceeding $500,000;
(xi) reduce the amount of any insurance coverage provided by existing insurance
policies or terminate any such policies;
(xii) terminate or waive any right of substantial value other than the acceleration of
the exercisability or vesting of any Non-Continuing Options;
(xiii) (A) adopt or amend any employee benefit plan or stock purchase or option plan,
except amendments required by applicable Law, (B) hire any new director level or officer
level consultant or employee, (C) grant or pay any special bonus or special remuneration to
any employee, consultant or director other than payments pursuant to cash bonus
arrangements set forth on the Company Disclosure Schedule and entered into by the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries prior to the date
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hereof, or (D) increase the salaries, wage
rates or compensation of any employee or consultant, except in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(xiv) acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing
substantial Assets and Properties of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof;
(xv) make or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any amendment to a Tax Return other than
the Company’s or, if applicable, a Company Subsidiary’s corporate Tax Return for the year
ended December 31, 2009, enter into any closing agreement, settle any claim or assessment
in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period
applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, except in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(xvi) loan or advance any amount to, or enter into any Contract with, or otherwise
make any payments to any stockholder of the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates
or, with the exception of payments of salary or expense advancement in the ordinary course
of business, consistent with past practice, in their capacity as employees or directors of
the Company, including any officer thereof; or
(xvii) take or agree in writing or otherwise to take, (A) any of the actions described
in this Section 4.1(b), (B) any willful or intentional action that would result in
a material breach of any of the Company’s representations or warranties
contained in this Agreement, or (C) any other action that would prevent or is
reasonably likely to prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from performing, or
cause or is reasonably likely to cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, not to
perform, its covenants and agreements hereunder.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall limit the rights and obligations of the
parties under any agreement relating to the Parent Loan.
4.2 No Solicitation.
(a) Until the earlier of the Effective Time and the date of termination of this Agreement
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.1, neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries
will take, and the Company shall cause the Founders not to take, directly or indirectly, nor will
the Company permit any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ or the Founder’s Representatives to
take, any of the following actions with any Person other than Parent and its designees:
(i) solicit, encourage, initiate, entertain, accept receipt of, review or encourage any proposals
or offers from, or participate in or conduct discussions with or engage in negotiations with, any
Person relating to any offer or proposal, oral, written or otherwise, formal or informal, with
respect to any possible Business Combination with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether
such Subsidiaries are in existence on the date hereof or are hereafter organized) (a “Competing
Proposed Transaction”), (ii) provide information with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (whether such Subsidiaries are in existence on the date
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hereof or are hereafter
organized) to any Person, other than Parent, relating to (or which the Company reasonably believes
would be used or could reasonably be expected to be used for the purpose of formulating an offer or
proposal with respect to), or otherwise assist, cooperate with, facilitate or encourage any effort
or attempt by any such Person with regard to, any possible Business Combination with the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is
hereafter organized), (iii) agree to enter into a Contract with any Person, other than Parent,
providing for, or approve, a Business Combination with the Company or any Subsidiary (whether such
Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is hereafter organized), other than the Merger, or
(iv) authorize or permit any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s or any of the Founder’s
Representatives to take any such action.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval (but
not after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval), the Company and its Representatives shall
be permitted to engage in discussions or negotiations with, or provide any information or data to,
any Person in response to an unsolicited bona fide written inquiry, proposal or offer of a
Competing Proposed Transaction, by any such Person, received after the date hereof and that is not
otherwise in breach hereof by the Company or its Representatives, if and only to the extent that,
in any such case, (i) the board of directors of the Company concludes in good faith that such
inquiry, proposal or offer of a Competing Proposed Transaction constitutes or is reasonably likely
to lead to a Superior Proposal, (ii) the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith
(after consultation with its outside counsel) that failing to take such action would be reasonably
likely to constitute a breach of the directors’ fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Company
under applicable Law, (iii) prior to providing any information or data to any Person in connection
with any such written offer of a Competing Proposed Transaction by any such Person, the board of
directors of the Company
receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing terms at least as
stringent as a whole as those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, and (iv) prior to
providing any information or data to any such Person or entering into any negotiations with any
such Person, the Company notifies Parent promptly, but in any event within 48 hours, of such
inquiries, proposals or offers received by, any such information or data requested from, or any
such discussions or negotiations sought to be initiated with, the Company or its Representatives
(the “Proposal Notice”), and in connection with such Proposal Notice, includes the names of such
Person and the material terms and conditions of any inquiries, proposals or offers. The Company
agrees that it will keep Parent informed on a reasonably current basis of the status and terms of
any such inquiries, proposals or offers and the status and terms of any such discussions or
negotiations, and provide Parent with a copy of any written information or data provided by the
Company or its Representatives under this Section 4.2(b) to the Person making such inquiry,
proposal or offer if such information has not been previously provided to Parent. The Company
agrees that it will promptly, but in any event within 24 hours after entry into this Agreement,
inform its officers, directors, key employees and other Representatives of the obligations
undertaken in this Section 4.2.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time prior to the receipt of the
Company Stockholder Approval (but not after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval), the board
of directors of the Company may, solely in response to a Superior Proposal, cause the Company to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(i) in order to cause the Company to enter
into a binding acquisition agreement containing the terms of a Superior
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Proposal; provided,
however, that (i) no such termination of this Agreement by the Company may be made until
after the fourth Business Day following Parent’s receipt of written notice from the Company
advising Parent that the board of directors of the Company intends to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.1(i) and specifying the terms and conditions of (including in such
notice a copy of the proposed agreement setting forth such terms and conditions), and the identity
of any Person making, the Superior Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to
the financial terms or any other material term of such Superior Proposal shall require a new
written notice by the Company and a new four Business Day period), (ii) the Company shall, and
shall cause its financial and legal advisors to, during such four Business Day period described
above, negotiate with Parent and Merger Sub in good faith, to the extent Parent and Merger Sub
desire to negotiate, to make such changes in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that
such Competing Proposed Transaction ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal, and (iii) concurrent
with or prior to such termination, the Company pays Parent the Termination Fee pursuant to
Section 5.5(b). In determining whether to terminate this Agreement as described in this
Section 4.2(c), the board of directors of the Company shall take into account any changes
to the financial and other terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in response to any such
written notice by the Company or otherwise.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1 Permit Application.
(a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall
prepare, with the cooperation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and file the
Permit Application. Parent and the Company shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Permit Application to comply with the requirements of applicable federal and state laws
and to cause the California Permit to be issued as promptly as practicable. Each of Parent and the
Company agrees to provide promptly to the other such information concerning its and its
Subsidiaries’ business and financial statements and affairs as, in the reasonable judgment of the
providing party or its counsel, may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Permit
Application, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, and to cause its counsel and auditors to
cooperate with the other’s counsel and auditors in the preparation and completion of the Permit
Application. The Company will promptly advise Parent, and Parent will promptly advise the Company,
in writing if at any time prior to the Effective Time either the Company and its Subsidiaries or
Parent, as applicable, shall obtain knowledge of any facts that might make it necessary or
appropriate to amend or supplement the Permit Application in order to make the statements contained
or incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable Law.
(b) Each party will fully comply with all securities and other Laws applicable to such party
in complying with its obligations hereunder.
5.2 Stockholder Approval.
As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of issuance of the California Permit, and
in no event later than the fifth Business Day thereafter, the Company shall, in accordance with the
DGCL, the California Code, other applicable Law, and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws of
the Company, for the purpose of obtaining the
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approval and adoption of this Agreement by the
stockholders of the Company, shall solicit the written consent of (i) the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock voting as a single
class, and (ii) holders of all of the outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock voting as a
separate class (collectively, the “Company Stockholder Approval”). Unless this Agreement shall
have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company shall submit this Agreement to
its stockholders for adoption whether or not the Company’s board of directors determines at any
time subsequent to declaring its advisability that this Agreement is no longer advisable and
recommends that its stockholders reject it. The materials submitted to the stockholders of the
Company in respect of the Merger shall have been subject to prior review and comment by Parent and
shall include (1) information regarding the Company, the terms of the Merger and this Agreement,
(2) subject to the right of the board of directors of the Company to make a Qualifying Amendment,
the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of the Company that the Company’s
stockholders adopt this Agreement, (3) subject to the right of the board of directors of the
Company to make a Qualifying Amendment, the conclusion of the board of directors of the Company
that the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Merger are advisable, fair to, and in the
best interests of, the Company’s stockholders, and (4) such other documents as may be required to
satisfy the requirements of applicable securities laws, including the Securities Act, in connection
with the issuance and sale of Parent Common Stock in the Merger.
5.3 Access to Information.
Subject in all cases to the Company’s obligations of confidentiality with respect to
third-party confidential information, between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the
Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, upon reasonable notice, the Company shall
(a) give Parent and its officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financing sources and other
agents and Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to all buildings,
offices, and other facilities and to all Books and Records of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether located on the premises of the Company or at another location; (b) permit
Parent during normal business hours to make such inspections as it may reasonably request;
(c) cause its officers and that of any of its Subsidiaries to furnish Parent such financial,
operating, technical and product data and other information with respect to the business and Assets
and Properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as Parent from time to time may reasonably
request, including financial statements and schedules; (d) allow Parent the opportunity to
interview such employees and other personnel and Affiliates of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, with the Company’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, provided that the Company shall be entitled to designate one observer at any
such interview; and (e) reasonably assist and cooperate with Parent in the development of
cooperation and/or integration plans for implementation by Parent and the Surviving Company
following the Effective Time to the extent that such assistance and cooperation does not disrupt
the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including involving engineering or research
and development employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
provided, however, that no
investigation made prior to the date of this Agreement or made pursuant to this Section 5.3
shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide access to, permit
inspections of, or furnish to Parent, any information or documents which would, in the reasonable
judgment of the Company, (i) constitute a waiver of the attorney-client or other privilege held by
the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) otherwise violate any applicable Laws or any Confidential
Contract (solely, to the extent of the
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Confidential Terms), or (iii) which would result in a
competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not
include Parent and its Affiliates as of the date hereof) receiving material information that is
competitively sensitive; provided that the Company shall promptly provide Parent with a complete
list and a detailed description of the non-Confidential Terms of any documents or other information
that the Company determines it is required to withhold pursuant to the Company’s obligations of
confidentiality with respect to third-party confidential information (including in any books or
records) or otherwise under the foregoing sentence. Subject to the confidentiality obligations of
the Confidentiality Agreement, materials furnished to Parent pursuant to this Section 5.3
may be used by Parent for strategic and integration planning purposes relating to accomplishing the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.4 Confidentiality.
The parties acknowledge that Parent and the Company have previously executed that certain
Strategic Business Nondisclosure Agreement, dated April 14, 2008 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”),
which Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms. Without limiting the foregoing, all information furnished to Parent and its officers,
employees, accountants and counsel by the Company, and all information furnished to the Company and
its officers, employees, accountants and counsel by Parent and its officers, employees, accountants
and counsel pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including
the status of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be covered by the Confidentiality
Agreement, and Parent and the Company shall be fully liable and responsible under the
Confidentiality Agreement for any breach of the terms and conditions thereof by their respective
Subsidiaries, and their respective officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financing sources and
other agents and Representatives.
5.5 Expenses.
(a) All fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger (whether or not it is
consummated), including all legal, accounting, financial advisory, consulting and all other fees
and expenses of third parties, incurred by a party or other Person in connection with the
negotiation and effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby (collectively, “Third-Party Expenses”), shall be the obligation of the
respective party or other Person incurring such fees and expenses.
(b) In the event that this Agreement is terminated (1) by the Company pursuant to
Section 8.1(i), or (2) by Parent pursuant to
Section 8.1(d) after receipt by the Company or announcement of a Competing Proposed Transaction and such termination is a result of a breach by the Company of its representations, warranties or covenants contained herein arising from a willful or deliberate act or omission of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Founders, after such receipt or announcement, then the Company shall pay Parent a fee equal to $10,000,000 plus the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Parent incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement (the “Termination Fee”) by wire transfer of same day funds to an account designated by Parent (i) prior to or simultaneously with such termination in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(i), and (ii) within two Business Days thereafter in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(d) as described above.
Section 8.1(d) after receipt by the Company or announcement of a Competing Proposed Transaction and such termination is a result of a breach by the Company of its representations, warranties or covenants contained herein arising from a willful or deliberate act or omission of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Founders, after such receipt or announcement, then the Company shall pay Parent a fee equal to $10,000,000 plus the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Parent incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement (the “Termination Fee”) by wire transfer of same day funds to an account designated by Parent (i) prior to or simultaneously with such termination in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(i), and (ii) within two Business Days thereafter in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(d) as described above.
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(c) The Company acknowledges that the agreement contained in Section 5.5(b) is an
integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that, without this agreement Parent
would not have entered into this Agreement, and that the amount payable pursuant to
Section 5.5(b) does not constitute a penalty. Accordingly, if the Company fails promptly
to pay any amounts due to Parent pursuant to Section 5.5(b) within the time period
specified in Section 5.5(b), and in order to obtain such payment, Parent commences a claim,
suit, proceeding or other action that results in a final, non-appealable judgment against the
Company, the Company shall pay to Parent interest on the amount it is required to pay under
Section 5.5(b) from and including the date payment of such amount was due hereunder to but
excluding the date of actual payment at the prime rate of Citibank, N.A. in effect on the date such
payment was required to be made plus 5%, together with reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred
in connection with such claim, suit, proceeding or other action.
5.6 Public Disclosure.
Except for the initial public announcement regarding entry into this Agreement, as to which
the parties have agreed upon the form, unless otherwise required by Law (including federal and
state securities Laws) or, as to Parent, by the rules and regulations of the NYSE, prior to the
Effective Time, no public disclosure (whether or not in response to any inquiry) of the
existence of any subject matter of, or the terms and conditions of, this Agreement shall be
made by any party hereto unless approved by Parent and the Company
prior to release; provided, however, that such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In addition, (a) Parent
may make public statements in response to specific questions by the press, analysts, investors or
those attending industry conferences or financial analyst conference calls, and (b) the Company may
make such disclosures as are required to be made by the Company in connection with its compliance
with requirements under Contracts to which it is a party to provide notice to, obtain the consent
of, or obtain a waiver from, any Person in order to perform under this Agreement; so long as in
each case, any such statements accurately describe and relate solely to information contained in
this Agreement or are within the scope of the information provided in previous press releases,
public disclosures or public statements made by Parent and the Company in compliance with this
Section 5.6.
5.7 FIRPTA Compliance.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a properly executed
statement in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent for purposes of satisfying Parent’s obligations
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3).
5.8 Notification of Certain Matters.
The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall give prompt notice to the
Company, of:
(a) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any fact, change, circumstance, condition or event,
the occurrence or non-occurrence of which is reasonably likely to cause (or has caused) any
representation or warranty of the Company, on the part of the Company, or Parent or Merger Sub, on
the part of Parent, contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect
at or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) any failure or inability of the Company, on the part of the Company, or Parent or Merger
Sub, on the part of Parent, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be
complied with or satisfied by it hereunder;
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(c) the receipt of any notice or communication (whether written or oral) that claims that any
Person holds or is entitled to any equity interest in the Company not disclosed pursuant to
Section 2.3(b) or Section 2.3(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule on the date
hereof; or
(d) any licensor, vendor, supplier, licensee or customer of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries who cancels or otherwise modifies in any adverse respect its relationship with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or any such Person communicates in writing or gives credible oral notice, to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries any intention to do so;
provided, however, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall not
limit or otherwise affect any remedies available to the party receiving such notice.
5.9 [Intentionally Omitted.]
5.10 Additional Documents and Further Assurances; Cooperation.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (i) each party, at the
request of any other party hereto, shall execute and deliver such other instruments reasonably
necessary to seek and obtain any and all Approvals of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or
other Person required in connection with the Merger, (ii) the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be
done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable in order to obtain all necessary
consents and approvals from Governmental or Regulatory Authorities, or other Persons necessary in
connection with the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby and to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Sections 6.1 and 6.3
as promptly as practicable, and (iii) Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or
cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably
necessary, proper or advisable in order to obtain all necessary consents and approvals from
Governmental or Regulatory Authorities, or other Persons necessary in connection with the
consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby
and to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 as promptly as
practicable.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no party shall be obligated to
consent to any divestitures or operational limitations in connection with any Approvals required
hereunder (including any Approvals required under the HSR Act) and no party shall be obligated to
make a payment of money (other than nominal and customary filing fees) as a condition to obtaining
any such Approval.
(c) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each party shall make any necessary
or advisable filings under any Antitrust Law, including an appropriate filing of a Notification and
Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act, if necessary or advisable, with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable and in any event within seven Business Days of the
date hereof or the determination such filing is necessary or advisable, and to supply as promptly
as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested
pursuant to the HSR Act, and, if applicable, take all
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other actions necessary or advisable to cause
the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as
practicable, including by requesting early termination of the waiting period provided for in the
HSR Act.
