AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
MOTOROLA GTG SUBSIDIARY VI
CORP.
TERAYON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS,
INC.
DATED AS OF APRIL 21,
2007
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1.2 Effective Time; Closing
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ARTICLE II CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND
BY-LAWS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
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2.1 The Certificate of Incorporation
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ARTICLE III OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE
SURVIVING CORPORATION
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ARTICLE IV CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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4.1 Conversion of Capital Stock
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4.2 Exchange of Certificates
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4.4 Employee Stock Purchase Plans
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4.5 Actions by the Company
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
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5.1 Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification; Subsidiaries
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5.3 Corporate Authority; Approval and
Fairness
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5.4 Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain
Contracts, Etc.
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5.6 SEC Filings; Financial Statements;
Information Provided
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5.7 Absence of Certain Changes
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5.10 Compliance with Laws; Permits
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5.11 Environmental Matters
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5.13 Employees; Independent
Contractors
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5.15 Intellectual Property
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5.16 Owned and Leased Properties
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5.17 Government Contracts
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5.18 Import and Export Control Laws
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5.19 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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5.21 Product Liability and Recalls
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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6.1 Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification
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6.2 Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents
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6.4 Operations of Merger Sub
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7.5 Filings; Other Actions;
Notification
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7.7 Notice of Certain Matters
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7.8 Removal of Company Common Stock From Pink
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7.10 Company and Parent Benefit Plans
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7.11 Loans to Company Employees, Officers and
Directors
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7.12 Indemnification; Directors’ and
Officers’ Insurance
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7.15 Litigation Insurance Policy
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8.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation
to Effect the Merger
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8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent and
Merger Sub
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8.3 Conditions to Obligation of the
Company
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9.1 Termination by Mutual Consent
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9.2 Termination by Either Parent or the
Company
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9.3 Termination by the Company
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9.4 Termination by Parent
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9.5 Effect of Termination and
Abandonment
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
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10.2 Modification or Amendment
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10.3 Waiver of Conditions
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10.5 GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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10.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries
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10.9 Obligations of Parent and of the
Company
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10.12 Interpretation; Construction
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Term
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5.2(a)
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5.2(a)
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4.4(a)
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5.2(a)
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5.2(a)
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5.8(a)
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Adverse Recommendation Notice
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7.2(c)(i)
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5.2(d)
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Preamble
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Alternative Acquisition Agreement
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7.2(a)
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7.5(b)
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7.16(a)
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5.17
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8.2(c)(i)
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1.2
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2.2
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4.2(b)
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1.2
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Change in Company Recommendation
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7.2(b)
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2.1
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1.2
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1.2
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4.2(f)
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Preamble
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5.4(a)
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5.9(a)
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5.1(a)
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Company Board Recommendation
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5.3(b)
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4.1(b)
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Company Disclosure Schedule
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Article
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5.9(b)
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4.4(a)
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Company Government Contract
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5.17
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Company Government Subcontract
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5.17
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5.16(b)
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Company Material Adverse Effect
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5.1(d)
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Company Material Contract
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5.5(a)
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7.4
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Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plan
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5.9(f)
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5.2(a)
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5.9(b)
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5.10
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7.2(a)
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5.2(c)
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Term
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5.2(a)
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5.2(a)
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9.4(b)
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7.2(c)(ii)
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Confidentiality Agreement
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10.7
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Preamble
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5.4(b)
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5.15(q)(i)
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7.12(a)
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Recitals
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4.6(a)
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1.2
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5.13(a)
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5.11(a)
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5.9(a)
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5.9(a)
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5.4(a)
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4.2(a)
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4.2(a)
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10.14
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5.18(a)
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5.19
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5.2(e)
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5.4(a)
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5.11(a)
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5.1(d)
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5.8(c)
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7.12(a)
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5.15(q)(ii)
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5.1(c)
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5.9(b)
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5.13(c)
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10.12
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5.10
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5.15(o)
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Litigation Insurance Policy
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7.15
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Material Environmental Reports
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5.11(a)
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5.5(a)(iii)
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5.5(a)(iii)
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5.5(a)(v)
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7.12(b)
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1.1
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4.1(c)
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Preamble
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5.6(f)
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4.3
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4.3
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8.1(c)
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Term
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Section
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Owned Intellectual Property
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Preamble
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Parent Material Adverse Effect
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6.1
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1.1
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9.5(b)
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7.2(c)(v)
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5.15(c)
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5.15(d)
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5.15(d)
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5.15(c)
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5.15(q)(vi)
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement
”) is dated as of April 21, 2007, by and among Terayon
Communication Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), Motorola, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ Parent ”), and Motorola GTG Subsidiary VI
Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent (“ Merger Sub ”). The Company and Merger
Sub are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “
Constituent Corporations .”
WHEREAS,
Parent and the respective boards of directors of Merger Sub and the
Company have deemed it advisable and in the best interests of their
respective corporations and stockholders that Parent and the
Company consummate the business combination and other transactions
provided for in this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the respective boards of directors of Merger Sub and the Company
have approved, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation
Law (“ Delaware Law ”), this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger (as defined
below);
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of the Company has resolved to recommend to
its stockholders approval and adoption of this Agreement and
approval of the Merger;
WHEREAS,
Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, has approved and
adopted this Agreement and approved the Merger pursuant to the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain
representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the
Merger and also to prescribe certain conditions to the
Merger;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1.1 The
Merger . At the Effective Time (as defined below) and subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
applicable provisions of Delaware Law, Merger Sub will be merged
with and into the Company (the “ Merger ”), the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease and the
Company will continue as the surviving corporation and as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The surviving corporation after
the Merger is sometimes referred to as the “ Surviving
Corporation .”
1.2 Effective
Time; Closing . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law
(the “ Certificate of Merger ”) (the time of
such filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or
such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and
Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger is referred to as
the “ Effective Time ”) on the Closing Date. The
closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall
take place at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, 35 West
Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, at a time and
date to be
specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the second
Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Article VIII (other than those that by their
terms are to be satisfied or waived at the Closing), or at such
other time, date and location as the parties agree in writing. The
date on which the Closing occurs is referred to as the “
Closing Date .” “ Business Day ”
means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
Parent is closed for business or banking institutions located in
Chicago, Illinois are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close.
1.3 Effect of
the Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger
will be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions
of Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
at the Effective Time all the property, rights, privileges, powers
and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub will vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, obligations, claims,
liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub will become
the debts, obligations, claims, liabilities and duties of the
Surviving Corporation.
ARTICLE II
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
2.1 The
Certificate of Incorporation . At the Effective Time, the
certificate of incorporation of the Company in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to be identical to the certificate of incorporation of the
Merger Sub (the “ Charter ”) attached hereto as
Exhibit A , until later amended as provided in the
Charter or by applicable Law; provided , however ,
that at the Effective Time, Article I of the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation will be amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows: “The name of the
corporation is Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.”. After
the Effective Time, the authorized capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation shall consist of 1,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share.
2.2 The
By-Laws . At the Effective Time, the by-laws of the Company in
effect at the Effective Time will be amended and restated in their
entirety to be identical to the by-laws of Merger Sub, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “ By-Laws
”), until later amended as provided in the By-Laws or by
applicable Law.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
3.1
Directors . The directors of Merger Sub at the Effective
Time will, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of
the Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly
elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the
By-Laws, and the board of directors of the Company shall take all
such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to give effect to
the foregoing.
3.2
Officers . The officers of Merger Sub at the Effective Time
will, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly elected
or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the
By-Laws.
