AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
BTP ACQUISITION COMPANY,
LLC,
IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Dated as of March 29,
2007
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ARTICLE
I THE
MERGER
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1
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SECTION
1.01
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Certain
Definitions
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1
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SECTION
1.02
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The
Merger
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SECTION
1.03
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Closing
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SECTION
1.04
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Effective
Time
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SECTION
1.05
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Effects of the
Merger
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SECTION
1.06
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Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws
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SECTION
1.07
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Directors
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SECTION
1.08
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Officers
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ARTICLE
II EFFECT OF THE
MERGER ON THE SECURITIES OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS;
EXCHANGE
PROCEDURES
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SECTION
2.01
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Effect on
Capital Stock
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SECTION
2.02
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Exchange of
Certificates
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION
3.01
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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SECTION
3.02
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Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
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ARTICLE
IV COVENANTS
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SECTION
4.01
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Conduct of
Business of the Company
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SECTION
4.02
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Conduct of
Business of Parent and Merger Sub Pending the Merger
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SECTION
4.03
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Control of
Other Party’s Business
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ARTICLE
V ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
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SECTION
5.01
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Preparation of
Proxy Statement; Stockholders’ Meeting
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SECTION
5.02
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No
Solicitation
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SECTION
5.03
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Access to
Information; Confidentiality
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SECTION
5.04
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Regulatory
Matters; Reasonable Best Efforts
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SECTION
5.05
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Fees and
Expenses
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SECTION
5.06
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Indemnification; Directors’and
Officers’ Insurance
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51
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SECTION
5.07
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Public
Announcements
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53
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SECTION
5.08
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Transfer
Taxes
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53
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SECTION
5.09
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State Takeover
Laws
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION
5.10
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Notification of
Certain Matters
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SECTION
5.11
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Employees
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SECTION
5.12
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Delisting
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SECTION
5.13
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Financing
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SECTION
5.14
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No Agreements
with Company Stockholders
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SECTION
5.15
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No Undisclosed
Arrangements with Company Employees
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SECTION
5.16
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Rule
16b-3
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SECTION
5.17
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Reservation of
Rights to Modify Structure
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SECTION
5.18
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Professional
Fees
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ARTICLE
VI CONDITIONS
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SECTION
6.01
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Conditions to
Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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SECTION
6.02
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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SECTION
6.03
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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ARTICLE
VII TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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SECTION
7.01
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Termination
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SECTION
7.02
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Effect of
Termination
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SECTION
7.03
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Amendment
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SECTION
7.04
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Extension;
Waiver
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ARTICLE
VIII GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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SECTION
8.01
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Nonsurvival of
Representations and Warranties
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SECTION
8.02
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Notices
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SECTION
8.03
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Interpretation
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SECTION
8.04
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Counterparts
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SECTION
8.05
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Entire
Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries
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SECTION
8.06
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Governing
Law
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SECTION
8.07
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Severability
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SECTION
8.08
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Assignment
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SECTION
8.09
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Submission To
Jurisdiction; Waivers
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SECTION
8.10
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Enforcement
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SECTION
8.11
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of March 29, 2007, is
among BTP Acquisition Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Parent ”), IEAC, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“
Merger Sub ”), and Image Entertainment, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”).
WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors or
managing members, as the case may be, of each of Parent, Merger Sub
and the Company have (i) approved and declared advisable this
Agreement, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(the “ Merger ”) and the other transactions
contemplated hereby and (ii) determined that the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fair to, and
in the best interest of, their respective entities and stockholders
or members.
WHEREAS, as an inducement for Parent and Merger
Sub to enter into this Agreement, certain of the Company’s
Stockholders are executing and delivering support agreements (the
“ Support Agreements ”), dated of even date
herewith, pursuant to which such Company Stockholders have agreed,
subject to the terms thereof, to vote their shares of Company
Common Stock in favor of adoption of this Agreement.
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement, and as a condition to the willingness of the Company to
enter into this Agreement, the Fee Guarantee (as defined below) is
being executed and delivered to the Company.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to make
certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in
connection with the Merger and also to prescribe various conditions
to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and intending to be
legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company hereby
agree as follows:
SECTION 1.01 Certain Definitions . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated below. Other capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement and not defined in Section 1.01 shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms elsewhere in this
Agreement.
(a) “ affiliate ” of any
person means another person that directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such first person. For purposes of this
definition, “ control ” when used with respect
to any specified person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms “ controlling ” and
“ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
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(b) “ Adjusted Base Net Worth
” means 95% of the adjusted net worth of the Company as of
December 31, 2006 (calculated in accordance with
Section 1.01 of the Company Disclosure Letter).
(c) “ Adjusted Closing Net
Worth ” means the adjusted net worth of the Company as of
the Measurement Date (calculated in accordance with the
hypothetical calculation in Section 1.01 of the Company
Disclosure Letter).
(d) “ beneficial ownership
” or “ beneficially own ” shall have the
respective meanings as those terms are used under Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
(e) “ Benefit Plan ”
means each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement or contract
(including, without limitation, any “ employee benefit
plan ,” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and any
welfare, bonus, deferred compensation, stock bonus, stock purchase,
restricted stock, stock option, employment, termination, stay
agreement or bonus, retiree medical or life insurance,
change-in-control, severance or other employee benefit plan,
program, policy, arrangement and contract, whether written or
unwritten) which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintains,
or contributes to, has any obligation to contribute to or has any
liability, actual or contingent, with respect to,
Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA or
otherwise.
(f) “ Black Scholes Value
” means the value of the Portside Warrant based on the Black
and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV”
function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of closing of the
Merger for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free
interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period
equal to the remaining term of the Portside Warrant as of such date
of request and (ii) an expected volatility equal to the
greater of 50% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the
“HVT” function on Bloomberg as of the day immediately
following the public announcement of the Merger.
(g) “ Business ” means,
collectively, the businesses of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(h) “ Business Day ”
means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to
close in the City of New York or the City of Los
Angeles.
(i) “ Charter Documents
” means the Company’s certificate of incorporation and
bylaws, in each case as may be amended from time to
time.
(j) “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Service Code of
1986, as amended.
(k) “ Company Board ”
means the board of directors of the Company and any committees
thereof.
(l) “ Company Common Stock
” means the common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of the
Company, together with the associated Company Rights.
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(m) “ Company Convertible Note
” means that certain senior convertible note issued to
Portside Growth and Opportunity Fund, originally dated as of
August 30, 2006, in an original principal amount of Seventeen
Million Dollars ($17,000,000), as amended on November 10,
2006.
(n) “ Company Credit Facility
” means the Company’s secured senior revolving credit
facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to Twenty-Five
Million Dollars ($25,000,000) pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Loan and Security Agreement, dated August 10, 2005, between
the Company and Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as amended by Amendment
Number One, dated as of November 3, 2005, as amended by
Amendment Number Two, dated as of June 23, 2006, as amended by
Amendment Number Three, dated as of August 9, 2006, as amended
by Amendment Number Four, dated as of November 13, 2006, as
amended by Amendment Number Five, dated as of January 11,
2007, as amended by Amendment Number Six, dated as of
January 11, 2007.
(o) “ Company Disclosure
Letter ” means the disclosure letter dated March 29,
2007 delivered to Parent by the Company in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement (with specific reference
to the representations and warranties in Section 3.01 to which
the information in such letter relates).
