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Exhibit
99.4
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
by and
among
H-G HOLDINGS,
INC.,
CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
NORTHSTARS ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
and
JUPITER PARTNERS L.P.,
solely as Stockholder Representative
Dated as of July 27,
2007
Table of
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| ARTICLE 1 MERGER OF MERGER SUB INTO THE
COMPANY |
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| 1.01 |
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Merger |
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The
Closing |
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Effective
Time |
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Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws |
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Directors
and Officers |
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Merger
Consideration |
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Conversion or Cancellation of Outstanding Shares |
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| 1.08 |
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Payment
for Outstanding Shares |
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| 1.09 |
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Merger
Consideration Adjustments. |
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| 1.10 |
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Escrow
Amount |
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Dissenters’ Rights |
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Closing
of Transfer Books |
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Company
Stock Options |
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Company
Performance Units |
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| 1.15 |
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Payments |
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| ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY |
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Capitalization |
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Subsidiaries |
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Organization |
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11 |
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Title to
Assets |
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11 |
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Financial
Statements |
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12 |
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events |
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12 |
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| 2.07 |
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Intellectual Property |
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Power and
Authority; Effect of Agreement |
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Contracts |
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Undisclosed Liabilities |
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| 2.11 |
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Litigation |
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| 2.12 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Taxes |
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| 2.14 |
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Employees
and Employee Benefits |
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| 2.15 |
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Consents |
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Insurance |
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Labor
Matters |
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Fees |
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Stockholder Approval |
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Affiliate
Transactions |
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Bank
Accounts; Receivables; Customers. |
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Real
Property; Leaseholds |
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Sale of
Products; Performance of Services. |
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| 2.24 |
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Certain
Business Practices |
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| 2.25 |
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Government Contracts |
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TMG
Dividend |
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| 2.27 |
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Disclaimer |
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| ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER
SUB |
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| 3.01 |
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Organization |
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| 3.02 |
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Power and
Authority; Effect of Agreement. |
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| 3.03 |
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Litigation |
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| 3.04 |
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Availability of Funds |
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| 3.05 |
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Consents |
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Fees |
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Disclaimer |
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| ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
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Cooperation by the Company |
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Conduct
of Business |
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Access |
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No
Negotiation. |
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Stockholder Approval |
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Resignation of Directors |
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Company
Stockholder and Option Lists |
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TMG
Distribution and TMG Documents. |
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| ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB |
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| 5.01 |
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Cooperation by Parent and Merger Sub |
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Indemnification; Insurance; Release |
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| ARTICLE 6 OTHER COVENANTS |
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Mutual
Cooperation |
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Termination of 401(k) Plan |
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New
Employee Benefit Plans |
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Legal
Representation |
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| ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS TO PARENT’S AND MERGER SUB’S
OBLIGATIONS |
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Representations and Warranties |
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No
Prohibition |
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Consents |
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Performance of Covenants |
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Termination of 401(k) Plans |
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Termination of Stock Option Plans |
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Secretary’s Certificate |
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| 7.08 |
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TMG
Distribution |
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| ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S
OBLIGATIONS |
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Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger
Sub |
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No
Prohibition |
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Consents |
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Performance of Covenants |
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| ARTICLE 9 TERMINATION |
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Termination |
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Termination Procedures |
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Effect on
Obligations |
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| ARTICLE 10 SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION |
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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Indemnification of Parent Indemnitees |
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| 10.03 |
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Taxes |
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Indemnification of Company Indemnitees |
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Satisfaction of Indemnification Claim |
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Defense
of Third Party Claims |
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Insurance
Proceeds and Other Recoveries |
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Remedies |
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| ARTICLE 11 DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION |
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Definitions |
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Rules of
Construction |
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| ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Entire
Agreement |
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Successors and Assigns |
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Parties
in Interest |
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Headings |
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Amendment |
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Waivers |
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Expenses |
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Notices |
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Governing
Law, Etc |
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Public
Announcements |
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Counterparts |
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| 12.12 |
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Interpretation |
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Invalidity |
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Specific
Performance |
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| 12.15 |
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Stockholder Representative |
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of
Merger (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of the 27
th
day of July, 2007, by and
among (i) H-G Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”), (ii) Concur Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”),
(iii) Northstars Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“
Merger Sub ”) and (iv) Jupiter Partners L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (“ Jupiter ”),
solely as “ Stockholder Representative .”
Certain other capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein are defined in Section 11.01
hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Boards of
Directors of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub have each
determined that it is in the best interest of their respective
stockholders for Parent to acquire the Company upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, in furtherance
thereof, the Boards of Directors of the Company, Parent and Merger
Sub have each approved the merger of Merger Sub with and into the
Company in accordance with applicable Law, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent
and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition
and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this
Agreement, Jupiter is executing and delivering to Parent a voting
agreement in the form of Exhibit A (the “ Voting
Agreement ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, and of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
MERGER OF MERGER SUB INTO THE
COMPANY
1.01 Merger . Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective
Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company in
accordance with this Agreement and the separate corporate existence
of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease (the “ Merger
”). The Company shall be the surviving corporation in the
Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “
Surviving Corporation ”) and shall continue to be
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and the separate
corporate existence of the Company with all its rights, privileges,
immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the
Merger. The Merger shall have the effects specified in the
DGCL.
1.02 The Closing .
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall
take place at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New
York, at 9:00 a.m., local time, on the second Business Day
following the day on which the last to be satisfied or waived of
the conditions set forth in Articles 7 and 8 shall be satisfied
(or, if contemplated to be satisfied at the Closing, shall be
capable of being satisfied) or waived in accordance with this
Agreement, or at such other time, date or place as Parent and the
Company may agree. The date on which the Closing occurs is
hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date
”.
1.03 Effective Time .
Upon the Closing taking place, the parties hereto shall cause a
Certificate of Merger meeting the requirements of Section 251
of the DGCL (the “ Certificate of Merger ”) to
be properly executed and filed in accordance with such Section. The
Merger shall become effective at the time of filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in accordance with the DGCL or at such later time which
the parties hereto shall have agreed upon and designated in such
filing as the effective time of the Merger (the “
Effective Time ”).
1.04 Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws . The Certificate of Incorporation of
the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
amended as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto, shall be
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation as of
the Effective Time, until duly amended in accordance with
applicable Law. The Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in
accordance with applicable Law.
1.05 Directors and
Officers . The directors and officers of the Surviving
Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be the
individuals identified on Schedule 1.05 hereof and such
individuals shall hold office until their respective death,
permanent disability, resignation or removal or until his or her
respective successor is duly elected and qualified in the manner
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation and applicable Law.
1.06 Merger
Consideration . The aggregate amount in cash to be paid by
Parent on the Closing Date with respect to all the outstanding
capital stock of the Company shall be One Hundred Sixty Million
Dollars ($160,000,000), subject to adjustments related to the Sale
Bonus Amounts and the Shareholder Loan Amounts and any further
adjustment provided for in Section 1.09 (such amount, after
such adjustments, the “ Merger Consideration
”).
