Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION
COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
BY AND
AMONG
ALLEN SYSTEMS GROUP,
INC.,
ASG M&A,
INC.,
AND
MOBIUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS,
INC.
Dated as of April 11,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 TERMS OF THE MERGER
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TIME AND PLACE
OF CLOSING .
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ARTICLE
2 EFFECTS OF THE MERGER
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CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION.
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DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
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ARTICLE
3 MANNER OF CONVERTING SECURITIES
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CONVERSION OF
CAPITAL STOCK.
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CANCELLATION OF
TREASURY STOCK AND PARENT-OWNED STOCK
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ADJUSTMENTS TO
MERGER CONSIDERATION
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ARTICLE
4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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ORGANIZATION,
STANDING, AND POWER.
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SUBSIDIARIES
AND AFFILIATES.
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ABSENCE OF
CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS.
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NO UNDISCLOSED
LIABILITIES.
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EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLANS; ERISA.
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REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND CONDITION OF ASSETS.
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COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS; NO VIOLATIONS.
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CERTAIN
BUSINESS PRACTICES.
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RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS.
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OPINION OF
FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
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ARTICLE
5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
PURCHASER
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AUTHORIZATION;
NO CONFLICT.
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INFORMATION IN
THE PROXY STATEMENT
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NOT AN
INTERESTED STOCKHOLDER.
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OWNERSHIP OF
COMPANY STOCK
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ARTICLE
6 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
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INTERIM
OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
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ARTICLE
7 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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AGREEMENTS AS
TO EFFORTS TO CONSUMMATE; CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.
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NOTIFICATION OF
CERTAIN MATTERS; CURRENT INFORMATION.
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INSURANCE AND
INDEMNIFICATION.
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THIRD PARTY
STANDSTILL AGREEMENTS.
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STOCKHOLDER
SOLICITATION AND APPROVALS.
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CONDITIONS TO
EACH PARTY’S OBLIGATIONS TO EFFECT THE MERGER.
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CONDITIONS TO
OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND PURCHASER TO EFFECT THE
MERGER.
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CONDITIONS TO
OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY TO EFFECT THE MERGER.
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ARTICLE10 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT; NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS; NO THIRD PARTY
BENEFICIARIES.
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AMENDMENT AND
MODIFICATION.
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GOVERNING LAW;
JURISDICTION.
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COMPANY
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
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Exhibit A
Voting Letter Agreement
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of
Merger (this “ Agreement ”)
dated as of April 11, 2007, is entered into by and among
Allen Systems Group, Inc. (the “
Parent ”), a Delaware corporation,
ASG M&A, Inc. (the “
Purchaser ”), a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent, and Mobius
Management Systems, Inc. , (the “
Company ”), a Delaware corporation. Certain
capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section
10.1 of this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the respective boards of directors of the
Company, the Parent and the Purchaser have deemed it advisable and
in the best interests of their respective corporations and
stockholders to approve the acquisition of the Company by the
Parent upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS , the respective boards of directors of the
Parent, the Purchaser, and the Company have approved this Agreement
and the Merger (as defined in Section 1.1 hereof) in accordance
with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“
DGCL ”), and upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS , the board of directors of the Company has
approved this Agreement and has determined that the consideration
to be paid for each share of the issued and outstanding common
stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (“
Common Stock ”) in the Merger is fair to the
holders thereof and has resolved to recommend that such holders
adopt this Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein; and
WHEREAS , the Parent and the Purchaser have required as
a condition and an inducement to their willingness to enter into
this Agreement that concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and incurring the obligations set forth herein, that
certain stockholders of the Company enter into, and such
stockholders contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement
have entered into, a Voting Letter Agreement in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (“ Voting
Agreement ”) pursuant to which such stockholders
have agreed, among other things, (i) to vote the shares of Common
Stock held by them in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and,
under certain circumstances, to grant the Parent their proxy to
vote such shares, and (ii) not to transfer, sell, hypothecate, or
otherwise dispose of their beneficial ownership of, or their
ability to vote, the Common Stock held by them as of the date
hereof or which they may acquire hereafter.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing, and of the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants, and agreements herein contained, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
Terms of
Merger
1.1
The Merger.
Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company
and the Purchaser shall consummate a merger (“
Merger ”) pursuant to which (i) the Purchaser
shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance with the
provisions of the DGCL and the separate corporate existence of the
Purchaser shall thereupon cease, (ii) the Company shall be the
successor or surviving corporation in the Merger and shall continue
to be governed by the Laws of the State of Delaware, and (iii) the
separate corporate existence of the Company with all its rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue
unaffected by the Merger. The corporation surviving the Merger is
sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “ Surviving
Corporation .” The Merger will be
consummated
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, which has been approved by
the respective boards of directors of the Parent, the Purchaser,
and the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the Merger
shall have the effects set forth in the DGCL.
1.2
Time and Place of
Closing . The
closing (the “ Closing ”) of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the
“ Transactions ”) will take place at
the offices of Carlton Fields, P.A., Corporate Center Three, 4221
W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33607, at 10:00 a.m. local
time on a date that is not later than the second Business Day
following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set
forth in Article 8 (other than delivery of items to be delivered at
the Closing and other than satisfaction of those conditions that by
their nature are to be satisfied at Closing, it being understood
that the occurrence of the Closing shall remain subject to the
delivery of such items and the satisfaction or waiver of such
conditions at Closing) (such date, the “ Closing
Date ”).
1.3
Effective
Time. On the
Closing Date, the Company and the Purchaser shall jointly prepare
and cause to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware as provided by the DGCL an appropriate Certificate of
Merger (the “ Certificate of Merger ”).
The Merger and the other Transactions shall become effective on the
date and time at which the Certificate of Merger has been duly
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in
accordance with the DGCL (the “ Effective
Time ”).
