AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT among FORTISSIMO ACQUISITION CORP., FAC ACQUISITION SUB CORP., PSYOP, INC., PSYOP SERVICES, LLC, JUSTIN BOOTH-CLIBBORN, HEJUNG MARIE HYON, JUSTIN LANE, KYLIE MATULICK, EBEN MEARS, ROBERT...
Exhibit
10.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
AND
INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
FAC
ACQUISITION SUB CORP.,
PSYOP,
INC.,
PSYOP
SERVICES, LLC,
XXXXXX
XXXXX-XXXXXXXX, HEJUNG XXXXX XXXX, XXXXXX XXXX,
KYLIE
MATULICK, XXXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXX
XXXXX AND XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX,
and
XXXXXX
XXXXX-XXXXXXXX, AS STOCKHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE
Dated
as of January 15, 2008
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
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Article
I.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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Section
1.01.
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Certain
Defined Terms
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2
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Section
1.02.
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Construction
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12
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Article
II.
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THE
MERGERS; CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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12
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Section
2.01.
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The
Merger; Effective Time of the Merger
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12
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Section
2.02.
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Closing
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12
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Section
2.03.
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Effect
of the Merger; Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws; Directors
and
Officers of Surviving Corporation
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12
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Section
2.04.
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Merger
Consideration; Conversion of Company Common Stock and Company Class
B
Common Stock.
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13
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Section
2.05.
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Escrow
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14
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Section
2.06.
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Exchange
Procedures.
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15
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Section
2.07.
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[intentionally
omitted]
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15
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Section
2.08.
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Fractional
Shares
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15
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Section
2.09.
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Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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15
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Section
2.10.
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[intentionally
omitted]
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16
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Section
2.11.
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Stock
Transfer Books
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16
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Section
2.12.
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Certain
Adjustments
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16
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Section
2.13.
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Contingent
Consideration.
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16
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Section
2.14.
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Additional
Consideration.
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17
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Section
2.15.
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Stockholders’
Representative.
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17
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Section
2.16.
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Rule
145
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19
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Section
2.17.
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Purchase
of Blacklist.
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19
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Section
2.18.
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Upstream
Merger
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19
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Section
2.19.
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Resignation
of Directors
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19
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Article
III.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES AS TO THE COMPANY AND BLACKLIST
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20
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Section
3.01.
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Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
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20
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Section
3.02.
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
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20
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Section
3.03.
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Capitalization.
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20
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Section
3.04.
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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21
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Section
3.05.
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No
Conflicts; Required Filings and Consents.
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21
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Section
3.06.
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Permits;
Compliance with Laws
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22
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Section
3.07.
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Financial
Statements.
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23
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Section
3.08.
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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24
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Section
3.09.
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Employee
and Labor Matters.
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25
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Section
3.10.
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Contracts
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30
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Section
3.11.
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Litigation
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31
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Section
3.12.
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Environmental
Matters
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31
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Section
3.13.
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Intellectual
Property.
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32
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Section
3.14.
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Taxes.
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34
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i
Section
3.15.
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Insurance
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37
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Section
3.16.
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Properties
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37
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Section
3.17.
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Affiliates
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38
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Section
3.18.
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Brokers
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38
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Section
3.19.
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Certain
Business Practices
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38
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Section
3.20.
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Accounts
Receivable
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39
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Section
3.21.
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Customers
and Suppliers
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39
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Section
3.22.
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Corporate
Approvals
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39
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Section
3.23.
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Proxy
Statement
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39
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Section
3.24.
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Grants,
Incentives and Subsidies
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39
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Section
3.25.
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Bank
Accounts
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39
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Section
3.26.
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Books
and Records
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40
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Section
3.27.
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Privacy
and Data Security
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40
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Section
3.28.
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Stockholder
Approval and Member Approval
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40
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Section
3.29.
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Representations
and Warranties Complete
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40
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Article
IV.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AND HOLDERS OF THE MEMBERSHIP
INTERESTS
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40
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Section
4.01.
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Authorization
of Agreements, Etc.
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41
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Section
4.02.
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Validity
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41
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Section
4.03.
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Title
to Shares / Membership Interests
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41
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Section
4.04.
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Brokers
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42
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Section
4.05.
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Accredited
Investor or Non-U.S. Person
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42
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Section
4.06.
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Interested
Party Transactions.
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42
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Section
4.07.
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Tax
Treatment of the Merger
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42
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Article
V.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
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42
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Section
5.01.
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Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries
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42
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Section
5.02.
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Capitalization.
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43
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Section
5.03.
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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43
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Section
5.04.
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
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43
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Section
5.05.
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Board
Approval
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44
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Section
5.06.
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Trust
Fund
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44
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Section
5.07.
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Subsidiaries.
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44
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Section
5.08.
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Compliance
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45
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Section
5.09.
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
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45
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Section
5.10.
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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46
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Section
5.11.
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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46
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Section
5.12.
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Litigation
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47
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Section
5.13.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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47
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Section
5.14.
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Labor
Matters
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47
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Section
5.15.
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Business
Activities
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47
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Section
5.16.
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Title
to Property
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47
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Section
5.17.
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Taxes.
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47
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Section
5.18.
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Environmental
Matters
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48
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Section
5.19.
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Brokers
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48
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Section
5.20.
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Intellectual
Property
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48
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Section
5.21.
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Agreements,
Contracts and Commitments.
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48
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Section
5.22.
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Insurance
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49
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Section
5.23.
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Interested
Party Transactions
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49
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Section
5.24.
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Indebtedness
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49
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Section
5.25.
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Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation
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49
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Section
5.26.
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Governmental
Filings
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49
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Section
5.27.
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Representations
and Warranties Complete
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50
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Article
VI.
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COVENANTS
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50
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Section
6.01.
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Conduct
of Business by the Company Pending the Closing
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50
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Section
6.02.
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Notices
of Certain Events
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52
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Section
6.03.
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Access
to Information; Confidentiality.
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53
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Section
6.04.
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No
Solicitation of Transactions.
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53
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Section
6.05.
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Further
Action; Consents; Filings.
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54
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Section
6.06.
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Certain
Tax Matters.
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54
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Section
6.07.
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Public
Announcements
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57
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Section
6.08.
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Proxy
Statement; Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
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58
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Section
6.09.
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Other
Actions.
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59
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Section
6.10.
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Required
Information
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60
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Section
6.11.
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Listing
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61
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Section
6.12.
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Registration
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61
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Section
6.13.
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No
Claim Against Trust Fund
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61
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Section
6.14.
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No
Securities Transactions
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61
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Section
6.15.
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Disclosure
of Certain Matters
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61
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Section
6.16.
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Company
Actions
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62
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Section
6.17.
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Stockholder
Restrictions
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62
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Section
6.18.
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Upstream
Merger
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62
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Section
6.19.
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Proxy
Statement
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62
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Section
6.20.
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83(b)
Elections
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62
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Section
6.21.
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Operations
in Israel
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62
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Section
6.22.
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Dividend
Payment
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62
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Section
6.23.
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280G
Approval
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63
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Article
VII.
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STOCK
MATTERS
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63
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Section
7.01.
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Transfer
of Shares
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63
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Section
7.02.
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Restricted
Securities, Stock Certificate Legend
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64
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Section
7.03.
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Reservation
of Stock
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64
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Section
7.04.
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No
Stockholder Rights
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64
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Section
7.05.
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Compliance
with Law or Stock Exchange
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64
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Article
VIII.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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65
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Section
8.01.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of Each Party
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65
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Section
8.02.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of Parent
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65
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Section
8.03.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company and the
Stockholders
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67
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Article
IX.
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INDEMNIFICATION
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68
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Section
9.01.
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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68
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Section
9.02.
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Tax
Indemnity.
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69
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Section
9.03.
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General
Indemnity.
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70
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Section
9.04.
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Conditions
of Indemnification
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70
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Section
9.05.
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Threshold
for Damages
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71
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Section
9.06.
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Escrow
Funds
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72
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Section
9.07.
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Exclusive
Remedy
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72
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Article
X.
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TERMINATION
AND ABANDONMENT
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72
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Section
10.01.
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Termination
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72
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Section
10.02.
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Procedure
and Effect of Termination.
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73
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Article
XI.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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74
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Section
11.01.
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Expenses,
Etc.
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74
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Section
11.02.
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Notices
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74
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Section
11.03.
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Waivers
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76
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Section
11.04.
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Amendments,
Supplements, Etc
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76
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Section
11.05.
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Other
Remedies; Specific Performance
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76
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Section
11.06.
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Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
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76
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Section
11.07.
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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77
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Section
11.08.
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Headings;
Interpretation
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77
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Section
11.09.
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Counterparts
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77
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Section
11.10.
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Entire
Agreement
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77
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Section
11.11.
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Binding
Effect; Benefits
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77
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Section
11.12.
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Assignability
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77
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Section
11.13.
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Severability
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77
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A
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Contingent
Consideration
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Exhibit
B
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Forms
of Employment Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Opinion of Counsel to the Company
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Proprietary Rights, Non-Disclosure, Developments, Non- Competition
and
Non- Solicitation Agreement
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Exhibit
F
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Form
of Lock-Up and Trading Restriction Agreement
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Exhibit
G
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Form
of Restricted Stock Agreement
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Exhibit
H
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Form
of Opinion of Counsel to Parent
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
I
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Stockholders
of Psyop, Inc.
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Schedule
II
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Members
of Psyop Services, LLC
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Schedule
6.06(i)
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Allocation
Schedule
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iv
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
AND
INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER AND INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
dated
as of January 15, 2008 (the “Agreement”),
among
FORTISSIMO ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”);
FAC
ACQUISITION SUB CORP., a New York corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary
of
Parent (“Merger
Sub”);
PSYOP, INC., a New York corporation (the “Company”);
PSYOP
SERVICES, LLC, dba Blacklist (“Blacklist”);
XXXXXX XXXXX-XXXXXXXX, HEJUNG XXXXX XXXX, XXXXXX XXXX, KYLIE MATULICK,
XXXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXX XXXXX AND
XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX (individually, a “Stockholder”
and
collectively, the “Stockholders”);
and
XXXXXX XXXXX-XXXXXXXX (the “Stockholders’
Representative”)
as
agent and attorney-in-fact for each Stockholder.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance
with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”)
and
the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the “BCL”),
the
parties hereto intend to enter into a business combination
transaction;
WHEREAS,
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger (the “Subsidiary
Merger”)
of the
Merger Sub with and into the Company in accordance with this Agreement and
the
BCL with the Company to be the surviving corporation of the Subsidiary Merger
(the “Surviving
Corporation”),
which
Subsidiary Merger will be followed, as soon as reasonably practicable, by a
merger of the Surviving Corporation with and into Parent (the “Upstream
Merger”).
It is
intended that the Subsidiary Merger and the Upstream Merger (collectively,
the
“Mergers”)
be
mutually interdependent, that the effectuation of the Subsidiary Merger be
a
condition precedent to the Upstream Merger and that the Upstream Merger shall,
through the binding commitment evidenced by Section 6.18, be effected as soon
as
practicable following the Effective Time (as defined below) without further
approval, authorization or direction from or by any of the parties
hereto;
WHEREAS,
the boards of directors of each of Parent, the Company and Merger Sub believe
it
is advisable, fair to and in the best interests of their respective corporations
and their stockholders that the Company and Merger Sub effectuate the Subsidiary
Merger and that the Surviving Corporation and Parent effectuate the Upstream
Merger, and, in furtherance thereof, have approved the Subsidiary Merger, the
Upstream Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and
the
board of directors of the Company has determined to recommend that its
stockholders adopt this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Subsidiary Merger, the Company Common Stock (as defined below)
and the Company Class B Common Stock (as defined below) shall be converted
into
the right to receive cash and Parent Common Stock (as defined below) in the
amounts, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS,
the members of Blacklist desire to sell, assign and transfer to Parent and
Parent desires to purchase from the members of Blacklist (the “Interests
Purchase”)
all of
the membership interests of Blacklist, as are set forth on Schedule II (the
“Membership
Interests”),
in
exchange for a cash payment in the amounts, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, Blacklist and the Stockholders desire to make
certain representations and warranties and other agreements in connection with
the Mergers and the Interests Purchase;
WHEREAS,
as a condition and inducement to Parent and Merger Sub entering into this
Agreement, each Identified Employee (as defined below), concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, is entering into an employment
agreement in the form of Exhibit
B
hereto
(the “Employment
Agreement”),
dated
as of the date of this Agreement, which shall be subject to the consummation
of
the Subsidiary Merger and shall become effective at the Effective Time (as
defined below);
WHEREAS,
for United States federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the
Subsidiary Merger and the Upstream Merger, considered together as a single
integrated transaction for United States federal income tax purposes, shall
qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the
Code;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, covenants and representations
set
forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. Certain
Defined Terms.
Unless
the context otherwise requires, the following terms, when used in this
Agreement, shall have the respective meanings specified below (such meanings
to
be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):
“Additional
Consideration”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Additional
Cash Consideration Amount”
means
$3,333,333 if Parent calls the Warrants for redemption and means $2,666,666
if
Parent does not call the Warrants for redemption.
“Additional
Stock Consideration Amount”
means
$6,666,667 if Parent calls the Warrants for redemption and means $5,333,334
if
Parent does not call the Warrants for redemption.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by
or
is under common control with the first Person.
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“Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Allocation
Schedule”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.06(i).
“Annual
Contingent Consideration Period” means
each of the three fiscal years ending December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009
and
December 31, 2010.
“Assets”
means
all the properties, assets and contract rights (including, without limitation,
cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, office
furniture and furnishings, trade names, trademarks and patents, contracts,
agreements, licenses and real estate) of the Company, whether tangible or
intangible, real, personal or mixed.
“BCL”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Benefit
Plan”
means
any “employee benefit plan” as defined in ERISA Section 3(3), whether or
not subject to ERISA, Section 102 Plans, and any other employee benefit plan,
policy, arrangement or individual agreement, sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by the Company or Blacklist on behalf of any employee, officer,
director, stockholder or service provider of the Company or Blacklist (whether
current, former or retired) or their beneficiaries or with respect to which
the
Company or Blacklist has or could reasonably be expected to have any obligation
or liability.
“Blacklist” has
the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Blacklist
Assets”
has the
meaning set forth in the Section 6.06(i).
“Blacklist
Interests Amount”
means
$3,800,000.
“Business
Day”
means a
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New
York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
“Cash
Contingent Consideration” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b).
“Cash
Escrow Amount”
means
One Million Fourteen Thousand Eight Dollars ($1,014,008) to be deposited with
the Escrow Agent to be held in escrow subject to the terms and conditions of
the
Escrow Agreement.
“Cash
Merger Consideration”
means
$6,340,079.
“Cash
Ratio”
means
one-third.
“Certificate
of Merger”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
“Certificates”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).
“Closing”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
“Closing
Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
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“Closing
Price”
shall be
equal to the last
quoted bid price of a share of Parent Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board
on
the trading date immediately preceding the Closing Date or the date of other
issuances of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Code”
means
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Combined
Financial Statements”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.07(a).
“Company”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Company
Capital Stock”
means
the Company Common Stock and the Company Class B Common Stock, taken
together.
“Company
Class B Common Stock”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
“Company
Common Stock”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
“Company
Disclosure Schedule”
means
the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent prior to the
execution of this Agreement and forming a part hereof.
“Company
Intellectual Property”
means
all patents (including, without limitation, all U.S. and foreign patents, patent
applications, patent disclosures, and any and all divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, re-examinations and extensions thereof), design
rights, trademarks, trade names and service marks (whether or not registered),
trade dress, Internet domain names, copyrights (whether or not registered)
and
any renewal rights therefor, sui
generis
database
rights, statistical models, technology, inventions, supplier lists, trade
secrets, know-how, computer software programs or applications in both source
and
object code form, databases, technical documentation of such software programs,
registrations and applications for any of the foregoing and all other tangible
or intangible proprietary information or materials that were material to the
Company’s business or are currently used in the Company’s business in any
product, technology or process (i) currently being or formerly manufactured,
published or marketed by the Company or (ii) previously or currently under
development for possible future manufacturing, publication, marketing or other
use by the Company.
“Company
Licensed Intellectual Property”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.13(b).
“Company
Material Adverse Effect”
means
any change in or effect on (i) the business of the Company that, individually
or
in the aggregate (taking into account all other such changes or effects), is,
or
is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to the business, assets,
liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, or
(ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or to consummate
the
Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party.
“Company
Permits”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.06.
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“Company
Software Programs” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.13(f).
“Company
Subsidiary”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Competing
Transaction”
means
any of the following involving the Company or Blacklist (other than the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement):
(i) any
merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or other similar
transaction;
(ii) any
sale,
lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 20% or
more
of the Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a single
transaction or series of transactions, or any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage,
pledge, transfer or other disposition of 20% or more of the Assets of Blacklist;
(iii) any
Person having acquired beneficial ownership or the right to acquire beneficial
ownership of, or any “group” (as such term is defined under Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act) having been formed that beneficially owns or has the right
to acquire beneficial ownership of, 20% or more of the outstanding voting
securities of the Company or of Blacklist; or
(iv) any
public announcement of a proposal, plan or intention to do any of the foregoing
or any agreement to engage in any of the foregoing.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
means
the Confidentiality and Non Disclosure Agreement dated June 11, 2007 between
Parent and the Company.
“Consolidated
Financial Statements”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.07(b).
“Contingent
Consideration” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b).
“Contracts”
means,
with respect to any Person, all agreements, undertakings, contracts,
obligations, arrangements, promises, understandings and commitments (whether
written or oral and whether express or implied) to which such Person is a
party.
“Damages”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.03(a).
“Defaulting
Party”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.01(b).
“DGCL”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“$”
means
United States Dollars.
“EBITDA
Ratio”
means
one-half.
“Effective
Time”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
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“Employment
Agreements”
means
those Employment Agreements with the Identified Employees, executed as part
of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Environmental
Law”
means
any Law and any enforceable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof,
including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment,
relating to pollution or protection of the environment or natural resources,
including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous
Material, as in effect as of the date hereof.
“Environmental
Permit”
means
any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization
required under or issued pursuant to any applicable Environmental
Law.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Escrow
Agent” means
a
reputable escrow agent to be appointed by Parent, subject to the approval of
the
Company, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld.
“Escrow
Agreement”
means
the Escrow Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C
to be
entered into as of the Closing among Parent, the Stockholders’ Representative
and the Escrow Agent.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Expenses”
means,
with respect to any party hereto, all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without
limitation, all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers,
experts and consultants to a party hereto and its Affiliates) incurred by such
party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization,
preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of its obligations pursuant
to this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement, and all other matters related to the transactions contemplated
hereby.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as
in
effect as of the date hereof.
“Governmental
Actions/Filing”
means
any franchise, license, certificate of compliance, authorization, consent,
order, permit, approval, consent or other action of, or any filing, registration
or qualification with, any federal, state, municipal, foreign or other
governmental, administrative or judicial body, agency or authority.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any United States Federal, state or local or any foreign governmental,
regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court,
tribunal or arbitral body.
“Governmental
Order”
means
any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or
award entered by or with any Governmental Entity.
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“Hazardous
Material”
means
(i) any petroleum, petroleum products, by-products or breakdown products,
radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials or polychlorinated
biphenyls or (ii) any chemical, material or substance defined or regulated
as
toxic or hazardous or as a pollutant or contaminant or waste under any
applicable Environmental Law.
“Identified
Employees”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.02(h).
“indemnified
party”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“indemnifying
party”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
(a) trade secrets, inventions, know-how and processes, (b) patents
(including all reissues, divisions, continuations and extensions thereof) and
patent applications, (c) trademarks, trademark registrations, trademark
applications, service marks, service xxxx registrations and service xxxx
applications, (d) copyright registrations and copyright applications, and
(e) domain names.
“Interests
Purchase”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“IRS”
means
the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Knowledge”
and
words of similar import mean, with respect to the Company or Blacklist, the
actual knowledge, after due inquiry, of Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx or
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx; and, with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge, after due
inquiry, of Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx or Xxxx Xxxxxxx.
“Law”
means
any Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule,
code, order, judgment, decree, other requirement or rule of law of the United
States or any other jurisdiction, and any other similar act or law.
“Legal
Requirements”
means
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict,
decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority
of any Governmental Entity.
“Liability”
means
any and all claims, debts, liabilities, obligations and commitments of whatever
nature, whether asserted or reasonably expected to be asserted, fixed, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or
unliquidated or due or to become due, and whenever or however arising (including
those arising out of any Contract or tort, whether based on negligence, strict
liability or otherwise) regardless of whether the same would be required by
GAAP
to be reflected as a liability in financial statements or disclosed in the
notes
thereto.
“License
Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.13(b).
“Lien”
means
any charge, claim, community property interest, condition, easement, covenant,
contract, commitment, warrant, demand, encumbrance, equitable interest, lien,
mortgage, option, purchase right, pledge, security interest, right of first
refusal, or other rights of third parties or restriction of any kind, including
without limitation any restriction on use, voting, transfer, receipt of income,
or exercise of any other attribute of ownership.
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“Lock-Up
and Trading Restriction Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.02(m).
“Material
Contract”
and
“Material
Contracts”
have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
“Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Cash”
means,
with respect to each Annual Contingent Consideration Period, the product of
(i)
1.25 and (ii) the Target Contingent Consideration for such Annual Contingent
Consideration Period and (iii) the Cash Ratio and (iv) the EBITDA
Ratio.
“Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Stock”
means,
with respect to each Annual Contingent Consideration Period, the quotient of
(A)
the product of (i) 1.25 and (ii) the Target Contingent Consideration for such
Annual Contingent Consideration Period and (iii) the Stock Ratio and (iv) the
EBITDA Ratio, divided by (B) the Trailing Closing Average Price.
“Maximum
Revenue Contingent Cash”
means,
with respect to each Annual Contingent Consideration Period, the product of
(i)
1.25 and (ii) the Target Contingent Consideration for such Annual Contingent
Consideration Period and (iii) the Cash Ratio and (iv) the Revenue
Ratio.
“Maximum
Revenue Contingent Stock”
means,
with respect to each Annual Contingent Consideration Period, the quotient of
(A)
the product of (i) 1.25 and (ii) the Target Contingent Consideration for such
Annual Contingent Consideration Period and (iii) the Stock Ratio and (iv) the
Revenue Ratio, divided by (B) the Trailing Closing Average Price.
“Membership
Interests”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Merger
Consideration”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).
“Merger
Consideration Allocation Certificate”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.04(f).
“Merger
Form 8-K”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.09(a).
“Merger
Sub”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Mergers”
has
the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“NASD”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.25.
“Organizational
Documents”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.02.
“OTC
BB”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.25.
“Other
Filings”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.08(a).
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“Parent”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Parent
Common Stock”
means
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Parent.
“Parent
Contracts”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.21(a).
“Parent
Indemnified Group”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.02(a).
“Parent
Material Adverse Effect”
means
any change in or effect on the business of Parent that, individually or in
the
aggregate (taking into account all other such changes or effects), is, or is
reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to (i) the business, assets,
liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Parent, or (ii)
the
ability of Parent to perform its obligations under this Agreement and any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party or to consummate the Mergers or
the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document to which it is a party.
“Parent
SEC Reports”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.09(a).
“Parent
Stockholder Approval”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.08(a).
“Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.23.
“Parent
Subsidiaries”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“party
to be indemnified”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Per
Share Merger Consideration”
means
the Merger Consideration divided by the number of shares of capital stock of
the
Company on a fully diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Person”
means an
individual, corporation, partnership, private company, limited partnership,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, syndicate, person
(including, without limitation, a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), trust, association, entity or government or political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.
“Plan”
means
any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) or any
“employee welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA).
“Press
Release”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.09(a).
“Privacy
Laws”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.27.
“Proxy
Statement”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.23.
“Record
Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“Registrable
Shares”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.12.
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“Registration
Statement”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.12.
“Related
Costs”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.02(a).
“Representatives”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.03.
“Restricted
Stock Agreements”
mean
the Restricted Stock Agreements entered into as of the Effective Date between
the Parent and each Stockholder pursuant to which a portion of the shares
received by each Stockholder as Stock Contingent Consideration are subject
to
forfeiture if the conditions established in the Restricted Stock Agreement
are
not satisfied.
“Revenue
Ratio”
means
one-half.
“SEC”
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Stockholder”
and
“Stockholders”
have the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Stockholders’
Representative”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and in Section 2.15(a).
“Stock
Contingent Consideration”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).
“Stock
Escrow Amount”
means
333,794 shares of Parent Common Stock, which number of shares shall be deposited
with the Escrow Agent to be held in escrow, subject to the terms and conditions
of the Escrow Agreement.
“Stock
Merger Consideration”
3,337,941 shares of Parent Common Stock.
“Stock
Ratio”
means
two-thirds.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any corporation, private company, partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
joint venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either alone or
through or together with any other subsidiary of such Person) owns, directly
or
indirectly, a majority of the stock or other equity interests.
“Subsidiary
Merger”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals and in Section 2.01.
“Surviving
Corporation”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
“Target
Contingent Consideration”
means
$4,000,000 with respect to each of the Annual Contingent Consideration Periods
ending December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 and $3,000,000 for the Annual
Contingent Consideration Period ending December 31, 2010.
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“Tax”
or
“Taxes”
means
(i) any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other similar assessments
or liabilities in the nature of a tax, including, without limitation, income,
gross receipts, ad valorem, premium, value-added, net worth, capital stock,
capital gains, documentary, recapture, alternative or add-on minimum,
disability, estimated, registration, recording, excise, real property, personal
property, sales, use, transfer, withholding, employment, unemployment,
insurance, social security, business license, business organization,
environmental, workers compensation, payroll, profits, license, lease, service,
service use, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, customs, duties,
franchise and other taxes imposed by the United States of America or any state,
local or foreign government, or any agency thereof, or other political
subdivision of the United States or any such government, and any interest,
fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax resulting from, attributable
to or incurred in connection with any tax or any contest or dispute thereof;
(ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
(i) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, combined, consolidated
or
unitary group for any taxable period; and (iii) any liability for the
payment of amounts of the type described in (i) or (ii) as a result of being
a
transferee of, or a successor in interest to, any Person or as a result of
an
express or implied obligation to indemnify any Person.
“Tax
Return”
means
any return, statement or form (including, without limitation, any estimated
tax
reports or return, withholding tax reports or return and information report
or
return) required to be filed with respect to any Taxes.
“Terminating
Company Breach”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.01(d).
“Terminating
Parent Breach”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.01(e).
“Trailing
Closing Average Price”
means
the average of the closing prices for a share of Parent Common Stock on the
OTC
BB as reported by Bloomberg L.P., Reuters Group plc, The Thomson Corporation
or
a similar stock market reporting service as may be reasonably selected by the
Parent, for the thirty trading days preceding the date that is two trading
days
prior to the Closing Date.
“Transaction
Documents”
means,
collectively, this Agreement; the Escrow Agreement; the Employment Agreements;
the Proprietary Rights, Non-Disclosure, Developments, Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation Agreements; and the Lock-Up and Trading Restriction
Agreements.
“Trust
Fund”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.06.
“Upstream
Merger”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals and in Section 2.18.
“Warrant
Expiration Date”
means
October 10, 2010.
“Warrant
Redemption Date”
means
the date by which all Warrants must be submitted to Parent for redemption upon
a
call by Parent to redeem the Warrants.
“Warrants”
mean
each
warrant of Parent that entitles the holder to purchase one share of Parent
Common Stock at a price of $5.00, and which becomes exercisable on the later
of
a completion of a business combination by Parent and October 11, 2007, and
expires on October 10, 2010.
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Section
1.02. Construction.
For the
purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or
unless the context otherwise requires: (a) words using the singular or
plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, and
the
use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other genders;
(b) references herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” “subsections” and other
subdivisions, and to Exhibits, Schedules and other attachments, without
reference to a document are to the specified Articles, Sections, subsections
and
other subdivisions of, and Exhibits, Schedules and other attachments to, this
Agreement; (c) a reference to a subsection or other subdivision without
further reference to a Section is a reference to such subsection or subdivision
as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears; (d) the
words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and other words of similar
import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision;
(e) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” are deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation”; (f) all accounting terms used
and not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP;
and (g) the term “made available” means either actually provided to the other
party or posted to the “ftp” Internet site maintained by the Company in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
II.
THE
MERGERS; CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
Section
2.01. The
Merger; Effective Time of the Merger.
Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into
the
Company to effect the Subsidiary Merger. A certificate of merger as contemplated
by Section 907 of the BCL (the “Certificate
of Merger”)
shall
be duly prepared, executed, and acknowledged by the parties and thereafter
the
parties shall cause the Certificate of Merger to be filed with the Department
of
State of the State of New York as soon as practicable on or after the Closing
Date (as defined below). The Subsidiary Merger shall become effective upon
the
acceptance for filing of the Certificate of Merger by the Department of State
of
the State of New York or at such time thereafter as is provided in the
Certificate of Merger (the “Effective
Time”).
Solely for purposes of clarification, Company and the Stockholders’
Representative acknowledge and agree that Parent will have no obligation to
make
any payment pursuant to this Agreement until the Certificate of Merger has
been
certified in writing by the Department of State of the State of New
York.
Section
2.02. Closing.
The
closing of the Subsidiary Merger (the “Closing”)
shall
take place as soon as practicable but no later than the third Business Day
after
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (the
“Closing
Date”),
at
the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, unless another date or place is agreed to in writing by the
parties hereto.
Section
2.03. Effect
of the Merger; Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws; Directors and Officers
of
Surviving Corporation.
At
the
Effective Time, (i) the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and Merger
Sub shall be merged with and into the Company and the Company shall continue
as
the surviving corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (subsequent
to the Subsidiary Merger, the Company is sometimes referred to herein as the
“Surviving
Corporation”);
(ii)
the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter
amended as provided by Law and such Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws;
(iii) the Persons listed in the Proxy Statement shall be the directors and
officers of the Surviving Corporation in each case until their respective
successors shall have been duly elected, designated or qualified or until their
earlier death, resignation, or removal in accordance with the Surviving
Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and (iv) the Subsidiary
Merger shall, from and after the Effective Time, have all the effects provided
by Law, including Sections 906 and 907 of the BCL.
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Section
2.04. Merger
Consideration; Conversion of Company Common Stock and Company Class B Common
Stock.
(a) Consideration.
The
aggregate consideration to be paid by Parent and Merger Sub in respect of the
Subsidiary Merger and the Upstream Merger hereunder shall consist of (i) the
Stock Merger Consideration, and (ii) the Cash Merger Consideration
(collectively, the “Merger
Consideration”),
(iii)
the Contingent Consideration, if any, as described in Section 2.13 and (iv)
the
Additional Consideration, if any, as described in Section 2.14. Each share
of
Company Common Stock and Company Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding treasury stock and those
owned by any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) and all right in respect
thereof shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall forthwith cease
to
exist, and each holder of a certificate which immediately prior to the Effective
Time represented any such shares of Company Common Stock or Company Class B
Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except, in
the
case of Company Common Stock and Company Class B Common Stock, the right to
receive a portion of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.04(c)
and
Section 2.04(d) below, and the right to potentially receive the warrant exercise
payment described in Section 2.14 below.
(b) Merger
Sub Common Stock.
At the
Effective Time and on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
each share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub issued
and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Subsidiary Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub,
or
the Company, be converted into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation, with the
same
rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute
the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Each
stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares shall
remain outstanding and evidence ownership of shares of Surviving Corporation
Common Stock.
(c) Company
Common Stock.
At the
Effective Time and on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to
the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Subsidiary Merger and without any
action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, or the Company, be cancelled and
shall
be converted into the right to receive the portions of the Merger Consideration,
the Contingent Consideration and the Additional Consideration as set forth
in
the Merger Consideration Allocation Certificate.
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(d) Company
Class B Common Stock.
At the
Effective Time and on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
each share of Company Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Subsidiary Merger and
without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, or the Company, be
converted into the right to receive the portions of the Merger Consideration,
the Contingent Consideration and the Additional Consideration as set forth
in
the Merger Consideration Allocation Certificate.
(e) Treasury
Stock.
At the
Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock and Company Class B Common
Stock held by the Company in its treasury shall be cancelled and extinguished
without any conversion thereof.
(f) Company
Capitalization Schedules.
On the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent and Merger Sub separate
schedules reflecting (i) a true and complete list of record holders of the
issued and outstanding Company Common Stock, including the number of shares
of
Common Stock held by such record holders, and (ii) a true and complete list
of
record holders of the issued and outstanding Company Class B Common Stock,
including the number of shares of each series of Company Class B Common Stock
held by such record holders. Prior to Parent making payment of the Merger
Consideration, the Company shall execute and deliver to Parent a certificate
setting forth the good faith calculation of the Company of the Per Share Merger
Consideration, the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration, the percentage
of
the Contingent Consideration and the percentage of the Additional Consideration
payable to each of the holders of Company Common Stock and Company Class B
Common Stock (the “Merger
Consideration Allocation Certificate”).
The
Merger Consideration Allocation Certificate shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty of the Company hereunder. In no event shall Parent
be required to transfer the Merger Consideration unless and until the Merger
Consideration Allocation Certificate has been executed and delivered by the
Company and approved by Parent. Parent shall be entitled to rely entirely upon
the Merger Consideration Allocation Certificate in connection with making
payment of the Merger Consideration and no holder of Company Common Stock or
Company Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to make any claim in respect
of
the allocation of the Merger Consideration made by Parent to or for the benefit
of any holder of Company Common Stock or Company Class B Common Stock to the
extent that the payment is made in a manner consistent with the Merger
Consideration Allocation Certificate.
Section
2.05. Escrow.
As the
sole remedy for the indemnity obligations set forth in Article IX, at the
Closing, Parent shall deposit in escrow, to be held from the Closing Date
until the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Stock Escrow Amount
and the Cash Escrow Amount, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
of
the Escrow Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C.
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Section
2.06. Exchange
Procedures.
(a) On
the
Closing Date, Parent shall deliver to the Stockholders’ Representative, in trust
for the benefit of the Stockholders, the Stock Merger Consideration and the
Cash
Merger Consideration, minus (i) the Stock Escrow Amount and (ii) the Cash Escrow
Amount, both of which shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section
2.05 hereof.
(b) As
soon
as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (but in no event later than
5
days following the Effective Time), the Surviving Corporation shall cause Parent
to mail (i) to each holder of a certificate or certificates which immediately
prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock or Company Class B Common Stock (the “Certificates”)
(A) a
letter of transmittal, in customary form, which shall specify that delivery
shall be effective only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Stockholders’
Representative and that risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall remain
with the Stockholder until such delivery, and (B) instructions for effecting
the
surrender of such Certificates in exchange for a portion of the Merger
Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate and/or letter of transmittal
(or
other documentation in compliance with Section 2.06 hereof), as applicable,
to
Parent together, with respect to holders of Certificates, with such letter
of
transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions
thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by Parent,
the
stockholder delivering such documents shall be entitled to receive in exchange
therefor (A) its respective portion of the Merger Consideration, less the
portion of the Merger Consideration allocable to such stockholders that has
been
deposited in the Cash Escrow Amount and Stock Escrow Amount and (B) cash in
lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.08.
No
later than 5 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver
the
form of letter of transmittal to the Company and the Stockholders’
Representative and prior to the Closing shall make such changes to the form
as
either shall reasonably request. The final form of letter of transmittal shall
be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Stockholders’
Representative. If requested by the Stockholders’ Representative, Parent shall
promptly provide the Stockholders’ Representative with copies of the executed
letters of transmittal.
Section
2.07. [intentionally
omitted]
Section
2.08. Fractional
Shares.
No
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued pursuant to this
Agreement, but in lieu thereof each holder of Company Common Stock or Company
Class B Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share
of
Parent Common Stock hereunder (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent
Common Stock to be received by such holder) shall receive from Parent a whole
share of Parent Common Stock in lieu of the fractional shares to which he or
she
was otherwise entitled.
Section
2.09. Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.
If any
Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost,
stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such person
of a
bond in such reasonable amount and for such reasonable period of time as Parent
may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent or
the
Surviving Corporation with respect to such Certificate, Parent will deliver
in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the portion of the
Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable under this Article II with
respect to the Company Common Stock or Company Class B Common Stock formerly
represented thereby.
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Section
2.10. [intentionally
omitted]
Section
2.11. Stock
Transfer Books.
The
stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed two Business Days preceding
the Closing Date (the “Record
Date”)
and
there shall be no further registration of transfers of Company Common Stock
or
Company Class B Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. In the
event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock or Company Class B
Common Stock prior to the Record Date which is not registered in the transfer
records of the Company, the Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable
under this Article II shall be payable to such transferee if the Certificate
representing such shares of Company Common Stock or Company Class B Common
Stock
is presented to Parent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and
effect such transfer in the sole and reasonable discretion of
Parent.
Section
2.12. Certain
Adjustments.
If
between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding
shares of Parent Common Stock, Company Common Stock or Company Class B Common
Stock shall be changed into a different number of shares by reason of any
reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination or exchange of shares,
or any dividend payable in stock or other securities shall be declared thereon
with a record date within such period, then, the allocation of the Merger
Consideration among the Stockholders shall be adjusted accordingly to provide
to
Parent and to the Stockholders the same economic effect as contemplated by
this
Agreement prior to such reclassification, recapitalization, split-up,
combination, exchange, dividend or increase.
Section
2.13. Contingent
Consideration.
(a)
In
addition to the Merger Consideration, Parent shall pay to the Stockholders
at
Closing aggregate additional consideration in the number of shares of Parent
Common Stock that is equal to the sum of (I) the Maximum Revenue Contingent
Stock for each Annual Contingent Consideration Period and (II) the Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Stock for each Annual Contingent Consideration Period
(collectively, the “Stock
Contingent Consideration”),
which
(i) shall be held in escrow and released by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the
Escrow Agreement and (ii) shall vest or be forfeited pursuant to the terms
set
forth in Exhibit
A
of this
Agreement and the Restricted Stock Agreements. Such Stock Contingent
Consideration 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) In
addition to the Merger Consideration and the Stock Contingent Consideration
paid
at the Closing, Parent shall pay to the Stockholders additional, aggregate
contingent consideration in cash in an amount equal to (i) the amount of the
Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash calculated in accordance with the terms set
forth in Exhibit
A
of this
Agreement, and (ii) the amount of Maximum EBIDTA Contingent Cash calculated
in
accordance with the terms set forth in Exhibit
A
of this
Agreement (collectively, the “Cash
Contingent Consideration”
and,
together with the Stock Contingent Consideration, the “Contingent
Consideration”).
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Section
2.14. Additional
Consideration.
(a) If,
after
the Closing Date, stockholders of Parent exercise at least a majority of the
outstanding Warrants at or prior to the Warrant Expiration Date, then the holder
of each share of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than shares of Company Capital Stock owned beneficially
by
the Merger Sub and shares of Company Capital Stock held in the Company’s
treasury) shall be entitled to receive (a) such number of additional shares
of Parent Stock as is equal to the amount obtained by dividing (i)(A) the
product of (I) the percentage of the outstanding Warrants so exercised and
(II) the Additional Stock Consideration Amount, divided by (B) the number
of outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the
Effective Time by (ii) the Closing Price of the Parent Common Stock on the
Warrant Expiration Date or the Warrant Redemption Date, as applicable and (b)
an
amount of cash equal to (i) the product of (A) the percentage of the outstanding
Warrants so exercised and (B) the Additional Cash Consideration Amount,
divided by (ii) the number of outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock
immediately
prior
to the Effective Time.
(b) The
additional consideration referred to in Section 2.14(a) above (the “Additional
Consideration”),
shall
be paid, in the case of the cash portion of such Additional Consideration,
as
soon as practicable following the receipt by Parent of the funds from the
exercise or redemption of such warrants, as applicable, and, in the case of
the
stock portion of such Additional Consideration, as soon as practicable following
the earlier of the Warrant Redemption Date and the Warrant Expiration Date.
Section
2.15. Stockholders’
Representative.
(a) Xxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx hereby is irrevocably constituted and appointed as the sole,
exclusive, true and lawful agent, representative and attorney-in-fact of all
Stockholders and each of them (the “Stockholders’
Representative”)
with
respect to any and all matters relating to, arising out of, or in connection
with, the Transaction Documents (other than the Employment
Agreements),
including for purposes of taking any action or omitting to take action on behalf
of Stockholders thereunder. All actions, notices, communications and
determinations by or on behalf of Stockholders under such documents shall be
given or made by the Stockholders’ Representative and all such actions, notices,
communications and determinations by the Stockholders’ Representative shall
conclusively be deemed to have been authorized by, and shall be binding upon,
any of and all of the Stockholders.
(b) The
Stockholders’ Representative will not be liable to any Stockholder for any act
taken or omitted by it as permitted under this Agreement, except if such act
is
taken or omitted in bad faith or by willful misconduct. The Stockholders’
Representative will also be fully protected in relying upon any written notice,
demand, certificate or document that it in good faith believes to be genuine
(including facsimiles thereof). The Stockholders agree, severally but not
jointly, to indemnify the Stockholders’ Representative for, and to hold the
Stockholders’ Representative harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the
Stockholders’ Representative, arising out of or in connection with the
Stockholders’ Representative’s carrying out its duties as representative for the
Stockholders under this Agreement, including costs and expenses of successfully
defending the Stockholders’ Representative against any claim of liability with
respect thereto. The Stockholders’ Representative may consult with counsel of
its own choice and will have full and complete authorization and protection
for
any action taken and suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the
opinion of such counsel.
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(c) If
the
Stockholders’ Representative dies or becomes legally incapacitated, or if a
majority of the Stockholders vote to remove the Stockholders’ Representative at
any time for any reason, then those other Stockholders holding a majority of
the
Shares held by such other Stockholders as of the date hereof promptly shall
designate in writing to Parent a single individual to replace the deceased,
legally incapacitated or removed Stockholders’ Representative as the successor
Stockholders’ Representative hereunder. If at any time there shall not be a
Stockholders’ Representative or Stockholders so fail to designate a successor
Stockholders’ Representative, then Parent may have a court of competent
jurisdiction appoint a Stockholders’ Representative hereunder. If the
Stockholders’ Representative becomes unable or unwilling, for any reason, to
serve as representative for the Stockholders, such other Person or Persons
as
may be designated by Stockholders
holding a majority of the voting interests of the Company,
shall
succeed the Stockholders’ Representative as the representative of the
Stockholders in all matters under this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(d) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Stockholders’ Representative is
designated as the sole and exclusive agent, representative and attorney-in-fact
for Stockholders for all purposes related to this Agreement (including
(i) service of process upon Stockholders, (ii) executing and
delivering to Parent or any other Person on behalf of any of or all Stockholders
any and all instruments, certificates, documents and agreements with respect
to
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (other than the
Employment Agreements), and any other instrument, certificate, document or
agreement referred to in Section 8.02, and (iii) receipt of all notices on
behalf of Stockholders with respect to any matter, suit, claim, action or
proceeding arising with respect to the sale of the Shares or any transaction
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (other than the Employment
Agreements), including the defense, settlement or compromise of any claim,
action or proceeding pursuant to Article IX), and Stockholders may act, with
respect to all matters under the Transaction Documents (other than the
Employment Agreements), only through the Stockholders’ Representative. Parent
shall be entitled to rely on the authority of the Stockholders’ Representative
as the agent, representative and attorney-in-fact of Stockholders for all
purposes under the Transaction Documents (other than the Employment Agreements)
and shall have no liability for any such reliance. None of Stockholders may
revoke the authority of the Stockholders’ Representative. Each Stockholder
hereby ratifies and confirms, and hereby agrees to ratify and confirm, any
action taken by the Stockholders’ Representative in the exercise of the
power-of-attorney granted to the Stockholders’ Representative pursuant to this
Section 2.15, which power-of-attorney, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable and shall survive the death, incapacity or incompetence of such
Stockholder. Any payment made to the Stockholders’ Representative pursuant to
any of the Transaction Documents (other than the Employment Agreements) shall
be
deemed to have been made to Stockholders. Promptly after receiving any such
payment, Stockholders’ Representative shall deliver to each Stockholder his, her
or its pro rata portion of such payment. Without limiting the foregoing,
Stockholders hereby covenant and agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
the members of the Parent Indemnified Group from and against any Losses arising
out of any claim that the Stockholders’ Representative failed to distribute to
Stockholders (or properly allocate among them) any payments received by the
Stockholders’ Representative under the Transaction Documents (other than the
Employment Agreements).
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Section
2.16. Rule
145.
All
shares of Parent Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement to “affiliates”
of the Company will be subject to certain resale restrictions under Rule 145
promulgated under the Securities Act and all certificates representing such
shares shall bear an appropriate restrictive legend.
Section
2.17. Purchase
of Blacklist.
(a) At
the
Closing and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
each
member of Blacklist shall sell, assign and transfer to Parent and Parent shall
purchase and accept from each member of Blacklist all of the membership
interests of Blacklist, free and clear of all Liens.
(b) In
consideration of the Members’ sale, assignment, transfer and delivery of the
Membership Interests to Parent, Parent shall pay to the Members, pro rata in
accordance with each Member’s membership interest in Blacklist as set forth on
Table B of Schedule
II,
total
consideration equal to the Blacklist Interests Amount.
Section
2.18. Upstream
Merger.
As soon
as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but in no event later than
10 calendar days following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall
merge with and into Parent. From and after the effectiveness of the Upstream
Merger, the separate corporate existence of the Surviving Corporation shall
cease and Parent shall continue as the surviving entity in the Upstream Merger.
At the effective time of the Upstream Merger, (i) the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended as contemplated by this Agreement, and Bylaws of
Parent shall be the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Parent as the
surviving entity of the Upstream Merger; (ii) the Persons listed in the Proxy
Statement shall be the directors and officers of Parent, in each case until
their respective successors shall have been duly elected, designated or
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and (iii) the Upstream
Merger shall have all the effects provided by Law, including Section 259 of
the
DGCL.
Section
2.19. Resignation
of Directors.