1.07 Conversion or
Cancellation of Outstanding Shares . The manner of converting
or canceling shares of the Company and Merger Sub in the Merger
shall be as follows:
(a) At the Effective Time,
each share of the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Company (the “ Class C Shares ”) issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (“
Outstanding Shares ”) (other than Outstanding Shares
which are held by Dissenting Stockholders) shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be
converted into the right to receive, subject to and in
accordance
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with the terms hereof, (i) an
amount in cash, without interest, equal to the Initial Merger
Consideration divided by the aggregate number of Outstanding Shares
(such quotient, the “ Per Share Initial Merger
Consideration ”), plus (ii) an amount in cash,
without interest, equal to (x) the sum of (A) the
Escrowed Amount, plus (B) the Holdback Amount, plus
(C) any Unvested Sale Bonus Amounts, minus (D) any
amounts paid to Parent for indemnification claims and with respect
to any Final NTAV Shortfall, divided by (y) the aggregate
number of Outstanding Shares (such quotient, the “ Per
Share Additional Merger Consideration ”). All Outstanding
Shares, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holders thereof, shall no longer be outstanding and shall be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
stock certificate representing any Outstanding Shares shall
thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such
Outstanding Shares, except the right to receive the Per Share
Initial Merger Consideration for each such Outstanding Share upon
the surrender of such stock certificate in accordance with
Section 1.08 plus the Per Share Additional Merger
Consideration in accordance with Sections 1.09 and 1.10, Article 10
and the Escrow Agreement (except for any Unvested Sale Bonus
Amounts, which shall be paid in accordance with the next sentence)
or the right, if any, to receive payment from the Surviving
Corporation of the “fair value” of such Outstanding
Shares as determined in accordance with Section 262 of the
DGCL. To the extent the Company is not, and cannot through the
passage of time become, obligated to pay any portion of the Sale
Bonus Amounts under the H-G Sale Bonus Plan or agreements governing
such bonuses), Parent shall promptly pay such amounts
(collectively, the “ Unvested Sale Bonus Amounts
”) to the Stockholder Representative, which amounts shall
then be distributed by the Stockholder Representative to the record
holders of Outstanding Shares in proportion to their percentage
ownership of all Outstanding Shares; provided that Parent
need not pay any such amount prior to five (5) Business Days
after the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date (at which point
Parent shall pay all such Unvested Sale Bonus Amounts that shall
have accrued on or prior to such six-month anniversary).
(b) At the Effective Time,
each Class C Share issued and held in the Company’s treasury
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof,
cease to be outstanding, shall be canceled and retired without
payment of any consideration therefor and shall cease to
exist.
(c) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, each share of
capital stock (other than Class C Common Stock) that is issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will, by
virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of
Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled
and extinguished without any conversion thereof and without the
issuance or payment of any consideration therefor.
(d) At the Effective Time,
each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger
Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of Merger Sub or the holders of such shares, be converted into one
share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
1.08 Payment for
Outstanding Shares . At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent
shall deposit the Initial Merger Consideration in trust with such
paying agent as may be
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appointed by Merger Sub with the
Company’s prior approval, which will not be unreasonably
withheld or changed (the “ Paying Agent ”).
Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to
deliver to each Person (that is identified by the Company to Parent
a reasonable time in advance thereof) who will be (assuming no
transfer of shares), immediately prior to the Effective Time, a
holder of record of Outstanding Shares a letter of transmittal
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C for
use in effecting the surrender of the stock certificates which,
immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented any of such
Outstanding Shares that will be converted into the right to receive
cash pursuant to Section 1.07(a). It is agreed that letters of
transmittal (and the related instructions) and any other
documentation required by the Paying Agent will be delivered in
final form to such Company Stockholders (that are identified by the
Company to Parent a reasonable time in advance thereof) at an
agreed upon time prior to the Effective Time so that such letters
of transmittal may be delivered to the Paying Agent at or prior to
the Effective Time for payment at the Effective Time. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of such stock certificates, together
with such letter of transmittal, duly executed and completed in
accordance with the instructions thereto, the Surviving Corporation
shall cause the Paying Agent to pay to each Company Stockholder
entitled thereto by check or, to the extent permitted by the Paying
Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount
equal to (x) the Per Share Initial Merger Consideration
multiplied by (y) the number of shares represented by the
stock certificates being surrendered. Such payment will be made at
the Effective Time or as promptly thereafter as is reasonably
practicable with respect to surrendered stock certificates and duly
executed and completed letters of transmittal that are surrendered
at or prior to the Effective Time, and as soon as practicable
thereafter with respect to stock certificates and duly executed and
completed letters of transmittal that are surrendered on a later
date. No interest will be paid or will accrue on the amount payable
upon the surrender of any such stock certificate. If payment is to
be made to a Person other than the registered holder of the stock
certificate surrendered, it shall be a condition of such payment
that the stock certificate so surrendered shall be properly
endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer reasonably
satisfactory to Parent and that the Person requesting such payment
shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the
payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the stock
certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of the
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent that such Tax has been
paid or is not applicable. From and after one hundred and eighty
(180) days following the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall be entitled to cause the Paying Agent to deliver
to it any funds (including any interest received with respect
thereto) made available to the Paying Agent which have not been
disbursed to holders of stock certificates formerly representing
Outstanding Shares, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled
to look to the Surviving Corporation only as general creditors
thereof with respect to the cash payable upon due surrender of
their stock certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither
the Paying Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to any holder
of stock certificates formerly representing Outstanding Shares for
any amount paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. The Surviving
Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of
the Paying Agent, in connection with the exchange of Outstanding
Shares for the Per Share Initial Merger Consideration. The Per
Share Additional Merger Consideration shall be payable when and if
such amounts are due and payable pursuant to the Escrow Agreement
(or, in the case of Unvested Sale Bonus Amounts, in accordance with
the last sentence of Section 1.07(a)).
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1.09 Merger Consideration
Adjustments .
(a) The Merger Consideration
shall be subject to adjustment on a dollar for dollar basis as set
forth in this Section 1.09.
(b) Not less than five
(5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall
deliver to Parent a statement (the “ Estimated NTAV
Statement ”) of the estimated Net Tangible Asset Value as
of the Closing Date (the “ Estimated NTAV ”).
The Estimated NTAV Statement shall be based on the estimated
consolidated balance sheet of the Company (excluding the TMG
Business and TMG) as of the close of business on the Closing Date
in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the
Company’s past principles, policies and practices as
reflected in the Interim Financial Statements (so long as and only
in the event that such past principles, policies and practices
conform with GAAP) and without giving effect to the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the TMG
Distribution, except that it shall include an accrual for the
Performance Unit Amounts, Other Employee Payments, the TMG Excluded
Liabilities and the Transaction Expenses, provided, however,
that the Estimated NTAV Statement shall be subject to and prepared
in conformity with year-end audit accrual and estimation practices
of the Company such that all pro-rata adjustments, accruals,
reserves, allowances and similar year-end adjustments are prepared
for and included in the Estimated NTAV Statement, as if the
Estimated NTAV Statement were a year-end statement. The accounting
principles governing the Financial Statements shall eliminate all
intercompany transactions and investments. The Company shall
consult with Parent regarding its calculation of Estimated NTAV
prior to delivery of the Estimated NTAV Statement. To the extent
that the Estimated NTAV is less than negative Seven Million Nine
Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Dollars (negative $7,937,000) (the
“ Target NTAV ”), the Merger Consideration
payable at Closing will be decreased by the Estimated NTAV
Shortfall. To the extent that the Estimated NTAV is greater than
the Target NTAV, the Merger Consideration payable at Closing will
be increased by the Estimated NTAV Excess. An example of the NTAV
calculation is set forth on Schedule 1.09 to this Agreement
(the “ NTAV Example ”). The Estimated NTAV shall
be prepared on the same basis as the NTAV Example. Nothing
disclosed in Section 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule shall
affect the terms (including, without limitation, the amount of the
Target NTAV) or the parties’ obligations set forth in this
Section 1.09.