ARTICLE
2
Effects of the
Merger
2.1
Certificate of
Incorporation. At
the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company
shall be restated and amended to read in its entirety as the
certificate of incorporation of the Purchaser, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that the name of
the Surviving Corporation shall remain “Mobius Management
Systems, Inc.” and the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation of the Purchaser relating to the incorporator of the
Purchaser shall be omitted, and as so restated and amended shall be
the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation,
until thereafter amended as provided by applicable Law and such
certificate of incorporation.
2.2
Bylaws.
The bylaws of the Purchaser, as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the bylaws
of the Surviving Corporation, except as to the name of the
Surviving Corporation, which shall be “Mobius Management
Systems, Inc.,” until thereafter amended as provided by
applicable Law, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation, and such bylaws.
2.3
Directors an Officers of the
Surviving Corporation. The directors of the Purchaser immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be
the directors of the Surviving Corporation, and the officers of the
Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and
after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving
Corporation, in each case until their respective successors shall
have been duly elected, designated or qualified, or until their
earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and
bylaws.
ARTICLE
3
Manner of Converting
Securities
3.1
Conversion of Capital
Stock. Subject
to the provisions of this Article 3, at the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
holders of the shares of Common
Stock or the holders of shares of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share, of the Purchaser (“
Purchaser Common Stock ”):
(a)
Purchaser Common
Stock. Each share of
the Purchaser Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be converted automatically into and
become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of
common stock of the Surviving Corporation. Each certificate
evidencing ownership of the Purchaser Common Stock immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall, as of the Effective Time,
evidence ownership of such shares of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b)
Parent Common
Stock. Each issued
and outstanding share of common stock, no par value per share, of
the Parent will remain issued and outstanding.
(c)
Conversion of Common
Stock. Each
outstanding share (including any Restricted Shares) of Common Stock
(other than shares of Common Stock to be cancelled in accordance
with Section 3.2 and other than Dissenting Common Stock) shall
cease to be outstanding and shall be converted automatically into,
and represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration,
payable to the holder thereof in cash, without interest. From and
after the Effective Time, all such shares of Common Stock shall no
longer remain outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and
retired, and each holder of a certificate representing any such
shares of Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect
thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration
therefor upon the surrender of such certificate in accordance with
Section 3.6, without interest thereon.
3.2
Cancellation of Treasury
Stock and Parent-Owned Stock. All shares of Common Stock that are owned by the
Company as treasury stock and any shares of Common Stock owned by
the Parent, the Purchaser or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the Parent shall be cancelled and retired, and no consideration
shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
3.3
Adjustments to Merger
Consideration. If,
between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the
Company changes the number of shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding prior to the Effective Time as the result of any stock
split, reverse split, stock dividend (including any dividend or
distribution of securities convertible into Common Stock),
reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other like
change with respect to Common Stock (each, an “
Adjustment ”), the Merger Consideration shall
be adjusted accordingly, without duplication, to provide the
holders of shares of Common Stock with the same economic effect as
contemplated by this Agreement prior to such Adjustment.
3.4
Derivative
Securities.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall
take all actions necessary to cause, at the Effective Time, each
outstanding option, stock equivalent right or other right to
acquire shares of Common Stock (an “ Option
” or “ Options ”) granted under
the Option Plans whether or not then exercisable or vested, except
as set forth on Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
to be 100% exercisable and vested and to be cancelled and, in
consideration of such cancellation, at the Effective Time the
Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, pay to
such holders of Options, an amount in respect thereof equal to the
product of (x) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over
the exercise price of each such Option and (y) the number of shares
of Common Stock subject to such Option (such payment, if any, to be
net of applicable withholding and excise taxes). As of the
Effective Time, all Option Plans and any agreement or plan relating
to Options shall terminate and all rights under any provision of
any other plan, program or arrangement providing for the issuance
or grant of any other interest in respect to the capital stock of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including
the RSUs, shall
be cancelled. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to effectuate the foregoing, including, but not limited to,
obtaining all consents necessary to cash out and cancel all Options
and as are necessary to ensure that, after the Effective Time, no
Person shall have any right under any of the Option Plans, or any
other plan, program or arrangement with respect to equity
securities of the Surviving Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof.
(b) (i) Immediately prior to the Effective Time,
each restricted stock unit (“ RSU ”)
issued by the Company under its Option Plans that is outstanding as
of the date of this Agreement, whether or not vested and subject to
conversion into Common Stock under its Option Plans, shall be
converted automatically into one share of Common Stock and shall be
entitled only to receive the Merger Consideration, and (ii) each
restricted share of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to
any applicable restricted stock award agreement of the Company and
subject to any vesting, repurchase or other lapse restrictions
thereunder (each, a “ Restricted Share
”) that is outstanding as of the date of this Agreement,
whether or not vested or subject to repurchase, shall automatically
vest and become free of such restrictions and right of repurchase
as of the Effective Time and shall, as of the Effective Time, be
cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company shall
take all action necessary to cause (i) any “Offering
Periods” (as defined in the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as amended (the “ ESPP ”)) then
in progress to be shortened by setting a new “Exercise
Date” (as defined in the ESPP) as of a date prior to the
Effective Time, and any Offering Periods then in progress shall end
on such new Exercise Date, and (ii) the termination of the ESPP
effective as of a time following such new Exercise Date but at or
prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, as may be requested by
the Parent.
3.5
Dissenting Common
Stock.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time which is held by a holder who has not voted in favor
of the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who has complied
with Section 262 of the DGCL (“ Dissenting Common
Stock ”) shall not be converted into the right to
receive the Merger Consideration, unless such holder fails to
perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses its right to appraisal. A
holder of Dissenting Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
payment of the appraised value of the Common Stock held by it in
accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL, unless, after the
Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect or withdraws or loses
its right to appraisal, in which case such Common Stock shall be
converted into and represent only the right to receive the Merger
Consideration, without interest thereon, upon surrender of the
Certificate or Certificates representing such Common Stock pursuant
to Section 3.6.
