Exhibit 10.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING, INC.
GATOR ELECTRONICS, INC.
and
REPTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.
Dated as of December 18, 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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THE
MERGER
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1
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1.1
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The
Merger
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1
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1.2
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Effective Time;
Closing
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1
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1.3
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Effect of the
Merger
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2
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1.4
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Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of Surviving Corporation
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2
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1.5
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Directors and
Officers of Surviving Corporation
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1.6
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Effect on
Capital Stock
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3
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1.7
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Dissenting
Shares
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1.8
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Surrender of
Certificates
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5
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1.9
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No Further
Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock
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6
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1.10
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Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates
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6
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1.11
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Adjustments
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1.12
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Taking of
Necessary Action; Further Action
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7
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ARTICLE II
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
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2.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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2.2
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Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws
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2.3
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Capitalization
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9
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2.4
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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10
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2.5
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No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents
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2.6
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Compliance;
Permits
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2.7
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SEC Filings;
Financial Statements
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12
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2.8
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No Undisclosed
Liabilities
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15
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2.9
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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2.10
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Absence of
Litigation
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2.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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16
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2.12
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Proxy
Statement
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21
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2.13
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Restrictions on
Business Activities
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21
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2.14
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Title to
Property
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21
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2.15
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Taxes
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23
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2.16
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Environmental
Matters
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25
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(continued)
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2.17
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Brokers; Third
Party Expenses
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27
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2.18
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Intellectual
Property
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27
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2.19
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Contracts
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2.20
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Insurance
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2.21
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Customers and
Suppliers; Sales
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32
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2.22
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Pre-Bankruptcy
Liabilities
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33
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2.23
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Inventory
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33
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2.24
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Opinion of
Financial Advisor
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33
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2.25
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Board
Approval
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2.26
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State Takeover
Statutes
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2.27
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Interested
Party Transactions
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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3.1
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Corporate
Organization
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3.2
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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3.3
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No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents
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3.4
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Proxy
Statement
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3.5
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Sufficient
Funds
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3.6
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No Prior Merger
Sub Operations
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3.7
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Advisors' and
Brokers' Fees
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3.8
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No Share
Ownership
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ARTICLE IV
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CONDUCT PRIOR
TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
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4.1
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Conduct of
Business by Company
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ARTICLE V
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ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
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5.1
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Proxy
Statement
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5.2
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Meeting of
Company Stockholders
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5.3
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Confidentiality; Access to
Information
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5.4
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No
Solicitation
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5.5
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Public
Disclosure
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5.6
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Reasonable
Efforts; Notification
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(continued)
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5.7
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Third Party
Consents and Notices
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5.8
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Director's and
Officer's Insurance and Indemnification
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5.9
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Regulatory
Filings
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5.10
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Termination of
Certain Benefit Plans
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5.11
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Employee
Benefits
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5.12
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Section 16
Matters
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5.13
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Cash Deposit by
Parent
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5.14
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Debt Tender
Offer
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ARTICLE VI
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CONDITIONS TO
THE MERGER
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6.1
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Conditions to
Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger
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6.2
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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6.3
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Additional
Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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6.4
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Dissenting
Shares
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6.5
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Company Bonds
Irrevocably Tendered
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6.6
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Third-Party
Obligations
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ARTICLE VII
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TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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7.1
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Termination
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7.2
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Notice of
Termination; Effect of Termination
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7.3
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Fees and
Expenses
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7.4
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Amendment
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7.5
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Extension;
Waiver
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ARTICLE VIII
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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8.1
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Non-Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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8.2
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Notices
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8.3
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Interpretation;
Knowledge
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8.4
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Counterparts
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8.5
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Entire
Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries
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8.6
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Severability
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8.7
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Other Remedies;
Specific Performance
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8.8
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Governing
Law
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(continued)
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8.9
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Rules of
Construction
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8.10
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Assignment
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8.11
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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The following
schedules have been omitted from this filing and will be
supplementally furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
upon request.
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Articles of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation
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Exhibit B
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Form of Bylaws
of Surviving Corporation
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Exhibit C
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Form of Joint
Press Release
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Company
Disclosure Letter
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER is made and entered into as of December 18, 2006 (the "
Agreement "), by and among KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
MANUFACTURING, INC., an Indiana corporation (" Parent "),
GATOR ELECTRONICS, INC, a Florida corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (" Merger Sub "), and REPTRON
ELECTRONICS, INC, a Florida corporation (the " Company
").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement and in accordance with the Florida Business Corporation
Act, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will enter into a business
combination transaction pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge
with and into the Company; and
WHEREAS, each of the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company have each determined that it is in the best interests
of their respective stockholders for Parent to acquire the Company
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the " Board
") has unanimously (i) determined that the Merger (as defined in
Section 1.1 ) is advisable and fair to, and in the best
interests of, the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved this
Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(collectively, the " Transactions "), and (iii) has resolved
to recommend the approval of the Merger and the adoption of this
Agreement by the stockholders of the Company.
WHEREAS, each of the Board of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub
have determined that the Merger is advisable and fair to, and in
the best interest of, Parent and Merger Sub and their respective
stockholders and the Board of Directors of Parent has resolved to
adopt this Agreement, and the Transactions.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, promises and
representations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger . At the Effective
Time (as defined in Section 1.2 ) and subject to and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
applicable provisions of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the
" Florida Business Corporation Act "), Merger Sub shall be
merged with and into the Company (the " Merger "), the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation. The Company,
as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the " Surviving Corporation
."
1.2 Effective Time; Closing . Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing
articles of merger (the " Articles
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of Merger
") with the Secretary of State of
the State of Florida in accordance with the relevant provisions of
the Florida Business Corporation Act (the time of such filing, or
such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and
Parent and specified in the Articles of Merger, being the "
Effective Time "), as soon as practicable after the Closing
(as defined below) and on the Closing Date (as herein defined). The
closing of the Merger (the " Closing ") shall take place at
the offices of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., 201 N.
Franklin Street, Suite 2100, Tampa, Florida 33602, at a time and
date to be specified by the parties hereto, which shall be no later
than the fifth business day after the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those
conditions, which by their terms, are to be satisfied or waived on
the Closing Date, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver
thereof), or at such other time, date and location as the parties
hereto agree in writing (the " Closing Date ").
1.3 Effect of the Merger . At the
Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in
this Agreement, the Articles of Merger and the applicable
provisions of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at
the Effective Time, all of the assets, properties, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all of the debts,
liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of the Company
and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations,
restrictions and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
of Surviving Corporation.
(a) Articles of Incorporation . As
of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of Merger Sub or the Company, the Articles of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and
restated to read in its entirety in the form of Exhibit A
and, as so amended, shall be the Articles of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation, subject to Section 5.8 , until
thereafter amended in accordance with the terms of such Articles of
Incorporation and the law; provided, however, that as of the
Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation shall provide that
the name of the Surviving Corporation is "Gator Electronics,
Inc."