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ARTICLE IV
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
4.1 Conversion
of Capital Stock . As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, the
Company or any holder of shares of the capital stock of the Company
or capital stock of Merger Sub, the following will
occur:
(a)
Capital Stock of Merger Sub . Each share of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into and
become one fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(b)
Cancellation of Treasury Stock and Parent-Owned Stock . All
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
(“ Company Common Stock ”) that are owned by the
Company as treasury stock and any shares of Company Common Stock
owned by Parent or Merger Sub or any direct or indirect
Subsidiaries of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time will
be cancelled and will cease to exist and no payment will be made
with respect thereto.
(c)
Merger Consideration for Company Common Stock . Subject to
Section 4.2 , each share of Company Common Stock (other
than shares to be cancelled in accordance with
Section 4.1(b) and Dissenting Shares (as defined
below)) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time will be automatically converted into the right to receive
$1.80 in cash per share, without interest (the “ Merger
Consideration ”). As of the Effective Time, all shares of
Company Common Stock will no longer be outstanding and will
automatically be cancelled and cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate representing any such shares of Company Common Stock
will cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the
right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this
Section 4.1(c) upon the surrender of such certificate
in accordance with Section 4.2 , without interest (or
in the case of Dissenting Shares, the rights contemplated by
Section 4.6 ).
(d)
Adjustments to Prevent Dilution . In the event that the
Company changes the number of shares of Company Common Stock or
securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for
shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the
Effective Time as a result of a reclassification, stock split
(including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution,
recapitalization, merger, subdivision, issuer tender or exchange
offer, or other similar transaction, the Merger Consideration will
be equitably adjusted; provided , however , that no
such adjustment will be made for issuances of shares of Company
Common Stock (or securities convertible or exchangeable into or
exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock) that occur in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business pursuant to the
conversion, exchange or exercise of any outstanding securities
which are in existence as of the date of this Agreement or
permitted by the terms hereof to be issued after the date
hereof.
4.2 Exchange of
Certificates . The procedures for exchanging outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock for the Merger Consideration pursuant to
the Merger are as follows:
(a)
Exchange Agent . At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent
shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with an exchange agent
appointed by Parent and reasonably approved by the Company prior to
the date of this Agreement (the “ Exchange Agent
”), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company
Common Stock, for payment through the Exchange Agent in accordance
with this Section 4.2 , cash in an amount equal to the
product of the Merger Consideration and the number of shares of
Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (exclusive of any shares to be cancelled
pursuant to Section 4.1(b) ) (the “ Exchange
Fund ”). Pending distribution of the
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cash deposited
with the Exchange Agent, such cash will be held in trust for the
benefit of the holders of Company Common Stock entitled to receive
the Merger Consideration and will not be used for any other
purposes; provided , however , any interest and other
income resulting from such investment shall become a part of the
Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable
under Section 4.1(c) will be promptly returned to
Parent. The Exchange Agent shall invest the Exchange Fund as
directed by Parent provided that (i) such investments will be
in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, in
commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &
Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or in certificates of
deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances
of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion, and
(ii) no such investments will have maturities that could
prevent or delay payments to be made pursuant to this
Article IV .
(b)
Exchange Procedures . Promptly (and in any event within five
(5) Business Days) after the Effective Time, Parent shall
cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of a
certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (each, a
“ Certificate ”) (i) a letter of
transmittal in customary form and as reasonably approved by the
Company and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of
the Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration payable
with respect thereto. Upon surrender of a Certificate (or effective
affidavit of loss required by Section 4.2(g) ) for
cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a duly executed
letter of transmittal, the holder of such Certificate will be
entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration
that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the
provisions of this Article IV , subject to any required
withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 4.2(f) , and the
surrendered Certificate will immediately be cancelled. No interest
will be paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender of
such Certificates. In the event a transfer of ownership of Company
Common Stock is not registered in the transfer records of the
Company, it will be a condition of payment of the Merger
Consideration that (A) the surrendered Certificate be properly
endorsed, with signatures guaranteed, or otherwise in proper form
for transfer, and (B) the Person requesting payment
(I) pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the
payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the
surrendered Certificate, or (II) establish to the satisfaction
of Parent that such Taxes have been paid or are not applicable.
Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 4.2 ,
each Certificate (or effective affidavit of loss required by
Section 4.2(g) ) will be deemed at any time after the
Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such
surrender the Merger Consideration as contemplated by this
Section 4.2 . The term “ Person ”
means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated
organization or other entity.
(c)
No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock . From
and after the Effective Time, there will be no further registration
of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving
Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and holders of
Certificates will cease to have any rights as stockholders of the
Surviving Corporation other than the right to receive the Merger
Consideration upon surrender of such Certificates in accordance
with Section 4.2(b) and Section 4.2(g) (or in
the case of Dissenting Shares, the rights contemplated by
Section 4.6 ) and any dividend or distribution with
respect to shares of Company Common Stock evidenced by such
Certificates with a record date prior to the Closing Date. If,
after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the
Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they
will be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this
Article IV .
(d)
Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange
Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of Company Common
Stock on the date that is 180 days after the Effective Time
will be delivered to Parent, and any former holder of Company
Common Stock who has not previously complied with this
Section 4.2 will be entitled to receive, upon demand,
only from Parent payment of its claim for the Merger Consideration,
without interest.
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(e)
No Liability . To the extent permitted by applicable Law,
none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation
or the Exchange Agent will be liable to any holder of shares of
Company Common Stock delivered to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(f)
Withholding Rights . Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and
the Surviving Corporation will be entitled to deduct and withhold
from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock such
amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to
the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “ Code ”), or any other
applicable state, local or foreign Law related to Taxes. To the
extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation or
Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts (i) will be
remitted by Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may
be, to the applicable Governmental Entity, and (ii) will be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to
the holder of the shares of Company Common Stock in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving
Corporation or Parent, as the case may be.
(g)
Lost Certificates . If any Certificate has been lost, stolen
or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed,
and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond in
such reasonable amount as Parent may direct as indemnity against
any claim that may be made against it with respect to such
Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall pay, in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration to
be paid pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the shares of
Company Common Stock formerly represented by such
Certificate.
4.3 Company
Options . Each Company Stock Option (as defined in Section
5.2(a) ), to the extent outstanding and unexercised as of the
Effective Time, shall be cancelled and shall thereafter no longer
be exercisable except that the holder thereof (the “
Option Holder ”) shall be entitled to a payment in
cash (the “ Option Payment ”), as of the
Effective Time, in an amount (if any) equal to (i) the product
of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to
such Company Stock Option held by such Option Holder, whether or
not then vested or exercisable, and (y) the excess, if any, of
the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of
Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option,
minus (ii) all applicable federal, state and local
Taxes required to be withheld by the Company. At or prior to the
Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited,
with the Company, for the benefit of the Option Holders, cash in an
amount equal the aggregate amount of all Option Payments. Each
Option Payment shall be paid by the Company or its agent to the
applicable Option Holder as promptly as reasonably practicable
after the Closing Date. The Company Board (or an appropriate
committee thereof) agrees to adopt resolutions to amend the Company
Stock Plans to approve and effectuate the foregoing.
4.4 Employee
Stock Purchase Plans . The Company shall take all actions with
respect to the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the
“ 1998 ESPP ”) and the 1998 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan for Foreign Employees (the “ Foreign
Employees ESPP ”, and together with the 1998 ESPP, the
“ Company ESP Plans ”) as are necessary to
assure that (i) the Company ESP Plans shall continue to be
suspended, (ii) there shall not be any additional Offering
Period (as defined in the 1998 ESPP) or additional Purchase Period
(as defined in the Foreign Employees ESPP), as the case may be,
commencing following the date of this Agreement, and
(iii) immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company ESP
Plans are terminated.
