AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
QUANTA SERVICES, INC.
(PARENT)
QUANTA MS ACQUISITION, INC.
(MERGER SUB)
INFRASOURCE SERVICES, INC.
(COMPANY)
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ARTICLE I THE
MERGER
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1
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The
Merger
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1
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Closing;
Effective Time
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2
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Effects of the
Merger
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2
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Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws
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2
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Directors and
Officers of the Surviving Corporation
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2
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Directors and
Officers of Parent
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Additional
Actions
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2
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ARTICLE II
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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3
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Effect on
Capital Stock
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3
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Surrender and
Payment
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3
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Treatment of
Stock Options; Restricted Stock; Company ESPP
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Adjustments to
Prevent Dilution
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Withholding
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
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Organization
and Standing
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Subsidiaries
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Corporate Power
and Authority
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Capitalization
of Company
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Conflicts;
Consents and Approvals
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Company SEC
Reports and Financial Statements
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Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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Proxy
Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement
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Compliance with
Law
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Litigation
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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Taxes
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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Environmental
Matters
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Insurance
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Labor Matters;
Employees
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Title to
Property and Equipment
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Material
Contracts
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Intellectual
Property
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Disclosure
Controls and Procedures and Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
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Tax-Free
Reorganization
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Opinion of
Financial Advisor
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Brokerage and
Finders’ Fees
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Anti-takeover
Provisions
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27
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Board
Recommendation; Required Vote
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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Organization
and Standing
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Corporate Power
and Authority
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Conflicts;
Consents and Approval
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Capitalization
of Parent and Merger Sub
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Parent SEC
Reports and Financial Statements
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Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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Proxy
Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement
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Compliance with
Law
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Litigation
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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Taxes
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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Environmental
Matters
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Insurance
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Labor Matters;
Employees
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Intellectual
Property
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Material
Contracts
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Disclosure
Controls and Procedures and Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
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Tax-Free
Reorganization
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Rights
Agreement
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Opinion of
Financial Advisor
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Section 203 of the DGCL
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Brokerage and
Finders’ Fees
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Board
Recommendation
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Required Vote
by Parent Stockholders
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
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Acquisition
Proposals
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Mutual
Covenants
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Covenants of
Company
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Covenants of
Parent
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Stockholders’ Meetings
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Preparation of
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Registration
Statement
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BP LTIP
Committee
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Stock Exchange
Listing
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Publicity
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62
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Section 16
Matters
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Certain Tax
Matters
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Affiliates
Letter
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ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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64
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Each Party
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Conditions to
Obligations of Company
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65
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Conditions to
Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION; FEES AND EXPENSES
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Termination by
Mutual Consent
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Termination by
Either Parent or Company
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Termination by
Company
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Termination by
Parent
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Effect of
Termination
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Fees and
Expenses
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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Non-Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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Notices
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Interpretation
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Counterparts
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Entire
Agreement
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72
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Governing
Law
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Remedies
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Consent to
Jurisdiction; Venue; Jury Trial
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Assignment
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Amendment
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Extension;
Waiver
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No Presumption
Against Drafter
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Severability
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Exhibit A Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation
Exhibit B Form
of Affiliates Letter
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Defined
Term
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Alternative Transaction
Recommendation
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Change in Control of Parent
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Change in the Company Board
Recommendation
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60
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Change in the Parent Board
Recommendation
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Change of Recommendation Notice
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Company Board Recommendation
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Company Disclosure Letter
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Company Employee Agreement
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Company Engagement Letters
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Company Material Adverse Effect
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Company Material Contract
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Company Restricted Shares
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Company Stockholder Meeting
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Defined
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Company Stockholders’ Approval
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Confidentiality Agreement
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Confidentiality Agreements
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Dark Fiber Confidentiality Agreement
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Delaware Secretary of State
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Indemnified Directors and Officers
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Parent Board Recommendation
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Parent Limited Vote Common Stock
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Parent Material Adverse Effect
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Defined
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Parent Stockholder Meeting
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Proxy Statement/Prospectus
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vii
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This Agreement and
Plan of Merger (this “ Agreement ”) is
made and entered into as of March 18, 2007, by and among
Quanta Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Parent ”), Quanta MS Acquisition, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
(“ Merger Sub ”), and InfraSource
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Company ”).
WHEREAS, Parent,
Merger Sub and Company desire that Parent acquire all of the
capital stock of Company through the merger of Merger Sub with and
into Company, with Company as the surviving corporation (the
“ Merger ”), pursuant to which each share
of Common Stock of Company, par value $0.001 per share (“
Company Common Stock ”), issued and outstanding
at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2), excluding
shares of Company Common Stock owned by Parent, Merger Sub or
Company (or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned
subsidiaries), will be converted into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration as defined in Section 2.1(b), all as more
fully provided in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the
respective board of directors (each a “ Board
”) of each of Parent, Merger Sub and Company has determined
that the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, is advisable, fair to and in the best
interests of their respective stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the
Parent Board has resolved to submit to the stockholders of Parent
for their approval the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock
(as defined in Section 2.1(b)) and the Company Board has
resolved to submit this Agreement to the stockholders of Company
for their approval; and
WHEREAS, Parent,
Merger Sub and Company desire to make those representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements specified herein in connection
with this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the Merger will
qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a)
of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises, and of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, Parent,
Merger Sub and Company agree as follows:
1.1 The
Merger . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, and in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”),
Merger Sub shall be merged with and into Company at the Effective
Time. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence
of Merger Sub shall cease and Company shall continue its existence
as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent under the laws of the State
of Delaware.
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Company, in its
capacity as the corporation surviving the Merger, is hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “ Surviving
Corporation .”
1.2 Closing;
Effective Time . A closing (the “ Closing
”) shall be held at the offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld LLP, 1111 Louisiana Street, 44 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002-5200, or such other
place as the parties hereto may agree, as soon as practicable but
no later than the third business day following the date upon which
all conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those
conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied or waived at
the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those
conditions) are satisfied or waived, or at such other date as
Parent and Company may agree (such date, the “ Closing
Date ”). As promptly as possible on the Closing Date,
the parties hereto shall cause the filing with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware
Secretary of State ”) of a certificate of merger (the
“ Certificate of Merger ”) in such form
as is required by and executed in accordance with Section 251
of the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective when the Certificate
of Merger has been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or at
such later time as shall be agreed upon by Parent and Company and
specified in the Certificate of Merger (the “ Effective
Time ”).
1.3 Effects of
the Merger . From and after the Effective Time, the Merger
shall have the effects set forth in the DGCL.
1.4 Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws . The Certificate of Merger shall
provide that at the Effective Time, (a) the Surviving
Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and
restated in its entirety as of the Effective Time so as to read as
set forth on Exhibit A hereto and (b) Merger
Sub’s Bylaws in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws; in each
case, until thereafter changed or amended in accordance with the
respective terms thereof and the DGCL.
1.5 Directors
and Officers of the Surviving Corporation . From and after the
Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub shall be the officers of
the Surviving Corporation and the directors of Merger Sub shall be
the directors of the Surviving Corporation, in each case, until the
earlier of their death, resignation, removal or until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified. On or prior
to the Closing Date, Company shall deliver to Parent evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Parent of the resignations of the
directors of Company and, as requested by Parent, the officers of
Company as directors and officers, such resignations to be
effective as of the Effective Time.
1.6 Directors
and Officers of Parent . The directors and officers of Parent
immediately after the Effective Time shall be the directors and
officers of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time, until
such time as their death, resignation, removal or until their
respective successors shall be duly elected and qualified, except
that the Parent Board shall appoint three new directors, who are
directors of Company selected by the Parent Board.
