AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
VERSO TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
SN ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
BRETT HAUSER,
as the
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGENT
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ARTICLE 1 TERMS OF MERGER
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SECTION 1.2 Time and Place of Closing
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SECTION 1.3 Effective Time
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ARTICLE 2 ARTICLES, BYLAWS,
MANAGEMENT
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SECTION 2.1 Certificate of
Incorporation
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SECTION 2.3 Directors and Officers
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ARTICLE 3 MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES AND
EXCHANGING CERTIFICATES
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SECTION 3.1 Conversion of Shares and Management
Merger Consideration
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SECTION 3.2 Anti-Dilution Provisions
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SECTION 3.3 Shares Held by TARGET or
PURCHASER
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SECTION 3.4 Exchange of Certificates
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SECTION 3.5 Rights of Former TARGET
Stockholders and Management Members
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SECTION 3.6 Contingent Consideration and Set-Off
Right
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SECTION 3.7 Disputes Regarding Calculation of
Earnout Revenues
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SECTION 3.8 No Fractional Shares
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SECTION 3.9 Payment in Cash
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SECTION 3.10 Adjustment to Merger
Consideration
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
TARGET
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SECTION 4.1 Organization, Standing and
Power
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SECTION 4.2 Authority; No Breach
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SECTION 4.3 Capital Stock
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SECTION 4.4 Financial Statements
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SECTION 4.5 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities
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SECTION 4.6 Absence of Certain Changes of
Events
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SECTION 4.8 TARGET Patents, Trademarks
and Trade Names
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SECTION 4.10 Environmental Matters
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SECTION 4.11 Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 4.12 Labor Relations and Employee
Matters
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SECTION 4.13 Employee Benefit Plans
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SECTION 4.14 Material Contracts
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SECTION 4.15 Legal Proceedings
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SECTION 4.17 Statements True and
Correct
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SECTION 4.18 Charter and Bylaw
Provisions
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SECTION 4.19 Investor Status
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ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER
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SECTION 5.1 Organization, Standing and
Power
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SECTION 5.2 Authority; No Breach
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SECTION 5.3 Capital Stock
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SECTION 5.4 SEC Documents
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SECTION 5.5 Financial Statements
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SECTION 5.6 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities
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SECTION 5.7 Absence of Certain Changes or
Events
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SECTION 5.9 Intellectual Property
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SECTION 5.10 Environmental Matters
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SECTION 5.11 Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 5.12 Legal Proceedings
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SECTION 5.14 Statements True and
Correct
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SECTION 5.15 Tax Treatment
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ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
MERGER SUB
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SECTION 6.1 Organization, Standing and
Power
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SECTION 6.2 Authority; No Breach
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ARTICLE 7 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING
CONSUMMATION
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SECTION 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of
TARGET
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SECTION 7.2 Covenants of
PURCHASER
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SECTION 7.3 Adverse Changes in
Condition
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ARTICLE 8 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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SECTION 8.1 Agreement as to Efforts to
Consummate
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SECTION 8.2 Investigation and
Confidentiality
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SECTION 8.3 Press Releases
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SECTION 8.4 No Solicitation
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SECTION 8.5 Employee Benefits and
Contracts
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SECTION 8.6 Indemnification Against Certain
Liabilities
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SECTION 8.7 Assumption of TARGET Options
and Warrants
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SECTION 8.8 Restricted Securities
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SECTION 8.9 PURCHASER Stockholder
Meeting
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ARTICLE 9 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS
TO CONSUMMATE
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SECTION 9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each
Party
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SECTION 9.2 Conditions to Obligations of
PURCHASER and MERGER SUB
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SECTION 9.3 Conditions to Obligations of
TARGET
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ARTICLE 10 CLOSING DELIVERIES
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SECTION 10.1 TARGET Closing
Deliveries
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SECTION 10.2 PURCHASER Closing
Deliveries
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SECTION 11.2 Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE 12 ESCROW FUND AND
INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION 12.2 Indemnification
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SECTION 12.3 Escrow Period; Release of
Indemnification Escrow Shares From Escrow
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SECTION 12.4 Claims Upon Escrow Fund
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SECTION 12.5 Objections to Claims
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SECTION 12.6 Resolution of Conflicts and
Arbitration
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SECTION 12.7 Stockholders’
Agent
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SECTION 12.8 Actions of the Stockholders’
Agent
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SECTION 12.9 Third-Party Claims
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SECTION 12.10 Primo Escrow Shares
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SECTION 13.3 Brokers and Finders
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SECTION 13.4 Entire Agreement
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SECTION 13.8 Third Party
Beneficiaries
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SECTION 13.10 Governing Law
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SECTION 13.11 Counterparts
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SECTION 13.13 Enforcement of
Agreement
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SECTION 13.14 Severability
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Number
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Description
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Certificate of
Incorporation of MERGER SUB (Section 2.1).
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Bylaws of
MERGER SUB (Section 2.2).
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Pro Forma
Balance Sheet and Schedule of Certain Accounts Receivable of
TARGET (Section 3.10(a)).
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Resolutions of
TARGET ’s Board of Directors regarding the
TARGET Employee Bonus Pool
(Section 10.1(e)).
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Matters as to
which Bingham McCutchen LLP will opine
(Section 10.1(f)).
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Form of
Certificate of Merger (Section 10.1(k)).
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Matters as to
which Rogers & Hardin LLP will opine
(Section 10.2(e)).
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Form of Escrow
Agreement (Section 12.1).
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Form of
Investor Representation Statement (Section 13.1).
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Form of
Management Member Agreement (Section 13.1).
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Form of
Registration Rights Agreement (Section 13.1).
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Form of Warrant
(Section 13.1).
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of April 4, 2007, by and among SENTITO
NETWORKS, INC. ( “TARGET” ), a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with its principal office located at 43 Nagog Park, Acton,
Massachusetts 01720, VERSO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (
“PURCHASER” ), a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with its
principal office located at 400 Galleria Parkway, Suite 200,
Atlanta, Georgia 30339, SN ACQUISITION CORPORATION (
“MERGER SUB” ), a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of PURCHASER , and BRETT HAUSER , in his
capacity as a representative of the TARGET Indemnifying
Persons for the limited purposes described herein and in the Escrow
Agreement (such person, and any successors thereto, being the
“Stockholders’ Agent”).
Certain terms used
in this Agreement are defined in Section 13.1
hereof.
The Boards of
Directors of TARGET , MERGER SUB and PURCHASER
are of the opinion that the transactions described herein are in
the best interests of the Parties and their respective
stockholders. This Agreement provides for the combination of
TARGET with MERGER SUB by virtue of the merger of
MERGER SUB with and into TARGET , as a result of
which the outstanding shares of TARGET Capital Stock (to the
extent provided herein) shall be converted into the right to
receive the consideration provided for herein, and the stockholders
of such TARGET Capital Stock shall become stockholders of
PURCHASER . This Agreement also provides for the issuance of
a portion of the merger consideration to the Management Members in
satisfaction of TARGET ’s obligations under the
TARGET Employee Bonus Pool in connection with the Merger.
This Agreement and the transactions described herein have been
approved and adopted by the respective Boards of Directors of
TARGET , MERGER SUB and PURCHASER .
The TARGET
’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, provides that a “Sale Transaction” (as that
term is used therein) shall constitute a liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of TARGET for purposes of such Certificate,
and the Merger constitutes a “Sale Transaction” as such
term is used in paragraph 4 of such Certificate. The aggregate
liquidation value of the outstanding shares of TARGET
Series E-3 Stock and TARGET Prior Series E Stock
exceeds the value of the merger consideration to be paid to the
TARGET stockholders pursuant to Article 3 hereof and,
hence, such merger consideration shall be distributed to the
holders of TARGET Series E-3 Stock and TARGET Prior
Series E Stock in accordance with the terms of such
Certificate, and the outstanding shares of TARGET Other
Preferred Stock and TARGET Common Stock shall not receive
any merger consideration pursuant to Article 3 hereof and
shall be cancelled by operation of law upon consummation of the
Merger.
Following the
Closing, TARGET will be operated as a separate subsidiary of
PURCHASER .