4.5 Actions by
the Company . Except as contemplated by Section 4.3
, the Company shall take all actions necessary to ensure that from
and after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation is not bound
by any options, warrants, rights, awards, convertible debt
securities, other convertible securities
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or similar
arrangements to which the Company is a party which would entitle
any Person (other than Parent) to beneficially own shares of the
Surviving Corporation or Parent or receive any payments (other than
as set forth in Section 4.3 ) in respect of such
options, warrants, rights, awards, convertible debt securities,
other convertible securities or similar arrangements.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares
of Company Common Stock held by a holder who is entitled to demand
and properly demands (and has not effectively withdrawn or lost
such demand) appraisal rights under Section 262 of Delaware
Law (collectively, the “ Dissenting Shares ”),
will not be converted into or represent a right to receive the
Merger Consideration, but the holder of Dissenting Shares will only
be entitled to such rights as are provided by Delaware Law,
including the right to receive payment of the fair value of such
holder’s Dissenting Shares in accordance with the provisions
of Section 262 of Delaware Law.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4.6(a) , if any holder of
Dissenting Shares effectively withdraws or loses (through failure
to perfect or otherwise) such holder’s appraisal rights under
Delaware Law, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the
occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares will
automatically be converted into and represent only the right to
receive the Merger Consideration, without interest thereon, upon
compliance with the exchange procedures (including the surrender of
the Certificate representing such shares) set forth in
Section 4.2 .
(c) The
Company shall give Parent (i) prompt written notice of any
written demand for appraisal received by the Company pursuant to
the applicable provisions of Delaware Law, and (ii) the opportunity
to participate in any negotiations and proceedings with respect to
such demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior written
consent of Parent, negotiate with any holder of Company Common
Stock the terms of any payment, or make any payment, with respect
to any such demands or offer to settle or settle any such demands,
and the Company shall not communicate with any holder of Company
Common Stock with respect to such demands, without prior
consultation with Parent, except for communications directed to the
Company’s stockholders generally or as required by
Law.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The
Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that the
statements contained in this Article V are true and
correct, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered
by the Company to Parent and Merger Sub prior to the execution of
this Agreement (the “ Company Disclosure Schedule
”). The Company Disclosure Schedule is arranged in sections
and paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections
and paragraphs contained in this Article V , and the
disclosure in any section or paragraph qualifies (a) the
corresponding section or paragraph in this Article V
and (b) the other sections and paragraphs in this
Article V to the extent that it is reasonably apparent
from a reading of such disclosure that it also qualifies or applies
to such other sections and paragraphs.
5.1
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification; Subsidiaries
.
(a) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
its respective jurisdiction of organization, has all requisite
corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted, and, except as set forth on Section 5.1(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, is duly qualified to do business and,
where applicable as a legal concept, is in good
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standing as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or
operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
organized, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or
authority, when taken together with all other such failures, has
not had, and is not reasonably expected to have, a Company Material
Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company has made available
to Parent a complete and correct copy of the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws (or equivalent governing instruments) of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and all amendments to such
instruments. The certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or
equivalent governing instruments) of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries made available are in full force and effect. The
Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of
the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders, the board of
directors of the Company (the “ Company Board
”), the board of directors of each Subsidiary of the Company
and each committee of the Company Board and each board of directors
of its Subsidiaries held between January 1, 2002 and
April 20, 2007. As used in this Agreement “made
available” means that the subject documents were posted for
secure external viewing on the Company’s virtual data room in
connection with negotiating this Agreement, or otherwise made
available to Parent in writing.
(b) Section 5.1(b)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate
list of (x) each of the Company’s Subsidiaries and the
ownership interest of the Company in each such Subsidiary, as well
as the ownership interest of any other Person or Persons in each
such Subsidiary and (y) each jurisdiction where the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries is organized and qualified to do
business.
(c) Section 5.1(c)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate
list of any and all Persons, not constituting Subsidiaries of the
Company, of which the Company directly or indirectly owns an equity
or similar interest, or an interest convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for an equity or similar interest
(collectively, the “ Investments ”).
(d) The
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, owns
all shares of capital stock or other securities owned by it in its
Subsidiaries, and all Investments owned by it, free and clear of
all liens, pledges, security interests, claims or other
encumbrances (“ Liens ”), and there are no
outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries permitting the repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition of any of its interest in any Subsidiary or Investment
or requiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to provide
funds to, make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital
contribution or otherwise) in, provide any guarantee with respect
to, or assume, endorse or otherwise become responsible for the
obligations of, any Subsidiary or Investment. The Company does not
own, directly or indirectly, any voting interest in any Person that
requires an additional filing by Parent under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended (the “ HSR
Act ”).
The term (i)
“ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to the
Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, any entity,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which at least a
majority of the securities or ownership interests having by their
terms voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or
other persons performing similar functions is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such party or by one or more of
its respective Subsidiaries, and (ii) “ Company Material
Adverse Effect ” means (X) any change or effect on
the Company that is reasonably likely to prevent the Company from
consummating the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, or (Y) any materially adverse change in, or
materially adverse effect on, either individually or in the
aggregate with all such other adverse changes in or effects on, the
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations,
operations, business, assets (including intangible assets) or
liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
excluding, in each case:
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(a) changes
or effects that are primarily the result of general economic or
business conditions, or conditions in financial or securities
markets, in the United States;
(b) changes
or effects that are primarily the result of factors generally
affecting the industries or markets in which the Company
operates;
(c) changes
or effects that result from the effect of the public announcement
or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby on employees of
the Company and its Subsidiaries or the public announcement by
Parent of its plans with respect to the business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(d) changes
resulting from or arising out of actions taken pursuant (and/or
required by) this Agreement or at the request of Parent, or the
failure to take any actions due to restrictions set forth in this
Agreement; provided , however , to the extent that
the Company reasonably believes that taking any action required by
this Agreement or at the request of Parent, or failing to take any
action prohibited by this Agreement, could reasonably be expected
to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, only if the Company
provides timely prior notification to Parent of such belief, and
Parent does not provide timely relief from the provisions of this
Agreement or its request, shall the changes or effects resulting
from this subsection (d) be deemed to not constitute a Company
Material Adverse Effect;
(e) any
changes in the price or trading volume of the Company’s stock
on the Pink Sheets or other over the counter market;
provided , however , that the exception in this
clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that
any change, effect, circumstance or development underlying such
changes has or has not resulted in, or contributed to, a Company
Material Adverse Effect, and no such changes shall be used as
evidence that some other change, effect, circumstance or
development has had or has not had a Company Material Adverse
Effect; or
(f) any
adverse changes arising from or relating to any change in GAAP or
any change in applicable Laws, in each case, proposed, adopted or
enacted after the date hereof, or the interpretation or enforcement
thereof;
provided , further , that the Company successfully
bears the burden of proving that any such change or effect in
clause (a), (b) or (f) immediately above does not
(i) primarily relate only to (or have the effect of primarily
relating only to) the Company and its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) disproportionately adversely affect the Company and its
Subsidiaries compared to other companies of similar size operating
in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate.
In addition, with respect to clause (a) or (b) above, the
Company shall bear the burden of proving that any such change or
effect primarily results from the factors identified in such
clause.