1.7 Additional
Actions . If, at any time after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any further
deeds, assignments or assurances in law or any other acts are
necessary or desirable to (a) 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
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or assets of
Company or (b) otherwise carry out the provisions of this
Agreement, Company and its officers and directors shall be deemed
to have granted to the Surviving Corporation an irrevocable power
of attorney to execute and deliver all such deeds, assignments or
assurances in law and to take all acts necessary, proper or
desirable to vest, perfect or confirm title to and possession of
such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation and
otherwise to carry out the provisions of this Agreement, and the
officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are authorized
in the name of Company or otherwise to take any and all such
action.
2.1 Effect on
Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or Company
or their respective stockholders:
(a) Each share of
common stock, $0.001 par value, of Merger Sub (“ Merger
Sub Common Stock ”) issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one
(1) fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, $0.001
par value, of the Surviving Corporation. Such newly issued shares
shall thereafter constitute all of the issued and outstanding
Surviving Corporation capital stock.
(b) Subject to the
other provisions of this Article II, each share of Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (excluding any shares of Company Common Stock owned
by Parent, Merger Sub or Company or any of their respective direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (which shares shall be
cancelled and shall cease to exist with no payment being made with
respect thereto) shall be converted into 1.223 shares (the “
Exchange Ratio ”) of common stock of Parent,
par value $0.00001 per share (“ Parent Common
Stock ”) (such stock, the “ Merger
Consideration ”). At the Effective Time, all shares
of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and
automatically shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each
holder of a certificate, or shares in book-entry form, that
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented such shares of
Company Common Stock (a “ Stock Certificate
”) shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto,
except the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
2.2 Surrender
and Payment .
(a)
Exchange Agent; Exchange Fund . Prior to the Effective Time,
for the benefit of the shares of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are held
by any holder of share(s) of Company Common Stock (a “
Company Stockholder ”), Parent shall designate,
or shall cause to be designated (pursuant to an agreement in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to Company), a bank or trust
company that is reasonably satisfactory to Company to act as agent
for the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the Stock
Certificates upon surrender of such Stock Certificates in
accordance with this Article II from time to time after the
Effective Time (the “ Exchange Agent ”).
Parent will make available to the Exchange
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Agent, as
needed, the Merger Consideration to be delivered in respect of the
shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b),
including cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with
Section 2.2(e).
(b) Exchange
Procedure . As soon as reasonably practicable after the
Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of
record of a Stock Certificate (i) a form of letter of
transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected,
and risk of loss and title to the Stock Certificates held by such
Company Stockholder shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the
Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent and, in the case of shares
in book-entry form, any additional documents specified by the
procedures set forth in the form of letter of transmittal and shall
be in such customary form and have such other customary provisions
as Parent may reasonably specify), and (ii) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Stock Certificates in
exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a Stock
Certificate in proper form for cancellation to the Exchange Agent
or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent,
together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and
validly executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be
required by the Exchange Agent or Parent, the holder of such Stock
Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor
(x) a certificate representing that number of whole shares of
Parent Common Stock that such holder is entitled to receive
pursuant to this Article II, (y) a check in the amount
(after giving effect to any required tax withholdings) of
(A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares plus (B) any
unpaid non-stock dividends and (z) any other dividends or other
distributions that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to
the provisions of this Article II, and the Stock Certificate
so surrendered shall be cancelled. In the event of a transfer of
ownership of Company Common Stock that is not registered in the
stock transfer books of Company, a certificate representing the
proper number of shares of Parent Common Stock, together with a
check for any cash to be paid upon surrender of the Stock
Certificate and any other dividends or distributions in respect
thereof, may be issued and paid to a Person (as defined in
Section 5.2(d)(i)) other than the Person in whose name the
Stock Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Stock
Certificate shall be properly endorsed and otherwise be in proper
form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment shall pay
any transfer or other Taxes (as defined in Section 3.12(l))
required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the
registered holder of the Stock Certificate or establish to the
satisfaction of Parent that the Tax has been paid or is not
applicable. No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on the cash
payable upon surrender of any Stock Certificate.
(c)
Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares; Voting
.
(i) To the fullest
extent permitted by all laws, statutes, orders, rules or
regulations promulgated, or judgments, decisions or orders entered,
by any Governmental Authority (as defined in Section 3.5(e)),
in each case, to the extent applicable (collectively, “
Applicable Laws ”), all shares of Parent Common
Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be deemed issued
and outstanding as of the Effective Time and if any dividend or
other distribution is declared by Parent in respect of the Parent
Common Stock, the record date for which is at or after the
Effective Time, that declaration shall include dividends or other
distributions in
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respect of all
shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
No dividends or other distributions in respect of the Parent Common
Stock shall be paid to any holder of any unsurrendered Stock
Certificate until such Stock Certificate is surrendered for
exchange in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the
effect of all Applicable Laws, following surrender of any such
Stock Certificate, there shall be issued and paid to the holder of
the certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock
issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (A) at the time
of such surrender, the dividends or other distributions
(1) with a record date at or after the Effective Time and a
payment date on or before such surrender with respect to such whole
shares of Parent Common Stock and (2) not paid and (B) at
the appropriate payment date, the dividends or other distributions
payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock
with a record date after the Effective Time but with a payment date
subsequent to surrender.
(ii) To the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws, holders of
unsurrendered Stock Certificates shall be entitled to vote after
the Effective Time at any meeting of Parent Stockholders (as
defined in Section 4.4) the number of whole shares of Parent
Common Stock represented by such Stock Certificates, regardless of
whether such holders have exchanged their Stock
Certificates.
(d) Stock
Transfer Books . At the close of business on the day on which
the Effective Time occurs, the stock transfer books of Company
shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of
transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation
of the shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective
Time, Stock Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation
or the Exchange Agent for transfer or any other reason, they shall
be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this
Article II.
(e) Fractional
Shares . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
no fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued and any
Company Stockholder entitled to receive a fractional share of
Parent Common Stock but for this Section 2.2(e) shall be
entitled to receive a cash payment (without interest) in lieu
thereof, which payment shall be calculated by the Exchange Agent
and shall represent such holder’s proportionate interest in a
share of Parent Common Stock based on the net proceeds from the
sale by the Exchange Agent on behalf of such holder of the
aggregate fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder
otherwise would be entitled to receive. Any such sale shall be made
by the Exchange Agent within five business days after the date upon
which the Stock Certificate(s) (or affidavit(s) of loss and
indemnity in lieu thereof) that would otherwise result in the
issuance of such fractional shares of Parent Common Stock have been
received by the Exchange Agent.
(f) No
Liability . Any portion of the Merger Consideration held by the
Exchange Agent for payment to the holders of unsurrendered Stock
Certificates that remains unclaimed one year after the Effective
Time shall be delivered, at Parent’s option, to Parent
(including any interest and other income resulting from investments
of such Merger Consideration). Any stockholders of Company who have
not theretofore
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complied with
this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent for
delivery of any shares of Parent Common Stock and payment of any
cash, dividends and other distributions in respect thereof payable
or deliverable pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2(c)
and Section 2.2(e) upon due surrender of their Stock
Certificate (or affidavits of loss and indemnity in lieu thereof),
in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, none of Parent, Merger Sub, Company or the Exchange
Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any cash properly
delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned
property, escheat or similar law.
(g) Lost Stock
Certificates . If any Stock Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact
by the Person claiming a Stock Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed and, if required by Parent or the Surviving Corporation,
the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable amount as
Parent or the Surviving Corporation may reasonably direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with
respect to the Stock Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Stock Certificate the
shares of Parent Common Stock and the cash and any unpaid dividends
and other distributions that would be payable or deliverable in
respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement had such lost, stolen or
destroyed Stock Certificate been surrendered.
(h) No Further
Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock . The Merger
Consideration paid in accordance with the terms of this
Article II in respect of Stock Certificates that have been
surrendered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be
deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock represented
thereby.
2.3 Treatment
of Stock Options; Restricted Stock; Company ESPP .