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual
warranties, representations, covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
TERMS OF MERGER
SECTION 1.1
Merger . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, MERGER SUB shall be merged
with and into TARGET in accordance with the provisions of
Section 252 of the DGCL and with the effect provided in
Section 259 of the DGCL (the “Merger”).
TARGET shall be the Surviving Corporation resulting from the
Merger and a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary of PURCHASER
. The Merger shall be consummated pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, which has been approved and adopted by the respective
Boards of Directors of TARGET , MERGER SUB and
PURCHASER and shall be approved and adopted by the
stockholders of TARGET in accordance with the provisions of
the DGCL.
SECTION 1.2
Time and Place of Closing. The closing of the
transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall
take place at 10:00 a.m. on the date that the Effective Time
occurs or such other time as the Parties, acting through their
chief executive officers or chief financial officers, may mutually
agree (the “Closing Date”). The place of Closing shall
be at the offices of PURCHASER or such other place as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Parties.
SECTION 1.3
Effective Time. The Merger and other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective on the date
and at the time the Certificate of Merger reflecting the Merger
(the “Certificate of Merger”) shall be filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the DGCL (the “Effective Time”),
which filing shall occur as promptly as practicable (but in any
event within one (1) business day) following the date on which
the last of the conditions set forth in Article 9 hereof is
fulfilled or waived or such other time as the Parties shall
agree.
ARTICLE 2
ARTICLES, BYLAWS, MANAGEMENT
SECTION 2.1
Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of
Incorporation of MERGER SUB in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation until otherwise amended or repealed. A copy
of the Certificate of Incorporation of MERGER SUB is
attached as Exhibit 1 hereto.
SECTION 2.2
Bylaws. The Bylaws of MERGER SUB in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation until otherwise amended or repealed. A copy
of the Bylaws of MERGER SUB is attached as
Exhibit 2 hereto.
SECTION 2.3
Directors and Officers. The Board of Directors of
MERGER SUB immediately prior to the Effective Time, together
with such additional persons as may thereafter be elected or
appointed, shall serve as the Board of Directors of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time in accordance with
the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. The officers of MERGER
SUB in office immediately prior to the Effective Time, together
with such
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persons as may thereafter be elected, shall serve as the officers
of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time in
accordance with the Bylaws of TARGET .
ARTICLE 3
MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES AND EXCHANGING
CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.1
Conversion of Shares and Management Merger
Consideration. Subject to the provisions of this
Article 3, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holders of the shares of
MERGER SUB or TARGET :
(a) Each
share of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of MERGER
SUB issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted solely into one hundred (100) fully
paid and non-assessable shares of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) Subject
to the provisions of this Article 3, upon the execution and
delivery to PURCHASER by each Management Member of a
Management Member Agreement and an Investor Representation
Statement, such Management Member shall be entitled to receive such
member’s Management Percentage of: (i) Management
Initial Merger Consideration payable, subject to Section 3.8
and Section 3.9 hereof, in a number of shares of
PURCHASER Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (A) the amount equal to such member’s
Management Percentage of the Management Initial Merger
Consideration by (B) the Average Stock Price (collectively,
the “Management Initial Stock Consideration”); and
(ii) Management Contingent Consideration payable, subject to
Sections 3.6, 3.8 and 3.9 hereof, in a number of shares of
PURCHASER Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) the amount equal to such Management
Member’s Management Percentage of the Management Contingent
Consideration, if any, by (y) the Contingent Consideration
Average Stock Price. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, the Person listed on the TARGET Disclosure
Letter in connection with Section 4.19 hereof shall not be
required to deliver an executed Investor Representation Statement
to PURCHASER in order for such Person to become entitled to
receive the consideration otherwise payable to such Person pursuant
to this Section 3.1(b).
(c) Subject
to the provisions of this Article 3, each share of
TARGET Series E-3 Stock and TARGET Prior
Series E Stock (including, without limitation, any shares
currently subject to options or warrants which are exercised prior
to the Effective Time, if any, and any shares currently subject to
convertible promissory notes which are converted prior to the
Effective Time, if any) outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, other than shares with respect to which statutory
dissenters’ rights have been perfected and shares held by
TARGET or by any PURCHASER Company, in each case
other than in a fiduciary capacity or as a result of debts
previously contracted (collectively, the “Outstanding
TARGET Shares”), shall automatically be converted at
the Effective Time into the right to receive whole shares of
PURCHASER Common Stock, Holder Warrants, if any, and cash
subject to Section 3.8 and Section 3.9 hereof, if
applicable, in accordance with the provisions of TARGET
’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, as follows:
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(i) each holder of
a certificate or certificates theretofore representing Outstanding
TARGET Shares which constituted TARGET
Series E-3 Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time
(“Outstanding TARGET Series E-3 Shares”)
shall thereafter surrender such certificate or certificates and
shall be entitled, upon such surrender, to receive in exchange
therefor;
(A) such
holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Holder Initial Merger
Consideration in a number of shares of PURCHASER Common
Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the
amount equal to such holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Holder
Initial Merger Consideration by (y) the Average Stock Price
(collectively, the “Holder Initial Stock
Consideration”);
(B) such
holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Holder Warrants;
and
(C) subject to
Section 3.6, such holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the
Series E-3 Contingent Consideration, if any, in a number of
shares of PURCHASER Common Stock equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (x) the amount equal to such
holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Series E-3 Contingent
Consideration by (y) the Contingent Consideration Average
Stock Price.
(ii) each holder
of a certificate or certificates theretofore representing
Outstanding TARGET Shares which constituted TARGET
Prior Series E Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall thereafter surrender such certificate or certificates and
shall be entitled, upon such surrender and subject to
Section 3.6, to receive in exchange therefor such
holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Prior Series E Contingent
Consideration, if any, in a number of shares of PURCHASER
Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the
amount equal to such holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Prior
Series E Contingent Consideration by (B) the Contingent
Consideration Average Stock Price.
(d) Except as
contemplated in this Section 3.1, each share of capital stock
of TARGET that is not an Outstanding TARGET Share,
including, without limitation, all of the outstanding shares of
TARGET Other Preferred Stock and TARGET Common Stock,
as of the Effective Time shall be cancelled without consideration
therefor. All options and warrants to purchase shares of
TARGET Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be terminated or cancelled or otherwise shall
be void and of no effect as of the Effective Time, except for such
options and warrants which are assumed by the Surviving Corporation
as contemplated by Section 8.7 hereof.
(e)
PURCHASER and TARGET hereby agree that, for purposes
of applying the liquidation provisions of the TARGET
’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, to the consideration payable pursuant to this
Section 3.1, the fair market value of each Warrant shall be
deemed to be $0.134.
(f) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of
TARGET Capital Stock held by TARGET stockholders who,
prior to the Effective Time, have met the requirements of
Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to stockholders
dissenting from
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the Merger
(“Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted in the
Merger (if such conversion is provided for herein), but all such
shares shall be cancelled and such stockholders shall thereafter
have only such rights as are granted to dissenting stockholders
under the DGCL; provided, however, that if any such stockholder
fails to perfect such stockholder’s rights as a dissenting
stockholder with respect to such stockholder’s TARGET
Capital Stock in accordance with the DGCL, then such shares held by
such stockholder shall, upon the happening of that event, be
treated the same as all other stockholders of such TARGET
Capital Stock who have not dissented as to the Merger.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, 920,624 shares of PURCHASER
Common Stock comprising Holder Initial Stock Consideration and
69,294 shares of PURCHASER Common Stock comprising
Management Initial Stock Consideration (collectively, the
“Indemnification Escrow Shares”) shall be issued in the
name of the Escrow Agent as nominee for the holders of certificates
representing Outstanding TARGET Series E-3 Shares
immediately prior to the Effective Time and the Management Members,
respectively. The Indemnification Escrow Shares shall be
beneficially owned by such holders and members based on each such
holder’s Pro-Rata Share of the Indemnification Escrow Shares
constituting Holder Initial Stock Consideration and such
member’s Member Percentage of the Indemnification Escrow
Shares constituting Management Initial Stock Consideration, and the
Indemnification Escrow Shares shall be held in escrow and shall be
available to compensate PURCHASER for certain damages as
provided in Article 12 hereof and the Escrow Agreement. To the
extent not used for such purposes, the Indemnification Escrow
Shares shall be released, all as provided in Article 12 hereof
and the Escrow Agreement.