(p) “ Company Equity Incentive
Plans ” means the Company’s 2004 Incentive
Compensation Plan, 1998 Incentive Plan, 1994 Eligible Directors
Stock Option Plan and the Egami Media, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan.
(q) “ Company Material Adverse
Effect ” means an effect, event, development or change
which, individually or in the aggregate with other effects, events,
developments or changes, is materially adverse to the business,
assets, properties, financial condition, or results of operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than
any effect, event, development or change arising out of or
resulting from (A) changes or conditions in the U.S. or global
economy or capital or financial markets generally, including
changes in interest or exchange rates, (B) changes or
conditions in the industries in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries operate ( provided , that the impact on the
Company is not materially disproportionate to the impact on other
similarly situated entities), (C) changes in laws (including,
without limitation, tax laws and regulatory laws) or general
economic conditions ( provided , that the impact on the
Company is not materially disproportionate to the impact on other
similarly situated entities), (D) changes in GAAP,
(E) the execution, announcement of, or compliance with, this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual
or otherwise, with Governmental Entities, customers, suppliers,
licensors, distributors, partners or employees, (F) acts of
war or acts of terrorism, or (H) any change in the
Company’s stock price or trading volume.
(r) “ Company Preferred Stock
” means the preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share, of
the Company.
(s) “ Company Rights ”
means the preferred stock purchase rights associated with the
Company Common Stock pursuant to the Company Rights
Agreement.
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(t) “ Company Rights Agreement
” means the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 31,
2005, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., a
Colorado limited purpose trust company, as Rights Agent.
(u) “ Company Stockholders
” means the holders of the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock.
(v) “ Company Stockholder
Approval ” means the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock required
to adopt this Agreement pursuant to Section 251(c) of the
DGCL.
(w) “ Confidentiality
Agreement ” means the letter agreement, dated
November 22, 2006 between Parent and the Company.
(x) “
DGCL ” means the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
(y) “ Dissenting Shares
” means any shares of Company Common Stock that are
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, the holders of
which shall have properly delivered a written demand for appraisal
and otherwise perfected the right to an appraisal of the fair value
of such shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with
Section 262 of the DGCL.
(z) “ Egami Media ”
means Egami Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company.
(aa) “ Elements ” means
all physical elements of or relating to a Film, including all
negatives, duplicate negatives, fine grain prints, soundtracks,
positive prints (cut-outs and trims excepted), and sound, all video
formats (including PAL/NTSC), and other physical properties in
connection with a Film and the trailer for such Film, exposed film,
developed film, positives, negatives, prints, answer prints,
special effects, pre-print materials (including interpositives,
negatives, duplicate negatives, internegatives, color reversals,
intermediates, lavenders, fine grain master prints and matrices and
all other forms of pre-print elements which may be necessary or
useful to produce prints or other copies or additional pre-print
elements, whether now known or hereafter devised), soundtracks,
recordings, audio and video tapes and discs of all types and
gauges, cutouts, trims, non-analog recordings and tapes, including
without limitation, any video digital recordings and HDTV format
recordings, and any and all other physical properties of every kind
and nature relating to a Film in whatever state of completion, and
all duplicates, drafts, versions, variations and copies of each
thereof.
(bb) “ Environmental Laws
” means all Laws relating to the protection of human health,
safety, or welfare or the environment, including any emission,
discharge, generation, storage, treatment, disposal, abatement,
Release, threatened Release, reporting, licensing, permitting,
investigation, cleanup, mitigation, remediation, transportation, or
other handling of any Hazardous Materials, including the following
federal Laws as amended and their state counterparts: (i) the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601, et seq.; the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et
seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251, et seq.;
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401, et seq.; and the
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et.
seq.; and (ii) all other requirements pertaining to protection
of air, surface water, groundwater or land and subsurface, natural
resources, and related human health, safety, or welfare.
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(cc) “ Environmental Liabilities
and Costs ” means all damages, natural resource damages,
claims, losses, expenses, costs, obligations, and liabilities
(collectively, “ Environmental Losses ”) imposed
by, under or pursuant to Environmental Laws, including all
Environmental Losses related to Remedial Actions, and all fees,
compliance costs, disbursements, penalties, fines and expenditures
necessary to cause property, the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company or the Business to be in compliance with the requirements
of Environmental Laws.
(dd) “ Environmental Permits
” means any federal, state or local permit, license,
registration, consent, order, administrative consent order,
certificate, approval, waiver or other authorization necessary for
the conduct of the Business as currently conducted under any
applicable Environmental Law.
(ee) “ ERISA ” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(ff) “ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(gg) “ Expenses ” means
all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, all fees
and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts
and consultants to a party hereto and its affiliates) paid or
incurred by a party or on its behalf in connection with or related
to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and
performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including (i) any due diligence and valuation costs
and expenses, (ii) the preparation, printing, filing and
mailing of the Proxy Statement and the solicitation of the Company
Stockholder Approval, (iii) the preparation and filing of all
applications, notices, registrations, declarations, petitions and
filings with any Governmental Entity in connection with the
Required Statutory Approvals and (iv) all other matters
related to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(hh) “ Fee Guarantee ”
means that certain guarantee in favor of the Company, dated as of
the date hereof, pursuant to which the payment of the Business
Interruption Fee to the Company is being guaranteed if the Company
becomes entitled to such payment pursuant to
Section 7.02(c) hereof.
(ii) “ Film ” or “
Films ” means such motion pictures (including,
features and shorts), television programming, animated programming,
Internet programming, direct-to-video programming, direct-to-DVD
programming or other filmed, taped or recorded entertainment of any
kind or nature, in whatever stage of development, production,
completion, abandonment, turnaround or release, in which Company
owns or controls any right, title or interest.
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(jj) “ Film Rights ”
means those rights with respect to any Film, including all
“Components” thereof, owned or controlled by Company or
its Subsidiaries. For such purpose “Components” shall
mean titles, themes, contents, dialogue, characters, plots,
characterizations, elements and music (whether or not now known or
recognized) including: (a) underlying literary, musical and
dramatic and other material and intellectual property associated
with or related to or necessary to the exploitation of such Film
including copyrights pertaining thereto; (b) sequel, prequel,
remake rights and other derivative production rights, including all
novelization, merchandising, character, serialization, games and
interactive rights; (c) all other allied, ancillary,
subsidiary and derivative rights (including theme park rights)
throughout the universe related to the Films; (d) all Elements
related to the Films; and (e) all contractual and other rights
associated with or related to the Films, whether in any media now
known or hereafter developed.
(kk) “
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States.
(ll) “ Governmental Entity
” means any federal, state, municipal, local or foreign
government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative
agency or commission or other authority thereof, or any
quasi-governmental or private body with legal jurisdiction to
exercise any regulatory, judicial, taxing, importing or other
governmental authority.
(mm) “ Hazardous Materials
” means any substance that (a) is defined, listed,
identified or otherwise regulated under any Environmental Law, or
(b) requires investigation, remediation, or other protective
measures under such Environmental Law.
(nn) “ HSR Act ” means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(oo) “ Intellectual Property
Right ” means any trademark, service mark, trade name,
copyright, patent, software license, other database, invention,
trade secret, know-how (including any registrations or applications
for registration of any of the foregoing) or any other similar type
of proprietary intellectual property right.
(pp) “ known ,” “
knowingly ” or “ Knowledge ” means,
with respect to any party, the actual knowledge of the persons
listed on Schedule 1.01(pp) , presuming such persons
has completed a reasonable investigation of the matter in
question.