The
execution of this Agreement by each Stockholder (i) who is, immediately prior
to
the Closing Date, a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
(ii)
who will not stand for election as a director of Parent at the Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting will evidence the resignation of such director of the
Company from such position effective as of the Closing Date.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES AS TO
THE
COMPANY
AND
BLACKLIST
Each
of
the Company, Blacklist and each of the Stockholders, as applicable, represents
and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, subject to the exceptions specifically
disclosed in writing in the Company Disclosure Schedule, all such exceptions
to
be referenced to a specific representations set forth in this Article III,
that:
Section
3.01. Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of New York and has the requisite corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted. Blacklist has been duly organized and
is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York
and has the requisite limited liability company power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being
conducted. Psyop UK LLC (the “Company
Subsidiary”)
is a
company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of England and Wales,
and has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is
now
being conducted.
(b) Each
of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed
to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of
its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except
for the Company Subsidiary, neither the Company nor Blacklist owns an equity
interest in any corporation, partnership or joint venture arrangement or other
business entity. All of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company
Subsidiary is owned by the Company.
Section
3.02. Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.
The
Company has delivered to the Parent, true, complete and correct copies of the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws, Blacklist’s Certificate of
Formation and LLC Agreement, and the Company Subsidiary’s charter or memorandum
and articles of association or other organizational documents and bylaws (the
“Organizational
Documents”),
each
as amended. Such Organizational Documents are in full force and effect. None
of
the Company, Blacklist nor the Company Subsidiary is in violation of any of
the
provisions of its Organizational Documents.
Section
3.03. Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 24,000 shares of common
stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Company
Common Stock”),
and
3,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Company
Class B Common Stock”).
There
are 12,600 shares of Company Common Stock currently issued and outstanding,
and
1,450 shares of Company Class B Common Stock currently issued and outstanding.
All of the currently issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
and
Company Class B Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and
nonassessable, and have been issued in full compliance with all securities
laws.
Except for the Company Common Stock and the Company Class B Common Stock, there
are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Company
outstanding. There are no options, warrants or other rights, agreements,
arrangements or commitments of any character to which the Company is a party
or
by which the Company is bound relating to the issued or unissued capital stock
of the Company or obligating the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital
stock of, or other equity interests in, the Company. There are no outstanding
contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of Company Common Stock. There are no material outstanding
contractual obligations of the Company to provide funds to, or make any material
investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any
other Person.
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(b) The
ownership of Blacklist is as set forth in Table A of Schedule
II
to this
Agreement.
Section
3.04. Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
Each of
the Company and Blacklist has all necessary corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, and all
other instruments, certificates and agreements delivered or required to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement 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 the Company
and
Blacklist of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it
is a
party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company
or Blacklist are necessary to authorize this Agreement or such Transaction
Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have
been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of the Company and
Blacklist. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is
a
party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Company
and Blacklist, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms,
except to the extent that its enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.
Section
3.05. No
Conflicts; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to
which it is a party by the Company and Blacklist do not, and the performance
by
the Company and Blacklist of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not,
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Organizational Documents
of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with or
violate any Law applicable to the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary
or by which any property or asset of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary is bound or affected or (iii) result in any breach of or
constitute a default (or an event which with the giving of notice or lapse
of
time or both could reasonably be expected to become a default) under, or give
to
others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
or
result in the creation of a lien or other encumbrance on any material property
or asset of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary pursuant to, any
material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license,
permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation in each case, with respect
to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 3.05(a), which will result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) No
filing
or registration with, or notification to, and no permit, authorization, consent
or approval of, any Government Entity is necessary for the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company or Blacklist, or the consummation
by
the Company or Blacklist of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
except (i) such filings and consents as may be required under any
Environmental Law pertaining to any notification, disclosure or required
approval triggered by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(ii) such filings, registrations, notifications, permits, authorizations,
consents or approvals that result from the specific legal or regulatory status
of Parent or as a result of any other facts that specifically relate to the
business or activities in which Parent is engaged other than the business of
the
Company or Blacklist, and (iii) such other filings, registrations, notices,
permits, authorizations, consents and approvals that if not obtained, made
or
given would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material
Adverse Effect or impair the Company’s or Blacklist’s ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Section 3.05(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except
for
those consents where the failure to obtain such consents would not constitute
or
be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, no consent
of any third party is required by reason of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(d) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction,
order or decree binding upon the Company, Blacklist or their respective assets
or to which the Company or Blacklist is a party which has the effect of
prohibiting or materially impairing any acquisition of property by the Company
or Blacklist or the conduct of business by Company or Blacklist as currently
conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which
have
not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
3.06. Permits;
Compliance with Laws.
Each of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary is in possession of all
material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, establishment
registrations, product listings, permits, easements, variances, exceptions,
consents, certificates, identification and registration numbers, approvals
and
orders of any Governmental Entity necessary for the Company, Blacklist and
the
Company Subsidiary to own, lease and operate its properties or to offer or
perform its services or to develop, produce, store, distribute and market its
products or otherwise to carry on its business as it is now being conducted
(collectively, the “Company
Permits”),
and,
as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company Permits has been suspended
or cancelled nor is any such suspension or cancellation pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened. None of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary is in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Law
applicable to the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary or by which
any
property or asset of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is bound
or affected or (ii) any Company Permits except such defaults and violations
that, individually and in the aggregate, do not constitute a Company Material
Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no actions,
proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
against the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary that could reasonably
be expected to result in the suspension or cancellation of any other Company
Permit. Since January 1, 2006, none of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary has received from any Governmental Entity any written notification
with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of Laws. The
transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the suspension or
cancellation of any Company Permit.
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Section
3.07. Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has delivered to the Parent copies of (i) the audited combined
balance sheet of each of the Company and Blacklist at December 31, 2006,
together with the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the notes thereto and
(ii) the unaudited combined interim balance sheet of each of the Company
and Blacklist at September 30, 2007, together with the related statement of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007 and the notes thereto along with a review report,
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Parent, from the Company’s
independent public accountants pursuant to Statement of Accounting Standards
No. 100 (collectively, the “Combined
Financial Statements”).
The
Combined Financial Statements: (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except, with respect to the unaudited balance sheet and income statement,
for
the absence of notes thereto and for year-end adjustments) applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; (ii) present fairly
the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and
Blacklist as of such dates and for the periods then ended; and (iii) are correct
and complete in all material respects, and can be reconciled with the books
of
account and records of the Company and Blacklist. Each of the Company and
Blacklist maintains and will continue to maintain an adequate system of internal
controls established and administered in accordance with GAAP.
(b) The
Company has delivered to the Parent copies of (i) the audited consolidated
balance sheet of each of the Company and the Company Subsidiary at
December 31, 2006, together with the related statement of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2006
and the notes thereto and (ii) the unaudited consolidated interim balance
sheet of each of the Company and the Company Subsidiary at September 30, 2007,
together with the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and the notes thereto
along with a review report, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
Parent, from the Company’s independent public accountants pursuant to Statement
of Accounting Standards No. 100 (collectively, the “Consolidated
Financial Statements”).
The
Consolidated Financial Statements: (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except, with respect to the unaudited balance sheet and income statement,
for
the absence of notes thereto and for year-end adjustments) applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; (ii) present fairly
the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and
the
Company Subsidiary as of such dates and for the periods then ended; and (iii)
are correct and complete in all material respects, and can be reconciled with
the books of account and records of the Company and the Company Subsidiary.
Each
of the Company and the Company Subsidiary maintains and will continue to
maintain an adequate system of internal controls established and administered
in
accordance with GAAP.
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(c) Except
as
and to the extent set forth or reserved against on the audited balance sheet
of
the Company at December 31, 2006, none of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be reflected on
a
balance sheet or in notes thereto prepared in accordance with GAAP, except
for
immaterial liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since December 31,
2006.
Section
3.08. Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since December
31, 2006, each of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has
conducted its business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice
and, since such date, there has not been (i) any Company Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) any event that could reasonably be expected to prevent or
materially delay the performance of the Company’s or Blacklist’s obligations
pursuant to this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby by the Company and by Blacklist, (iii) any change by the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary in its accounting methods, principles or
practices, (iv) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
distribution in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock or Company Class
B
Common Stock or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of the
Company’s securities, (v) with respect to any employee, officer or
consultant who earned or was paid by the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary in excess of $120,000 during the year ended December 31, 2006, any
increase in the compensation or benefits or establishment of any bonus,
insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit
sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock
options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock
awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase
in
the compensation payable or to become payable to any employees, officers,
consultants or directors of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary,
(vi) any issuance or sale of any stock, notes, bonds or other securities, or
entering into any agreement with respect thereto, (vii) any amendment to the
Company’s, Blacklist’s or the Company Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents,
(viii) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, any (x) purchase, sale, assignment or transfer of any material assets,
(y) mortgage, pledge or existence of any lien, encumbrance or charge on any
material assets or properties, tangible or intangible, except for liens for
Taxes not yet delinquent and such other liens, encumbrances or charges which
do
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
or (z) waiver of any rights of material value or cancellation or any material
debts or claims, (ix) any incurrence of any damage, destruction or similar
loss,
whether or not covered by insurance, materially affecting the business or
properties of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, (x) any entering
into any transaction of a material nature other than in the ordinary course
of
business, consistent with past practice, (xi) any application made to a
Governmental Entity for an advisory ruling, monetary grant or any other
application that would have an impact on the financial position of the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, or negotiation of, receipt of, or
termination or cancellation of a government grant, (xii) any change in any
Tax
election, annual Tax accounting period, any method of Tax accounting, any filing
of amended Tax Returns or claims for Tax refunds, any entry into a closing
agreement relating to Taxes or any settlement of any Tax claim, audit or
assessment, or any application or negotiation for or receipt of a Tax ruling
or
arrangement by the Company, Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary or their
stockholders or on their behalf, whether or not in connection with the Merger,
except as explicitly contemplated in this Agreement, or (xiii) any negotiation
or agreement by the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary to do any
of
the things described in the preceding clauses (i) through (xii).
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Section
3.09. Employee
and Labor Matters.
(a) Except
as
indicated in Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is party to any Contract regarding
collective bargaining or other Contract with any labor or trade union or
collective bargaining group representing any employee of the Company, Blacklist
or the Company Subsidiary, nor does any labor or trade union or collective
bargaining agent represent any employee of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary. No Contract regarding collective bargaining has been requested
by,
or is under discussion between management of the Company, Blacklist or the
Company Subsidiary (or any management group or association of which the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is a member or otherwise a participant)
and
any group of employees of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary,
nor
are there any representation proceedings or petitions seeking a representation
proceeding presently pending against the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, are there any other current
activities to organize any employees of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary into a collective bargaining unit. There are no grievances, unfair
labor practice charges or complaints pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened against the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary. None of
the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has experienced any lockouts,
strikes, slowdowns or work stoppages nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, are any
lockouts, strikes, slowdowns or work stoppages threatened against the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary.
(b) Except
as
indicated in Section 3.09(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all employees
of the Company and Blacklist are at-will, and neither the Company nor Blacklist
is a party to any outstanding written contracts or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
oral contracts, in each case with current or former directors,
officers, employees, consultants, freelancers and independent contractors,
which
will survive the Closing Date. Section
3.09(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, accurate and
complete list of the directors, officers, employees, consultants, freelancers
and independent contractors of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary
who, in the case of directors, officers or employees, earned in excess of
$120,000 during the year ended December 31, 2006 or who, as of December 1,
2007,
are being compensated at an annual rate in excess of $120,000 during the year
ending December 31, 2007, or who, in the case of consultants, freelancers or
independent contractors, were engaged to provide services in excess of 50
calendar days during the year ended December 31, 2006 or who, as of December
1,
2007, are providing services on an annualized basis in excess of 50 calendar
days during the year ending December 31, 2007. For the individuals enumerated
in
the preceding sentence, Section 3.09(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
includes a listing of each of such director’s, officer’s and employee’s
compensation terms (including, but not limited to, date of commencement of
employment, term of employment (if any), salary, bonuses, stock options and
warrants (if any), social benefits, fringe benefits, severance (if any) and
accrued vacation), as well as each consultant’s freelancer’s and independent
contractor’s rate and term of engagement. As of the date of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date, none of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary
is delinquent in any payment to any of its employees for any wages, salaries,
commissions, bonuses or other direct compensation for any services performed
by
any such employees, nor is the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary
delinquent in any material payment to any of its consultants, freelancers,
or
independent contractors. Except as indicated in Section 3.09(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, upon termination of the employment of any directors,
officers or employees, or the discontinuation of the use of the services of
any
consultants, freelancers or independent contractors, neither the Company,
Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary nor Parent will by reason of the transactions
contemplated pursuant to this Agreement or anything done prior to the Closing
Date be liable to any of such directors, officers, employees, consultants,
freelancers or independent contractors for severance pay or any other payments
(other than accrued salary, vacation or such pay in accordance with normal
policies or amount required to be paid under applicable Laws).
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(c) Each
of
the Company and Blacklist has previously delivered or made available to Parent
true and complete copies of all employment, consulting, termination and
severance Contracts, including all non-competition, non-solicitation,
non-disclosure, inventions, and other restrictive covenant Contracts, with
or
for the benefit of, or otherwise relating to, any current or former directors,
officers, employees, consultants, freelancers or independent contractors of
the
Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary, under which the Company,
Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary, or any such director, officer, employee,
consultant, freelancer or independent contractor has continuing
obligations. Except as set forth on Section 3.09(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule,
none of
the execution, delivery or performance of any Transaction Document by the
Company or Blacklist, or the consummation by the Company and Blacklist of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will result in any obligation to
pay
any directors, officers, employees, consultants, freelancers, independent
contractors, or any former directors, officers, employees, consultants, former
freelancers or independent contractors of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary severance pay or termination, retention or other
benefits.
Except
as set forth on Section 3.09(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither
the
Company nor Blacklist has any policy, practice, plan or program of paying
severance pay or any form of severance compensation in connection with the
termination of employment or services.
(d) All
employees are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, except as set forth on
Section 3.09(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, which also indicates
immigration status and date work authorization is scheduled to
expire.
(e) Section
3.09(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains the most recent quarterly
listing of workers’ compensation claims and a schedule of workers’ compensation
claims of the Company and Blacklist with respect to the employees for the last
three (3) years.
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(f) All
current employees of the Company and Blacklist, and all former employees of
the
Company or Blacklist who were employed at any time on or after January 1, 2006
have entered into confidentiality, inventions, non-competition, and
non-solicitation agreements in favor of the Company or Blacklist, as applicable,
that remain in effect.
(g) All
persons who have performed services for the Company or Blacklist while
classified as independent contractors have satisfied the requirements of Law
to
be so classified, and each of the Company and Blacklist has fully and accurately
reported its compensation on IRS Forms 1099 or other applicable Tax forms for
independent contractors when required to do so.
(h) Except
as
set forth on Section 3.09(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no employee
has
given notice to, or received notice from, the Company, Blacklist or any of
their
Representatives that any such employee’s employment or service may be terminated
or advised the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary of an intention
to
give such notice to, or is expected to receive notice from, the Company,
Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary or any of their Representatives that any
such
employee’s employment or service may be terminated.
(i) Neither
the Company nor Blacklist has ever maintained, contributed to or incurred any
Liability under any Benefit Plan that is or was subject to ERISA or the U.S.
Tax
Code or any Foreign Pension Plan. There is no, nor has there ever been any,
individual, person or entity that, together with the Company or Blacklist,
has
ever been treated as a single-employer within the meaning of Section 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the U.S. Tax Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
(j) Section
3.09(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a current, accurate and
complete list of each Benefit Plan.
(k) Each
of
the Company and Blacklist has delivered or made available to Parent current,
accurate and complete copies of (i) each Benefit Plan that has been reduced
to writing and all amendments thereto and (ii) all trust agreements,
insurance contracts, investment management agreements, investment advisory
agreements, administrative services agreements or similar agreements maintained
in connection with any Benefit Plan.
(l) No
person
previously employed by the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has
now
or may have a right to return to work or a right to be reinstated or re-engaged
by any applicable Law. Each of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary
has at all relevant times complied in all material respects with all its
obligations under Law with respect to any aspect of the employment of its
employees, including
without limitation those Laws relating to wages, hours, worker classification,
discrimination, equal opportunity, disability rights or benefits, workers’
compensation, employee leave, immigration, collective bargaining, health and
safety, the payment and withholding of social security and other taxes, and
WARN
and any similar state or local “mass layoff” or “plant closing” Law
. There
are no administrative
charges or court complaints pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
against the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary before the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission or any state or federal court or agency
concerning alleged employment discrimination or any other employment or labor
matters, including matters related to employee accidents or injuries (and there
are no claims capable of arising or threatened by any party in respect to any
accident or injury which is not fully covered by insurance of the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary). There
are
no complaints, charges or claims against the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary pending or, to knowledge of the Company, threatened that could be
brought or filed with any governmental body or based on, arising out of, in
connection with or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of
employment or failure to employ by the Company or Blacklist, any individual.
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(m) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, no employees of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary are in violation of any term of any employment contract,
non-disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, or any restrictive covenant
to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed
by the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary because of the nature of
the
business conducted or presently proposed to be conducted by the Company or
to
the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others. No employees
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary have given notice to the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, nor does the Company, Blacklist
or
any Stockholder have any Knowledge, that any such employee intends to terminate
his or her employment with the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary.
(n) Each
Benefit Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with
its terms and each of the Company, Blacklist and the ERISA Affiliates has in
all
material respects met its obligations with respect to each Benefit Plan and
has
made all required premium payments or contributions thereto. The Company,
Blacklist, each ERISA Affiliate and each Benefit Plan are in compliance in
all
material respects with applicable law, including the provisions of ERISA and
the
Code and the regulations thereunder. No Benefit Plan has assets that cannot
be
readily liquidated at fair market value without adjustment, penalty or charge
under the terms of the investment.
(o) There
are
no legal proceedings (except claims for benefits payable in the normal operation
of the Benefit Plans and proceedings with respect to qualified domestic
relations orders) against or involving any Benefit Plan or asserting any rights
or claims to benefits under any Benefit Plan that could give rise to any
material liability against the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary,
and
there are no audits involving any Benefit Plan by any governmental entity in
progress, or for which notice has been received, or which has been concluded
and
resulted in any finding of a breach of fiduciary duty or any liability for
the
Company, Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.
(p) All
the
Benefit Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code
are so qualified and have received determination letters from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that such Benefit Plans are qualified and the
plans and the trusts related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, no such determination
letter has been revoked and revocation has not been threatened, and no such
Benefit Plan has been amended since the date of its most recent determination
letter or application therefor in any respect, and no act or omission has
occurred, that would adversely affect its qualification or materially increase
its cost. No such plan has experienced a termination or partial termination.
Each Benefit Plans that provides for compliance with Section 404(c) of ERISA,
or
is intended to comply with such provision, so complies.
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(q) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained an Employee
Benefit Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA. Except
as
set forth on Schedule 3.09(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, at no time
since December 31, 2006 has the Company, Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary
or
any ERISA Affiliate been obligated to contribute to any “multiemployer plan” (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(r) There
are
no obligations under any Benefit Plan providing welfare benefits after
termination of employment, including but not limited to retiree health coverage,
but excluding continuation of health coverage required to be continued under
Section 4980B of the Code or other applicable law, but only to the extent such
continuation coverage is provided solely at the participant’s
expense.
(s) With
respect to the Benefit Plans, there are no material benefit obligations for
which contributions have not been made or properly accrued and there are no
benefit obligations which have not been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise
properly footnoted in accordance with GAAP, on the Financial
Statements.
(t) No
act or
omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Benefit Plan
that would subject the Company, Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate to (i) any material fine, penalty, tax or liability of any kind
imposed under ERISA or the Code or (ii) any material contractual indemnification
or contribution obligation protecting any fiduciary, insurer or service provider
with respect to any Benefit Plan, nor will any of the transactions contemplated
by this agreement give rise to such an obligation.
(u) Each
Benefit Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Company or
Blacklist at any time without liability or expense to the Company, Blacklist
or
such Benefit Plan as a result thereof (other than for benefits accrued through
the date of termination or amendment and reasonable administrative expenses
related thereto) and no Benefit Plan, plan documentation or agreement, summary
plan description or other written communication distributed generally to
employees by its terms prohibits the Company or Blacklist from amending or
terminating any such Benefit Plan.
(v) Except
as
set forth on Schedule 3.09(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is
no
agreement with any stockholder, director, executive officer or other key
employee (i) the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which are
altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company or Blacklist
of the nature of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii)
providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee or (iii) providing
severance benefits or other benefits after the termination of employment of
such
director, executive officer or key employee. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.09(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no agreement or plan
binding the Company or Blacklist, including any stock option plan, stock
appreciation right plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan, severance
benefit plan or Benefit Plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased,
or
the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence
of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any
of
the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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(w) Each
Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in
Code Section 409A(d)(1)) has been operated since January 1, 2005 in good faith
compliance with Code Section 409A and IRS Notice 2005-1. No Benefit Plan that
is
a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” has been materially modified (as
determined under Notice 2005-1) after October 3, 2004. No event has occurred
that would be treated by Code Section 409A(b) as a transfer of property for
purposes of Code Section 83.
(x) Each
of
the Company,
Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has
at
all times and in all material respects properly classified each of its employees
as employees and each of its independent contractors or employees of outside
agencies as independent contractors or employees or those agencies, as
applicable, and no claim has been made and no indication has been received
from
any Governmental Entity that such independent contractors or agency employees
would be considered employees of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary for employment law or tax purposes at any time.
Section
3.10. Contracts.
Except
for the Contracts described in Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
(individually, a “Material
Contract”
and
collectively, the “Material
Contracts”),
none
of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound
by
any material Contract, including without limitation:
(a) any
sales, advertising, distribution or agency contract in excess of $48,000 over
the life of the contract or in excess of $4,000 a month if the Contract is
for a
period of less than 12 months;
(b) any
continuing contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment or
services involving in the case of any such contact in excess of $48,000 over
the
life of the contract or in excess of $4,000 a month if the Contract is for
a
period of less than 12 months;
(c) any
contract for which the current term extends beyond one year after the date
of
this Agreement;
(d) any
trust
indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other contract for
the
borrowing of money, any currency exchange, commodities or other hedging
arrangement or any leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized
in
accordance with GAAP;
(e) any
contract for capital expenditures in excess of $48,000 in the
aggregate;
(f) any
contract limiting the freedom of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary to engage in any line of business or to compete with any other
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, individual or other
entity, or any confidentiality, secrecy or non-disclosure contract;
(g) any
contract pursuant to which the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary
is a
lessor of any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, office furniture, fixtures
or other personal property, pursuant to which payments in excess of $12,000
remain outstanding;
(h) any
contract with an Affiliate;
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(i) any
agreement of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement
of,
or any similar commitment with respect to, the obligations, liabilities (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any other Person;
(j) any
foreign currency forward exchange contracts; or
(k) any
employment contract, arrangement or policy (including without limitation any
collective bargaining contract or union agreement) which may not be immediately
terminated without penalty (or any augmentation or acceleration of
benefits).
Each
of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, has
performed in all material respects all of the obligations required to be
performed by it and is entitled to all benefits under, and has not received
notice that it is in default in respect of any Material Contract. Each of the
Material Contracts is valid and binding and in full force and effect, and there
exists no default or event of default or event, occurrence, condition or act,
with respect to the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, or to the
Company’s Knowledge, with respect to the other contracting party, which, with
the giving of notice, the lapse of the time or the happening of any other event
or conditions, would become a default or event of default under any Material
Contract. True, correct and complete copies of all Material Contracts have
been
delivered or made available to Parent.