(h) Furthermore,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an additional
1,150,780 shares of PURCHASER Common Stock comprising Holder
Initial Stock Consideration and an additional 86,618 shares of
PURCHASER Common Stock comprising Management Initial Stock
Consideration (collectively, the “Primo Escrow Shares”)
shall be issued in the name of the Escrow Agent as nominee for the
holders, as of the Effective Time, of the certificates representing
Outstanding TARGET Series E-3 Shares and the Management
Members, respectively. The Primo Escrow Shares shall be
beneficially owned by such holders and members based on each such
holder’s Pro Rata Share of the Primo Escrow Shares
constituting Holder Initial Stock Consideration and such
member’s Member Percentage of the Primo Escrow Shares
constituting Management Initial Stock Consideration, and the Primo
Escrow Shares shall be held in escrow and shall be released in
accordance with Article 12 hereof and the Escrow Agreement
either to the PURCHASER or to such holders and
members.
SECTION 3.2
Anti-Dilution Provisions. In the event TARGET or
PURCHASER changes the number of shares of TARGET
Capital Stock or PURCHASER Common Stock, respectively,
issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time as a result of a
stock split, stock dividend or similar recapitalization with
respect to such stock and the record date therefor (in the case of
a stock dividend) or the effective date therefor (in the case of a
stock split or similar recapitalization) shall be prior to the
Effective Time, the consideration payable pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) and Section 3.1(c) hereof and the number
of Indemnification Escrow Shares and Primo Escrow Shares set forth
in Section 3.1(g) and Section 3.1(h) hereof,
respectively, shall be equitably adjusted.
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SECTION 3.3
Shares Held by TARGET or PURCHASER. Each of the shares
of TARGET Capital Stock held by TARGET or any
PURCHASER Company, in each case other than in a fiduciary
capacity or as a result of debts previously contracted, shall be
canceled and retired at the Effective Time, and no consideration
shall be issued in exchange therefor.
SECTION 3.4
Exchange of Certificates .
(a) From and
after the Effective Time, upon exchange of a certificate or
certificates which immediately prior thereto represents outstanding
shares of TARGET Series E-3 Stock or TARGET
Prior Series E Stock, a TARGET stockholder shall be
entitled to receive, upon delivery to PURCHASER of an
Investor Representation Statement executed by such stockholder and
surrender to PURCHASER of such certificate or certificates
duly endorsed in blank, (i) one or more certificates as
requested by such stockholder (properly issued, executed and
countersigned, as appropriate) representing that number of whole
shares of PURCHASER Common Stock and Holder Warrants, if
any, to which such stockholder shall have become entitled to
receive pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof and (ii) a check
representing the cash payable to such stockholder pursuant to
Section 3.8 and Section 3.9 hereof, if any, and all of
the certificate or certificates for such TARGET
Series E-3 Stock and TARGET Prior Series E Stock
so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be
paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender of any
certificate. No portion of the consideration to be received
pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof upon exchange of a certificate
(whether a certificate representing shares of PURCHASER
Common Stock, a Holder Warrant or a check representing any cash
payable hereunder) may be issued or paid to a Person other than the
Person in whose name the certificate surrendered in exchange
therefor is registered. From the Effective Time until such delivery
and surrender in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 3.4, each certificate which immediately prior to the
Effective Time represents outstanding shares of TARGET
Series E-3 Stock or TARGET Prior Series E Stock
shall represent for all purposes only the right to receive the
consideration provided in Section 3.1 hereof. All payments in
respect of shares of TARGET Series E-3 Stock and
TARGET Prior Series E Stock that are made in accordance
with the terms of Section 3.1 hereof shall be deemed to have
been made in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such
securities.
(b) In the
case of any lost, mislaid, stolen or destroyed certificate, the
TARGET stockholder may be required, as a condition precedent
to delivery to the stockholder of the consideration described in
Section 3.1 hereof, to deliver to PURCHASER a
reasonably satisfactory indemnity agreement as PURCHASER may
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
PURCHASER or the Surviving Corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, mislaid, stolen or
destroyed.
(c) After the
Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer
books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of TARGET
Capital Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, certificates
representing TARGET Capital Stock are presented to the
Surviving Corporation or PURCHASER for transfer, they shall
be canceled and exchanged for the consideration, if any, described
in Section 3.1 hereof.
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(d) Any
shares of PURCHASER Common Stock, Holder Warrants or cash
due former stockholders of TARGET pursuant to
Section 3.1 hereof that remain unclaimed by such former
stockholders for six (6) months after the Effective Time shall be
held by PURCHASER , and any former holder of TARGET
Capital Stock who has not theretofore complied with
Section 3.4(a) and Section 3.4(b) hereof shall thereafter
look only to PURCHASER for the shares of PURCHASER
Common Stock, Holder Warrants and cash to which such holder has
become entitled pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1
hereof; provided, however, that neither PURCHASER nor any
Party hereto shall be liable to a former stockholder of shares of
TARGET Capital Stock for any amount required to be paid to a
public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar Law.
SECTION 3.5
Rights of Former TARGET Stockholders and Management
Members. Unless required by Law (i) former
stockholders of record of TARGET shall not be entitled to
vote after the Effective Time at any meeting of PURCHASER
stockholders any shares of PURCHASER Common Stock into which
their respective shares of TARGET Series E-3 Stock and
TARGET Prior Series E Stock may have been converted
pursuant to Section 3.1(c) hereof unless and until such
stockholders have delivered to PURCHASER an executed
Investor Representation Statement and regardless of whether such
stockholders have exchanged their certificate or certificates
formerly representing TARGET Series E-3 Stock and
TARGET Prior Series E Stock for certificates
representing PURCHASER Common Stock in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement; and (ii) Management Members
shall not be entitled to vote after the Effective Time at any
meeting of PURCHASER stockholders any shares of
PURCHASER Common Stock which such members may be entitled to
receive pursuant to Section 3.1(b) hereof unless and until
such members have delivered to PURCHASER an executed
Management Member Agreement and Investor Representation Statement
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Whenever a
dividend or other distribution is declared by PURCHASER on
the PURCHASER Common Stock, the record date for which is at
or after the Effective Time, the declaration shall include
dividends or other distributions on all shares of PURCHASER
Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to this Agreement, but no
dividend or other distribution payable to the holders of record of
PURCHASER Common Stock as of any time subsequent to the
Effective Time shall be delivered to a former stockholder of
TARGET Series E-3 Stock or TARGET Prior
Series E Stock or a Management Member until such
(A) stockholder delivers to PURCHASER an executed
Investor Representation Statement and surrenders such
stockholder’s certificate or certificate which formerly
represented such shares of TARGET Series E-3 Stock or
TARGET Prior Series E Stock for exchange as provided in
Section 3.4 hereof or (B) member delivers to
PURCHASER an executed Investor Representation Statement and
Management Member Agreement as provided in Section 3.1(b)
hereof. However, upon such delivery and surrender, the certificate
representing the PURCHASER Common Stock (together with all
such undelivered dividends or other distributions without interest)
and Holder Warrants, if any, issuable pursuant to
Section 3.1(c) hereof, and any undelivered cash to be paid
pursuant to Section 3.8 or Section 3.9 hereof (all without
interest) shall be delivered and paid with respect to each share
represented by such surrendered certificate. Upon delivery of a
Management Member Agreement and an Investment Representation
Statement by a Management Member, the certificate representing the
PURCHASER Common Stock issuable pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) hereof (together with all such undelivered
dividends or other distributions without interest) and any
undelivered cash to be paid
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pursuant to
Section 3.8 or Section 3.9 hereof (all without interest)
shall be delivered and paid to such member.
SECTION 3.6
Contingent Consideration and Set-Off Right .