(d) Each of Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall,
in connection with the efforts referenced in this Section 5.10 and subject to the terms
hereof, use commercially reasonable efforts (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) to
(i) cooperate in all respects with each other in connection with any filing or submission and in
connection with any proceeding, investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated
by a private party, (ii) keep the other party reasonably informed of any communication received by
such party from, or given by such party to, the FTC, the DOJ or any other U.S. or foreign
Governmental or Regulatory Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with
any proceeding by a private party, in each case regarding any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, and (iii) permit the other party to review any communication given by it to,
and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, the FTC, the DOJ or
any other Governmental or Regulatory Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private
party, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by the FTC, the DOJ or such other
applicable Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other Person, give the other party the
opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences; provided that the parties
shall not have an obligation to exchange any information that constitutes “business secrets,”
including Item 4(c) attachments to any notification form required by the HSR Act.
5.11 Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the terms of Section 5 of the Non-Competition Agreements, Parent, the Company
and the Surviving Company agree that all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in
favor of the employees, agents, directors or officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the
“Company Indemnified Parties”) as provided in their respective certificates of incorporation,
bylaws, indemnification agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and previously provided
to Parent, applicable Law or otherwise shall continue in full force and effect from and after the
Closing Date until the six-year anniversary thereof with respect to all claims for which such
indemnification or exculpation rights may be asserted, assuming the consummation of the Merger;
provided, however, that, (i) in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such
period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue to
disposition of any and all such claims asserted or made within such period, and (ii) the Surviving
Company shall have no liability for any claim, if such claim would be a breach of the
representation set forth in the last sentence of this clause (a). Absent agreement between the
Surviving Company and the applicable Company Indemnified Party, any determination required to be
made with respect to whether a Company Indemnified Party’s conduct complies with the standards set
forth in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or
indemnification agreements, applicable Law or otherwise shall be made by independent counsel
mutually agreed upon by the Surviving Company and the Company Indemnified Party (and fees and
expenses of the independent counsel shall be paid by the Surviving Company), which such
determination shall be final and binding on the parties thereto. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to Parent that no claim for indemnification has been made by any director or officer of
the Company or other
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Company Indemnified Party, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no reasonable
basis exists for any such claim for indemnification.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this
Section 5.11 shall survive the Effective Time indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly
and severally, on all successors and assigns of Parent and the Surviving Company, and shall be
enforceable by the current and former directors and officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries and
their respective successors, heirs or representatives. In the event that the Surviving Company or
any of its successors or assigns consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be
the continuing or Surviving Company or entity of such consolidation or merger or transfers or
conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such
case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Company
shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.11.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, any payments made by the Surviving Company pursuant to
Section 5.11(a) under its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, applicable Law or
indemnification agreements as in effect on the date of this Agreement, including any
indemnification obligations arising from the directors’ actions in connection with approving the
terms of this Agreement, shall be Losses that are indemnifiable under Article VII to the
extent the Surviving Company’s indemnification obligations hereunder are the result of or arise
from matters subject to indemnification under Article VII.
5.12 Form S-8.
Parent shall file a registration statement on Form S-8 for the shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable with respect to assumed Company Options within five Business Days after the Effective Time
to the extent the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Company Options
qualify for registration on Form S-8. Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and the current status of the prospectus
relating thereto for as long as such Company Options remain outstanding.
5.13 NYSE Listing of Additional Shares Application.
Parent shall, to the extent required by the rules of the NYSE, use its commercially reasonable
efforts to list on the NYSE the shares of Parent Common Stock required to be reserved for issuance
in connection with the Merger.
5.14 Company’s Auditors.
The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its management and its
independent auditors to facilitate on a timely basis (a) the preparation of financial statements
(including pro forma financial statements, if required) as necessary or required by Parent to
comply with applicable regulations of the SEC and the California Commissioner of Corporations and
interpretations thereof, (b) the review of any Company audit or review work papers, including the
examination of selected interim financial statements and data, (c) the delivery of such
representations from the Company’s independent accountants as may be reasonably requested by Parent
or its accountants, including a consent to be filed as an exhibit to the Permit Application, and
(d) the securing of a binding fee commitment (on terms similar to those in place on the date of
this Agreement) with respect to consents and comfort letters requested by Parent after the Closing.
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5.15 Termination of 401(k) Plans.
Unless Parent requests otherwise in writing at least three Business Days prior to the Closing
Date, the board of directors of the Company shall adopt resolutions terminating, effective prior to
the Effective Time, any Plan which is intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and which is sponsored, or contributed to, by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company. At the Closing, the Company shall provide Parent (a) executed resolutions of the
board of directors of the Company authorizing such termination and (b) as necessary, an executed
amendment to the 401(k) Plan fully vesting all participants and terminating the 401(k) Plan.
5.16 Takeover Statutes.
If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby,
the boards of directors of each of the parties hereto will grant such approvals and take such
actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and
otherwise act to eliminate the effects of any Takeover Statute on any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.17 Actions to Qualify as a “Reorganization”.
It is intended that the Merger shall constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and that this Agreement shall constitute a “plan of
reorganization” as that term is used in Sections 354 and 361 of the Internal Revenue Code. Neither
Parent nor the Company shall take, nor permit its Affiliates to take, any action prior to or
following the Closing that would cause the Merger, including the delivery of all Parent Common
Stock to the holders of shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Options under
Section 1.7, to fail to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code, and each shall report all transactions under this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements in accordance with their characterizations herein. Each of the Company,
Parent and Merger Sub hereby agrees to deliver certificates substantially in compliance with IRS
published advance ruling guidelines, with customary exceptions and modifications thereto, to enable
counsel to deliver the Tax Opinions required by Section 6.2(d) and Section 6.3(m),
which certificates shall be effective as of the date of such Tax Opinions.
5.18 Intentionally Omitted.
5.19 Information Technology Access.
Because of the substantial lead time that may be required to order and install new software
and hardware to integrate the Company’s IT systems with Parent’s, and the importance of a smooth
integration of such IT systems promptly after the Closing, the Company agrees that Parent may
order, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, either in Parent’s name or, if
required by the vendor, the Company’s name, but in either case at Parent’s sole cost and expense,
any new IT services, hardware and software that Parent believes will be needed at the Company’s
facilities in order to coordinate Parent’s and the Company’s respective operations following the
Closing. For clarity, it is the parties’ intent not to connect any of the ordered services or
systems prior to the Closing. If the Closing does not occur, Parent shall reimburse the Company
for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by it at the request of Parent in
connection with the ordering of IT services, hardware and software contemplated by this
Section 5.19. If Parent is so required to reimburse the Company, Parent will own any such
hardware and software, and shall pay for the reasonable costs to remove such hardware and software
from the Company or its Subsidiary’s premises.
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Parent and the Company will cooperate in the
removal of any such hardware or software so as to minimize any disruption to the Company’s or its
Subsidiary’s business. In addition, if the Closing does not occur, the
Company will reasonably cooperate with Parent in promptly canceling any orders for IT
services, hardware or software and will otherwise act to minimize the costs which might be incurred
in connection with the IT integration efforts.
5.20 Intellectual Property.
The Company shall give Parent prompt notice that any Person shall have (i) commenced, or shall
have notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that it intends to commence, any Actions or
Proceedings or (ii) provided the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with notice, in either case
which allege(s) that any of the Company Owned Intellectual Property, including the Company Owned
Intellectual Property, presently embodied, or proposed to be embodied, in the Company’s products or
utilized in any development tools or design environments designed or modified by the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries, infringes or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property rights of
such Person, is available for licensing from a potential licensor (whether or not the Person
providing the notice), or otherwise alleges that the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries do
not own or have the right to exploit such Company Owned Intellectual Property.
5.21 Delivery of Stock Ledger and Minute Book of the Company.
The Company shall deliver its stock ledger and minute book and those of each of its
Subsidiaries to Parent at the Closing.
5.22 Certain Employee Arrangements.
(a) Each person who has accepted employment with the Surviving Company (including executing
Parent’s standard form of Employee Creation and Non-Disclosure Agreement and associated schedules
and statements without amendment or modification thereto in any substantive respect (other than
disclosure and exceptions of prior inventions that are reasonably acceptable to Parent)) and who is
an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Closing
(individually, a “Continuing Employee” and collectively, the “Continuing Employees”) shall be an
employee of the Surviving Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, immediately following
the Effective Time. For purposes of this Section 5.22(a) and Section 6.3(g), any
determination made by Parent with respect to the addition of disclosure and exceptions for prior
inventions on any Employee Creation and Non-Disclosure Agreement that is consistent with Parent’s
standard employee screening practices during the three years prior to the date hereof shall be
deemed reasonable.
(b) Following a reasonable transition period determined by Parent, the Continuing Employees
shall be eligible to receive substantially the same benefits as those maintained for similarly
situated employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries, consistent with Parent’s applicable human
resources policies and in accordance with the terms of Parent’s employee benefit plans. For
purposes of determining eligibility to participate, vesting and entitlement to benefits where
length of service is relevant (including for purposes of vacation accrual) under any Parent
employee benefit plan, Parent shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide that the
Continuing Employees receive service credit under each Parent employee benefit plan (other than a
defined benefit plan) for their period of service with the
Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, except where doing so would cause a
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duplication of benefits. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate with its
outside carriers so that, for the calendar year including the Closing Date, the Continuing
Employees shall not be required to satisfy any deductible, co-payment, out-of-pocket maximum or
similar requirements under any Parent employee benefit plans that provide medical, dental and other
welfare benefits (collectively, the “Parent Welfare Plans”) to the extent of amounts previously
credited for such purposes under the Plans that provide medical, dental and other welfare benefits
(the “Company Welfare Plans”). Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate with
its outside carriers so that, any waiting periods, pre-existing condition exclusions and
requirements to show evidence of good health contained in such Parent Welfare Plans shall be waived
with respect to the Continuing Employees (except to the extent any such waiting period,
pre-existing condition exclusion, or requirement of show evidence of good health applied under the
applicable Company Welfare Plan in which the participant then participates or is otherwise eligible
to participate as of immediately prior to the Effective Time).
(c) Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company has delivered to Parent a
validly executed and delivered Non-Competition Agreement for each individual listed on
Schedule 5.22(c), which Non-Competition Agreements shall become effective as of the
Effective Time in accordance with their terms.
(d) In addition to Parent’s assumption of Company Options pursuant to Section 1.7(d),
within six months after the Closing Date, Parent shall have issued to employees of Parent or its
Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company) who were employees of the Company at the Effective
Time options to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock in accordance with and as set forth in
Schedule 5.22(d). The price of such options shall be no greater than the fair market value
of shares of Parent Common Stock at the time of grant pursuant to the Company’s stock option grant
policies, and the vesting and other terms and conditions of such options shall be no less favorable
to the optionee than those that are issued to employees of the Parent generally.
(e) Nothing in this Section 5.22 shall give any Company personnel or any other Person
a right to employment or any other right under this Agreement as a third-party beneficiary or be
deemed an amendment of any employment agreement or any employee benefit plan.
5.23 No Control.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement will give Parent, directly
or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries
prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company will
exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and
supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.
5.24 Supplement to Company Disclosure Schedule.
The Company may revise or supplement the following items of the Company Disclosure Schedule
from and after the date of this Agreement up to one Business Day prior to the Closing
to reflect information that came into existence after the date hereof and would have been
required to be disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule if such information was in existence on
the date hereof: (a) Sections 2.3(a) — (d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule solely to
reflect (i) issuances of Company Common Stock, (ii) transfers of shares of Company Capital Stock,
(iii) the issuance of Company Options,
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or (iv) changes that result from the Company’s exercise of
any repurchase rights it has in connection with the termination or resignation of any employee,
consultant or other service provider; (b) Sections 2.3(b) and 2.3(d) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule solely to reflect updated information that the Company receives regarding the
state or country of residence of any Company Securityholder; (c) Section 2.5 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule solely to update the list of directors and officers of the Company; (d)
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule solely to identify any actions of the Board
of Directors or stockholders of the Company; (e) Section 2.18(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule solely to reflect the entry into Material Contracts permitted under this Agreement or the
expiration of any Material Contract pursuant to its terms; (f) Section 2.19(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule solely to reflect additions or replacements to the list of insurance
policies; and (g) Section 2.21(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule solely to reflect
new employees and consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries hired or engaged;
provided however, in each case that such actions or other item disclosed is
otherwise in compliance with and not prohibited by this Agreement. Revisions or supplements to the
Company Disclosure Schedule made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall amend the Company
Disclosure Schedule for purposes of Section 6.3(a) and Article VII of this
Agreement. Nothing in this Section 5.24 shall limit the obligation of the Company to
provide any required notice under Section 5.8.
5.25 Operation of the Surviving Company Post-Closing.
(a) After the Effective Time until the Second Earn Out Delivery Date (the “Earn Out Period”),
Parent and the Surviving Company shall act in good faith and shall not make any decisions or take
any actions for the purpose of avoiding the payment of the Earn Out Shares (the “Earn Out Operating
Restrictions”).
(b) In the event that Parent or the Surviving Company breaches the Earn-Out Operating
Restrictions in any material respect or terminates the employment of any of the individuals listed
on Schedule 5.22(c) other than for Cause, or an individual listed on
Schedule 5.22(c) resigns his or her employment with Parent or one of its Subsidiaries for
Good Reason, in each case, excluding any such individual that does not become an employee of the
Surviving Company upon the Effective Time (each, an “Earn Out Trigger Event”), then any Milestone
the period for determination of which ends on a date following the date such Earn Out Trigger Event
occurs, shall be deemed to have been successfully achieved, and Parent shall deposit with the
Exchange Agent for distribution to the Eligible Securityholders in accordance with
Section 1.11 the Earn-Out Shares with respect to such Milestone(s) (less the Escrow Shares
applicable to such Earn Out Shares, which Parent shall deposit with the Escrow Agent and Earn-Out
Shares payable to holders of Substituted Parent Options) within ten Business Days following the
occurrence of such Earn Out Trigger Event (the “Accelerated Earn Out Payment”). The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that the Accelerated Earn-Out Payment is reasonable in light of the actual
damages that would be incurred by the Eligible Securityholders in connection with the occurrence of
an Earn Out Trigger Event and further acknowledge and agree that such actual damages would be
difficult to determine with exactness. THE RECEIPT OF THE
ACCELERATED EARN-OUT PAYMENT BY THE ELIGIBLE STOCKHOLDERS IS NOT INTENDED TO AND SHALL NOT BE
A FORFEITURE OR PENALTY, BUT IS INTENDED TO AND SHALL CONSTITUTE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, PROVIDED THAT
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SUCH RECEIPT, IF ANY, SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IN THE EVENT OF SUCH EARN OUT TRIGGER
EVENT.
(c) In the event that (1) prior to the Closing or during the Earn Out Period Parent is subject
to a Change of Control, or (2) during the Earn Out Period Parent or any of its Subsidiaries sells
or otherwise transfers all or substantially all of the business of the Company to any Person not
affiliated with Parent (whether by asset sale, merger or otherwise, but not including a sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries); then in each
case, upon written demand of the Stockholder Agent, Parent shall make the Accelerated Earn-Out
Payment. In the event of a Change of Control of Parent (i) during the Earn Out Period, the
Accelerated Earn-Out Payment shall be paid immediately preceding the Change of Control, or
(ii) prior to the Closing, the Accelerated Earn-Out Payment shall be due and payable at the Closing
together with the deposit with the Exchange Agent of the Closing Shares.
(d) Parent shall provide written notice to the Stockholder Agent of the occurrence of any
event or condition that Parent believes constitutes a breach of Section 5.25(a) promptly
after becoming aware of such event or condition.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 5.25(a) above, nothing herein shall in any way
(i) limit or restrict the business practices or decisions of Parent or its Subsidiaries, including
the Surviving Company, following the Closing, or (ii) obligate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to
apply any special efforts or dedicate any special level of personnel or other resources to the
business of the Company following Closing, which resources shall be determined by Parent in its
sole discretion as appropriate and in the best interests of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
5.26 Legal Representation.
To the extent permitted by applicable Law (including ethical rules relating to conflicts),
from and after the Effective Time, Parent, for itself and its Affiliates (including, at such time,
the Surviving Company) consents to the representation of Xxxx Xxxxxxx by Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP,
Xxxxxxx XxXxx or Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, a Professional Corporation, in connection with any litigation,
arbitration or other proceeding or claim that may arise between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(including, at such time, the Surviving Company), on the one hand, and Xxxx Xxxxxxx, on the other
hand, resulting from or in connection with (i) this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the
negotiation or implementation of such agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, or (ii) any services that Xxxx Xxxxxxx provides to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(including, at such time, the Surviving Company), whether as an employee or otherwise, and, to the
extent permitted by applicable Law, waives irrevocably any conflict of interest or other objection
to such representation.
