EXHIBIT (c)(1) AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERMerger Agreement • July 21st, 1999 • Information Advantage Inc • Services-prepackaged software • Delaware
STERLING SOFTWARE, INC. 300 Crescent Court Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75201 July 7, 1999Acquisition Agreement • July 21st, 1999 • Information Advantage Inc • Services-prepackaged software
FORM OF STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENTStockholder Agreement • July 21st, 1999 • Information Advantage Inc • Services-prepackaged software • Delaware
EXHIBIT (C)(21) FIRST AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT Amendment dated July 15, 1999 ("Amendment") to the Rights Agreement ("Agreement"), dated as of March 1, 1999, between Information Advantage, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Norwest...Rights Agreement • July 21st, 1999 • Information Advantage Inc • Services-prepackaged software • Delaware
July 21, 1999 To Our Stockholders: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Information Advantage, Inc. (the "Company"), we wish to inform you that on July 15, 1999, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with...Merger Agreement • July 21st, 1999 • Information Advantage Inc • Services-prepackaged software
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Information Advantage, Inc. (the "Company"), we wish to inform you that on July 15, 1999, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Sterling Software, Inc. and Sterling Software Acquisition Corp., its wholly owned subsidiary, pursuant to which Sterling Software Acquisition Corp. today has commenced a cash tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase all of the outstanding shares (the "Shares") of the Common Stock of the Company at $6.50 per share. Under the Merger Agreement, the Offer will be followed by a merger (the "Merger") in which any remaining shares of the Common Stock of the Company will be converted into the right to receive $6.50 per share in cash, without interest (except any Shares as to which the holder has properly exercised dissenter's rights of appraisal). Stockholders owning approximately 24.8% of the Company's outstanding Shares have agreed to endorse the transaction.