Section
3.11. Litigation.
There
is no private or governmental action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration
or
investigation pending before any agency, court or tribunal, foreign or domestic,
or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company, Blacklist or any
of their respective properties or any of their respective officers or directors
(in their capacities as such) or any of their respective employees (in their
capacities as such) or relating to the business of the Company or Blacklist,
nor
does the Company or Blacklist have any Knowledge that there is any basis for
any
of the foregoing. There is no judgment, decree or order against the Company,
Blacklist or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective directors or
officers or any of their respective employees, that could prevent, enjoin,
or
materially alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, or that could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor Blacklist has any litigation pending
against other parties.
Section
3.12. Environmental
Matters.
To the
Company’s Knowledge: (a) Each of the Company, Blacklist and the Company
Subsidiary is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws
and
all Company Permits required by Environmental Laws; (b) all past
noncompliance, if any, of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary
with
Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits has been resolved without any
pending, ongoing or future obligation, cost or liability; and (c) none of the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has released a Hazardous Material
at, or transported a Hazardous Material to or from, any real property currently
or formerly owned, leased or occupied by the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary, in violation of any Environmental Law.
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Section
3.13. Intellectual
Property.
(a) Section
3.13(a) of
the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of the Company’s,
Blacklist’s and the Company Subsidiary’s patents, patent applications,
registered trademarks, trademark applications, trademarks, trade names,
registered service marks, service xxxx applications, service marks, Internet
domain names, copyright registrations and applications and other filings and
formal actions made or taken pursuant to Federal, state, local and foreign
Laws
by the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary to protect their interests
in the Company Intellectual Property, and includes details of all due dates
for
further filings, maintenance, payments or other actions falling due in respect
of the Company Intellectual Property within twelve (12) months of the Closing
Date. All of the Company’s, Blacklist’s and the Company Subsidiary’s patents,
patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications and
registered copyrights remain in good standing with all fees and filings due
as
of the date hereof having been paid or made.
(b) The
Company Intellectual Property contains only those items and rights which are:
(i) owned by the Company or Blacklist; (ii) in the public domain; or (iii)
rightfully used by the Company or Blacklist pursuant to a valid and enforceable
license or other agreement (the “Company
Licensed Intellectual Property”),
the
parties, date, term and subject matter of each such license or other agreement
(each, a “License
Agreement”)
being
set forth on Section 3.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each of the
Company and Blacklist has all rights in the Company Intellectual Property which
includes all rights necessary to carry out the Company’s and Blacklist’s current
activities, and the Company’s and Blacklist’s future activities to the extent
such future activities are already planned, including without limitation, to
the
extent required to carry out such activities, rights to make, use, reproduce,
modify, adopt, create derivative works based on, translate, distribute (directly
and indirectly), transmit, display and perform publicly, license, rent and
lease
and, other than with respect to the Company Licensed Intellectual Property,
assign and sell, the Company Intellectual Property.
(c) The
reproduction, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or
any
other exercise of rights in any Company Intellectual Property, product, work,
technology or process as now used or offered or proposed for use, licensing
or
sale by the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary does not infringe
on
any proprietary or personal right of any Person such as patent, design right,
trademark, trade name, service xxxx, trade dress, Internet domain name,
copyright, database right, statistical model, technology, invention, supplier
list, trade secret, know-how, computer software program or application of any
Person, anywhere in the world. None of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary has received notice of any pending or threatened claims (including
offers to grant licenses) (i) challenging the validity, effectiveness or,
other than with respect to the Company Licensed Intellectual Property, ownership
by the Company or Blacklist of any Company Intellectual Property, or (ii) to
the
effect that the use, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or any other
exercise of rights in any product, work, technology or process as now used
or
offered or proposed for use, licensing, sublicensing or sale by the Company,
Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary or their agents or use by their customers
infringes or will infringe on or misappropriate any intellectual property or
other proprietary or personal right of any Person. No such claims have been
threatened by any Person, nor are there any valid grounds for any bona fide
claim of any such kind. All of the rights within the Company Intellectual
Property are enforceable and subsisting. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no
unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any Company Intellectual
Property by any third party, employee or former employee. No materials owned
by
any customer of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary have been,
without the consent of such customer, incorporated into any product or
materials sold, licensed or otherwise delivered by the Company, Blacklist or
the
Company Subsidiary to any other customer of the Company, Blacklist or the
Company Subsidiary.
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(d) All
personnel, including employees, agents, consultants and contractors, who have
contributed to or participated in the conception and development of the Company
Intellectual Property on behalf of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary, have executed non-disclosure agreements and either (i) have been
a
party to an enforceable agreement with the Company or Blacklist in accordance
with applicable national and state Law that accords the Company and Blacklist
full, effective, exclusive and original ownership of all tangible and intangible
property as “works-for-hire,” arising from the efforts of such personnel, or
(ii) have executed appropriate instruments of assignment in favor of the Company
or Blacklist that have conveyed to the Company and Blacklist full, effective
and
exclusive ownership of all tangible and intangible property arising from the
efforts of such personnel.
(e) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, nor as a result of the
execution or delivery of this Agreement, or performance of the Company’s or
Blacklist’s obligations hereunder, will the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary be, in violation of any license, sublicense, agreement or instrument
to which the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is a party or
otherwise bound, nor will execution or delivery of this Agreement, or
performance of the Company’s or Blacklist’s obligations hereunder, cause the
diminution, termination or forfeiture of any the Company Intellectual Property
except, in any such case, any of the foregoing that will not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Section
3.13(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list
of
all of the material software programs used by the Company, Blacklist or the
Company Subsidiary (the “Company
Software Programs”).
Each
of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary owns full and unencumbered
right and good, valid and marketable title to such Company Software Programs
that it owns, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, conditional sales agreements, encumbrances or charges of any kind.
Each of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has full and
unrestricted rights to use the Company Software Programs that it licenses,
pursuant to license agreements listed in Section 3.13(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
(g) The
source code and system documentation relating to the Company Software Programs
have been maintained in strict confidence and (i) have been disclosed by the
Company or Blacklist only to those of their respective employees who have a
“need to know” the contents thereof in connection with the performance of their
duties to the Company or Blacklist and who have executed nondisclosure
agreements with the Company or Blacklist; and (ii) have been disclosed to only
those third parties who have executed nondisclosure agreements with the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary.
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(h) The
Company Intellectual Property is free and clear of any and all mortgages,
pledges, liens, security interests, conditional sale agreements, encumbrances
or
charges of any kind.
(i) Neither
the Company nor Blacklist owes nor will owe any royalties or other payments
to
third parties in respect of the Company Intellectual Property. All royalties
or
other payments that have accrued prior to the Closing Date have been paid or
reserved for in the Company’s or Blacklist’s financial records.
(j) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, the Company Software Programs contain no “viruses” that
could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For
the
purposes of this Agreement, “virus” means any computer code designed to disrupt,
disable or harm in any manner the operation of any software or hardware
including, without limitation, worms, bombs, backdoors, clocks, timers, or
other
disabling device code, designs or routines which cause the software to be
erased, inoperable, or otherwise incapable of being used, either automatically
or upon command by any party.
(k) No
product developed by the Company or Blacklist (including any product currently
under development by the Company or Blacklist) contains any code that is, in
whole or in part, subject to the provisions of any license to software that
is
made generally available to the public without requiring payment of fees or
royalties (including without limitation any obligation or condition under any
“open source” license such as, without limitation, the GNU General Public
License, GNU Lesser General Public License, Mozilla Public License or BSD
licenses). No Company
Software Program is
subject to any license terms that (i) require, or condition the use or
distribution of any Company
Software Program on
the
disclosure, licensing or distribution of any source code for any portion of
such
Company
Software Program or
(ii)
otherwise impose any limitation, restriction or condition on the right or
ability of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary to use or distribute
any Company Intellectual Property owned by them.
Section
3.14. Taxes.
(a) Each
of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has filed on a timely basis
all Tax Returns that it was required to file, and all such Tax Returns were
complete and accurate in all material respects. None of the Company, Blacklist
or the Company Subsidiary is or has ever been a member of a group of
corporations with which it has filed (or been required to file) consolidated,
combined or unitary Tax Returns, other than a group the common parent of which
is the Company. Each of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has
paid on a timely basis all Taxes that were due and payable. The unpaid Taxes
of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary for tax periods through the
date of the Consolidated Financial Statements do not exceed the accruals and
reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals and reserves for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set
forth
on the balance sheet included with the Consolidated Financial Statements, and
all unpaid Taxes of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary for all
tax periods commencing after the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements
arose in the Ordinary Course of Business and are of a type and amount
commensurate with Taxes attributable to prior similar periods. None of the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary (i) has any actual or potential
liability under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable or
similar provision of federal, state, local or foreign law), as a transferee
or
successor, pursuant to any contractual obligation, or otherwise for any Taxes
of
any person other than the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, or
(ii)
is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or
similar agreement. All Taxes that the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary is or was required by law to withhold or collect have been duly
withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper
Governmental Entity. Each
of
the
Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has complied with all information
reporting and back-up withholding requirements including maintenance of the
required records with respect thereto, in connection with amounts paid to any
employee, shareholder, independent contractor, creditor or other third
party.
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(b) For
all
taxable periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired, the
Company has delivered to the Parent (i) complete and correct copies of all
Tax
Returns of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary relating to Taxes
for all taxable periods for which the applicable statute of limitations has
not
yet expired and (ii) complete and correct copies of all private letter rulings,
revenue agent reports, information document requests, notices of proposed
deficiencies, deficiency notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements,
settlement agreements, pending ruling requests and any similar documents
submitted by, received by or agreed to by or on behalf of the Company, Blacklist
or the Company Subsidiary and relating to Taxes. The federal Income Tax Returns
of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary have been audited by the
Internal Revenue Service or are closed by the applicable statute of limitations
for all taxable years through the taxable year specified in Section 3.14(b)
of
the Disclosure Schedule. None of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary has (i) waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes
or
agreed to extend the period for assessment or collection of any Taxes, (ii)
requested any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which
Tax
Return has not yet been filed, or (iii) executed or filed any power of attorney
with any taxing authority which is still in force. No examination or audit
of
any Tax Return of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary by any
Governmental Entity is currently in progress or, to the knowledge of the
Company, Blacklist the Company Subsidiary or any of the Stockholders, threatened
or contemplated. None of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has
been informed by any jurisdiction that the jurisdiction believes that the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary was required to file any Tax Return
that was not filed.
(c) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary (i) has been a United States
real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of
the
Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of
the
Code; (ii) has made any payment, is obligated to make any payment, or is a
party
to any agreement that could obligate it to make any payment that may be treated
as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code (without
regard to Sections 280G(b)(4) and 280G(b)(5) of the Code); or (iii) is or has
been required to make a basis reduction pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-20(b) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.337(d)-2(b).
(d) None
of
the assets of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary (i) is
“tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code; (ii)
is subject to a lease under Section 7701(h) of the Code or under any predecessor
section; or (iii) directly or indirectly secures any debt the interest on which
is tax exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code.
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(e) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary will be required to include
any
item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for
any
period (or any portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of
any
(i) deferred intercompany gain or any excess loss account described in
Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding
provision of state, local or foreign Tax law), (ii) closing agreement as
described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision
of state, local or foreign Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date,
(iii) installment sale or other open transaction disposition made on or
prior to the Closing Date, or (iv) prepaid amount received on or prior to the
Closing Date.
(f) There
are
no adjustments under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar adjustments under
any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or local Tax
laws)
that are required to be taken into account by the Company, Blacklist or the
Company Subsidiary in any period ending after the Closing Date by reason of
a
change in method of accounting in any taxable period ending on or before the
Closing Date or as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(g) There
is
currently no limitation, and no limitation will arise prior to the Closing,
on
the utilization by either the Company or the Company Subsidiary of its net
operating losses, built-in losses, Tax credits, or similar items under Sections
382, 383, or 384 of the Code or comparable provisions of foreign state or local
law (other than any such limitation arising as a result of the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).
(h) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has distributed to its
stockholders or security holders stock or securities of a controlled
corporation, nor has stock or securities of the Company, Blacklist or the
Company Subsidiary been distributed, in a transaction to which Section 355
of
the Code applies (i) in the two years prior to the date of this Agreement or
(ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a "plan" or
"series of related transactions" (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the
Code) that includes the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(i) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary owns any interest in an entity
that is characterized as a partnership for federal income Tax purposes. The
Company Subsidiary (i) is incorporated under the laws of England and Wales;
(ii)
is, and has always been, resident for Tax purposes solely in the United Kingdom;
(iii) has never had any agency, branch, place of business, or representative
office in any other jurisdiction; (iv) is, and has always been, classified
as an
association taxable as a corporation for U.S. Tax purposes. Blacklist is, and
has always been, classified as a partnership for U.S. Tax purposes.
(j) Section
3.14(j) sets forth each jurisdiction (other than United States federal) in
which
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary files, is required to file
or
has been required to file a Tax Return or is or has been liable for any Taxes
on
a "nexus" basis.
(k) The
Company Subsidiary is not and has not been a passive foreign investment company
within the meaning of Sections 1291-1297 of the Code.
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(l) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has incurred (or been
allocated) an "overall foreign loss" as defined in Section 904(f)(2) of the
Code
which has not been previously recaptured in full as provided in Sections
904(f)(1) and/or 904(f)(3) of the Code.
(m) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is a party to a gain
recognition agreement under Section 367 of the Code.
(n) There
are
no liens or other encumbrances with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets
or
properties of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, other than
with
respect to Taxes not yet due and payable.
(o) None
of
the Shares held by the Stockholders is non-transferable and subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code
with
respect to which a valid election under Section 83(b) of the Code has not been
made.
(p) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is or ever has been a party
to
a transaction or agreement that is in conflict with the Tax rules on transfer
pricing in any relevant jurisdiction.
(q) None
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has engaged in any “reportable
transaction” for purposes of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.6011-4(b) or Code
Section 6111 or any analogous provision of state or local law.
Section
3.15. Insurance.
Each of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary is presently insured, and
since inception has been insured, against such risks as companies engaged in
a
similar business would, in accordance with good business practice, customarily
be insured. The policies of fire, theft, liability and other insurance
maintained with respect to the assets or businesses of the Company, Blacklist
and the Company Subsidiary provide adequate coverage against loss. There is
no
material claim pending under any of such policies as to which coverage has
been
questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies. The Company
has delivered or made available to Parent a complete and correct list as of
the
date hereof of all insurance policies maintained by the Company, Blacklist
and
the Company Subsidiary, and has made available to Parent complete and correct
copies of all such policies, together with all riders and amendments thereto.
All such policies are in full force and effect and all premiums due thereon
have
been paid to the date hereof. Each of the Company, Blacklist and the Company
Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with the terms of such
policies. The Company has no Knowledge of any threatened termination of, or
material premium increase with respect to, any of such policies. To the
Company’s Knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably
be expected to result in the denial of insurance coverage under policies issued
to the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary in respect of such suits,
claims, actions, proceedings and investigations.
Section
3.16. Properties.
Each of
the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary has good and marketable title
to all of its properties and assets, free and clear of all material Liens,
whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, reflected in the
Consolidated Financial Statements as being owned by the Company, Blacklist
or
the Company Subsidiary as of the date thereof, other than (i) any properties
or
assets that have been sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course
of
business since the date of such financial statements, (ii) Liens disclosed
in
the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and (iii) Liens arising
in
the ordinary course of business after the date of such financial statements.
All
properties used in the Company’s, Blacklist’s and the Company Subsidiary’s
operations are reflected in the balance sheets included in the Consolidated
Financial Statements to the extent GAAP require the same to be reflected. All
buildings, and all fixtures, equipment and other property and assets that are
material to its business on a consolidated basis, and held under leases or
sub-leases by the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, are held under
valid instruments enforceable against the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
Laws
of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding
in law or equity). Substantially all of the Company’s, Blacklist’s and the
Company Subsidiary’s equipment in regular use has been reasonably maintained and
is in serviceable condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted. Each of the
Company and Blacklist owns or has the valid and subsisting right to use all
assets and properties necessary to operate its business in the manner presently
conducted.
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Section
3.17. Affiliates.
Section
3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the names and addresses
of
each Person who is, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, an Affiliate of the
Company or of Blacklist. Neither the Company nor Blacklist is indebted to,
nor
does it owe any contractual commitment or arrangement to, with or for the
benefit of, any director, officer, employee, Affiliate or agent of the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary (except for amounts due as normal salaries
and bonuses and in reimbursement of ordinary expenses). To the Company’s
Knowledge, no current or former director, officer, employee, Affiliate or agent
of the Company or of Blacklist is presently, or, in the last three years has
been, the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any corporation, firm,
association, or business organization which is a present (or potential)
competitor, supplier or customer of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary. Except for normal salaries and bonuses and reimbursement of ordinary
expenses, since December 31, 2006, none of the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary has made any payments, loans or advances of any kind, or paid any
dividends or distributions of any kind, to or for the benefit of the
Stockholders, or any of their respective affiliates, associates or family
members.
Section
3.18. Brokers.
No
broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or
other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or
Blacklist.
Section
3.19. Certain
Business Practices.
None of
the Company, Blacklist, the Company Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge,
any directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company, Blacklist or the
Company Subsidiary (in their capacities as such) has (i) used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties
or
campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended, or (iii) made any other unlawful payment.
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Section
3.20. Accounts
Receivable.
Subject
to any reserves set forth in the Consolidated Financial Statements, the accounts
receivable shown on the Consolidated Financial Statements represent bona fide
claims for sales and other charges, and are not subject to discount except
for
normal cash and immaterial trade discounts. The amount carried for doubtful
accounts and allowances disclosed in the Consolidated Financial Statements
was
calculated in accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with prior periods
and is sufficient to provide for any losses which may be sustained on
realization of the receivables.
Section
3.21. Customers
and Suppliers.
No
customer which individually accounted for more than 1% of the Company’s gross
revenues or of Blacklist’s gross revenues during the 12-month period preceding
the date hereof has canceled or terminated in writing, or made any written
threat to the Company or to Blacklist to cancel or otherwise terminate or
decrease its relationship with the Company or Blacklist, or has decreased
materially its relationship with the Company or Blacklist or its usage of the
services or products of the Company or Blacklist, as the case may
be.
Section
3.22. Corporate
Approvals.
The
Board of Directors of the Company has, as of the date of this Agreement,
determined that each of the Subsidiary Merger and the Upstream Merger is fair
to, and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
Section
3.23. Proxy
Statement.
The
information to be supplied by the Company and Blacklist for inclusion in
Parent’s proxy statement (such proxy statement as amended or supplemented is
referred to herein as the “Proxy
Statement”)
shall
not at the time the Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC and at the
time
it becomes effective under the Securities Act, 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 not misleading. The
information to be supplied by the Company and Blacklist for inclusion in the
Proxy Statement to be sent in connection with the meeting of Parent’s
stockholders to consider the approval of this Agreement (the “Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting”)
shall
not, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to Parent’s stockholders,
and at the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading; or omit
to
state any material fact necessary to correct any statement provided by the
Company or Blacklist in any earlier communication with respect to the
solicitation of proxies for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting which has become
false or misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company
nor Blacklist makes any representation or warranty with respect to any
information supplied by Parent or any Person other than the Company or Blacklist
which is contained in any of the foregoing documents.
Section
3.24. Grants,
Incentives and Subsidies.
None of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary has received any grants,
incentive and subsidy programs from any Governmental Authority. None of the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary is subject to any obligation to
pay
royalties in connection with sales of its products.
Section
3.25. Bank
Accounts.
Section
3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list
of
each bank account or safe deposit box of the Company and Blacklist, the names
and locations of all banks in which the Company or Blacklist has accounts or
safe deposit boxes, and the names of all persons authorized to draw thereon
or
to have access thereto.
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Section
3.26. Books
and Records.
The
books of accounts, minute books, stock record books, and other records of the
Company and of Blacklist have been maintained in accordance with sound business
practices in all material respects. The stock or ownership records of the
Company as presented to Parent fairly and accurately reflect the record
ownership of all of its outstanding shares of capital stock and securities
convertible or exercisable into shares of capital stock. The membership
ownership records of Blacklist as presented to Parent fairly and accurately
reflect the record ownership of all of its membership interests and securities
convertible or exercisable into membership interests.
Section
3.27. Privacy
and Data Security.
To the
Company’s knowledge, and without further inquiry, neither the Company, Blacklist
nor the Company Subsidiary is subject to any Privacy Laws. For purposes of
this
section, “Privacy
Laws”
shall
mean any law related to the protection, privacy and security of sensitive
personal information, including without limitation, the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act,
the European Union Data Protection Directive and any similar federal, state
or
foreign law or regulation.
Section
3.28. Stockholder
Approval and Member Approval.
The
Subsidiary Merger, the Upstream Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby
have been adopted and approved by each of the Stockholders of the Company upon
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each such Stockholder. The
purchase of the membership interests of Blacklist and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been adopted and approved by each of the members of
Blacklist upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of such
members.
Section
3.29. Representations
and Warranties Complete.
None of
the representations or warranties made by the Stockholders, the Company or
Blacklist herein or in any Company Disclosure Schedule hereto, or certificate
furnished by the Company or Blacklist pursuant to this Agreement, when all
such
documents are read together in their entirety, contains or will contain at
the
Closing Date any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit
at
the Closing Date to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which made, not misleading.
ARTICLE
IV.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF
THE
STOCKHOLDERS
AND
HOLDERS OF
THE
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
Each
Stockholder and holder of the Membership Interests, severally but not jointly,
represents and warrants to Parent, but solely with respect to such Stockholder
/
holder of the Membership Interests, as follows:
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Section
4.01. Authorization
of Agreements, Etc.
(a) Such
Stockholder has full legal capacity and unrestricted power to execute and
deliver each Transaction Document to which such Stockholder is a party, and
to
perform his or her obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) The
execution and delivery by each Stockholder of this Agreement and each
Transaction Document to which such Stockholder is a party, and the performance
by each Stockholder of his or her obligations hereunder and thereunder, have
been duly authorized by all requisite action, and will not violate any provision
of Law, any order of any court or other agency of government, any judgment,
award or decree or any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument
to which such Stockholder is a party, or by which such Stockholder or any of
such Stockholder’s properties or assets is bound or affected, or conflict with,
result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both)
a
material default under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of
any
nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of such
Stockholder.
Section
4.02. Validity.
This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and
constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to which such Stockholder
is a
party, when executed and delivered by such Stockholder as contemplated hereby,
will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Stockholder,
enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with their respective terms,
except to the extent that its enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.
Section
4.03. Title
to Shares / Membership Interests.