(a) As
of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 200,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the “ Preferred Shares ”). All of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. At
the close of business on April 20, 2007, 77,637,177 shares of
Company Common Stock and no Preferred Shares were issued and
outstanding. At the close of business on April 20, 2007, the
Company had no shares of Company Common Stock or Preferred Shares
reserved for issuance and no other form of equity award had been
granted, except that: (i) 12,109,924 shares of Company Common
Stock were reserved for issuance by the Company pursuant to
outstanding options (a “ Company Stock Option ”)
under the Company’s 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the
“ 1995 Plan ”), 1997 Equity Incentive Plan,
as
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amended (the
“ 1997 Plan ”), 1998 Non-Employee
Director’s Stock Option Plan (the “ 1998 Plan
”), 1999 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan (the “
1999 Plan ” and, together with the 1995 Plan, the 1997
Plan and the 1998 Plan, the “ Company Option Plans
”) or granted outside of the Company Option Plans;
(ii) 1,812,024 shares of Company Common Stock were reserved
for issuance and available for future grants under the Company
Option Plans; (iii) 600,371 shares of Company Common Stock
were reserved for issuance for future purchase rights under the
Company ESP Plans (together with the Company Option Plans, the
“ Company Stock Plans ”); (iv) 2,000,000
Preferred Shares were reserved for issuance in connection with the
Company Rights Agreement (as defined below); and (v) 156,667
shares of Company Common Stock were held by the Company in its
treasury. As of the date hereof, the Company has granted pursuant
to the 1995 Plan and the 1999 Plan, 692 shares of Company Common
Stock in the form of restricted stock, all of which are vested as
of the date hereof and included in the number of issued and
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock set forth above.
Section 5.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
true and complete list, as of the close of business on
April 20, 2007, of: (i) all Company Stock Plans,
indicating for each Company Stock Plan, as of such date, the number
of shares of Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company
Stock Options and restricted stock awards under such Company Stock
Plan and the number of shares of Company Common Stock reserved for
future issuance under such Company Stock Plan; and (ii) all
outstanding Company Stock Options, indicating with respect to each
such Company Stock Option the name of the holder of such option,
the Company Stock Plan under which it was granted (or if it was
granted outside of the Company Option Plans), the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option, the
exercise price, the date of grant, and the vesting schedule,
including whether (and to what extent) the vesting accelerates in
any way by the execution of this Agreement, the consummation of the
Merger or termination of employment or change in position following
consummation of the Merger. No form of equity award, including,
without limitation, shares of restricted stock or other similar
rights is outstanding under the Company Option Plans, except for
the Company Stock Options and restricted stock awards set forth on
Section 5.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. There are
no outstanding stock purchase rights under the Company ESP Plans.
The Company has made available to Parent complete and accurate
copies of all Company Stock Plans, and the forms of all stock
option agreements and notices of grants or awards evidencing
Company Stock Options, and forms of all purchase or participation
elections under the Company ESP Plans. As of the date hereof, the
Company Common Stock is quoted on the “Pink Sheets”
(the “ Pink Sheets ”), published by Pink Sheets,
LLC.
(b) Each
of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of
each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Except
as set forth above in this Section 5.2 or in
Section 5.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and except
for the rights (the “ Rights ”) issuable
pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2001
(the “ Company Rights Agreement ”), between the
Company and Fleet National Bank, as rights agent, in respect of
which no Distribution Date (as defined in the Company Rights
Agreement) has occurred, there are no preemptive or other
outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, phantom
stock units, restricted stock units, or stock appreciation rights
or similar rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights,
agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind
that obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or
sell any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any
Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no securities or
obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or
outstanding. The Company does not have outstanding any bonds,
debentures, notes or other obligations (i) the terms of which
provide the holders the right to vote with the stockholders of the
Company on any matter or (ii) that are convertible into or
exercisable for securities having the right to vote with the
stockholders of the Company on any matter (any such bonds,
debentures, notes or obligations, “ Voting Debt
”).
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(d) There
are no registration rights to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or they are bound with
respect to any equity security of any class of the Company. Neither
the Company nor any of its Affiliates (as defined below) is a party
to or is bound by any agreements or understandings with respect to
the voting (including voting trusts and proxies) or sale or
transfer (including agreements imposing transfer restrictions) of
any shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the
Company, except for transfer restrictions under the terms of the
Company Stock Options. Except as set forth on Section 5.2(d)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company
Common Stock or the capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. As used in this Agreement with respect to any party,
the term “ Affiliate ” means any Person who is
an “affiliate” of that party within the meaning of
Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.
(e) Except
as set forth on Section 5.2(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (i) all Company Stock Options awarded under the
Company Option Plans were duly and lawfully granted and approved in
accordance with the requirements of the applicable corporate, Tax
Laws, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), U.S. state securities Laws, any
non-U.S. securities Laws and the terms of the applicable Company
Stock Plan; (ii) the Company’s minutes, grantee
documentation and other equity plan administration records each
reflect the proper measurement date of each such Company Stock
Option pursuant to the applicable requirements of United States
generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP
”) in effect at the time of each grant; and (iii) all of
the Company’s financial statements filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC
”) have accounted for and reflected in accordance with GAAP
in all material respects all awards, modifications, exchanges, or
other transactions in connection with the Company Stock Plans. The
fair market value of each Company Stock Option on the date of grant
was established in accordance with a valuation methodology set
forth under the terms of the applicable Company Stock Plan and
meets the requirements of Sections 409A, 422 and 423 of the
Code, as, and to the extent, applicable. All purchase rights
previously granted under the Company ESP Plans were granted in
accordance with all of the requirements of Section 423(b) of the
Code. Except as set forth on Section 5.2(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, each Company Stock Option was granted with an
exercise price per share that was not less than the fair market
value per share of the Company Common Stock on the date of grant.
The Company has complied in all material respects with all required
income and payroll tax withholding and reporting requirements with
respect to the Company Stock Plans and all grants, exercises,
issuances and other transactions thereunder.
5.3 Corporate
Authority; Approval and Fairness .
(a) The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority and has
taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to consummate
the Merger, subject only to adoption of this Agreement and approval
of the Merger by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (the
“ Shareholder Approval ”), and the filing of the
Certificate of Merger pursuant to Delaware Law. This Agreement is a
valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including all Laws relating
to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar
Laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally now
or hereafter in effect and except as enforcement is subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).
(b) On
or prior to the date hereof, the Company Board, acting unanimously,
has (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair
to, and in the best interests of, the Company and the holders of
Company Common Stock, (ii) approved this Agreement and
declared its advisability in
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accordance with
the provisions of Delaware Law, (iii) resolved to recommend
this Agreement and the Merger to the holders of Company Common
Stock for adoption and approval in accordance with
Section 7.4 of this Agreement (the “ Company
Board Recommendation ”), and (iv) directed that this
Agreement and the Merger be submitted to the holders of Company
Common Stock for consideration in accordance with this Agreement.
The Company Board has received the opinion of its financial
advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co., to the effect that (subject to
the assumptions and qualifications set forth in such opinion), as
of the date of such opinion, the $1.80 in cash per share to be
received by the holders of the shares of Company Common Stock
pursuant to the Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to
such holders.
5.4
Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts,
Etc.