5.27 Restrictions With Respect to Certain Information.
(a) For a period of two years after the Effective Date, without the prior consent of Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, neither Parent nor
the Surviving Company shall, and each shall not direct or cause its Affiliates or Representatives
to:
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(i) search the records (whether hard copies, electronic or otherwise) of the Surviving
Company (or any successor to such records), created prior to the Closing, with intent to
obtain any documents, electronic files, materials or information created by the Protected
Group and distributed solely to the Company and other members of the Protected Group or
communications sent by the Company or Xxxx Xxxxxxx solely to the Protected Group, in each
case, as part of the representation of the Company or Xxxx Xxxxxxx by the Protected Group
(A) in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the negotiation or
implementation of such agreements or the transactions expressly contemplated hereby and
thereby, or (B) in connection with other matters unrelated to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including their respective businesses (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause
(i) shall not apply to documents, electronic files, materials or information lawfully
obtained by Parent or its Representatives from the Company or Xxxx Xxxxxxx prior to the
Closing); or
(ii) search the records (whether hard copies, electronic or otherwise) of the Surviving
Company (or any successor to such records), created prior to the Closing, with intent to
obtain any documents, electronic files, materials or information that would be reasonably
expected to relate to matters of the Founders that are unrelated to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including records relating to any other business in which a Founder is
involved or personal records or communications.
(b) If the management of Parent, the Surviving Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries
discovers or obtains any information described in Section 5.27(a)(i) or (ii) above,
upon becoming aware of the nature of such information, (i) such person or persons shall not read
(or shall cease reading, if applicable), review or analyze such information immediately upon
discovering its nature, and (ii) such person shall direct Parent’s employees and other
Representatives that such person knows are aware of such information not to read, review or analyze
such information and of Parent’s obligation under this Section 5.27 to keep such
information confidential. None of Parent, the Surviving Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries shall use such information for any purpose or disclose such information to any other
Person. For the avoidance of doubt, any use or disclosure of such information in violation of
Parent’s employee policies regarding confidentiality of Parent information, which use or disclosure
was not done at the direction of Parent or its Subsidiaries, shall not be a violation of the
foregoing.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the restrictions contained in Sections
5.27(a) and 5.27(b) shall not apply to any document, electronic file, material or
information that, without violation of Sections 5.27(a) or 5.27(b), (i) was in the
public domain or
available from public sources at the time of its discovery by Parent or its Subsidiaries or
their respective Representatives in the documents, electronic files or other materials formerly
belonging to the Company (the “Discovery Time”) or has entered the public domain other than by
disclosure by or on behalf of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (ii) was already known to Parent or its
Subsidiaries at the Discovery Time, as evidenced by contemporaneous written records; (iii) relates
to a crime or fraud perpetrated by the Company, one of its Subsidiaries or the Founders, (iv) is
reasonably related to any dispute between Parent or the Surviving Company and any of the Protected
Group (including fee disputes); (v) is reasonably related to any dispute with any other third
party, including customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any Company
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Securityholder, or
(vi) is required to be searched or disclosed pursuant to a Law, an Order, a rule or requirement of
a Governmental or Regulatory Authority, subpoena, document request or other legal process
(including SEC rules and regulations); provided, however, that in the event that
Parent or any of its Representatives are required by an Order, applicable Law, regulation or other
legal process to disclose any information referred to in Section 5.27(a), Parent shall
promptly notify the Founder to whom such document, electronic file, material or other information
relates in writing, and reasonably cooperate with such Founder, so that such Founder or another
appropriate Person may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy to prevent public
disclosure of such information.
5.28 Confidential Contracts.
The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the permission of the
other parties to each Confidential Contract listed on Schedule 5.28 to provide a copy to
Parent of each such Confidential Contract prior to the Closing.
5.29 Additional Parent Loans.
From and after the date hereof, until the Closing or earlier termination of this Agreement,
(i) on the date hereof the Company has provided, and on or before the end of each month thereafter
the Company shall provide, Parent with the Company’s good faith estimate of its working capital
requirements for the prior three months, and its anticipated working capital requirements for the
following six months, and (ii) provided that the Company has provided the information in clause (i)
above, and enters into a note reflecting such loan, Parent shall provide the Company with the
Company’s reasonable working capital requirements on a monthly basis (taking into consideration any
prior loans under this Section 5.29, the proceeds of which have not been used), in advance,
beginning on June 1, 2010, in the form of loans due and payable on December 31, 2011 and bearing
the same interest rate and other terms and conditions as the Parent Loans (other than the maturity
date), such loans not to exceed $3,000,000 per month.
5.30 Notice of Certain Matters.
In addition to, and without limiting, the Company’s obligations to provide notice under
Section 5.8, from and after the date hereof, until the Closing or earlier termination of
this Agreement, the Company shall provide prompt (but in no event more than two Business Days after
the Company obtains Knowledge of such event) written notice to Parent in the event that the Company
obtains Knowledge that any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made any threat,
or has otherwise revealed an intent, to terminate such employee’s
relationship with the Company or, as applicable, its Subsidiary, for any reason, including
because of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger.
The respective obligations of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger shall be
subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
(a) Governmental and Regulatory Approvals. Approvals from any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority (if any) necessary for consummation of the transactions
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contemplated hereby
shall have been obtained; and any waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under
the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.
(b) No Injunctions or Regulatory Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining
order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order issued by any court of competent
jurisdiction or other Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other legal or regulatory restraint
or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger shall be in effect; nor shall there be any
Law or Order enacted, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by the terms of this Agreement that would prohibit the consummation of
the Merger.
(c) Stockholder Approval. The approval of the Company Stockholders of the Merger as
required under applicable Law and the Company’s certificate of incorporation shall have been
obtained.
(d) Listing of Parent Common Stock. The shares of Parent Common Stock issued in, and
reserved for issuance in connection with, the Merger shall have been approved for listing on the
NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.
(e) Fairness Hearing and California Permit. The Fairness Hearing shall have been held
by the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California and the California Permit shall have
been issued by the State of California.
6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company.
The obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of
each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the
Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall be true and correct in all respects as of
the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date,
other than any such representations and warranties which by their
express terms are made solely as of a specified earlier date, which shall be true and correct
as of such specified earlier date, except as of each such date, where the failure of such
representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any “materiality,”
“Material Adverse Effect” or like qualifiers set forth therein), individually or in the aggregate,
has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that the representations and warranties of
Parent contained in Section 3.2 (Authority Relative to this Agreement), shall be true and
correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing.
(b) Performance. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects
all obligations and agreements and complied with in all material respects each agreement, covenant
and obligation required by this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by Parent and Merger
Sub at or before the Closing.
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(c) Officers’ Certificates. Parent and Merger Sub shall have delivered to the Company
(i) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, and executed by the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Parent and Merger Sub, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C-1
attached hereto, and (ii) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, and executed by the Secretary of
Parent and Merger Sub, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C-2 attached hereto.
(d) Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion from Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP to the effect that (i) the Merger qualifies as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code, and (ii) no material gain or loss will be recognized by Parent or the
Company as a result of the Merger; provided, however, if Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP is unable to deliver
such opinion, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause another law firm of
national reputation to deliver a written opinion to the same effect at or prior to Closing, and if
such an opinion is so delivered, this condition shall be satisfied.
(e) Key Employee Retention Arrangements. Each of the employees of the Company set
forth on Schedule 5.22(c) shall, provided that such employees become employees of the
Surviving Company upon the Effective Time, become a participant in Parent’s Change in Control
Retention Plan at the Effective Time.
(f) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred any development or event, nor shall circumstances or conditions have come into
existence that, individually or in the aggregate, have caused or are reasonably likely to result in
a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
6.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub.
The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of
each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall be true and correct in all respects as of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date,
other than any such representations and warranties which by their express terms are made solely as
of a specified earlier date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified earlier date,
except as of each such date, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true
and correct (without giving effect to any “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or like
qualifiers set forth therein), individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; provided that the representations and warranties of the Company contained
in Sections 2.2 (Authority Relative to this Agreement) and 2.4 (No Subsidiaries),
shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing.
(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all
obligations and agreements and complied with in all material respects with each agreement, covenant
and obligation required by this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by it at or before
the Closing.
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(c) Officers’ Certificates. The Company shall have delivered to Parent (i) a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, and executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D-1 attached hereto, and (ii) a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, and executed by the Secretary of the Company, substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit D-2 attached hereto.
(d) Non-Competition Agreements. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement,
each individual listed on Schedule 5.22(c) shall have executed and delivered to Parent a
Non-Competition Agreement, and (i) all such agreements shall be in full force and effect, effective
as of the Effective Time, (ii) no party thereto shall be in material breach of such agreement, and
(iii) no Person shall have challenged the enforceability thereof or threatened to challenge such
enforceability.
(e) FIRPTA Compliance. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a properly executed
statement in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent for purposes of satisfying Parent’s obligations
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3).
(f) Contingent Payment Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement,
each of the Founders shall have executed and delivered to Parent a Contingent Payment Agreement,
all such agreements shall be in full force and effect, effective as of the Effective Time, and no
Founder shall have challenged the enforceability thereof or threatened to challenge such
enforceability.
(g) Employees. The employees of the Company set forth on Schedule 5.22(c)
shall continue to be employed by the Company at the Closing and shall not have given any notice or
other indication that they are not willing or do not intend to be employed by the Surviving Company
following the Merger, or, except as described on Schedule 6.3(g), that they are not willing
or do not intend to execute and deliver to Parent, Parent’s standard form of Employee Creation and
Non-Disclosure Agreement and associated schedules and statements (copies of each of which have
previously been delivered to the Company) without amendment or modification thereto in any
substantive respect (other than
disclosure and exceptions of prior inventions that are reasonably acceptable to Parent). At
least ninety percent of the engineering and research and development employees of the Company and
its Subsidiaries employed as of the date of this Agreement shall continue to be employed by the
Company or such Subsidiary immediately prior to the Closing and shall not have given any notice or
other indication that they are not willing or do not intend to be employed by the Surviving Company
or its Subsidiaries following the Merger or to execute and deliver to Parent, Parent’s standard
form of Employee Creation and Non-Disclosure Agreement and associated schedules and statements
without amendment or modification thereto in any substantive respect (other than disclosure and
exceptions of prior inventions that are reasonably acceptable to Parent); provided that any
engineering and research employees to whom Representatives of Parent communicate Parent’s or the
Surviving Company’s intention to terminate their employment, demote or reduce their compensation or
responsibilities, or increase their duties or responsibilities without a commensurate increase in
compensation, shall be disregarded for purposes of making the necessary calculation. If one or
more engineering and research and development employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries cease to
be employed by the Company or such Subsidiary as a result of death or bona fide permanent
disability, the number of
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engineering and research and development employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement will be reduced by one for purposes of making the
necessary calculation.
(h) Limitation on Dissent. Holders of no more than five percent, in the aggregate, of
the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock shall have duly exercised
appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to their shares by virtue of the Merger
or demanded payment for such shares at their fair market value in accordance with Chapter 13 of the
CGCL.
(i) Consents. All consents and waivers listed on Schedule 6.3(i) shall have
been obtained by the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent, and shall be in full force
and effect on the Closing Date and shall have been delivered to Parent.
(j) Certificate of Merger. The Company shall have delivered to Parent the Certificate
of Merger, duly executed by the Company.
(k) No Injunctions or Regulatory Restrictions. There shall be no Actions or
Proceedings of any nature pending by or before any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, and no
injunction or other Order or Law shall be in effect, nor shall there be any Law or Order enacted,
entered, enforced or deemed applicable (A) requiring Parent (1) to hold separate the Assets and
Properties of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company), or (2) not to
exercise full voting rights with respect to the membership interests of the Surviving Company or
(B) which would permit consummation of the Merger only if certain sales, licenses or divestitures
were made or if Parent were to agree to material limitations on the business activities or
operations of it or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company), or (C) that would
cause (or is reasonably likely to cause) Parent or its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving
Company) to incur any material Losses in connection therewith.
(l) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred any development or event, nor shall circumstances or conditions have
come into existence that, individually or in the aggregate, have caused or are reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(m) Tax Opinion. Parent shall have received a written opinion from Xxxxxx, Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP to the effect that (i) the Merger qualifies as a reorganization under Section 368(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code, and (ii) no material gain or loss will be recognized by Parent or the
Company as a result of the Merger; provided, however, if Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP is unable to
deliver such opinion, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
cause another law firm of national reputation to deliver a written opinion to the same effect at or
prior to Closing, and if such an opinion is so delivered, this condition shall be satisfied.
(n) Subsidiary Share Transfer. The Company shall have caused all Persons holding any
capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, including those
listed on Schedule 6.3(n), to have executed and delivered to Parent or its designee a
transfer agreement, and with respect to shares of ServerEngines (India) Private
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Limited, a Share
Transfer Agreement and a properly completed and accurate Share Transfer Deed, each in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (collectively, the “Share Transfer Documents”).
ARTICLE VII
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS; ESCROW PROVISIONS
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS; ESCROW PROVISIONS
7.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements.
(a) Survival of Company Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate delivered by or on
behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive for a period of eighteen months
following the Closing Date (the date of expiration of such eighteen month period, the “Expiration
Date”), after the expiration of which no claim for indemnification under this Article VII
shall be valid in respect thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an indemnification claim is
properly asserted in writing pursuant to Section 7.5 on or before the Expiration Date, then
such representation or warranty shall survive beyond such expiration until, but only for the
purpose of, the resolution of such claim.
(b) Survival of Parent and Merger Sub Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement, or in any
certificate delivered by or on behalf of the Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, shall
survive until the Expiration Date, after the expiration of which no claim for indemnification under
this Article VII shall be valid in respect thereof.
(c) Covenants. All of the covenants in this Agreement shall survive in accordance
with their respective terms.
(d) Reliance on Representations. Notwithstanding any right of Parent, Merger Sub or
the Company (whether or not exercised) to investigate the affairs of Parent, Merger Sub or the
Company (whether pursuant to Section 5.3 or otherwise) or a waiver by
Parent, Merger Sub or the Company of any condition to Closing set forth in Article VI,
each party hereto shall have the right to rely fully upon the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of the other parties contained in this Agreement or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any due diligence review, audit
or other investigation or inquiry undertaken or performed by or on behalf of a party hereto shall
not limit, qualify, modify or amend the representations, warranties, covenants or indemnities set
forth herein or made or undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, irrespective of the knowledge and
information received (or which should have been received) therefrom by such party, other than as
expressly stated on the Company Disclosure Schedule (with respect to the Company’s representations,
warranties, covenants or indemnities) or the other Exhibits or Schedules to this Agreement.
(e) Survival of Provisions. For the avoidance of doubt, each provision of
Article I and all corresponding Schedules shall survive until the satisfaction of all
obligations
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described therein, and each provision of Article IX and Article X shall
survive so long as it is relevant to any other surviving provision.
7.2 Indemnification of Parent from the Escrow Fund.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, from and after the
Effective Time, the Escrow Fund shall be available to compensate Parent and its officers, directors
and Affiliates, including the Surviving Company (individually, a “Parent Indemnified Party” and
collectively, the “Parent Indemnified Parties”), for any Losses, to the extent such Losses are
paid, incurred or sustained by such Parent Indemnified Parties, or any of them, directly or
indirectly, resulting from, related to or arising out of:
(i) other than those matters described in Section 7.2(b), any breach or
inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or in
any certificate delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement;
(ii) any failure by the Company to perform or comply with any covenant or other
agreement applicable to it contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered
pursuant to this Agreement; or
(iii) any breach or inaccuracy in Section 2.18(d) or Schedule 1.6(c),
Schedule 1.6(d), Schedule 1.18(d) or Schedule 1.18(e).
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.2(a), no Parent Indemnified Party
shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2(a) to the extent that Losses
are paid, incurred or sustained by such Parent Indemnified Parties, or any of them, directly or
indirectly, in connection with:
(i) the Intellectual Property to the extent relating to the Company’s NetClient
product; or
(ii) Taxes attributable to periods after the date of this Agreement, except to the
extent that the Company fails to report in good faith, and pay Taxes in the ordinary course
of its business consistent with its past practices during the period from the date of this
Agreement through the Closing Date.
7.3 Indemnification by Parent.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, from and after the Effective
Time, Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company Securityholders and their
respective officers, directors, Affiliates, successors and assigns (individually, a “Seller
Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”), for any Losses, to the
extent such Losses are paid, incurred or sustained by such Seller Indemnified Parties, or any of
them, directly or indirectly, resulting from, related to or arising out of:
(a) any breach or inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub contained
in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub pursuant
to this Agreement; or
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(b) any failure by Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Company to perform or comply with
any covenant or other agreement applicable to it contained in this Agreement or in any certificate
delivered pursuant to this Agreement; provided that with respect to post-Closing covenants, this
provision shall be applicable only to the extent such Seller Indemnified Party is expressly
designated a third party beneficiary of such covenant.