(c) Within ninety
(90) days after the Closing Date, Parent shall prepare and
deliver to the Stockholder Representative (or its designee) a
statement (the “ NTAV Statement ”) setting forth
the actual NTAV as of the Closing Date (the “ Closing
NTAV ”). The NTAV Statement shall be based on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company (excluding the TMG
Business and TMG) as of the close of business on the Closing Date
in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the
Company’s past principles, policies and practices as
reflected in the Interim Financial Statements (so long as and only
in the event that such past principles, policies and practices
conform with GAAP) and without giving effect to the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the TMG
Distribution, except that it shall include an accrual for the
Performance Unit Amounts, Other Employee Payments and the
Transaction Expenses, provided, however, that the NTAV
Statement shall be subject to and prepared in conformity with
year-end audit accrual and estimation practices of the Company such
that all pro-rata adjustments, accruals, reserves, allowances and
similar year-end adjustments are prepared for and included in the
NTAV Statement, as if the NTAV Statement
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were a year-end statement. The
accounting principles governing the Financial Statements shall
eliminate all intercompany transactions and investments. The
methods, principles and assumptions used in the NTAV Example shall
be the methods, principles and assumptions used for purposes of
calculating the Closing NTAV, provided that if the
calculation in the NTAV Example is determined not to be in
accordance with GAAP, then the calculation in the NTAV Example
shall be adjusted so as to be in accordance with GAAP. In addition,
and notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Closing Date does not
occur as of a month end, then the NTAV calculation for the month
during which the Closing Date occurs shall prorate any items that
have been accrued in accordance with GAAP for a full monthly
period.
(d) If the Stockholder
Representative disputes the NTAV Statement (either as to content or
manner of preparation), then the Stockholder Representative shall,
within sixty (60) days following receipt of the NTAV Statement
from Parent, deliver a written notice to Parent of such dispute
setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for that dispute. If
the Stockholder Representative does not so notify Parent of a
dispute within such sixty (60) day period, the Closing NTAV
shall be deemed to be final, conclusive and binding on the parties.
In the event the Stockholder Representative delivers a notification
of a dispute, Parent and the Stockholder Representative shall
negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute; provided,
however, that if Parent and the Stockholder Representative fail
to resolve such dispute within thirty (30) Business Days after
notification of the dispute, then Parent and the Stockholder
Representative shall promptly (but in no event later than thirty
(30) days thereafter) engage KPMG LLP, New York, New York (
provided that if KPMG is unable or unwilling to perform the
engagement, the parties will mutually agree upon an independent
nationally recognized accounting firm to perform the engagement)
(the “ Accounting Expert ”) to resolve such
dispute. Parent and the Stockholder Representative shall have the
opportunity to provide written submissions relating to whether the
standards set forth in Section 1.09, including the NTAV
Example, have been met, which written submissions shall be provided
to the Accounting Expert, if at all, no later than fifteen
(15) Business Days after the date of referral of the disputed
matters to the Accounting Expert. The Accounting Expert shall
deliver a written report resolving only the disputed matters
relating to whether the standards set forth in Section 1.09
have been met, and setting forth the basis for such resolution
within thirty (30) Business Days after Parent and the
Stockholder Representative have submitted in writing (or have had
the opportunity to submit in writing but have not submitted) their
positions as to the disputed items. Parent shall be responsible for
all of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Expert unless the
Accounting Expert finds the Closing NTAV is equal to or less than
the Closing NTAV reflected in the NTAV Statement in which case the
amount of all fees and expenses of the Accounting Expert shall be
paid as provided in Section 1.09(f) below. All determinations
made by the Accounting Expert will be final, conclusive and binding
on the parties. The Closing NTAV as finally determined in
accordance with this Section 1.09 shall be the “
Final NTAV .”
(e) For purposes of complying
with the terms set forth in this Section 1.09, the parties
shall cooperate with and make available to the other parties and
their respective representatives all information, records, data and
working papers, and shall permit access to their facilities and
personnel, as may be reasonably required in connection with the
preparation and analysis of the Estimated NTAV and the NTAV
Statement and the resolution of any disputes thereunder.
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(f) Parent shall be entitled
to withhold from payment of the Merger Consideration Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (the “ Holdback Amount
”) to satisfy a Final NTAV Shortfall, if any, in accordance
with this Section 1.09(f). If the Final NTAV is less than the
Estimated NTAV, the Merger Consideration shall be adjusted downward
by the amount of the Final NTAV Shortfall, and (i) Parent
shall be entitled to keep and not distribute to the Paying Agent an
amount equal to the Final NTAV Shortfall and (ii) after
Parent’s retention of an amount equal to the Final NTAV
Shortfall in accordance with subparagraph (i), Parent shall, within
five (5) Business Days of the date on which Final NTAV is
determined pursuant to this Section 1.09, deliver to the
Paying Agent an amount in cash equal to the difference between the
Holdback Amount and the Final NTAV Shortfall, which amount shall
then be distributed by the Paying Agent to the record holders of
Outstanding Shares in proportion to their percentage ownership of
all Outstanding Shares. In the event that the Final NTAV Shortfall
is greater than the Holdback Amount, Parent shall be entitled to
recover the amount of such difference by making a claim against the
Indemnity Escrow Account.
(g) If the Final NTAV is
greater than the Estimated NTAV, then the Merger Consideration
shall be increased by the amount of the Final NTAV Excess, and
Parent shall deliver to the Paying Agent an amount in cash equal to
the sum of the Final NTAV Excess and the Holdback Amount, which
amount shall then be distributed by the Paying Agent to the record
holders of Outstanding Shares in proportion to their percentage
ownership of all Outstanding Shares. Payment of any Final NTAV
Excess and the Holdback Amount is to be made within five
(5) Business Days of the date on which Final NTAV is
determined pursuant to this Section 1.09.
1.10 Escrow Amount .
The parties agree that Parent will deposit Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000) in an escrow account (the “ Indemnity Escrow
Account ”) for a period of eighteen (18) months (the
“ Escrow Period ”) to secure the due performance
and payment of the indemnification obligations pursuant to Article
10 hereof (other than Section 10.02(a)(v)), Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in an escrow account (the “
TMG Escrow Account ”) for the Escrow Period to secure
the due performance and payment of the indemnification obligations
pursuant to Section 10.02(a)(v), and Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000) (together with the amount deposited in the
Indemnity Escrow Account and the TMG Escrow Account, the “
Escrowed Amount ”) in an escrow account (the “
Expense Escrow Account ”) to cover the costs and
expenses incurred by the Stockholder Representative in its capacity
as such. The parties agree that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. shall
serve as escrow agent (the “ Escrow Agent ”) in
connection with the Escrow Accounts. The Escrowed Amount, plus or
minus any gains or losses from investments thereon shall be paid in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (with such changes, if
any, as the Escrow Agent may reasonably request, the “
Escrow Agreement ”). The Escrow Agreement will provide
that (i) the Stockholder Representative will be reimbursed
upon payment of any reasonable costs or expenses incurred in
carrying out its duties under this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement from the Expense Escrow Account and any unpaid amount
shall be released from the Expense Escrow Account and paid to
stockholders promptly upon the instruction of the Stockholder
Representative, and (ii) all other amounts in escrow not
otherwise subject to a claim for indemnification shall be released
from the Indemnity Escrow Account and paid to the stockholders of
the Company at the expiration of the Escrow Period in accordance
with the Escrow Agreement.