(b) The Company shall give the Parent
(i) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal of any
Common Stock received by the Company pursuant to Section 262 of
DGCL, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served
pursuant to the DGCL and received by the Company relating to rights
of appraisal and (ii) the opportunity to participate in the
conduct of all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands
for appraisal under the DGCL. Except with the prior written consent
of the Parent, the Company shall not voluntarily make any payment
with respect to any demands for appraisal or settle or offer to
settle any such demands for appraisal.
3.6
Exchange of
Certificates.
(a)
Paying Agent.
Prior to the Effective Time,
the Parent shall designate a national bank or trust company (which
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company) to act as agent for
the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the Merger
(the “ Paying Agent ”) and to
receive
the funds to
which holders of shares of Common shall become entitled pursuant to
Section 3.1(c). At or prior to the Effective Time, the Parent or
the Purchaser shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the
Paying Agent, for exchange, in accordance with this Section 3.6,
and payment, in accordance with Section 3.4, an amount of cash
sufficient to make payment of the aggregate Merger Consideration
(other than that for Dissenting Common Stock) and payments relating
to Options and RSUs pursuant to this Agreement (such deposited
Merger Consideration and payments relating to Options and RSUs
pursuant to this Agreement referred to herein as the “
Exchange Fund ”). In the event that a holder
of Dissenting Common Stock effectively withdraws its dissenters
rights under the DGCL following the Effective Time, such holder of
Dissenting Common Stock shall properly surrender its Certificate(s)
and following such surrender : (i) all of such shares of Dissenting
Common Stock shall be cancelled and (ii) such holder of the
Dissenting Common Stock surrendered shall receive payment therefor
from the Purchaser or the Parent in an amount equal to the Merger
Consideration per share of Dissenting Common Stock so cancelled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such funds shall be invested by the
Paying Agent as directed by the Parent or the Surviving
Corporation, in its sole discretion, pending payment thereof by the
Paying Agent to the holders of the Common Stock; provided
, that such investments shall 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 (based on the most recent financial statements
of such bank which are then publicly available). Earnings from such
investments shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Parent
and the Surviving Corporation, and no part of such earnings shall
accrue to the benefit of holders of Common Stock.
(b)
Exchange
Procedures. Promptly
after the Effective Time, but in no event more than five (5)
Business Days, the Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to
each holder of record of a certificate or certificates which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “
Certificates ”) whose shares were converted
pursuant to Section 3.1 into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form,
mutually agreed to by the Company and the Parent (which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title
to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates to the Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for
effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for payment
of the Merger Consideration. After the Effective Time, upon
surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Paying Agent or
to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by the Parent,
together with such transmittal materials, properly and duly
executed, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration for each
share of Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or
Certificates, and the Certificate or Certificates so surrendered
shall forthwith be cancelled, and the holder of such Certificate
shall be paid promptly in exchange therefor cash in an amount equal
to the Merger Consideration that such holder has the right to
receive pursuant to the provisions hereof. If payment of the Merger
Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in
whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a
condition precedent of payment that (x) the Certificate so
surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in
proper form for transfer and (y) the Person requesting such
payment shall have paid any transfer and other taxes required by
reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other
than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or shall
have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation
that such tax either has been paid or is not required to be paid.
Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.6(b),
neither the Parent nor the Purchaser shall be obligated to deliver
the Merger Consideration to the holder of shares of Common Stock
and, after the Effective Time, each Certificate shall be deemed
after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the
Merger Consideration, without interest thereon.
(c)
Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed
Certificates. If any
Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit (in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser) of
that fact by
the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Paying Agent will issue, in each case, in exchange
for such affidavit, the appropriate amount of Merger Consideration
deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with
Section 3.1; provided that the Person to whom the Merger
Consideration is paid shall, as a condition precedent to the
payment thereof, upon the request of the Purchaser, the Parent, or
Surviving Corporation, indemnify the Surviving Corporation and the
Parent in a manner reasonably satisfactory to them (by the posting
by such Person of such bond and security as the Surviving
Corporation and the Parent my reasonably request) against any claim
that may be made against the Surviving Corporation and the Parent
with respect to the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen
or destroyed.
(d)
Transfer Books; No Further
Ownership Rights in Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books
of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no
further registration of transfers of shares of Common Stock on the
records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the
holders of Certificates evidencing ownership of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of Common
Stock, except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable
Law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to
the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be cancelled
and exchanged as provided in this Article 3.
(e)
Termination of Fund; No
Liability. Subject
to applicable Law, any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the
proceeds of any investments thereof) which had been made available
to the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement
that remain unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company for
one year after the Effective Time shall be paid to the Parent. Any
former stockholders of the Company who have not theretofore
complied with this Article 3 shall thereafter look only to the
Parent (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar
laws) for payment of the Merger Consideration, without any interest
thereon. Any other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding,
none of the Parent, the Purchaser, the Company, the Surviving
Corporation, or the Paying Agent shall be liable to a holder of the
Common Stock for any amount paid or property delivered in good
faith to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property,
escheat, or similar Law. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by any
holder of Common Stock immediately prior to the time when such
amounts would otherwise escheat to or become the property of a
federal, state, or local government authority or court or
administrative or regulatory agency, shall, to the extent permitted
by Law, become the property of the Parent, free and clear of all
claims or interest of any Person previously entitled
thereto.
(f)
Withholding
Taxes.
Each of the Surviving Corporation, the
Paying Agent, and the Parent shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable hereunder
to any Person such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold
pursuant to any applicable Tax Laws. To the extent such amounts are
deducted, withheld, and paid to the appropriate Governmental
Entity, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to such
Person.