Such
Stockholder is the lawful holder of record and beneficial owner of the number
of
shares of Company Common Stock and/or Company Class B Common Stock, as
applicable, set forth opposite the name of such Stockholder in Schedule
I
to this
Agreement under the heading “Common Shares,” and such Stockholder is the lawful
holder of record and beneficial owner of the membership interests of Blacklist
set forth opposite the name of such Stockholder in Table A of Schedule
II
to this
Agreement, in each case free and clear of any and all pledges, security
interests, Liens, charges or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever. The
delivery by each Stockholder of certificates or instruments and agreements
evidencing the number of Common Shares set forth opposite the name of such
Stockholder as aforesaid, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by stock
transfer powers duly endorsed in blank, to Parent pursuant to Section 2.06(b)
above, against payment or in exchange for the securities provided pursuant
to
Section 2.04(a) above, will transfer valid record title and beneficial ownership
to said Common Shares to Parent, free and clear of any and all pledges, security
interests, liens, charges or other encumbrances of any nature
whatsoever.
The
delivery by each holder of Membership Interests of certificates or instruments
and agreements evidencing the Membership Interests set forth opposite the name
of such holder as aforesaid, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by stock
transfer powers duly endorsed in blank, to Parent pursuant to Section 2.17
above, against payment provided pursuant to Section 2.17 above, will transfer
valid record title and beneficial ownership to said Membership Interests to
Parent, free and clear of any and all pledges, security interests, liens,
charges or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever.
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Section
4.04. Brokers.
No
broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or
other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Stockholder.
Section
4.05. Accredited
Investor or Non-U.S. Person.
Such
Stockholder, is either an accredited investor, a non-U.S. Person or has
sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
such
Stockholder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the acquisition
of
Parent Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement and is capable of making an
informed investment decision with respect to such acquisition of Parent Common
Stock.
Section
4.06. Interested
Party Transactions.
(a) Neither
such Stockholder nor any member of his or her immediate family is indebted
to
the Company, nor is the Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend
or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than (i) for payment of salary for
services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf
of the Company, and (iii) for other employee benefits made generally available
to all employees.
(b) Neither
such Stockholder nor any member of his or her immediate family is, directly
or
indirectly, interested in any Material Contract (other than such contracts
as
relate to any such Person’s ownership of capital stock or other securities of
the Company or such Person’s employment with the Company).
Section
4.07. Tax
Treatment of the Merger.
Each
Stockholder represents and warrants that it has independently obtained advice
from its own independent legal counsel and/or tax accountant regarding tax
matters, including the tax treatment of the Mergers, and each Stockholder is
relying solely on such advice. Each Stockholder represents and warrants that
it
is not relying upon any advice or any information or material furnished by
Parent, or their representatives or affiliates, whether oral or written,
expressed or implied, of any nature whatsoever regarding any tax matters,
including the tax treatment of the Mergers.
ARTICLE
V.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
Parent
represents and warrants to the Company and the Stockholders as
follows:
Section
5.01. Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
Parent
and each directly and indirectly owned Subsidiary of Parent (the “Parent
Subsidiaries”)
has
been duly incorporated or otherwise organized and is validly existing and in
good standing (to the extent applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction
of
its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite
corporate power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being
conducted. Parent and each Parent Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed
to do
business, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character
of
the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business
makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to
be
so qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
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Section
5.02. Capitalization.
(a) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of
(i) 21,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, of which 5,868,334 shares
were issued and outstanding at September 30, 2007, and (ii) 1,000,000 shares
of
Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which no shares are currently
issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of the Parent Common
Stock
have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject
to
preemptive rights.
(b) All
of
the shares of the Parent Common Stock to be issued to the Stockholders in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when issued in accordance
with this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
not subject to any contractual restriction, preemptive rights or similar
contractual rights granted by Parent.
(c) Except
as
contemplated by this Agreement or the Parent SEC Reports (as defined in Section
5.09(a) below), there are no registrations rights, and there is no voting trust,
proxy, rights plan, antitakeover plan or other agreements or understandings
to
which the Parent is a party or by which the Parent is bound with respect to
any
equity security of any class of the Parent.
Section
5.03. Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
Parent
has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and each other Transaction Document 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 of this Agreement
and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party by Parent and the
consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no
other
corporate proceedings on the part of Parent are necessary to authorize this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Parent is a party or to
consummate such transactions, other than the Parent Stockholder Approval. This
Agreement has been, and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party
will be, duly executed and delivered by Parent. Assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Company and the Stockholders, this Agreement
constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party will
constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of Parent, enforceable against
Parent in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally or by general equitable principles.
Section
5.04. No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and the execution and
delivery of each other Transaction Document to which it is a party by Parent,
do
not, and the performance by Parent of its obligations hereunder and/or
thereunder, as the case may be, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the organizational documents of Parent or any equivalent
organizational documents of any Parent Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with or violate
any Law applicable to Parent or any other Parent Subsidiary or by which any
property or asset of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is bound or affected or
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event which
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both could reasonably be expected
to become a default) under, or give to others any right of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a
lien
or other encumbrance on any material property or asset of Parent or any Parent
Subsidiary pursuant to, any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation
in each case, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 5.04(a),
which will result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Assuming
the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Article III
and
Article IV, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent do not,
and
the execution of each other Transaction Document to which it is a party will
not, and the performance by Parent of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require any
consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing by Parent with or
notification by Parent to, any Governmental Entity.
Section
5.05. Board
Approval.
The
Board of Directors of Parent (including any required committee or subgroup
of
the Board of Directors of Parent) has, as of the date of this Agreement,
unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the Mergers and approved this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) determined that the
Mergers are in the best interests of the stockholders of Parent, (iii)
determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80%
of
Parent’s net assets, and (iv) determined to recommend to Parent’s stockholders
that they vote in favor of the proposals to be presented at the Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting.
Section
5.06. Trust
Fund.
As of
the date hereof and immediately prior to the Closing, Parent has at least
$27,400,000 invested in United States Government securities or in money market
funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 in a trust account administered by American
Stock
Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust
Fund”).
At
the Closing, Parent may use a portion of such funds (A) as Parent is required
to
pay to stockholders who elect to have their shares converted to cash in
accordance with the provisions of Parent’s organizational documents, (B) as are
needed to pay the deferred underwriter’s discount to EarlyBirdCapital as more
fully described in the Underwriting Agreement entered into in connection with
the initial public offering of Parent and (C) to pay any expenses of Parent
incurred in connection with its pursuit of a business combination in excess
of
the cash held out of the trust account.
Section
5.07. Subsidiaries.
(a) Except
for Merger Sub, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, Parent has no
Subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity,
profits or voting interest in any Person or has any agreement or commitment
to
purchase any such interest, and Parent has not agreed and is not obligated
to
make nor is bound by any written, oral or other agreement, contract,
subcontract, lease, binding understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty,
purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment
or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be
in
effect under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in
or
capital contribution to any other entity.
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(b) Merger
Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry
on its business as it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be
conducted. Complete and correct copies of the charter documents of Merger Sub,
as amended and currently in effect, have been delivered to the Company or its
counsel. Merger Sub is not in violation of any of the provisions of the Merger
Sub’s charter documents.
(c) Merger
Sub has no assets or properties of any kind, does not now conduct and has never
conducted any business, and has and will have at the Closing no obligations
or
liabilities of any nature whatsoever except such obligations and liabilities
as
are imposed under this Agreement.
Section
5.08. Compliance.
Each of
Parent and Merger Sub has complied with, is not in violation of, any Legal
Requirements with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership
or
operation of its business, except for failures to comply or violations which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely
to
have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub. The business and
activities of Parent and Merger Sub have not been and are not being conducted
in
violation of any Legal Requirements. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in default
or violation of any term, condition or provision of its charter documents.
No
written notice of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has been received
by Parent or Merger Sub.
Section
5.09. SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Parent
has made available to the Company and the Stockholders a correct and complete
copy of each report, registration statement and definitive proxy statement
filed
by Parent with the SEC (the “Parent
SEC Reports”),
which
are all the forms, reports and documents required to be filed by Parent with
the
SEC prior to the date of this Agreement. As of their respective dates the Parent
SEC Reports: (i) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
the
case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable
to
such Parent SEC Reports, and (ii) did not at the time they were filed (and
if
amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement then
on
the date of such filing and as so amended or superseded) contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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. Except to the
extent set forth in the preceding sentence, Parent makes no representation
or
warranty whatsoever concerning the Parent SEC Reports as of any time other
than
the time they were filed.
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(b) Each
set
of financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto)
contained in Parent SEC Reports, including each Parent SEC Report filed after
the date hereof until the Closing, complied or will comply as to form in all
material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto, was or will be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied
on
a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated
in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, do not contain
footnotes as permitted by Form 10-QSB of the Exchange Act) and each fairly
presents or will fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of Parent at the respective dates thereof and the results of its operations
and
cash flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim
financial statements were, are or will be subject to normal adjustments which
were not or are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent taken
as a whole.
Section
5.10. No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Parent
has no liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a nature
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the
financial statements included in Parent SEC Reports which are, individually
or
in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial
condition of Parent, except (i) liabilities provided for in or otherwise
disclosed in Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, and (ii)
liabilities incurred since September 30, 2007 in the ordinary course of
business, none of which would have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.11. Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth in Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement,
and except as contemplated by this Agreement, since September 30, 2007, there
has not been: (i) any Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (ii) any declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether
in
cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Parent’s capital stock, or any
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any of Parent’s capital
stock or any other securities of Parent or any options, warrants, calls or
rights to acquire any such shares or other securities, (iii) any split,
combination or reclassification of any of Parent’s capital stock, (iv) any
granting by Parent of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits, except
for normal increases of cash compensation in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, or any payment by Parent of any bonus, except
for
bonuses made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
or any granting by Parent of any increase in severance or termination pay or
any
entry by Parent into any currently effective employment, severance, termination
or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are
contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence
of a
transaction involving Parent of the nature contemplated hereby, (v) entry by
Parent into any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition
or
disposition of any Intellectual Property other than licenses in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent
with respect to any licensing agreement filed or required to be filed by Parent
with respect to any Governmental Entity, (vi) any material change by Parent
in
its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by
concurrent changes in U.S. GAAP, (vii) any change in the auditors of
Parent, (vii) any issuance of capital stock of Parent, or (viii) any
revaluation by Parent of any of its assets, including, without limitation,
writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts
receivable or any sale of assets of Parent other than in the ordinary course
of
business.
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Section
5.12. Litigation.
There
are no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or to Parent’s knowledge,
threatened against Parent, before any court, governmental department,
commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any
arbitrator.
Section
5.13. Employee
Benefit Plans.
Parent
does not maintain, and has no liability under, any Plan, and neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including
severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise)
becoming due to any stockholder, director or employee of Parent, or (ii) result
in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such
benefits.
Section
5.14. Labor
Matters.
Parent
is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union
contract applicable to persons employed by Parent, nor does Parent know of
any
activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such
employees.
Section
5.15. Business
Activities.
Since
its organization, Parent has not conducted any business activities other than
activities directed toward the accomplishment of a business combination. Except
as set forth in the Parent’s organizational documents, there is no agreement,
commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Parent or to
which Parent is a party which has or could reasonably be expected to have the
effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Parent,
any acquisition of property by Parent or the conduct of business by Parent
as
currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate,
which have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Parent
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.16. Title
to Property.
Parent
does not own or lease any real property or personal property. There are no
options or other contracts under which Parent has a right or obligation to
acquire or lease any interest in real property or personal
property.
Section
5.17. Taxes.
(a) Parent
has timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by Parent with any Tax
authority prior to the date hereof, except such Tax Returns which are not
material to Parent. All such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in
all
material respects. Parent has paid all Taxes shown to be due on such Tax
Returns.
(b) All
Taxes
that Parent is required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld
or
collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper governmental authorities
to the extent due and payable.
(c) Parent
has not been delinquent in the payment of any material Tax nor is there any
material Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against Parent, nor
has Parent executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of limitations on or
extending the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax.
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(d) No
audit
or other examination of any Tax Return of Parent by any Tax authority is
presently in progress, nor has Parent been notified of any request for such
an
audit or other examination.
(e) No
adjustment relating to any Tax Returns filed by Parent has been proposed in
writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to Parent or any
representative thereof.
(f) Parent
has no liability for any material unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued
for
or reserved on Parent’s balance sheets included in the audited financial
statements for the most recent fiscal year ended, whether asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise, which is material to Parent, other than
any
liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of the most
recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the business of Parent
in
the ordinary course of business, none of which is material to the business,
results of operations or financial condition of Parent.
Section
5.18. Environmental
Matters.
Except
for such matters that, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably
likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (i) Parent has complied
with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) Parent is not subject to liability
for any Hazardous Substance disposal or contamination on any third party
property; (iii) Parent has not been associated with any release or threat of
release of any Hazardous Substance; (iv) Parent has not received any notice,
demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that Parent may be
in
violation of or liable under any Environmental Law; and (v) Parent is not
subject to any orders, decrees, injunctions or other arrangements with any
Governmental Entity or subject to any indemnity or other agreement with any
third party relating to liability under any Environmental Law or relating to
Hazardous Substances.
Section
5.19. Brokers.
Except
with respect to the payment of deferred underwriting discounts upon consummation
of a business combination, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled
to
any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
5.20. Intellectual
Property.
Parent
does not own, license or otherwise have any right, title or interest in any
material Intellectual Property, except non-exclusive rights to the name
“Fortissimo.”
Section
5.21. Agreements,
Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Except
as
set forth in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement,
other than confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, there are no
contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds, liens,
license, permit, franchise, purchase orders, sales orders or other
understandings, commitments or obligations (including without limitation
outstanding offers or proposals) of any kind, whether written or oral, to which
Parent is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets of Parent
may be bound, subject or affected, which either (a) creates or imposes a
liability greater than $250,000, or (b) may not be cancelled by Parent on less
than 30 days’ or less prior notice (“Parent
Contracts”).
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(b) Each
Parent Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary course, is
in full force and effect and is valid and binding upon and enforceable against
each of the parties thereto.
(c) Neither
Parent nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto is in breach
of
or in default under, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a breach of or default under, any Parent Contract,
and
no party to any Parent Contract has given any written notice of any claim of
any
such breach, default or event, which, individually or in the aggregate, are
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Each agreement,
contract or commitment to which Parent is a party or by which it is bound that
has not expired by its terms is in full force and effect, except where such
failure to be in full force and effect is not reasonably likely to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.22. Insurance.
Except
for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Parent does not maintain any
insurance policies.
Section
5.23. Interested
Party Transactions.
Except
as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this
Agreement, no employee, officer, director or stockholder of Parent or a member
of his or her immediate family is indebted to Parent nor is Parent indebted
(or
committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other
than reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of Parent. To
Parent’s Knowledge, none of such individuals has any direct or indirect
ownership interest in any Person with whom Parent is affiliated or with whom
Parent has a material contractual relationship, or any Person that competes
with
Parent, except that each employee, stockholder, officer or director of Parent
and members of their respective immediate families may own less than 5% of
the
outstanding stock in publicly traded companies that may compete with Parent.
To
Parent’s Knowledge, no officer, director or stockholder or any member of their
immediate families is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material
contract with Parent (other than such contracts as relate to any such individual
ownership of capital stock or other securities of Parent).
Section
5.24. Indebtedness.
Parent
has no indebtedness for borrowed money.
Section
5.25. Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation.
Parent
Common Stock is quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTC
BB”).
There
is no action or proceeding pending or, to Parent's Knowledge, threatened against
Parent by Nasdaq or NASD, Inc. (“NASD”)
with
respect to any intention by such entities to prohibit or terminate the quotation
of Parent Common Stock on the OTC BB.
Section
5.26. Governmental
Filings.
Parent
has been granted and holds, and has made, all Governmental Actions/Filings
necessary to the conduct by Parent of its business (as presently conducted)
or
used or held for use by Parent, and true, complete and correct copies of which
have heretofore been delivered to the Company. Each such Governmental
Action/Filing is in full force and effect and will not expire prior to December
31, 2008, and Parent is in compliance with all of its obligations with respect
thereto. No event has occurred and is continuing which requires or permits,
or
after notice or lapse of time or both would require or permit, and consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any ancillary documents
will not require or permit (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both),
any modification or termination of any such Governmental Actions/Filings except
such events which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not have
a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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Section
5.27. Representations
and Warranties Complete.
None of
the representations or warranties made by the Parent herein, or certificate
furnished by the Parent pursuant to this Agreement, when all such documents
are
read together in their entirety, contains or will contain at the Closing Date
any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit at the Closing
Date to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
made,
not misleading.
ARTICLE
VI.
COVENANTS
Section
6.01. Conduct
of Business by the Company Pending the Closing.
The
Company, for itself, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary, and Parent each
agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, except
as
set forth in this Agreement or unless the other party shall otherwise agree
in
writing, (x) its business shall be conducted only in, and it shall not take
any
action except in, the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and (y) it shall use its reasonable efforts to keep available the services
of
such of the current officers, significant employees and consultants and to
preserve its current relationships with such of the corporate partners,
customers, suppliers and other Persons with which it has significant business
relations in order to preserve substantially intact its business organization.
By way of amplification and not limitation, neither the Company nor Parent
shall, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, directly or
indirectly, do, or agree to do, and the Company will cause Blacklist and the
Company Subsidiary not to do or agree to do, any of the following without the
prior written consent of the other party:
(a) amend
or
otherwise change its Organizational Documents;
(b) (i)
issue or
sell or authorize the issuance or sale of any shares of capital stock of any
class, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
shares of such capital stock, or any options, warrants or other rights of any
kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership
interest (including, without limitation, any phantom interest); or (ii) pledge,
dispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumber, or authorize
the pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license or encumbrance of
any
property or assets, except sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(c) (i)
acquire
(including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of
stock or assets) any interest in any corporation, partnership, other business
organization or Person or any division thereof; (ii) incur any indebtedness
for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse,
or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of
any
Person for borrowed money or make any loans or advances material to its
business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations;
(iii) terminate, cancel or request any material change in, or agree to any
material change in, any Material Contract or License Agreement; (iv) make
or authorize any capital expenditure, other than, with respect to the Company,
capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice that have been budgeted for fiscal year 2007 and disclosed to Parent
in
the Company Disclosure Schedule and that are not, in the aggregate, in excess
of
$150,000 for the Company; or (v) enter into or amend any contract,
agreement, commitment or arrangement that, if fully performed, would not be
permitted under this Section 6.01(c), other than, with respect to the Company,
any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to lease property or incur
indebtedness in connection with the establishment of new offices of the Company
in Los Angeles, California and London, United Kingdom;
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(d) declare,
set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash,
stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock, other
than as described in Section 6.22 below;
(e) reclassify,
combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly
or
indirectly, any of its capital stock;
(f) amend
the
terms of, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any of its securities or
propose to do any of the foregoing;
(g) with
respect to the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary only:
(i)
increase
the compensation payable or to become payable to its directors, officers,
consultants or employees, other than to increase the salary of a director,
officer, consultant or employee consistent with past practice and not in excess
of 20% of the salary paid to such director, officer, consultant or employee
during the prior fiscal year; (ii) grant any rights to severance or termination
pay to its directors, officers, consultants or employees; or (iii) enter into
any employment or severance agreement which provides benefits upon a change
in
control of the Company that would be triggered by the transactions contemplated
hereby with, any director, officer, consultant or other employee of the Company,
Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, in each case who is not currently entitled
to such benefits; (iv) establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment,
termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or
arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer, consultant or employee
of
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary, except to the extent required
by applicable Law or the terms of a collective bargaining agreement; or (v)
enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement between
the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary and any of the Company’s
directors, officers, consultants or employees;
(h) pay,
discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued,
asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment,
discharge or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with
past practice, and with respect to the Company only, such payment of liabilities
reflected or reserved against on the audited consolidated balance sheet of
the
Company dated as of December 31, 2006 previously presented to Parent and only
to
the extent of such reserves;
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(i) make
any
change with respect to its accounting policies, principles, methods or
procedures, including, without limitation, revenue recognition policies, other
than as required by GAAP;
(j) make
any
Tax election, settle or compromise any Tax liability, or make any application
for, negotiate or receive a Tax ruling or arrangement, whether or not in
connection with the Mergers, on its own behalf or on behalf of any of its
shareholders in connection with the Mergers, in each case, except as explicitly
contemplated in this Agreement;
(k) cancel
or
terminate any insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or a loss payee,
except in the ordinary and usual course of business;
(l) maintain
its books and records in a manner not consistent with past business practices;
(m)
take any
action which would materially adversely affect the goodwill of its suppliers,
customers and others with whom it has business relations;
(n) fail
to
pay and perform all of its debts, obligations and liabilities as and when due
and all leases, agreements, contracts and other commitments to which it is
a
party in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof;
(o) fail
to
comply in all material respects with all Laws that may be applicable to its
business; or
(p) authorize
or enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make any commitment
to do any of the foregoing or to take any action which would make any of its
representations or warranties contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect
or
prevent it from performing or cause it not to perform its covenants hereunder
or
result in any of the conditions to the Closing set forth herein not being
satisfied.
Section
6.02. Notices
of Certain Events.
Each of
Parent and the Company shall give prompt notice to the other of (i) any
notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of
such
Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby; (ii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) any actions,
suits, claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to its Knowledge,
threatened (in each case, after the date hereof) against, relating to or
involving or otherwise affecting Parent or the Company, or that relate to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (iv) the occurrence
of a default or event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both,
will become a default under any Material Contract; and (v) any change that
could reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a
Company Material Adverse Effect, or to delay or impede the ability of Parent,
the Company or any of the Stockholders to perform their respective obligations
under this Agreement and to effect the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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Section
6.03. Access
to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) Except
as
required pursuant to any confidentiality agreement or similar agreement or
arrangement to which Parent or the Company is a party or pursuant to applicable
Law or the regulations or requirements of any stock exchange or other regulatory
organization with whose rules a party hereto is required to comply, from the
date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, Parent and the Company shall
(i) provide to the other (and its officers, directors, employees,
accountants, consultants, legal counsel, agents and other representatives
(collectively, “Representatives”))
access at reasonable times upon reasonable prior notice to its officers,
employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities and to the books
and
records thereof, and (ii) furnish reasonably promptly such information
concerning its business, properties, contracts, assets, liabilities and
personnel as the other party or its Representatives may reasonably request.
No
investigation conducted pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall affect or be
deemed to modify any representation or warranty made in this
Agreement.
(b) The
parties hereto shall comply with, and shall cause their respective
Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations under the
Confidentiality Agreement with respect to the information disclosed pursuant
to
this Section 6.03 or pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement. The Stockholders
hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement as if
they were parties thereto.
Section
6.04. No
Solicitation of Transactions.
(a) Prior
to
October 11, 2008, the Company and the Stockholders shall not, directly or
indirectly, and shall cause the Company’s Representatives not to, directly or
indirectly, solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing
nonpublic information), any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer
(including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to the Stockholders)
that
constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing
Transaction, or enter into or maintain or continue discussions or negotiate
with
any Person in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain a Competing
Transaction, or agree to or endorse any Competing Transaction, or authorize
or
permit any of the Company’s Representatives to take any such action. Any
violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.04 by any
Representative of the Company, whether or not such Person is purporting to
act
on behalf of the Company or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a breach of this
Section 6.04 by the Company. The Company shall notify Parent promptly if any
proposal or offer, or any inquiry or contact with any Person with respect
thereto, regarding a Competing Transaction is made, such notice to include
the
identity of the Person making such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact, and
the
terms of such Competing Transaction, and shall keep Parent apprised, on a
current basis, of the status of such Competing Transaction. The Company
immediately shall cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions
or
negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to a Competing
Transaction. The Company shall not release any third party from, or waive any
provision of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which it is a
party.