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1.11 Dissenters’
Rights . If, in connection with the Merger, Company
Stockholders are entitled to appraisal rights pursuant to the DGCL,
any Outstanding Shares which are held by stockholders exercising
appraisal rights with respect thereto pursuant to Section 262
of the DGCL (“ Dissenting Stockholders ”) shall
not be converted into a right to receive cash as provided in
Section 1.07(a), but shall be converted into the right to
receive such consideration as may be determined to be due with
respect to such Dissenting Shares pursuant to the DGCL. Each
Dissenting Stockholder who, pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL,
becomes entitled to payment of the fair value of such shares shall
receive payment therefor in accordance with the DGCL (but only
after the value therefor shall have been agreed upon or finally
determined pursuant to the DGCL). In the event that any Company
Stockholder fails to make an effective demand for payment or fails
to perfect its appraisal rights as to its Outstanding Shares or any
Dissenting Shares shall otherwise lose their status as Dissenting
Shares, then any such shares shall immediately be converted into
the right to receive the consideration issuable pursuant to
Section 1.07(a) in respect of such shares as if such shares
had never been Dissenting Shares, and Parent shall issue and
deliver to the holder thereof, at (or as promptly as reasonably
practicable after) the applicable time or times specified in
Section 1.08, following the satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in Section 1.08, the cash, without
interest thereon, to which such Company Stockholder would have been
entitled under Section 1.07(a) with respect to such shares.
The Company shall give Parent prompt notice (and in no event more
than two (2) Business Days) of the delivery of any demand from
a Dissenting Stockholder pursuant to Section 262(d) of the
DGCL, and Parent shall have the right to control all negotiations
and proceedings with respect to any such demand. If any Dissenting
Stockholder shall fail to perfect or shall have effectively lost
the right to dissent, the Outstanding Shares held by such
Dissenting Stockholder shall thereupon be treated as though each
such Outstanding Share had been converted into the right to receive
the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 1.07(a). After the Effective Time, neither the
Surviving Corporation nor Parent shall, without the prior written
consent of the Stockholder Representative, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, voluntarily make any payment with respect
to, or settle or offer to settle, any demand made pursuant to
Section 262(d) of the DGCL in an amount in excess of the
Merger Consideration allocable to such Dissenting Stockholders
pursuant to this Agreement.
1.12 Closing of Transfer
Books . From and after the Effective Time, the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed and no transfer of Outstanding
Shares shall thereafter be made.
1.13 Company Stock
Options . Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take
all actions necessary such that, effective as of the Effective
Time, each option granted by the Company to purchase shares of
capital stock of the Company which is outstanding and unexercised
immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a “ Company
Stock Option ”) and which has been granted by the Company
pursuant to the Company’s 2000 Stock Option Plan or 2000
Stock Option Plan (California) or any other stock option plan of
the Company (collectively, the “ Company Stock Plans
”) shall not be assumed by Merger Sub or Parent and shall
instead automatically terminate in accordance with
Section 7(b) of the applicable Company Stock Plan or other
applicable section of the Company Stock Plans. Prior to the
Effective Time, the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate
the vesting of all unvested Company Stock Options and provide the
holders of the Company Stock Options with the right to exercise all
or any portion of the Company Stock Options (whether or not then
exercisable) during a period
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determined by the Company beginning
after the date of this Agreement and ending on the day prior to the
day on which the Effective Time occurs. At the Effective Time, all
other rights to acquire shares of the capital stock of the Company
will, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the
part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any holder thereof, be
terminated and cancelled without any conversion or assumption
thereof.
1.14 Company Performance
Units . Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all
actions necessary such that, effective as of the Effective Time,
each performance unit granted by the Company under the Performance
Unit Agreements listed in Section 1.14 of the Disclosure
Schedule which is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time (each, a “ Performance Unit ”) shall
automatically terminate in accordance with Section 5 of the
applicable Performance Unit Agreement, and, in consideration of
such cancellation, each holder of a Performance Unit shall be paid
an amount of cash equal to the “Per Unit Amount” (as
defined in each such Performance Unit Agreement) multiplied by the
number of Performance Units subject to such Performance Unit
Agreement (whether vested or vested), reduced by any income or
employment Taxes required to be withheld from such
payment.
1.15 Payments . At the
Effective Time or later applicable payment date, Parent shall pay
on behalf of the Company, or shall provide the Company with
sufficient funds and cause the Company to pay, to the intended
beneficiaries thereof (as identified by the Company to Parent prior
to the Closing) (the “ Scheduled Beneficiaries
”) (a) the Company Employee Amounts, (b) the
Transaction Expenses, (c) the Shareholder Loan Amounts and
(d) the Other Employee Payments.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents
and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows, except with
respect to the TMG Business and the consummation of the TMG
Distribution:
2.01 Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 100,000 shares of capital stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of which 25,000 shares are designated as
Class A Common Stock (the “ Class A Shares
”), 25,000 are designated as Class B Common Stock (the
“ Class B Shares ”), and 50,000 shares are
designated as Class C Shares. As of the date of this Agreement,
there are no Class A Shares or Class B Shares outstanding and
there are 19,235.569 Class C Shares outstanding, all of which are
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Section 2.01(a)
of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list, as of the date
hereof, of the names of all holders of issued and outstanding
shares of the Company’s capital stock, together with the
number of such shares owned by such holder and the percentage of
ownership of all outstanding capital stock of the Company
represented by such shares. Jupiter owns more than eighty-six
percent (86%) of the outstanding Class C Shares. Except
as set forth in Section 2.01(a) of the Disclosure Schedule,
(i) none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of
participation, right of maintenance or any
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similar right; (ii) none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company is subject to
any right of first refusal in favor of the Company; and
(iii) there is no Contract relating to the registration or
voting of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling,
pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or
similar right with respect to), any shares of capital stock of the
Company. The Company is not under any obligation, nor is bound by
any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company.
(b) Company Stock Options to
purchase an aggregate of 96.2858 Class C Shares are outstanding
under the Company Stock Plans as of the date of this Agreement, and
398.4943 Class C Shares are authorized to be subject to Company
Stock Options but have not been granted as of the date of this
Agreement. Section 2.01(b) of the Disclosure Schedule
accurately sets forth, with respect to each Company Stock Option
that is outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the
name of the holder of such option; (ii) the total number of
Class C Shares that are subject to such option and the number of
Class C Shares with respect to which such option is immediately
exercisable; (iii) the date on which such option was granted
and the term of such option; (iv) the vesting schedule for
such option; and (v) the exercise price per Class C Share
purchasable under such option. None of the Company Stock Options
have been designated an “incentive stock option” as
defined in Section 422 of the Code. Except as set forth in
Section 2.01(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no:
(i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or other
right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares
of the capital stock or other securities of the Company or
exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other
securities of the Company; (ii) stockholder rights plan (or
similar plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill”)
or Contract under which the Company is or may become obligated to
sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital stock or any
other securities; or (iii) condition or circumstance that may
give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any
Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or
receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of the
Company.
(c) All outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company, options, warrants and other
securities of the Company and the Subsidiaries have been issued and
granted in compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws
and other applicable Laws, and (ii) all requirements set forth
in applicable Contracts.
(d) Except as set forth in
Section 2.01(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2004, the Company has not repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise reacquired any shares of capital stock or other
securities of the Company. All securities so reacquired by the
Company were reacquired in compliance with (i) the applicable
provisions of the DGCL and all other applicable Laws, and
(ii) all requirements set forth in applicable
Contracts.
2.02 Subsidiaries .
Section 2.02 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of
all direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the “
Subsidiaries ”) and their respective jurisdictions of
organization and their outstanding capital. The Company owns,
either directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, all
of the capital stock of or other equity interests in each of the
Subsidiaries free and clear of all Encumbrances. All of the issued
and outstanding shares of the Subsidiaries are validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with
(a) all applicable provisions of the DGCL or other statute of
incorporation or
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formation, (b) all applicable
securities laws and other applicable Laws, and (c) all
requirements set forth in applicable Contracts. There are
outstanding no securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or
carrying the right to acquire, or voting agreements with respect
to, any equity securities of any of the Subsidiaries or
subscriptions, warrants, options, rights or other arrangements or
Contracts obligating any Subsidiary to issue or acquire any of its
equity securities or any ownership interest therein.
2.03 Organization
.