(b) Bylaws . As of the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
Merger Sub or the Company, the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
shall be amended and restated in the form of Exhibit B to
read the same as the Bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, subject to Section 5.8 , until
thereafter amended in accordance with the law, the Articles of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws;
provided, however, that all references in such Bylaws to
Merger Sub shall be amended to refer to "Gator Electronics,
Inc."
1.5 Directors and Officers of Surviving
Corporation.
(a) Directors . The initial
directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the directors of
Merger Sub as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, until
their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified.
(b) Officers . The initial officers
of the Surviving Corporation shall be the officers of Merger Sub as
of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
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1.6 Effect on Capital Stock. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the
following securities, the following shall occur:
(a) Conversion of Shares . Each
share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("
Company Common Stock ") issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company
Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 1.6(b) and
any Dissenting Shares, as defined in Section 1.7 ), will be
canceled and extinguished and automatically converted into the
right to receive, upon surrender of the certificate(s) representing
such Company Common Stock in the manner provided in Section
1.8 (or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate,
upon delivery of an affidavit, and bond, if required, in the manner
provided in Section 1.10 ), cash in the amount of $0.68 (the
" Per Share Merger Consideration " and the aggregate of all
Per Share Merger Consideration in respect of all Company Common
Stock entitled thereto and the aggregate amount of cash to be
issued to holders of In-the-Money Options (as defined in Section
1.6(d)(ii) pursuant to Section 1.6(d) , the " Merger
Consideration "). If any shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time are unvested or
are subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other
condition under any applicable restricted stock purchase agreement
or other agreement with the Company (" Unvested Shares "),
then the portion of the Merger Consideration issued in exchange for
such Unvested Shares shall also be unvested and subject to the same
repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition. The
portion of the Merger Consideration payable upon conversion of any
Unvested Share shall be withheld by the Paying Agent and paid by
the Paying Agent to each such holder in accordance with the vesting
and other provisions set forth in the applicable restricted stock
purchase agreement, if applicable.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury and
Parent-Owned Shares. All Company Common Stock held by the
Company or owned by Merger Sub, Parent or any direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company or of Parent immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished
without any conversion thereof.
(c) Capital Stock of Merger Sub.
Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger
Sub (the " Merger Sub Common Stock ") issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
Each certificate evidencing ownership of shares of Merger Sub
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall evidence ownership of such shares of capital stock of the
Surviving Corporation.
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(d) Stock Options. At the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
any holder of outstanding options to purchase Company Common Stock
(the " Company Stock Options "), each Company Stock Option,
whether vested or unvested, and all stock option plans or other
equity-related plans of the Company, including the Gator
Electronics, Inc. Stock Option Plan (as may be amended from time to
time, the " Company Stock Plans "), insofar as they relate
to Company Stock Options, shall be terminated as
follows:
(i) At the Effective Time, each
Out-of-the-Money Option (as defined below) shall be terminated in
its entirety without consideration therefor, and the holder of each
Out-of-the-Money Option shall have no further rights thereunder.
Each Company Stock Option that has a per share exercise price
greater than $0.68 and is unexpired, unexercised and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be an "
Out-of-the-Money Option ."
(ii) At the Effective Time, each
In-the-Money Option (as defined below) shall, on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, terminate in
its entirety and the holder of each In-the-Money Option shall be
entitled to receive that amount of cash that is equal to the
product of the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of such In-the-Money Option immediately prior to
the Effective Time, multiplied by the excess by which $0.68 exceeds
the per share exercise price of such In-the-Money Option. Each
Company Stock Option that has a per share exercise price less than
$0.68 and is unexpired, unexercised and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be an " In-the-Money
Option ." Promptly after the Effective Time (but not later than
three (3) business days after the date on which the Effective Time
occurs), Parent shall pay the In-the-Money Option holders the
Merger Consideration specified in this Section 1.6(d)(ii)
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1.7 Dissenting Shares .
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common Stock that are
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are
held by stockholders who shall have not voted in favor of the
Merger and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal
for such Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 1302 of
the Florida Business Corporation Act (collectively, the "
Dissenting Shares ") shall not be converted into, or
represent the right to receive, the Per Share Merger Consideration
payable for each such share of Company Common Stock. Such
stockholders shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised
value of such Company Common Stock held by them in accordance with
the provisions of such Section 1302, except that all Dissenting
Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who
effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal
of such Company Common Stock under such Section 1302 shall
thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become
exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive
the Per Share Merger Consideration payable for each such share of
Company Common Stock, upon surrender, in the manner provided in
Section 1.8 , of the certificate or certificates that
formerly evidenced such Company Common Stock.
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(b) The Company shall give Parent (i)
prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by the Company,
withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served
pursuant to the Florida Business Corporation Act and received by
the Company and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under the Florida
Business Corporation Act. The Company shall not, except with the
prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), make any payment with respect to any
demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such
demands.
1.8 Surrender of Certificates
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(a) Paying Agent . Prior to the
Effective Time, Parent shall select a bank or trust company
reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as agent (the "
Paying Agent ") for the benefit of the holders of Company
Common Stock and In-the-Money Options to receive the portion of the
Merger Consideration to which holders of Company Common Stock and
In-the-Money Options shall become entitled pursuant to Section
1.6(a) and Section 1.6(d)(ii) .
(b) Exchange Procedures . Promptly
after the Effective Time (but not later than five (5) business days
after the date on which the Effective Time occurs), Parent shall
cause the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record (as of the
Effective Time) of Company Common Stock, including holders of a
certificate or certificates (the " Certificates ") which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented the outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock converted into the right to receive
the portion of the Merger Consideration payable for such Company
Common Stock, (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and
approved by the Company prior to the Effective Time (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (which shall specify
that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the
Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to
the Paying Agent and shall contain such other provisions as Parent
and the Company shall reasonably agree) and (ii) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for
the portion of the Merger Consideration payable upon surrender of
said Certificates. Upon surrender of Certificates for cancellation
to the Paying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be
appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly
completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions
thereto (or, if such shares are held in book-entry or other
uncertified form, upon the entry through a book-entry transfer
agent or the surrender of such Company Common Stock on a book entry
statement (it being understood that any references herein to
"Certificates" shall be deemed to include references to book-entry
account statements.), the holders of such Certificates formerly
representing the Company Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
an amount of cash (payable by check) equal to the Per Share Merger
Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common
Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Certificates, and
the Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. Until
so surrendered, outstanding Certificates shall be deemed from and
after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, to evidence
only the ownership of the respective portion of the Merger
Consideration to which the record holder of such Certificate is
entitled by virtue thereof. Promptly following surrender of any
such Certificates and the duly executed letters of transmittal, the
Paying Agent shall deliver to the record holders thereof, without
interest, the
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portion of the Merger
Consideration to which such holder is entitled upon surrender of
said Certificates, subject to the restrictions set forth
herein.