(b) In
the
event that the Company breaches the provisions of this Section 6.04, the parties
hereto agree that, due to the irreparable harm this may cause the Parent, in
addition to any other remedies available to it under law, Parent shall be
entitled to seek injunctive relief against the threatened breach of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company breaches
the provisions of this Section 6.04 and closes any Competing Transaction which
is the subject of such breach at any time prior to October 11, 2008, then the
Company shall pay to Parent the sum of $2,000,000, which payment shall be due
and payable within one (1) Business Day following the closing of such Competing
Transaction, plus any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Parent prior to such
date, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty amount, and in lieu of any
other right or remedy that Parent may have against the other parties to this
Agreement for such breach.
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Section
6.05. Further
Action; Consents; Filings.
(a) Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions hereof, each of the parties hereto shall
use
commercially reasonable efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all
appropriate action, and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper
or
advisable under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make effective
the
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) obtain from Governmental Entities
any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders
required to be obtained or made by Parent or the Company in connection with
the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) make all necessary filings,
and thereafter make any other required or appropriate submissions, with respect
to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby required under any
applicable Laws. The parties hereto shall cooperate and consult with each other
in connection with the making of all such filings.
(b) Each
of
the Company and Parent will give any notices to third Persons, and use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents from third Persons
necessary, proper or advisable (as determined in good faith by Parent with
respect to such notices or consents to be delivered or obtained by the Company)
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
6.06. Certain
Tax Matters.
(a) Transfer
Taxes.
All
transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other such Taxes
and
fees (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this
Agreement, shall be paid by the Stockholders when due, and the Stockholders
will, at their own expense, file all necessary Tax Returns and other
documentation with respect to all such transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp,
registration and other Taxes and fees, and, if required by applicable law,
Parent will, and will cause its Affiliates to, join in the execution of any
such
Tax Returns and other documentation.
(b) Tax
Returns.
The
following provisions shall govern the allocation of responsibility as between
Parent and the Stockholders for certain Tax matters following the Closing Date:
(i) The
Parent shall prepare and timely file or shall cause to be prepared and timely
filed all Tax Returns of the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary,
provided,
however,
that
the Stockholders’ Representative shall be responsible for any partnership Tax
Returns of Blacklist for taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date.
The Parent shall permit the Stockholders’ Representative, at its expense, an
opportunity to review and make reasonable comment on any such Tax Returns prior
to filing if the payment of the Tax shown as due and payable on such Tax Return
would give rise to an indemnification obligation by the Stockholders pursuant
to
Article IX. The Parent agrees to consider reasonable comments provided by the
Stockholders’ Representative to Parent within seven (7) days after receipt of
such draft or pro forma Tax Return. The Parent shall not be required to delay,
or cause to be delayed, the filing of such Tax Return pending resolution of
any
dispute arising with respect such Tax Return. Within five (5) days after
receiving a written request from the Parent, the Stockholders shall pay to
the
Parent an amount equal to any Taxes shown on such Tax Returns that relate to
the
operations of the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary for any period
ending (or deemed pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(iii) to end) on or before the
Closing Date.
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(ii) The
Parent and the Stockholders agree that if the Company, Blacklist or the Company
Subsidiary is permitted but not required under applicable foreign, state or
local Tax laws to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a taxable period,
the Parent and the Stockholders shall treat such day as the last day of a
taxable period.
(iii) The
portion of any Taxes for a taxable period beginning before and ending after
the
Closing allocable to the portion of such period ending on the Closing Date
shall
be deemed to equal (A) in the case of Taxes that (x) are based upon or related
to income or receipts or (y) imposed in connection with any sale or other
transfer or assignment of property, other than Taxes described in Section
6.06(a), the amount which would be payable if the taxable year ended with the
Closing Date, and (B) in the case of other Taxes imposed on a periodic basis
(including property Taxes), the amount of such Taxes for the entire period
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of calendar days
in the period ending with the Closing Date and the denominator of which is
the
number of calendar days in the entire period. For purposes of Section
6.06(b)(iii)(A) any exemption, deduction, credit or other item that is
calculated on an annual basis shall be allocated pro rata per day between the
period ending on the Closing Date and the period beginning the day after the
Closing Date.
(iv) Parent
and the Stockholders further agree, upon request, to use their reasonable
efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any governmental
authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or
eliminate any Tax that could be imposed (including, but not limited to, with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby).
(c) Cooperation
on Tax Matters.
Parent,
the Company and the Stockholders shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent
reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax
Returns pursuant to this Section and any audit, litigation or other proceeding
with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon
the other party’s request) the provision of records and information which are
reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and making
employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional
information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. The Parent
and
the Stockholders agree (A) to retain all books and records with respect to
Tax
matters pertinent to the Company, the Company Subsidiary and Blacklist relating
to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration
of
the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Parent or the
Stockholders, any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and
to
abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority,
and (B) to give the other party reasonable written notice prior to transferring,
destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other party
so
requests, the Parent or the Stockholders, as the case may be, shall allow the
other party to take possession of such books and records.
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(d) Tax
Audits.
Parent
shall have the sole right to represent the interests of the Company, Blacklist
and the Company Subsidiary in all Tax audits or administrative or court
proceedings, provided,
however,
that
Parent shall have no obligation to represent the interests of Blacklist with
respect to any partnership proceeding for taxable periods ending on or before
the Closing Date. If any taxing authority asserts a claim, makes an assessment
or otherwise disputes or affects any Tax for which the Stockholders are
responsible hereunder Parent shall, promptly upon receipt by Parent or the
Company of written notice thereof, inform the Stockholders’ Representative
thereof. The failure of Parent or the Company or their Affiliates timely to
forward such notification in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence
shall not relieve the Stockholders of their obligation to pay such liability
for
Taxes except and to the extent that the failure timely to forward such
notification actually prejudices the ability of the Stockholders to contest
such
liability for Taxes or increases the amount of such Taxes. The Stockholders’
Representative shall have the right to participate, at the Stockholders’
expense, in any Tax audit or administrative or court proceeding relating to
taxable periods of the Company which end on or before the Closing Date if the
results of such Tax audit or proceeding could reasonably be expected to give
rise to an indemnification obligation by the Stockholders’ hereunder for Taxes;
provided, that the Stockholders’ Representative must provide written notice to
the Parent of its participation within thirty (30) days of receiving notice
from
the Parent of such proceeding; and provided, further, the Parent shall not
settle or compromise such Tax audit or administrative or court proceeding
without the written consent of the Stockholders’ Representative, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(e) Withholding.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Parent and the
Company shall have the right to deduct and withhold Taxes from any payments
to
be made hereunder if such withholding is required by law and to collect any
necessary Tax forms, including Form W-9 or the appropriate series of Form W-8,
as applicable, or any similar information, from the Stockholders and any other
recipients of payments hereunder. To the extent that amounts are so withheld,
such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been delivered and paid to the Stockholders or other recipient of
payments in respect of which such deduction and withholding was
made.
(f) Plan
of Reorganization.
The
parties hereto intend that the Subsidiary Merger and the Upstream Merger,
considered together as a single integrated transaction for United States federal
income tax purposes, shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code. The parties hereto adopt this Agreement as
a
“plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and
1.368-3(a) of the U.S. Income Tax Regulations. The parties are not aware of
any
facts or circumstances that would preclude the Subsidiary Merger and the
Upstream Merger, considered together as a single integrated transaction for
United States federal income tax purposes, from qualifying for treatment as
a
reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes and have not and will not
take any actions inconsistent with such treatment.
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(g) Tax
Treatment of Indemnity Payments.
The
Stockholders and Parent agree to treat any indemnity payment made pursuant
to
Article IX as an adjustment to the purchase price for federal, state, local
and
foreign income tax purposes.
(h) Tax
Sharing Agreements.
All tax
sharing agreements or similar agreements with respect to or involving the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary shall be terminated as of the
Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, none of the Company, Blacklist or
the
Company Subsidiary shall be bound thereby or have any liability
thereunder.
(i) Tax
Treatment of Blacklist Interests Purchase; Allocation of Blacklist Interests
Amount.
Each of
Parent, the Company and the Members agree to treat the sale by the Members
of
Blacklist of all of the equity interests in Blacklist to Parent as a taxable
sale of the assets of Blacklist (the “Blacklist
Assets”)
to
Parent for federal income tax purposes. Each of the Members will include any
income, gain, loss or deduction resulting from the taxable transfer of the
Blacklist Assets on such Member’s Tax Return to the extent required by
applicable Law and the Members shall pay or cause to be paid any Taxes imposed
as a result of such asset transfer. Attached hereto as Schedule
6.06(i)
is a
schedule allocating the Blacklist Interests Amount, any assumed liabilities
of
Blacklist and other relevant items among the Blacklist Assets pursuant to
Section 1060 of the Code and the regulations thereunder and comparable
provisions of state and local law (the “Allocation
Schedule”).
The
Allocation Schedule shall be final and binding on the parties for Tax and
financial accounting purposes, the parties shall file all Tax Returns in a
manner consistent with such Allocation Schedule and no party shall take any
position that is inconsistent with the Allocation Schedule in any audit,
examination or other proceeding relating to Taxes.
Section
6.07. Public
Announcements.
Until
the earlier of termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, the Parent,
on
the one hand, and the Company and the Stockholders, on the other hand, will
consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making
any
public statements with respect to the Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public
statement that is not approved by the other party, which approval shall not
be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in
this
Section shall impair either Party’s compliance with any Law applicable to it, or
any requirements of the SEC or the national securities exchange or other stock
market on which such Party’s securities are traded; and, provided further, that
Parent may issue external media and investor communications related to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement if such external media or investor
communications are in
accordance with Parent’s past practice for disclosures related to similar
transactions.
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Section
6.08. Proxy
Statement; Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
(a) As
promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Parent will
prepare and file the Proxy Statement with the SEC. The Proxy Statement
will include the information required under applicable Law for the purpose
of
soliciting proxies of the stockholders of Parent to vote in favor of (i) the
approval of this Agreement, the Mergers and the Interests Purchase; (ii) the
change of the name of Parent to “Psyop, Inc.”; (iii) an amendment to Parent’s
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of
Parent Common Stock to 40,000,000; (iv) an amendment to Parent’s Certificate of
Incorporation to make Parent’s corporate existence perpetual and to delete
therefrom provisions that will no longer be applicable upon consummation of
the
Subsidiary Merger; (v) the election of directors; (vi) the approval of an equity
incentive plan for the benefit of the employees of and consultants to the
Surviving Corporation as well as for the benefit of employees, consultants
and
directors of Parent, in an amount not to exceed 9.4% of the outstanding share
capital of Parent immediately following the Closing; and (vii) an adjournment
proposal to permit further solicitation and the vote of proxies if, based upon
the tabulated vote at the time of the meeting with respect to which the Proxy
Statement is delivered to Parent’s stockholders, Parent is not authorized to
consummate the Mergers and the Interests Purchase. In connection therewith,
the
Company will provide to Parent as soon as practicable after the date hereof
audited financial statements in accordance with applicable SEC rules and
regulations. The Company and its counsel shall be given the opportunity to
review and comment on the preliminary Proxy Statement and all amendments thereto
prior to their being filed with the SEC. Parent will respond to any comments
of
the SEC, and Parent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to mail the
Proxy Statement to its stockholders at the earliest practicable time. As
promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Company
and
Parent will prepare and file any other filings required under the Exchange
Act,
the Securities Act, or any other federal, foreign or blue sky laws relating
to
the Mergers and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (collectively,
the “Other
Filings”).
Each party will notify the other party promptly upon the receipt of any comments
from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any
other governmental officials for amendments or supplements to the Proxy
Statement or any Other Filing or for additional information and will supply
the
other party with copies of all correspondence between such party or any of
its
representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, or its staff or other government
officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement, the Mergers
or any Other Filing. The Proxy Statement and the Other Filings will comply
in
all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and the rules
and
regulations promulgated thereunder. Whenever any event occurs which is required
to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or any
Other Filing, the Company or Parent, as the case may be, will promptly inform
the other party of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the SEC or
its
staff or any other government officials, and/or mailing to shareholders of
the
Company and Parent, such amendment or supplement. The proxy materials will
be
sent to the stockholders of Parent for the purpose of soliciting proxies from
holders of Parent Common Stock to vote in favor of the adoption of this
Agreement and the approval of the Mergers (“Parent
Stockholder Approval”)
at the
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Such proxy materials shall be in the form of
a proxy statement to be used for the purpose of soliciting such proxies from
holders of Parent Common Stock.
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(b)
As soon
as practicable following its approval by the SEC, Parent shall distribute the
Proxy Statement to the holders of Parent Common Stock and, pursuant thereto,
shall call the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with the DGCL the
other provisions of this Agreement, solicit proxies from such holders to vote
in
favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Mergers and
the
other matters presented to the stockholders of Parent for approval or adoption
at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, including, without limitation, the matters
described Section 6.08(a).
(c) Parent
shall comply with all applicable provisions of and rules under the Exchange
Act
and all applicable provisions of the DGCL in the preparation, filing and
distribution of the Proxy Statement, the solicitation of proxies thereunder,
and
the calling and holding of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Without
limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Proxy Statement does not,
as of the date on which it is distributed to the holders of Parent Common Stock,
and as of the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they
were
made, not misleading (provided that Parent shall not be responsible for the
accuracy or completeness of any information relating to the Company or any
other
information furnished by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement). The Company represents and warrants that the information
relating to the Company supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement will not as of date of its distribution to the holders of Parent
Common Stock (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or at the time of the
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting contain any statement which, at such time and in
light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading with
respect to any material fact, or omits to state any material fact required
to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statement therein not false
or
misleading.
(d) Parent,
acting through its board of directors, shall include in the Proxy Statement
the
recommendation of its board of directors that the holders of Parent Common
Stock
vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement, the approval of the Mergers
and
the approval of the other proposals to be presented for consideration at the
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, and shall otherwise use reasonable best efforts to
obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval.
Section
6.09. Other
Actions.
(a) At
least
five (5) days prior to Closing, Parent shall prepare a draft Form 8-K
announcing the Closing, together with, or incorporating by reference, the
financial statements prepared by the Company and its accountant, and such other
information that may be required to be disclosed with respect to the Mergers
in
any report or form to be filed with the SEC (the “Merger
Form 8-K”),
which
shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and in a format
acceptable for XXXXX filing. Prior to Closing, Parent and the Company
shall prepare the press release announcing the consummation of the Mergers
hereunder (the “Press
Release”).
No later than four Business Days after the Closing, Parent shall file the Merger
Form 8-K with the SEC and distribute the Press Release.
(b) The
Company and Parent shall further cooperate with each other and use their
respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions,
and
do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part
under this Agreement and applicable laws to consummate the Mergers and the
other
transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable, including preparing
and
filing as soon as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices,
reports and other filings and to obtain as soon as practicable all consents,
registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable
to
be obtained from any third party (including the respective independent
accountants of the Company and Parent) and/or any Governmental Entity in order
to consummate the Mergers or any of the other transactions contemplated
hereby. Subject to applicable laws relating to the exchange of information
and the preservation of any applicable attorney-client privilege, work-product
doctrine, self-audit privilege or other similar privilege, each of the Company
and Parent shall have the right to review and comment on in advance, and to
the
extent practicable each will consult the other on, all the information relating
to such party that appears in any filing made with, or written materials
submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection
with
the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby. In exercising
the foregoing right, each of the Company and Parent shall act reasonably and
as
promptly as practicable.
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(c) The
Company and Parent shall further cooperate with each other and use their
respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions,
and
do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part,
subject to compliance with the applicable rules of whichever exchange Parent
shall seek the listing of its shares following the closing of the Subsidiary
Merger, to have its Board of Directors consist of seven (7) persons: three
(3)
directors selected by the Company, at least one of whom is an independent
director under the applicable rules of the SEC and whichever exchange Parent
shall seek the listing of its shares following the closing of the Subsidiary
Merger; two (2) directors selected by Parent, at least one of whom is an
independent director under the applicable rules of the SEC and whichever
exchange Parent shall seek the listing of its shares following the closing
of
the Merger; and two (2) directors jointly selected by Parent and Company, each
of whom is an independent director under the applicable rules of the SEC and
whichever exchange Parent shall seek the listing of its shares following the
closing of the Mergers.
(d) As
soon
as practicable following the Closing, Parent will establish an equity incentive
plan for the benefit of the employees of and consultants to the Surviving
Corporation as well as for the benefit of employees, consultants and directors
of Parent, in an amount not to exceed 9.4% of the outstanding share capital
of
Parent immediately following the Closing.
Section
6.10. Required
Information.
In
connection with the preparation of the Merger Form 8-K and Press Release, and
for such other reasonable purposes, the Company and Parent each shall, upon
request by the other, furnish the other with all information concerning
themselves, their respective directors, officers and stockholders and such
other
matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the
Merger, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on
behalf of the Company and Parent to any third party and/or any Governmental
Entity in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated
hereby. Each party warrants and represents to the other party that all
such information shall be true and correct in all material respects and will
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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Section
6.11. Listing.
Parent
shall use its best efforts to obtain the listing of the Parent Common Stock
on
the Nasdaq Capital Market as soon as practicable following the Closing,
provided,
however,
that if
Parent does not meet the listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market
at
the time of the Closing, this obligation shall not take effect until such time
as Parent does meet such listing requirements.
Section
6.12. Registration.
No
later than 11 months following the Closing Date, Parent will use its best
efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3
or, if Form S-3 is not available to Parent, another form that can be used for
such purposes (the “Registration
Statement”)
covering the resale to the public by the Stockholders of the shares of Parent
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Merger Agreement and not forfeited
pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreements (the “Registrable
Shares”).
Parent shall respond to any comments of the SEC and shall use its best efforts
to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities
Act
as promptly as practicable after such filings. Parent shall use its best efforts
to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period commencing on the
date on which the SEC declares such Registration Statement effective and ending
on the earliest of (i) the first date upon which all of the Registrable
Securities have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or (ii) the
date upon which all of the Registrable Securities first become eligible for
resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without
restriction.
Section
6.13. No
Claim Against Trust Fund.
The
Company acknowledges that, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are not consummated by October 11, 2008, Parent will be obligated to return
to
its stockholders the amounts being held in the Trust Fund. Accordingly, the
Company hereby waives all rights against Parent to collect from the Trust Fund
any moneys that may be owed to them by Parent for any reason whatsoever,
including but not limited to a breach of this Agreement by Parent or any
negotiations, agreements or understandings with Parent, and will not seek
recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever.
Section
6.14. No
Securities Transactions.
Neither
the Company nor any of its affiliates, directly or indirectly, shall engage
in
any transactions involving the securities of Parent prior to the time of the
making of a public announcement of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company shall use its best efforts to require each of its
officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives to comply with the
foregoing requirement.
Section
6.15. Disclosure
of Certain Matters.
The
Company and the Stockholders will provide the Parent with prompt written notice
of any event, development or condition that (a) would cause the Company’s or the
Stockholders’ representations and warranties to become untrue or misleading or
which may affect their ability to consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement, (b) had it existed or been known on the date hereof would have
been required to be disclosed under this Agreement, (c) gives such party any
reason to believe that any of the conditions set forth in Article VII will
not
be satisfied, (d) is of a nature that is or may be materially adverse to the
operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company,
or
(e) would require any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement. The
Company and the Stockholders shall have the obligation to supplement or amend
the Company Disclosure Schedule being delivered concurrently with the execution
of this Agreement and annexed hereto with respect to any matter hereafter
arising or discovered which, if existing or known at the date of this Agreement,
would have been required to be set forth or described in the Company Disclosure
Schedule. The obligations of the parties to amend or supplement the Company
Disclosure Schedule being delivered herewith shall terminate on the Closing
Date. Notwithstanding any such amendment or supplementation, for purposes of
Sections 8.02(a), 9.02, 9.03(a)(i) and 10.01(d), the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Stockholders shall be made with reference
to
the Company Disclosure Schedule as it exists at the time of execution of this
Agreement, subject to such anticipated changes as are set forth in this
Agreement, otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or which are
set
forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule as it exists on the date of this
Agreement.
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Section
6.16. Company
Actions.
The
Company shall use its best efforts to take such actions as are necessary to
fulfill its obligations under this Agreement and to enable Parent and Merger
Sub
to fulfill their obligations hereunder.
Section
6.17. Stockholder
Restrictions.
Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall cause each Stockholder to enter into
the Lock-up and Trading Restriction Agreement. The certificates representing
the
shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by any Stockholder of the Company
shall bear legends to the effect set forth in Section 7.02 of this Agreement,
as
well as legends indicating that such shares may not be transferred other than
in
compliance with the provisions of the Lock-up and Trading Restriction
Agreement.
Section
6.18. Upstream
Merger.
Parent
and the Company shall take all steps and actions as shall be required to cause
the Surviving Corporation and Parent to consummate the Upstream Merger as set
forth in Section 2.18.
Section
6.19. Proxy
Statement.
If at
any time prior to the Effective Time, any event relating to the Company or
any
of its Affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the Company
which should be set forth in a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company
shall promptly inform Parent.
Section
6.20. 83(b)
Elections.
Each
Stockholder shall make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect
to any shares subject to the Restricted Stock Agreements within thirty (30)
days
from the Closing Date and provide a signed copy of such election to the
Parent.
Section
6.21. Operations
in Israel.
The
Company hereby undertakes to use its best efforts to establish operations in
Israel as soon as practicable following the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section
6.22. Dividend
Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company may declare
a
dividend prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby out of
available cash on hand, assuming that there is adequate surplus for the payment
of such dividend, the aggregate amount of such dividend to be equal to (a)
the
Company’s 2007 net income, minus (b) $520,000, assuming such figure is a
positive number; provided,
however,
that
50% of such dividend shall be payable on the date following January 1, 2008
on
which such dividend is declared, which such declaration may be based upon the
Company’s unaudited financial statements for the 2007 fiscal year, and that the
remaining 50% of such dividend shall be payable on the closing of the
transactions contemplated by this agreement, which such amounts shall be based
upon the Company’s audited financial statements for the 2007 fiscal year; and
provided,
further,
that in
no event shall the aggregate amount of such dividend exceed the Company’s net
cash (defined as cash and cash equivalents less current liabilities) on the
date
of such dividend payment.
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Section
6.23. 280G
Approval.
Prior
to the Closing Date, the Company shall receive a written waiver from each
“disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G(c) of the Code) of
his or her right to any and all payments or other benefits that could be deemed
“parachute payments” under Section 280G(b) of the Code (determined without
regard to Sections 280G(b)(4) and 280G(b)(5) of the Code) if such payments
are
not approved by the Stockholders in a manner that satisfies the
requirements of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) and any regulations (including proposed
regulations) thereunder. After receipt of such written waivers and prior to
the
Closing Date, the Company shall solicit shareholder approval of any
and all such payments or benefits in a manner that satisfies the requirements
for the exemption under Section 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii) of the Code and any
regulations (including proposed regulations) issued thereunder,
including the Company's provision of adequate disclosure to
all Stockholders of all material facts concerning all payments that, in the
absence of such shareholder approval, could be classified as “parachute
payments” to a “disqualified individual” under Section 280G of the Code. The
Company shall provide such adequate disclosure to the Stockholders in a
manner that satisfies Section 280G(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the Code and any regulations
(including proposed regulations) issued thereunder. The form of waiver,
solicitation of approval, and disclosure materials must be reasonably
satisfactory to Parent, which shall have an opportunity to review such
forms and materials before the waivers and approval are
sought.