(qq) “ Law ” or “
Laws ” means, as applicable, (A) statutes, laws,
rules, regulations, ordinances or codes of any Governmental Entity
and (B) writs, orders, decisions, injunctions, judgments,
awards and decrees of any Governmental Entity.
(rr) “ Letter Agreement
” means that certain expense reimbursement agreement, dated
March 8, 2007, by and between the Company and
Parent.
(ss) “ Liens ” means all
mortgages, liens, pledges, encumbrances, charges and security
interests.
(tt) “ Licensors ” mean
those persons from which the Company or its Subsidiaries has
acquired any right, title or interest in any Film or any Music
Product.
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(uu) “ Master Recordings
” shall mean the original Recordings of the performances of
musical artists as embodied on the original Master Tape, which are
owned by , or licensed to, Company.
(vv) “ Master Tapes ”
shall mean all original master recording tapes (whether digital or
analog) and every recording of sound (by any method and on any
substance or material, now known or hereafter developed), whether
or not coupled with a visual image, including the following
elements : (1) master mix reels (i.e., two-track master mixes
on analog tape) recorded and compiled at the mixing studio (i.e.,
prior to mastering) ; (2) analog and/or digital multitrack
tapes (masters and slaves) (including any two, three, four, eight,
sixteen, twenty-four and forty-eight track master tapes) with
accompanying tone reels (if available); (3) two track mastered
and edited tapes (whether on analog reels, digital audio tapes,
U-Matic 1630 tape, CD-R or otherwise) with respect to each
recording of sound, whether or not coupled with a visual image in a
format used or useful in the production or manufacture of Records;
(4) computer-based recording storage formats (e.g., ProTools
session and audio data files, Exabyte reels, magneto-optical discs,
CD-Rs, hard discs, etc.); (5) sample and automation discs (if
any); (6) all existing documentation (e.g., console strips,
outboard settings, session notes, etc.); and (7) and all
acetates and metal or other equivalent parts or reproductions of
such master tapes and recordings, and all other materials used or
useful in the recording, production or manufacture of
Records.
(ww) “ Measurement Date
” shall mean, if the Closing Date is on or before the 22nd of
any month, the last day of the second immediately preceding month,
and, if the Closing Date is on or after the 23
rd of any month, the last day of the immediately
preceding month. By way of example only, if the Closing Date is
June 22, 2007 then the Measurement Date shall be
April 30, 2007 and if the Closing Date is June 23, 2007,
then the Measurement Date shall be May 30, 2007.
(xx) “ Musical Compositions
” shall mean that portion of all right, title and interest in
and to any musical composition (whether published or unpublished,
registered or unregistered) which is owned by or licensed to
Company, including, without limitation, all rights to: (a) the
exploitation thereof in the form of sheet music, orchestrations,
folios, compilations, songbooks and other forms of print;
(b) the exploitation thereof as embodied in Records;
(c) the inclusion of performances thereof in motion pictures,
videotapes and other audiovisual works; and (d) the granting
to third parties of the right to perform such musical compositions
publicly, world-wide.
(yy) “ Music Distribution
Agreements ” shall mean all agreements relating to the
distribution, license or other exploitation of any item or items of
Music Product or otherwise in the Music Library or any Records
embodying the same.
(zz) “ Music Distribution
Rights ” shall mean the rights of the Company, including
pursuant to any license, to distribute, license or otherwise
exploit any Music Product.
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(aaa) “ Music Inventory ”
shall mean all Records and all related packaging, all copies of
published Musical Compositions (whether in the form of sheet music,
orchestrations, folios, compilations, song books or any other form
of print), all other physical embodiments of any of the foregoing
(other than Master Tapes themselves) all promotional materials
(including music videos, promotional Music Products, merchandising
or any other similar materials), any other materials created,
produced or manufactured pursuant to a Music Agreement (other than
Master Recordings), and related products and other readily
marketable materials, including raw materials, of a type
manufactured by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business as presently conducted.
(bbb) “ Music Library ” shall
mean, for any person, the catalogue of all Music Product owned,
held by or licensed to such person.
(ccc) “ Music Product ”
shall mean: (i) Master Recordings; (ii) Musical
Compositions; and (iii) any and all and all appurtenant rights
to the Master Recordings and Musical Compositions.
(ddd) “ NASDAQ ” means the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
system.
(eee) “ other party ” means,
with respect to the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, collectively,
and with respect to Parent and Merger Sub, the Company, unless the
context otherwise requires.
(fff) “ Parent Material Adverse
Effect ” means an effect, event, development, change,
occurrence or state of facts which prevents or materially impedes,
interferes with, hinders or delays (to a date beyond the Outside
Date or the Extended Outside Date (if applicable) (each as defined
in Section 7.01(a)(iii) below)) the consummation by
Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger, the Financing (as defined in
Section 3.02(h) below) and the other transactions
contemplated hereby.
(ggg) “ person ” means an
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or
group (as defined in the Exchange Act).
(hhh) “ Portside Warrant ”
means that certain warrant, dated August 30, 2006, as amended,
in the name of Portside Growth and Opportunity Fund or its
permitted assigns, pursuant to which the holder thereof is entitled
to purchase from the Company at the exercise price then in effect
One Million (1,000,000) shares of Company Common Stock.
(iii) “ Professional Advisor
” means with respect to any person, any attorney, accountant,
investment banker and other advisor and agent.
(jjj) “ Professional Fees ”
means all fees and expenses of all Professional Advisors for
services rendered in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including fees and expenses of
Professional Advisors arising out of, relating to or incidental to
the discussion, evaluation, financing, negotiation and
documentation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(kkk) “ Proxy Statement ”
means, collectively, the preliminary and definitive proxy
statements and related proxy solicitation materials files with the
SEC (as amended or supplemented from time to time) relating to the
Company Stockholder Approval.
(lll) “ Recording ” shall
mean any recording of sound, whether or not coupled with a visual
image, by any method and on any substance or material, whether now
or hereafter known, which is used or useful in the recording,
production and/or manufacture of Records or for any other
exploitation of sound.
(mmm) “ Records ” shall mean
any form of reproduction, distribution, transmission or
communication of Recordings (whether or not in physical form) now
or hereafter known (including reproductions of sound alone or
together with visual images) which is manufactured, distributed,
transmitted or communicated primarily for personal use, home use,
institutional (e.g., library or school) use, jukebox use, or use in
means of transportation, including any computer-assisted media
(e.g., CD-ROM, DVD Audio, CD Extra, Enhanced CD) or use as a
so-called “ring tone.” For the avoidance of doubt,
“Records” shall include the transmission or
communication of a Master Recording directly to the consumer
regardless of whether previously or subsequently embodied in a
physical record configuration by any Person.
(nnn) “ Relativity ” means
Relativity Media, LLC, a California limited liability
company.
(ooo) “ Relativity Shares ”
means, collectively, the 3,400,000 contingently issuable shares of
Company Common Stock granted to Relativity pursuant to, and on the
terms and conditions of, the Relativity Transaction
Documents.
(ppp) “ Relativity Transaction
Documents ” means, collectively, the following
agreements: (a) that certain Home Video Distribution
Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2006, by and between the
Company and Relativity; (b) that certain Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2006, by and between the Company
and Relativity; (c) that certain Security Agreement, dated as
of August 11, 2006, by and between the Company and Relativity;
(d) that certain Stock Pledge, dated as of August 11,
2006, by and between the Company and Relativity; and (e) that
certain Stock Release Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2006,
by and between the Company and Relativity.