(c) Payments with respect to
Unsurrendered Company Common Stock; No Liability . At any time
after twelve (12) months following the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent
to deliver to it any funds which had been made available to the
Paying Agent and not disbursed to holders of Company Common Stock
(including all interest and other income received by the Paying
Agent in respect of all funds made available to it), and,
thereafter, such holders shall be entitled to look to Parent
(subject to abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws)
only as general creditors thereof with respect to any portion of
the Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of
the Certificates held by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none
of Parent, the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be
liable to any former holder of Company Common Stock for any portion
of the Merger Consideration properly delivered in respect of such
Company Common Stock to a public official pursuant to any abandoned
property, escheat or other similar law.
(d)
Transfers of Ownership . If the payment of the portion of
the Merger Consideration to which such holder is entitled is to be
paid to a person other than the person in whose name the
Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor are registered, it
will be a condition of payment that the Certificates so surrendered
be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer
(including, if requested by Parent or the Paying Agent, a medallion
guarantee), and that the persons requesting such payment will have
paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other
taxes required by reason of the payment of a portion of the Merger
Consideration to a person other than the registered holder of the
Certificates surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of
Parent or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid or
is not applicable.
(e)
Required Withholding . Each of the Paying Agent, Parent and
the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to
this Agreement to any holder or former holder of the Company Common
Stock such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld
therefrom under the Code or under any provision of state or local
tax law or under any other applicable legal requirement. To the
extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall
be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been
paid to the person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been
paid.
1.9 No Further Ownership Rights in
Company Common Stock . Payment of the Merger Consideration
shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all
rights pertaining to the Company Common Stock, and after the
Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers
on the records of the Surviving Corporation of the Company Common
Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to
the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled
and exchanged as provided in this Article I .
1.10 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates . In the event that any Certificates shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent shall pay in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the
portion of the Merger
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Consideration payable with
respect thereto; provided, however, that Parent or the
Paying Agent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the payment of such portion of the Merger Consideration, require
the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates to deliver
a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as it may direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent with respect to the
Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
1.11 Adjustments . In the event of
any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any
dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Company
Common Stock, whether directly or indirectly), reorganization,
reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like
change with respect to the Company Common Stock occurring after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, all
references in this Agreement to specified numbers of shares of any
class or series affected thereby, and all calculations provided for
that are based upon numbers of shares of any class or series (or
trading prices therefor) affected thereby, shall be equitably
adjusted to the extent necessary to provide the parties the same
economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such
stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization,
reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like
change.
1.12 Taking of Necessary Action; Further
Action . If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further
action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right,
title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers
and directors of the Company and Merger Sub will take all such
lawful and necessary action.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub
that, except as disclosed in writing in the disclosure letter
supplied by the Company to Parent, dated as of the date hereof (the
" Company Disclosure Letter "), the statements contained in
this Article II are true, correct and complete as of the
date of this Agreement (except where another date is specified);
provided, however, that the mere inclusion of an item on the
Company Disclosure Letter shall not be deemed to be an admission by
the Company that such item is or was material or is or was required
to be disclosed therein. Subject only to such exceptions as are set
forth in the Company Disclosure Letter (which exceptions shall
reference the specific section and, if applicable, subsection
number of this Article II to which it applies, and any
information disclosed in any such section or subsection shall be
deemed to be disclosed only for purposes of such section or
subsection, except to the extent is reasonably apparent that the
disclosure contained in such section or subsection contains enough
information regarding the subject matter of other representations
and warranties contained in this Article II so as to qualify
or otherwise apply to such other representations and warranties),
the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as
follows:
2.1 Organization and Qualification
.
(a) The Company (and any subsidiary) is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its assets and properties
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and to carry on its business as
it is now being conducted. The Company (and any subsidiary) is in
possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses,
permits, easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders ("
Approvals ") necessary to own, lease and operate the
properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to
have such Approvals has not had, and would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company (as defined in Section 8.3(c)
).
(b) The Company has no subsidiaries and
does not own any shares of capital stock or other securities of any
other person, except for such subsidiaries or persons, if any, so
identified in Section_2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure
Letter (which disclosure, if any, also sets forth the form of
ownership and percentage voting and/or equity interest of the
Company in any such person). Except as set forth in Section
2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has agreed to make nor is obligated to
make nor is bound by any written or oral, agreement, contract,
subcontract, lease, mortgage, indenture, understanding,
arrangement, instrument, note, bond, option, warranty, purchase
order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, or other legally
binding instrument, obligation or commitment or undertaking of any
nature (a " Contract "), in effect 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 person or any sale or other disposition of the capital stock
or any of the assets or operations (except for sales of assets in
the ordinary course of business) of any such person. Except as set
forth in Section_2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries directly or
indirectly owns any equity or similar interest in or any interest
convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar
interest in, any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or other business, association or
entity.
(c) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation, and is in good standing, under the laws of all
jurisdictions where the character of the properties owned, leased
or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing has not had, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Section_2.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a
true and complete list of each state in which the Company and each
of its subsidiaries is qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation.
2.2 Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws . The Company has previously furnished or made available
to Parent (i) a complete and correct copy of its Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as amended to date
(together, the " Company Charter Documents ") and (ii) the
equivalent organizational documents for any subsidiary of the
Company, each as amended to date. The Company Charter Documents
(and equivalent organizational documents of any subsidiary of the
Company) are in full force and effect. Except as set forth in
Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the minute
books (containing the records of meetings of the stockholders, the
board of directors, and any committees of the board of directors),
of the Company reflect all material action taken and authorizations
made at such meetings, and the Company has delivered to the Parent
copies of all such items (except for minutes and consents of the
Company's Board of Directors or any committee thereof relating to
the transaction contemplated hereby). The Company (or any
subsidiary of the Company) is
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not in violation of any of the
provisions of the Company Charter Documents (or any equivalent
organizational documents).
2.3 Capitalization .
(a) The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 50,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock,
par value of $0.01 per share (" Company Preferred Stock ").
At the close of business on September 30, 2006, (i) 5,020,000
shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of
which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (ii) no
shares of Company Common Stock were held by any subsidiary of the
Company; (iii) no shares of Company Common Stock were held in
treasury by the Company or by any subsidiary of the Company; (iv)
500,000 shares of Company Common Stock were reserved for issuance
upon the exercise of options to purchase Company Common Stock under
the Company Stock Plans. As of the date hereof, no shares of
Company Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding.