(a) The
Management Contingent Consideration, Series E-3 Contingent
Consideration and Prior Series E Contingent Consideration
shall be payable pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof if, during the
first twelve (12) months following the Closing (the
“Earnout Period”), PURCHASER Companies recognize
revenue in accordance with GAAP and PURCHASER ’s
then-current revenue recognition policy (provided that any revenue
which would have been so recognized in accordance with
PURCHASER ’s revenue recognition policy in effect on
the date hereof shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be
deemed to have been so recognized and, provided further, that such
revenue shall not be deemed recognized if GAAP as in effect during
the Earnout Period does not permit PURCHASER to actually
recognize such revenue) (the “Earnout Revenues”) equal
or greater to TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS ($12,000,000) attributable to
(i) sales or licenses of any TARGET Products,
(ii) sales or licenses of any TARGET Product or
PURCHASER Product to any TARGET Existing Customer,
excluding the portion of any such revenue which arises or results
primarily from any relationship between such customer and any
PURCHASER Company (including its officers, directors,
employees, consultants, agents or representatives, but expressly
excluding any relationship of any Transferred TARGET Person)
which relationship existed prior to the Closing Date, or
(iii) sales or licenses of any PURCHASER Product to any
Person located or domiciled in the Russian Federation, excluding
the portion of any such revenue which arises or results primarily
from any relationship between any such Person and PURCHASER
Company (including its officers, directors, employees, consultants,
agents or representatives, but expressly excluding any relationship
of any Transferred TARGET Person) which relationship existed
prior to the Closing Date.
(b) For
purposes of Section 3.6(a) hereof, (i) from the Closing
Date until the end of the Earnout Period, PURCHASER shall
use its commercially reasonable best efforts in good faith to
recognize the revenue that gives rise to the payment of any
Contingent Consideration at the earliest date permitted by GAAP and
the PURCHASER ’s then-current revenue recognition
policy; and (ii) the amount of any revenue which is
attributable to a sale which satisfies the conditions set forth in
two or more of subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) of
Section 3.6(a) hereof shall only be counted once in the
calculation of the Earnout Revenues. In addition, notwithstanding
anything in Section 3.6(a) hereof to the contrary, the amount
of revenue attributable to sales that satisfy the conditions set
forth in Section 3.6(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) hereof
shall only be included in the calculation of Earnout Revenues if
the aggregate gross margin relating to all such sales during the
period is at least thirty percent (30%); in calculating such
aggregate gross margin, overhead costs shall be allocated to the
costs of goods sold in accordance with PURCHASER ’s
standard practices, provided that such allocated overhead costs
shall not exceed 9% of actual material costs of goods sold
associated with such sales.
(c) From the
Closing Date until the end of the Earnout Period, PURCHASER
, without Stockholders’ Agent’s prior written consent,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed,
shall not (i) take any action primarily aimed at artificially
decreasing the Earnout Revenues, including, without limitation, any
action which would result in revenues that would otherwise qualify
as Earnout Revenues being recognized after the Earnout Period;
(ii)
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change
PURCHASER ’s accounting practices or procedures so as
to render impossible or impracticable the calculation of Earnout
Revenues in accordance with the terms hereof; or (iii) take any
corporate action to liquidate its Assets or dissolve or wind-up, or
to consolidate or merge PURCHASER with or into any other
corporation or other business entity unless PURCHASER shall
be the surviving legal entity of such consolidation or merger, or
the surviving legal entity of such consolidation or merger shall
have assumed in full by a written instrument PURCHASER
’s obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, subject to Section 3.7
hereof, PURCHASER shall have a right to set-off (the
“Set-Off Right”) against the Contingent Consideration
which otherwise may be payable by PURCHASER pursuant to
Section 3.1 and Section 3.6(a) hereof any amounts to
which any PURCHASER Indemnified Person may be entitled to
indemnification under Article 12 hereof.
(i)
PURCHASER may elect to exercise the Set-Off Right by
delivering to the Stockholders’ Agent during the Escrow
Period a notice (the “Set-Off Notice”) signed by an
officer of PURCHASER (A) stating that Damages exist and
the amount thereof, (B) specifying in reasonable detail the
individual items of such Damages included in the amount so stated,
the date each such item was paid, or properly accrued or arose, and
the nature of the misrepresentation, breach of warranty, covenant
or claim to which such item is related, and (C) stating the
amount of such Damage with respect to which PURCHASER is
exercising the Set-Off Right (the “Set-Off
Amount”).
(ii)
PURCHASER shall be entitled to exercise the Set-Off Right
with respect to the Set-Off Amount stated in the Set-Off Notice
unless the Stockholders’ Agent objects to the claims made in
the Set-Off Notice and PURCHASER ’s exercise of the
Set-Off Right by delivering to PURCHASER a written statement
stating such objection no later than thirty (30) days after
PURCHASER delivers the Set-Off Notice to the
Stockholders’ Agent. In case the Stockholders’ Agent
shall so object in writing, PURCHASER shall have thirty
(30) days to respond in a written statement to the objection
of the Stockholders’ Agent. If after such thirty
(30) day period there remains a dispute as to the claims made
in the Set-Off Notice and PURCHASER ’s exercise of the
Set-Off Right, then the Stockholders’ Agent and
PURCHASER shall attempt in good faith for sixty
(60) days to resolve such dispute. If such agreement between
PURCHASER and the Stockholders’ Agent can not be
reached, then the matter shall be arbitrated in the manner set
forth in Section 12.6 hereof.
(e) If it is
finally determined in accordance with Section 3.6(d) that
PURCHASER is entitled to exercise the Set-Off Right and the
Set-Off Amount with respect to such right, then the amount of the
Contingent Consideration otherwise payable by PURCHASER
pursuant to Section 3.1 and Section 3.6(a) hereof, and subject
to Section 3.7 hereof, shall be reduced by deducting such
Set-Off Amount first from the Prior Series E Contingent
Consideration. If the Set-Off Amount exceeds the Prior
Series E Contingent Consideration, 93% of the amount of such
excess shall be deducted from the Series E-3 Contingent
Consideration and 7% of the amount of such excess shall be deducted
from the Management Contingent Consideration until the entire
Set-Off Amount has been applied to offset and reduce the Contingent
Consideration.
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SECTION 3.7
Disputes Regarding Calculation of Earnout Revenues
.
(a)
PURCHASER will determine in good faith the amount of the
Earnout Revenues, if any, based upon the books and records of
TARGET and PURCHASER as soon as practicable and no
later than thirty (30) days after the last day of the Earnout
Period, and promptly after such determination PURCHASER
shall deliver to the Stockholders’ Agent a letter setting out
in reasonable detail PURCHASER ’s calculation of the
Earnout Revenues and the supporting detail therefor (the “
PURCHASER Determination Notice”). The calculation of
the Earnout Revenues set forth in the PURCHASER
Determination Notice will be final and binding on PURCHASER
and the holders of Outstanding TARGET Shares and Management
Members unless the Stockholders’ Agent shall have notified
PURCHASER in writing within thirty (30) days after
receipt of the PURCHASER Determination Notice that the
Stockholders’ Agent disagrees with such calculation. In such
event, if the PURCHASER and the Stockholders’ Agent
cannot agree on the calculation of the Earnout Revenues within
thirty (30) days after PURCHASER’ s receipt of
such notice, then a mutually acceptable independent public
accountant agreed upon by PURCHASER and the
Stockholders’ Agent, will make such calculation as soon
thereafter as practicable. Such independent public accountants will
deliver as soon as practicable to PURCHASER and the
Stockholders’ Agent a letter setting forth such calculation
of the Earnout Revenues and the supporting detail therefor (the
“Accountant Determination Notice”). The calculation of
the Earnout Revenues set forth in the Accountant Determination
Notice shall be final and binding on PURCHASER , the holders
of the Outstanding TARGET Shares and the Management Members
unless PURCHASER or the Stockholders’ Agent shall
notify the other within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the
Accountant Determination Notice that PURCHASER or the
Stockholders’ Agent disputes any matter with respect to such
accountants’ calculation. If such notice is given, then any
such matters (the “Disputed Matters”) shall be
submitted to arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia within fifteen
(15) days after such notice unless PURCHASER and the
Stockholders’ Agent agree in writing to extend such fifteen
(15) day period in an attempt to negotiate a settlement of
such Disputed Matters. The arbitrator (the
“Arbitrator”) shall be any one of the nationally
recognized independent accounting firms which is on the date of
this Agreement among the four largest such firms (the “Big
Four Accounting Firms”) mutually agreed to by
PURCHASER and the Stockholders’ Agent. Any reference
herein to the Big Four Accounting Firms shall be deemed to include
a reference to any member or employee thereof (who is a certified
public accountant) which any such firm may designate as the
Arbitrator on its behalf. If within ten (10) days following
the expiration of the fifteen (15) day period referred to
above or any extension thereof PURCHASER and the
Stockholders’ Agent shall have failed to agree upon the
selection of the Arbitrator or any such Arbitrator selected by them
shall not have agreed to perform the services called for hereunder,
the Arbitrator shall thereupon be selected in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association, with preference
being given to any one of the Big Four Accounting Firms or any
member or employee thereof (who is a certified public accountant)
which or who may be willing to perform such services, other than
any such firm which is then employed by PURCHASER or any
Affiliate thereof. The Arbitrator shall consider only the Disputed
Matters and the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with
the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect.