(qqq) “ Release ” means any
releasing, spilling, leaching, disposing or other transmission or
discharging of Hazardous Materials into the environment (including
air, soil, subsurface, surface water and groundwater).
(rrr) “ Remedial Action ”
means all actions required by the Environmental Laws to
investigate, monitor, clean up, remove, treat or in any other way
remediate any Release.
(sss) “ Representatives ”
means with respect to any person, any director, officer or employee
of, or any investment banker, financial advisor, accountant,
attorney or other agent or representative of, such
person.
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(ttt) “ Returns ” means all
federal, state, local and foreign returns, forms, estimates,
information statements and reports required to be filed with any
Governmental Entity relating to Taxes.
(uuu) “ RSUs ” means
restricted stock units entitling the holder thereof to shares of
Company Common Stock.
(vvv) “ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
(www) “ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(xxx) “ Stockholders’
Meeting ” means a meeting of Company Stockholders (which
may be the regular annual meeting, if approved by Parent, such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) for the
purposes of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval.
(yyy) “ Subsidiary ,” means,
when used with respect to Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving
Corporation or the Company, any other person (whether or not
incorporated) with respect to which Parent, Merger Sub or the
Company, as applicable, directly or indirectly (a) owns or has
the power to vote or control more than 50% of any class or series
of capital stock or other voting interests of such person or
(b) is a general partner, managing member or joint
venturer.
(zzz) “ Taxes ” means any and
all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, including, without
limitation, gross receipts, income, profits, capital, sales, use,
license, registration, occupation, value added, ad valorem,
transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment,
excise and property taxes, assessments, governmental charges and
duties and similar amounts together with all interest, penalties
and additions imposed with respect to any such amounts.
(aaaa) “ Trading Day ” means
any day on which the shares of Company Common Stock are traded on
The NASDAQ Global Market, or, if The NASDAQ Global Market is not
the principal trading market for the shares of Company Common
Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities
market on which the shares of Company Common Stock are then traded;
provided , that “Trading Day” shall not include
any day on which the shares of Company Common Stock are scheduled
to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any
day that the shares of Company Common Stock are suspended from
trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market
(or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the
closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the
hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).
(bbbb) “ Transfer Taxes ”
means all stock transfer, real estate transfer, property,
documentary, stamp, recording and other similar Taxes incurred in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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SECTION 1.02 The Merger . Upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in
accordance with the DGCL, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into
the Company at the Effective Time (as defined below). Following the
Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub
shall cease and the Company shall continue as the corporation
surviving the Merger (the “ Surviving Corporation
”) and shall succeed to and assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Company and Merger Sub in accordance with the
DGCL. As a result of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The effects and
consequences of the Merger shall be as set forth in
Section 1.05 and the DGCL.
SECTION 1.03 Closing . The closing of the
Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at
8:00 a.m. local time on a date to be specified by the parties
hereto, which shall be no later than the tenth Business Day after
satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by this Agreement and
applicable Law, waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VI of this Agreement (other than those
conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing,
but subject to such satisfaction at the Closing or, to the extent
permitted by this Agreement and applicable Law, waiver of those
conditions at or prior to the Closing), at the offices of Manatt,
Phelps & Phillips, LLP, 11355 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles,
California 90064, unless another time, date or place is agreed to
by Parent and the Company. The date on which the Closing occurs is
referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing Date
.”
SECTION 1.04 Effective Time . Subject to
the provisions of this Agreement, the parties shall prepare, and on
the Closing Date the parties shall cause to be filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State, a certificate of merger in accordance
with Section 251 of the DGCL (in any such case, the “
Certificate of Merger ”) and shall make all other
filings or recordings required under the DGCL to effectuate the
Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the
Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary of
State, or at such later time as the parties hereto may agree and
specify in the Certificate of Merger (the time and date the Merger
becomes effective being hereinafter referred to as the “
Effective Time ”).
SECTION 1.05 Effects of the Merger . The
Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and the
applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all
the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises
and authority of the Company and Merger Sub will be vested in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the
Company and Merger Sub will become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving Corporation, in each case as contemplated
by Section 259 of the DGCL.
SECTION 1.06
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws .
(a) At the Effective Time, the certificate
of incorporation of the Company shall be amended so as to read in
its entirety as is set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and,
as so amended, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with
its terms or as provided by Law.
(b) At the Effective Time, the bylaws of
the Company shall be amended so as to read in their entirety as is
set forth on Exhibit B hereto, and, as so amended,
shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with their terms or as provided by
Law.
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SECTION 1.07 Directors . The directors of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective
Time, each to hold office until their respective successors are
duly elected and qualified.
SECTION 1.08 Officers. The officers of
the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office until
their successors are duly appointed by the board of directors of
the Surviving Corporation or a duly authorized committee
thereof.
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE
SECURITIES OF THE
CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE PROCEDURES
SECTION 2.01 Effect on Capital Stock . At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action
on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holders of
any of the following securities:
(a) Capital Stock of Merger Sub .
Each share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be
converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable share of
common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and
Parent Owned Stock . Each share of Company Common Stock that is
owned by the Company as treasury stock immediately prior to the
Effective Time and each share of Company Common Stock that is owned
by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Subsidiary of Parent
(collectively, the “ Canceled Shares ”)
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration
shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Company Common
Stock . Each share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a
“ Share ” and collectively, the “
Shares ”), but other than the Canceled Shares and any
Dissenting Shares (except as provided in paragraph (e) below)
(each such Cancelled Share and Dissenting Share, an “
Excluded Share ” and collectively, the “
Excluded Shares ”), shall be converted into the right
to receive $4.40 in cash (the “ Per Share Merger
Consideration ”), without interest, less any required
withholding Taxes in accordance with Section 2.02(h)
hereof.
(d) Cancellation of Shares . At the
Effective Time, all Shares shall no longer be outstanding and all
Shares shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease
to exist, and, in the case of book-entry Shares (“
Book-Entry Shares ”), the names of the former
registered holders shall be removed from the registry of holders of
such Shares, and each holder of a certificate representing any such
Shares (each, a “ Certificate ” and
collectively, the “ Certificates ”) shall cease
to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to
receive the Per Share Merger Consideration, without interest, with
respect to each such Share in accordance with, or as otherwise
contemplated by, Section 2.02 of this Agreement, or the
right to appraisal with respect to the Dissenting Shares, pursuant
to subparagraph (e) below.
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(e) Dissenting Shares .
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
Dissenting Shares shall not be converted into or represent the
right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration as provided in
this Section 2.01 . At the Effective Time, the
Dissenting Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall
automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and
each holder of Dissenting Shares shall be entitled only to such
rights as are granted under Section 262 of the DGCL, except
that all Dissenting Shares held by persons who fail to perfect or
who effectively waive, withdraw or lose their rights as a
dissenting stockholder in respect of such Dissenting Shares under
Section 262 of the DGCL shall thereupon be deemed to have been
converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive only
the Per Share Merger Consideration as provided in this
Article II and will no longer be Excluded Shares for
purposes of the Agreement. The Company shall give prompt notice and
copies to Parent of any demands for appraisal of any Shares,
withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served
pursuant to the DGCL received by the Company, and Parent shall have
the right to participate in and direct all negotiations,
settlements and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to
the Effective Time, the Company shall not, without the prior
written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any payment with
respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands, or
agree to do or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(f) Options . At the Effective
Time, each option (each, an “ Option ”) to
purchase Company Common Stock granted under the Company Equity
Incentive Plans that is outstanding and unexercised immediately
prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall be
cancelled, and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive at
the Effective Time from the Company, or as soon as practicable
thereafter (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days
after the Effective Time) from the Surviving Corporation, in
consideration for such cancellation, only an amount in cash (the
“ Option Consideration ”), without interest,
equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the total
number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
in full of such Option by (y) the excess, if any, of the
amount of the Per Share Merger Consideration over the exercise
price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such Option
(with the aggregate amount of such payment rounded up to the
nearest cent), and in each case less any required withholding for
Taxes in accordance with Section 2.02(h)
hereof.