Section_2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth
the following information with respect to each Company Stock Option
or grant of Unvested Shares, as applicable, outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement: (i) the name of the optionee or holder;
(ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such
Company Stock Option or grant of Unvested Shares; (iii) the
exercise price of such Company Stock Option; (iv) the date on which
such Company Stock Option or Unvested Shares was granted; (v) the
applicable vesting schedule and the vesting of the forfeiture
provisions for the Unvested Shares; (vi) the date on which such
Company Stock Option expires; (vii) whether the exercisability of
such Company Stock Option or vesting of such Unvested Shares will
be accelerated in any way by the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and indicates the extent of acceleration; and (viii)
whether such Company Stock Option is intended to qualify as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code. All shares of Company Common Stock subject to issuance upon
exercise of such Company Stock Options, upon issuance on the terms
and conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they
are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(a) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no commitments or
agreements of any character to which the Company is bound
obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of any Company
Stock Option or Unvested Share as a result of the Transactions or
upon termination of employment or service of any person with the
Company or with any of its subsidiaries following the Merger or
otherwise. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, all
outstanding Company Stock Options and all outstanding shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been issued
and granted in compliance with all applicable securities laws and
other applicable Legal Requirements (as defined below). All
repurchases of Company Common Stock have been made in compliance
with all applicable Legal Requirements. For the purposes of this
Agreement, " Legal Requirements " means any federal, state,
local, municipal, or other law, statute, legislation, constitution,
principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, order,
judgment, 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 (as
defined in Section 2.5(b) hereof), including, without
limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as
amended (the " FDCA "), and the regulations of the
U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration (the
" FDA ") promulgated thereunder. There are no declared or
accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company
Common Stock.
(b) Except as set forth in Section
2.3(a) , there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, equity
securities, partnership interests or similar ownership interests,
calls, rights (including preemptive rights), commitments or
agreements of any character to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound obligating the Company or any of its
subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or
cause the repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any shares of
capital stock, partnership interests or similar ownership interests
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or obligating the Company
or any of its subsidiaries to grant, extend or enter into any such
subscription, option, warrant, equity security, call, right,
commitment or agreement. Except as disclosed in Section
2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no
outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation, or other similar rights with respect to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries. There are no voting trusts, proxies,
rights plans, anti-takeover plans or other agreements or
understandings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound
with respect to any class of equity security of the Company or with
respect to any equity security, partnership interest or similar
ownership interest of any of its subsidiaries.
(c) True, correct and complete copies of
each of the Company Stock Plans, the standard form of all
agreements and instruments relating to or issued under the Company
Stock Plans or that differ in any material respect from such
standard form agreements, and agreements relating to Unvested
Shares, have been furnished or made available to Parent, and such
agreements and instruments have not been amended, modified or
supplemented since being furnished to Parent, and, except as
contemplated by this Agreement, there are no agreements,
understandings or commitments to amend, modify or supplement such
agreements or instruments in any case from those furnished or made
available to Parent.
2.4 Authority Relative to this
Agreement . The Company has all necessary corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its
obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions, subject,
with respect to the Merger, to the Company Stockholder Approval (as
defined below). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions other than (i)
with respect to the Merger, the filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the " SEC ") of a proxy statement with
respect to, and the receipt of, the Company Stockholder Approval
(the " Proxy Statement ") if and to the extent required by
applicable law, (ii) the filing of the Articles of Merger as
required by the Florida Business Corporation Act, and (iii) such
filings as may be required under, and in compliance with the other
applicable requirements of, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the " HSR Act ") and
any other applicable Antitrust Law (as hereinafter defined). The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of
Company Common Stock issued and outstanding on the record date set
for the meeting of the Company's stockholders to adopt this
Agreement at which a quorum is present in accordance with
applicable law is the only vote of the holders of capital stock of
the Company necessary to adopt this Agreement under applicable
Legal
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Requirements and the Company
Charter Documents (the " Company Stockholder Approval ").
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes the legal and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors'
rights and general principles of equity.
2.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents .
(a) Except as set forth in Section
2.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the
performance of this Agreement by the Company will not, (i) result
in the creation of any material Encumbrance (as defined below) on
any of the material properties or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or violate the Company Charter
Documents or the equivalent organizational documents of any of the
Company's subsidiaries, (iii) subject, (A) with respect to the
Merger, to the Company Stockholder Approval and (B) to compliance
with the requirements set forth in Section 2.4 , conflict
with or violate in any material respect any Legal Requirements
applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which
its or any of their respective properties is bound or affected, or
(iv) conflict with or violate, or result in any breach of or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a default) under, or materially impair the
Company's or any of its subsidiaries' rights or alter the rights or
obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
Company Contract to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its
or any of their respective properties are bound or affected, except
to the extent such conflict, violation, breach, default, impairment
or other effect would not in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv),
individually or in the aggregate: (A) reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on Company; or (B) prevent or
materially delay consummation of the Transactions or otherwise
prevent the Company from performing its obligations under this
Agreement. " Encumbrance " means, with respect to any asset,
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest,
title retention device, conditional sale or other security
arrangement, collateral assignment, claim, charge, adverse claim of
title, ownership or right to use, restriction or other encumbrance
of any kind in respect of such asset (including any restriction on
(1) the voting of any security or the transfer of any security or
other asset, (2) the receipt of any income derived from any asset,
(3) the use of any asset, and (4) the possession, exercise or
transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset), in each
case except for such restrictions of general application under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the " Securities Act ")
and Blue Sky Laws (as defined below).
(b) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this
Agreement by the Company shall not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any
court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or
regulatory authority (a " Governmental Entity "), except (i)
for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the " Exchange Act "), state securities
laws (" Blue Sky Laws ") and state takeover laws, such
filings as may be required under, and compliance with the other
applicable requirements of
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the HSR Act or other applicable
Antitrust Laws, and the filing and recordation of the Articles of
Merger as required by the Florida Business Corporation Act and (ii)
where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, (A) would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or, following the Effective Time, Parent, or prevent
consummation of the Transactions or (B) otherwise prevent the
Company from performing its obligations under this
Agreement.
2.6 Compliance; Permits .
(a) Except as set forth in Section
2.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or
violation of, (i) any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries (including the FDCA and the FDA
regulations) or by which its or any of their respective properties
is bound, or (ii) any Company Contract to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or its or any of their respective properties is
bound or affected.
(b) The Company (or any subsidiary) holds
all material permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, orders and
approvals from Governmental Entities (including the FDA) which are
required for the operation of the business and the holding of the
properties of the Company (or any such subsidiary), including those
relating to Environmental and Safety Laws (as defined in Section
2.16(a) ) and Hazardous Materials Activities (as defined in
Section 2.16(b) ) (each, a " Company Permit " and
collectively, the " Company Permits "). The Company Permits
are valid and in full force and effect, and the Company (or any
subsidiary) is in compliance in all material respects with all
covenants, terms and conditions of such Company Permits. To the
knowledge of the Company, no circumstances exist which could cause
any such Company Permits to be revoked, modified, or rendered
non-renewable (other than for failure to pay a required permit
fee). Section 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth all of the Company Permits held by the Company (or any
subsidiary).