(a) The Company and each of
the Subsidiaries are companies duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization
and have all requisite corporate or other power and authority to
carry on their businesses as they are now being conducted. The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly licensed or qualified
to do business in all jurisdictions where the nature of the
property owned or leased by them, or the nature of the business
conducted by them, makes such licensing or qualification necessary
and the absence of which licensing or qualification would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company has delivered
or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of:
(i) the Certificates of Incorporation and Bylaws or other
applicable governing documents, including all amendments thereto,
of the Company and each Subsidiary (the “ Constituent
Documents ”); (ii) the stock records of the Company
and each Subsidiary; and (iii) the minutes and other records
of the meetings and other proceedings (including any actions taken
by written consent or otherwise without a meeting) of the
stockholders of the Company and each Subsidiary, the boards of
directors of the Company and each Subsidiary and all committees of
the boards of directors of the Company and each Subsidiary for the
last three (3) years, other than minutes or records relating
to the possible sale of the Company. There have been no formal
meetings or other proceedings of the stockholders of the Company or
any Subsidiary, the boards of directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary or any committee of the boards of directors of the
Company or any Subsidiary that are not reflected in all material
respects in such minutes or other records. There is no violation of
any of the provisions of the Constituent Documents, and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has taken or failed to take any material
action which is prohibited or required by any resolution adopted by
their respective stockholders, boards of directors or any committee
thereof.
2.04 Title to Assets
.
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.04(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
the Subsidiaries have good (and, in the case of real property,
marketable) title to all of the assets and properties which they
purport to own, including all tangible assets reflected on the
Interim Financial Statements as being owned by them (except for
inventory sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of
business since the date of the Interim Financial Statements and the
sale or other disposition of immaterial assets), free and clear of
any Encumbrances, except for Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) Section 2.04(b) of
the Disclosure Schedule identifies all tangible assets that are
Material, individually or in the aggregate, and that are owned by,
or are being leased or licensed to, the Company and the
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006.
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2.05 Financial
Statements .
(a) The Company has delivered
to Parent (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet and the
audited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’
equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows of the Company and
the Subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31,
2006, 2005 and 2004 and related footnotes (the “ Audited
Financial Statements ”), (ii) the unaudited pro
forma balance sheets and unaudited pro forma statements of income
of the Company and the Subsidiaries, excluding the TMG Business, as
of and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
(the “ Unaudited Financial Statements ”), and
(iii) an unaudited pro forma balance sheet and unaudited pro
forma statement of income of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
excluding the TMG Business, as of and for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 (the “ Interim Financial
Statements ” and, together with the Audited Financial
Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements, the “
Financial Statements ”), a copy of each of which is
included in Section 2.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule. The
Financial Statements present fairly, in all Material respects, the
consolidated financial position and the results of operations of
the Company and the Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and
for the respective periods then ended in conformity with GAAP
consistently applied except as set forth in the footnotes thereto
or in Section 2.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, and except
that the Interim Financial Statements are subject to normal
year-end adjustments and do not contain all of the footnote
disclosures required by GAAP.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.05(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the books and
records of the Company and each Subsidiary fairly reflect in all
material respects the transactions to which it is a party or by
which it is bound, including disposition of assets, and such books
and records are and since January 1, 2004, have been kept and
maintained in all material respects in accordance with sound
business practices and applicable Law. The Company and each
Subsidiary has a system of internal accounting controls that are
designed to provide reasonable assurances that transactions are
accurately reflected in all material respects on the
Company’s and such Subsidiary’s books and records and
that the Financial Statements present fairly in all material
respects the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s financial
position, including results of operations, assets and liabilities
in conformity with GAAP consistently applied. Except as set forth
in Section 2.05(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s or
any Subsidiary’s internal controls that would reasonably be
expected to adversely affect in any material respect the
Company’s or such Subsidiary’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data with respect to its
business.
2.06 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events . Except as set forth in Section 2.06 of
the Disclosure Schedule or as provided or permitted by this
Agreement, since December 31, 2006:
(a) there has not been any
Material Adverse Effect, and no event has occurred, and no
circumstance has arisen with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, that, in combination with any other events or
circumstances with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(b) neither the Company nor
any of the Subsidiaries has:
(i) suffered any material
damage, destruction or casualty loss to its physical
properties;
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(ii) incurred or discharged
any material obligation or liability or entered into any other
transaction except in the ordinary course of business consistent
with its past practices;
(iii) voluntarily placed or
otherwise incurred any Encumbrance on its assets other than in the
ordinary course of business, other than a Permitted
Encumbrance;
(iv) conducted its business
other than in the ordinary course of business in all material
respects;
(v) purchased, licensed,
sold, leased, transferred or disposed of any material assets or
rights, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices;
(vi) changed any of the
accounting or tax principles, practices or methods used by the
Company or any Subsidiary, except as required by changes in
applicable Tax Laws or GAAP;
(vii) made any change in its
working capital practices generally, including accelerating
collections of cash or accounts receivable or deferring payment of
its liabilities as compared with its past practices;
(viii) materially increased
the rate or terms of, or materially changed the form of,
compensation payable or to become payable by the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries to any of their respective directors, officers or
employees or the rate or terms of any bonus, pension or other
Company Employee Plan covering any of their respective directors,
officers or employees, or made any payment of any pension,
retirement allowance or other employee benefit, except in the
ordinary course of business in accordance with their respective
customary practices (including normal periodic performance reviews
and related compensation and benefit increases and payments) or as
required by any pre-existing Contract;
(ix) adopted any new pension,
profit sharing, bonus, incentive compensation, deferred
compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock appreciations
rights, severance or other Company Employee Plan applicable to
employees generally or to particular classes of employees
generally;
(x) made any declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or the making of any
other distribution in respect of, its capital stock, any split,
stock dividend, combination or recapitalization of its capital
stock or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other
acquisition by it of its capital stock, except for the TMG
Distribution;
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(xi) made any amendment or
change in its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; or
(xii) entered into any
agreement or commitment by the Company to do any of the things
described in (i)-(xi) above.
2.07 Intellectual
Property .
(a) Section 2.07(a)(i)
of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth (A) a list of the
Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and
registered with any Governmental Authority or for which an
application has been filed with any Governmental Authority and
(B) the names of the jurisdictions covered by the applicable
registration or application. Section 2.07(a)(ii) of the
Disclosure Schedule identifies and provides a brief description of
Intellectual Property that is licensed or otherwise made available
to any of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries by any Person with
respect to which the Company has any ongoing royalty or payment
obligations in excess of $10,000 (except for any Intellectual
Property that is licensed to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
under any third-party software license generally available to the
public), and identifies the Contract under which such Intellectual
Property is being licensed or otherwise made available to the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have good and valid title to all of the Company
Intellectual Property identified or required to be identified in
Section 2.07(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, free and clear
of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances. To the
Knowledge of the Company, and except as set forth in
Section 2.07(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
the Subsidiaries have a valid right to use, license and otherwise
exploit all Intellectual Property identified in
Section 2.07(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule. Except as set
forth in Section 2.07(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries have developed jointly with
any other Person any Company Intellectual Property with respect to
which such other Person has any rights. Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no
Company or Subsidiary Contract (with the exception of end user
license agreements in the form previously delivered by the Company
to Parent) pursuant to which any Person has any right (whether or
not currently exercisable) to use, license or otherwise exploit any
Company Intellectual Property.
(b) Except as would not have
a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in
Section 2.07(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Software that
is owned, licensed, leased or otherwise used by the Company or the
Subsidiaries in connection with the past and present operation of
their business is either (i) owned by the Company or a
Subsidiary, (ii) currently in the public domain or otherwise
available to the Company or a Subsidiary without the license, lease
or consent of any third party, or (iii) used under rights
granted to the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement,
license or lease from a third party subject to the terms thereof,
wherein the Company and the Subsidiary are in compliance with such
terms.