(g) Restricted Stock Units . At the
Effective Time, each RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall be canceled,
and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive at the
Effective Time from the Company, or as soon as practicable
thereafter (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days
after the Effective Time) from the Surviving Corporation, in
consideration of such cancellation, an amount in cash (the “
RSU Consideration ”) , without interest
, equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock subject to such RSU and (ii) the Per
Share Merger Consideration, and in each case less any required
withholding for Taxes in accordance with
Section 2.02(h) hereof, but in each case subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Company Equity Incentive
Plans, including the terms and conditions with respect to
distributions and timing of payment thereunder and in compliance
with Section 409A of the Code.
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(h) Warrants . Other than the
Portside Warrantholder (as defined below in subsection (i)
), each holder (each, a “ Warrantholder ”) of a
warrant to purchase Company Common Stock (each, a “
Warrant ”) shall only be entitled to receive an amount
in cash (the “ Warrant Consideration ”), without
interest, equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the
total number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise in full of such Warrant held by such Warrantholder by
(y) the excess, if any, of the Per Share Merger Consideration
over the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock under
such Warrant (with the aggregate amount of such payment rounded up
to the nearest cent), and in each case less any required
withholding for Taxes in accordance with
Section 2.02(h) hereof. As of the Effective Time, all
such Warrants shall no longer be outstanding and shall
automatically be canceled and retired and cease to exist and each
Warrantholder shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto,
except the right to receive the Warrant Consideration, without
interest, upon the surrender of the original Warrant to the Paying
Agent in accordance with Section 2.02(k) .
(i) Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the
Portside Warrant, the Company shall deliver a notice to Portside
Growth and Opportunity Fund or its permitted assigns (the “
Portside Warrantholder ”) no less than 10 Trading Days
prior to the consummation of the Merger stating that (A) upon
consummation of the Merger the Company will deliver cash to the
Portside Warrantholder in an amount (calculated in accordance with
the hypothetical calculation in Section 2.01(i) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the “ Portside Warrant
Consideration ”) equal to the Black Scholes Value of the
remaining unexercised portion of the Portside Warrant on the date
immediately prior to the announcement of the Merger determined
using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model and (B) upon
delivery of such cash payment against delivery and surrender of the
original Portside Warrant, the Portside Warrant shall no longer be
outstanding.
(ii) As of the Effective Time, such
Portside Warrant shall no longer be outstanding and shall
automatically be canceled and retired and shall expire and cease to
exist and the Portside Warrantholder shall cease to have any rights
with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Portside
Warrant Consideration, without interest, upon the surrender of the
original Portside Warrant to the Paying Agent in accordance with
Section 2.02(k) .
(j) Relativity Shares . The
Relativity Shares shall be converted into the right to receive an
aggregate amount in cash equal to such aggregate amount as
calculated on Section 2.01(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter
(the “ Relativity Merger Consideration ”),
without interest and less any required withholding Taxes in
accordance with Section 2.02(h) hereof. As of the
Effective Time, all Relativity Shares shall no longer be
outstanding or issuable and all Relativity Shares shall
automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and
Relativity shall receive at the Effective Time from the Company, or
as soon as practicable thereafter (but in no event later than two
Business Days after the Effective Time) from the Surviving
Corporation, in consideration of such cancellation, only the
Relativity Merger Consideration, without interest.
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(k) Company Convertible Note . The
Company Convertible Note shall be converted into the right to
receive only an aggregate amount in cash equal to such aggregate
amount as calculated on Section 2.01(k) of the Company
Disclosure Letter (the “ Convertible Note
Consideration ” and, together with the Per Share Merger
Consideration, the Option Consideration, the Warrant Consideration,
the Portside Warrant Consideration, the RSU Consideration, and the
Relativity Merger Consideration, the “ Aggregate Merger
Consideration ”), without interest and less any required
withholding for Taxes in accordance with
Section 2.02(h) hereof. As of the Effective Time, the
Company Convertible Note shall no longer be outstanding, and the
holder thereof shall receive at the Effective Time from the
Company, or as soon as practicable thereafter (but in no event
later than two Business Days after the Effective Time) from the
Surviving Corporation, in consideration of such cancellation, only
the Convertible Note Consideration, without interest.
SECTION 2.02
Exchange of Certificates .
(a) Paying Agent . Prior to the
Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company,
reasonably acceptable to the Company, to act as paying agent in the
Merger (the “ Paying Agent ”) and, prior to the
Effective Time, Parent shall enter into an agreement with the
Paying Agent (the “ Paying Agent Agreement ”),
which Paying Agent Agreement shall provide, among other things,
that Parent shall deposit with the Paying Agent, immediately prior
to the Effective Time, for the benefit of the holders of Shares
(other than the Excluded Shares), immediately available funds in an
aggregate amount necessary for the payment of the Per Share Merger
Consideration upon surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares
pursuant to this Section 2.02 . The cash deposited with
the Paying Agent by Parent in accordance with this
Section 2.02 shall hereinafter be referred to as the
“ Exchange Fund .” The Exchange Fund shall not
be used for any other purpose.
(b) Exchange Procedures for
Certificates . No later than five Business Days after the
Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each
holder of record of Shares (other than the Excluded Shares),
(i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and mutually
agreed upon by Parent and the Company, which shall specify that
delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the
Certificates and Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery
of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as the case may be, to
the Paying Agent and (ii) instructions for effecting the
surrender of the Certificates (or Affidavits (as defined below) in
lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates) and Book-Entry
Shares in exchange for the Per Share Merger Consideration (the
“ Initial Notice ”). Upon surrender of a
Certificate (or an Affidavit in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share
for cancellation to the Paying Agent, together with a duly executed
and properly completed letter of transmittal and such other
documents as may reasonably be required by the Paying Agent, the
holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the amount of cash into which the
Shares theretofore represented by such Certificate (or an Affidavit
in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share shall have been converted by
virtue of the Merger pursuant to Section 2.01 , and the
Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be
canceled. Until surrendered and exchanged as contemplated by this
Section 2.02 , each Certificate and Book-Entry Share
shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent
only the right to receive upon such surrender the amount of cash,
without interest, into which the Shares shall have been converted
pursuant to Section 2.01 . No interest will be paid or
will accrue to holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the
cash payable upon the exchange of such Shares.
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(c) No Further Ownership Rights in
Company Common Stock . All cash paid upon the surrender of
Shares in accordance with the terms of this
Section 2.02 shall be deemed to have been paid in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares surrendered or
theretofore represented by such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company
shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of
transfers of Shares on the stock transfer books of the Company. If,
after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are
presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any
reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this
Article II .