(a) Other
than (i) the filings, approvals and/or notices pursuant to
Section 1.2 , (ii) the pre-merger notification
requirements under the HSR Act (or similar foreign filings, if
applicable), (iii) applicable requirements, if any, of the
Securities Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“ Exchange Act ”), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, including the requirement to file the Proxy
Statement with the SEC, (iv) such consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be
required under applicable U.S. state securities Laws, and
(v) the notifications, consents and approvals set forth in
Section 5.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (all of such
filings, approvals, notices, consents, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and notifications described in clauses
(i) through (v) above, collectively, the “ Company
Approvals ”), no notices, reports or other filings are
required to be made by the Company with, nor are any consents,
registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be
obtained by the Company from, any foreign or domestic governmental
or regulatory authority (including self-regulatory authorities),
agency, commission, body or other governmental entity, or any
quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory,
taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental
authority (“ Governmental Entity ”), in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby, except those that the
failure to make or obtain are not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably expected to result in a material liability to
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company do not, and the consummation by the Company of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby will not, constitute
or result in (i) a breach or violation of, or a default under,
the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the
equivalent governing instruments of any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) a breach or violation of, a termination (or right of
termination) or a default under, or the acceleration of any
obligations or the creation of a Lien on the assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) pursuant to, any agreement, lease, license, contract,
note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement or other obligation, whether
oral or written (“ Contracts ”) binding upon the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Laws or governmental or
non-governmental permit or license to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is subject, or (iii) any change in the rights
or obligations of any party under any of the Contracts, except, in
the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, for any conflict,
breach, violation, termination, default, acceleration, creation or
change that has not had, and is not reasonably expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Section 5.4(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all
notices, consents or waivers that are expressly required under the
provisions of the Contracts referred to in Section 5.5(a) or
Contracts for Third Party Embedded Software or Third Party IP
Licenses (other than software subject to open source or similar
type license agreements) as a result of the Merger or other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that are necessary
to avoid the other party to any such Contract or
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Third Party IP
License having a right to terminate or claim a breach of any such
agreement as a result of the Merger or other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(a) The
term “ Company Material Contract ” means any of
the following:
(i) any
“material contract” (as such term is defined in
Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(ii) any
employment, service or consulting Contract or arrangement with any
current or former executive officer of the Company or member of the
Company Board, and any employment, service or consulting Contract
or arrangement with any other employee of the Company or its
Subsidiaries that provides for at least $100,000 in base
compensation, other than those that are terminable by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries on no more than thirty
(30) days’ notice without liability or financial
obligation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) any Contract
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any current
customer of the Company and its Subsidiaries (A) with respect
to which the Company and its Subsidiaries recognized cumulative
revenue during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2006
in excess of one percent (1%) of the Company’s consolidated
revenue during that period (each such customer, a “ Major
Customer ,” and each Contract referenced in this
Section 5.5(a)(iii)(A) , a “ Major Customer
Contract ”), or (B) that contains any covenant of
the Company granting any exclusivity rights or contains most
favored customer pricing provisions;
(iv) any Contract
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any current
customer of the Company and its Subsidiaries that contains any
(A) penalties imposed on the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for late delivery of the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ products or breach of other performance
obligations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(B) penalties (other than standard warranty obligations agreed
to by the Company in the ordinary course of business) imposed on
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries associated with repairs,
returns or quality performance of the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ products or services;
(v) any Contract
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any supplier of
goods, products or components (including software) and/or services
with respect to which the Company and its Subsidiaries made
cumulative expenditures during the twelve-month period ended
December 31, 2006 greater than $50,000 (each such supplier, a
“ Major Supplier ”);
(vi) (A) any
Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any
sole source suppliers, or (B) original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) Contracts, electronic manufacturing services
(EMS) Contracts, original design and manufacturing supply
(ODM) Contracts, third party logistics (3PL) Contracts,
transportation Contracts, and other contract manufacturing
Contracts, or any other Contract that licenses or otherwise
authorizes any Person to design, manufacture, reproduce, develop or
modify the products, services or technology of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than agreements allowing internal backup copies
to be made by end-user customers in the ordinary course of
business);
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(vii) Contracts
(A) that contain any “take or pay” or volume
commitment provisions binding the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (B) that contain provisions granting any
rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar
rights to any Person other than the Company in a manner which is
material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole;
(viii)
(A) any Contract containing any covenant limiting in any
respect the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
engage in any line of business, or to compete with any Person in
any line of business or in the geographic locations in which any
such Person may engage in business, or (B) any Contract
otherwise prohibiting or limiting the right of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to (x) make, sell or distribute any products or
services or (y) use, transfer, license, distribute or enforce
any Intellectual Property rights owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries immediately prior to the execution of such
Contract;
(ix) any Contract
relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement of a material
amount of assets not in the ordinary course of business or pursuant
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any material
ownership interest in any other Person other than the
Company’s Subsidiaries (including joint venture, partnership
or other similar agreements);
(x) any Contract
which provides access to source code to any Person for all or any
portion of any product of the Company or Owned Intellectual
Property in any circumstance;
(xi) any Contract
or other arrangement constituting a “direct financial
obligation” or “off-balance sheet arrangement” as
defined under Item 2.03(c) and (d) in SEC Form 8-K (without
regard to its materiality) and any other mortgages, indentures,
guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or
other Contracts relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or extension of credit, other than accounts
receivables and payables in the ordinary course of
business;
(xii) any
settlement agreement entered into by the Company or, to the extent
possessed by or available to the Company, by any current or former
executive officer within five (5) years prior to the date of
this Agreement, other than (A) releases immaterial in nature
or amount entered into with former employees or independent
contractors of the Company in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the routine cessation of such employee’s
employment or independent contractor’s service arrangement
with the Company, or (B) settlement agreements with Persons
other than Governmental Entities for cash only (which has been
paid) that do not exceed $50,000 as to such settlement;
(xiii) any
Contract not described in clause (vi) above under which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (A) granted a license
or other right to or under any Owned Intellectual Property or a
sublicense or other right to or under any Intellectual Property
licensed under a Third Party License, in each case to any Person,
other than to customers, distributors and other resellers in the
ordinary course of business, or (B) assigned any Intellectual
Property previously owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and material to the operation of their respective businesses, as
applicable, to any Third Party within four (4) years prior to
the date of this Agreement;
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(xiv) any Contract
not otherwise described in this Section 5.5(a) which
has aggregate future sums due from the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 and is not terminable by the
Company or any such Subsidiary (without penalty or payment) on
ninety (90) or fewer days’ notice;
(xv) any Contract
(A) with any Affiliate of the Company (other than its
Subsidiaries), (B) with investment bankers, financial
advisors, attorneys, accountants or other advisors retained by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving payments by or to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $50,000 on an
annual basis during the three (3) years prior to the date of
this Agreement, or any such Contract pursuant to which the Company
has ongoing obligations, (C) providing for indemnification by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person, except for
any such Contract that is (x) not material to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries and (y) entered into in the ordinary
course of business, (D) containing a standstill or similar
agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
have agreed not to acquire assets or securities of another Person,
or (E) relating to currency hedging or similar
transactions.
(b) Section 5.5(b)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list (arranged in
clauses corresponding to the clauses set forth in
Section 5.5(a) ) of all Company Material Contracts to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound by
as of the date of this Agreement. A complete and accurate copy of
each Company Material Contract has been made available to Parent
(including all amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals,
guarantees or other Contracts with respect thereto).
(c) All
Company Material Contracts are valid and binding and in full force
and effect, except to the extent they have previously expired in
accordance with their terms. Except as set forth on
Section 5.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated in any material
respect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no other party to
any of the Company Material Contracts has violated in any material
respect, any provision of, or committed or failed to perform any
act which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would
constitute a material default under the provisions of such Company
Material Contract. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no other party to such
Contracts has repudiated by oral or written notice to the Company
any material provision of any Company Material Contract.
(d) During
the last twelve (12) months, none of the Major Customers has
terminated or failed to renew or informed the Company of any
intention to materially reduce purchases under any of its Major
Customer Contracts and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notice of termination or such
reduced purchases from any of the Major Customers.