3.7
Subsequent
Actions. If at any
time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall
determine that any actions are necessary or desirable to vest,
perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving
Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the
rights, properties or assets of either of the Company or the
Purchaser acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation
as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to
carry out this Agreement, then the officers and directors of the
Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to take all such actions
as may be necessary or desirable to vest all right, title or
interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in the
Surviving Corporation or otherwise to carry out this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 4
Representations and
Warranties of the Company
Except as (a) disclosed in Company SEC Documents
filed within 12 months prior to the date of this Agreement or (b)
set forth in the disclosure schedule, dated as of the date of this
Agreement, that has been delivered by the Company to the Parent and
the Purchaser prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
(the “ Company Disclosure Schedule ” ),
the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Parent and the
Purchaser as follows:
4.1
Organization, Standing, and
Power. The Company
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good
standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and has the
requisite corporate authority to own and operate its properties and
to carry on its business as they are now being operated and carried
on. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the
nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company made available
to the Parent complete and correct copies of the Company’s
certificate of incorporation (“ Certificate of
Incorporation ”) and bylaws (“
Bylaws ” ), and such Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws are in full force and effect.
4.2
Authority; No
Conflict.
(a) The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to
the requisite approval of this Agreement by the holders of the
issued and outstanding Common Stock with respect to the Merger, to
consummate the Transactions, and to perform its obligations under
this Agreement. The execution, delivery, and performance by the
Company of this Agreement, and the consummation of the
Transactions, including the Merger, have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part of
the Company, subject in the case of the consummation of the Merger
to the requisite adoption of the Agreement by the holders of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock. Except for the approval of this
Agreement and adoption of the Merger by the requisite holders of
the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, no other
corporate action is required on the part of the Company to
authorize the consummation of the Transactions. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due
and valid authorization, execution, and delivery hereof by the
Parent and the Purchaser, this Agreement is a valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability
of the equitable remedy of specific performance and injunctive
relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any
proceedings may be brought (the “ Bankruptcy and
Equity Exceptions ”)).
(b) Neither the execution and delivery by the
Company of this Agreement, or the consummation by the Company of
the Transactions, nor compliance by the Company with any of the
terms or provisions herein, will: (i) conflict with or violate
any provision of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws,
(ii) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any
term, condition, or provision of, or constitute a default (with or
without notice or the lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise
to any right of termination, cancellation, or acceleration of any
obligation or the loss of a benefit under, or require a consent
pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any
material assets or properties of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary pursuant to, any of the terms, provisions, or conditions
of any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
deed of trust, license, agreement, contract, lease, Permit,
concession, plan, or other instrument or obligation to which
the
Company or any
Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective
assets or properties may be bound or affected, (iii) require any
notice, registration, declaration, or filing by the Company with,
or Permit, authorization, approval, or consent of, or exemption or
waivers by, or any action by any court, governmental, regulatory or
administrative agency, commission, authority, instrumentality, or
other public body, domestic or foreign (a “
Governmental Entity ”) or any other Person
other than (A) in connection or compliance with the provisions of
applicable state corporate and securities Laws, the United States
federal securities Laws, the HSR Act and any other applicable
Antitrust Law, and rules of Nasdaq, and (B) the filing of the
Certificate of Merger (Sections 4.2(b)(iii)(A) and (B),
collectively, the “ Regulatory Filings
”), or (iv) conflict with or violate any judgment, order,
writ, Injunction, decree, or Law applicable to the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or any of their assets or properties; except in
the case of clauses (ii) through (iv) of this Section 4.2(b), as
would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of the date of
this Agreement, (i) 25,039,621 shares of Common Stock are
issued, 19,685,398 shares of Common Stock are outstanding,
5,354,223 shares of Common Stock are held as treasury shares, and
13,425 Restricted Shares are outstanding, and (ii) a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance
pursuant to the Option Plans and the ESPP. All of the outstanding
shares of the Company’s capital stock are, and all shares of
Common Stock which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of
outstanding Options will be, when issued in accordance with the
respective terms and conditions specified in the instruments
pursuant to which they are issuable, duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to or issued
in violation of, any purchase option, call option, right of first
refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right.
There is no indebtedness having general voting rights (or
convertible into securities having such rights) (“
Voting Debt ”) of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary issued and outstanding. Except for Options to purchase
2,967,365 shares of Common Stock and 2,100 RSUs or as set forth in
Section 4.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
(i) there are no existing options, warrants, calls, preemptive
rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any kind relating to the issued or unissued capital
stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary obligating the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue, transfer or sell or
cause to be issued, transferred or sold any shares of capital stock
or Voting Debt of, or other equity interest in, the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for such shares or equity interests, or obligating the Company or
any Company Subsidiary to grant, extend or enter into any such
option, warrant, call, subscription or other right, agreement,
arrangement or commitment, (ii) there are no outstanding
agreements, arrangements, undertakings, or commitments of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any Common Stock or the capital stock of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company,
and (iii) there are no outstanding contractual obligations to
provide funds to make any investment (in the form of a loan,
capital contribution or otherwise) in any Company Subsidiary or any
other entity. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
outstanding or authorized any phantom stock or any stock
appreciation, profit participation or similar rights. No shares of
Common Stock are owned by any Company Subsidiary.
(b) The Company has filed with the SEC complete and
correct copies of each of the Option Plans and the ESPP, including
all amendments thereto. Section 4.3(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth, a complete and correct list of all
outstanding Options to purchase capital stock of the Company,
including with respect to each such Option, the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable thereunder, the name of the holder, the grant
date, the exercise price per share, the vesting schedule (including
any portion that would become vested as a result of the
Transactions) and the expiration date of each such Option, and
whether the Option is an “incentive stock option” under
Section 422 of the Code
or a
non-qualified option. All Options granted under the Option Plans
have been granted pursuant to option award agreements in
substantially the forms made available by the Company to the
Parent. All Options may, by their terms, be treated in accordance
with Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
(c) There are no voting trusts or other agreements
or understandings to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is
a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock of the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries and there are no
registration rights agreements relating to any equity or debt
securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. All of the
Common Stock and Options have been issued in compliance with all
applicable federal and state securities Laws, except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company.