(a) As of the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the holders thereof, each option to purchase shares of
Company Common Stock (a “ Company Option
”) granted under Company’s 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive
Plan (the “ 2003 Plan ”), or
Company’s 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, (the “
2004 Plan ” and, together with the 2003 Plan,
the “ Company Stock Plans ”), whether
vested or unvested, that is outstanding and unexercised immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall cease to represent a right to
purchase shares of Company Common Stock and shall be converted into
an option (an “ Adjusted Option ”) to
purchase, on the same terms and conditions as applied to each such
Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (including,
without limitation, the same vesting conditions), the number of
whole shares of Parent Common Stock that is equal to the number of
shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option
immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange
Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole share), at an exercise
price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest
whole penny) equal to the exercise price for each such share of
Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option immediately
prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio;
provided, that the exercise price and the number of shares of
Parent Common Stock subject to such Adjusted Option shall be
determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code. Section 2.3(a) of
the
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Company
Disclosure Letter (as defined in Article III below) contains a
true and complete list of the Company Options held by each option
holder on the date of this Agreement and sets forth next to the
name of each such holder (i) the number of Company Options
such option holder holds on a grant by grant basis, (ii) the
date on which such Company Options were granted, (iii) the
exercise price and vesting schedule applicable to such Company
Options and (iv) the circumstances pursuant to which the
vesting of such Company Options will be accelerated. Except for the
Company Options, no current or former employee, director or
consultant of Company or any Company Subsidiary holds options or
other rights to acquire Company Common Stock.
(b) Each share of
Company Common Stock that is subject to transfer and/or forfeiture
restrictions under the Company Stock Plans immediately prior to the
Effective Time (collectively, the “ Company Restricted
Shares ”) shall, upon its conversion into the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, continue to be
subject to such restrictions (the shares of Parent Common Stock
subject to such transfer and/or forfeiture restrictions after the
Effective Time are hereafter collectively referred to as “
Parent Restricted Shares ”) and, upon the
lapsing of such restrictions, Parent shall be entitled to withhold
such amounts as may be required to be withheld under the Code and
any applicable state or local tax law with respect to the lapsing
of such restrictions; provided, that each holder of such Parent
Restricted Shares may satisfy such withholding obligations by any
approved method under the applicable Company Stock Plan.
Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a
true and complete list of the Company Restricted Shares held by
each holder thereof on the date of this Agreement and sets forth
next to the name of each holder (i) the number of Company
Restricted Shares such holder holds on a grant by grant basis,
(ii) the date on which such Company Restricted Shares were
granted, (iii) the vesting schedule pursuant to which the
transfer and/or forfeiture restrictions on such Company Restricted
Shares shall lapse and (iv) the circumstances pursuant to
which the vesting of such Company Restricted Shares will be
accelerated. Except for the Company Restricted Shares and except as
set forth on Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
no current or former employee, director or consultant of Company or
any Company Subsidiary (as defined in Section 3.1(a)) holds
restricted shares of Company Common Stock.
(c) The Company
Board shall take any and all actions reasonably necessary
(including, without limitation, adopting any necessary plan
amendment) to terminate all purchases of stock under
Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “
Company ESPP ”) effective as of the last
“Trading Day” of the “Offering Period” (as
each such term is defined in the Company ESPP) that is in effect on
the date of this Agreement and provide that no additional Offering
Periods shall commence under the Company ESPP after the date of
this Agreement. Company shall terminate the Company ESPP in its
entirety immediately prior to the Closing Date.
(d) As of the
Effective Time, Parent shall assume the obligations and succeed to
the rights of Company under the Company Stock Plans with respect to
the Adjusted Options and the Parent Restricted Shares. Company and
Parent agree that (i) except as disclosed on Sections 2.3(a)
and (b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, Company Options and
Company Restricted Shares shall not vest as a result of the Merger
and (ii) prior to
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the Effective
Time each of the Company Stock Plans shall be amended, if and to
the extent necessary, to reflect the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, including the conversion of the Company Options and
Company Restricted Shares pursuant to Sections 2.3(a) and
(b) above and the substitution of Parent for Company
thereunder to the extent appropriate to effectuate the assumption
of such Company Stock Plans by Parent. From and after the Effective
Time, all references to Company (other than any references relating
to a “Change in Control” of Company) in each Company
Stock Plan and in each agreement evidencing any award of Company
Options or Company Restricted Shares shall be deemed to refer to
Parent, unless Parent determines otherwise.
(e) Parent shall
take all action necessary or appropriate to have available for
issuance under an effective registration statement filed with the
SEC a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock for
delivery upon exercise of the Adjusted Options.
2.4 Adjustments
to Prevent Dilution . In the event that Company changes the
number of shares of Company Common Stock or securities convertible
or exchangeable into or exercisable for shares of Company Common
Stock, or Parent changes the number of shares of Parent Common
Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable
for shares of Parent 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 shall
be equitably adjusted.
2.5
Withholding . Each of Parent and the Exchange Agent shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise
payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as Parent or the
Exchange Agent is required to deduct and withhold under the Code or
any provision of state, local, or foreign Applicable Laws, with
respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that amounts
are so withheld by Parent or the Exchange Agent, such withheld
amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid to the person in respect of whom such deduction
and withholding was made by Parent or the Exchange Agent, as the
case may be.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
COMPANY
Except as set
forth in the disclosure letter, or in a specific reference to a
Company SEC Document (as defined in Section 3.6) filed and
publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement referred to
in such disclosure letter, delivered by Company to Parent at or
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “
Company Disclosure Letter ”) (each section of
which qualifies the correspondingly numbered representation,
warranty or covenant to the extent specified therein or in the
referred to portion of the Company SEC Documents and such other
representations, warranties or covenants to the extent a matter in
such section is disclosed in such a way as to make its relevance to
such other representation, warranty or covenant reasonably
apparent; provided however , that any disclosures in a
“Risk Factors” or similar section included in any
Company SEC Documents shall not be deemed a qualification of any
representation, warranty or covenant, or the matters expressly set
forth on the Company Disclosure Letter or the
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exceptions in
the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect”),
Company represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
3.1
Organization and Standing .
(a) Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate power
and authority to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated
and conducted. Each of the Subsidiaries listed on Section 3.1
of the Company Disclosure Letter (the “ Company
Subsidiaries ”) is an organization duly organized,
validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization with full entity power and authority
to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and
conducted. Each of Company and the Company Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or
the property it owns, leases or operates requires it to so qualify,
except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing in
such jurisdiction would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect
(as defined below). Company is not in default in the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any provision of Company’s
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “
Company Certificate ”), or Company’s
Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Company
Bylaws ”), each of which is in the form as filed and
publicly available prior to date of this Agreement in the Company
SEC Documents. Company has made available to Parent complete and
correct copies of the certificates of incorporation and bylaws or
similar organizational documents for each of the Company
Subsidiaries.
(b) For purposes
of this Agreement, (i) “ Company Material Adverse
Effect ” means a materially adverse effect on the
financial condition, business, assets, properties or results of
operations of Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, no matter how caused or how arising, except that no
materially adverse effect may be caused solely by or arise solely
from one or more of (A) changes to economic, political or
business conditions affecting the economy or financial markets
generally, (B) the occurrence of natural disasters of any
type, (C) occurrence of war, acts of war, terrorism or similar
hostilities or (D) changes in Applicable Laws, unless any such
change or occurrence specified in clauses (A), (B), (C) or
(D) materially and disproportionately affects Company and the
Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) “
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any party,
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture or other entity or enterprise, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, of which (x) at least a majority of the
securities or other interests having by their terms voting power to
elect a majority of the directors or others performing similar
functions with respect to such corporation or other entity is
directly or indirectly beneficially owned or controlled by such
party or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such party
and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (y) such party or any
Subsidiary of such party is a general partner of a partnership or a
manager of a limited liability company.