2.7 SEC Filings; Financial
Statements .
(a) The Company has filed or furnished each
form, report, schedule, registration statement and definitive proxy
statement required to be filed or furnished by the Company with or
under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (the " SEC
Reports "). Except as set forth in Section 2.7(a) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, since February 4, 2003 the SEC Reports
(i) were filed or furnished on a timely basis, (ii) were prepared
in material compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and (iii) 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) 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. None of the Company's
subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any reports or other
documents with the SEC.
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(b) Each set of consolidated financial
statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto)
contained in the SEC Reports (the " Financial Statements ")
(including any Company SEC Report filed after the date of this
Agreement): (i) complied and will comply as to form in all material
respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto in effect at the time of such filing; (ii) was and
will be prepared in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles (" 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, may not contain footnotes as permitted by Form 10-Q)
and fairly presented and will fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries at the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of the Company's and its subsidiaries'
operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except that
the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to
normal year-end adjustments which were not or will not be material
in amount or significance. Except as reflected in the Financial
Statements, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a
party to any material off-balance sheet arrangement (as defined in
Item 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act ("
Regulation S-K ")). All reserves that are set forth in or
reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet (as defined below) have been
established in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. At
September 30, 2006 (the " Interim Balance Sheet Date "),
there were no material loss contingencies (as such term is used in
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (" Statement
No. 5 ") issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in
March 1975) that are not adequately provided for in the balance
sheet as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date (the " Interim
Balance Sheet ") as required by Statement No. 5. The Financial
Statements comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Statement
of Position 97-2. The Company has not had any dispute with any of
its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any of
its past three full fiscal years or during the current fiscal
year-to-date requiring public reporting, a report to the audit
committee or is otherwise material. The books and records of the
Company and each of its subsidiaries have been, and are being
maintained in all material respects in accordance with applicable
legal and accounting requirements.
(c) The Company has previously furnished to
Parent a complete and correct copy of any amendments or
modifications, which have not yet been filed with the SEC but which
are required to be filed, to agreements, documents or other
instruments which previously had been filed by the Company with the
SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(d) The Company has established and
maintains "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that
are reasonably designed to ensure that material information (both
financial and non-financial) relating to the Company and the
subsidiaries required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's
management, including the principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure
and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer
and the
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principal financial officer of
the Company required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 (" SOX ") with respect to such reports. For purposes of
this Agreement, "principal executive officer" and "principal
financial officer" shall have the meanings given to such terms in
SOX. Each of the principal executive officer of the Company and the
principal financial officer of the Company (or each former
principal executive officer of the Company and each former
principal financial officer of the Company, as applicable) has made
all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of SOX and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the
SEC Reports. Based on the most recent evaluation by the Company's
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and to the
best of the knowledge of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, there are no "significant deficiencies" in
the design or operation of the Company's internal controls and
procedures which are reasonably likely to materially and adversely
affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial data or any "material weaknesses" in the Company's
internal controls. As used in this section, a "significant
deficiency" in controls means a control deficiency that adversely
affects the Company's ability to initiate, authorize, record,
process, or report external financial data reliably in accordance
with GAAP. A "significant deficiency" may be a single deficiency or
a combination of deficiencies that results in more than a remote
likelihood that a misstatement of the annual or interim financial
statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented
or detected. As used in this section, a "material weakness" in
controls means a significant deficiency, or a combination of
significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote
likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim
financial statements will not be prevented or detected. To the
Company's knowledge, there is no fraud, whether or not material,
that involves any Employee (as defined in Section 2.11(a)(v)
) who has a significant role in the Company's internal controls and
procedures.
(e) To the Company's knowledge, each of
Kirkland, Russell, Murphy & Tapp and Grant Thornton LLP (each,
an " Independent Auditor "), which auditor has expressed its
opinion, as applicable, with respect to the financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005, December
31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and for each of the fiscal years in
the three fiscal year period ended December 31, 2005 included in
the SEC Reports (including the related notes), is "independent"
(under applicable rules then in effect) with respect to the Company
(and any subsidiary) within the meaning of Regulation S-X since the
appointment of each Independent Auditor in that capacity. The
Company is in compliance with the applicable criteria of
eligibility for continued quotation of the Company Common Stock on
the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the " OTCBB ") and has
not received any notice from the National Association of Securities
Dealers asserting any non-compliance with such rules and
regulations.
(f) Except as set forth on Section
2.7(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Employee or
attorney representing the Company (or any subsidiary), whether or
not employed by the Company (or any such subsidiary), has reported
to the Board or any committee thereof or to any director or officer
of the Company evidence of a material violation of securities laws,
breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent conduct or similar violation
by an Employee or agent (while acting in that capacity).
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2.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities .
Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any
liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency,
guaranty or endorsement of any type (whether absolute, accrued,
contingent, direct, indirect, or otherwise) (collectively, "
Liabilities ") of a nature required to be disclosed on a
balance sheet or in the related notes to the consolidated financial
statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and which are,
individually or in the aggregate with such other items, material to
the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or
cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
except (i) Liabilities reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet, (ii)
Liabilities incurred since the Interim Balance Sheet Date in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and
which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material in nature
or amount and do not result from any breach of Contract, tort or
violation of any Legal Requirement, (iii) Liabilities not
prohibited under Section 4.1 hereof or (iv) Liabilities incurred in
connection with this Agreement or the Transactions.
2.9 Absence of Certain Changes or
Events . Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, since the Interim Balance Sheet Date
there has not been, occurred or arisen: (a) any event or condition
of any character that, to the knowledge of the Company, has had or
is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company; (b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any
dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or
property) in respect of, any of the Company's or any of its
subsidiaries' capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other
acquisition by the Company of any of the Company's capital stock or
any other securities of the Company or its subsidiaries or any
options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or
other securities except for repurchases from Employees following
their termination pursuant to the terms of their pre-existing stock
option or purchase agreements; (c) any split, combination or
reclassification of any of the Company's or any of its
subsidiaries' capital stock; (d) any granting by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation or fringe
benefits to any Employee (except for increases in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice in the base
salaries of non-officer Employees in an amount that does not exceed
for four percent (4%) of such base salaries per employee), of such
base salaries per employee), or any payment by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries of any bonus (except for bonuses made to
current non-officer Employees in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice or pursuant to any bonus plan
furnished to Parent), or any entry by the Company or one of its
subsidiaries into any Contract (or amendment of an existing
Contract) to grant or provide severance, acceleration of vesting,
termination pay or other similar benefits; (e) any change by the
Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices
(including any change in depreciation or amortization policies or
rates or revenue recognition policies), except as required by
concurrent changes in GAAP; (f) any revaluation by the Company of
any of its assets, including writing down the value of capitalized
inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale
of assets of the Company other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice; (g) the incurring, creation
or assumption of any material Encumbrance, any discharge of any
Encumbrance or material liability which was not shown on the
Interim Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of
business since the Interim Balance Sheet Date, any material
liability or obligation for borrowed money or any material
liability or obligation as guaranty or surety with respect to the
obligations of others; and (h) any announcement of, any negotiation
by or any agreement by the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any
Employee on behalf of the Company, to do any of the things
described in the preceding clauses (a) through (h) (other than
negotiations or agreements with Parent and Merger Sub regarding the
Transactions).