(d) Termination of Exchange Fund .
Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed
12 months after the Effective Time (including any net profit,
interest or other earnings or gains thereon) shall be delivered to
the Surviving Corporation (or, to a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Surviving Corporation, if the Surviving Corporation so directs
(such subsidiary, the “ Designated Subsidiary
”), and any holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares who
have not theretofore complied with this Article II
(such holders, “ Nonclaiming Holders ”) shall
thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation (or such
Designated Subsidiary) for payment of their claims for the Per
Share Merger Consideration with respect to such Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares pursuant to this Article II . The
Surviving Corporation shall effect a second notice (the “
Second Notice ”) to Nonclaiming Holders not later than
the calendar month that is 57 months after the Effective Date,
which will include the same information as set forth in the Initial
Notice and shall advise the Nonclaiming Holders that they are
entitled to exchange their Shares by responding to the Surviving
Corporation (or the Designated Subsidiary) within five years
following the Second Notice.
(e) Investment of the Exchange Fund
. The Exchange Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as
directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation; provided ,
however , that such investments shall be in obligations of
or guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated
A-1 or P-1 or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or
Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or in
certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or
banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital
exceeding $1 billion (based on the most recent financial
statements of such bank which are then publicly available). Any net
profit resulting, interest or other earnings or gains from the
Exchange Fund shall be the property of and payable to Parent. To
the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments,
or the Exchange Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level
required to make prompt payments of the Per Share Merger
Consideration required pursuant to Section 2.01 above,
Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall promptly replace or
restore the portion of the Exchange Fund lost through investments
or other events so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund is, at all
times until its termination in accordance with
Section 2.02(d) above, sufficient to make such
payments.
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(f) No Liability . None of Parent,
Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Paying
Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, members,
managers, employees or agents shall be liable to any person with
respect to any Per Share Merger Consideration from the Exchange
Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate or
Book-Entry Share shall not have been surrendered prior to the time
when any cash payable under this Article II in respect
of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share would otherwise escheat to
or become the property of any Governmental Entity, any such cash in
respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, immediately prior to such time become the property
of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person
previously entitled thereto.
(g) Lost Certificates and Warrants
. If any Certificate or any original Warrant or Portside Warrant
shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit (an “ Affidavit ”) of that fact by the
person claiming such Certificate, Warrant or Portside Warrant to be
lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving
Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such
reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with
respect to such Certificate, Warrant or Portside Warrant, as the
case may be, the Paying Agent shall deliver in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, Warrant or Portside Warrant,
as the case may be, subject to compliance with the other applicable
requests for valid surrender, exchange and payment for Shares,
Warrants or the Portside Warrant, as applicable, as provided in
this Section 2.02 , the applicable Per Share Merger
Consideration, Warrant Consideration or Portside Warrant
Consideration.
(h) Withholding Tax . Parent and
the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
from the consideration otherwise payable to any person pursuant to
this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted and
withheld under any applicable Law relating to Taxes, and shall
promptly remit all withheld amounts to the applicable taxing
authority. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, 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.
(i) Transfer Taxes . If payment of
the Per Share Merger Consideration payable to a holder of Shares is
to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the
applicable Shares are registered, it shall be a condition of
payment that any related Certificate surrendered shall be properly
endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that
the person requesting such payment shall have paid all transfer and
other Taxes required by reason of the transfer of the Certificate
surrendered to a person other than the registered holder or shall
have established to the satisfaction of Parent that such Tax either
has been paid or is not applicable.
(j) Certain Adjustments . If,
between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the
outstanding Shares shall have been changed into a different number
or different class by reason of any reclassification,
recapitalization, stock split, split-up, combination or exchange of
shares or a stock dividend or dividend payable in any other
securities shall be declared with a record date within such period,
or any similar event shall have occurred, the Aggregate Merger
Consideration shall be equitably adjusted to take into account the
effects of such event; provided that nothing in this
Section 2.02(i) shall be construed to permit the
Company to take any action with respect to its securities that is
prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, including the
restrictions contained in Section 4.01
hereof.
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(k) Exchange Procedure for Warrants
. The Paying Agent Agreement shall also provide that Parent shall
deposit with the Paying Agent, immediately prior to the Effective
Time, for the benefit of the Warrantholders (including the Portside
Warrantholder), immediately available funds in an aggregate amount
necessary for the payment of the Warrant Consideration (including
the Portside Warrant Consideration). Upon the surrender to the
Paying Agent of an original Warrant (including the Portside
Warrant), the Paying Agent shall pay to such Warrantholder
(including the Portside Warrantholder), the Warrant Consideration
or the Portside Warrant Consideration (as applicable). The
procedures and other provisions set forth in this
Section 2.02 (including Section 2.02(g) if
any Warrant (including the Portside Warrant) has been lost, stolen
or destroyed) shall apply to any surrender of a Warrant (including
the Portside Warrant).
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties
of the Company . Except as disclosed in the Company Disclosure
Letter, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and
Merger Sub, as follows:
(i) The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
the State of Delaware, and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as currently conducted. The
Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased
or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it
makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the
failure to be so in good standing or to have such power and
authority has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have
a Company Material Adverse Effect. The copies of the Charter
Documents, which were previously furnished or made available to
Parent, are true, complete and correct copies of such documents as
in effect on the date of this Agreement. The Company has made
available to Parent complete and correct copies of the minutes (or,
in the case of draft minutes, the most recent drafts thereof) of
all meetings of the stockholders, the Company Board and each
committee of the Company Board, other than those minutes relating
to this transaction or any alternatives to this transaction
considered by the Board or any matters subject to attorney-client
privilege or the disclosure of which is limited by applicable Law.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of
its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other applicable
constituent documents.
(ii) Section 3.01(a)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Letter lists each Subsidiary of the Company and
the jurisdiction of organization thereof. Each Subsidiary of the
Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization (to the extent
such concept is recognized in such jurisdictions) and has the
requisite corporate powers and authority to carry on its business
as currently conducted. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly
qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated
by it or the
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nature of the
business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so
duly qualified or licensed and in good standing has not had and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The copies of the organizational and governing documents of
each Subsidiary of the Company, all of which were previously
furnished or made available to Parent, are true, complete and
correct copies of such documents as in effect on the date of this
Agreement. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other
equity interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company have been
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned,
directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by the Company
free and clear of all Liens. Except for its interests in its
Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any
capital stock of, or other equity interests and is not a
participant in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association or other person.