(e) Section 5.5(e)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Major Supplier
and the cumulative expenditures made by the Company and its
Subsidiaries during the twelve-month period ended December 31,
2006.
(f) The
Company has made available to Parent a copy of each of the standard
form Contracts currently in use by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (including end user, maintenance and reseller standard
form Contracts) in connection with their respective
businesses.
(g) Section 5.5(g)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and
accurate list of all active vendors, resellers and distributors or
similar Persons (including agents) through
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which the
products of the Company and its Subsidiaries were marketed, sold or
otherwise distributed during the twelve (12) months preceding
the date of this Agreement. Each reseller and distributor agreement
of the Company and its Subsidiaries is terminable by the Company or
its Subsidiary (without penalty or cost) upon ninety
(90) days’ or less notice.
5.6 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements; Information Provided
.
(a) The
Company has filed all registration statements, forms, reports and
other documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC
since January 1, 2002. All such registration statements,
forms, reports and other documents (including those that the
Company files up to the Closing), together with all certifications
required pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related
rules and regulations promulgated under or pursuant to such act
(the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), are referred to as
the “ Company SEC Reports .” Except to the
extent that information contained in any Company SEC Report filed
and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement has been
specifically revised or superseded by a later filed Company SEC
Report filed prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company SEC
Reports (i) were or will be filed on a timely basis (other
than the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal
years ending December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006, and
the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ending September 30, 2005 and March 31,
June 30 and September 30, 2006), (ii) at the time
filed, complied, or will comply when filed, as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports, and
(iii) did not or will not at the time they were or are filed
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated in such Company SEC Reports or
necessary in order to make the statements in such Company SEC
Reports, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. No Subsidiary of the Company is subject to
the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. The Company has made available to Parent true,
correct and complete copies of all correspondence between the SEC,
on the one hand, and the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on
the other, since January 1, 2002, including (i) all SEC
comment letters and responses to such comment letters by or on
behalf of the Company, and (ii) any letters, complaints, or
other documents from the SEC or any staff or office of the SEC
informing the Company of any inquiry, claim or proceeding (formal,
informal or otherwise) or request for documents or information, and
all written responses thereto by or on behalf of the Company. To
the knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Reports is
the subject of ongoing SEC review or outstanding SEC comment. There
are no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in
Item 2.03(d) of SEC Form 8-K with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that would be required to be reported or
set forth in the Company SEC Reports or any such reports required
to be filed in the future.
(b) Except
to the extent that information contained in any Company SEC Report
filed and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement
has been specifically revised or superseded by a later filed
Company SEC Report filed prior to the date of this Agreement, each
of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case,
any related notes and schedules) contained or to be contained in or
incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Reports at the time
filed or to be filed (i) complied or will comply as to form in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto
and (ii) were or will be prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial
statements or, in the case of unaudited interim financial
statements, as permitted by the SEC with respect to Form 10-Q under
the Exchange Act). Except to the extent that information contained
in any Company SEC Report filed and publicly available prior to the
date of this Agreement has been specifically revised or superseded
by a later filed Company SEC Report filed prior to the date of this
Agreement, each of the consolidated balance sheets (including, in
each case,
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any related
notes and schedules) contained or incorporated by reference in the
Company SEC Reports at the time filed fairly presented in all
material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and each of
the consolidated statements of income and of changes in financial
position contained or to be contained or incorporated by reference
in the Company SEC Reports (including, in each case, any related
notes and schedules) fairly presented in all material respects the
consolidated results of operations, retained earnings and changes
in financial position, as the case may be, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein, except that the
unaudited interim financial statements were subject to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments.
(c) Except
as and to the extent set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2006 (including the notes thereto and related
management discussion and analysis) included in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
any liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not required to
be disclosed), except for liabilities and obligations
(i) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business and
in a manner consistent with past practice since December 31,
2006, or (iii) except as set forth on Section 5.6(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, that have not had, and are not
reasonably expected to have, a material adverse impact on the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) The
information to be supplied by or on behalf of the Company for
inclusion in the proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of
the Company (the “ Proxy Statement ”) in
connection with the Company Meeting will not, on the date it is
first mailed to the stockholders of the Company or at the time of
the Company Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated in
the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in
the Proxy Statement, in light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply as to
form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC
thereunder. The representations and warranties contained in this
Section 5.6(d) will not apply to statements or
omissions included in the Proxy Statement or any other filings made
with the SEC based upon information furnished in writing to the
Company by Parent or Merger Sub specifically for use in the Proxy
Statement.
(e) The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal
control over financial reporting as required under
Rule 13a-15(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Except as
set forth on Section 5.6(e)-1 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, such disclosure controls and procedures and such internal
control over financial reporting were effective as of
December 31, 2006, and the same are otherwise reasonably
designed to comply with the respective definitions of such controls
in Rules 13a-15(e) and (f) promulgated under the Exchange
Act. The Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation
prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board (i) any
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information, and (ii) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting. The Company has made available to Parent a
summary of any such disclosure made by management to the
Company’s auditors and audit committee since January 1, 2004,
and Section 5.6(e)-1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a summary of all current significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control
over financial reporting. Except as set forth on
Section 5.6(e)-2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2004, no current or former employee of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has alleged to any of the senior
officers of the Company or such Subsidiary that the Company or any
such Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable or fraudulent
accounting or auditing
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practices. No
attorney representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
has reported evidence of a violation of securities Laws, breach of
fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any of its
officers, directors, employees or agents to the Company Board or
any of its committees or to any director, in his or her capacity as
a director, or officer, in his or her capacity as an officer, of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f) The
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, each of its officers
and directors are in compliance with, and have complied, in each
case in all material respects with (i) since the enactment of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act at the time that such provisions became
effective, and (ii) since the date that the Company Common
Stock has been quoted on the Pink Sheets, the SEC and National
Association of Securities Dealers (the “ NASD ”)
rules applicable to companies quoted on the Pink Sheets (and since
any such date, the Company has not given or been required to give
notice to, and has not received notice from, the SEC, the NASD or
any other Person, (x) to the effect that the Company is or may
be in violation of any of the SEC or NASD rules applicable to
companies quoted on the Pink Sheets or (y) with respect to
non-compliance with the rules or regulations that would affect the
eligibility of the Company Common Stock from being quoted on the
Pink Sheets).
(g) There
are no outstanding loans made by the Company or any of its
Affiliates to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7
under the Exchange Act) or director of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company. Except as permitted by the Exchange Act,
including Sections 13(k)(2) and (3), since the enactment of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates
has made, arranged or modified (in any material way) personal loans
or an “extension of credit” to any executive officer
(as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director
of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
5.7 Absence of
Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2006, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses only
in, and have not engaged in any material transaction other than
according to, the ordinary and usual course of such businesses and,
since such date, except as set forth on Section 5.7 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there has not been (a) any change
in the financial condition, properties, business or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any development,
circumstance or occurrence or combination thereof which has had, or
could reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse
Effect (including any adverse change with respect to any
development, circumstance or occurrence existing on or prior to
such date), (b) any material damage, destruction or other
casualty loss with respect to any material asset or property owned,
leased or otherwise used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not covered by insurance, or (c) any other action
or event that would have required the consent of Parent under
Section 7.1 had such action or event occurred after the
date of this Agreement.