7.4 Limitations on Indemnification.
(a) No Parent Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover any Losses pursuant to
Section 7.2(a)(i), and no Seller Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover any Losses
pursuant to Section 7.3(a), unless and until the aggregate Loss or Losses for all such
claims, in the aggregate by all Parent Indemnified Parties or Seller Indemnified Parties, as
applicable, is in excess of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (the “Basket Amount”), in which case
such Parent Indemnified Parties or Seller Indemnified Parties, as applicable, shall be entitled to
recover all Losses so identified, including the Basket Amount. Except as otherwise set forth in
this Section 7.4(a) or (d), (i) the Company Securityholders shall not have any
liability under this Agreement of any sort whatsoever, including without limitation, for breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement pursuant to this Agreement, or any agreement,
schedule or instrument delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, in excess of the Escrow
Fund, and the amount at any time existing in the Escrow Fund shall be sole and exclusive recourse
for any indemnification claims brought by any Parent Indemnified Party hereunder, and (ii) Parent
shall not have any liability under this Agreement for breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement pursuant to this Agreement or in any agreement, schedule or instrument
delivered by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, in excess of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000) (the “Parent Fund”), and the Parent Fund shall be sole and exclusive recourse for any
indemnification claims brought by any Seller Indemnified Party hereunder. Nothing in this
Agreement shall limit the right of an Indemnified Party to bring any claims for Losses incurred as
a result of fraud (including fraudulent breach or intentional inaccuracy of a representation or
warranty contained herein); provided, however, that in no event shall (i) any
Company Securityholder have any liability of any sort in excess of the Merger consideration
received by such holder in connection with the Merger or the proceeds, if any, received by such
stockholder in connection with the disposition of such Merger consideration, and (ii) Parent have
any liability of any sort in excess of $20,000,000, except with respect to payment of the Merger
consideration pursuant to and as set forth in Article I.
(b) For the purpose of quantifying an Indemnified Party’s Losses under this Article
VII only (but not for determining whether any representation or warranty has been breached or
is inaccurate), any representation or warranty given or made by a party that is qualified in scope
as to materiality (including a Material Adverse Effect) or as to specified dollar thresholds shall
be deemed to be made or given without such qualifications. There shall be no right of contribution
for any Company Securityholder from the Surviving Company or Parent with respect to any Loss
claimed by a Parent Indemnified Party, and in no event shall any Company Securityholder be entitled
to require that any claim be first made or brought against any other Person, including the
Surviving Company or any particular Founder.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, all indemnification payments under
this Agreement shall be treated as an adjustment to the Merger
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consideration payable by Parent or Merger Sub hereunder. For purposes of this Article
VII, shares of Parent Common Stock held in the Escrow Fund and released to Parent or
representing a portion of the Merger consideration returned to Parent by the Company
Securityholders as indemnification for any Losses shall be valued at the Calculated Stock Price and
rounded up to the nearest whole share.
(d) Should the Closing occur, the remedies provided in this Article VII shall be the
sole and exclusive remedies of any Indemnified Party with respect to claims under or otherwise
relating to this Agreement, whether such claims be in contract, tort or otherwise; provided nothing
herein shall limit, or be deemed to limit, the Indemnified Parties’ rights or remedies (i) in the
event of fraud, (ii) against any Company Stockholder arising under the letter of transmittal
delivered by such Company Stockholder as described in Section 1.11 or under any Ancillary
Agreements, or (iii) to seek injunctive or other equitable relief; including, in each case of
clauses (i) through (iii), the time such claims can be made, or making such claims subject to any
deductibles set forth herein.
(e) Any liability for indemnification under Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.3
shall be determined without duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts giving rise to
such liability constituting a breach of more than one representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement.
(f) An Indemnified Party shall make commercially reasonably efforts to mitigate any Losses
that it asserts under this Article VII, including, but not limited to, pursuing recovery
under any available insurance policies or arrangements or other indemnity rights that it may have
to the extent it is commercially reasonable mitigation to do so.
(g) No Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification for any Losses arising from
Third Party Claims unless and except to the extent that the third party bringing such Third Party
Claim prevails, which shall be deemed to have occurred if and only if (i) a court of competent
jurisdiction enters a final, non-appealable judgment against such Indemnified Party with respect to
such Third Party Claim or (ii) the Third Party Claim is settled or compromised with the prior
written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed (or such consent is not required pursuant to terms of the last sentence of
Section 7.5(b)(iii)).
7.5 Claims for Indemnification.
(a) Procedure for Claims.
(i) An Indemnified Party wishing to assert a claim for indemnification under this
Article VII (other than a Third-Party Claim covered by Section 7.5(b)
below) shall deliver to (1) the Stockholder Agent and the Escrow Agent, in the case of
indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2, or (2) Parent, in the case of
indemnification pursuant to Section 7.3, a certificate (a “Claim Certificate”)
signed by such Indemnified Party, or if such Indemnified Party is an entity, any officer
of such Indemnified Party, (A) stating that it has paid, sustained or incurred, or
reasonably anticipates that it will have to pay, sustain or incur, Losses (the aggregate
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amount of such Losses being referred to as the “Claimed Amount”), (B) specifying in
reasonable detail the facts pertinent to such claim(s), the individual items of Losses
included in the amount so stated, and the nature or basis for indemnification to which
such item is related, and (C) demanding payment of the portion of the Claimed Amount that
is then certain and quantifiable (the Indemnified Party shall, with respect to that
portion of the Claimed Amount that represents anticipated Losses, provide a supplement to
the Claim Certificate to the applicable Persons identified in clauses (1) and (2) above
as soon as reasonably practicable with the actual amount of Losses paid, incurred or
sustained once such amounts become known, which supplement shall be deemed delivered as
of the date of the original Claim Certificate for purposes of Section 7.1(a)).
(ii) Within 30 days after delivery of such Claim Certificate (including upon
delivery of any supplement thereto), Parent or the Stockholder Agent, as applicable,
shall deliver to the Indemnified Party, with a copy to the Escrow Agent (if
indemnification is sought out of the Escrow Fund), a written response which shall: (A)
agree that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount (in
which case, if indemnification is out of the Escrow Fund, the Stockholder Agent and
Parent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, within five Business Days following delivery of
the response, a written notice executed by both such parties instructing the Escrow Agent
to distribute to the Parent Indemnified Party, a number of Escrow Shares (rounded up to
the nearest share) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Claimed Amount by the
Calculated Stock Price, or if indemnification is being made by Parent, Parent shall pay
the Exchange Agent the Claimed Amount in cash within three Business Days following
delivery of the response), (B) agree that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive
part, but not all, of the Claimed Amount, including because some portion of the Claimed
Amount remains uncertain (the portion that is agreed upon, the “Agreed Amount”) (in which
case, if indemnification is out of the Escrow Fund, the Stockholder Agent and Parent
shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, within five Business Days following delivery of the
response, a written notice executed by both such parties instructing the Escrow Agent to
distribute to the Parent Indemnified Party, out of the Escrow Fund, a number of Escrow
Shares (rounded up to the nearest share) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the
Agreed Amount by the Calculated Stock Price, or if indemnification is being made by
Parent, Parent shall pay the Stockholder Agent the Agreed Amount in cash within three
Business Days following delivery of the response), or (C) contest that the Indemnified
Party is entitled to receive any of the Claimed Amount. If the Stockholder Agent fails
to respond within 30 days after the delivery of a Claim Certificate (including upon
delivery of a supplement thereto), the Escrow Agent shall promptly pay the Claimed Amount
specified in such notice in accordance with instructions provided therein. If Parent or
the Stockholder Agent in such response contests the payment of all or part of the Claimed
Amount, then such contesting party and the Indemnified Party shall use good faith efforts
to resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 7.5(c) below. Where the basis
for a claim by an Indemnified Party is that such Indemnified Party reasonably anticipates
that it will pay or accrue a Loss, no payment or credit will be made for such Loss unless
and until such Loss is actually paid or accrued.
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(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, the concept of “indemnity” as used in this
Article VII is intended to include, among others, claims between or among the
parties to this Agreement and not involving any other Person, as well as third-party
claims, and a claim by any Indemnified Party for indemnity or other recovery for Losses
arising from any event, circumstance or condition not involving a Third-Party Claim that
may be payable under the terms of this Agreement may be asserted by delivery of a Claim
Certificate from the Parent Indemnified Party to the Stockholder Agent or the Seller
Indemnified Party to Parent, as applicable.
(b) Procedure for Third-Party Claims.
(i) All claims for indemnification made under this Agreement resulting from, related
to or arising out of a claim by a Third-Party Claimant against an Indemnified Party
(“Third-Party Claim”) shall be made in accordance with the following procedures. In the
event an Indemnified Party becomes aware of a Third-Party Claim which such Indemnified
Party reasonably believes may result in a Loss that is entitled to indemnification pursuant
to this Article VII, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Stockholder
Agent with a copy to the Escrow Agent, if indemnification is sought under Section
7.2, or Parent, if indemnification is sought under Section 7.3, of such claim
by delivery of a Claim Certificate to such party. Delay or failure in so notifying the
Stockholder Agent or Parent shall relieve the applicable Indemnifying Parties of their
obligations under this Article VII only to the extent, if at all, that such
Indemnifying Parties are prejudiced by reason of such delay or failure. If there is a
Third-Party Claim that, if adversely determined would give rise to a right of recovery for
Losses hereunder, then any amounts incurred or accrued by the applicable Indemnified Party
or Parties in defense of such Third-Party Claim, regardless of the outcome of such claim,
shall be deemed Losses hereunder.
(ii) Within thirty days after delivery of such Claim Certificate, Parent may, upon
written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party or Parties, if indemnification is sought
under Section 7.3, or to the Stockholder Agent, if indemnification is sought under
Section 7.2, assume control of the defense of such Third-Party Claim with legal
counsel selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party or Parties.
(iii) If Parent does not assume control of the defense of such Third-Party Claim as
provided in clause (ii) above, the Indemnified Party or the Stockholder Agent, as
applicable, shall control such defense. The party not controlling such defense may
participate therein at its own expense; provided, however, that if pursuant to clause (ii)
above, Parent assumes control of such defense and the Indemnified Party reasonably
concludes, based on advice of counsel, that the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified
Party have conflicting interests with respect to such Third-Party Claim, the reasonable
fees and expenses of one counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for
all Indemnified Parties solely in connection therewith shall be considered “Losses” for
purposes of this Agreement. If Parent or any of its Affiliates is an Indemnified Party in
connection with a Third-Party Claim, and Parent controls the defense thereof, all
reasonable costs related to such defense shall be
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considered “Losses” for purposes of this Agreement. The party controlling the defense
shall (i) keep the other party reasonably advised of the status of such Third-Party Claim
and the defense thereof, (ii) shall consider all reasonable recommendations made by the
other party with respect thereto, and (iii) shall not agree to any settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, such Third-Party Claim without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnifying Party, as applicable
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such
settlement or compromise or consent (A) includes a complete release of all Indemnified
Parties from all liability with respect to all claims underlying the Third Party Claim, and
(B) does not impose any liability or material obligation on any potential Indemnified Party
or a claim of any material amount from the Escrow Fund.
(iv) If the Stockholder Agent or Parent assumes control of the defense of any such
Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party or Indemnifying Party, as applicable, shall
cooperate fully with all reasonable requests of the Stockholder Agent or Parent, as
applicable, in the defense of such Third-Party Claim, which cooperation shall include the
retention and (upon request) the provision of reasonably requested records or other
information that is reasonably relevant to such Third-Party Claim, and making employees
available on a mutually convenient basis during normal business hours to provide additional
information and explanation of any such reasonably relevant material.
(c) Resolution of Conflicts.
(i) If the Stockholder Agent or Parent shall object in writing to any claim or claims
made in any Claim Certificate, the Stockholder Agent and Parent (or other Parent
Indemnified Party) shall attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective
parties with respect to each of such claims within forty-five days following the delivery
by the Stockholder Agent or Parent of its rejection of a Claimed Amount in such Claim
Certificate. If the Stockholder Agent and Parent (or other Parent Indemnified Party)
should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement, including the Agreed Amount,
shall be prepared and signed by both parties and, in the case of a claim against the Escrow
Fund, shall be furnished to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely
on any such memorandum and make distributions from the Escrow Fund in accordance with the
terms thereof.
(ii) If the Stockholder Agent and Parent (or other Parent Indemnified Party) should
not so agree, then such dispute shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.14. The determination of the arbitrators, which shall
include the Agreed Amount for such dispute, if any, pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 9.14 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, be final, binding, and
conclusive upon each Company Securityholder, each Seller Indemnified Party, the Stockholder
Agent, Parent or other Parent Indemnified Party and the Escrow Agent, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 9.14(c).
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(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event there is any claim by or on behalf
of any Seller Indemnified Party or Parties under this Article VII (a “Seller
Claim”), and an Action or Proceeding is filed claiming a violation of any state or federal
securities laws relating to or arising from the same or similar facts, claims or events as
the Seller Claim, whether filed by or on behalf of a Seller Indemnified Party or by any
other stockholder of Parent or any purchaser or seller of securities of Parent under such
securities laws (each, a “Related Securities Action”), the Seller Claim shall not be
submitted to arbitration pursuant to clause (ii) above (or if already submitted, will be
stayed), until the Related Securities Action has been fully resolved. Thereafter, in any
arbitration of the Seller Claim hereunder, the arbitrator(s) shall not make, and the Seller
Indemnified Party or Parties shall be estopped from requesting, any determinations
inconsistent with the factual determinations of the court in the Related Securities Action.
7.6 Escrow Fund.
(a) As of the Effective Time, Parent, U.S. Bank National Association (such escrow agent, or
any successor thereto, the “Escrow Agent”), and the Stockholder Agent shall execute and deliver an
Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Escrow
Agreement”), and, as promptly as practicable after the Closing, Parent or Merger Sub shall deposit
all of the Closing Escrow Shares with the Escrow Agent for the purpose of securing the
indemnification obligations set forth in this Article VII (the “Escrow Fund”) and the
Stockholder Fund Escrow Shares for the sole use of the Stockholder Agent. The Escrow Fund and the
Stockholder Agent Fund shall be held by the Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement pursuant to the
terms thereof. The Escrow Fund and the Stockholder Agent Fund shall not be subject to any lien,
attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of any party, and shall
be held and disbursed solely for the purposes and in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
(b) Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, upon
the 12 month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Initial Escrow Date”), a number of Escrow Shares
equal to the product of (A) fifty percent and (B) the number of Escrow Shares placed into the
Escrow Fund as of such date (subject to adjustment pursuant to the last sentence of this clause
(b)), less the number of Escrow Shares paid out of the Escrow Fund as of such date to pay any
satisfied Claimed Amounts (subject to adjustment pursuant to the last sentence of this clause (b)),
less the number of Escrow Shares, based on the Calculated Stock Price, having a value equal to such
amounts as are reasonably necessary to satisfy any unsatisfied Claimed Amounts specified in any
Claim Certificate delivered to the Stockholder Agent on or prior to the Initial Escrow Date with
respect to facts and circumstances relating to a claim pursuant to this Article VII, but
not less than zero, shall promptly (and in no event later than five Business Days after the Initial
Escrow Date) be delivered to the Eligible Securityholders in accordance with their respective Pro
Rata Portions. All amounts used in calculations in this clause (b) shall be adjusted to
the extent, if any, reasonably necessary to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse
stock split, stock combination, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of
securities convertible into Parent Common Stock), reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock the effective date of
which occurs on or after the Effective Time.
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(c) Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, upon
the Expiration Date, a number of Escrow Shares equal to (y) the number of Escrow Shares then
remaining in the Escrow Fund, if any, less (z) the number of Escrow Shares, based on the Calculated
Stock Price, having a value equal to such amounts (such amounts, the “Disputed Amounts”) as are
reasonably necessary to satisfy any unsatisfied claims with respect to which indemnification has
been sought under this Article VII (the “Unsatisfied Claims”) specified in any Claim
Certificate delivered to the Stockholder Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date with respect to
facts and circumstances relating to a claim pursuant to this Article VII, shall promptly
(and in no event later than five Business Days after the Expiration Date) be delivered to the
Eligible Securityholders in accordance with Section 1.11(b).
(d) Disputed Amounts after the Expiration Date shall remain in the Escrow Fund until the
Unsatisfied Claim relating to such Disputed Amounts has been finally resolved. Promptly following
the time that any Unsatisfied Claim has been resolved after the Expiration Time, the Stockholder
Agent and Parent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice executed by both parties
instructing the Escrow Agent to promptly (and in no event later than five Business Days after the
date of such written notice) pay such amounts as are payable to the applicable Parent Indemnified
Party pursuant to the resolution of the applicable Unsatisfied Claim and pay the remaining Escrow
Shares, if any, held to satisfy such Unsatisfied Claim to the Eligible Securityholders in
accordance with Section 1.11(b); provided, that Parent shall not be required to deliver to
the Escrow Agent such notice with respect to a delivery of Escrow Shares to the Eligible
Securityholders until the earlier of (i) the date that is 90 days after the date of Parent’s then
most recent delivery of a written notice to the Escrow Agent with respect to a delivery of Escrow
Shares to the Eligible Securityholders (unless no prior notice has been given by Parent pursuant to
this Section 7.6(d), in which case the applicable date shall be the date that is 90 days
after the Expiration Date), at which point Parent shall deliver a notice with respect to the
resolution of all Unresolved Claims in such 90-day period that result in the delivery of Escrow
Shares to the Eligible Securityholders, or (ii) promptly after the date upon which any Unsatisfied
Claim (including the Unsatisfied Claim in question) is resolved that alone, or together with all
other Unsatisfied Claims resolved since the preceding delivery of Escrow Shares to Eligible
Securityholders pursuant to Section 7.6(c) or this Section 7.6(d), results in the
delivery to the Eligible Securityholders of at least 10,000 Escrow Shares. For the avoidance of
doubt, no permitted delay in delivering the notice to the Escrow Agent with respect to a delivery
of Escrow Shares to the Eligible Securityholders shall result in a delay in delivery of notice to
the Escrow Agent to pay such amounts as are payable to the applicable Parent Indemnified Party
pursuant to the resolution of the applicable Unsatisfied Claim, if any.