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3.2
Subsidiaries . Except as set forth on Section 3.2 of
the Company Disclosure Letter, Company does not own, directly or
indirectly, any equity or other ownership interest in any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity or
enterprise, other than the Company Subsidiaries. Company is not
subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds to or
make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in any such entity or any other person. Company owns,
directly or indirectly, each of the outstanding shares of capital
stock (or other ownership interests having by their terms ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of directors or others performing
similar functions with respect to such subsidiary) of each of the
Company Subsidiaries. Each of the ownership interests of each of
the Company Subsidiaries is duly authorized and validly issued and
is owned, directly or indirectly, by Company free and clear of all
Encumbrances (as defined in Section 3.5(b)), other than
pursuant to the Securities Pledge Agreements, entered into in
connection with the Credit Agreement, dated June 30, 2006,
among Company, InfraSource Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “ Credit
Agreement ”). There are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, puts, calls, agreements, understandings, claims
or other commitments or rights of any type relating to the
issuance, sale or transfer of any securities of any of the Company
Subsidiaries, nor are there outstanding any securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock or
other voting securities or ownership interests of any of the
Company Subsidiaries. Neither Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party
to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar
contract (including without limitation any contract relating to any
transaction or relationship between or among Company and any of the
Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated
affiliate, including without limitation any structured finance,
special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other
hand, or any “off-balance sheet arrangement” (as
defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”))).
3.3 Corporate
Power and Authority . Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and deliver this Agreement, to perform
its obligations under this Agreement, and, subject to approval and
adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement by the Company Stockholders, to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution,
performance and delivery of this Agreement by Company have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Company, subject to adoption of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement by the Company Stockholders, and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of Company are necessary to
authorize or approve this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by Company, and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub,
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Company
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that
such enforceability (a) may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating
to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
(b) is subject to general principles of equity.
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3.4
Capitalization of Company .
(a) As of
December 31, 2006, Company’s authorized capital stock
consisted of (i) 120,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of
which 40,233,869 shares were issued and outstanding (including
164,531 Company Restricted Shares issued under the Company Stock
Plans), and (ii) 12,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $.001 per share, issuable in series, none of which were
outstanding. At December 31, 2006, there were outstanding
Company Options to purchase an aggregate of 2,230,989 shares of
Company Common Stock and unvested restricted stock covering 164,531
shares of Company Common Stock (which were included in the
outstanding shares). Since December 31, 2006, except as set
forth on Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
(i) no shares of Company Common Stock have been issued, except
pursuant to Company Options outstanding on December 31, 2006,
(ii) no Company Options have been granted, and (iii) no
issuances are currently contemplated.
(b) Other than as
set forth in Section 3.4(a) (including the exceptions set
forth in the last sentence of Section 3.4(a)) of this
Agreement or Section 3.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
there are no outstanding (i) shares of Company capital stock
or Company voting securities, (ii) subscriptions, options,
warrants, puts, calls, agreements, understandings, claims or other
commitments or rights of any type relating to the issuance, sale,
repurchase or transfer of any securities of Company, or
(iii) securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for
any shares of Company capital stock or Company voting securities,
and neither Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any
obligation of any kind to issue any additional securities or to pay
for, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities of
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their
respective predecessors. None of the Company Subsidiaries owns any
Company capital stock, option or warrant to acquire Company capital
stock or other interest determined by reference to the value of
Company capital stock.
(c) Each
outstanding share of Company capital stock is, and each share of
Company capital stock that may be issued will be, when issued, duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The issuance and
sale of all of the shares of capital stock described in this
Section 3.4 have been in compliance with United States federal and
state securities laws. Neither Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries is obligated to register any securities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the rules and
regulations thereunder, the “ Securities Act
”), or under any state securities law or granted registration
rights to any individual or entity.
3.5 Conflicts;
Consents and Approvals . Neither the execution and delivery of
this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof
will:
(a) conflict with,
or result in a breach of any provision of, the Company Certificate
or the Company Bylaws;
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(b) violate, or
conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or
constitute a default (or an event that, with the giving of notice,
the passage of time or otherwise, would constitute a default)
under, or entitle any Person (with the giving of notice, the
passage of time or otherwise) to terminate, accelerate, modify or
call a default under, or result in the creation of any lien,
security interest, pledge, mortgage, charge, option, hypothecation,
easement, restriction or other encumbrance (an “
Encumbrance ”) upon any properties or assets of
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
deed of trust, license, contract, undertaking, agreement, lease or
other instrument or obligation to which Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is a party, except (i) the Credit
Agreement, and (ii) the agreements set forth in
Section 3.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(c) except as set
forth on Section 3.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
violate, or conflict with, or result in any change in the rights or
obligations of any party under any of its Company Material
Contracts (as defined in Section 3.18(a));
(d) violate any
order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets; or
(e) except as set
forth on Section 3.5(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
require any action or consent or approval of, or review by, or
registration or filing by Company or any of its affiliates with,
any third party or any local, domestic, foreign or multinational
court, arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or commission or
other governmental or regulatory body, agency, instrumentality or
authority (each of the foregoing, a “ Governmental
Authority ”), other than (i) approval of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by
Company Stockholders, (ii) actions required by the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(together with the rules and regulations thereunder, the “
HSR Act ”), (iii) registrations or other
actions required under United States federal and state securities
laws, (iv) compliance with any applicable requirements under
stock exchange rules, (v) consents or approvals of any
Governmental Authority, which are normally obtained after the
consummation of this type of transaction, and (vi) the filing
with the Delaware Secretary of State of the Certificate of
Merger;
other than in
the case of Sections 3.5(b), 3.5(c), 3.5(d) and 3.5(e) those
exceptions that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
3.6 Company SEC
Reports and Financial Statements .
(a) Company has
timely filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ SEC ”) all forms and
documents required to be filed by it since May 12, 2004 under
the Exchange Act, including (A) its Annual Reports on Form
10-K, (B) its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, (C) all
proxy statements relating to meetings of stockholders of Company
(in the form mailed to stockholders), and (D) all other
forms,
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reports and
registration statements required to be filed by Company with the
SEC. The documents described in clauses (A)-(D) above, in each case
as amended (whether filed prior to, on or after the date of this
Agreement), are referred to in this Agreement collectively as the
“ Company SEC Documents .” As of their
respective dates or, if amended and publicly available prior to the
date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment with
respect to those disclosures that are amended, the Company SEC
Documents, including the financial statements and schedules
provided therein or incorporated by reference therein, (x) did
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading and (y) complied in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) and other
Applicable Laws, as the case may be, and the applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder. None of the Subsidiaries of
Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act or required to file any form, report or other document
with the SEC, The New York Stock Exchange (the “
NYSE ”), any stock exchange or any other
comparable Governmental Authority.
(b) The
December 31, 2006 consolidated balance sheet of Company (the
“ Company Balance Sheet ”) and the
related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows
(including, in each case, the related notes, where applicable), as
reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 filed with the SEC under
the Exchange Act, fairly present, and the financial statements to
be filed by Company with the SEC after the date of this Agreement
will fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position and the consolidated results of operations, cash
flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates or for the respective
fiscal periods therein set forth; each of such statements
(including the related notes, where applicable) complies, and the
financial statements to be filed by Company with the SEC after the
date of this Agreement will comply, with applicable accounting
requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the
SEC with respect thereto; and each of such statements (including
the related notes, where applicable) has been, and the financial
statements to be filed by Company with the SEC after the date of
this Agreement will be, prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP ”) consistently applied during the periods
involved. Except as set forth on Section 3.6(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the books and records of Company and its
Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in accordance
with GAAP and any other applicable legal and accounting
requirements. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to Company and has
not resigned or been dismissed as independent public accountants of
Company.