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2.10 Absence of Litigation . Except
as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, there are no claims, actions, suits or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened (each, an "
Action ") against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or
any of their respective properties or, to the Company's knowledge,
any of the executive officers or directors of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries before any Governmental Entity or otherwise.
Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, no investigation or review by any Governmental
Entity is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their
respective properties or to the Company's knowledge any of the
executive officers or directors of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated to the
Company an intention to conduct the same. To the knowledge of the
Company, no Governmental Entity has at any time challenged or
questioned the legal right of the Company to conduct its operations
as presently or previously conducted. The Company has furnished to
Parent true, correct and complete copies of all complaints
regarding the litigation referred to in Section 2.10 of the
Company Disclosure Letter. There has not been since January 1,
2003, nor are there currently, any internal investigations or
inquiries being conducted by the Board (or any committee thereof)
or any third party at the request of the Board, or any Action with
respect to, any financial, accounting, auditing, tax, conflict of
interest, illegal activity, fraudulent or deceptive conduct issues
with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
2.11 Employee Benefit Plans
.
(a)
Definitions . Except as otherwise provided for herein, for
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(i) " COBRA " shall mean the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended;
(ii) " Code " shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
(iii) " Company Employee Plan "
shall mean any plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement
or other arrangement, providing for compensation, severance,
termination pay, deferred compensation, performance awards, stock
or stock-related awards or purchases, fringe benefits, loans, or
other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether
written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including
each "employee benefit plan," within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required
to be contributed to, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate for the
benefit of any Employee, and with respect to which the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or
obligation;
(iv) " DOL " shall mean the U.S.
Department of Labor;
(v) " Employee " shall mean any
current or former or retired employee, officer, consultant or
director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate;
(vi) " Employment Agreement " shall
mean each management, employment, severance, change of control,
consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, visas, work
permit or other agreement, contract or understanding, written or
otherwise, between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any
Employee;
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(vii) " ERISA " shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended;
(viii) " ERISA Affiliate " shall
mean any other person or entity under common control with the
Company within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of
the Code and the regulations issued thereunder;
(ix) " FMLA " shall mean the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended;
(x) " IRS " shall mean the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service;
(xi) " Multiemployer Plan " shall
mean any "Pension Plan" (as defined below) which is a
"multiemployer plan," as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA;
(xii) " Pension Plan " shall mean
each Company Employee Plan which is an "employee pension benefit
plan," within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
(b) Schedule . Section
2.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains an accurate
and complete list of each Company Employee Plan, and each
Employment Agreement. Except as set forth on Section 2.11(b)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company does not have any
plan or commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan or
Employment Agreement, to modify any Company Employee Plan or
Employment Agreement (except to the extent required by applicable
law, in each case as previously disclosed to Parent in writing, or
as required by this Agreement), or to adopt or enter into any
Company Employee Plan or Employment Agreement. The Company has not
extended credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed,
modified or forgiven an extension of credit made prior to such
date, in the form of a personal loan to or for any officer or
director of the Company.
(c) Documents . The Company has
furnished or made available to Parent correct and complete copies
of: (i) all documents embodying each Company Employee Plan, and
each Employment Agreement including all amendments thereto and all
related trust documents; (ii) the most recent annual actuarial
valuations and annual and periodic accounting, if any, prepared for
each Company Employee Plan; (iii) the three (3) most recent annual
reports (IRS Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial
statements attached thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the
Code in connection with each Company Employee Plan; (iv) the most
recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies) of
material modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with
respect to each Company Employee Plan; (v) the most recent IRS
determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each Company
Employee Plan, if applicable, and all applications and
correspondence to or from the IRS or the DOL with respect to any
such application or letter; (vi) all documents provided to any
Employee or Employees relating to any Company Employee Plan in each
case, relating to any amendments, terminations, establishments,
increases or decreases in benefits, acceleration of payments or
vesting schedules or other events which would result in any
material liability to the Company; (vii) all correspondence to or
from any governmental agency relating to any Company Employee Plan;
(viii) all
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COBRA forms and related notices
(or such forms and notices as required under comparable law); (ix)
the three (3) most recent plan years discrimination tests for each
Company Employee Plan, where applicable; (x) all material written
agreements and contracts relating to each Company Employee Plan,
including administrative service agreements and group insurance
contracts and group annuity contracts; and (xi) all registration
statements, annual reports (Form 11-K and all attachments thereto)
and prospectuses prepared in connection with each Company Employee
Plan.
(d) Employee Plan Compliance . To
the best of the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its ERISA
Affiliates have performed all material obligations required to be
performed by them under, are not, to the extent material, in
default or violation of, and neither Company nor its ERISA
Affiliates have any knowledge of any default or violation by any
other party to, any Company Employee Plan, and each Company
Employee Plan has been established and maintained in accordance
with its terms and in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including
but not limited to ERISA and the Code. Except as set forth in
Section 2.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the
best of the knowledge of the Company, any Company Employee Plan
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and each
trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code (i) has
either applied for, prior to the expiration of the requisite period
under applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury (" Treasury
") Regulations or IRS pronouncements, or obtained a favorable
determination, notification, advisory and/or opinion letter, as
applicable, as to its qualified status from the IRS, and (ii)
incorporates or has been amended to incorporate all provisions
required to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent
legislation. To the best of the knowledge of the Company, for each
Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code there has been no event, condition or
circumstance that has adversely affected or could adversely affect
the qualified status of such Company Employee Plan. To the best of
the knowledge of the Company, no material "prohibited transaction,"
within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and
407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA,
has occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan. To the best
of the knowledge of the Company, there are no actions, suits or
claims pending or, to Company's or any ERISA Affiliates' knowledge,
threatened (other than routine claims for benefits) against any
Company Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee
Plan that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to cause material liability to the Company. Each Company
Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued
after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without
liability to Parent, Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates (other
than routine administration expenses incurred with respect to any
such amendment, termination or discontinuance). There are no
audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or to Company's or any of
its ERISA Affiliates' knowledge threatened by the IRS, DOL, or any
other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee
Plan. Neither Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any
material penalty or Tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan
under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the
Code. Company and its ERISA Affiliates have each timely made all
contributions and other payments required by and due under the
terms of each Company Employee Plan to the extent any failure,
individually or in the aggregate, would result in material
Liabilities to the Company.
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(e) No Pension or Welfare Plans .
Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained,
established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, or
could have any obligation to, any (i) Pension Plan which is subject
to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, or (ii) "funded
welfare plan" within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code.
Neither the Company nor any Company subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate
has incurred or expects to incur any liability under Title IV of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.11 (e), no Company Employee Plan provides health benefits that
are not fully insured through an insurance contract.
(f) Collectively Bargained,
Multiemployer and Multiple Employer Plans . At no time has the
Company or any Affiliate contributed to or been obligated to
contribute to any Multiemployer Plan. Neither the Company, nor any
Affiliate has at any time ever maintained, established, sponsored,
participated in, or contributed to any multiple employer plan, or
to any plan described in Section 413 of the Code.
(g) Deferred Compensation Compliance
. To the best of the Company's knowledge and unless otherwise
disclosed on the Company Disclosure Letter, no compensation shall
be includable in the gross income of any Employee as a result of
the application of Section 409A of the Code.
(h) No Post-Employment Obligations .
Except as set forth in Section 2.11(h) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, no Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects
or represents any liability to provide retiree insurance or other
benefits to any person for any reason, except as may be required by
COBRA or other applicable statute, and the Company has never
represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written
form) to any Employee (either individually or to Employees as a
group) or any other person that such Employee(s) or other person
would be provided with retiree insurance or other benefits, except
to the extent required by applicable law.
(i)
Effect of Transaction .
(i) Except as set forth in Section
2.11(i)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution of
this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions or any
termination of employment or service in connection therewith will
not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or
subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee
Plan, Employment Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result
in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise),
acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution,
increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to
any Employee other than accrued payments (each, a " Benefit
").
(ii) No Benefit could give rise, directly
or indirectly, to the payment of any amount that could reasonably
be expected to be (i) non-deductible to Company under Section 280G
of the Code, (ii) characterized as a "parachute payment" within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code or (iii) subject to the excise
Tax under Section 4999 of the Code. The Company is not, nor has it
ever been, a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity agreement or
any other agreement that will require Parent or the Surviving
Corporation to "gross-up" or otherwise compensate any Employee
because of the
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imposition of any excise Tax.
Section 2.11(i)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists
as of the date of this Agreement each person who the Company
reasonably believes is, with respect to the Company, any Company
subsidiary and/or any ERISA affiliate, a "disqualified individual"
(within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder).
(j) Employment Matters . To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company: (i) is in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable federal, state and local
laws, rules, regulations and ordinances respecting employment,
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment,
discrimination in employment, worker classification, and wages,
benefits, hours, working conditions and occupational safety and
health and employment practices, in each case, with respect to
Employees; (ii) has withheld and reported all amounts required by
law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to
wages, benefits, salaries and other payments to Employees; (iii)
except for one week accrual of wages, is not liable for any arrears
of wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits or other
compensation due or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply
with any of the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment
to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on
behalf of any governmental authority, with respect to unemployment
compensation benefits, social security or other retiree benefits,
or other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than routine
payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent
with past practice). Except as set forth in Section 2.11(j)
of the Company Disclosure Letter and to the Company's knowledge,
there are no pending, threatened or reasonably anticipated claims
or actions against the Company under any workers' compensation
policy or long-term disability policy. Except as set forth in
Section 2.11(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the
employment of each Employee is terminable at the will of the
Company or its ERISA Affiliates and any such termination would
result in no liability to the Company or to any ERISA
Affiliate.
(k) Labor . To the knowledge of the
Company, no work stoppage or labor strike against the Company is
pending, threatened or reasonably anticipated. Except as set forth
in Section 2.11(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the
Company does not know of any current activities or proceedings of
any labor union to organize any Employees or of any such activities
or proceedings within the preceding three (3) years. Except as set
forth in Section 2.11(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
there are no actions, suits, claims, labor disputes or grievances
pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or
reasonably anticipated relating to any wage, benefit, medical or
family leave, labor, safety or discrimination matters involving any
Employee, including charges of wage and/or hour violations, unfair
labor practices, discrimination, or wrongful termination
complaints. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the
National Labor Relations Act.
(l) Disability or Other Leave . The
Company has furnished to Parent a list as of the date of this
Agreement showing the number of Employees who are not fully
available to perform work because of disability or other leave and
also lists, with respect to each such Employee, the basis of such
disability or leave.
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(m) WARN Act . To the knowledge of
the Company, the Company has complied with the Workers Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended (" WARN
Act ") and all similar state laws including applicable
provisions of state law. All Liabilities relating to the
employment, termination or employee benefits of any former
Employees previously terminated by the Company or an Affiliate
including all termination pay, severance pay or other amounts in
connection with the WARN Act and all similar state laws including
applicable provisions of the California Labor Code, have been
paid.
(n) Employee Information . The
Company and any subsidiary has furnished or made available to
Parent a true, correct and complete list compiled within ten (10)
days prior to the date of this Agreement of the names of all
current officers, directors, and employees of the Company and each
subsidiary showing each such person's name, position, date of hire,
and each such person's annualized salary and target commission (as
applicable), status as exempt/non-exempt, status as
full-/part-time, target bonus(es) and fringe benefits for the
current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal
year.
2.12 Proxy Statement . The Proxy
Statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in
connection with the Stockholders' Meeting (as hereinafter defined)
shall not, at the date the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) is first mailed to stockholders of the Company
and at the time of the 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
were made, not false or misleading or necessary to correct any
statement in any earlier communication with respect to the
solicitation of proxies, if any, for the Stockholders' Meeting,
which shall have become false or misleading. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with
respect to any information supplied by Parent, Merger Sub or any of
Parent's or Merger Sub's representatives in writing for inclusion
in the Proxy Statement. The Proxy Statement shall comply in all
material respects as to form with the requirements of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
2.13 Restrictions on Business
Activities . Except as set forth in Section 2.13 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract (noncompete or
otherwise), commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree
binding upon the Company or its subsidiaries or to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party which has or could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or
materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries as currently conducted.
2.14 Title to Property .
(a) Owned Real Property . Section
2.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete
and accurate list as of the date of this Agreement of all real
property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the "
Owned Real Estate ") and the location of the
premises.
(b) Leased Real Property .
Section 2.14(b ) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth
a complete and accurate list as of the date of this Agreement of
all real property leased, subleased by or from the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, or otherwise used or occupied
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by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (the " Leased Real Estate " and, together with
the Owned Real Estate, the " Company Real Estate "), the
name of the lessor, sublessor, master lessor and/or lessee, the
date and term of the lease, sublease or other occupancy right and
each amendment thereto, and the aggregate annual rental payable
thereunder. Section 2.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth a list of all leases, lease guaranties, subleases,
agreements for the leasing, use or occupancy of, or otherwise
granting a right in or relating to the Leased Real Estate,
including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof
(the " Real Estate Leases "). All such Real Estate Leases
are in full force and effect, are valid and effective in accordance
with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such
leases, any existing default or event of default (or event which
with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or to the Company's
knowledge, any other party thereto. Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries subleases any real property to any person or
entity other than the Company and its subsidiaries.