(e) As soon as all Unsatisfied Claims are resolved, the Stockholder Agent and Parent shall
deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent
to promptly (and in no event later than five Business Days after the date of such written notice)
deliver to each Eligible Securityholder, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Portions, the
remaining Escrow Shares held to satisfy such Claimed Amounts after payment of all Agreed Amounts
(such date, the “Final Distribution Date”). Escrow Shares that are not distributed as of the
Expiration Date because of an Unsatisfied Claim may not be used to pay for Losses arising from any
Unsatisfied Claim other than the Unsatisfied Claim originally asserted in the relevant Claim
Certificate delivered to the Stockholder Agent prior to the Expiration Date (including any
supplement delivered prior to such date).
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(f) If any Earn Out Shares are (i) distributable on or before the Expiration Date, the
applicable Earn Out Escrow Shares shall, concurrent with such distribution of Earn Out Shares, be
deposited with the Escrow Agent, and (ii) distributable after the Expiration Date, and (A) there
are no Unsatisfied Claims, the applicable Earn Out Escrow Shares shall be distributed to the
Eligible Securityholders in accordance with Section 1.11(b), concurrent with the
distribution of such Earn Out Shares, and (B) there are Unsatisfied Claims, the applicable Earn Out
Escrow Shares shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent to be available for any payment of any
Unsatisfied Claims as of such date upon resolution thereof, and after payment of all Agreed Amounts
relating to such Unsatisfied Claims, distributed as set forth in Section 7.6(e) above.
7.7 Stockholder Agent.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Company Securityholders (other than those
holding Dissenting Shares), by the requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement, and the
Founders exercise of the drag along rights in ARTICLE V, Section 4(a) of the Company’s certificate
of incorporation, irrevocably appoint the Stockholder Agent as their agent and attorney-in-fact to
act on behalf of each Company Securityholder, in connection with and to facilitate the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Stockholder Agent is authorized: (i) to take all
action necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, or the defense and/or
settlement of any claims for which Parent or any other Indemnified Party may seek indemnity
pursuant to this Article VII, (ii) to prosecute on behalf of the Company Securityholders
indemnification claims against Parent or the Surviving Company under this Article VII,
(iii) to give and receive all notices required to be given under this Agreement, and (iv) to take
any and all additional action as is contemplated to be taken by the Stockholder Agent or by or on
behalf of the Company Securityholders by the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the
powers conferred above shall not authorize or empower the Stockholder Agent to do or cause to be
done any of the foregoing in a manner that improperly discriminates between or among the Company
Securityholders, and provided further that the Stockholder Agent shall not be entitled to, and
shall not, take any action that would or could (x) cause any Company Securityholder to have any
liability hereunder whatsoever in excess of the Escrow Fund, (y) result in the amounts payable
hereunder to any Company Securityholder being distributed in any manner other than as set forth in
this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, or (z) result in any Company Securityholder having any
indemnity or other obligations or liabilities under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any adverse change to the nature of the indemnity obligations), in excess of those set forth
in this Article VII, without (in each case) such Company Securityholder’s prior written
consent.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, all decisions and actions by the Stockholder
Agent, including, without limitation, any agreement between the Stockholder Agent and Parent
relating to (i) the defense or settlement of any claims for which any Indemnifying Parties may be
required to indemnify any Parent Indemnified Party or Parties pursuant to this Article VII,
or (ii) the defense or settlement of any claims for which any Indemnifying Parties may be required
to indemnify any Seller Indemnified Party or Parties pursuant to this Article VII, shall be
binding upon all of the applicable Indemnifying Parties, and subject to Section 7.7(a), no
Company Securityholder shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the
same.
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(c) The Stockholder Agent shall not have any liability to any of the Company Securityholders
for any act done or omitted hereunder as Stockholder Agent while acting in good faith and in the
exercise of reasonable judgment, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel
shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith.
(d) To enable the Stockholder Agent to perform its duties hereunder, at the Closing, the
Stockholder Fund Escrow Shares shall be placed into escrow pursuant to Section 1.6(b) for
the sole use of the Stockholder Agent (the “Stockholder Agent Fund”), with any remaining shares
distributable to the Eligible Stockholders on or before the Final Distribution Date. The
Stockholder Agent shall be entitled to be paid from the amounts at any time remaining in the
Stockholder Agent Fund for (i) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorneys’
fees, accountants fees, travel expenses, telephone and facsimile transmission costs, postage,
copying charges and the like in connection with or arising out of the performance of its duties as
Stockholder Agent, and (ii) indemnification against any loss, liability or expenses arising out of
actions taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as the Stockholder Agent (except for those
arising out of the Stockholder Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct), including the costs
and expenses of investigation and defense of claims. In the event that the Stockholder Agent Fund
is exhausted, the Stockholder Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Eligible
Securityholders, in his capacity as the Stockholder Agent pursuant to or in connection with this
Agreement, for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances (including fees and
disbursements of its counsel, experts and other agents and consultants) incurred by the Stockholder
Agent in such capacity, and for indemnification by the Eligible Securityholders against any loss,
liability or expenses arising out of actions taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as the
Stockholder Agent (except for those arising out of the Stockholder Agent’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct), including the costs and expenses of investigation and defense of claims. Such
reimbursement and indemnification obligations to the Stockholder Agent shall be joint and several.
As among the Eligible Securityholders, reimbursement or indemnification obligations shall be paid
pro rata based upon the amounts that such Eligible Securityholders would be entitled to upon a
distribution of the Escrow Shares and Earn Out Shares in accordance with Section 1.7(a),
Section 1.7(d)(i) and other applicable provisions of Article I. Prior to any
distribution of Earn Out Shares to Eligible Securityholders, Earn Out Shares shall be first paid to
the Stockholder Agent to the extent that at such time the Stockholder Agent has unreimbursed
expenses, disbursements or advances, or unindemnified losses, liabilities or expenses, such number
of shares to be based on the closing price of shares of Parent Common Stock on the NYSE on the
trading day prior to such distribution. Within 45 days after the earlier of (i) the exhaustion of
the Stockholder Agent Fund, or (ii) the completion of the Stockholder Agent’s responsibilities
under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, the Stockholder Agent shall prepare and make
available to the Eligible Securityholders upon request an accounting of the uses of the Stockholder
Agent Fund. To the extent not exhausted upon the completion of the Stockholder Agent’s
responsibilities under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, the Stockholder Agent Fund shall be
distributed by the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 1.11(b).
(e) To the fullest extent permitted by Law and as a result of exercise of the drag along
rights under ARTICLE V, Section 4 of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the Stockholder
Agent shall have full power and authority on behalf of each Company Securityholder to take any and
all actions on behalf of, execute any and all instruments on behalf
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of, and execute or waive any and all rights of, the Company Securityholders under this
Article VII.
(f) Subject to applicable Law, by his, her or its approval of the Merger, this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement, and as a result of exercise of the drag along rights under ARTICLE V, Section
4 of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, each Company Securityholder agrees, in addition to
the foregoing, that:
(i) Parent and any other Indemnified Party shall be entitled to rely conclusively on
the instructions and decisions of the Stockholder Agent as to (A) the settlement of any
claims for indemnification by Parent or such Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article
VII, (B) the settlement of any claims for indemnification by any Seller Indemnified
Party pursuant to this Article VII, or (C) any other actions required or permitted
to be taken by the Stockholder Agent hereunder or under the Escrow Agreement, and no
Company Securityholder or Seller Indemnified Party shall have any cause of action against
Parent or such Indemnified Party for any action taken by Parent or such Indemnified Party
in reliance upon the instructions or decisions of the Stockholder Agent;
(ii) all actions, decisions and instructions of the Stockholder Agent shall be
conclusive and binding upon all of the Company Securityholders and the Seller Indemnified
Parties and no Company Securityholder or Seller Indemnified Party shall have any cause of
action against the Stockholder Agent for any action taken, decision made or instruction
given by the Stockholder Agent under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, except for
fraud or willful misconduct by the Stockholder Agent in connection with the matters
described in this Section 7.7;
(iii) the provisions of this Section 7.7 are independent and severable, are
irrevocable and coupled with an interest and shall be enforceable notwithstanding any
rights or remedies that any Company Securityholder may have in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(iv) remedies available at law for any breach of the provisions of this Section
7.7 are inadequate; therefore, Parent shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent
injunctive relief without the necessity of proving damages if Parent brings an action to
enforce the provisions of this Section 7.7.
(g) The individual serving as the Stockholder Agent may resign upon no less than thirty days
prior written notice to Parent, the Escrow Agent and each Company Securityholder (other than
holders of Dissenting Shares). In the event of the death or permanent disability of the then
Stockholder Agent, or if the then-acting Stockholder Agent shall give notice of intent to resign,
the holders of a majority in interest of Company Capital Stock (other than holders of Dissenting
Shares) outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by written notice to
Parent and the Escrow Agent, appoint a successor Stockholder Agent as soon as practicable, and in
no event later than thirty days following such death, permanent disability or notice of intent to
resign. In addition, the individual serving as the Stockholder Agent may be replaced from time to
time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Company
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Capital Stock (other than holders of Dissenting Shares) outstanding as of immediately prior to
the Effective Time upon not less than ten days prior written notice to Parent, the Escrow Agent and
each Company Securityholder (other than holders of only Dissenting Shares). Each successor
Stockholder Agent shall have all of the power, authority, rights and privileges conferred by this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement upon the original Stockholder Agent, and the term “Stockholder
Agent” as used herein shall be deemed to include any such successor Stockholder Agents.
(h) The provisions of this Section 7.7 shall be binding upon the executors, heirs,
legal representatives, personal representatives, successor trustees, successors and Seller
Indemnified Parties of each Company Securityholder, and any references in this Agreement to a
Company Securityholder or the Company Securityholders shall mean and include the successors to the
rights of the Company Securityholders hereunder (and, with respect to this Article VII,
their Seller Indemnified Parties), whether pursuant to testamentary disposition, the Laws of
descent and distribution or otherwise.
7.8 Broadcom Litigation. Broadcom Corporation (“Broadcom”) has filed a Complaint for Patent
Infringement and Demand for Jury Trial against Parent dated September 14, 2009, as amended, Case
No. SA CV 09-1058 JVS (ANx) and a Complaint for Patent Infringement and Demand for Jury Trial
against Parent dated May 26, 2010, Case No. CV 10-3963 JSO (FMOx) (collectively, the “Pending
Actions”). In the Pending Actions, as of the date hereof, Broadcom alleges, among other things,
that Parent is infringing certain patents (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”). Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 7.2(a), the Company shall not be liable for any Losses of any
Parent Indemnified Party to the extent such Losses result from, relate to or arise out of Broadcom,
or any successor in interest to Broadcom, asserting or establishing infringement of any of the
Broadcom Related Patents in the Covered Actions, including, without limitation, as a result of
which (1) the Company is in breach of or there is an inaccuracy in the Company’s representations
and warranties in this Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement; (2) the Company’s ability to manufacture and sell its products
is limited; or (3) any such assertion or determination results in and to the extent it causes the
Company to breach, or otherwise gives rise to remedies under, any agreements to which the Company
is a party. In addition, none of the foregoing circumstances or events, to the extent arising from
Broadcom, or any successor in interest to Broadcom, asserting or establishing infringement of any
of the Broadcom Related Patents in the Covered Actions, shall be considered in whether there has
been a Material Adverse Effect on the Company as of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1 Termination. Except as provided in Section 8.2, this Agreement may be
terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time:
(a) by mutual agreement of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub;
(b) by Parent, Merger Sub or the Company if: (i) the Effective Time has not occurred by 5:00
p.m. (Pacific Time) on the later to occur of (x) August 31, 2010, (y) the date
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that is five Business Days after the termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act, and
(z) the date that is five Business Days following the final time for appeal or rehearing of the
lifting of any temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other
legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger or (A)
requiring Parent to (1) hold separate the Assets and Properties of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company), or (2) not to exercise full voting rights with
respect to the membership interests of the Surviving Company, (B) which would permit consummation
of the Merger only if certain sales, licenses or divestitures were made or if Parent were to agree
to material limitations on the business activities or operations of it or any of its Subsidiaries
(including the Surviving Company), or (C) that would cause (or is reasonably likely to cause)
Parent or its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company) to incur any material Losses in
connection therewith, but in any event no later than the six-month anniversary of the effective
date of this Agreement (such date, the “Final Termination
Date”) (provided, however, that the right
to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any
party whose willful failure, or the willful failure of whose controlled Subsidiary (or in the case
of the Company, any of the Founders), to fulfill any obligation hereunder has been the cause of, or
resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before such date); (ii) there shall
be a final nonappealable Order in effect preventing consummation of the Merger; or (iii) there
shall be any Law or final nonappealable Order enacted, promulgated, enforced or issued by any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority that would make consummation of the Merger illegal;
(c) by Parent or Merger Sub if there shall be any Law or Order enacted, promulgated, enforced
or issued or deemed applicable to the Merger, by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, which
would: (i) prohibit Parent or Merger Sub’s ownership or operation of all or any portion of the
business of the Surviving Company, or (ii) compel Parent or Merger Sub to dispose of, license or
hold separate all or any portion of the Assets and Properties of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(including the Surviving Company) as a result of the Merger or incur any material Losses in
connection therewith;
(d) by Parent or Merger Sub, if it is not in material breach of its representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements under this Agreement, and there has been a breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the
Company and (i) the Company is not using commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach, or
has not cured such breach within the earlier of (A) thirty days after notice of such breach to the
Company and (B) 9 a.m. on the Final Termination Date;
provided, however, that no cure period shall
be available for a breach which by its nature cannot be cured, and (ii) as a result of such breach,
individually or in the aggregate with other such breaches, any of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.1 or Section 6.3, as the case may be, have become incapable of
fulfillment as of the Final Termination Date;
(e) by the Company if it is not in material breach of its representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements under this Agreement and there has been a breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub and
(i) Parent is not using commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach, or has not cured such
breach within the earlier of (A) thirty days, after notice of such
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breach to Parent and (B) 9 a.m.
on the Final Termination Date; provided, however, that no cure
period shall be available for a breach which by its nature cannot be cured, and (ii) as a
result of such breach, individually or in the aggregate with other such breaches, any of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as the case may be, have become
incapable of fulfillment as of the Final Termination Date;
(f) by Parent if the Company has breached its obligations under Section 4.2(a);
(g) by Parent if the Company Stockholder Approval has not occurred within five Business Days
after the date upon which the Company has received a copy of a written determination from the
California Department of Corporations stating that the California Permit has been granted;
(h) by Parent, if, at any time prior to the Closing, the condition set forth in Section
6.3(h) would not be satisfied if it were analyzed at such time;
(i) by the Company, only prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, in order to
enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal; provided that the
Company shall have complied with all provisions of Section 4.2(b) and shall have paid or
shall concurrently pay the Termination Fee due under Section 5.5(b);
(j) by Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, if (A) the California Permit has not been obtained
on or before August 16, 2010, or (B) any such party receives a written determination from the
California Department of Corporations stating that it denies the issuance of the California Permit;
(k) by Parent if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.3 shall
have become incapable of fulfillment; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.l(k) shall not be available to Parent
if Parent or Merger Sub has breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement
in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the failure referred to in this
Section 8.1(k); or
(l) by the Company if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2
shall have become incapable of fulfillment; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(l) shall not be available to the
Company if the Company has breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in
any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the failure referred to in this Section
8.1(l).
8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of a valid termination of this Agreement as
provided in Section 8.1, all obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall
forthwith terminate and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Parent, Merger Sub
or the Company, or their respective officers, directors or stockholders or Affiliates or
Associates, whether under contract, tort or otherwise, including as a result of such termination;
provided, however, that the Company and Parent shall remain liable for any Losses of the other
party or such other party’s Subsidiaries arising from or relating to any willful and material
breach of this Agreement by such party prior to its termination; and provided further that, the
provisions of Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.19, this Section
8.2, Article IX (exclusive of Section 9.3) and the
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definitions and other
provisions of Article X shall remain in full force and effect and survive any
termination of this Agreement. In addition, nothing herein shall limit the rights and
obligations of the parties under any agreement relating to the Parent Loan. The remedies set forth
in this Article VIII are the sole and exclusive remedies of the parties if this Agreement
is terminated.