(c) Since
September 23, 2003, (A) except as set forth on
Section 3.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the exercise
price of each Company Option has been no less than the Fair Market
Value (as defined under the terms of the respective Company Stock
Plans under which such Company Option was granted) of a share of
Company Common Stock as determined on the date of grant of such
Company Option, and (B) all grants of
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Company Options
were validly issued and properly approved by the Company Board (or
a duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof) in material
compliance with Applicable Laws and recorded in Company’s
financial statements referred to in Section 3.6(b) in
accordance with GAAP, and no such grants involved any “back
dating,” “forward dating” or similar practices
with respect to the effective date of grant.
(d) Since
December 31, 2006, Company and the Company Subsidiaries have
not entered into any futures, hedge, swap, collar, put, call,
floor, cap, option or other contracts that are intended to benefit
from or reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the price
of commodities, or securities, interest rates or currencies, other
than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices.
(e) Neither
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has, since
September 23, 2003, extended or maintained credit, arranged
for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in
the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive
officer (or equivalent thereof) of Company as prohibited under
Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
3.7 Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities .
(a) Except
(i) as and to the extent disclosed or reserved against on the
balance sheet of Company as of December 31, 2006 included in
the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement
or (ii) as incurred since the date thereof in the ordinary
course of business consistent with prior practice, neither Company
nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liabilities or
obligations of any nature, whether known or unknown, absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due,
that would (x) be required by GAAP to be reflected on a
consolidated balance sheet of Company and the Company Subsidiaries
(or disclosed in the notes thereto) or (y) otherwise
reasonably be expected to be material to Company and the Company
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) Since
December 31, 2006, Company has not recorded, and does not
expect to record, the reversal of any previously recognized
profits, or the recognition of any losses, on any projects of
Company or any Company Subsidiary that are individually or in the
aggregate in excess of $5,000,000.
(c) Since
December 31, 2006 and through the date of this Agreement,
Company and Company Subsidiaries have not deemed uncollectible or
reserved for any accounts or notes receivable, except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice.
3.8 Proxy
Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement . None of the
information to be supplied by Company for inclusion in (a) the
joint proxy statement relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting
(as defined in Section 5.5(a)) and the Parent Stockholder
Meeting (as defined in Section 5.5(b)) (also constituting the
prospectus in respect of Parent Common Stock into which Company
Common Stock will be converted) (the “ Proxy
Statement/Prospectus ”), to be filed by Company and
Parent with the SEC, and any amendments or supplements thereto,
or
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(b) the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “ Registration
Statement ”) to be filed by Parent with the SEC in
connection with the Merger, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, will, at the respective times such documents are filed,
and, in the case of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, at the time the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
is first mailed to the Company Stockholders and Parent
Stockholders, at the time of the Company Special Meeting and the
Parent Special Meeting and at the Effective Time, and, in the case
of the Registration Statement, when it becomes effective under the
Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be made therein or
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
3.9 Compliance
with Law . Except as to matters involving Environmental Laws
(as defined in Section 3.14(a)) or Hazardous Substances (as defined
in Section 3.14(b)) to which Section 3.14 shall apply,
Company and the Company Subsidiaries hold all franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances,
exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of all
Governmental Authorities necessary for the lawful conduct of their
respective businesses (the “ Company Permits
”), except for failures to hold such Company Permits that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Company and the Company
Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of the Company
Permits, except where the failure so to comply would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. The businesses of Company and the
Company Subsidiaries are not being conducted in violation of
Applicable Laws, except for violations that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. No investigation or review by any
Governmental Authority with respect to Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of Company,
threatened, nor has any Governmental Authority indicated in writing
an intention to conduct any such investigation or review, other
than, in each case, those the outcome of which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither Company, any Company
Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, has used any corporate
or other funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts, or
entertainment, or made any unlawful expenditures relating to
political activity to government officials or others, or
established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded funds in
violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended
(the “ FCPA ”).
3.10
Litigation . Except as to Taxes to which Section 3.12
shall apply and to matters involving Environmental Laws or
Hazardous Substances to which Section 3.14 shall apply, and
except as set forth on Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, there is no suit, claim, action, proceeding, hearing,
notice of violation, investigation or demand letter (an “
Action ”) pending or, to the knowledge of
Company, threatened, against Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries or any executive officer or director of Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect or that would be required to be disclosed in the
Company SEC Documents. There is no outstanding order, writ,
injunction, judgment, award, rule or decree against Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries or by which any property, asset or
operation of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is bound or
affected that would, individually or in the
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aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Since December 31, 2006 and through the date of this
Agreement, Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not entered
into any settlement or consent with respect to any pending
litigation or other proceeding other than settlements (i) in
the ordinary course of business not exceeding a $5,000,000 payment
by Company or a Company Subsidiary with an unconditional release of
Company, the Company Subsidiaries and its or their affiliates, as
applicable, from any liabilities or, (ii) in the case of
non-monetary settlements, which would not be reasonably likely to
have an adverse impact in any material respect on the operations of
Company and the Company Subsidiaries and, following the Effective
Time, Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries.
3.11 Absence of
Certain Changes or Events . Except as set forth on
Sections 3.11(a) through (h) of the Company Disclosure
Letter:
(a) Since
December 31, 2006, there has not been any Company Material
Adverse Effect or any event, change, effect or development that
would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect, except as contemplated in
this Agreement;
(b) Since
December 31, 2006 and through the date of this Agreement,
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their business
and operated their properties in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, except as contemplated in this
Agreement;
(c) Since
December 31, 2006 and through the date of this Agreement,
Company and Company Subsidiaries have not merged or consolidated
with any other Person or acquired assets of any other Person for
consideration in excess of $5,000,000, individually, and
$50,000,000 in the aggregate or entered into a new line of business
or commenced business operations in any country in which Company is
not operating as of the date of this Agreement or made any offer or
committed to do any of the foregoing;
(d) Since
December 31, 2006, there has not been any declaration, setting
aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect
to any shares of capital stock of Company, or any repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition by Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other
securities of, or other ownership interests in, Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries;
(e) Since
December 31, 2006, except as set forth on Section 3.11(e)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, there has not been any amendment
of any term of (i) any outstanding security of Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries or (ii) any Company Benefit Plan
or Company Employee Agreement (as defined in Section 3.13(a))
of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries;
(f) Since
December 31, 2006 and through the date of this Agreement,
Company has not incurred any indebtedness for borrowed money,
except indebtedness incurred and letters of credit issued under the
Credit Agreement or in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with the Credit Agreement;
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(g) At the date of
this Agreement, Company and Company Subsidiaries have not made or
committed to make capital expenditures in excess of the aggregate
consolidated budgeted amount set forth in Company’s fiscal
2007 capital expenditure plan as previously disclosed to Parent;
and
(h) Since
December 31, 2006, there has not been any change in any method
of accounting or accounting practice by Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries, except for any such change required because
of a concurrent change in GAAP or to conform a Company
Subsidiary’s accounting policies and practices to those of
Company.
3.12 Taxes
. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the
contrary other than Sections 3.6, 3.13 and 3.21, this
representation contains Company’s sole representation
regarding Taxes.