(c) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable security
measures in accordance with industry standards to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all Company Intellectual
Property, Company Software, and Company Source Code,
including,
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without limitation, since
January 1, 2002, requiring each Company and Subsidiary
employee and consultant and any other Person with access to Company
Intellectual Property to execute a binding confidentiality
agreement, copies or forms of which have been provided to Parent.
To the Knowledge of the Company, and except as set forth in
Section 2.07(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there has not been
any breach by any party to such confidentiality agreements and no
material Intellectual Property is in jeopardy of being lost through
failure to act by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the Knowledge of the
Company, and except as set forth in Section 2.07(c) of the
Disclosure Schedule, all former and current employees, consultants
and contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries who, since
January 1, 2001, have contributed to or participated in any
Material respect in the development of Material Company
Intellectual Property, have executed written instruments with the
Company or such Subsidiary that assign to the Company or the
Subsidiary all rights, title and interest in and to any and all
(i) inventions, improvements, Software, discoveries, writings
and other works of authorship, and information relating to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries or any of the Products
or services being researched, developed, manufactured or sold by
the Company or the Subsidiaries or that may be used with any such
Products or services and (ii) Intellectual Property relating
thereto. To the Knowledge of the Company, and except as set forth
in Section 2.07(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no current or
former employee, officer, director, stockholder, consultant or
independent contractor who, since January 1, 2001, has
contributed to or participated in any respect in the development of
Company Intellectual Property, has any right, claim or interest in
or with respect to any Company Intellectual Property.
(d) To the Knowledge of the
Company, and except as set forth in Section 2.07(d) of the
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company Intellectual Property,
Products, or Software and no Intellectual Property that is
currently being developed by the Company or any Subsidiary (either
by itself or with any other Person) infringes or misappropriates
any Intellectual Property owned or used by any other Person. Except
as set forth in Section 2.07(d) of the Disclosure Schedule,
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any
notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise) since
January 1, 2001, of any actual, alleged, possible or potential
infringement, misappropriation or unlawful or unauthorized use of,
any Intellectual Property owned or used by any other Person. To the
Knowledge of the Company, and except as set forth in
Section 2.07(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, no other Person is
infringing, misappropriating or making any unlawful use of any
Company Intellectual Property.
(e) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, all trademarks and
copyrights held by any of the Company and its Subsidiaries are
valid, enforceable and subsisting, and all such Marks and
Copyrights that are issued by or registered with, as applicable,
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency anywhere in the
world are currently in compliance with formal legal requirements
(including without limitation, as applicable, payment of filing,
examination and maintenance fees, proofs of working or use, timely
post-registration filing of affidavits of use and incontestability
and renewal applications).
(f) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have not used since January 1, 2002, and do
not currently use any of the customer information that they have
received or currently receive through their websites or otherwise
in an unlawful manner, or in a manner that violates any such
Company’s or
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Subsidiary’s privacy policy or the
privacy rights of its customers. Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have not since January 1, 2002, collected any
customer information through their websites or otherwise in an
unlawful manner or in violation of their privacy policies. Except
as set forth in Section 2.07(f) of the Disclosure Schedule,
the Company and its Subsidiaries have commercially reasonable
security measures in place to protect the customer information they
receive through their websites or otherwise and which they store in
their computer systems from illegal use by third parties or use by
third parties in a manner that violates the rights of privacy of
their customers. Except as set forth in Section 2.07(f) of the
Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2002, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable Laws relating to
the collection, storage and onward transfer of all personally
identifiable information collected by the Company and its
Subsidiaries or by third parties having authorized access to the
Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ databases or other
records.
(g) To the Knowledge of the
Company, and except as set forth in Section 2.07(g) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company Intellectual Property constitutes
all the Intellectual Property necessary to enable the Company and
its Subsidiaries to conduct their business in the manner in which
such business has been and is being conducted.
(h) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(h) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor its Subsidiaries have disclosed or delivered to any
third Person (other than any current or former employee, consultant
or contractor that is subject to an obligation of confidentiality),
or permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or
other Person of, any Company Source Code that would permit such
Person to reverse engineer the Company’s proprietary Software
or the capability thereof. Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(h) of the Disclosure Schedule, no event has
occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or
without notice or lapse of time) will, or would reasonably be
expected to, result in the disclosure or delivery to any Person of
any Company Source Code or the release from any escrow of any other
Company Intellectual Property. Section 2.07(h) of the
Disclosure Schedule identifies each Contract pursuant to which the
Company or a Subsidiary has deposited or are required to deposit
with an escrow holder or any other Person of any Company Source
Code.
(i) Except with respect to
demonstration or trial copies, and except as set forth in
Section 2.07(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have not placed in their Products or Software any
“back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan
horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,”
“virus” or other software routines or hardware
components designed to permit unauthorized access or to disable or
erase software, hardware or data without the consent of the
user.
(j) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(j) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Software
incorporated in any Products or covered by or embodying any Company
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has been sold in whole or in part or used, or is
being used by the Company or its Subsidiaries in conjunction with
any Public Software in a manner which would require that such
Software be disclosed or distributed in source code form or made
available for free. All Public Software used in conjunction with
any Products or covered by or embodying any Company Intellectual
Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is listed in Section 2.07(j) of the
Disclosure
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Schedule. Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(j) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all
terms related to any license for any such Public Software used in
conjunction with any Products or covered by or embodying any
Company Intellectual Property.
(k) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(k) of the Disclosure Schedule, all Software
(other than generally available software (such as Word, WordPerfect
and the like and generally available system development tools))
that is either (i) marketed to customers of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries as a program or as part of a Product or service
or (ii) used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
support their business is owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries
or the Company or its Subsidiaries have the continuing right to
use, modify, copy, sell, distribute, sublicense and make Derivative
Works from such software, free and clear of any liens.
(l) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries are not, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no
other party to any licensing, distributorship or other similar
arrangement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to
Intellectual Property is in breach of or default (with or without
notice or lapse of time, or both) under its obligations under such
arrangements. Except as set forth in Section 2.07(l) of the
Disclosure Schedule, if the terms of any such licensing arrangement
require that customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries enter
into license or sublicense agreements with the Company, a
Subsidiary, or the applicable licensor, then the Company or its
Subsidiary has procured all such licenses or sublicenses from its
customers.
(m) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(m) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no
outstanding Order by or with any Governmental Authority relating to
Intellectual Property by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are bound and no Company Intellectual Property is
currently the subject of any actual or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened action, such as but not limited to
reexaminations, revocations or oppositions, by or within a
Governmental Authority.
(n) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(n) of the Disclosure Schedule, no third parties
including, but not limited to, customers, vendors, and resellers,
have the right to make Derivative Works from any copyrights owned
by the Company embodied in the Company’s current Products,
Software, and/or services.
(o) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(o) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries are not precluded or otherwise restricted from
processing transactions, providing services, performing any work or
producing any work product, for Parent, it subsidiaries, and any of
its affiliated corporate entities that violates any existing
agreements or continuing provisions from any terminated
agreements.
(p) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(p) of the Disclosure Schedule, any Software,
Product, or Intellectual Property and the underlying work product,
associated with, relating to, or arising from any development work
performed by a consultant or a third party for the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is exclusively owned by the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
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(q) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(q) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the
Products have been developed outside of the United
States.
(r) Except as set forth in
Section 2.07(r) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written communication
that involves an offer to license or grant any other rights or
immunities under any Intellectual Property right of any other
Person.
2.08 Power and Authority;
Effect of Agreement .