4.4
Subsidiaries and
Affiliates.
(a) Section 4.4(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, the name, the
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and the authorized
and outstanding capital of each Company Subsidiary. Other than with
respect to the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not own,
directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity
securities of any Person or have any direct or indirect equity
interest in any business other than publicly-traded securities
constituting less than two percent of the outstanding equity of the
issuing entity. All of the outstanding capital stock or other
equity or ownership interests of each Company Subsidiary is owned
directly by the Company or a Company Subsidiary free and clear of
all material Liens (other than Permitted Liens), preemptive rights,
and of any other material limitation or restriction, and is validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and there are no outstanding
options, rights or agreements of any kind relating to the issuance,
sale or transfer, or voting of, any capital stock of any such
Company Subsidiary to any Person except the Company or another
Company Subsidiary.
(b) Each Company Subsidiary (i) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (ii) has
the requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its
properties and carry on its business as it is now being conducted
and carried on, and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do
business as a foreign Person and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the character of the property owned or leased by
it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or
license is necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified
or licensed and in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The
Company has made available to the Parent complete and correct
copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or similar
organizational documents) of each Company Subsidiary as currently
in effect.
4.5
Board
Approvals. The
Company’s board of directors, at a meeting duly called and
held, has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement and the
Transactions, including the Merger, are advisable and fair to and
in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (b) duly
and validly approved and taken all corporate action required to be
taken by the Company’s board of directors to authorize the
consummation of the Transaction, and (c) resolved to recommend that
the stockholders of the Company adopt this Agreement. None of the
aforesaid actions by the Company’s board of directors has
been amended, rescinded or modified as of the date
hereof.
4.6
Required
Vote. Assuming the
accuracy of the representations and representations set forth in
Section 5.7 hereof, the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record
date for the meeting of the Company’s stockholders to vote to
adopt this Agreement is the only vote of the holders of any class
or series of the Company’s capital stock necessary to approve
the Merger and adopt this Agreement (“ Company
Stockholder Approval ”). The Company has been
advised that certain directors, executive officers and certain
significant stockholders of
the Company
identified on Annex I to this Agreement intend to vote in favor of
the approval and adoption of this Agreement at the Special Meeting
and have executed a Voting Agreement in substantially the form as
set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement.
4.7
Company SEC
Documents.
(a) The Company has (i) made available to the
Parent complete and correct copies of the
Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K for its fiscal years
ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and (ii) timely filed (A) its
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended
December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006, (B) its proxy or
information statements relating to meetings of, or actions taken
without a meeting by, the stockholders of the Company since June
30, 2005, and (C) all reports, schedules, forms, filings,
registration statements and other documents (including all
exhibits, post-effective amendments and supplements thereto)
required to be filed or submitted by it, including all reports
filed by it on Form 8-K with the SEC, since June 30, 2005 (the
documents referred to in this Section 4.7(a), together with all
information incorporated by reference therein in accordance with
applicable SEC regulations, are collectively referred to in this
Agreement as the “ Company SEC Documents
”).
(b) As of their respective filing dates or
effective dates, as appropriate, each of the Company SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), or the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (“ Exchange Act
”), as the case may be, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. No Company SEC Document, as of its filing
date or effective date, as appropriate, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
(except to the extent corrected, amended, revised, or superceded by
a Company SEC Document filed prior to the date of this Agreement).
The Company has made available to the Parent copies of all comment
letters received by the Company from the SEC since January 1, 2005
relating to the Company SEC Documents, together with all written
responses of the Company thereto. There are no outstanding or
unresolved comments in any such comment letters received by the
Company from the SEC. As of the date of this Agreement, to the
Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Documents is the
subject of any ongoing review by the SEC. None of the Company
Subsidiaries is required to file or submit
any forms, reports, or other documents with the SEC.
4.8
Financial
Statements.
(a) The Financial Statements, including in each
case, any related notes: (i) comply, as of their respective dates
of filing with the SEC, in all material respects, with applicable
accounting requirements and with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) were prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles (“ GAAP ”) (except that
unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are
subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments) applied on a
consistent basis during the period involved (or except as may be
stated in the notes thereto) and (iii) fairly present, in all
material respects (except as may be stated in the notes thereto),
the consolidated financial position at the date thereof and the
consolidated results of operations and cash flows (and changes in
financial position, if any) of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for the periods referred to therein, subject, with
respect to interim unaudited financial statements, to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably likely to be
material in amount.
(b) The Company maintains disclosure controls and
procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange
Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective
to
ensure that all
material information concerning the Company is made known on a
timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of
the Company’s filings with the SEC and other public
disclosure documents.
(c) Except as disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents or in the Company Disclosure Schedule, since June 30,
2004, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received
any written notification from its independent auditors, any
Governmental Entity or any other Person of a “material
weakness” in the Company’s internal controls. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “ material
weakness ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Statements of Auditing Standards 60, as in effect on
the date hereof.
(d) The audit committee of the Company’s
board of directors includes an Audit Committee Financial Expert, as
defined by Item 401(h)(2) of Regulation S-K.
(e) The Company has adopted a code of ethics, as
defined by Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K, for senior financial
officers, applicable to its principal financial officer,
comptroller or principal accounting officer, or Persons performing
similar functions. The Company has promptly disclosed any change in
or waiver of the Company’s code of ethics with respect to any
such Persons, as required by Section 406(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, as amended. To the Knowledge of the Company, there
have been no violations of any provisions of the Company’s
code of ethics by any such Persons.