(a)
(i) Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries has timely
filed, or sought and received an extension to file, all material
United States federal, state and local and all foreign Returns (as
defined in Section 3.12(k)) required to be filed by it,
(ii) all such Returns were true, correct and complete in all
material respects, (iii) Company and each of the Company
Subsidiaries have paid or caused to be paid all Taxes (whether or
not shown on such Returns as owing), except where the failure to
pay such Taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
(iv) each of Company and the Company Subsidiaries has timely
withheld and paid all material amounts of Taxes required to have
been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to
any employee, creditor, independent contractor, shareholder or
other third party, (v) except as set forth on
Section 3.12(a)(v) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is currently the
beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any
material Return, (vi) except as set forth on
Section 3.12(a)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liability for
the Taxes of any person (other than Company and the Company
Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a
transferor or successor, by contract or otherwise, (vii) the
charges, accruals and reserves for Taxes with respect to Company
and the Company Subsidiaries reflected in the Company Balance Sheet
are adequate under GAAP to cover Tax liabilities accruing through
the date thereof, (viii) except as set forth on
Section 3.12(a)(viii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no
deficiencies for any material amounts of Taxes have been asserted
or assessed, or, to the knowledge of Company, proposed, against
Company or any Company Subsidiary that have not been paid in full,
(ix) except as set forth on Section 3.12(a)(ix) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, there is no action, suit, proceeding,
investigation, audit or claim underway, pending or, to the
knowledge of Company or any Company Subsidiary, threatened or
scheduled to commence, against or with respect to Company or any
Company Subsidiary in respect of any material amount of Tax, and
(x) except as set forth on Section 3.12(a)(x) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, there is no outstanding order, writ,
injunction, judgment, award, rule or decree against Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries related to any material amount of
Tax.
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(b) Neither
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has requested or is the subject
of or bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice
memorandum, closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or
agreement with any taxing authority with respect to any material
Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.
(c) Each of
Company and the Company Subsidiaries has disclosed on its Returns
all positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial
understatement of Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of
the Code.
(d) Neither
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has entered into, has any
liability in respect of, or has any filing obligations with respect
to, any transaction that constitutes a “listed
transaction,” as defined in Section 1.6011-4 of the
Treasury Regulations.
(e) Neither
Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be required to include any
material item of income in, or exclude any material item of
deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion
thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any
(i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending
on or prior to the Closing Date under Section 481(c) of the Code
(or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or
foreign Applicable Law) or (ii) “closing agreement” as
described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or
similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Law)
executed on or prior to the Closing Date.
(f) Except as set
forth on Section 3.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
since September 24, 2003, neither Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has undergone an “ownership change” pursuant
to Section 382(g) of the Code.
(g) Since
September 24, 2003, neither Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has been a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation for
purposes of Section 355 of the Code.
(h) The Company
has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of
(i) all U.S. federal income tax Returns of Company and the
Company Subsidiaries relating to taxable periods ending on or after
December 31, 2003, filed through the date of this Agreement,
(ii) any audit report (or notice of proposed adjustment to the
extent not included in an audit report) within the last three years
relating to any material amounts of Taxes due from or with respect
to Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any
substantive and non-privileged correspondence and memoranda
relating to the matters described in clauses (i) or
(ii) of this Section 3.12(h).
(i) Except as set
forth on Section 3.12(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
neither Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any payment, is
obligated to make any payment, or is a party to any agreement that
could obligate it to make any payment that will not be deductible
under Section 280G or 162(m) of the Code (or any corresponding
provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Law).
(j) Except as set
forth on Section 3.12(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
from December 31, 2006 until the date of this Agreement,
neither Company nor any
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Company
Subsidiary has made any change to any material method of Tax
accounting, made or changed any material Tax election, authorized
any indemnities for a material amount of Taxes, amended any Return
(including by way of a claim for refund) such that the amended
Return results in an overpayment or underpayment of a material
amount of Taxes, or settled or compromised any material Tax
liability.
(k) “
Returns ” means returns, reports, forms or
other documentation (including any additional or supporting
material and any amendments or supplements) required to be filed
with any Governmental Authority of the United States or any other
relevant jurisdiction responsible for the imposition or collection
of Taxes, including any information returns, claims for refunds,
amended returns, or declarations of estimated Taxes.
(l) “
Taxes ” means all taxes (whether United States
federal, state or local or foreign) based upon or measured by
income and any other tax whatsoever, including gross receipts,
profits, sales, use, occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer,
franchise, withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, net
worth, social security, worker’s compensation, excise, or
property taxes, together with any interest, penalties, additions to
tax and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto.
3.13 Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA.
(a)
Section 3.13(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a
true and complete list of the Company Benefit Plans (as defined
below). For purposes of this Agreement, “ Company
Benefit Plans ” shall mean all material employee
benefit plans or arrangements of any type (including without
limitation, the Company Stock Plans, the Company ESPP and plans
described in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1976, as amended (“ ERISA
”)), sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Company or
any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, which together
with Company would be deemed a single employer within the meaning
of Section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code or
Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA (a “ Company ERISA
Affiliate ”) within six years prior to the Effective
Time; provided, that the term “Company Benefit Plans”
shall not include any Multiemployer Plan (as defined below) or
union-sponsored welfare plan, and Section 3.13(a)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Letter lists each individual employment,
compensation, severance or similar agreement with respect to which
Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate has any current or future
obligation or liability (“ Company Employee
Agreement ”). With respect to each Company Benefit
Plan, Company has provided or made available to Parent a true,
correct and complete copy of such Company Benefit Plan, and, to the
extent applicable, trust agreements, insurance contracts and other
funding vehicles, the most recent Annual Reports (Form 5500
Series) and accompanying schedules, summary plan descriptions, and
the most recent determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service. Company has provided or made available to Parent a true,
correct and complete copy of (x) each Company Employee
Agreement that has not been filed with the Company SEC Documents or
(y) the form(s) of each Company Employee Agreement and has
listed on Section 3.13(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter
the name of each of the individuals who have signed such Company
Employee Agreement by each type of form. All Company
Employee
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Agreements
referenced in clause (y) of the preceding sentence conform
substantially to the form(s) of such Company Employee Agreements
provided to Parent.
(b) With respect
to each Company Benefit Plan: (i) if intended to qualify under
Section 401(a) or 401(k) of the Code, such plan has received a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
with respect to its qualification, and its related trust has been
determined to be exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code
and, to the knowledge of Company, nothing has occurred since the
date of such letter to adversely affect such qualification or
exemption; (ii) each such plan has been administered in
substantial compliance with its terms and Applicable Laws;
(iii) neither Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has
engaged in, and Company and each Company ERISA Affiliate do not
have any knowledge of any Person that has engaged in, any
transaction or acted or failed to act in any manner that would
subject Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate to any liability for
a breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA; (iv) except as set
forth on Section 3.13(b)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no
disputes, government audits, examinations or investigations are
pending or, to the knowledge of Company or any Company ERISA
Affiliate, threatened other than ordinary claims for benefits; (v)
neither Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has engaged in, and
Company and each Company ERISA Affiliate do not have any knowledge
of any Person that has engaged in, any transaction in violation of
Section 406(a) or (b) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code for which no exemption exists under Section 408 of ERISA
or Section 4975(c) of the Code or Section 4975(d) of the Code;
(vi) all contributions due have been made on a timely basis;
and (vii) except for outstanding awards under the Company
Stock Plans and the Company ESPP, such plan may be terminated on a
prospective basis without any continuing liability for benefits
other than benefits accrued to the date of such termination. All
contributions required under any Company Benefit Plan which have
not been made have been properly recorded on the books of Company
or a Company ERISA Affiliate.
(c) Neither
Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has incurred or taken any
action that could reasonably be expected to cause it to incur any
liability (i) on account of a partial or complete withdrawal
(within the meaning of Sections 4205 and 4203 of ERISA,
respectively) with respect to any multiemployer plan, as described
in Section 3(37) of ERISA (a “ Multiemployer
Plan ”), or (ii) on account of unpaid
contributions to any such Multiemployer Plan. To the knowledge of
Company, no Multiemployer Plan to which Company or any Company
ERISA Affiliate contributes or is obligated to contribute is
insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of
Sections 4245 and 4241 of ERISA.
(d) Neither
Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has incurred or taken any
action that could reasonably be expected to cause it to incur any
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “
PBGC ”) as a result of the voluntary or
involuntary termination of any Company Benefit Plan which is
subject to Title IV of ERISA.