The Arbitrator shall act promptly to resolve all Disputed Matters
and its decision with respect to all Disputed Matters shall be
final and binding upon the Parties hereto and shall not be
appealable to any court.
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(b) The costs
and expenses of the services of the independent public accountants
contemplated by Section 3.7(a) hereof shall be paid by the
Stockholders’ Agent. If the final and binding calculation of
the Earnout Revenues, as determined in accordance with
Section 3.7(a) hereof, provides that the Earnout Revenues are
equal to or exceed TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS ($12,000,000), then
PURCHASER shall reimburse the Stockholders’ Agent for
such costs and expenses of the independent public accountants
promptly upon the final determination of such calculation. The
costs of the Arbitrator shall be paid by the party which disputes
the Accountant Determination. Otherwise, each party shall pay its
own costs and expenses of arbitration; provided, however, that the
non-prevailing party, as determined by the Arbitrator, shall
reimburse, subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this
subsection, the prevailing party for such costs and expenses of the
arbitration. In the event reimbursement of costs and expenses of
the arbitration is due to PURCHASER pursuant to this
Section 3.7(b), then the holders of the Outstanding
TARGET Shares and the Management Members shall (severally
and not jointly) indemnify and hold harmless PURCHASER in
accordance with Article 12 hereof for such costs and
expenses.
(c)
PURCHASER shall cause the certificates for the
PURCHASER Common Stock issuable pursuant to
Section 3.6(a), if any, to be issued within five
(5) business days of the Contingent Consideration Payment
Date.
SECTION 3.8
No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, each holder of shares of TARGET
Series E-3 Stock and TARGET Prior Series E Stock
exchanged pursuant to the Merger and each Management Member who
would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share
of PURCHASER Common Stock (after taking into account all
certificates delivered by such holder) in respect of Holder Initial
Merger Consideration, Management Initial Merger Consideration or
Contingent Consideration, if applicable, shall receive, in lieu
thereof, cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such
fractional part of a share of PURCHASER Common Stock
multiplied by the Average Stock Price or the Contingent
Consideration Average Stock Price, as applicable. No such holder or
member will be entitled to dividends, voting rights, or any other
rights as a stockholder in respect of any fractional
shares.
SECTION 3.9
Payment in Cash.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, PURCHASER , in its sole
discretion, may pay all or any portion of the Holder Initial Merger
Consideration, the Management Initial Merger Consideration or the
Contingent Consideration in cash to the extent necessary to avoid
violating NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350, in which case, each
holder of a certificate or certificates representing Outstanding
TARGET Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time who is
entitled to receive a portion of the Holder Initial Merger
Consideration or Contingent Consideration pursuant to
Section 3.1(c) hereof, and each Management Member who is
entitled to receive a portion of the Management Initial Merger
Consideration or Management Contingent Consideration pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) hereof, shall receive such holder’s Pro Rata
Share or such member’s Member Percentage of the aggregate
cash amount paid by PURCHASER pursuant to this
Section 3.9 in respect of such Holder Initial Merger
Consideration, Management Initial Merger Consideration or
Contingent Consideration, as applicable, and shall receive the
remaining portion of such Holder Initial Merger
Consideration,
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Management
Initial Merger Consideration or Contingent Consideration that such
holder or member is otherwise entitled to receive in shares of
PURCHASER Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.1(b) and
Section 3.1(c) hereof, respectively.
(b) Furthermore,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, PURCHASER ,
in its sole discretion, may pay the consideration otherwise payable
by PURCHASER pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof in cash
instead of shares of PURCHASER Common Stock to any
Management Member otherwise entitled to receive such consideration
if such Management Member does not execute and deliver to
PURCHASER an Investor Representation Statement as
contemplated by Section 3.1(b) hereof.
SECTION 3.10
Adjustment to Merger Consideration .
(a) Attached
hereto as Exhibit 3 is (i) a projected unaudited
balance sheet of TARGET , which (A) gives effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and other actions of TARGET
contemplated herein, including, among other things, the receipt by
TARGET of an additional $2,504,486 from the issuance of
convertible promissory notes issued prior to the Closing, payment
or adequate accrual of transaction expenses, settlement of or
adequate accrual for the proceeding referenced in Section 4.15
of the TARGET Disclosure Letter, a $60,000 accrual for 2006
audit fees and all amounts owing to Comerica under that certain
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement referenced in
Section 4.2 of the TARGET Disclosure Letter, and
(B) sets forth TARGET ’s estimate of the Cash
Ratio (the “Estimated Cash Ratio”) as of April 3,
2007 and (ii) a schedule of TARGET’s accounts
receivable as of the date hereof other than accounts receivable
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Primo Contract (the
“Other Accounts Receivable”). If the Closing shall not
have been consummated on or prior to April 6, 2007,
TARGET shall prepare and deliver to PURCHASER an
updated projected unaudited balance sheet of TARGET as of
the Closing Date, which (x) gives effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and other actions of TARGET contemplated
in the projected balance sheet attached as Exhibit 3
and (y) sets forth an Estimated Cash Ratio updated as of the
Closing Date. The balance sheet contemplated by this
Section 3.10(a), as updated if applicable, shall be the
“Pro Forma Balance Sheet.”
(b) At
PURCHASER ’s option, within ninety-five (95) days
following the Closing Date, if it so elects, PURCHASER shall
prepare and deliver to the Stockholders’ Agent (i) an
unaudited balance sheet (the “Final Balance Sheet”) of
the Surviving Corporation as of the Adjustment Date and (ii) a
schedule of Other Accounts Receivable that have not been collected
by TARGET or any PURCHASER Company on or before the
ninetieth (90 th )
day following the Closing Date (the “Uncollected Accounts
Receivable”). The Final Balance Sheet shall be substantially
in the form of the Pro Forma Balance Sheet and shall be prepared in
good faith and on a basis consistent with and utilizing the same
GAAP compliant principles, practices and policies as those used in
preparing the Pro Forma Balance Sheet. The Final Balance Sheet
shall set forth the Cash Ratio as of the Adjustment Date (the
“Final Cash Ratio”). The Stockholders’ Agent
shall be given timely access to all supporting workpapers used in
the preparation of the Final Balance Sheet and the schedule of
Uncollected Accounts Receivable.