4.9
Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. Since
December 31, 2006 (the “ Balance Sheet Date
”): (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have
conducted their respective businesses in all material respects only
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not been
any damage, destruction, or other casualty loss (whether or not
covered by insurance) or any action, circumstance, event, change,
development, or occurrence which in any case has had, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and
(iii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken any
action, or failed to take any action which action or failure, if
taken after the date hereof, would have required the consent of the
Parent under Section 6.1, except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
4.10
No Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except (a) for Taxes (which are addressed
in Section 4.13 hereof), (b) as disclosed in the Financial
Statements (or in the footnotes thereto) or otherwise in the
Company SEC Documents, and (c) for liabilities and obligations (i)
incurred in the ordinary course of business between the Balance
Sheet Date and the date of this Agreement, (ii) arising under this
Agreement or in connection with the Transactions (including,
without limitation, liabilities relating to any legal, investment
banking, or other professional advisory fees and expenses (in the
case of the fees and expenses of the Company Financial Advisor,
pursuant to the Company’s engagement letter with the Company
Financial Advisor in effect as of the date hereof and a copy of
which has been made available to the Parent) incurred by the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries), (iii) as disclosed in
Section 4.10 of the Company’s Disclosure Schedule, and (iv)
relating to for the performance of obligations of the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to the express terms of
any contract or agreement to which the Company or any such Company
Subsidiary is a party as of the date hereof, neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has (x) any liabilities required by GAAP
to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet or any notes to the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or (y) any material
off-balance sheet financing transactions, arrangements, obligations
(including contingent obligations) or other relationships with
entities or others (“ Off-Balance Sheet Financing
Transactions ”) which are not included in the
Company’s consolidated financial statements that would have a
current or future effect on the financial condition, changes in
financial condition, result of
operations,
cash flows, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or
significant components of the Company’s revenues or
expenses.
4.11
Litigation.
Except to the extent set forth in
Section 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or otherwise as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company: (a) there is no suit, claim, action,
proceeding, including, without limitation, arbitration proceeding
or alternative dispute resolution proceeding, or investigation
instituted or pending (and of which the Company has been notified)
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against, affecting
or naming as a party thereto the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
or against their respective businesses or assets, and (b) there are
no material outstanding judgments, orders, writs, Injunctions,
awards, or decrees of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator against
the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any of their respective
material properties, assets, or businesses, or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, any of the current or former directors or officers (in
their capacities as such) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
whom the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed to indemnify
(that would give rise to the obligation of the Company to indemnify
such Person).
4.12
Employee Benefit Plans;
ERISA.
(a)
Section 4.12(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of each
(collectively, the “ Plans ”): (i)
deferred compensation and each incentive compensation, equity
compensation plan (including each of the option Plans),
“welfare” plan, fund or program within the meaning of
section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), (ii)
“pension” plan, fund or program (within the meaning of
section 3(2) of ERISA), (iii) employment, termination or severance
agreement, and (iv) other employee benefit plan or fund, and each
other material employee program, agreement or arrangement; in each
case, that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required
to be contributed to by the Company or by any Company Subsidiary,
for the benefit of any current employee or former employee of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(b)
With respect to each Plan, the
Company has heretofore delivered or made available to the Parent
true and complete copies of the Plan and any amendments thereto (or
if the Plan is not a written Plan, a description thereof), any
summary plan description, related trust or other funding vehicle,
the most recent Form 5500, to the extent applicable, and the most
recent determination letter received from the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to each Plan intended to qualify under Section
401 of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Plan included
as an exhibit in any filing made with the SEC need not be listed on
Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and need not be
delivered or otherwise made available to the Parent or the
Purchaser under this Section 4.12(a).
(c)
The Company does not maintain or
contribute to any Plan that is subject to Title IV or Section 302
of ERISA.
(d)
Each Plan conforms in all material
respects with and has been operated and administered in all
material respects in compliance with its terms and applicable law,
including but not limited to ERISA and the Code.
(e)
Each Plan intended to be
“qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the
Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from
the Internal Revenue Service, and to the Company’s Knowledge,
there are no circumstances likely to result in revocation of any
such favorable determination letter or the loss of the
qualification of any such Plan under Section 401(a) of the
Code.
(f)
No Plan provides material medical,
surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits (whether or
not insured) for employees or former employees of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary for periods extending beyond their
retirement or other termination of service, other than (i) coverage
mandated by applicable law, (ii) death benefits under any
“pension plan,” or (iii) benefits the full cost of
which is borne by the current or former employee (or his or her
beneficiary).
(g)
Neither the execution of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions will, either
alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any current
or former employee or officer of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment,
or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the
amount of compensation due any such employee or officer.
(h)
No amounts payable (individually or
collectively and whether in cash, capital stock of the Company or
other property) under any of the Plans or any other contract,
agreement, or arrangement with respect to which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary may have any liability would fail to be
deductible for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Sections
162(m) or Section 280G of the Code. To the Knowledge of the
Company, there are no current challenges to such deductibility that
have been asserted pursuant to Section 162(a) of the
Code.
(i)
There are no pending, or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated claims by or on
behalf of any Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under
any such Plan, or otherwise involving any such Plan (other than
routine claims for benefits).
(j)
Except as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, with respect to all of the
Plans which are subject to Laws other than those of the United
States, (a) such Plans are in compliance with any applicable Laws,
including relevant Tax Laws, and the requirements of any agreement
or trust deed under which they are established, (b) all employer
and employee contributions to each such Plan required by Law or by
the terms of such plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued,
in accordance with normal accounting practices, and (c) the fair
market value of the assets of each funded plan, the liability of
each insurer for any plan funded through insurance or the book
reserve established for any plan, together with any accrued
contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued
benefit obligations, as of the Effective Time, with respect to all
current and former participants in such plan.
(k)
None of the Company, any Company
Subsidiary, any ERISA Affiliate, any of the Plans, any trust
created thereunder, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any trustee
or administrator thereof has engaged in a transaction or has taken
or failed to take any action in connection with which the Company,
any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate could be subject to
any material liability for either a civil penalty assessed pursuant
to Section 409 or Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant
to Sections 4975, 4976 or 4980B of the Code.