8.3 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent, on the one hand,
and the Company, on the other, may (but shall not be obligated to), to the extent legally allowed,
(a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other party hereto, (b)
waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or
in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements,
covenants or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part
of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument
in writing signed on behalf of such party; and any such extension or waiver shall be binding on all
of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
9.1 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder
must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally against
written receipt, by facsimile, internationally recognized overnight courier prepaid with overnight
service requested, or email, to the parties at the following addresses or facsimile numbers:
If to Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Company to:
Emulex Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: President
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: President
with copy to:
Emulex Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attn: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attn: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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If to the Company or the Founders to:
ServerEngines Corporation
000 X. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: President and Chief Executive Officer
000 X. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: President and Chief Executive Officer
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
If to the Stockholder Agent:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
000 X. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
000 X. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
All such notices, requests and other communications will (a) if delivered personally to the address
as provided in this Section 9.1, be deemed given upon delivery, (b) if delivered by
facsimile or email transmission to the facsimile number or email address as provided for in this
Section 9.1, be deemed given upon facsimile or email confirmation (provided that such
notice is delivered during regular business hours in the location of receipt, and if not, then on
the next Business Day), and (c) if delivered by overnight courier to the address as provided in
this Section 9.1, be deemed given on the earlier of the first Business Day following the
date sent by such overnight courier, if overnight service is requested, or upon receipt (in each
case regardless of whether such notice, request or other communication is received by any other
Person to whom a copy of such notice is to be delivered pursuant to this Section 9.1). Any
party from time to time may change its address, facsimile number or other information for the
purpose of notices to that party by giving notice pursuant to the provisions of this Section
9.1 specifying such change to the other parties hereto.
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9.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, including the
Company Disclosure Schedule and Schedule 1.15, and the Ancillary Agreements, (a) constitute
the entire Agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof, except for the Confidentiality Agreement (which shall continue in full force
and effect and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the Closing in accordance with
its terms), and (b) the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, including the Company Disclosure Schedule
and Schedule 1.15, and the Support Agreements and form of Ancillary Agreements shall be
deemed to have the same effect on construction or interpretation of this Agreement as if set forth
herein. None of the Company, on the one hand, nor Parent or Merger Sub, on the other, nor their
respective representatives has made any representation or warranty of any kind or nature
whatsoever, oral or written, express or implied, relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, or Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the other (including, but not limited to, in each
case, any relating to financial condition, results of operations, prospects, assets or liabilities,
or valuations), except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
9.3 Further Assurances; Subsequent Actions. At any time or from time to time after the
Closing, each of the parties shall execute and deliver to any of the other parties such other
documents and instruments, provide such materials and information and take such other actions as
the other party may reasonably request to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and otherwise to cause the other party to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby.
9.4 Amendment; Waiver.
(a) Except as is otherwise required by applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended by the
parties hereto at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the
parties hereto; provided, however, (i) that the consent of the Stockholder Agent shall not be
required in connection with any amendment to this Agreement that does not affect the rights and
obligations of the Stockholder Agent (or any of the holders of Company Capital Stock or Company
Options who are represented by the Stockholder Agent), and (ii) after the stockholders of the
Company adopt this Agreement, such amendment shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company
to the extent required by the DGCL and, to the extent applicable, the California Code.
(b) Except for matters addressed in Section 8.3, any other term or condition of this
Agreement may be waived at any time by the party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no
such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on
behalf of the party waiving such term or condition. Except as expressly set forth in such waiver,
no waiver by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more instances,
shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or condition of this
Agreement on any future occasion. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by Law or otherwise
afforded, will be cumulative and not alternative.
9.5 Third-Party Beneficiaries. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended
solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors or permitted
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assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights,
and this Agreement does not confer any such rights, upon any other Person, including any employee
or former employee of the Company (or any beneficiary or dependent thereof), other than (i) any
Parent Indemnified Party expressly entitled to indemnity under Article VII, and then solely
with respect to indemnification thereunder, (ii) as provided in Section 5.11 (which is
intended for the benefit of the former and current employees, agents, directors or officers of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of such provision),
(iii) as provided in Section 5.26 and Section 5.27 (which are intended for the
benefit of parties named therein, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of such
provisions), and (iv) as provided in Section 7.3, and then solely with respect to
indemnification thereunder (which is intended for the benefit of the Company Securityholders, all
of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of such Section), provided that any claim or action by
the Company Securityholders under Section 7.3 and this clause (iv) shall be prosecuted
exclusively by the Stockholder Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.5
shall not be construed to prohibit an action (i) for payment of Merger consideration by a Company
Stockholder or holder of a Company Option or Substituted Parent Option that is unpaid at a time
when Parent is then obligated to pay such amounts or (ii) to enforce the vesting and exercisability
rights of a Terminated Company Employee with respect to his or her Unvested Substituted Parent
Options, in each case, pursuant to Article I.
9.6 No Assignment; Binding Effect. Except in the case of successor Stockholder Agents as
permitted under Section 7.7(f), neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder will be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of Law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto, and any such
assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void; provided, however, that
Parent may assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations, or those of Merger Sub, under
this Agreement to any other Subsidiary of Parent without the consent of the Company or the
Stockholder Agent (which assignment shall not relieve Parent of any obligation or liability under
this Agreement). Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
9.7 Headings. The headings and table of contents used in this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not and shall not be deemed to define or limit
the provisions hereof.
9.8 Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid
or unenforceable under any present or future Law, and if the rights or obligations of each party
hereto under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (a) such
provision will be fully severable, (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, (c) the remaining
provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom, and (d) in lieu of such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this
Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible.
9.9 Governing Law, Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, and where expressly set
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forth in this Agreement, the laws of the State of California, regardless of the Laws or rules
that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of Laws thereof. In the event
of the bringing of any action or suit by a party hereto against another party hereunder arising out
of or relating to this Agreement, which claim or suit is not subject to arbitration, as determined
pursuant to Section 9.14, then in that event, the sole forum for resolving such disputes
shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the federal courts in such state, and
each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to such exclusive jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, if any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or
relating to this Agreement arises at the same time and relates to the same or similar facts, claims
or events as any one or more other disputes, claims or controversies subject to arbitration
pursuant to Section 9.14, such disputes, claims or controversies, shall, to the extent
practicable, be combined in one proceeding under this Section 9.9, and in such event, the
provisions of this section governing dispute resolution shall supersede any other provisions
relating to such matters in this Agreement. This Section 9.9 shall survive any termination
of this Agreement and the Closing.
9.10 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING HEREFROM, THE PARTIES
HERETO CONSENT TO TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING (INCLUDING ANY COUNTERCLAIM)
BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY HERETO AGAINST ANY OTHER OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RESPECT OF ANY MATTER ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
9.11 Construction. This Agreement is the product of negotiation between sophisticated
parties and individuals, all of whom were represented by counsel, and each of whom had an
opportunity to participate in and did participate in, the drafting of each provision hereof.
Accordingly, ambiguities in this Agreement, if any, shall not be construed strictly or in favor of
or against any party hereto but rather shall be given a fair and reasonable construction without
regard to the rule of contra proferentem.
9.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
9.13 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in
the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. Notwithstanding Section 9.9, the parties shall
be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court having jurisdiction, this being
in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity; provided, that
after termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, the parties shall only be
entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive relief with respect to those provisions that
expressly survive such termination as set forth in Section 8.2. Nothing in Article
VII shall be construed or interpreted to limit the provisions of this Section 9.13.
9.14 Arbitration.
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(a) Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to (i) the calculation of the
Merger consideration payable by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to Article I, or (ii) any
claim pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, including the applicability and
application of such provisions to such dispute, claim or controversy, shall be determined by
arbitration in Orange County, California before a sole arbitrator; provided, however, if the claim
and any counterclaim, in the aggregate, exceed $750,000, exclusive of interest and attorneys’ fees,
the dispute shall be heard and determined by three arbitrators as provided herein. If any such
dispute, claim or controversy arises at the same time and relates to the same or similar facts,
claims or events as any one or more other disputes, claims or controversies subject to arbitration
pursuant to this Section 9.14, such disputes, claims or controversies, shall, to the extent
practicable, be combined in one arbitration proceeding under this Section 9.14, and in such
event, the provisions of this section governing dispute resolution shall supersede any other
provisions relating to such matters in this Agreement; if such claims are joined, all claims shall
be aggregated for purposes for determining the number of arbitrators.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to proceeding with arbitration of any dispute, claim
or controversy required to be submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.14, if
any dispute, claim or controversy arises out of or relates to this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement, the parties shall first try to resolve their dispute through informal and good faith
negotiation between an authorized officer of the Company (or, after the Closing, the Stockholder
Agent) and an authorized officer of Parent, with authority to settle such dispute claim or
controversy, before resorting to arbitration. Such persons shall meet for the purpose of
endeavoring to resolve such dispute, claim or controversy within ten Business Days after a written
request from either the Company (or, after the Closing, the Stockholder Agent) or Parent to the
other. Such representatives shall discuss the problem and negotiate in good faith in an effort to
resolve the dispute promptly and without the necessity of any formal arbitration proceeding
relating thereto. The location, format and duration (not to exceed three Business Days, unless
mutually agreed by such representatives) of these negotiations shall be left to the discretion of
the representatives involved. If such negotiations do not lead to resolution of the underlying
dispute, claim or controversy to the satisfaction of any party, then any party may provide notice
of the election to pursue resolution by arbitration as set forth herein.
(c) The arbitration shall be conducted by JAMS pursuant to the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules
of JAMS. All arbitrators shall be retired or former district court or appellate court judges of
any United States District Court or United States Court of Appeals, or such other person with such
other qualifications as Parent and the Company (or, after the Closing, the Stockholder Agent) may
agree, and shall be selected within seven Business Days after receipt of notice from one party to
another that it intends to seek arbitration hereunder. The Federal Rules of Evidence shall govern
the admissibility of evidence during the arbitration. Subject to Section 9.15, the
arbitrator(s) will have no authority to award punitive or other damages not measured by the
prevailing party’s actual damages, except as may be authorized by Law. The determination of the
arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding on the parties and a judgment on such award or
determination may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction and such judgment shall be
final and non-appealable. The decision and award of the arbitrator(s) shall be accompanied by a
reasoned opinion.
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9.15 Payment of Fees and Expenses. In any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, including arbitration pursuant to
Section 9.14, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable fees of attorneys,
accountants, and other professionals, and other reasonable costs and expenses in addition to any
other relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled.
9.16 Time is of Essence. Time is of the essence with regard to all dates and time periods
set forth or referred to in this Agreement.
9.17 Company Disclosure Schedule. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the Company Disclosure Schedule or in this Agreement, the information and disclosures contained in
any Section of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by
reference in any other Section of the Company Disclosure Schedule as though fully set forth in such
Section for which applicability of such information and disclosure is readily apparent on its face.
The inclusion of any information in any Section of the Company Disclosure Schedule or updated or
supplemented Company Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed to be an admission or acknowledgement
by the Company that such information is material to or outside the ordinary course of its business.
Certain information set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules is intended solely for
informational purposes and may not be required to be disclosed pursuant to the Agreement, and the
listing of an item does not necessarily mean that the Company has made a judgment that such
information is material or that any possible adverse result will occur.
ARTICLE X
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
10.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the
meanings indicated below:
“2010 Interest” means all interest that has accrued under the Parent Loan and the Founder
Loans after January 1, 2010 through the Closing Date.
“Accelerated Earn-Out Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.25(b).
“Actions or Proceedings” means any action, suit, complaint, petition, investigation,
proceeding, arbitration, litigation or Governmental or Regulatory Authority investigation, audit or
other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in law or in equity, or before any arbitrator or
Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with, that Person, or (b) as to a corporation,
each director thereof and such corporation’s chief executive officer, president, and chief
financial officer, and as to a partnership, each general partner thereof, and as to a limited
liability company, each manager or managing member or similarly authorized person thereof
(including in each case officers comparable to a corporation’s chief executive officer, president,
and chief financial officer), and as to any other entity, each Person exercising similar authority
to that of a director, chief executive officer, president, or chief financial officer of a
corporation. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings,
the terms
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“controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”) as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of that Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or by
Contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate Common Number” means the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock (i)
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time plus (ii) issuable upon exercise, conversion or
exchange in full of all unvested and vested Company Options, which are not exercised, converted,
exchanged or expired as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding Non-Continuing
Options), provided that nothing in this definition shall operate or be interpreted to give holders
of Company Options any additional rights, including any additional vesting or exercise rights, plus
(iii) represented by all granted but unissued shares of Company Restricted Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Agreed Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.5(a)(ii).
“Agreement” means this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including (unless the context otherwise
requires) the schedules and exhibits hereto, including the Company Disclosure Schedule, and the
certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto, as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof (other than any amendment or supplement to
the Company Disclosure Schedule).
“Ancillary Agreements” means the Support Agreements, the Non-Compete Agreements, the
Contingent Payment Agreements, the Share Transfer Documents, the Escrow Agreement and any
certificates executed and delivered pursuant thereto.
“Antitrust Law” means the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, as
amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and any applicable requirements
of antitrust or other competition Laws of jurisdictions other than the United States or investment
Laws relating to foreign ownership.
“Approval” means any approval, authorization, consent, permit, qualification or registration,
or any waiver of any of the foregoing, required to be obtained from or made with, or any notice,
statement or other communication required to be filed with or delivered to, any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority or any other Person.
“Asserted Patents” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.8.
“Assets and Properties” of any Person means all assets and properties of every kind, nature,
character and description (whether real, personal or mixed, whether tangible or intangible, whether
absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise and wherever situated), including the goodwill
related thereto, operated, owned, licensed or leased by such Person, including cash, cash
equivalents, Investment Assets, accounts and notes receivable, chattel paper, documents,
instruments, general intangibles, real estate, equipment, inventory, goods and Intellectual
Property.
“Associate” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other business organization
of which such Person is an officer or partner or is the beneficial owner, directly or
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indirectly, of ten percent or more of any class of equity securities, any trust or estate in
which such Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as a
trustee or in a similar capacity and any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such
spouse, who has the same home as such Person.
“Audited Financial Statements” means audited financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the related audited
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then
ended, together with the notes thereto and the unqualified report of the Independent Accountants
with respect thereto.
“Basket Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.4(a).
“Books and Records” means all files, documents, instruments, papers, books and records
relating to the business or condition of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including
financial statements, internal reports, Tax Returns and related work papers and letters from
accountants, budgets, pricing guidelines, ledgers, journals, deeds, title policies, minute books,
stock certificates and books, stock transfer ledgers, Licenses and other Contracts, customer lists,
computer files and programs (including data processing files and records), retrieval programs,
operating data and plans and environmental studies and plans, excluding, however, in all cases any
materials that contain any confidential information of any third party (other than the Company and
its Subsidiaries or Parent and its Subsidiaries) that is restricted by agreement or applicable Law
from being disclosed to Parent.
“Broadcom” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.8.
“Broadcom Related Patents” shall mean the Asserted Patents and any divisional, reissue,
continuation, continuation-in-part and foreign counterparts of the foregoing.
“Business Combination” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any merger, consolidation, share
exchange, reorganization or other business combination transaction to which such Person is a party,
(b) any issuance of capital stock or other Equity Equivalents of such Person representing 5% or
more of the voting power or economic interest of such Person (except for issuances of common stock
upon conversion of preferred stock outstanding on the date hereof or the exercise of options or
warrants outstanding on the date hereof or issued in accordance with this Agreement) after giving
effect to such issuance and on a fully-diluted to common stock basis, (c) any acquisition, directly
or indirectly, by any other Person or “group” (as described in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act)
of 5% or more of the voting power or economic interest in such Person’s capital stock or other
Equity Equivalents, or any increase in the voting power or economic interest in such Person’s
capital stock or other Equity Equivalents by any Person or “group” (as described in Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act) holding 5% or more of the voting power or economic interest in such Person’s
capital stock or other Equity Equivalents (except for issuances of common stock upon conversion of
preferred stock outstanding on the date hereof or the exercise of options or warrants outstanding
on the date hereof or issued in accordance with this Agreement), (d) any tender offer (including a
self tender), exchange offer, recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or similar
or extraordinary transaction involving such Person or its capital stock or other equity interests
resulting in the acquisition by any Person or
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“group” (as described in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the voting power
or economic interest in such Person’s capital stock or other Equity Equivalents, (e) any sale,
dividend or other disposition of 5% or more of the Assets and Properties of such Person (including
by way of exclusive license or joint venture formation) other than sales of inventory and licenses
in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and consistent with past practice, or (f) the
entering into of any agreement or understanding or the granting of any rights or options, to do any
of the foregoing.
“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in
the State of California are authorized or obligated to close.
“Calculated Stock Price” means the mean closing price per share of Parent Common Stock as
reported on the NYSE for the ten trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the
Effective Time (provided that the Calculated Stock Price shall be equitably adjusted in connection
with and to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination,
stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent Common
Stock), reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization or other like change with respect to
Parent Common Stock the effective date of which occurs during such ten trading day period or
thereafter).
“California Code” means the California Corporations Code and all amendments and additions
thereto.
“California Permit” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.17.
“Cash” means all cash on hand or in bank accounts, cash equivalents and short-term
investments.
“Cause” means:
(i) the employee’s continued failure to substantially perform the material duties of
his office (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental
illness),
(ii) embezzlement or theft of the property of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that
is materially injurious to the financial condition of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) the commission of any act or acts on the employee’s part resulting in the
conviction of the employee of a felony under the laws of the United States or any state,
(iv) the employee’s willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in connection with the
employee’s duties to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other act or omission that
is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or
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(v) a material breach of any of the material provisions of (A) any non-compete,
non-solicitation or confidentiality provisions to which the employee is subject, (B) any
policy of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to which the employee is subject, including
policies regarding proprietary information, or (C) any other agreement with Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries.