(c) The
Stockholders’ Agent may dispute any amounts reflected on the
Final Balance Sheet or the calculation of the Final Cash Ratio or
amounts reflected on the schedule of
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Uncollected
Accounts Receivable by notifying PURCHASER in writing of
each disputed item, specifying the amount thereof in dispute and
setting forth, in reasonable detail, the basis for such dispute,
within thirty (30) days of PURCHASER’s delivery
of the Final Balance Sheet and schedule of Uncollected Accounts
Receivable pursuant to Section 3.10(b) hereof. If the
Stockholders’ Agent delivers a notice of disagreement within
such thirty (30)-day period, the Stockholders’ Agent and
PURCHASER shall, during the thirty (30) days following
such delivery, each use good faith efforts to reach agreement on
the disputed items or amounts in order to finally determine the
Final Balance Sheet, Final Cash Ratio and/or Uncollected Accounts
Receivable. If the Stockholders’ Agent and PURCHASER
are unable to reach agreement concerning the Final Balance Sheet,
Final Cash Ratio and/or Uncollected Accounts Receivable during such
thirty (30)-day period, either PURCHASER or the
Stockholders’ Agent may, by written notice to the other,
demand arbitration of the matter in accordance with the procedures
set forth in Section 12.6 hereof.
(d) The Final
Balance Sheet, Final Cash Ratio and Uncollected Accounts Receivable
shall be deemed conclusively determined for purposes of this
Agreement upon the earlier to occur of (i) the failure of the
Stockholders’ Agent to notify PURCHASER of a dispute
within thirty (30) days of PURCHASER ’s delivery
of the Final Balance Sheet and schedule of Uncollected Accounts
Receivable as set forth in Section 3.10(c) hereof,
(ii) the written resolution of all disputes pursuant to
Section 3.10(c) hereof by PURCHASER and the
Stockholders’ Agent, and (iii) the resolution of all
disputes by the arbitrator pursuant to Section 12.6 hereof.
Within three (3) business days of such conclusive
determination: if (A) the Final Cash Ratio is less than 2.30,
and/or (B) the amount of the Uncollected Accounts Receivable
exceeds the Established Reserve, then PURCHASER and the
Stockholders’ Agent shall jointly instruct the Escrow Agent
in writing to transfer from the Escrow Amount to PURCHASER
an amount equal to the Adjustment Amount.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TARGET
With such
exceptions, if any, as may be disclosed forth in a letter (the
“ TARGET Disclosure Letter”) to be delivered by
TARGET to PURCHASER on the date hereof, TARGET
hereby represents and warrants to PURCHASER as
follows:
SECTION 4.1
Organization, Standing and Power. TARGET is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of Delaware. TARGET has the
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and to own, lease and operate its Assets. TARGET
is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in the states of the United States and
foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the
nature or conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or
licensed, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be
so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
TARGET . The TARGET Disclosure Letter contains a true
and complete list of all jurisdictions in which TARGET is
duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign
corporation. TARGET has no Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 4.2
Authority; No Breach.
(a)
TARGET has all corporate power and authority necessary to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and any Ancillary Agreements and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein,
including, without limitation, the Merger, have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect
thereof on the part of TARGET . This Agreement and the
Merger have been approved by TARGET ’s stockholders in
accordance with the DGCL and TARGET ’s Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto
and thereto, this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements represent
legal, valid, and binding obligations of TARGET ,
enforceable against TARGET in accordance with their terms
(except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or
similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy
of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be
brought).
(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreements by TARGET , nor the consummation by TARGET
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance
by TARGET with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will
(i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of
TARGET ’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, or Bylaws; (ii) constitute or
result in a Default under, or other than those Consents listed in
the TARGET Disclosure Letter, require any Consent pursuant
to, or result in the creation of any Lien on any Asset of
TARGET under, any Contract or Permit of TARGET ,
where such Default or Lien, or any failure to obtain such Consent,
is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET ; or (iii) violate
any Law or Order applicable to TARGET or any of its
Assets.
(c) Other
than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Laws and applicable state corporate and securities Laws,
and other than Consents required from Regulatory Authorities, and
other than notices to or filings with the Internal Revenue Service,
and other than Consents, filings or notifications which, if not
obtained or made, are not reasonably likely to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET ,
no notice to, filing with, or Consent of any public body or
authority is necessary for the consummation by TARGET of the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement
and any Ancillary Agreements.
SECTION 4.3
Capital Stock.
(a) As of the
date hereof, the authorized capital stock of TARGET consists
of (i) 72,469,573 shares of TARGET Common Stock, of
which 3,191,197 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of
this Agreement; (ii) 128,000,780 shares of TARGET
Preferred Stock, of which (a) 1,690,000 shares designated as
Series A Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement, (b) 1,824,905 shares designated as
Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement, (c) 3,727,930 shares
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designated as
Series C Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement, (d) 10,121,720 shares designated as
Series D Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement, (e) 10,762,472 shares designated as
Series D-1 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement, (f) 2,797,509 shares designated as
Series E Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement, (g) 2,805,010 shares designated as
Series E-1 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement, (h) 402,035 shares designated as
Series E-1A Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement, (i) no shares designated as
Series E-2 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement, and (j) no shares designated as
Series E-3 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement. The TARGET Disclosure Letter
sets forth the aggregate liquidation preference for each series of
the TARGET Preferred Stock as of the date hereof.
(b) All of
the issued and outstanding shares of TARGET Capital Stock
are duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable under the DGCL. None of the outstanding shares of
TARGET Capital Stock has been issued in violation of any
preemptive rights of the current or past stockholders of
TARGET .
(c) Except as
set forth in Section 4.3(a) hereof and in the TARGET
Disclosure Letter, there are no shares of capital stock or other
equity securities of TARGET outstanding and no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls, promissory
notes, or commitments or instruments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for, shares of the capital stock of TARGET or
contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which
TARGET is or may be bound to issue additional shares of its
capital stock or options, warrants, or rights to purchase or
acquire any additional shares of its capital stock (collectively,
the “ TARGET Derivative Securities”). As of the
Effective Time, all TARGET Derivative Securities outstanding
as of the date of this Agreement and all TARGET Derivative
Securities issued by TARGET after such date shall be
exercised for or converted into shares of TARGET Capital
Stock or shall, in the case of options and warrants outstanding
(including those assumed by the Surviving Corporation as
contemplated by Section 8.7 hereof), represent the right on
and after the Effective Time to receive upon exercise thereof the
consideration (if any) that a holder of TARGET Capital Stock
of the same class or series underlying such option or warrant would
have received if such option or warrant had been exercised prior to
the Effective Time, but in no event shall the holder of any such
option or warrant have any right to purchase or acquire any
interest in the Surviving Corporation.
(d) The
TARGET Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and accurate
list of the TARGET stockholders as of the date hereof,
including the number of shares, series and class of the
TARGET Capital Stock held by each such stockholder. Each
Management Member and Bowen own shares of TARGET Capital
Stock.
SECTION 4.4
Financial Statements.
(a)
TARGET has previously delivered to PURCHASER copies
of all TARGET Financial Statements prepared prior to the
date hereof. The TARGET Financial Statements (as of the
dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby) (i) are in
accordance with the books and
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records of
TARGET , which are complete and correct in all material
respects; and (ii) present fairly in all material respects the
financial position of TARGET as of the dates indicated and
the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity,
and cash flows of TARGET for the periods indicated, in
accordance with GAAP (subject to any exceptions as to consistency
specified therein or as may be indicated in the notes thereto or,
in the case of interim financial statements, to normal recurring
year-end adjustments that are not material and the absence of notes
and schedules).
(b)
TARGET maintains internal accounting controls, policies and
procedures, and such books and records as are reasonably designed
to provide reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions to
which TARGET is a party or by which its properties are bound
are effected by a duly authorized employee or agent of
TARGET , supervised by and acting within the scope of the
authority granted by the senior management of TARGET ;
(ii) the recorded accounting of the Assets of TARGET is
compared with existing assets at regular intervals; and
(iii) all transactions to which TARGET is a party, or
by which its properties are bound, are recorded (and such records
maintained) as necessary to ensure that the TARGET Financial
Statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 4.5
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. TARGET has no
Liabilities that are reasonably likely to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET , except
Liabilities which are accrued or reserved against in the balance
sheet of TARGET as of December 31, 2006 that are
included in the TARGET Financial Statements or reflected in
the notes thereto. TARGET has not incurred or paid any
Liability since December 31, 2006, except for such Liabilities
incurred or paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past business practice and which are not reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
TARGET or as disclosed in the TARGET Disclosure
Letter.