(l)
None of the Company, any Company
Subsidiary, or any ERISA Affiliate is a party to any written
agreement or memorandum of understanding with the Department of
Labor, or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
(m)
To the Knowledge of the Company, no
written representations or communications with respect to the
participation, eligibility for benefits, vesting, benefit accrual,
or coverage under any Plan have been made to employees, directors,
or agents (or any of their representatives or beneficiaries) of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary which are not substantially in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plans.
(n)
The Company and each Company
Subsidiary have made or properly accrued for all payments due from
them to date with respect to the Plans.
(o)
No “leased employee,”
as that term is defined in Section 414(n) of the Code, performs
services for the Company or any ERISA Affiliate. The Company and
each Company Subsidiary have at all times been in material
compliance with applicable Law regarding the classification of
employees and independent contractors.
4.13
Taxes.
Except as set forth in Section 4.13
of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a)
The Company and all Company
Subsidiaries (x) have timely filed (or there have been filed on
their behalf) all material Tax Returns required to be filed by
them, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in
all material respects, and (y) have duly and timely paid in full
(or there has been paid on their behalf) all material Taxes that
have become due and payable, except for Taxes that are being
contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been
established in the Financial Statements in accordance with
GAAP.
(b)
There are no material Liens for
Taxes upon any property or assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, except for Liens for Taxes not yet due or for Taxes
that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate
reserves have been established on the Financial Statements in
accordance with GAAP.
(c)
To the Knowledge of the Company,
(i) no federal, state, local or foreign Audits (as hereinafter
defined) are pending with regard to any Taxes or Tax Return of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) no Audit of the
Company’s federal income Tax filings for the last four
taxable years has been conducted by the Internal Revenue Service,
and (iii) no Audit of the Company’s federal income Tax
filings for the last four taxable years is threatened.
(d)
None of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has granted any request, agreement, consent or waiver to
extend the statutory period of limitations applicable to the
assessment of any Tax with respect to any Tax Return of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
(e)
Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is a party to any written or oral contract, agreement or
arrangement providing for the allocation, indemnification, or
sharing of Taxes (except for customary agreements to indemnify
lenders or security holders in respect of Taxes).
(f)
Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has been a member of any “affiliated group”
(as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code) other than the
affiliated group of which the Company is the “parent”
and no Company Subsidiary is subject to Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-6 (or any similar provision under foreign, state, or local
Law) for any period other than in connection with the affiliated
group of which the Company is the “parent.”
(g)
All Taxes for which the Company or
any Company Subsidiary is required by Law to withhold or to collect
for payment have been duly withheld and collected, and have been
paid to the proper Governmental Entity or are being withheld by the
Company or such Company Subsidiary, except for such failures which
are not, individually or in the aggregate, material in amount. The
Company and each Company Subsidiary is in material compliance with,
and its records contain all material information and documents
(including properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9)
necessary to comply with, all material applicable information
reporting, Tax withholding and backup withholding (within the
meaning of Section 3406 of the Code) requirements under federal,
state, and local Tax Laws.
(h)
The Company is not and has not been
a “United States real property holding corporation” (as
defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) during the applicable
period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, and the
shares of Common Stock are “regularly traded on an
established securities market” for purposes of Section
1445(b)(6) of the Code and treasury regulation Section
1.1445-2(c)(2).
4.14
Intellectual Property.
(a)
To the Knowledge of the Company,
the Company is the sole and exclusive owner of all Patents,
Copyrights, Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, Know-how (each of
such terms are hereinafter defined) and all goodwill associated
therewith (all of the foregoing referred to collectively herein as
the “ Company Intellectual Property ”)
free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted
Liens).
(i) Section 4.14(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all registered
and applied for United States and foreign trademarks, service
marks, trade names, designs, logos, slogans and names owned by the
Company and material to the Company’s business or used in
conjunction with the Owned Software (as hereinafter defined) (all
of the foregoing referred to collectively herein as the “
Trademarks ”).
(ii) Section 4.14 (a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all United
States and foreign issued patents, patent applications, patent
registrations, letters patent owned by the Company or otherwise
used in conjunction with the Owned Software (all of the foregoing
referred to collectively herein as the “
Patents ”).
(iii) Section 4.14 (a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all United
States and foreign copyright applications and copyright
registrations and the moral rights owned by the Company or
otherwise used in conjunction with the Owned Software (all of the
foregoing referred to collectively herein as the “
Copyrights ”).
(iv) Section 4.14(a)(iv) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all United
States and foreign Internet domain name applications and
registrations owned by the Company and material to the
Company’s business or otherwise used in conjunction with the
Owned Software (all of the foregoing referred to collectively
herein as the “ Internet Domain Names
”).
(v) Except for those agreements identified in
Section 4.14(a)(v) of the Company’s Disclosure Schedule, to
the Knowledge of the Company, no technologies, trade-secrets,
designs, improvements, formulae, manufacturing methods, practices,
processes, technical data, product development data, research data,
specifications and other methods and know-how (whether or not
patentable or otherwise registerable, whether or not a secret and
whether or not reduced to writing) owned by the Company and
material to the Company’s business or otherwise used in
conjunction with the Owned Software (all of
the foregoing referred to collectively herein as the “
Know-how ”) has been disclosed or is
authorized to be disclosed to any third party other than pursuant
to any agreement that limits the use or disclosure of such Know-how
without the Company’s prior written consent.
(b) With respect to the applications listed in
Section 4.14(a)(i) through Section 4.14(a)(iv) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of the Company: (i) each
application has been prosecuted in material compliance with all
applicable rules, policies and procedures of the relevant agencies
and government offices, (ii) there are no claims of prior use or
other third-party claims relevant to any such application that
would render any material claim thereunder unregistereable or
(iii)
for the
Patents, there is no prior art relevant to any such application
that would render any material claim thereunder unpatentable or any
material claim in any issued patent based thereon
invalid.