However, no termination shall be deemed for Cause under clause (i), (iv) or (v) (if the act or
omission is susceptible to cure) unless the employee is first given written notice by Parent or one
of its Subsidiaries of the specific acts or omissions which Parent or such Subsidiary of Parent
deems constitute grounds for a termination for Cause, is provided with at least thirty (30) days
after such notice to cure the specified deficiency and fails to substantially cure such deficiency
within such time frame.
“CGCL” means the California General Corporation Law.
“Certificate of Merger” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2.
“Change of Control” means (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act), other than Parent, a subsidiary of Parent or a Parent employee benefit plan,
including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Parent
representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by Parent’s then
outstanding voting securities; or (ii) a change in the composition of Parent’s board of directors
occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors; or (iii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Parent or any direct
or indirect subsidiary of Parent with any other corporation that has been approved by the
stockholders of Parent, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of Parent outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving or resulting
entity, including any parent or holding company) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting
power represented by the voting securities of Parent or such surviving or resulting entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of Parent
approve a plan of complete liquidation of Parent; or (v) the consummation of the sale or
disposition by Parent of all or substantially all the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
“Claim Certificate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.5(a)(i).
“Claimed Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.5(a)(i).
“Closing” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2.
“Closing Cash” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.6(a).
“Closing Cash Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing (a) (i) the Closing Cash, less
(ii) the total aggregate amount of payments of the Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference made from
the Closing Cash pursuant to Section 1.7(a)(i), by (b) the Aggregate Common Number, or if
the amount in (a) is zero, then the Closing Cash Ratio shall equal zero.
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“Closing Company Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Company as of the
Effective Time, including (i) the Closing Founder Loan Cash, (ii) the amount required to repay, in
full, the Parent Loan as of the Effective Time, including all accrued and unpaid interest through
the Effective Time, and (iii) the amount required to repay, in full, Interim Company Indebtedness
as of the Effective Time, including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the Effective
Time. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) such Indebtedness shall not include trade payables
(including amounts payable to NEC Electronics, America, Inc. for the purchase of semiconductor
products), salary and other compensation payable to employees, directors and
consultants, occupancy expenses related to leased real property, expenses under leases for
personal property and other similar operating liabilities, in each case incurred and paid in the
ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and consistent with past practice,
and (b) there shall be no adjustment in the Merger consideration, for the Company’s reasonable and
documented Third-Party Expenses.
“Closing Company Net Indebtedness” means the Closing Company Indebtedness less Cash as of the
Effective Time; provided, however, that if the Company has incurred Interim Company
Indebtedness, then Closing Company Net Indebtedness will be equal to Closing Company Indebtedness
without adjustment for Cash as of the Effective Time.
“Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2.
“Closing Escrow Shares” means the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded up)
equal to (a) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) $10,000,000 by (ii) the Calculated Stock Price,
plus (b) ten percent of the Total Closing Shares.
“Closing Founder Loan Cash” means the amount required to repay, in full, all Founder Loans as
of the Closing Date, including all accrued and unpaid interest through the Closing Date.
“Closing Shares” means the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (a) the
Total Closing Shares, less (b) the Closing Escrow Shares, less (c) the number of Stockholder Fund
Escrow Shares.
“Closing Stock Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing (a)(i) the number of Closing
Shares, less (ii) the total aggregate amount, if any, of payments of the Preferred Stock
Liquidation Preference made from the Closing Shares pursuant to Section 1.7(a)(i), by (b)
the Aggregate Common Number.
“COBRA” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.14(f).
“Company” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement. For the avoidance
of doubt, references to the “Company” shall include the Company in limited liability company form
prior to conversion to a corporate form on February 7, 2008.
“Company Capital Stock” means all issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and
Company Preferred Stock.
“Company Code” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.17(b)(ii).
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“Company Common Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.3(a).
“Company Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article II.
“Company Financials” means the Financial Statements and the Audited Financial Statements.
“Company Indemnified Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.11(a).
“Company Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property that (a) is owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) is licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (c)
was developed or created by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (d) is used in or
necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as presently or
heretofore conducted, including any Intellectual Property (x) created by any of the Company’s
founders, employees, independent contractors or consultants for or on behalf of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or their respective predecessors, and (y) used in or necessary for the conduct
of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business (except to the extent owned by a third party
under “work for hire” or similar doctrines) and created by any of the Founders prior to the
creation of the Company.
“Company Option(s)” means any Option to purchase Company Common Stock, excluding the Company
Warrants, including those listed in Section 2.3(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
“Company Option Portion” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.7(d)(i)(B).
“Company Owned Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property that (a) is owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (b) is exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Company Preferred Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.3(a).
“Company Registered Intellectual Property” means all Registered Intellectual Property owned
by, filed in the name of, assigned to or applied for by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Company Restricted Stock” means shares of Company Capital Stock issued pursuant to a Company
Stock Plan that are subject to a repurchase option by the Company.
“Company Securityholder” means the Eligible Securityholders and the holders of Company
Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Stock Plans” means the Company’s 2004 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan, 2004
Equity Based Incentive Compensation Plan, 2008 Stock Option Plan, and Amended and Restated 2008
Stock Option Plan.
“Company Stock Purchase Right” means a right to purchase Company Restricted Stock granted
pursuant to a Company Stock Plan or otherwise.
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“Company Stockholder Approval” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.2.
“Company Stockholders” means all Persons that are the record holders of shares of Company
Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Company Warrants” means any and all warrants to purchase Company Common Stock.
“Company Welfare Plans” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.22(b).
“Competing Proposed Transaction” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.2(a).
“Confidential Contracts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.18(d).
“Confidential Terms” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.18(d).
“Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.4.
“Contingent Payment Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Recital G to this
Agreement.
“Contingent Rights” means the right of each of the Eligible Securityholders to potentially
receive Earn Out Shares or Escrow Shares pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and the right to
receive any distribution of cash for any fractional interest in connection therewith pursuant to
Section 1.9.
“Continuing Employees” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.22(a).
“Contract” means any contract, agreement, commitment or other instrument or understanding or
arrangement of any kind, including any amendment, supplement, modification, extension or renewal in
respect of the foregoing, in each case, whether written or oral.
“Covered Actions” means the Pending Actions and any potential future Action or Proceeding to
the extent based on infringement of the Broadcom Related Patents by Parent or the Company.
“Department of Labor” means the United States Department of Labor.
“DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law.
“Discovery Time” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.27(c).
“Disputed Amounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(c).
“Dissenting Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.10(a).
“DOJ” means the United States Department of Justice.
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“Drag Along Stockholder” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Company’s certificate of
incorporation in effect on the date hereof.
“Earn-Out Delivery Date” means the First Earn Out Delivery Date and/or the Second Earn Out
Delivery Date, as applicable.
“Earn-Out Determination” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.15(b)(i).
“Earn-Out Dispute Notice” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.15(b)(i).
“Earn-Out Escrow Shares” means ten percent of the Earn Out Shares, if, as and when such Earn
Out Shares become earned and distributable under this Agreement and its Schedules, Exhibits and
attachments.
“Earn-Out Exchange Ratio” means the First Earn Out Exchange Ratio and/or the Second Earn Out
Exchange Ratio, as applicable.
“Earn-Out Operating Restrictions” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.25(a).
“Earn-Out Period” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.25(a).
“Earn-Out Shares” means 4,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, that may become payable by
Parent upon achievement of the Milestones described in Section 1.15 and Schedule
1.15, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 1.8.
“Earn-Out Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.25(b).
“Effective Time” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.2.
“Eligible Securityholder” means, holders of (i) Company Common Stock, or (ii) unexpired and
unexercised Company Options (other than Non-Continuing Options, with respect to such Non-Continuing
Options); or (iii) granted but unissued shares of Company Restricted Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, each as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than such
holders of Dissenting Shares.
“Environment” means air, surface water, ground water, or land, including land surface or
subsurface, and any receptors such as persons, wildlife, fish, biota or other natural resources.
“Environmental Clean-up Site” means any location which is listed or proposed for listing on
the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Information System, or on any similar state list of sites relating to investigation or cleanup, or
that is the subject of any pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding, or investigation related
to or arising from any location at which there has been a Release or threatened or suspected
Release of a Hazardous Material.
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign environmental, health and
safety or other Law relating to Hazardous Materials, including the Comprehensive, Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water
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Pollution Control
Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and the Federal Insecticide and Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
“Environmental Permit” means any Permit required under or in connection with any Environmental
Law and includes any and all Orders or binding agreements issued by or entered into with a
Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Equity Equivalents” means securities (including warrants and options to purchase any shares
of capital stock) that, by their terms, are or may be exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for
or into common stock, preferred stock or other securities of a corporation (or equivalent
securities of any non-corporate entity) or any of its Subsidiaries, and any other profits
interests, equity equivalent or ownership interests entitling the holder thereof to vote with
respect to matters involving a corporation (or equivalent securities of any non-corporate entity)
or its Subsidiaries, or to share in its profits, or to share in its distributions upon its
liquidation, or the sale or transfer of its assets, and any securities exercisable, or exchangeable
for, or convertible into, such equity equivalents.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of “Plan” in this
Section 10.1.
“Escrow Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(a).
“Escrow Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(a).
“Escrow Fund” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(a).
“Escrow Payment” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.11(a)(iii).
“Escrow Shares” means (a) the Closing Escrow Shares, plus (b) the Stockholder Fund Escrow
Shares, plus (c) the Earn Out Escrow Shares.
“Escrow Stock Ratio” means for any Escrow Payment, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock released in such Escrow Payment for payment to the
Eligible Securityholders, less the total aggregate amount, if any, of payments of the Preferred
Stock Liquidation Preference made from such Escrow Payment pursuant to Section 1.7(a)(i),
by (ii) the Aggregate Common Number.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder.
“Exchange Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1(a).
“Fairness Hearing” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.17.
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“Final Distribution Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(d).
“Final Earn Out Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.15(b)(i).
“Final Termination Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1(b).
“Financial Statement Date” means December 31, 2009.
“Financial Statements” means, collectively, the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009,
and the related unaudited consolidated statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
for the fiscal years then ended, in each case, together with the notes thereto, and the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the fiscal quarter ended March
31, 2010, and the related unaudited consolidated statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows for the quarter then ended, together with the notes thereto.
“First Earn Out Delivery Date” means the date by which the First Earn Out Shares must be
delivered with respect to the First Milestone, as described in Item 1 of Schedule 1.15,
which shall be promptly, and in no event later than ten Business Days, after the determination of
whether the first Milestone (as described in Item 1 of Schedule 1.15) has been met.
“First Earn Out Exchange Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the number of
First Earn Out Shares less the ten percent of such number of shares that constitutes Earn Out
Escrow Shares (with the disposition of such Earn Out Escrow Shares to be determined under the rules
pertaining to such Escrow Shares), less the total aggregate amount, if any, of payments of the
Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference made from the First Earn Out Shares pursuant to Section
1.7(a)(i), by (b) the Aggregate Common Number.
“First Earn Out Shares” means 2,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, subject to the
limitations in Schedule 1.15, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 1.8.
“Founder Loans” means the loans by Xxxx Xxxxxxx to the Company, pursuant to that certain Note,
dated May 11, 2007 and that certain Note, dated February 7, 2008.
“Founders” means Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxxx.
“FTC” means the United States Federal Trade Commission.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from
time to time.
“Good Reason” means the employee’s resignation of his employment with Parent or one of its
Subsidiaries as a result of the occurrence of one or more of the actions listed below, which such
action or actions remain uncured for at least thirty (30) days following written notice from the
employee to Parent describing the occurrence of such action or actions and asserting that such
action or actions constitute grounds for a Good Reason resignation, which notice must be provided
by the employee no later than ninety (90) days after the initial existence of such
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condition,
provided that such resignation occurs no later than sixty (60) days after the expiration of the
cure period. The actions constituting Good Reason are the following, if they occur without the
employee’s express written consent:
(i) any material diminution in the level of the employee’s authority, responsibilities
or duties with Parent or its Subsidiary;
(ii) a reduction of ten percent (10%) or more in the level of the base salary, target
bonus, or employee benefits to be provided to the employee; or
(iii) the relocation of the employee to a principal place of employment that increases
the employee’s one-way commute by more than thirty-five (35) miles from the employee’s
current principal place of employment.
“Governmental or Regulatory Authority” means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority,
agency, bureau, board, commission, department, official or other instrumentality of the United
States, any foreign country or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political
subdivision, and shall include any stock exchange, quotation service and the National Association
of Securities Dealers.
“Hazardous Material” means (a) any chemical, material, substance or waste including,
containing or constituting petroleum or petroleum products, solvents (including chlorinated
solvents), nuclear or radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could become friable,
radon, lead-based paint, urea formaldehyde foam insulation or polychlorinated biphenyls; (b) any
chemical, material, substance or waste that is now defined as or included in the definition of
“hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,”
“restricted hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants” or words of similar import
under any Environmental Law; or (c) any other chemical, material, substance or waste that is
regulated under any Environmental Law by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or that would
reasonably be expected to constitute a nuisance.
“HSR Act” means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
“Income Tax” means (a) any income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross
receipts, franchise, profits, including estimated taxes relating to any of the foregoing, or other
similar tax or other like assessment or charge of similar kind whatsoever, excluding any Other Tax,
together with any interest and any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
Taxing Authority responsible for the imposition of any such Tax (domestic or foreign); or (b) any
liability of a Person for the payment of any taxes, interest, penalty, addition to tax or like
additional amount resulting from the application of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or
comparable provisions of any Taxing Authority in respect of a Tax Return of a Person and its
Subsidiaries and any consolidated, combined, unitary, Affiliates or aggregate group of which such
Person or in any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a member or any Contract.
“Incumbent Directors” means directors who either (A) are directors of Parent as of the date
hereof, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the board of directors of Parent with
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the
affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or
nomination.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means all obligations of such Person (a) for borrowed money, (b)
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) for the deferred purchase price
of goods or services, (d) under capital leases classified as such under GAAP and
(e) in the nature of guarantees of the obligations described in clauses (a) through (d) above
of any other Person, excluding in each case trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary
course of business.
“Indemnified Party” means either a Seller Indemnified Party or Parent Indemnified Party, as
the case may be, and “Indemnified Parties” means either Seller Indemnified Parties or Parent
Indemnified Parties, as the case may be.
“Indemnifying Party” and “Indemnifying Parties” means a party having an obligation to
indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant to Article VII.
“Independent Accountants” means the Company’s independent accountants, which shall be KPMG,
LLP, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
“Initial Escrow Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(b).
“Intellectual Property” means all trademarks and trademark rights, trade names and trade name
rights, service marks and service xxxx rights, service names and service name rights, patents and
patent rights, utility models and utility model rights, copyrights, mask work rights, brand names,
trade dress, product designs, product packaging, business and product names, logos, slogans, rights
of publicity, trade secrets, inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures,
improvements, processes, formulae, industrial models, processes, designs, specifications,
technology, methodologies, computer software (including all source code and object code), firmware,
development tools, flow charts, annotations, all Web addresses, sites and domain names, all data
bases and data collections and all rights therein, any other confidential and proprietary right or
information, whether or not subject to statutory registration, and all related technical
information, manufacturing, engineering and technical drawings, know-how and all pending
applications for and registrations of patents, utility models, trademarks, service marks and
copyrights, and the right to xxx for past infringement, if any, in connection with any of the
foregoing, and all documents, disks, records, files and other media on which any of the foregoing
is stored.
“Interest Accrual” means that aggregate amount of simple interest that would accrue on
$50,000,000 from and including the date of this Agreement through but not including the Closing
Date, assuming an annual interest rate of 5% per annum based on a year of 365 days.
“Interim Company Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by the Company after the date
hereof for the purpose of funding the Company’s cash flow needs through the anticipated Closing
Date, which Indebtedness, regardless of the lender, shall be on terms and conditions no more
favorable to the lender than those that the Company could reasonably expect to obtain from an
un-Affiliated third party lender, or other terms and conditions approved in
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advance in writing by
Parent; provided, however, that Interim Company Indebtedness shall not include additional loans
from Parent made pursuant to Section 5.29.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Investment Assets” means all debentures, notes and other evidences of Indebtedness, stocks,
securities (including rights to purchase and securities convertible into or exchangeable for other
securities), interests in joint ventures and general and limited partnerships or other Persons,
mortgage loans and other investment or portfolio assets owned of record or beneficially by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor entity.
“IT” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.19.
“Knowledge” or any term of similar import means (a) with respect to the Company (or any of its
Subsidiaries), the actual knowledge of the Founders, and (b) with respect to Parent, means the
actual knowledge of Xxx XxXxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxx; in each case,
after such individuals have made reasonable inquiry and investigation of subordinate personnel.
“Law” or “Laws” means any law, statute, Order, consent decree, rule, regulation, ordinance or
other pronouncement having the effect of law whether in the United States, any foreign country, or
any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political subdivision or of any Governmental
or Regulatory Authority, including common law.
“Lease Documents” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.15(d).
“Leased Real Property” or “Leased Real Properties” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 2.15(a).
“Liabilities” means all Indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities of a Person, whether
absolute, accrued, contingent (or based upon any contingency), known or unknown, fixed or
otherwise, whether or not required by GAAP to be reflected in a consolidated balance sheet or notes
thereto, or whether due or to become due.