(a) The Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by
the Board of Directors of the Company and, immediately following
the execution hereof, will have been duly authorized by the written
consent of Jupiter (which shall continue to be in full force and
effect as of the Closing), at which point no further corporate
authorization will be required with respect thereto (other than any
notice to stockholders which may be required under Sections 228(e)
and 262 of the DGCL). This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by Parent and Merger
Sub, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that such enforceability (i) may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights generally
and (ii) is subject to general principles of
equity.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.08(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of
time, or both, subject to obtaining any required consents,
approvals, authorizations, exemptions or waivers (collectively,
“ Consents ”) referred to in Section 2.15,
(i) violate any provision of Law to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is subject; (ii) violate any Order applicable to
the Company or any Subsidiary; or (iii) conflict with or
result in a breach of the provisions of or the creation of any
Encumbrance under, or constitute a default or create a right of
acceleration, termination, or amendment under, (x) the
Constituent Documents of the Company or any Subsidiary,
(y) any resolution adopted by the Company or a Subsidiary, or
any of its stockholders, boards of directors or committees, or
(z) any Material Contract to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party, except, in the case of clause (z), for
violations, conflicts, breaches, creations of Encumbrances or
rights, or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to
result in any Material liability to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
2.09 Contracts
.
(a) Section 2.09(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule identifies, as of the date hereof, each
Contract to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party
or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is bound
that:
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(i) relates to the employment
of, or the performance of services by, any employee or consultant,
or pursuant to which (A) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to make any severance,
termination, change of control, retention or similar payment to any
current or former employee or director, or (B) the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to make any
bonus or similar payment (other than payments constituting base
salary), in the case of each (A) and (B) in excess of
$35,000 per year to any current or former employee or
director;
(ii) relates to the borrowing
of money or to the mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing an
Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on any asset, in
each case in an amount in excess of $100,000, or in excess of
$500,000 in the aggregate;
(iii) involves the sale of
the accounts receivable in excess of $100,000 (or collectively with
all such similar Contracts in excess of $500,000) generated by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries to any other Person at a
discount;
(iv) provides for annual
payments in excess of $200,000 under which the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries is the lessee of or the holder or operator of any
real or tangible personal property owned by any other
Person;
(v) is a Contract under which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the lessor of or permits
any other Person to hold or operate any real or tangible personal
property owned or controlled by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries;
(vi) is a Contract, or part
of a group of related Contracts with the same Person, that
generated in excess of $200,000 in revenues recognized by the
Company or its Subsidiaries in the most recent 12-month period or
is reasonably expected to generate in excess of $200,000 in
revenues in the 12-month period ending on the first anniversary of
the date hereof;
(vii) relates to the
purchase, distribution, marketing, advertising or sale of the
Company’s, any of the Subsidiaries’ or any other
Person’s products or services, in each case which involved
payments by the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000
in the most recent 12-month period or is reasonably expected to
involve payments in excess of $100,000 in the 12-month period
ending on the first anniversary of the date hereof;
(viii) is a material joint
development agreement, collaboration agreement or similar
agreement;
(ix) relates to the
acquisition, transfer, development, sharing or license of any
material Intellectual Property (except for any Contract pursuant to
which (A) any Intellectual Property is licensed to the Company
or any Subsidiary under any third-party software license generally
available to the public, or (B) any Intellectual Property is
licensed by the Company or any Subsidiary to any Person on a
non-exclusive basis);
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(x) provides for
indemnification of any officer, director, employee or agent of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xi) except for
confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements entered into in
connection with the proposed sale of the Company or the TMG
Business, restricts in any material respect the right of the
Company or any Subsidiary (i) to compete with any Person,
(ii) to acquire any product or other asset or any services
from any Person other than the Contracting Person, (iii) to
solicit, hire or retain any Person other than the Contracting
Person as an employee, consultant or independent contractor,
(iv) to develop, sell, supply, distribute, offer, support or
service any product or any technology or other asset to or for any
Person other than the Contracting Person, (v) to perform
services for any Person other than the Contracting Person, or
(vi) to transact business with any Person other than the
Contracting Person;
(xii) other than Contracts
evidencing Company Stock Options, (A) provides for the
acquisition, issuance, voting, registration, sale or transfer of
any securities, (B) provides any Person with any preemptive
right, right of participation, right of maintenance or similar
right with respect to any securities, or (C) provides the
Company or any Subsidiary with any right of first refusal with
respect to, or right to repurchase or redeem, any
securities;
(xiii) is any other Contract
that is not of any of the foregoing types and is Material and
incorporates or relates to any guaranty, warranty or indemnity or
similar obligation, except for Contracts substantially identical to
the standard forms of end-user licenses and of service agreements
previously delivered by the Company to Parent;
(xiv) is any other Contract
that is not of any of the foregoing types and is Material and
(A) imposes any confidentiality obligation on the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries or on any other Person or (B) contains
“standstill” or similar provisions, except for
Contracts substantially identical to the standard forms of end-user
licenses and of service agreements previously delivered by the
Company to Parent;
(xv) is any other Contract
that is not of any of the foregoing types and is Material and has a
term of more than ninety (90) days and that may not be
terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary (without penalty) within
ninety (90) days after the delivery of a termination notice by
the Company or the Subsidiary, except for Contracts substantially
identical to the standard forms of end-user licenses and of service
agreements previously delivered by the Company to
Parent;
(xvi) is any agreement within
the three-year period prior to the date of this Agreement pursuant
to which the Company has acquired or sold a business or entity, or
assets of a business or entity, whether by way of merger,
consolidation, purchase or sale of stock or assets, license or
otherwise, including disclosure of (1) whether the Company has
outstanding obligations to make contingent payments in respect of
the business, entity or assets acquired or sold, and
(2) whether the Company has ongoing indemnification
obligations to the business, entity or assets acquired or sold (or
the former officers, directors or stockholders or other owners
thereof); or
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(xvii) is any other Contract
that is not of any of the foregoing types and is
Material.
Contracts in the respective categories
described in this Section 2.09(a) are referred to in this
Agreement as “ Material Contracts .”
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.09(b) of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is in any material respect in default under or in
breach of, or in receipt of any written claim of default or breach
under, any Material Contract;
(ii) no event has occurred
which with the passage of time or the giving of written notice or
both would reasonably be expected to result in a default or breach
by the Company or a Subsidiary under any Material Contract, give
any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or performance of
any Material Contract or result in the disclosure, release or
delivery of any Company Source Code;
(iii) to the Knowledge of the
Company, no other party to any Material Contract is in default
under or in breach of such Material Contract; and
(iv) to the Knowledge of the
Company, no event has occurred which with the passage of time or
giving of notice or both would result in a default or breach by any
other party under any Material Contract.
(c) There has been made
available to Parent a true and complete copy of each of the
Material Contracts and each other document referenced in the
Disclosure Schedule, together with all written amendments or
waivers thereto.
2.10 Undisclosed
Liabilities . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any
liability or obligation (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
otherwise) (a “ Liability ”), except
(a) Liabilities reflected or reserved against, or set forth,
in the Financial Statements (or the notes thereto);
(b) Liabilities that are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule
hereto (or omitted from the Disclosure Schedule because such
Liabilities fall below the threshold established by the
corresponding representation and warranty); (c) Liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business under any Contract by
which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound (but, if a Material
Contract, only to the extent the Material Contract is listed in
Section 2.09(a) of the Disclosure Schedule);
(d) Liabilities arising under any Permit to which the Company
or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them are bound;
(e) Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
since the date of the Interim Financial Statements;
(f) Liabilities arising under the Company Employee Plans in
the ordinary course of business; (g) obligations for
performance after the date hereof required under applicable Laws;
and (h) Liabilities that are not Material, individually or in
the aggregate.
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2.11 Litigation
.