(i) The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of (A) 100,000,000 shares of Company Common
Stock and (B) 25,000,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock. As
of the date hereof, (A) 21,576,544 shares of Company Common
Stock are issued and outstanding, (B) 3,400,000 shares of Common
Stock are classified as Relativity Shares, (C) zero shares of
Company Common Stock are held in the treasury of the Company,
(D) no shares of Company Preferred Stock are issued or
outstanding or held by the Company in its treasury and (E)
4,695,184 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future
issuance in connection with the Company Incentive Equity Plans
(including shares reserved pursuant to issued and outstanding
Options and RSUs), the Warrants and the Portside Warrant. All
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and
were not issued in violation of any preemptive or other right in
favor of any person, and no class of capital stock is entitled to
preemptive rights. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or
convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right
to vote) on any matters on which Company Stockholders may vote. As
of the date of this Agreement, there are no options, warrants,
preemptive or other outstanding rights, stock appreciation rights,
conversion rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments of any kind to which the
Company or its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which the Company or
its Subsidiaries are bound, obligating the Company or its
Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold, any shares of capital stock or other securities
of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any
person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the
Company or its Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations
evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding other
than (u) the Company Rights, (v) 25,920 RSUs issued and
outstanding, (w) Options representing the right to purchase
2,428,917 shares of Company Common Stock, (x) Warrants
representing the right to purchase 984,284 shares of Company Common
Stock, (y) the Portside Warrant representing the right to
purchase 1,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and (z) the
Company Convertible Note representing the right to purchase
4,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock. All Options issued by
Egami Media pursuant to the Egami Media, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan and all Options issued by the Company pursuant to
the 1994 Eligible Directors Stock Option Plan have been validly
terminated and are no longer outstanding. Section 3.01(b) of
the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth each Option, Warrant and
RSU, as applicable, the name of the grantee, the date of the grant,
the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to each
Option, Warrant or RSU, the exercise price per share of such Option
or Warrant and the vesting schedule for such Option, Warrant or
RSU. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete
copies of the forms of agreement relating to the grant of Options,
Warrants and RSUs.
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(ii) Each Option (i) was granted in
compliance with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and
conditions of the Company Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to which
it was issued, (ii) has an exercise price per share of Company
Common Stock not less than the fair market value of a share of
Company Common Stock on the date on which all requisite action
constituting an offer of Company Common Stock to the grantee of the
Option upon the terms set forth in the Options was completed, and
(iii) qualified for the tax and accounting treatment afforded
to such Option in the Company’s Returns and the financial
statement included in the Company SEC documents, respectively All
Options and RSUs may, by their terms, be treated in accordance with
Sections 2.01(f) and (g), respectively, of this Agreement,
without the consent of the holder thereof or any other
person.
(iii) To the Knowledge of the Company, as
of the date hereof, the Portside Warrant Consideration is the
maximum and only amount payable as a result of the Merger with
respect to the Portside Warrant.
(iv) The Relativity Merger Consideration is
the maximum and only amount payable as a result of the Merger with
respect to the Relativity Shares.
(c) Authority . The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only, in the case of
the consummation of the Merger, to obtaining the Company
Stockholder Approval. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the Merger
and of the other transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and no other corporate action on the part of the Company is
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Company or to consummate the transactions so
contemplated, in each case, subject only to, with respect to the
Merger, the Company Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming this
Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent and
Merger Sub, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and (ii) as limited by Laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies.
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(d) No
Conflicts; Consents and Approvals .
(i) The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Company do not and will not, as the case
may be, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, does not or will not
(x) conflict with or result in a violation pursuant to any
provision of the Charter Documents or any provision of the
organizational or governing documents of any Subsidiary of the
Company, (y) subject to obtaining or making the consents,
approvals, notices, orders, authorizations, registrations,
declarations and filings referred to in subparagraph (ii)
below, contravene any Law or any order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree, determination or award currently in effect or
(z) conflict with or result in a breach of, or default under,
or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a benefit under,
or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, any loan or
credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license,
Benefit Plan, contract, agreement or other instrument, permit or
obligation to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is
a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
their respective properties or assets are or may be bound except,
in the case of clauses (y) and (z) above, as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(ii) Except for (A) compliance with,
and filings under, the HSR Act; (B) the filing with the SEC of
(i) the Proxy Statement and (ii) such reports and other
documents under the Exchange Act as may be required in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; (C) the filing of the Certificate of Merger and
other appropriate merger documents required by the DGCL to be filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the filing
of appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other
states in which the Company or its Subsidiaries are qualified to do
business; (D) any filings and approvals pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the NASDAQ; and (E) applicable requirements, if any,
of state securities or “blue sky” Laws; (such items set
forth above in clauses (A) through (E) collectively, the
“ Required Approvals ”), no consent, approval,
notice, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or
filing with, any Governmental Entity, is necessary or required to
be obtained or made in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby, other than such items that
the failure to make or obtain, as the case may be, would not
reasonably be expected to materially delay the consummation of the
Merger or result in any material restriction on the conduct of the
Business by the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time or
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) SEC Reports and Financial
Statements . The Company (and each Subsidiary of the Company,
if applicable) has filed with the SEC all forms, reports,
schedules, statements, exhibits and other documents required to be
filed by it since March 31, 2005, pursuant to the Exchange Act
or the Securities Act (such forms, reports, schedules, statements,
exhibits and other documents, including any financial statements or
schedules included therein, are collectively referred to herein as
the “ Company SEC Documents ”). The Company SEC
Documents, as of their respective dates of filing (giving effect to
any subsequently filed amendments or supplements thereto),
(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 as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act,
as the case may be. The audited consolidated financial statements
and the unaudited quarterly financial statements of the Company
included in the Company SEC Documents comply as to form in all
material respects with the published rules and regulations of the
SEC with respect thereto in effect on the date of filing, have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements as
permitted by Form 10-Q and Form 8-K of the SEC, and fairly present
(subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, to the
absence of notes and normal year-end audit adjustments), in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof
and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended.
(i) Since March 31, 2006,
(A) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to
the Knowledge of the Company, any Representative of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise obtained
knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or
claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or
auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal
accounting controls relating to periods after March 31, 2006,
including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim
that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in
questionable accounting or auditing practices (except for any of
the foregoing received after the date of this Agreement which have
no reasonable basis), and (B) to the Knowledge of the Company,
no attorney representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws,
breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation, relating to periods
after March 31, 2006, by the Company or any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents to the Company Board or any
committee thereof or to any director or executive officer of the
Company.
(ii) Except for such matters as have not
had, and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect, the Company is in compliance with the
applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(g) Absence of Certain Changes or
Events . Since March 31, 2006, (i) each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has conducted its business only in the
ordinary course, (ii) there has not been any effect, event,
development, change, occurrence or state of facts that has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, and (iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
taken any action that, if taken after the date hereof would be
prohibited by Sections 4.01(ii) , (iii) ,
(v) , (vi) , (ix) , (x) or (xi)
.
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(h) Information Supplied . The
Proxy Statement shall not, on each relevant filing date, on the
date of mailing to the Company Stockholders and at the time of the
Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all
material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation
or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent or
Merger Sub in writing specifically for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement.
(i) Employee
Benefit Plans .
(i) Section 3.01(i)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Benefit Plans. True,
complete and correct copies of all such written Benefit Plans have
been provided or otherwise made available to Parent.
(ii) With respect to each Benefit Plan, the
Company has made available to Parent complete and accurate copies,
to the extent applicable, of: (A) the most recent annual
report on Form 5500 required to have been filed with the IRS
for each Benefit Plan, including all schedules thereto,
(B) the most recent determination letter, if any, from the IRS
for any Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section
401(a) of the Code, (C) the plan documents and summary plan
descriptions, or a written description of the terms of any Benefit
Plan that is not in writing, (D) any related trust agreements,
insurance contracts, insurance policies or other documents of any
funding arrangements, (E) any notices to or from the IRS or
any office or representative of the DOL or any similar Governmental
Entity relating to any compliance issues in respect of any such
Benefit Plan, (F) all material amendments, modifications or
supplements to any such document.
(iii) No Benefit Plan is (A) a
“defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 414
of the Code), (B) a “multiemployer plan” (as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), (C) a “multiple
employer plan” (as defined in Section 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA) (in each case under clause (A), (B) or (C) whether
or not subject to ERISA) or (D) subject, or at any time has
been subject, to Section 302 of ERISA, Section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA.