SECTION 4.6
Absence of Certain Changes of Events. Except as set
forth in the TARGET Disclosure Letter, (a) since
December 31, 2006, there have been no events, changes or
occurrences which have had, or are reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
TARGET ; and (b) TARGET has not taken any action, or
failed to take any action, prior to the date of this Agreement,
which action or failure, if taken after the date of this Agreement,
would represent or result in a breach or violation of any of the
covenants and agreements of TARGET provided in
Article 7 hereof.
(a) All Tax
returns required to be filed by or on behalf of TARGET have
been duly filed or requests for extensions have been timely filed,
granted, and have not expired for periods ended on or before the
date of the most recent fiscal year end immediately preceding the
Effective Time, except to the extent that all such failures to
file, taken together, are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on TARGET , and all returns filed are
complete and accurate in all material respects to the Knowledge of
TARGET . All Taxes shown on filed returns have been paid. As
of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in the
TARGET Disclosure Letter, there is no audit examination,
deficiency, or refund Litigation with respect to any Taxes that is
reasonably likely to result in a determination that would
have,
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individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET ,
except as reserved against in the TARGET Financial
Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement. All Taxes
and other Liabilities due with respect to completed and settled
examinations or concluded Litigation have been paid.
(b) Except as
set forth in the TARGET Disclosure Letter, TARGET has
not executed an extension or waiver of any statute of limitations
on the assessment or collection of any Tax due that is currently in
effect, and no unpaid tax deficiency has been asserted in writing
against or with respect to TARGET , which deficiency is
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET .
(c) Adequate
provision for any Taxes due for TARGET for the period or
periods through and including the date of the TARGET
Financial Statements has been made and is reflected on such
TARGET Financial Statements in accordance with
GAAP.
(d) Deferred
Taxes of TARGET have been provided for in accordance with
GAAP.
(e) To the
Knowledge of TARGET , TARGET is in material
compliance with, and its records contain all material information
and documents (including, without limitation, properly completed
IRS Forms W-9) necessary to comply in all material respects with,
all applicable information reporting and Tax withholding
requirements under federal, state and local Tax Laws, except for
such instances of noncompliance and such omissions as are not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET .
SECTION 4.8
TARGET Patents, Trademarks and Trade Names. The
TARGET Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list
of: (a) all patents, trademarks and trade names (including,
without limitation, all federal, state and foreign registrations
pertaining thereto) and all copyright registrations owned by
TARGET (collectively, the “Proprietary Intellectual
Property”); and (b) all patents, trademarks, trade
names, copyrights and all technology and processes currently used
by TARGET in its business which are material to its business
and are used pursuant to a license or other right granted by a
third party (collectively, the “Licensed Intellectual
Property” and, together with the Proprietary Intellectual
Property, herein referred to as “Intellectual
Property”). A true and complete list of all such licenses
with respect to Licensed Intellectual Property is set forth in the
TARGET Disclosure Letter. Each of the federal, state and
foreign registrations pertaining to the Proprietary Intellectual
Property is valid and in full force and effect. All required
filings in association with such registrations have been properly
made and all required fees have been paid, except where a failure
to make such filings or remit such payments are not reasonably
likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on TARGET , TARGET owns, or has the
right to use pursuant to valid and effective agreements, all
Intellectual Property, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not alter or impair any such rights,
except for such defects in title or other matters which in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET
. No claims are pending against TARGET by any person with
respect to the use of any Intellectual Property or challenging or
questioning the validity or effectiveness of any material license
or agreement relating to the same that is in force as of the date
hereof, and, to the Knowledge of TARGET , the current use by
TARGET of the Intellectual Property does not infringe on the
patent or trademark rights of any third party.
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SECTION 4.9
Assets. Except as disclosed or reserved against in the
TARGET Financial Statements or in the TARGET
Disclosure Letter, TARGET has good and marketable title,
free and clear of all Liens, to all of its Assets. All material
tangible properties used in the business of TARGET are in
good condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and are usable
in the ordinary course of business consistent with TARGET
’s past practices. All Assets that are material to the
business of TARGET , held under leases or subleases by
TARGET are held under valid Contracts enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms (except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or other Laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally and except that the
availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or
injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before
which any proceedings may be brought), and to the Knowledge of
TARGET , each such Contract is in full force and effect. To
the Knowledge of TARGET , the policies of fire, theft,
liability, and other insurance maintained with respect to the
Assets or business of TARGET provide adequate coverage in
light of TARGET ’s current business practices against
loss or Liability, and the fidelity and blanket bonds in effect as
to which TARGET is a named insured are reasonably
sufficient. The Assets of TARGET include all material assets
required to operate the business of TARGET as presently
conducted.
SECTION 4.10
Environmental Matters.
(a)
TARGET , its Participation Facilities and its Loan
Properties are, and have been, in compliance with all Environmental
Laws, except for violations which are not reasonably likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on TARGET .
(b) There is
no Litigation pending which TARGET has received proper
notice or service thereof or, to the Knowledge of TARGET ,
threatened before any court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority in which TARGET or any of its Participation
Facilities has been or, with respect to threatened Litigation, is
reasonably likely to be named as a defendant (i) for alleged
noncompliance with any Environmental Law or (ii) relating to
TARGET ’s release into the environment of any
Hazardous Material or oil, occurring at, on, under or involving a
site owned, leased or operated by TARGET or any of its
Participation Facilities, except for such Litigation pending or, to
the Knowledge of TARGET , threatened that is not reasonably
likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on TARGET .
(c) There is
no Litigation pending which TARGET has received proper
notice or service thereof or, to the Knowledge of TARGET ,
threatened before any court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority in which any of its Loan Properties has been or, with
respect to threatened litigation, is reasonably likely to be named
as a defendant (i) for alleged noncompliance with any
Environmental Law or (ii) relating to TARGET ’s
release into the environment of any Hazardous Material or oil,
occurring at, on, under or involving a Loan Property, except for
such Litigation pending or, to the Knowledge of TARGET ,
threatened that is not reasonably likely to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET
.
(d) During
the period of (i) TARGET ’s ownership or operation of
any of its respective current properties, (ii) TARGET
’s participation in the management of any
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Participation
Facility, or (iii) TARGET ’s holding of a security
interest in a Loan Property, there have been no releases of
Hazardous Material or oil by TARGET in, on, under or
affecting any such property, Participation Facility, or to the
Knowledge of TARGET , Loan Property, except such as are not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET .
SECTION 4.11
Compliance with Laws.
(a)
TARGET has in effect all Permits necessary for it to own,
lease or operate its Assets and to carry on its business as now
conducted, except for those Permits the absence of which are not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET , and there has occurred
no Default under any such Permit, other than Defaults which are not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET .
(i) is not in
violation of any Laws, Orders or Permits applicable to its business
or employees conducting its business, except for violations which
are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET ;
and
(ii) has not
received any notification or communication from any agency or
department of federal, state, or local government or any Regulatory
Authority or the staff thereof (A) asserting that TARGET is
not in compliance with any of the applicable Laws or Orders which
such governmental authority or Regulatory Authority enforces, where
such noncompliance is reasonably likely to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET ,
(B) threatening to revoke any Permits, the revocation of which
is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET , or (C) requiring
TARGET to enter into or consent to the issuance of a cease
and desist order, formal agreement, directive, commitment or
memorandum of understanding, or to adopt any Board resolution or
similar undertaking, which restricts materially the conduct of its
business, or in any manner relates to its capital adequacy, its
credit or reserve policies, its management, or the payment of
dividends.
SECTION 4.12
Labor Relations and Employee Matters.
(a)
TARGET is not the subject of any Litigation asserting that
it has committed an unfair labor practice (within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act or comparable state law) or
seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor organization as to
wages or conditions of employment, nor is there any strike or other
labor dispute involving TARGET , pending or, to the
Knowledge of TARGET , threatened, nor to the Knowledge of
any TARGET Company, is there any activity involving
TARGET ’s employees seeking to certify a collective
bargaining unit or engaging in any other organization
activity.