“License” means any Contract that grants a Person the right to use or otherwise enjoy the
benefits of any Intellectual Property (including, if applicable, any covenants not to xxx with
respect to any Intellectual Property).
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, assessment, security interest, lease, lien, easement,
license, covenant, condition, restriction, adverse claim, levy, charge, option, equity, adverse
claim or restriction or other encumbrance of any kind, or any conditional sale Contract, title
retention Contract or other Contract to give any of the foregoing, except for any restrictions on
transfer generally arising under any applicable federal or state securities Law.
“LLC Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
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“Loss” or “Losses” means (i) any and all damages, fines, fees, Taxes, penalties, amounts paid
in respect of indemnification obligations, deficiencies, losses and liabilities, and (ii) costs and
expenses, including interest, reasonable expenses of investigation, court costs, reasonable fees
and expenses of attorneys, accountants and other experts, or other reasonable expenses of
litigation or other Actions or Proceedings or of any claim, default or assessment (such fees and
expenses to include all reasonable fees and expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses
of attorneys, incurred in connection with (a) the investigation or defense of any Third-Party
Claims or (b) asserting or disputing any rights under this Agreement against any party hereto), in
each case, net of any insurance proceeds actually received (offset by the receiving party’s
reasonable and good faith estimate of the present value of any adverse effect on future premiums to
be paid for such insurance as a result of such claim) or proceeds actually received by virtue of
third-party indemnification.
“Material Adverse Effect” with respect to any Person, means one or more occurrences,
developments, conditions, circumstances or events (whether or not covered by insurance) which,
individually or in the aggregate, result in any material and adverse change in or effect on the
business, operations, assets, financial condition or operating results of such Person and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that none of the following shall
be deemed to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining
whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect: any adverse change or effect to the extent
arising from or relating to (1) the public announcement of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, (2) changes in general business or economic conditions; but only to the extent
any such change or effect does not disproportionately impact the business of such Person (relative
to the impact on the business of other participants in the industry in which such Person operates),
(3) national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement by the
United States in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or
war or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon the United States or any of its
territories, possessions or diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation,
equipment or personnel of the United States, (4) changes in the financial, banking or securities
markets (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any
market index), (5) changes in GAAP or any Law or industry standard, or (6) with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries after the effectiveness of this Agreement, (i) any of the matters
described in Section 7.2(b)(i) or (ii) or (ii) any of the exceptions to the Company’s representations and warranties set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule.
“Material Contract” means any Contract (whether oral or written) that is material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including but not limited to the following
Contracts:
(i) any distributor, sales, advertising, agency or manufacturer’s representative
Contract;
(ii) any continuing Contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment or
services involving in the case of any such Contract more than $250,000 over the life of the
Contract;
(iii) any continuing Contract that involves performance of services or delivery of
products of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for
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Contracts involving payments
by or to the Company or its Subsidiaries of less than $50,000 annually or $100,000 in the
aggregate;
(iv) any trust indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other Contract
for the borrowing of money, any Indebtedness, any
currency exchange, commodities or other hedging arrangement or any leasing transaction
of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP;
(v) any Contract for capital expenditures in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate;
(vi) any license, option, escrow agreement or other Contract relating in whole or in
part to Intellectual Property, other than non-exclusive licenses contained in Contracts
with customers entered into in the ordinary course of business and licenses for standard
“off-the-shelf” software;
(vii) any Contract limiting the freedom of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective Affiliates to engage or compete in any line of business or to compete in
any area, or any confidentiality, secrecy or non-disclosure Contract;
(viii) any Contract that is not terminable by the Company or its Subsidiaries upon 90
days (or less) notice by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary without penalty or
obligation to make payments based on such termination and that (A) requires payments by the
Company or its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, in excess of $250,000 (either alone or
pursuant to a series of related Contracts), or (B) requires the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to provide services to any Person after the Closing;
(ix) any Contract with any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant
of the Company or any Subsidiary that cannot be terminated by the Company or such
Subsidiary without premium or penalty within thirty days;
(x) any employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor
union;
(xi) any Contract of guarantee or any similar commitment with respect to, the
obligations, Indebtedness or other Liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
otherwise) of any other Person; and any amendment, supplement, modification, extension or
renewal in respect of the foregoing;
(xii) any Contract providing for the purchase or other acquisition of any business or
operations of another Person, whether through merger, stock purchase, asset purchase or
otherwise; and
(xiii) any Contract pursuant to which any other Person is granted exclusive marketing
or other exclusive rights of any type or scope with respect to any products or technology
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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“Merger” has the meaning ascribed to it in Recital A to this Agreement.
“Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Milestone” has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 1.15(a).
“Modification” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.17(b)(ii).
“Non-Competition Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Recital G to this
Agreement.
“Non-Continuing Options” shall mean all Company Options that are unvested or unexercisable and
(i) outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) listed on
Schedule 10.1 NCO, such Schedule to be supplied by Parent (and delivered to Company),
acting in good faith, at least seven Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Option” with respect to any Person means any security, right, subscription, warrant, option,
“phantom” stock right or other Contract (other than the Company Preferred Stock) that gives the
right to (a) purchase or otherwise receive or be issued any shares of capital stock or other Equity
Equivalents of such Person or any security of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any shares of capital stock or other Equity Equivalents of such Person or (b)
receive any benefits or rights similar to any rights enjoyed by or accruing to the holder of shares
of capital stock or other Equity Equivalents of such Person, including any rights to participate in
the equity, income, profits or election of directors or officers of such Person.
“Option Cash” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.7(d)(i)(C).
“Option Shares” mean any shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon exercise of a Substituted
Parent Option on or before December 31, 2010.
“Order” means any writ, judgment, decree, injunction or similar order of any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority or arbitrator (in each such case whether preliminary or final).
“Other Tax” means any sales, use, ad valorem, business license, withholding, payroll,
employment, excise, stamp, transfer, recording, occupation, premium, property, value added, custom
duty, severance, windfall profit or license tax, governmental fee or other similar assessment or
charge, together with any interest and any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by
any Taxing Authority responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established under ERISA.
“Parent” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.
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“Parent Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.10 per share of Parent.
“Parent Financial Statements” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.4(b).
“Parent Fund” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.4(a).
“Parent Indemnified Party” or “Parent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 7.2(a).
“Parent Loan” means that certain loan made to the Company by Parent pursuant to the Amended
and Restated Loan Agreement, dated December 2, 2009, between the Company and Parent, pursuant to
which Parent lent to the Company an aggregate of $25,000,000.
“Parent Welfare Plans” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.22(b).
“Pending Actions” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.8.
“Permit” means any license, permit, approval, consent, franchise or authorization.
“Permit Application” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.34(c).
“Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens disclosed in the balance sheet contained in the Unaudited
2009 Financial Statements; (b) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or being contested in good
faith; (c) deposits or pledges of cash to secure obligations under worker’s compensation, social
security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance; (d) Liens consisting of zoning or
planning restrictions, and easements and other restrictions or limitations on the use of real
property of record; (e) deposits or pledges of cash to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than
contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
utility deposits and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business;
and (f) mechanics’, workers’, landlords’, materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in
good faith and are not, individually or in the aggregate, material in amount.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company or partnership, proprietorship, other business organization, trust,
union, association or other entity or any Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Plan” means (a) each of the “employee benefit plans” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA, of which any of the Company, any Subsidiary, or any member of the same controlled group
of businesses as the Company or any Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA
(an “ERISA Affiliate”) is a sponsor or participating employer or as to which the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates makes contributions or is required to make
contributions, and (b) any similar employment, severance or other arrangement or policy of any of
the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates (whether written or oral) providing
for health, life, vision or dental insurance coverage (including self-insured arrangements),
workers’ compensation, disability benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacation benefits
or retirement benefits, fringe benefits, or for profit
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sharing, deferred compensation, bonuses,
stock options, stock appreciation or other forms of incentive compensation or post-retirement
insurance, compensation or benefits.
“Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference” means an amount in cash equal to $11.764653 per
share.
“Pro Rata Portion” for each Eligible Securityholder, means the fraction obtained by
multiplying (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock (A) held by such Eligible
Securityholder immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (B) issuable to such Eligible
Securityholder upon exercise of Company Options (excluding Non-Continuing Options) outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, by (ii) the Pro Rata Share.
“Pro Rata Share” means, as applied to any share of Company Common Stock (including shares of
Company Common Stock subject to a Company Option), the quotient obtained by dividing One by the
Aggregate Common Number.
“Proposal Notice” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.2(b).
“Protected Group” means Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, a Professional Corporation, or
Xxxxxxx XxXxx.
“PTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
“Qualifying Amendment” means a modification, withdrawal, amendment or other alteration of (i)
the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of the Company that the Company’s
stockholders adopt this Agreement and approve and execute such other documents as may be required
to satisfy the applicable requirements of the DGCL or the California Code and applicable securities
laws, including the Securities Act, in connection with the issuance and sale of Parent Common Stock
in the Merger, and (ii) the unanimous conclusion of the board of directors of the Company that the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Merger are advisable, fair to, and in the best
interests of, the Company’s stockholders, in each case in a manner that is adverse to Parent that
(a) is made after receipt of a Superior Proposal, which is still pending, and (b) in the good faith
judgment of the board of directors of the Company (after consultation with outside counsel) not
taking such action would be inconsistent with the directors’ exercise of their fiduciary duties
under applicable Law as a result of such Superior Proposal. No Qualifying Amendment shall withdraw
or unreasonably delay submission of the proposal for adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders
of the Company.
“Registered Intellectual Property” means all United States, international and foreign: (a)
patents and patent applications (including provisional applications); (b) registered trademarks and
service marks, applications to register trademarks and service marks, intent-to-use applications,
other registrations or applications to trademarks or service marks; (c) registered copyrights and
applications for copyright registration; (d) any mask work registrations and applications to
register mask works; and (e) any other Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application,
certificate, filing, registration or other document issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Related Securities Action” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.5(c)(iii).
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“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing of a Hazardous Material into the Environment.
“Representatives” means, as to any Person, such Person’s (i) Affiliates and its and their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, advisors (including, without
limitation, financial advisors, legal counsel and accountants), (ii) owners of more than fifteen
percent of such Person’s equity securities (on a fully-diluted basis), (iii) controlling Persons
and (iv) the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and advisors
(including, without limitation, financial advisors, legal counsel and accountants) of the Persons
listed in clauses (ii) and (iii).
“Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement” means a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement in one of
the forms attached to one of the Company Stock Plans pursuant to which the Company has sold Company
Restricted Stock or issued Company Stock Purchase Rights or as may otherwise have been entered into
by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement and provided to Parent prior to the date of this
Agreement.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor entity.
“SEC Documents” means, each report, schedule, form, statement or other document filed or
required to be filed since January 1, 2007, with the SEC by Parent pursuant to Section 13(a) of the
Exchange Act.
“Second Earn Out Delivery Date” means the date by which the Second Earn Out Shares must be
delivered with respect to the Second Milestone, as described in Item 2 of Schedule 1.15,
which shall be promptly, and in no event later than ten Business Days, after final determination of
the Revenue (as defined in Item 2 of Schedule 1.15).
“Second Earn Out Exchange Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the number of
Second Earn Out Shares less the ten percent of such number of shares that constitutes Earn Out
Escrow Shares (with the disposition of such Earn Out Escrow Shares to be determined under the rules
pertaining to such Escrow Shares) less the total aggregate amount, if any, of payments of the
Preferred Stock Liquidation Preference made from the Second Earn Out Shares pursuant to Section
1.7(a)(i), by (b) the Aggregate Common Number.
“Second Earn Out Shares” means 2,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, subject to the
limitations in Schedule 1.15, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 1.8.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC thereunder.
“Seller Claim” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.5(c)(iii).
“Seller Indemnified Party” or “Seller Indemnified Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 7.3.
“Share Transfer Documents” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.3(n).
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“Site” means any of the real properties currently or previously owned, leased, occupied, used
or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, any predecessors of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entities previously owned by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company, including all soil, subsoil, surface waters and groundwater.
“Stockholder Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Stockholder Agent Fund” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.7(d).
“Stockholder Fund Escrow Shares” means shares of Parent Common Stock with a value of $100,000,
based on the Calculated Stock Price, to be distributed as set forth in the Escrow Agreement and
Section 7.7(d).
“Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company, Parent or Surviving Company, as the
context requires, directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries or otherwise, beneficially owns at
least fifty percent of either the equity interest in, or the voting control of, such Person,
whether or not existing on the date hereof.
“Substituted Parent Option” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.7(d).
“Substituted Parent Optionholder” means a holder of a Substituted Parent Option.
“Superior Proposal” means a bona fide unsolicited written Competing Proposed Transaction
(except that for purposes thereof, references in the definition of “Business Combination” to “5%”
shall be replaced by “50%”) made by a third party to the board of directors of the Company first
made after the date of this Agreement, which did not result from a breach of Section
4.2(a), and which in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company (after
consultation with its outside counsel), taking into account all such factors as it considers to be
appropriate, including the legal, financial (including any financing terms), timing, regulatory and
other aspects of the Competing Proposed Transaction, (a) if consummated, would result in a
transaction that is more favorable to the Company’s stockholders from a financial point-of-view
than the Merger, taking into account, among other things, any changes to the terms of this
Agreement offered by Parent in response to such Competing Proposed Transaction or otherwise; and
(b) is reasonably expected to be completed in accordance with its terms, taking into account all
financial (including any financing terms), legal, regulatory and other aspects of such proposal.
“Support Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Recital G to this Agreement.
“Surviving Company” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1.
“Takeover Statute” means a “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other
similar antitakeover statute or regulation enacted under applicable Laws, including, without
limitation, Section 203 of the DGCL.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means Income Taxes and/or Other Taxes, as the context requires.
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“Tax Law” means the Internal Revenue Code, federal, state, county, local or foreign Laws
relating to Taxes and any regulations or official administrative pronouncements released
thereunder.
“Tax Returns” means any return, report, information return, schedule, certificate, statement
or other document (including any related or supporting information) filed or required to be filed
with, or, where none is required to be filed with a Taxing Authority, the statement or other
document issued by, a Taxing Authority in connection with any Tax.
“Taxing Authority” means any governmental agency, board, bureau, body, department or authority
of any United States federal, state or local jurisdiction or any foreign jurisdiction, having or
purporting to exercise jurisdiction with respect to any Tax.
“Terminated Company Employee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.7(d)(vii).
“Termination Fee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.5(b).
“Third-Party Claim” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.5(b)(i).
“Third-Party Claimant” means any Person making a claim, other than (i) Parent, Merger Sub, or
other Parent Indemnified Party, on the one hand, making a claim for indemnification hereunder
against any Company Securityholder, the Stockholder Agent, in his capacity as such, or the Escrow
Fund, on the other, or (ii) any Seller Indemnified Party, on the one hand, making a claim for
indemnification hereunder against Parent, on the other.
“Third-Party Code” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.17(b)(ii).
“Third-Party Expenses” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.5(a). For the
avoidance of doubt, Third Party Expenses of the Company includes any and all amounts payable to BDO
Xxxxxxx, LLP with respect to work done pursuant to that certain engagement letter dated January 29,
2010, and to KPMG LLP, in each case relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
“Total Closing Shares” means 8,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, subject to adjustment
pursuant to Section 1.8.
“Unaudited 2009 Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009, and the related unaudited consolidated
statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, in
each case, together with the notes thereto.
“Unpaid Third-Party Expenses” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.6(d).
“Unsatisfied Claims” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.6(c).
“Unvested Substituted Parent Option” means, as of any applicable measurement date, the
portion, if any, of the Company Options that have been assumed by Parent under this Agreement and
substituted with Substituted Parent Options and that have not vested or been
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canceled as of such
date. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate Pro Rata Portion attributable to all Unvested
Substituted Parent Options at any time shall equal the aggregate Pro Rata Portion attributable to
all unvested portions of Company Options for which such Unvested Substituted Parent Options were
substituted.
10.2 Construction.
Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each
other gender and the neuter, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural
or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and derivative or
similar words refer to this entire Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision, (iv) the terms “Article” or “Section” or other subdivision refer to the
specified Article, Section or other subdivision of the body of this Agreement, (v) the phrases
“ordinary course of business” and “ordinary course of business consistent with past practice” refer
to the business and practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (vi) the words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation,” (vii) the term “or” is not exclusive and shall mean “and/or,” and (viii) when a
reference is made in this Agreement to Exhibits, such reference shall be to an Exhibit to this
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “commercially reasonable efforts” will not be deemed to
require a Person to undertake extraordinary or unreasonable measures, including the payment of
amounts in excess of normal and usual filing fees and processing fees. All accounting terms used
herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP. When
used herein, the terms “party” or “parties” refer to Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, and, with
respect to Article VII, Article IX and Article X only, the Stockholder
Agent, and the terms “third party” or “third parties” refer to Persons other than Parent, Merger
Sub, the Company, or, with respect to Article VII, Article IX and Article X
only, the Stockholder Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company, and with respect to Article
VII, Article IX and Article X only, the Stockholder Agent, have caused this
Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized representatives, all as of the date first written
above.
EMULEX CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
TORTUGA ELECTRONICS LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
SERVERENGINES CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
STOCKHOLDER AGENT |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]