(iv) Since December 31, 2004, each
plan, program, arrangement or agreement which constitutes in any
part a nonqualified deferred compensation plan with the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code has been operated and maintained, in
all material respects, in accordance within the requirements of IRS
Notice 2005-1 and a good faith reasonable interpretation of
Section 409A of the Code and its purpose with respect to the
amounts deferred (within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code) after December 31, 2004.
(v) Except as required by applicable Law,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any plan or
commitment to amend or establish any new Benefit Plan or to
continue or increase any benefits under any Benefit Plan, or to
maintain any such benefits or the level of any such benefits
generally for any period.
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(vi) None of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents has, with
respect to any Benefit Plan, engaged in or been a party to any
non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” as such term is
defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of
ERISA, which could reasonably be expected to result, directly or
indirectly, in the imposition of a material penalty assessed
pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a material tax imposed by
Section 4975 of the Code, in each case applicable to the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Benefit Plan or for which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any indemnification
obligation.
(vii) No Benefit Plan that is a
“welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of Section
3(1) of ERISA provides benefits to former employees of the Company
or its Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to Section 4980B of
the Code or any similar state, local or foreign law.
(viii) Each Benefit Plan that is intended
to be “qualified” under Section 401 and/or
501(a)(9) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter
from the IRS to such effect and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
no fact, circumstance or event has occurred or exists since the
date of such determination letter that would reasonably be expected
to materially and adversely affect the qualified status of any such
Benefit Plan.
(ix) No deduction for federal income tax
purposes has been nor is any such deduction expected by the Company
to be disallowed for remuneration paid or payable by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries by reason of Section 162(m) of the Code
including by reason of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(x) Except where failure to comply would
not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Benefit Plan
maintained by the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company has
been operated and administered in compliance with its terms and
applicable Law.
(xi) The execution of this Agreement and
the consummation of the Merger, either by themselves or in
conjunction with any other event, will not constitute an event
under any Benefit Plan that will or may result in any material
payment, acceleration, termination, forgiveness of indebtedness,
vesting, distribution, or material increase in compensation or
benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. All
contributions and other payments required to be made by the Company
or its Subsidiaries to any pension plan with respect to any period
ending before the Closing Date have been made or reserves adequate
for such contributions or other payments have been or will be set
aside therefor and have been or will be reflected in financial
statements.
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(xii) There are no existing (or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened) lawsuits, claims or other
controversies, other than claims for information or benefits in the
normal course, with respect to any Benefit Plan. Neither the
Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has incurred, nor reasonably
expects to incur, any material liability under Title IV of ERISA
(other than liability for premium payments to the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation arising in the ordinary course).
(xiii) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries will, as a result of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, be obligated to make any payment or provide any
benefit for which no deduction would be permitted by reason of
Section 280G of the Code.
(j) Litigation . There is no suit,
claim, action, proceeding, criminal prosecution, audit,
arbitration, mediation or investigation (a “ Dispute
Proceeding ”) pending before any Governmental Entity or
arbitration panel or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of
their respective properties or any of their respective officers,
employees or directors in their capacity as such, except for any
such Dispute Proceeding as has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company
Disclosure Letter sets forth all Dispute Proceedings (i) where
the amount in controversy for which the Company may be responsible
or liable exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), (ii) seeks
material injunctive relief or otherwise seeks to enjoin the
business or operations of the Company, or (iii) seeks to
impose any legal restraint on or prohibition against or limit the
Surviving Corporation’s ability to operate the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as operated
immediately prior to the date of this Agreement. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any outstanding
order, writ, injunction or decree that has had or would reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(k)
Compliance with Laws; Permits .
(i) Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is and since March 31, 2006 has been in material
compliance with all Laws applicable to it.
(ii) Other than with respect to
Environmental Laws, which are governed by Section 3.01(m), each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries holds all material permits,
licenses, variances, exemptions, orders, authorizations, consents,
franchises and approvals of all Governmental Entities necessary for
it to own, lease and operate its properties and assets or to carry
on its business as it is now being conducted in compliance with
applicable Laws (the “ Company Permits ”), and
all such Company Permits are in full force and effect in all
material respects. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in
material compliance with the terms of the Company Permits. To the
Knowledge of the Company, no suspension or cancellation of any
Company Permit is pending or threatened.
(i) Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has timely filed all material Returns required to be
filed by it with any Tax authority prior to the date hereof. To the
Knowledge of the Company, all such Returns are true, correct and
complete in all material respects. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has paid all Taxes shown to be due on such
Returns.
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(ii) All material Taxes that each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is required by Law to withhold or
collect have been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely
paid over to the proper Governmental Entities to the extent due and
payable.
(iii) Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is not delinquent in the payment of any Tax nor is
there any Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against
the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor has the Company or its
Subsidiaries executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of
limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or
collection of any Tax.
(iv) To the Knowledge of the Company, no
audit or other examination of any Return of the Company or its
Subsidiaries by any Tax authority is presently in progress. Neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been notified of any request
for such an audit or other examination.
(v) No adjustment relating to any Returns
filed by the Company or its Subsidiaries has been proposed in
writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to the
Company, its Subsidiaries or any representative thereof.
(vi) The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has established (or has had established on its behalf)
in accordance with GAAP an adequate accrual for all Taxes
(including Taxes that are not yet due or payable) through the end
of the last period for which the Company and its Subsidiaries
ordinarily record items on their respective books, and regardless
of whether the liability for such Taxes is disputed. The Company
has made available to Parent and Merger Sub complete and accurate
copies of all material income, franchise, and foreign Tax Returns,
and any amendments thereto, filed by or on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, subsequent to December 31,
2002.
(vii) There are no material Liens on the
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating or
attributable to Taxes, other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable.
(viii) The Company and its Subsidiaries
have not executed any closing agreement pursuant to
Section 7121 of the Code or any predecessor provision thereof,
or any similar provision of state or local law.
(ix) Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has disclosed on its Tax Returns all positions taken
therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of
federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the
Code or any similar provision of state or local law.
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(x) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has (i) ever been a party to a Contract or
inter-company account system in existence under which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has, or may at any time in the future
have, an obligation to contribute to the payment of any portion of
a Tax (or pay any amount calculated with reference to any portion
of a Tax) of any group of corporations of which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is or was a part (other than a group the common
parent of which is the Company) and (ii) any Liability for
Taxes of any person (other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) under Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) as a
transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.
(xi) No written claim has been made during
the past five years by any appropriate Governmental Entity in a
jurisdiction where neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
filed Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to any material
taxation by that jurisdiction.
(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has participated or engaged in transactions that
constitute “reportable transactions” as such term is
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(1)
(other than such transactions that have been properly reported or
are not yet required to have been reported), or transactions that
constitute “listed transactions” as such term is
defined in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(xiii) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has agreed or is required to make any adjustments
pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law by reason of a change in accounting
method initiated by it or any other relevant party and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Knowledge that the
appropriate Governmental Entity has proposed any such adjustment or
change in accounting method, nor is any application pending with
any appropriate Governmental Entity requesting permission for any
changes in accounting methods that relate to the business or assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(xiv) The Company and its Subsidiaries will
not 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 (i) any installment sale or open transaction
disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) any
prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
(xv) The Company is not a United States
Real Property Holding Corporation within the meaning of
Section 897(c)(2)
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