(a) Except
as set forth on Section 5.8(a)-1 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there are no (i) civil, criminal or administrative
actions, suits, claims, hearings, investigations or proceedings
(collectively, “ Actions ”) pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (ii) judgments, orders or decrees
outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iii) other facts or circumstances which, to the knowledge of
the Company, are reasonably expected to result in any Action
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Other than as set
forth in Section 5.8(a)-2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there has not been since January 1, 2004, nor are there
currently, any internal investigations, or inquiries reasonably
expected to lead to a material internal investigation, being
conducted by the Company Board (or any of its committees) or any
Person at the request of the Company Board concerning any
financial, accounting,
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Tax, conflict
of interest, illegal activity, fraudulent or deceptive conduct or
other misfeasance or malfeasance issues.
(b) The
indemnification obligations of the Company (including advancement
of expenses) with respect to any present or former directors,
officers or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries arising
out of any past, pending or threatened proceedings or other events
that have given rise to or may give rise to any indemnification
obligations of the Company pursuant to any agreement, the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as amended, of the Company,
or any statute, are specified in Section 5.8(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
(c) Section 5.8(c)-1
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of
(i) all Contracts of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating
to Indebtedness, currently outstanding or that could become
outstanding in the future, and (ii) the amount of such
Indebtedness, including any accrued interest, as of the date of
this Agreement. Section 5.8(c)-2 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth, calculated as of the date of this Agreement,
the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents of the Company
and its Subsidiaries less the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of
doubt and without limitation, any penalties, premiums, liquidated
damages or similar amounts relating to any Indebtedness that may
become due and payable as a result of the execution of this
Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement) (such difference, the “
Company Net Cash ”).
The term
“ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any
Person, (A) all indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent, for borrowed money, (B) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments, and (C) all Indebtedness of others referred to in
clauses (A) and (B) guaranteed, directly or indirectly,
in any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or
indirectly by such Person through a Contract (I) to pay or
purchase such Indebtedness or to advance or supply funds for the
payment or purchase of such Indebtedness, (II) to purchase,
sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or
sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to
make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such
Indebtedness against loss, (III) to supply funds to or in any
other manner invest in the debtor (including any agreement to pay
for property or services irrespective of whether such property is
received or such services are rendered), or (IV) otherwise to
assure a creditor against loss; provided , however ,
solely with respect to Section 5.8(c) above and
Section 8.2(k) , Indebtedness shall not be deemed to
include intercompany amounts, capital lease obligations or any
expenses or costs incurred by the Company pursuant to
Section 7.15 .
(a) Section 5.9(a)-1
and Section 5.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists
all benefit and compensation plans, policies or arrangements, other
than commission arrangements, currently maintained or contributed
to by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other entity,
which together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code (an
“ ERISA Affiliate ”) (or in respect of which the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any
outstanding liability) and covering current or former employees,
independent contractors, consultants (including outsourcing),
temporary employees and current or former directors of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, which are
“employee benefit plans” within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), and any other
written plan, policy or arrangement (whether or not subject to
ERISA) involving direct or indirect compensation, other than
commission arrangements, currently maintained by the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate (or in respect of which
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any
outstanding liability) and covering current or former employees,
independent contractors, consultants (including outsourcing),
temporary employees and
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current or
former directors of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
ERISA Affiliate, including health, dental, vision or life insurance
coverage, vacation, loans, fringe benefits, severance benefits,
change in control plan or agreements, disability benefits, deferred
compensation, bonuses, stock options, stock ownership or purchase,
phantom stock, stock appreciation, stock based or other forms of
incentive compensation, bonus or post-retirement compensation or
benefits (the “ Company Benefit Plans ”), other
than Company Benefit Plans maintained outside of the United States
primarily for the benefit of employees working outside of the
United States (such plans are referred to as “ Company
Non–U.S. Benefit Plans ”). Complete and accurate
copies of all Company Benefit Plans listed on Section 5.9(a)-1
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any amendments thereto, all
summary plan descriptions, any summary of material modifications
thereto, all other documents containing descriptions furnished to
participants in a Company Benefit Plan, and any benefits schedule,
trust instruments, insurance contracts or other funding vehicle
forming a part of any such Company Benefit Plans, the Annual Report
(Form 5500 series) and schedules, if any, for the most recent
prior three (3) years and opinions of independent accountants
to the extent required under applicable Law have been provided or
made available to Parent. Section 5.9(a)-2 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Benefit Plan which is a
change in control plan or agreement of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and each employment or retention agreement of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and complete and accurate
copies of each such plan or agreement have been provided to
Parent.
(b) Except
as set forth on Section 5.9(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, all Company Benefit Plans, other than Company
Non–U.S. Benefit Plans (“ Company U.S. Benefit
Plans ”), have been maintained and administered in all
material respects in accordance with ERISA, the Code and other
applicable Laws. Each Company U.S. Benefit Plan which is subject to
ERISA (the “ Company ERISA Plans ”) that is an
“employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “ Company Pension Plan
”) and that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code, has received a current favorable opinion letter or
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the “
IRS ”), and the Company is not aware of any
circumstances likely to result in the loss of the qualification of
such Company Pension Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code. There
is no voluntary employees’ beneficiary association within the
meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code which provides
benefits under a Company U.S. Benefit Plan. Except as set forth on
Section 5.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction
with respect to any Company ERISA Plan that, assuming the Taxable
period of such transaction expired as of the date of this
Agreement, could subject the Company or any Subsidiary to a Tax or
penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section
502(i) of ERISA in an amount which would be material. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or reasonably
expects to incur a material Tax or penalty imposed by
Section 4980F of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA or any
material liability under Section 4071 of ERISA. Any Company
Benefit Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has
been operated in good faith compliance with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code (or an available exemption
therefrom).
(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates
contributes or ever has contributed to a “multiemployer
plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA
or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two
of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of
Section 4063 of ERISA. None of the Company Pension Plans is or
ever has been subject to Section 302 of ERISA,
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, nor does the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate have any
liability, contingent or otherwise, in respect of any such Company
Pension Plan.
(d) Except
as set forth on Section 5.9(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, all contributions required to be made under each Company
Benefit Plan, whether pursuant to applicable Laws or the terms of
such Company Benefit Plan, have been timely made and all
obligations in respect of
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each Company
Benefit Plan have been properly accrued and reflected in the most
recent consolidated balance sheet filed or incorporated by
reference in the Company SEC Reports prior to the date of this
Agreement.
(e) There
is no material litigation pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, relating to the Company Benefit Plans. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations for
retiree health and life benefits under any Company ERISA Plan or
collective bargaining agreement. By its terms, the Company or its
Subsidiaries may amend or terminate any Company ERISA Plan at any
time without incurring any liability thereunder, other than
termination fees under service provider contracts with respect to
each such Company ERISA Plan, a true and complete copy of each such
service provider contract having been provided to Parent, and other
than in respect of claims incurred or vested benefits accrued prior
to such amendment or termination, and to the knowledge of the
Company, no summary plan description or other written communication
distributed generally to participants or employees would prohibit
the Company or its Subsidiaries from amending or terminating any
such Company ERISA Plan.
(f) There
has been no amendment to, announcement by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate relating to, or change in
employee participation or coverage under, any Company Benefit Plan
which would increase materially the expense of maintaining such
plan above the level of the expense incurred therefor for the most
recent fiscal year. Section 5.9(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all contracts,
plans or arrangements obligating the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to pay severance to any current or former directors,
employees, independent contractors or consultants (including
outsourcing) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for
obligations pursuant to, required by or arising under applicable
Law and except for those agreements identified in
Section 5.9(a)-2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except
pursuant to retention or other agreements set forth in Section
5.9(a)-2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution
of this Agreement, stockholder approval of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) entitles
any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
severance pay or any increase in severance pay upon any termination
of employment after the date of this Agreement, or (ii) except as
specifically contemplated in Section 4.3 , accelerates
the time of payment or vesting or result in any payment or funding
(through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits
under, increases the amount payable or results in any other
material obligation pursuant to, any of the Company Benefit Plans
or any Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plan. Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has entered into any contract, agreement, plan
or arrangement covering any employee or former employee or
independent contractor that, individually or collectively, could
give rise to the payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any amount that would not be deductible by reason of Code
Section 280G or would give rise to a payment that could
subject the recipient to excise tax imposed by Code
Section 4999.