(b) Except as
set forth in the TARGET Disclosure Letter, TARGET has
not violated, and has not incurred any liabilities under, the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining
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Notification
Act (the “WARN Act”) or any similar state or local Law.
During the ninety (90) day period prior to the date of this
Agreement, TARGET has terminated fifteen
(15) employees, and TARGET has paid in full to such
terminated employees all accrued salary and other compensation
payable to them through and including the date of such termination.
As of the date hereof, TARGET has two (2) employees
and, except for compensation payable to them by TARGET with
respect to the pay period which includes the date hereof,
TARGET has paid such employees all amounts of compensation
payable to them as of the date hereof.
(c) All
Persons employed by TARGET prior to the date of this
Agreement have executed an Employee Invention Assignment,
Non-Disclosure, Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition Agreement, the
form of which has been delivered to PURCHASER prior to the
date hereof, and such Persons’ obligations thereunder have
not been modified or amended after the date of such
execution.
SECTION 4.13
Employee Benefit Plans.
(a)
TARGET has set forth in the TARGET Disclosure Letter,
and delivered or made available to PURCHASER , copies in
each case of all pension, retirement, profit-sharing, deferred
compensation, stock option, employee stock ownership, severance
pay, vacation, bonus, or other incentive plans, all medical,
vision, dental, or other health plans, all life insurance plans,
and all other employee benefit plans or fringe benefit plans,
including, without limitation, “employee benefit
plans,” as that term is defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA, as currently adopted, maintained by, sponsored in whole or
in part by, or contributed to by TARGET or any Affiliate
thereof for the benefit of employees, retirees, dependents,
spouses, directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries
and under which employees, retirees, dependents, spouses,
directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries are
eligible to participate (collectively, the “ TARGET
Benefit Plans”). Any of the TARGET Benefit Plans which
is an “employee pension benefit plan,” as that term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, is referred to herein as a
“ TARGET ERISA Plan.” No TARGET ERISA
Plan is also a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 414(j)) of the Internal Revenue Code).
(b) All
TARGET Benefit Plans are in compliance with the applicable
terms of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and any other applicable
Laws the breach or violation of which are reasonably likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on TARGET . Each TARGET ERISA Plan which is intended
to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the
Internal Revenue Service, and TARGET is not aware of any
circumstances likely to result in revocation of any such favorable
determination or opinion letter. To the Knowledge of TARGET
, TARGET has not engaged in a transaction with respect to
any TARGET Benefit Plan that, assuming the taxable period of
such transaction expired as of the date hereof would subject
TARGET to a tax or penalty imposed by either
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 502(i) of
ERISA in amounts which are reasonably likely to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TARGET
.
(c) Within
the six-year period preceding the Effective Time, to TARGET
’s Knowledge, no Liability under Subtitle C or D of Title IV
or ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by TARGET
with respect to any ongoing, frozen or terminated single-employer
plan
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or the
single-employer plan of any ERISA Affiliate, which Liability is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on
TARGET . TARGET has not incurred any withdrawal
Liability with respect to a multi-employer plan under Subtitle B of
Title TV or ERISA (regardless of whether based on contributions of
an ERISA Affiliate), which Liability is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect on TARGET . No notice of a
“reportable event,” within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA for which the thirty (30)-day reporting
requirement has not been waived, has been required to be filed by
any ERISA Affiliate within the twelve (12)-month period ending on
the date hereof.
(d)
TARGET does not have any obligations for retiree health
benefits under any of the TARGET Benefit Plans and there are
no restrictions on the rights of TARGET to amend or
terminate any such Plan without incurring any Liability thereunder,
which Liability is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect on TARGET .
(e) Except as
set forth in the TARGET Disclosure Letter, neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any
payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment
compensation, golden parachute or otherwise) becoming due to any
director or any employee of TARGET from TARGET under
any TARGET Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) materially
increase any benefits otherwise payable under any TARGET
Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any acceleration of the time
of payment or vesting of any such benefit.
(f) The
actuarial present values of all accrued deferred compensation
entitlements (including, without limitation, entitlements under any
executive compensation, supplemental retirement, or employment
agreement) of employees and former employees of TARGET and
their respective beneficiaries, other than entitlements accrued
pursuant to funded retirement plans subject to the provisions of
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302
of ERISA, have been fully reflected on the TARGET Financial
Statements to the extent required by and in accordance with
GAAP.
SECTION 4.14
Material Contracts. Neither TARGET , nor any of
its respective Assets, business or operations, is a party to, or is
bound or affected by, or receives benefits under, (a) any
employment, severance, termination, consulting or retirement
Contract providing for aggregate payments to any Person in any
calendar year in excess of $10,000, and (b) any Contract
relating to the borrowing of money by TARGET or the
guarantee by TARGET of any such obligation (other than
Contracts evidencing deposit liabilities, purchases of federal
funds, fully secured repurchase agreements, trade payables, and
Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees made in the ordinary
course of business) (together with all Contracts referred to in
Section 4.9 and Section 4.13(a) hereof, the “
TARGET Contracts”). To its Knowledge and except as
disclosed in the TARGET Disclosure Letter, TARGET is
not in Default under any TARGET Contract. All of the
indebtedness of TARGET for money borrowed is prepayable at
any time by TARGET without penalty or premium.
SECTION 4.15
Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the
TARGET Disclosure Letter, there is no Litigation instituted
or pending or, to the Knowledge of TARGET , threatened (or
unasserted but considered probable of assertion and which, if
asserted, would have at least a reasonable probability of an
unfavorable outcome) against TARGET , or against any
Asset,
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interest, or
right of TARGET , that is reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
TARGET , nor are there any Orders of any Regulatory
Authorities, other governmental authorities, or arbitrators
outstanding against TARGET , that are reasonably likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on TARGET .
SECTION 4.16
Reports. Since January 1, 2005, TARGET has
timely filed all reports and statements, together with any
amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was
required to file with all Regulatory Authorities, except for such
reports, the failure of which to file would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on TARGET . As of their respective dates,
each of such reports and documents, including the financial
statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, complied in all
material respects with all applicable Laws. As of their respective
dates, none of such reports or documents contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
SECTION 4.17
Statements True and Correct. No statement, certificate,
instrument or other writing furnished or to be furnished by
TARGET or any Affiliate thereof to PURCHASER pursuant
to this Agreement or Ancillary Agreement contains or will contain
any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by
TARGET or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in any
documents to be filed by PURCHASER, TARGET or any Affiliate
thereof with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the
respective time such required documents are filed be false or
misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All
documents that TARGET or any Affiliate thereof is
responsible for filing with any Regulatory Authority in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in
all material respects with the provisions of applicable
Law.
SECTION 4.18
Charter and Bylaw Provisions. TARGET has taken all
necessary corporate action so that the entering into of this
Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not
result in the grant of any rights to any Person under the Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or the
Bylaws or restrict or impair the ability of PURCHASER to
vote, or otherwise to exercise the rights of a stockholder with
respect to, shares of TARGET that may be acquired or
controlled by it.
SECTION 4.19
Investor Status. Except for the Person identified on the
TARGET Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of TARGET
each Person entitled to receive shares of PURCHASER Common
Stock pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement, including,
without limitation, Stephen Crummey and Bowen, is an
“accredited investor” as such term is defined in
Rule 501 promulgated under the 1933 Act.
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ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
With such
exceptions, if any, as may be disclosed in a letter (the “
PURCHASER Disclosure Letter”) to be delivered by
PURCHASER to TARGET on the date hereof or as
disclosed in the Current SEC Documents, PURCHASER hereby
represents and warrants to the TARGET and the TARGET
Indemnified Persons as follows:
SECTION 5.1
Organization, Standing and Power. PURCHASER is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Minnesota. PURCHASER has the
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and to own, lease and operate its Assets.
PURCHASER is duly qualified or licensed to transact business
as a foreign corporation in good standing in the states of the
United States and foreign jurisdictions where the character of its
Assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires it to be
so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions in which
the failure to be so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on PURCHASER .
SECTION 5.2
Authority; No Breach.
(a)
PURCHASER has all corporate power and authority necessary to
execute, deliver and per
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