ARTICLE
VII.
STOCK
MATTERS
Section
7.01. Transfer
of Shares.
A
holder of the shares of Parent Common Stock may transfer all or any part of
his
or its shares to any Affiliate of such holder; provided,
that
any such
transfer shall be effected in full compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws, including, but not limited to, the Securities Act, and
further provided,
that in
any such case, it shall be a condition to any such transfer that the transferee
execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the
shares of Parent Common Stock subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
and
there shall be no further transfer of such shares except in accordance with
this
Agreement. Parent will effect such transfer of restricted certificates and
will
promptly amend the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement
to
add the transferee to the selling stockholders in the Registration Statement;
provided that
the
transferor and transferee shall be required to provide Parent with the
information requested by Parent in this Agreement, information reasonably
necessary for Parent to determine that the transfer was effected in accordance
with all applicable federal and state securities laws, including, but not
limited to, the Securities Act, and all other information reasonably requested
by Parent from time to time in connection with any transfer, registration,
qualification or compliance referred to in this Article VII.
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Section
7.02. Restricted
Securities, Stock Certificate Legend.
The
Stockholders acknowledge that the issuance by Parent of shares of Parent Common
Stock to them hereunder has not and will not be registered under the Securities
Act by reason of their contemplated issuance in transactions exempt from the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant
to Section 4(2) thereof, and that such shares will be deemed “restricted
securities” for purposes of the Securities Act. The Stockholders acknowledge
that any certificate or certificates representing shares of Parent Common Stock
issued pursuant to this Agreement shall bear the following legend, in addition
to any legend that may be required by any Law or any other provisions of this
Agreement:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF (i) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR (ii) AN OPINION
OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER
SUCH ACT.”
Section
7.03. Reservation
of Stock.
Parent
shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
shares of Parent Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance of the shares
of Parent Common Stock hereunder, a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common
Stock to issue such shares, and if at any time the number of authorized but
unissued shares of Parent Common Stock shall not be sufficient to issue the
shares of Parent Common Stock that Parent is required to issue pursuant to
the
terms of this Agreement, in addition to such other remedies as shall be
available to the holders of the Company Capital Stock, Parent will use its
reasonable efforts to take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of
its
counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Parent
Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such
purposes.
Section
7.04. No
Stockholder Rights.
Prior
to the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement, the holders of the Company Capital Stock shall not be entitled,
by virtue of this Agreement, to any rights of a stockholder of Parent, including
(without limitation) the right to vote, receive dividends or other distributions
or be notified of stockholder meetings, and except as otherwise provided herein,
the holders of the Company Capital Stock shall not be entitled to any notice
or
other communication concerning the business or affairs of the Parent, except
as
required by Law.
Section
7.05. Compliance
with Law or Stock Exchange.
If at
any time after Closing, any new Law, rule or regulation is enacted or
promulgated by (i) any national securities exchange; or (ii) any federal or
state securities authority having jurisdiction over Parent, which must be
satisfied in the good faith determination of Parent as a condition of the
issuance of any shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or if the consent or approval of a Governmental Entity to the
issuance of any shares of Parent Common Stock must be obtained as a condition
to
such issuance, in whole or in part, then Parent may delay such issuance until
such condition has been satisfied. Parent and the holders of the Company Capital
Stock mutually agree to cooperate with one another to satisfy any such condition
as promptly as possible and to provide any information, representations and
agreements as are required for such purpose.
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ARTICLE
VIII.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
Section
8.01. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of Each Party.
The
obligations of the parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable
Law, waiver of the following conditions:
(a) no
court
of competent jurisdiction shall have issued or entered any order, writ,
injunction or decree, and no other Governmental Entity shall have issued any
order, which is then in effect and has the effect of making the transactions
contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise prohibiting its consummation;
and
(b) all
consents, approvals and authorizations legally required to be obtained to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained from
all Governmental Entities, except where the failure to obtain any such consent,
approval or authorization would not reasonably be expected to result in a Parent
Material Adverse Effect or a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the
Parent Stockholder Approval shall have been duly approved and adopted by the
stockholders of Parent by the requisite vote under the laws of the state of
Delaware and the Parent’s organizational documents and an executed copy of an
amendment to Parent's Certificate of Incorporation to change the existence
of
Parent to be perpetual shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of
the
State of Delaware to be effective as of the Closing; and
(d) holders
of twenty percent (20%) or more of the shares of Parent Common Stock issued
in
Parent’s initial public offering of securities and outstanding immediately
before the Closing shall not have exercised their rights to convert their shares
into a pro rata share of the Trust Fund in accordance with Parent’s
organizational documents.
Section
8.02. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of Parent.
The
obligation of Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement is subject, at the option of Parent, to the satisfaction at or prior
to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
(a) Accuracy
of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the Company and each Stockholder contained
in
this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered to Parent pursuant
hereto shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than
representations and warranties subject to “materiality” or “material adverse
effect” qualifiers, which shall be true and correct in all respects) both when
made and on and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing
Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only
as of
a certain date which shall be so true and correct as of such certain date),
and,
if the Closing Date shall occur on a date other than the date hereof, the
Company and each Stockholder shall have so certified to Parent in
writing.
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(b) Compliance
with Covenants.
The
Company and each Stockholder shall have performed and complied in all material
respects with all terms, agreements, covenants and conditions of this Agreement
to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing Date, and,
if
the Closing Date shall occur on a date other than the date hereof, the Company
and each Stockholder shall have so certified to Parent in writing.
(c) All
Proceedings To Be Satisfactory.
All
proceedings to be taken by the Company and the Stockholders in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall
be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Parent and its counsel, and
Parent and said counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals
or
certified or other copies of such documents as they may reasonably
request.
(d) No
Material Adverse Change.
There
shall not have occurred since the date of this Agreement any Company Material
Adverse Effect, and the Company and each Stockholder shall have so certified
to
Parent in writing.
(e) Opinion
of Counsel.
Parent
shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, counsel to the Company,
in
substantially the form of Exhibit
D
hereto.
(f) Consents
and Approvals.
The
authorizations, consents, waivers and approvals set forth in Section 3.05(c)
of
the Company Disclosure Schedule shall have been duly obtained and shall be
in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for Parent.
(g) SAS
100.
Parent
shall have received a review report, reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to Parent, from the Company’s independent public accountants, pursuant
to Statement of Accounting Standards No. 100.
(h) Employment
Agreements.
Employment Agreements in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
B
hereto
and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Parent and its counsel
shall
have been executed and delivered by the Company and each of the employees of
the
Company listed on Section 8.02(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the
“Identified
Employees”).
(i) Proprietary
Rights, Non-Disclosure, Developments, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation
Agreements.
Proprietary Rights, Non-Disclosure, Developments, Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation Agreement in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
E
hereto
and otherwise in form and substance acceptable to Parent and its counsel shall
have been executed and delivered by Parent and each of the Company’s
Stockholders.
(j) Escrow
Agreement.
The
Stockholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent shall have executed and
delivered the Escrow Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto.
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(k) Board
Resignations.
Parent
shall have received from each Person who is, immediately prior to the Closing
Date, a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, his or her written
resignation, effective as of the Closing Date, from such position.
(l) Termination
of Agreements.
All
agreements among the Stockholders relating to the Company shall have been
terminated and of no further force or effect as of the Closing
Date.
(m) Lock-up
and Trading Restriction Agreement of Stockholders.
Each
Stockholder shall have entered into a Lock-up and Trading Restriction Agreement
with the Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
F
hereto.
(n) Supporting
Documents.
On or
prior to the Closing Date, Parent and its counsel shall have received copies
of
the following supporting documents:
(i) (A)
the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company certified as of a recent date by
the
Secretary of State of the state in which the Company is incorporated and (B)
a
certificate of the Secretary of State of the state in which the Company is
incorporated as to the due incorporation and existence of the
Company;
(ii) a
certificate of the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date and
certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the By-laws
of the Company as in effect on the date of such certification; (B) that the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company have not been amended since the
date
of the last amendment referred to in the certificate delivered pursuant to
clause (i)(B) above and (C) the resolutions of the board of directors of the
Company approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iii) such
additional supporting documents and other information with respect to the
operations and affairs of the Company as Parent or its counsel may reasonably
request; and
(iv) a
schedule of equity awards to be granted under the equity plan to be established
by Parent pursuant to Section 6.09(d) hereof to employees of the Company who
are
not Stockholders in an aggregate amount not to exceed 1.4% of the outstanding
share capital of the Parent immediately following the Closing.
All
such
documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Parent
and
its counsel.
(o) Restricted
Stock Agreements.
Each of
the Stockholders shall have executed Restricted Stock Agreements, substantially
in the form of Exhibit
G
hereto.
Section
8.03. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company and the Stockholders.
The
obligations of the Company and the Stockholders to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject, at the option of the Company and
the
Stockholders, to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of
the
following conditions:
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(a) Accuracy
of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of Parent contained in this Agreement or in
any
certificate or document delivered to the Company and the Stockholders pursuant
hereto shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than
representations and warranties subject to “materiality” or “material adverse
effect” qualifiers, which shall be true and correct in all respects) both when
made and on and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing
Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only
as of
a certain date which shall be so true and correct as of such certain date),
and,
if the Closing Date shall occur on a date other than the date hereof, Parent
shall have so certified to the Company and the Stockholders in
writing.
(b) Compliance
with Covenants.
Parent
shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all terms,
agreements, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by it at or prior to the Closing Date, and, if the Closing Date
shall occur on a date other than the date hereof, Parent shall have so certified
to the Company and the Stockholders in writing.
(c) All
Proceedings to Be Satisfactory.
All
proceedings to be taken by Parent in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Company and the Stockholders and
their
respective counsel, and the Company and the Stockholders and said counsel shall
have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of
such documents as they may reasonably request.
(d) No
Material Adverse Change.
There
shall not have occurred since the date of this Agreement any Parent Material
Adverse Effect, and Parent shall have so certified to the Company in
writing.
(e) Escrow
Agreement.
The
Stockholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent shall have executed and
delivered the Escrow Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto.
(f) Trust
Fund.
Parent
shall have made appropriate arrangements with the trustee holding the Trust
Fund
to have the Trust Fund, which shall contain no less than the amount referred
to
in Section 5.06, dispersed to Parent immediately upon the Closing.
(g) Opinion
of Counsel.
The
Company shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and
Xxxx
LLP, counsel to Parent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
H
hereto.
ARTICLE
IX.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
9.01. Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties set forth in Articles III, IV and V will survive
until the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date, other than the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.03 (Capitalization),
Section
3.09 (Employee
and Labor Matters),
Section
3.12 (Environmental
Matters),
Section
3.14 (Taxes),
and
Section 4.03 (Title
to Shares/Membership Interests),
which
shall survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.
This Section 9.01 shall not limit any covenants or agreements of the parties
hereto that by its terms contemplated performance after the Closing
Date.
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Section
9.02. Tax
Indemnity.
(a) The
Stockholders jointly and severally agree to and will indemnify, defend and
hold
harmless Parent, the Company, Blacklist and the Company Subsidiary, and their
respective officers, directors, advisors, Affiliates, agents, employees and
each
Person, if any, who controls or may control Parent within the meaning of the
Securities Act (the “Parent
Indemnified Group”)
from
and against any and all Taxes incurred by, imposed upon or attributable to
the
Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary or the assets thereof:
(i) with
respect to all taxable periods ending on or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii) with
respect to the portion of any taxable period treated as ending on the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(iii);
(iii) described
in Section 6.06(a);
(iv) arising
by reason of any breach or inaccuracy of any representation contained in Section
3.14 hereof or of any covenant or agreement of the Stockholders or the Company
contained in Section 6.06 hereof;
(v) by
reason
of being a successor in interest or transferee of another entity;
and
(vi) by
reason
of the liability of the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502
6(a) or any analogous or similar state, local or foreign law or regulation
for
any and all Taxes of any member of a consolidated, combined or unitary group
of
which the Company, Blacklist or the Company Subsidiary (or any predecessor)
is
or was a member prior to the Closing Date.
The
Stockholders shall also pay and shall indemnify and hold harmless the members
of
the Parent Indemnified Group from and against any losses, damages, liabilities,
obligations, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable expenses and fees for attorneys and accountants) (“Related
Costs”)
incurred in connection with the Taxes for which the Stockholders are responsible
to indemnify the members of the Parent Indemnified Group pursuant to this
Section 9.02(a) (or any asserted deficiency, claim, demand, action, suit,
proceeding, judgment or assessment, including the defense or settlement thereof,
relating to such Taxes) or the enforcement of this Section 9.02.
(b) For
purposes of this Section 9.02, any interest, penalty or additional charge
included in Taxes shall be deemed to be a Tax for the period to which the item
or event giving rise to such interest, penalty or additional charge is
attributable, and not a Tax for the period during which such interest, penalty
or additional charge accrues.
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(c) The
indemnity provided for in this Section 9.02 shall be independent of any other
indemnity provision hereof and, anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, shall survive until sixty (60) days after the expiration of
the
applicable statutes of limitation, including any extensions thereof, for the
Taxes referred to herein. Any Taxes and Related Costs subject to indemnification
under this Section 9.02 shall not be subject to indemnification under Section
9.03 hereof. The provisions of Sections 9.03, 9.04 and 9.05 shall not apply
to
claims for indemnification made under this Section 9.02.
(d) Any
payments required pursuant to the foregoing provisions of Section 9.02 shall
be
paid by the Stockholders out of their own personal funds or, if consented to
by
Parent, may be made as an offset against future contingent payments as more
fully described in Exhibit
A
hereto.
Section
9.03. General
Indemnity.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article IX, the Stockholders agree to and
will, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold the Parent Indemnified
Group harmless from and against all demands or claims, actions or causes of
action, assessments, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses (hereinafter collectively called “Damages”),
asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by the Company, the
Company Subsidiary or Parent, by reason of, resulting from or arising out
of:
(i) a
breach
of any representation or warranty of the Company, the Company Subsidiary,
Blacklist or any Stockholder contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement,
or
any facts or circumstances constituting such a breach, except as and to the
extent that Section 9.02 above shall be applicable thereto, in which case the
provisions of said Section 9.02 shall govern; and
(ii) any
breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company, the Company Subsidiary
or
any Stockholder contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article IX, Parent agrees to and will
indemnify, defend and hold the Company (prior to the Closing Date) and the
Stockholders (following the Closing Date) harmless from and against all Damages
asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by them by reason
of or
resulting from or arising out of (i) a breach of any representation or warranty
of Parent contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement, or any facts or
circumstances constituting such a breach, or (ii) any breach of any covenant
or
agreement of Parent contained in or made pursuant to this
Agreement.
Section
9.04. Conditions
of Indemnification.
The
respective obligations and liabilities of the Stockholders, on the one hand,
and
Parent, on the other hand (herein sometimes called the “indemnifying
party”),
to
the other (herein sometimes called the “party
to be indemnified”
or
the
“indemnified
party”)
with
respect to claims resulting from the assertion of liability by third parties
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
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(a) within
30
days after receipt of notice of commencement of any action or the assertion
of
any claim by a third party, the party to be indemnified shall give the
indemnifying party written notice thereof together with a copy of such claim,
process or other legal pleading (provided that failure so to notify the
indemnifying party of the assertion of a claim within such period shall not
affect its indemnity obligation hereunder except as and to the extent that
such
failure shall adversely affect the defense of such claim), and the indemnifying
party shall have the right to undertake the defense thereof by representatives
of its own choosing;
(b) in
the
event that the indemnifying party, by the 30th
day
after receipt of notice of any such claim (or, if earlier, by the tenth day
preceding the day on which an answer or other pleading must be served in order
to prevent judgment by default in favor of the Person asserting such claim),
does not elect to defend against such claim, the party to be indemnified will
(upon further notice to the indemnifying party) have the right to undertake
the
defense, compromise or settlement of such claim on behalf of and for the account
and risk of the indemnifying party, subject to the right of the indemnifying
party to assume the defense of such claim at any time prior to settlement,
compromise or final determination thereof;
(c) anything
in this Section 9.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) if there is a
reasonable probability that a claim may materially and adversely affect the
indemnified party other than as a result of money damages or other money
payments, the indemnified party shall have the right, at its own cost and
expense, to compromise or settle such claim, but (ii) the indemnified party
shall not, without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, settle
or compromise any claim or consent to the entry of any judgment which does
not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the
plaintiff to the indemnifying party a release from all liability in respect
of
such claim; and
(d) in
connection with any such indemnification, the indemnified party will cooperate
in all reasonable requests of the indemnifying party.
In
the
event that the “indemnifying party” or the “party to be indemnified” as
described in this Section 9.04 is the Stockholders as a group, then any notices
required to be given to or by, and all other actions or decisions required
to be
taken or made by, such “indemnifying party” or the “party to be indemnified” as
provided in this Section 9.04, may be given to or by, or may be taken or made
by, the Stockholders’ Representative.
Section
9.05. Threshold
for Damages.
Except
in the case of Damages in respect of fraud, the representations set forth in
Section 3.03 (Capitalization),
Section
3.09 (Employee
and Labor Matters),
Section
3.12 (Environmental
Matters),
Section
3.14 (Taxes),
Section
4.03 (Title
to Shares/Membership Interests),
Section
5.02 (Capitalization),
Section
5.13 (Employee
Benefit Plans),
Section
5.17 (Taxes)
and
Section 5.18 (Environmental
Matters),
an
Indemnified Person may not make a claim for Damages until the aggregate amount
of claims by Indemnified Persons exceeds $500,000; provided,
however,
that
once the aggregate amount of Damages of Indemnified Persons exceed such
threshold amount, then the Indemnified Persons shall have the right to recover
the full amounts due without regard to the threshold. In determining the amount
of any Damage attributable to a breach, any materiality standard contained
in a
representation, warranty or covenant of the Stockholders or the Company shall
be
disregarded.
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Section
9.06. Escrow
Funds.
On the
Closing Date, Parent shall deliver the Cash
Escrow Amount, the Stock Escrow
Amount
and the Stock Contingent Consideration to the Escrow Agent. The Cash Escrow
Amount and the Stock Escrow Amount shall be held by the Escrow Agent in separate
accounts under the Escrow Agreement pursuant to the terms set forth therein
and
shall be available to compensate the Parent Indemnified Group pursuant to the
indemnification obligations of the Stockholders. Notwithstanding anything to
the
contrary in this Agreement, except in the case of fraud, criminal activity,
intentional misrepresentation or intentional misconduct, the Cash Escrow Amount
and the Stock Escrow Amount shall be the sole remedy and source of recovery
by
the Parent Indemnified Group in connection with any breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or the
Stockholders under this Agreement.
The
Cash Escrow Amount and the Stock Escrow Amount 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.
Section
9.07. Exclusive
Remedy.
Except
in the case of fraud, criminal activity, intentional misrepresentation or
intentional misconduct, the sole and exclusive monetary remedy for any breach
or
alleged breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this
Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be indemnification in accordance
with this Article IX. Except as set forth above, and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, any and all other rights, claims and causes of action (including
rights of contribution, if any) known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, which
exist or may arise in the future, that it may have against the Company, the
Stockholders or Parent, as the case may be, arising under or based upon any
federal, state or local Law.
ARTICLE
X.
TERMINATION
AND ABANDONMENT
Section
10.01. Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing or on the Closing
Date:
(a) by
the
mutual consent of the Company and Parent;
(b) by
Parent, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, if the Closing
shall
not have occurred on or before October 11, 2008, or such later date as may
be
agreed upon by the parties hereto, provided,
however,
that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this clause (b) shall not be available
to any party (a “Defaulting
Party”)
whose
failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of,
or
resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such
date;
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(c) by
either
Parent or the Company if a Governmental Entity shall have issued an order,
decree, judgment or ruling or taken any other action, in any case having the
effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
Business Combination, which order, decree, ruling or other action is final
and
nonappealable;
(d) by
Parent, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
on
the part of the Company or any Stockholder set forth in this Agreement, or
if
any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue,
incomplete or incorrect, in either case such that the conditions set forth
in
Section 8.02 would not be satisfied (a “Terminating
Company Breach”);
provided,
however,
that if
such Terminating Company Breach is curable by the Company through the exercise
of its reasonable efforts within twenty (20) days and for so long as the Company
continues to exercise such reasonable efforts, Parent may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 10.01(d);
(e) by
the
Company or the Stockholders, upon breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement on the part of Parent set forth in this Agreement, or
if
any representation or warranty of Parent shall have become untrue, incomplete
or
incorrect, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.03
would not be satisfied (a “Terminating
Parent Breach”);
provided,
however,
that if
such Terminating Parent Breach is curable by Parent through the exercise of
its
reasonable efforts within twenty (20) days and for so long as Parent continues
to exercise such reasonable efforts, the Company may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 10.01(e); or
(f) by
either
Parent or the Company, if, at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, including any
adjournments thereof), this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby
shall fail to be approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders
of
Parent Common Stock required under Parent’s certificate of incorporation, or the
holders of 20% or more of the number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued
in
Parent’s initial public offering and outstanding as of the date of the record
date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting exercise their rights to convert the
shares of Parent Common Stock held by them into cash in accordance with Parent’s
certificate of incorporation.
Section
10.02. Procedure
and Effect of Termination.
(a) In
the
event of termination of this Agreement and abandonment of the transactions
contemplated hereby by any or all of the parties pursuant to Section 10.01
above, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other parties
to
this Agreement (other than in the event of an automatic termination as provided
in such Section) and this Agreement (except for this Section and Sections 10.01
and 11.01, which shall continue) shall terminate and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be abandoned, without further action by any of the
parties hereto
(b) If
this
Agreement is terminated and/or abandoned as provided herein:
(i) each
party hereto will promptly redeliver all documents, work papers and other
material of any other party relating to the transactions contemplated hereby,
whether obtained before or after the execution hereof, to the party furnishing
the same;
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(ii) all
confidential information received by each party hereto with respect to the
business of the other party shall be treated in accordance with Section 6.03
hereof;
(iii) except
as
described in this Section 10.02, each party hereto shall bear its own costs
and
expenses; and
(iv) no
party
shall have any liability or further obligation to any other party to this
Agreement pursuant to this Agreement except as provided in this Article
X.
(c) If
this
Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 10.01(d) or by the Company
or the Stockholders pursuant to Section 10.01(e), then, unless such payment
has
already been made pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.04(b), the terminating
party will be entitled to
$2,000,000 due and payable within one (1) Business Day following
termination of this Agreement as liquidated damages and not as a penalty amount,
and in lieu of any other right or remedy that such party may have against the
other parties to this Agreement for such breach.
ARTICLE
XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01. Expenses,
Etc.