(c) The Company has taken all steps that are
reasonably necessary to protect, maintain and enforce the Company
Intellectual Property, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The
Company currently is listed in the records of the appropriate
federal, state or foreign agency as the sole owner of record for
each application and registration relating to the Company
Intellectual Property. The Company Intellectual Property listed on
Section 4.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is, to the
Knowledge of the Company, valid and subsisting and has not been
cancelled, expired or abandoned. Except as set forth on Section
4.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of the
Company, there is no pending, existing, or threatened, opposition,
interference, cancellation proceeding or other legal or
governmental proceeding before any court or registration authority
(aside from normal prosecution proceedings not involving any third
party and not involving the validity or enforceability of the
Company Intellectual Property) in any jurisdiction involving any of
the Company Intellectual Property.
(d) The Company has provided in Section 4.14(d) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule a true and correct list of all of
the software owned or licensed by the Company, other than
commercially available “off-the-shelf” software, and
material to the business of the Company (the “ Company
Software ”) and therein has identified which Company
Software is owned, licensed, leased, or otherwise used, as the case
may be. The Company Software listed on Section 4.14 (d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule is owned by the Company or used under
rights granted to the Company pursuant to a written agreement,
license or lease from a third party.
(i) The use of the Company Software owned by the
Company (including without limitation the source code, binary
executable code, object code, compilers, assemblers and algorithms
therein) (the “ Owned Software ”) does
not, to the Knowledge of the Company, violate the rights of any
third party. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company is the
sole and exclusive owner of and has the valid right to use, sell,
license, maintain, support, upgrade and provide services for all of
the material Owned Software free and clear of all Liens (other than
Permitted Liens).
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 4.14(d)(ii) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of the Company,
no source code for any Owned Software has been delivered or
licensed to any escrow agent or any other Person who is not, as of
the date of this Agreement, a person acting as an employee
(currently or in the past) of the Company or a subcontractor or
consultant of the Company. Except as set forth in Section
4.14(d)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of
the Company, the Company has no duty or obligation (whether
present, contingent, or otherwise) to deliver, license or make
available the source code for any Owned Software to any escrow
agent or other Person who is not, as of the date of this Agreement,
or was not a Person acting as an employee of the Company or a
subcontractor or consultant of the Company. No event has occurred,
and no circumstances or conditions exist, as of the date of this
Agreement, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or
would reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license,
or disclosure of any source code for any Owned Software to any
Person who is not as of the date of this Agreement acting as an
employee of the Company or a subcontractor or consultant of the
Company.
(iii) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Owned
Software is subject to any “copyleft” or other
obligation or condition (including any obligation of condition
under any “open source” license such as the GNU Public
License, Lesser GNU Public License, or Mozilla Public License)
that: (y) could require, or could condition the use or distribution
of such Software on, the disclosure, licensing or distribution of
any source code for any portion of such Software or (z) could
otherwise
impose any
limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of the
Company to use or distribute any Company Software.
(e) The Company has made available to the Parent
copies of all written agreements (including, without limitation,
covenants not to sue and settlement agreements) granting any right
to use any Company Intellectual Property or Company Software in
which (i) the Company or any Company Subsidiary is the licensor or
licensee, (ii) annual payments required thereunder exceed $10,000,
and (iii) the parties thereto continue to have any obligations,
duties or liabilities thereunder (the “
Licenses ”). The Licenses are, to the
Knowledge of the Company, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable against each such party in accordance with their terms,
there are no material breaches or defaults under any License by the
Company or by any other party thereto, and there exists no event or
condition which does or will result in a violation or breach of, or
constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a
default by the Company or any other party thereto, under any such
License. The Company has not licensed or sublicensed any of its
material rights in or assigned or entered into settlement
agreements with respect to, any Company Intellectual Property or
Company Software other than pursuant to the Licenses. Except as set
forth in Section 4.14(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no royalties, honoraria or
other fees are payable, and no right or forbearance is owed, by the
Company to any third parties for the use of or right to use any
Company Intellectual Property or Company Software, other than as
set forth the Licenses. True and complete copies of all Licenses
have been made available to the Parent. Except as set forth in
Section 4.14(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no
agreements granting any third party any right of exclusivity in any
of the Owned Software or Company Intellectual Property.
(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, the
Company’s employees and its consultants and contractors
engaged to develop Company Intellectual Property and Owned Software
have signed confidentiality agreements in favor of the Company as
reasonably may be necessary to protect, maintain and enforce the
Company Intellectual Property and Owned Software except as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 4.14(g) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company Intellectual Property and
Owned Software were not developed under a grant from any
Governmental Entity or other source.
(h) To the Knowledge of the Company, and except as
set forth in Section 4.14(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the conduct of the business of the Company does not infringe upon
any intellectual property of any third party and no third party is
infringing upon any Company Intellectual Property or Owned
Software; no such claims have been made against a third party by
the Company. There are no related claims or suits pending nor
threatened and the Company has not received any written notice of a
third party claim or suit: (i) alleging that the Company’s
activities or the conduct of its businesses infringes upon or
constitutes the unauthorized use of the intellectual property of
any third party or (ii) challenging the ownership, use, validity or
enforceability of the Company Intellectual Property or Owned
Software.
(i) Other than the Licenses, to the Knowledge of
the Company, there are no settlements, consents, judgments,
Injunctions, or orders or other agreements which restrict the
Company’s rights to use any Company Intellectual Property or
Owned Software or which restrict the business of the Company in
order to accommodate a third party’s intellectual property
rights.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 4.14(j) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the Transactions
will not result in the loss or impairment of the Company's right to
own or use any Company Intellectual Property or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, the Company Software,
nor will it
require, to the
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