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(e) No event has
occurred with respect to a Company Benefit Plan that could
reasonably be expected to result in liability to Company or any
Company ERISA Affiliate which would have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(f) Except as set
forth in Section 3.13(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
(i) no present or former employees of Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries are covered by any employee agreements or
plans that provide or will provide severance pay, post-termination
health or life insurance benefits (except as required pursuant to
Section 4980B of the Code or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA)
or any similar benefits or has or will obtain a right to receive a
gross-up payment from Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
with respect to any excise taxes which may be imposed upon such
present or former employee pursuant to Sections 409A or 4999
of the Code or otherwise, (ii) neither the execution of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions shall cause any
payments or benefits to any employee, officer or director of
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to be either subject to
an excise tax or non-deductible to Company under Sections 4999
and 280G of the Code, respectively, and (iii) neither the
execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions shall result in, cause the accelerated vesting or
delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or
benefit to any employee, officer or director of Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries.
(g)
Section 3.13(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter
(i) lists for each participant in the Blair Park Services,
Inc. and Sunesys, Inc. Performance Unit Plan 2005-2008 (the “
BP LTIP ”) the applicable performance target(s)
and (ii) describes the committee or person(s) administering
the BP LTIP. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not accelerate the vesting or payment of awards
granted under the BP LTIP to any employee of Blair Park Services,
Inc. or Sunesys, Inc.
3.14
Environmental Matters. Notwithstanding any other provision
in this Agreement to the contrary other than in Section 3.6,
this representation contains Company’s sole representation
regarding matters involving Environmental Laws or Hazardous
Substances. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect:
(a) The businesses
of Company and the Company Subsidiaries have been and are operated
in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local
statutes, ordinances, licenses, rules, orders, regulations, permit
conditions, injunctive obligations and legal requirements relating
to the protection of the environment and public health, including
without limitation the common law and the Federal Clean Water Act,
Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation & Recovery Act,
Clean Air Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, and Emergency Planning and Community Right to
Know Act, each as amended and currently in effect (together,
“ Environmental Laws ”).
(b) Neither
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has caused the
generation, treatment, manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
storage, discharge,
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release,
disposal, transport or handling of any chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances,
petroleum, petroleum products or any other substance regulated
under any Environmental Law (together, “ Hazardous
Substances ”), except in compliance with all
Environmental Laws, and, to Company’s knowledge, no
generation, treatment, manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
storage, discharge, release, disposal, transport or handling of any
Hazardous Substances has occurred at any property or facility
owned, leased or operated by Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries except in compliance with all Environmental
Laws.
(c) Neither
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any
written notice from any Governmental Authority or third party or,
to the knowledge of Company, any other communication alleging or
concerning any violation by Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries of, or responsibility or liability of Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries under, any Environmental Law. There are
no pending or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened claims,
suits, actions or proceedings with respect to the businesses or
operations of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries alleging
or concerning any violation of, or responsibility or liability
under, any Environmental Law. There is no outstanding order, writ,
injunction, judgment, award, rule or decree against Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries related to any Environmental Law or
Hazardous Substances.
(d) Company and
the Company Subsidiaries have obtained and are in compliance with
all approvals, permits, licenses, registrations and similar
authorizations from all Governmental Authorities under all
Environmental Laws required for the operation of the businesses of
Company and the Company Subsidiaries as currently conducted; and,
to the knowledge of Company, there are no pending or threatened,
actions or proceedings alleging violations of or seeking to modify,
revoke or deny renewal of any of such approvals, permits, licenses,
registrations and similar authorizations.
(e) No claims have
been asserted or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened to be
asserted against Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or
against any Person (as defined in Section 5.2(d)) whose
liability for any claim Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law
for any personal injury (including wrongful death) or property
damage (real or personal) arising out of alleged exposure or
otherwise related to Hazardous Substances.
3.15
Insurance . Company has made available to Parent a true,
complete and correct copy of each insurance policy of Company and
each material insurance policy of the Company Subsidiaries
currently in effect or the binder therefor. Company maintains
insurance with reputable insurers for the business and assets of
Company and the Company Subsidiaries against all risks normally
insured against, and in amounts normally carried, by corporations
of similar size engaged in similar lines of business. All premiums
due on such policies have been paid, and there is no existing
default or notice of non-renewal, except for such defaults or
notices as would not constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Company maintains levels of self-insurance and reserves which
Company believes are adequate to meet current
liabilities.
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3.16 Labor
Matters; Employees.
(a) Except, in
each case, individually or in the aggregate, as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
(i) there is no labor strike, dispute, slowdown, work stoppage
or lockout actually pending or, to the knowledge of Company,
threatened against or affecting Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries and, during the past five years, there has not been
any such action, (ii) neither Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries have any knowledge of any current union organizing
activities among the employees of Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, (iii) Company and the Company Subsidiaries have
each at all times been in compliance with all applicable laws
respecting employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment, wages, hours of work and occupational
safety and health, and are not engaged in any unfair labor
practices as defined in the National Labor Relations Act or other
Applicable Laws, ordinance or regulation and Company is not liable
for any arrears of wages or any withholding taxes or penalties for
failure to comply with any of the foregoing, (iv) there is no
unfair labor practice charge or complaint against Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of Company,
threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any similar
state or foreign agency, (v) there is no grievance or
arbitration proceeding arising out of any collective bargaining
agreement or other grievance procedure relating to Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries, (vi) neither the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration nor any other federal or state
agency has threatened to file any citation, and there are no
pending citations, relating to Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, and (vii) there is no employee or governmental claim
or investigation, including any charges to or by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission or any state employment practice
agency, investigations regarding Fair Labor Standards Act
compliance, audits by the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance
Programs, Workers’ Compensation claims, harassment
complaints, demand letters, or threatened claims.
Section 3.16(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of any material
collective bargaining or similar agreement with any labor
organization, or work rules, past practices, or implied contractual
terms or agreements with any labor organization or employee
association applicable to employees of Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries (collectively the, “ Labor
Agreements ”) to which Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries is a party, and none of the employees of Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries are represented by any material
labor organization except as set forth on Section 3.16(a)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(b) Since the
enactment of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
of 1988 (“ WARN Act ”), neither Company
nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has effectuated (i) a
plant closing affecting any site of employment or one or more
facilities or operating units within any site of employment or
facility of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or
(ii) a mass layoff (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any
site of employment or facility of Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, nor has Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
been affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or
employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger
application
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of any similar
state or local law, in each case that would reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Neither
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has been suspended or
debarred from doing business with the United States government, or
state or local government entity, or is the subject of a finding of
non-responsibility or ineligibility for United States government
contracting, or contracting with a state or local government
entity, and neither Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries
has, or is violating, Executive Order 11246 or its implementing
regulations, with respect to any government contract, or any state
or local law applicable to contracting with such governmental
entity, and neither Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has
been notified by one or more significant customers that Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries is not currently considered
qualified by that customer or customers to perform or bid on work
for that customer because of safety record concerns, except for any
such disqualification that would not reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on Company or any material Company
Subsidiary.