(c) Neither the operations of the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries on the Owned Real Estate nor, to the
Company's knowledge, such Leased Real Estate, violate in any
material respect any law relating to the particular property or
such operations. Except as set forth in Section 2.14(c) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company or its subsidiaries
currently occupies all of the Company Real Estate for the operation
of its business and there are no other parties occupying, or with a
right to occupy, the Company Real Estate. The Company or its
subsidiaries has performed all of their obligations under any
termination agreements pursuant to which the Company or its
subsidiaries has terminated any leases or subleases of real
property that are no longer in effect and has no continuing
liability with respect to such terminated real property leases or
subleases. Section 2.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth a list of all material leasehold improvements and other
material property, plant and equipment, real, personal and mixed,
used or held for use by the Company and its subsidiaries in their
business operations as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date. Such list
sets forth, with respect to such material property, plant and
equipment (including leasehold improvements) the asset
identification, location, acquisition date, original cost,
accumulated depreciation and net book value.
(d) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and valid title to,
or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold
interests in, all of its material tangible properties and assets
used or held for use in its business as of the date of this
Agreement, free and clear of all Encumbrances except for (i)
Encumbrances for Taxes (as herein defined) not yet due and payable
or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which adequate reserves have been established, (ii) statutory
Encumbrances which arise in the ordinary course of business, are
not material in amount and do not materially impair the Company's
or its subsidiaries' ownership or use of such properties and
assets, (iii) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under
workers' compensation laws or similar legislation, (iv) liens
securing indebtedness that are reflected on the Interim Balance
Sheet, or (v) defects in title, easements, restrictive covenants
and similar Encumbrances that individually, or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to materially impact the Company's
use of the property (each of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) a "
Permitted Encumbrance ").
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(e) All the
plants, structures, Company Real Estate and material equipment of
the Company and its subsidiaries, are in good operating condition
and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and are otherwise
suitable for the conduct of business as currently conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted.
2.15 Taxes .
(a) Definition of Taxes . For the
purposes of this Agreement, " Tax " or " Taxes ",
means (i) any and all federal, state and local taxes, assessments
and other governmental charges, duties, impositions and
liabilities, including taxes based upon or measured by gross
receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and value
added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll,
recapture, employment, excise and property taxes, together with all
interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such
amounts; (ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the
type described in clause (i) as a result of being a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period;
and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type
described in clause (i) or (ii) as a result of any express or
implied obligation to indemnify any other person or as a result of
any obligations under any agreements or arrangements with any other
person with respect to such amounts and including any liability for
taxes of a predecessor entity.
(b) Tax Returns and Audits
.
(i) Since January 1, 2003, the Company and
each of its subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state and
local returns, forms, estimates, information statements and reports
(" Returns ") relating to Taxes required to be filed by the
Company and each of its subsidiaries with any Tax authority, except
such Returns which are not, individually or in the aggregate,
material to the Company. The Company and each of its subsidiaries
have paid all Taxes shown to be due on such Returns. All Returns
were complete and accurate in all material respects and have been
prepared in all material respects in compliance with all applicable
Legal Requirements. The earliest Tax period of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries for which the statute of limitations is still
open is the [calendar] year 2003 (the " Open Date "). The
Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of
all United States federal income and state income and franchise Tax
Returns filed with respect to Tax periods ending on or after the
Open Date and any other Returns with respect to pending or
outstanding matters, all examination reports, closing agreements
and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(ii) Except as set forth in Section
2.15(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been delinquent in the
payment of any material Tax nor is there any material Tax
deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, nor has the Company or any of its
subsidiaries executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of
limitations on or extension of any the period for the assessment or
collection of any Tax. For purposes of this Section
2.15(b)(ii) only, "material Tax" and "material Tax deficiency"
shall mean any individual Tax or Tax deficiency of an amount
greater than $50,000.
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(iii) Except as set forth in Section
2.15(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no audit, or
pending audit of, or other examination of any Return of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries by any Tax authority is presently in
progress, nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries been
notified in writing of any request for such an audit or other
examination.
(iv) No unresolved adjustment relating to
any Returns filed or required to be filed by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries has been proposed in writing, formally or
informally, by any Tax authority to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any representative thereof.
(v) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has any material liability for any unpaid Taxes
(whether or not shown to be due on any Return) which has not been
accrued for or reserved on the Company's Interim Balance Sheet in
accordance with GAAP, whether asserted or unasserted, whether or
not shown on any Return, contingent or otherwise, other than any
liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the Interim
Balance Sheet Date in connection with the operation of the business
of the Company and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course. There
are no claims for Taxes being asserted against the Company or any
of its subsidiaries that have resulted in, and there are no,
Encumbrances with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Encumbrances which
are not, individually or in the aggregate, material, or customary
Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due and payable.
(vi) Except as set forth on Schedule
2.15(vi) there is no Contract, plan or arrangement to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party as of the date of
this Agreement, including but not limited to the provisions of this
Agreement, covering any Employee that, individually or
collectively, would reasonably be expected to give rise to the
payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to
Sections 404 or 162(m) of the Code.
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is party to or has any obligation under any
tax-sharing, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement or
arrangement, nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have
any liability or potential liability to another party under any
such agreement or arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has ever been a member of a group filing a
consolidated, unitary, combined or similar Return (other than
Returns which include only the Company and any of its subsidiaries)
under any federal, state or local law. Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is party to any joint venture, partnership or
other arrangement that could be treated as a partnership for
federal and applicable state or local Tax purposes.
(viii) None of the Company's or its
subsidiaries' assets are tax exempt use property within the meaning
of Section 168(h) of the Code.
(ix) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has constituted either a "distributing corporation" or
a "controlled corporation" in a distribution of stock intended to
qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (x) in
the two years prior
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to the date of this Agreement or
(y) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a
"plan" or "series of related transactions" (within the meaning of
Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the
Transactions.
(x) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has consummated, has participated in, or is currently
participating in any transaction which was or is a "Tax shelter,"
"listed transaction" or "reportable transaction" as defined in
Sections 6662, 6662A, 6011, 6012, 6111 or 6707A of the Code or the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not
limited to, transactions identified by the IRS by notice,
regulation or other form of published guidance as set forth in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(xi) The Company for itself and for its
subsidiaries has furnished or made available to Parent all
documentation relating to any Tax holidays or related incentives
utilized by the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the requirements for such Tax holidays or related
incentives.
(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is or has ever been a "United States real property
holding corporation" within the meaning of Section 897 of the
Code.
(xiii) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all
applicable Legal Requirements relating to the payment and
withholding of Taxes (including withholding of Taxes pursuant to
Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code), has, within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law, withheld from Employee
wages or compensation and p
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