(g) All
Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plans have been maintained and
administered in all material respects in accordance with applicable
local Law, and have received all necessary rulings or
determinations as to the qualification (to the extent such concept
or a comparable concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) of
such Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plans from the appropriate
Governmental Entity. All Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plans, and all
governmental plans, funds or programs to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries contributes on behalf of any of their
employees, are listed on Section 5.9(g) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened, litigation relating to the Company
Non-U.S. Benefit Plans (except for individuals’ claims for
benefits payable in the normal operation of such Company Non-U.S.
Benefit Plans) that has resulted in, or is reasonably expected to
result in, a material expense in respect of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
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(h) All
material contributions required to be made under each Company
Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, whether pursuant to applicable Laws or the
terms of such Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, have been timely made
and all obligations in respect of each Company Non-U.S. Benefit
Plan have been properly accrued and reflected in the most recent
consolidated balance sheet filed or incorporated by reference in
the Company SEC Reports prior to the date of this Agreement. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have no material unfunded liabilities
with respect to any such Company Non-U.S. Benefit Plan.
5.10 Compliance
with Laws; Permits . Except as set forth on Section 5.10
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the businesses of each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, conducted in
compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign or other laws, statutes, constitutions, principles of
common law, resolutions, ordinances, codes, edicts, rules,
regulations, judgments, orders, rulings, injunctions, decrees,
directives, arbitration awards, agency requirements,
authorizations, opinions, licenses and permits of all Governmental
Entities (collectively, “ Laws ”) applicable to
the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for violations or possible
violations that (i) have not had, and are not reasonably
expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect and
(ii) have not resulted, and are not reasonably likely to
result in, the imposition of a criminal fine, penalty or sanction
against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective directors or officers. No (i) material
investigation or review (for which the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries has received notice) or (ii) other investigation
or review (for which the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has
received written notice) by any Governmental Entity with respect to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened. The Company and its
Subsidiaries each have all governmental permits, licenses,
franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and other governmental
authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to conduct its
business as presently conducted (each, a “ Company
Permit ”) except those the absence of which have not had,
and are not reasonably expected to have, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. No Company Permit will cease to be effective as a result of
the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.11
Environmental Matters .
(a) Except
for such matters that are not reasonably expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries
have complied with all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined
below) during the previous five (5) years; (ii) no
property currently owned, leased or operated by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water,
buildings or other structures) is contaminated with any Hazardous
Substance (as defined below) that requires, or is reasonably
expected to require, investigation, monitoring, contribution or
other financial responsibility and/or remediation by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries under applicable Environmental Laws;
(iii) no property formerly owned or operated by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries was contaminated with any Hazardous
Substance during or prior to such period of ownership or operation
that requires, or is reasonably expected to require, investigation,
monitoring, contribution or other financial responsibility and/or
remediation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
applicable Environmental Laws; (iv) to the Company’s
knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to liability for any Hazardous Substance disposal or
contamination on any property owned by any Third Party; (v) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has caused or could be held
liable for any release or threat of release of any Hazardous
Substance; (vi) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice, demand, letter, claim or
request for information alleging that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may be in violation of or subject to liability under
any Environmental Law; (vii) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, decree, injunction or
other arrangement with any Governmental Entity or any indemnity or
other agreement with any Third Party pursuant to which it has
assumed any liability or obligation under any
Environmental
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Law;
(viii) there are no other existing circumstances or conditions
(including plans for modification or expansion which are the
subject of an approved capital authorization request) involving the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ owned or leased
properties or operations that are reasonably likely to result in
any claim, liability, investigation, cost or restriction on the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership, use or
transfer of any property pursuant to any Environmental Laws; and
(ix) the Company has delivered or made available to Parent
copies of all Material Environmental Reports (as defined below),
studies, assessments, soil or groundwater sampling data and other
material environmental information in its possession relating to
the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective current and
former properties or operations which were prepared within the last
five (5) years.
The term (x)
“ Material Environmental Reports ” means any
reports generated by any third party consultants or experts,
including any due diligence reports prepared under the ASTM
standards and any reports submitted to any Governmental Entity
within the last five (5) years, (y) “ Environmental
Law ” means any applicable Law relating to: (A) the
protection, investigation or restoration of the environment,
health, safety, or natural resources, (B) the handling, use,
presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Substance, (C) noise, odor, indoor air, worker safety and health,
wetlands, pollution or contamination, or any injury or threat of
injury to Persons or property relating to any Hazardous Substance,
or (D) the labeling, packaging, takeback or recycling of
products or the manufacturing of products, and (z) “
Hazardous Substance ” means any substance that is
listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law,
including any petroleum product or by-product, asbestos-containing
material, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive material or
radon.
(b) Except
as set forth on Section 5.11 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the products of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
sold or otherwise made available in the European Union market
comply in all material respects with the Restrictions on the Use of
Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(2002/95/EC) Directive, and the Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (2002/96/EC) Directive, to the extent such directives
and/or any legislation enacted or implemented thereunder by
applicable European Union member nations are applicable to such
products.
(a) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (a) have prepared in good
faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension
of time within which to file) all income Tax Returns and other
material Tax Returns (as defined below) required to be filed by any
of them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in
all material respects, (b) have paid or accrued for all Taxes
that are required to be paid as shown in such Tax Returns or that
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to withhold
from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or other Person,
except with respect to matters contested in good faith, and
(c) have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to
any material Taxes that has continuing effect or agreed to any
extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency
that has continuing effect. There are not pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened, any audits, examinations,
investigations or similar proceedings in respect of Taxes or Tax
matters. The Company has made available to Parent correct and
complete copies of the federal income Tax Returns filed by the
Company and its Subsidiaries for each of their respective Taxable
years ending in 2005, 2004 and 2003. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has any liability with respect to income,
franchise or similar Taxes in excess of the amounts accrued with
respect thereto that are reflected in the financial statements
included in the Company SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date
of this Agreement, except for any liability with respect to such
Taxes that has been incurred in the ordinary course of business
since the date of filing of such Company SEC Reports. None of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability for Taxes of
any Person other than members of the tax consolidated or combined
group of which the Company is or was the common
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parent. None of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was the distributing
corporation or the controlled corporation in a distribution
intended to qualify under Section 355(a) of the Code. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any transaction
that the IRS has determined to be a “listed
transaction” for purposes of § 1.6011-4(b)(2). With
respect to any year for which the applicable statute of limitations
is still open, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has
(i) engaged in a transaction of which it made disclosure to
any Tax authority to avoid penalties, or (ii) participated in
a “tax amnesty” or similar program offered by any Tax
authority to avoid the assessment of penalties or other additions
to Tax.
(b) The
term (i) “ Tax ” (including, with correlative
meaning, the terms “ Taxes ” and “
Taxable ”) means all federal, state, local and foreign
income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, customs
duty, capital stock, severances, stamp, payroll, sales, employment,
unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise,
production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or
assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest,
penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and
any interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (ii)
“ Tax Return ” means all returns and reports
(including e
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