3.17 Title to
Property and Equipment. Except for goods and other property
sold, used, leased, licensed or otherwise surrendered, relinquished
or otherwise disposed of since December 31, 2006 in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as
disclosed in Section 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter, as
of the date of this Agreement, Company, directly or indirectly
through the Company Subsidiaries, has good and marketable title to
all of the property and equipment reflected in Company’s
December 31, 2006 financial statements included in the Company
SEC Documents (the “ Property and Equipment
”), free and clear of any Encumbrance, except:
(a) Encumbrances reflected in the balance sheet of Company as
of December 31, 2006 (or the notes thereto) included in the
Company SEC Documents; (b) Encumbrances for taxes not yet due and
payable; and (c) such imperfections of title, easements and
Encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. All leases and other agreements pursuant to which Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries leases or otherwise acquires or
obtains rights affecting any real or personal property are valid,
and effective, except where the failure to be valid or effective
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and there is not, under
any such leases any event of default or event which with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(a) Set forth in
Section 3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter or listed as
an exhibit to Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2006 or to any other Company SEC
Document filed and publicly available between December 31, 2006 and
the date of this Agreement is a list of each contract, lease,
indenture, agreement, arrangement or understanding to which Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries is subject that is currently in
effect and (i) is of a type that would be required to be
included as an exhibit to a Form S-1 Registration Statement
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC if such a
registration statement were filed by
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Company,
(ii) which expressly limits the ability of the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries or would limit the ability of Parent or
any of the Parent Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 4.1(a))
after the Effective Time, to compete in or conduct any line of
business or compete with any Person or in any geographic area or
during any period of time, in each case, if such limitation is or
is reasonably likely to be material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, following the Effective Time,
to Parent and any Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(iii) which requires them to deal exclusively in any material
respect with any Person or group of related Persons, or
(iv) which is a shareholder rights agreement or which
otherwise provides for the issuance of any securities in respect of
this Agreement or the Merger. Each contract, lease, indenture,
agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the type
described in this Section 3.18(a), whether or not included as an
exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, is referred to herein as a
“ Company Material Contract ,” and for
purposes of Section 5.3(xix) and the bringdown of
Section 3.18(b) pursuant to Section 6.3(a),
“Company Material Contract” shall include as of the
date entered into any such contract, lease, indenture, agreement,
arrangement, commitment or understanding that is entered into after
the date of this Agreement. The Company has previously made
available to Parent true, complete and correct copies of each
Company Material Contract that is not included as an exhibit to the
Company SEC Documents.
(b) (A) All
Company Material Contracts are the valid and legally binding
obligations of Company and, to the knowledge of Company, each of
the other parties thereto and are enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms; (B) Company is not in material breach
or default with respect to, and to the knowledge of Company, no
other party to any Company Material Contract is in material breach
or default with respect to, its obligations thereunder, including
with respect to payments or otherwise; (C) no party to any
Company Material Contract has given notice of any action to
terminate, cancel, rescind or procure a judicial reformation
thereof; and (D) except as set forth in the Company SEC
Documents filed and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement no Company Material Contract contains any provision that
prevents Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries from owning,
managing and operating the Property and Equipment of Company and
the Company Subsidiaries in accordance with historical practices,
except, in the case of each of (A)-(D) above, as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
3.19
Intellectual Property . Company or the Company Subsidiaries
own, or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use, all
patents, patent rights, trademarks, rights, trade names, trade name
rights, service marks, service mark rights, copyrights, technology,
know-how, processes and other proprietary intellectual property
rights and computer programs (“ Intellectual
Property ”) currently used in the conduct of the
business of Company and the Company Subsidiaries, except where the
failure to so own or otherwise have the right to use such
Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
No Person has notified either Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries in writing and Company does not have any knowledge
that their use of the Intellectual Property infringes on the rights
of any Person, subject to such claims and infringements as do not,
individually or in the aggregate, give rise to any liability on the
part of Company and the Company Subsidiaries that would,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
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be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and, to Company’s
knowledge, no Person is infringing on any right of Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries with respect to any such Intellectual
Property. No claims are pending or, to Company’s knowledge,
threatened that Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is
infringing or otherwise adversely affecting the rights of any
Person with regard to any Intellectual Property, except for claims
that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.20 Disclosure
Controls and Procedures and Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting . Company has established and maintains
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in
Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) of the Exchange Act) that are
designed to provide reasonable assurance that information (both
financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by Company in
the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that all
such information is accumulated and communicated to Company’s
management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Company required
under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports. As of
December 31, 2006, there were no “material
weaknesses” in Company’s or any of the Company
Subsidiaries’ internal controls as contemplated under
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Company has disclosed,
based on the most recent evaluation of its internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the
Exchange Act) by its chief executive officer and chief financial
officer, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the
Company Board (a) any significant deficiencies in the design
or operation of its internal control over financial reporting that
are reasonably likely to adversely affect Company’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information and
has identified for the Company’s auditors and audit committee
of the Company Board any material weaknesses in its internal
control over financial reporting and (b) any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other employees who have
a significant role in Company’s internal control over
financial reporting. Since the date of Company’s most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
knowledge of Company, no facts or circumstances have arisen or
occurred that would be required to be disclosed to Company’s
auditors or Company’s audit committee regarding (x) a
significant deficiency in the design or operation of its internal
control over financial reporting, (y) a material weakness in
its internal control over financial reporting or (z) fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
3.21 Tax-Free
Reorganization . Neither Company nor, to the knowledge of
Company, any of its affiliates has taken or agreed to take any
action that would prevent the Merger from constituting a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code.
3.22 Opinion of
Financial Advisor . The Company Board has received the written
opinion of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Company’s financial
advisor, dated as of the date of this Agreement, to the effect
that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Exchange Ratio is fair
to the Company Stockholders from a financial point of view. A true,
complete and correct copy of such opinion will promptly be
delivered to Parent by Company solely for informational purposes
after receipt thereof.
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3.23 Brokerage
and Finders’ Fees . Except for Company’s
obligations to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., FMI Corporation, and
Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC, neither Company nor any director,
officer, employee or affiliate of Company, has incurred or will
incur on behalf of Company or the Company Subsidiaries, any
brokerage, finders’, investment banking or similar fee in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
True and correct copies of all agreements and engagement letters
currently in effect with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., FMI
Corporation, and Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC (the “
Company Engagement Letters ”) have been
provided to Parent. Company is solely responsible for the fees and
expenses of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., FMI Corporation, and
Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC as and to the extent set forth in
the Company Engagement Letters and has previously provided to
Parent the method for calculating the fees payable under each
Company Engagement Letter.
3.24
Anti-takeover Provisions . Company and the Company Board
have each taken all actions necessary to be taken such that no
restrictive provision of any “moratorium,”
“control share acquisition,” “fair price,”
“interested stockholder,” “affiliate
transaction,” “business combination,” or other
similar anti-takeover statutes, laws or regulations enacted by the
federal or any state government, including the State of Delaware
and Section 203 of DGCL, or any applicable anti-takeover
provision in the Company Certificate or the Company Bylaws of
Company or in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or
comparable constituent documents of any Company Subsidiary, is, or
at the Effective Time will be, applicable to Company, Parent,
Merger Sub, Company Common Stock, this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.25 Board
Recommendation; Required Vote . The Company Board, at a meeting
duly called and held, by unanimous vote has (a) determined
that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Merger, are advisable, fair to and in the best
interests of the Company Stockholders; (b) declared advisable
and in all respects approved and adopted this Agreement, and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger;
and (c) resolved to recommend that the Company Stockholders
approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger (collectively, the
“ Company Board Recommendation ”). The
affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding
Company Common Stock to adopt this Agreement and the Merger is the
only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of
Company necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger
(the “ Company Stockholders’ Approval
”).
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Except as set
forth in the disclosure letter, or in a specific reference to a
Parent SEC Document (as defined in Section 4.5(a)) filed and
publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement referred to
in such disclosure letter, delivered by Parent to Company at or
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “
Parent Disclosure Letter ”) (each section of
which qualifies the correspondingly numbered representation,
warranty or covenant to the extent specified therein or in the
referred to portion of the Parent SEC Documents and such other
representations, warranties or covenants to the extent a matter in
such section is disclosed in such
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a way as to
make its relevance to such other representation, warranty or
covenant reasonably apparent; provided however , that any
disclosures in a “Risk Factors” or similar section
included in any Parent SEC Documents shall not be deemed a
qualification of any representations, warranty or covenant, or the
matters expressly set forth on the Parent Disclosure Letter or the
exceptions in the definition of “Parent Material Adverse
Effect”), Parent and Merger Sub jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Company as follows:
4.1
Organization and Standing . (a) Each of Parent and
Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware with full
corporate power and autho
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