(a) All
Expenses shall be paid by the party incurring such Expenses, provided,
however,
that if
the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, then Parent shall pay
the
expenses incurred by the Company.
(b) The
Stockholders, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, will indemnify
the
other and hold it or them harmless from and against any claims for finders’ fees
or brokerage commissions in relation to or in connection with this Agreement
as
a result of any agreement or understanding between such indemnifying party
and
any third party.
Section
11.02. Notices.
All
notices which are required or may be given pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sufficient and deemed to be received
if (i) on the date of delivery, if delivered personally, (ii) 3 days after
mailing, if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested
and
postage prepaid, (iii) the day after mailing, if sent via a nationally
recognized overnight courier service or (iv) the day after transmission, if
sent
via facsimile or e-mail confirmed in writing to the recipient, in each case
as
follows:
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if
to
Parent, to:
Fortissimo
Acquisition Corporation
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00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx
Afek XX Xxx 00000
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx 00000
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Xxxxxx
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Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Telephone:
000-000-0-000-0000
Facsimile:
011-972-3-915-7411
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E-mail:
xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxx LLP
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000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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E-mail:
xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
if
to the
Company, to:
Psyop,
Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
E-mail:
xxxxx@xxxxx.xx
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
E-mail:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
if
to any
Stockholder, to the address appearing under the name of such Stockholder in
Schedule
I
hereto;
or
such
other address or addresses as any party shall have designated by notice in
writing to the other parties.
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Section
11.03. Waivers.
Either
the Stockholders’ Representative, on the one hand, or Parent, on the other hand,
may, by written notice to the other, (i) extend the time for the performance
of
any of the obligations or other actions of the other under this Agreement,
(ii)
waive any inaccuracies in the representations or warranties of the other
contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, (iii) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of
the
other contained in this Agreement, or (iv) waive performance of any of the
obligations of the other under this Agreement. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including,
without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be
deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance
with
any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent
breach.
Section
11.04. Amendments,
Supplements, Etc.
At any
time this Agreement may be amended or supplemented by such additional
agreements, articles or certificates, as may be determined by the parties hereto
to be necessary, desirable or expedient to further the purposes of this
Agreement, or to clarify the intention of the parties hereto, or to add to
or
modify the covenants, terms or conditions hereof or to effect or facilitate
any
governmental approval or acceptance of this Agreement or to effect or facilitate
the filing or recording of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Any such instrument must be in writing and
signed by Parent, the Company and the Stockholders’ Representative.
Section
11.05. Other
Remedies; Specific Performance.
Except
as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred
upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other
remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise
by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
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. It is accordingly agreed that
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 of the United States or any state having jurisdiction,
this
being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or
in
equity.
Section
11.06. Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with,
the law of the State of New York other than conflicts of law principles thereof
directing the application of any law other than that of New York. Courts within
the State of New York, County of New York or the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York will have jurisdiction over all disputes
between the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement and
the
agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby. The parties hereby
consent to and agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. Each of
the
parties hereto waives, and agrees not to assert in any such dispute, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that (i) such party
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, (ii) such
party and such party’s property is immune from any legal process issued by such
courts or (iii) any litigation commenced in such courts is brought in an
inconvenient forum.
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Section
11.07. Waiver
of Jury Trial.
Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any
proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any transaction or agreement contemplated hereby
or the actions of any party hereto in the negotiation, administration,
performance or enforcement hereof.
Section
11.08. Headings;
Interpretation.
The
descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience
of
reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation
of
this Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and
drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent
or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly
by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring
or
disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this
Agreement.
Section
11.09. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed and delivered (including delivery by facsimile or
e-mail transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered
shall
be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute
one
and the same agreement.
Section
11.10. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement (including the Exhibits and the Company Disclosure Schedule), the
Transaction Documents and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties with respect
thereto. No addition to or modification of any provision of this Agreement
shall
be binding upon any party hereto unless made in writing and signed by all
parties hereto.
Section
11.11. Binding
Effect; Benefits.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties
hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies,
obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section
11.12. Assignability.
Neither
this Agreement nor any of the parties’ rights hereunder shall be assignable by
any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto,
except (i) in the case of Parent, to any Person who shall acquire substantially
all of the assets of Parent or a majority of the voting securities of Parent,
whether pursuant to a merger, consolidation, sale of stock or otherwise, and
(ii) in the case of an individual Stockholder, to the estate of such Stockholder
upon death.
Section
11.13. Severability.
If any
term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable
of
being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms or provisions of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as
the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not
affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination
that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being
enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this
Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as
possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated
hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent
possible.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.
By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
CEO & President
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FAC
ACQUISITION SUB CORP.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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PSYOP,
INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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PSYOP
SERVICES, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Member and Chief Executive Officer
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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XXXXXX
XXXXX-XXXXXXXX
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/s/
Hejung Xxxxx Xxxx
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HEJUNG
XXXXX XXXX
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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XXXXXX
XXXX
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/s/
Kylie Matulick
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KYLIE
MATULICK
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
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XXXX XXXXX
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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XXXXXX
XXXX XXXXXXX
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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XXXXX
XXXXX
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/s/
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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XXXXXX
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STOCKHOLDERS’
REPRESENTATIVE
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT
A
Contingent
Consideration
§1. Definitions.
§1.1. Defined
Terms.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Exhibit A, when used in this
Exhibit A, the following terms shall have the meanings specified therefor
below:
“Actual
EBITDA”
means
actual EBITDA of the Company for an Annual Contingent Consideration Period,
as
determined in accordance with the definition of “EBITDA” set forth in this
Section 1.1 of Exhibit A.
“Annual
EBITDA Percentage”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii)(2).
“Annual
EBITDA Target”
means
$4,700,000, $7,000,000 and $10,000,000, with respect to the Annual Contingent
Consideration Periods ending December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December
31, 2010, respectively, as set forth in Table A.
“Actual
Revenue”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i)(1).
“Annual
Revenue Percentage”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i)(2).
“Annual
Revenue Target”
means
$31,000,000, $48,000,000 and $59,000,000, with respect to the Annual Contingent
Consideration Periods ending December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December
31, 2010, respectively, as set forth in Table A.
“Contingent
Consideration Certificate”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Contingent
Consideration Dispute Resolution Period”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Contingent
Consideration Objection Certificate”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Contingent
Consideration Objection Deadline”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Contingent
Consideration Payment Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(f).
“Determination
Date” means
April 15, 2009, with respect to the Annual Contingent Consideration Period
ending December 31, 2008, April 15, 2010, with respect to the Annual Contingent
Consideration Period ending December 31, 2009 and April 15, 2011, with respect
to the Annual Contingent Consideration Period ending December 31,
2010.
“Disqualifying
Termination” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“EBITDA”
means
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as calculated
in
accordance with GAAP to the extent that GAAP applies; provided, however, that
with respect to the calculation of Actual EBITDA for the Annual Contingent
Consideration Period ending December 31, 2008, EBITDA shall be adjusted to
exclude the following items from expenses: (i) up to an aggregate of $750,000
in
costs incurred by the Company in connection with (A) the Closing and (B) those
legal, accounting and other similar costs incurred by the Company solely as
a
result of its operation as a public company (ii) up to an aggregate of $375,000
of general and administrative costs incurred in connection with the
establishment of a new office in Los Angeles, CA, and (iii) up to an aggregate
of $330,000 in costs associated with market research and investments in new
business initiatives.
“Independent
Accountant”
means an
independent nationally recognized accounting firm selected in writing by the
Stockholders’ Representative and the Parent.
“Pro
Rata Allocated Additional Cash Consideration”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Pro
Rata Allocated Additional Stock Consideration”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
§1.2. Other
Defined Terms.
Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings given to such terms in the Agreement of which this Exhibit A forms
a
part.
§2. Contingent
Consideration.
(a) With
respect to each Annual Contingent Consideration Period, each Stockholder shall
be eligible to receive additional contingent consideration as set forth
below:
(i) Revenue-Based
Consideration:
1) |
If
revenue, as calculated in accordance with GAAP, for an Annual Contingent
Consideration Period (the “Actual
Revenue”) equals
or exceeds 125% of the Annual Revenue Target for such fiscal year,
then
(1) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Maximum
Revenue Contingent Stock for such Stockholder with respect to such
fiscal
year, as set forth in Table B, shall vest and (2) such Stockholder
shall
receive an amount in cash equal to such Stockholder’s Maximum Revenue
Contingent Cash with respect to such fiscal year, as set forth in
Table B.
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2) |
If
the Actual Revenue for a fiscal year equals or exceeds 70% and is
less
than 125% of the Annual Revenue Target for such fiscal year, then
(1) with
respect to each Stockholder, a number of shares of Parent Common
Stock
shall vest equal to the product of (A) such Stockholder’s Maximum Revenue
Contingent Stock for such fiscal year, as set forth in Table B, and
(B)
(i) the Actual Revenue for such fiscal year divided by (ii) 125%
of the
Annual Revenue Target for such fiscal year (the “Annual Revenue
Percentage”)
and (2) each Stockholder shall receive an amount in cash equal to
the
product of (A) the Stockholder’s respective Maximum Revenue Contingent
Cash for such fiscal year, as set forth in Table B, and (B) the Annual
Revenue Percentage for such fiscal year; and any remainder of such
Stockholder’s Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock or Maximum Revenue
Contingent Cash shall be forfeited.
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3) |
If
the Actual Revenue for a fiscal year is less than 70% of the Annual
Revenue Target for such fiscal year, then (1) none of a Stockholder’s
Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock for such fiscal year shall vest
and all
such shares shall be forfeited and (2) no Stockholder shall receive
any
cash payment with respect to his or her Maximum Revenue Contingent
Cash
for such fiscal year and such Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash shall
be
forfeited.
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4) |
The
Annual Revenue Target and the aggregate Maximum Revenue Contingent
Stock
for all Stockholders for each fiscal year are set forth on Table
A below.
Each Stockholder’s Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock and Maximum Revenue
Contingent Cash by fiscal year are set forth on Table B below and
are
calculated by multiplying each of the Maximum Revenue Contingent
Stock and
Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash for such fiscal year by the Company
ownership percentage of such Stockholder, as set forth in Table D
below.
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(ii) EBITDA-Based
Consideration:
1) |
If
Actual EBITDA for an Annual Contingent Consideration Period equals
or exceeds 125% of the Annual EBITDA Target for such fiscal year,
then (1)
the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Maximum
EBITDA
Contingent Stock for such fiscal year with respect to such Stockholder,
as
set forth on Table C, shall vest and (2) such Stockholder shall receive
an
amount in cash equal to such Stockholder’s Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash
for such fiscal year, as set forth in Table C.
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2) |
If
the Actual EBITDA for a fiscal year equals or exceeds 70% and is
less than
125% of the Annual EBITDA Target for such fiscal year, then (1) with
respect to each Stockholder, a number of shares of Parent Common
Stock
shall vest equal to the product of (A) such Stockholder’s Maximum EBITDA
Contingent Stock for such fiscal year, as set forth on Table C, and
(B)
(i) the Actual EBITDA for such fiscal year divided by (ii) 125% of
the
Annual EBITDA Target for such fiscal year (the “Annual EBITDA
Percentage”)
and (2) each Stockholder shall receive an amount in cash equal to
the
product of (A) the Stockholder’s respective Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash
for such fiscal year, as set forth on Table C, and (B) the Annual
EBITDA
Percentage for such fiscal year; and any remainder of such Stockholder’s
Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock or Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash
shall be
forfeited.
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3) |
If
the Actual EBITDA for a fiscal year is less than 70% of the Annual
EBITDA
Target for such fiscal year, then (1) none of a Stockholder’s Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Stock for such fiscal year shall vest and all such
shares shall be forfeited and (2) no Stockholder shall receive any
cash
payment with respect to his or her Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash
for such
fiscal year and such Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash shall be forfeited.
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4) |
The
Annual EBITDA Target and the aggregate Maximum EBITDA Contingent
Stock for
all Stockholders for each fiscal year are set forth on Table A below.
Each
Stockholder’s Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock and Maximum EBITDA
Contingent Cash by fiscal year are set forth on Table C below
and are calculated by multiplying each of the Maximum EBITDA Contingent
Stock and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash for such fiscal year by
the
Company ownership percentage of such Stockholder, as set forth in
Table D
below.
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TABLE
A1
Revenue
and EBITDA Targets by Fiscal Year
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Fiscal
Year Ended
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December
31, 2008
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December
31, 2009
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December
31, 2010
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Annual
Revenue Target ($)
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$31,000,000
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$48,000,000
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$59,000,000
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Maximum
Revenue Contingent Stock (shares)
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288,850.38
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288,850.38
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216,637.78
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Maximum
Revenue Contingent Cash ($)
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$833,333.33
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$833,333.33
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$625,000.00
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Annual
EBITDA Target ($)
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$4,700,000
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$7,000,000
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$10,000,000
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Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Stock (shares)
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288,850.38
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288,850.38
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216,637.78
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Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Cash ($)
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$833,333.33
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$833,333.33
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$625,000.00
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The
numbers in these tables assume
(1) $5.77 stock price (Trailing Closing Average Price), (2) $11M total
contingent consideration ($4M in 2008, $4M in 2009 and $3M in 2010), (3)
cash/stock split = 1/3 and 2/3, (4) Revenue/EBITA split = 1/2 and 1/2. Numbers
in tables B and C don’t add due to rounding.
TABLE
B5
Stockholder
Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock and Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash
by
Fiscal Year
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Maximum
Revenue Contingent Stock
(shares)
|
Maximum
Revenue Contingent Cash
($)
|
|||||
Fiscal
Year
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
|
12,145.93
|
12,145.93
|
9,109.44
|
$35,041.00
|
$35,041.00
|
$26,280.75
|
Hejung
Xxxxx Xxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
9,109.44
|
9,109.44
|
6,832.08
|
$26,280.75
|
$26,280.75
|
$19,710.56
|
Kylie
Matulick
|
32,368.89
|
32,368.89
|
24,276.67
|
$93,384.26
|
$93,384.26
|
$70,038.19
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
11,903.01
|
11,903.01
|
8,927.26
|
$34,340.18
|
$34,340.18
|
$25,755.13
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
20,243.21
|
20,243.21
|
15,182.41
|
$58,401.66
|
$58,401.66
|
$43,801.25
|
Maximum
Total
|
288,850.38
|
288,850.38
|
216,637.78
|
$833,333.33
|
$833,333.33
|
$625,000.00
|
TABLE
C
Stockholder
Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash
by
Fiscal Year
|
||||||
Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Stock
(shares)
|
Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Cash
($)
|
|||||
Fiscal
Year
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
|
12,145.93
|
12,145.93
|
9,109.44
|
$35,041.00
|
$35,041.00
|
$26,280.75
|
Hejung
Xxxxx Xxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
9,109.44
|
9,109.44
|
6,832.08
|
$26,280.75
|
$26,280.75
|
$19,710.56
|
Kylie
Matulick
|
32,368.89
|
32,368.89
|
24,276.67
|
$93,384.26
|
$93,384.26
|
$70,038.19
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
11,903.01
|
11,903.01
|
8,927.26
|
$34,340.18
|
$34,340.18
|
$25,755.13
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
50,769.97
|
50,769.97
|
38,077.48
|
$146,471.37
|
$146,471.37
|
$109,853.53
|
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
20,243.21
|
20,243.21
|
15,182.41
|
$58,401.66
|
$58,401.66
|
$43,801.25
|
Maximum
Total
|
288,850.38
|
288,850.38
|
216,637.78
|
$833,333.33
|
$833,333.33
|
$625,000.00
|
TABLE
D
Stockholder
Ownership Percentages*
|
|
Stockholder
|
Percentage
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
|
4.20%
|
Hejung
Xxxxx Xxxx
|
17.58%
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
3.15%
|
Kylie
Matulick
|
11.21%
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
17.58%
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
17.58%
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
4.12%
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
17.58%
|
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
7.00%
|
*
Ownership is calculated as of the date of the Closing.
(b) Allocation
of Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash, Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash, Maximum
Revenue Contingent Stock and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock upon termination
of
employment of a Stockholder:
(i) Pursuant
to the terms of the Restricted Stock Agreements, if (i) Parent terminates a
Stockholder’s employment for Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreements) or
(ii) a Stockholder terminates his or her employment with Parent without Good
Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreements) at any time prior to the last
day of the applicable Annual Contingent Consideration Period (each a
“Disqualifying
Termination”),
1) |
(A)
all shares of Parent Common Stock that are Maximum Revenue Contingent
Stock and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock issued to such Stockholder
and
that have not vested pursuant to this Exhibit A as of the date of
such
termination of employment shall be forfeited automatically immediately
following the date of termination of employment and reallocated to
the
remaining Stockholders as provided in Section 2(b)(i)(2) below and
(B) any
Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash and Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash
that
could have been earned for the Annual Contingent Consideration Period
in
which the termination of employment occurs and any subsequent Annual
Contingent Consideration Periods shall be forfeited automatically
immediately following the date of termination of employment and
reallocated to the remaining Stockholders as provided in Section
2(b)(i)(2) below.
|
2) |
Upon
the Disqualifying Termination of a Stockholder, such Stockholder’s
remaining Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash, Maximum Revenue Contingent
Cash,
Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock
that
has not vested, shall be redistributed among the remaining Stockholders
as
follows: (I) additional Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock and Maximum
EBITDA Contingent Stock shall be allocated to each Stockholder who
remains
employed by Parent on the date of such terminated Stockholder’s
termination equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of forfeited
Parent Common Stock and (ii) (A) the respective percentages set forth
on
Table D opposite the name of each Stockholder who remains employed
by
Parent, divided by (B) one minus the percentage set forth on Table
D
opposite the terminated Stockholder’s name (the “Pro
Rata Allocated Additional Stock Consideration”)
and (II) additional cash consideration shall be allocated to each
Stockholder who remains employed by Parent on the date of such terminated
Stockholder’s termination equal to the product of (i) the Maximum Revenue
Contingent Cash and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash forfeited and
(ii) (A)
the respective percentages set forth on Table D opposite the name
of each
Stockholder who remains employed by Parent, divided by (B) one minus
the
percentage set forth opposite the terminated Stockholder’s name (the
“Pro
Rata Allocated Additional Cash Consideration”).
|
3) |
To
the extent the Annual EBITDA Target and/or Annual Revenue Targets
are
achieved for an Annual Contingent Consideration Period, Parent shall
pay
to each remaining Stockholder, in accordance with Section 2(a) above,
all
or a portion of such Stockholder’s Pro Rata Allocated Additional Stock
Consideration and Pro Rata Allocated Additional Cash Consideration
on the
Contingent Consideration Payment Date for such Annual Contingent
Consideration Period, provided that
Parent has not terminated such Stockholder’s employment for Cause or such
Stockholder has not terminated his or her employment with Parent
without
Good Reason at any time during such Annual Contingent Consideration
Period.
|
(ii) If
a
Stockholder’s employment is terminated at any time prior to the last day of the
applicable Annual Contingent Consideration Period under circumstances other
than
a Disqualifying Termination, then such Stockholder shall continue to be eligible
to receive Maximum EBITDA Contingent Cash, Maximum Revenue Contingent Cash,
Maximum Revenue Contingent Stock and Maximum EBITDA Contingent Stock, to the
extent the Annual EBITDA Target and/or Annual Revenue Targets are achieved
for
the applicable Annual Contingent Consideration Period, in accordance with
Section 2(a) above, as though such Stockholder was still employed by
Parent.
(c) No
later
than the applicable Determination Date with respect to each Annual Contingent
Consideration Period, Parent will deliver to the Stockholders’ Representative
(i) a statement that includes each element of the calculation of the Contingent
Consideration for such Annual Contingent Consideration Period and (ii) a
certificate of Parent’s Chief Financial Officer certifying on behalf of Parent
that the calculation of the Contingent Consideration (or the calculation that
no
Contingent Consideration is due pursuant to this Exhibit A) was made in
accordance with the terms of this Exhibit A (such statement and certificate
being referred to as the “Contingent
Consideration Certificate”).
The
Stockholders’ Representative will be given prompt access to the records and
working papers relating to the calculation of such amount of Contingent
Consideration that the Stockholders’ Representative reasonably requests solely
for the purpose of verifying the calculations and information contained in
or
accompanying the Contingent Consideration Certificate. All information obtained
by the Stockholders’ Representative shall be deemed to be confidential
information of Parent subject to the restrictions of the Confidentiality
Agreement, and shall not be disclosed or made use of by the Stockholders’
Representative other than for the limited purposes of enforcing, and to the
extent necessary to enforce, the Stockholders’ rights under this
Agreement.
(d) The
amount of any Contingent Consideration (or the calculation and statement that
no
Contingent Consideration is due under this Exhibit A) set forth in the
Contingent Consideration Certificate shall be binding on the Stockholders,
unless the Stockholders’ Representative presents to Parent within 20 days after
receipt of such Contingent Consideration Certificate (the “Contingent
Consideration Objection Deadline”)
written notice of the disagreement specifying in reasonable detail the nature
and extent of the disagreement and the Stockholders’ Representative’s
calculation of the amount of Contingent Consideration (including a statement
with each element of the Stockholders’ Representative’s calculation thereof (the
“Contingent
Consideration Objection Certificate”)).
Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative shall attempt in good faith during
the 30 days immediately following Parent’s timely receipt of the Contingent
Consideration Objection Certificate to resolve any disagreement with respect
to
such amount of Contingent Consideration (the “Contingent
Consideration Dispute Resolution Period”).
(e) If,
at
the end of the Contingent Consideration Dispute Resolution Period, Parent and
the Stockholders’ Representative have not resolved all disagreements with
respect to the calculation of the Contingent Consideration for the applicable
Annual Contingent Consideration Period, Parent and the Stockholders’
Representative will refer the items of disagreement for determination to the
Independent Accountant, and the parties will be reasonably available and work
diligently to facilitate the Independent Accountant rendering a determination
within the 20-day period immediately following the referral to the Independent
Accountant. A determination by the Independent Accountant with respect to any
item of disagreement submitted to it will be binding on Parent and the
Stockholders. The Independent Accountant, Parent and Stockholders’
Representative will enter into such engagement letters as required by the
Independent Accountant to perform the duties required under this Section (e).
The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountant under this Section (e)
shall
be shared equally by Parent on the one hand and the Stockholders on the other,
provided that, if the Independent Accountant determines that one party has
adopted a position(s) that is frivolous or clearly without merit, the
Independent Accountant may, in its discretion, assign a greater portion of
such
fees and expenses to such party.
(f) If
any
amount of Contingent Consideration is payable under this Exhibit A, promptly
following the expiration of the Contingent Consideration Objection Deadline,
if
no objection to the Contingent Consideration Certificate is made, or immediately
upon final resolution of any dispute relating to the Contingent Consideration
Certificate or Contingent Consideration pursuant to this Exhibit A (the
applicable “Contingent
Consideration Payment Date”),
(i)
the Escrow Agent shall distribute the Stock Contingent Consideration pursuant
to
the terms of the Escrow Agreement and Parent shall pay, within 5 Business Days
thereafter, the Cash Contingent Consideration for the applicable Annual
Contingent Consideration Period, less any amounts required to be reimbursed
by
the Stockholders under Section (e), to the Stockholders’ Representative on
behalf of and for the account of the Stockholders.