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no
pending Litigation, and (to the Knowledge of the Company) no Person
has threatened to commence any Litigation: (i) against the
Company or any Subsidiary or any officer or director of any of the
Company or any Subsidiary in his or her capacity as such; or
(ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of
preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with,
the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent
copies of all pleadings, correspondence, and other documents
relating to each Litigation listed in Section 2.11(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Order
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is subject that has not been
completely performed by such Person. To the Knowledge of the
Company, no officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary is
subject to any Order that prohibits such officer or other employee
from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice
relating to the business of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(c) Except as set forth in
Section 2.11(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) the
Company and the Subsidiaries are, and at all times since
January 1, 2004, have been, in compliance in all material
respects with all of the terms and requirements of each Order to
which it is or has been subject, (ii) no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that may constitute or result in (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a violation of or failure to
comply with any term or requirement of any Order to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is subject; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received, at any time since
January 1, 2004, any notice or other communication (whether
oral or written) from any Governmental Authority or any other
Person regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or potential
material violation of, or material failure to comply with, any term
or requirement of any Order to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is or has been subject.
2.12 Compliance with
Laws .
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
the Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2004, have been, in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws,
including but not limited to Environmental Laws and antitrust and
competition Laws.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.12(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
the Subsidiaries have, and are in compliance in all material
respects with, all Permits (including Permits issued under any
applicable Laws concerning or relating to the protection of health
or environment) necessary for the conduct of their businesses as
presently conducted.
(c) Except as set forth in
Section 2.12(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2004, neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has received any written communication from any
Governmental Authority or any other Person asserting that the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of the operations carried
on by them is not in compliance with applicable Law or any
Permit.
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(d) Except as set forth in
Section 2.12(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge
of the Company, no Hazardous Materials have been disposed of or
discharged into the environment on or from the premises of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, which is currently, or since
January 1, 2004, has been, required by applicable
Environmental Law to be remediated by or at the expense of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries. The Company has delivered or
otherwise made available for inspection to Parent true and complete
copies and results of any reports, studies, analyses, tests or
monitoring initiated by any of the Company or the Subsidiaries
pertaining to Hazardous Materials in, on, beneath or adjacent to
any real property that is owned or leased by the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(e) Except as set forth in
Section 2.12(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge
of the Company, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the
disposal of, transported, handled or released any substance, in a
manner that has given rise to liabilities of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any
liability for response costs, corrective action costs, personal
injury, property damage, natural resources damage or attorney fees,
or any investigative, corrective or remedial
obligations.
(f) This Section 2.12
does not apply to matters that relate to Intellectual Property
(which are the subject of Section 2.07), Taxes (which are the
subject of Section 2.13), employees and employee benefits
(which are the subject of Section 2.14), or Government
Contracts (which are the subject of Section 2.25).
2.13 Taxes
.
(a) Each of the Company and
the Subsidiaries have (i) timely filed or caused to be timely
filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority all material Tax
Returns required to be filed through the date hereof (taking into
account extensions) and (ii) paid or accrued on its books all
material Taxes due and payable with respect to such Tax
Returns.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.13(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, no deficiencies
for Taxes of the Company or any Subsidiary have been claimed,
proposed or assessed in writing by any relevant Governmental
Authority. Except as set forth in Section 2.13(b)(ii) of the
Disclosure Schedule, there are no presently ongoing audits of Tax
Returns by the relevant Governmental Authority. The Company has
made available to Parent complete and accurate copies of all United
States Federal Income Tax Returns of the Company and the
Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005,
2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and examination reports and statements of
deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company or any
Subsidiary since March 31, 2001. Except as set forth in
Section 2.13(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has waived any statute of limitations in
respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to
a Tax assessment or deficiency that has not since expired. Since
January 1, 2004, no claim has been asserted or threatened by a
Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary files Tax Returns that the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
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(c) All Taxes under Code
Section 409A and all other Taxes under Code Section 409A
and all other material Taxes that the Company and the Subsidiaries
were required to withhold or collect have been duly withheld,
collected and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority
(or, if remittance is not yet due, are being properly being held
under applicable Law).
(d) Except as set forth in
Section 2.13(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no liens
for Taxes (other than liens for Taxes not yet due or liens being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings) on any of the
assets of any of the Company or the Subsidiaries.
(e) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary (i) has agreed, or is required, to make any
adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a
change in accounting method or otherwise; or (ii) has made an
election, or is required, to treat any of its assets as owned by
another Person pursuant to the provisions of former
Section 168(f) of the Code or as tax-exempt bond financed
property or tax-exempt use property within the meaning of
Section 168 of the Code.
(f) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is a party to, or bound by any Tax allocation or
sharing agreement (except for customary provisions assigning
responsibility for Taxes arising under contracts entered into in
the ordinary course of business).
(g) Except as set forth in
Section 2.13(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any liability for the Taxes of any
other Person (other than the Company or any of its subsidiaries)
under Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
state, local, or foreign Law), as a transferee, by contract (except
for customary provisions assigning responsibility for Taxes arising
under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) or
otherwise.
(h) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has participated in a listed transaction as
described in U.S. treasury regulations promulgated under
Section 6011 of the Code.
(i) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is obligated to make any payments under any Company
Employee Plan as a result of a transaction occurring prior to the
date of this Agreement that will not be fully deductible by virtue
of Code Section 280G (or any corresponding provision of state,
local or foreign Law).
(j) Except as set forth in
Section 2.13(j) of the Disclosure Schedule, no individual has
a right to be indemnified by the Company or any Subsidiary for the
additional Tax imposed by Code Sections 409A or 4999.
(k) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary will be required to include any item of income in,
or exclude any item of deduction from, its taxable income for any
taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date
that is Material in amount as a result of any: (i)
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change in method of accounting for a
taxable period ending on prior to the Closing Date,
(ii) “closing agreement” as described in Code
Section 7121 (or any corresponding state, local or foreign
Law), (iii) intercompany transactions or any excess loss
account described in the Treasury Regulations under Code
Section 1502 (or any corresponding state, local or foreign
Law), (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition
made on or prior to the Closing Date or (v) prepaid amount
received on or prior to the Closing Date, except in the case of
clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) for any such item
of income or item of deduction which would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(l) The Company has not
constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a
“controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock
qualifying or intended to qualify for tax free treatment under
Section 355 of the Code either in the two (2) years prior
to the date of this Agreement or in a distribution which could
otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series
of related transactions” (within the meaning of
Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the
Merger.
2.14 Employees and
Employee Benefits .
(a) Section 2.14(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all salaried employees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of a date within five
(5) Business Days of the date of this Agreement, and correctly
reflects, in all material aspects, their salaries, any other
compensation due and owing to them (including compensation due and
owing pursuant to bonus, deferred compensation or commission
arrangements), their dates of employment, their primary work
locations, and their positions. All employees of the Company and
its Subsidiaries are “at will” employees except as
disclosed in Section 2.09(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule.
For the purposes of the preceding sentence, “at will”
shall mean any employee other than an employee who has a contract
for a definite term, is covered by a “just cause” or
similar provision in a binding arrangement with the Company, or
with respect to whom a contract provides that advance notice must
be provided in the event of an involuntary termination of
employment.
(b) Section 2.14(b) of
the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list, as
of the date hereof, of all material (i) Employee Pension
Benefit Plans, (ii) Employee Welfare Benefit Plans,
(iii) bonus, stock option, stock purchase, incentive,
performance unit, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement
and other fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or agreements,
(iv) employment, termination, retention, change-in-control or
severance plans, programs or agreements, and (v) other
employee benefit plans or arrangements in each case which is
sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed
to by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (collectively, the
“ Company Employee Plans ”). For purposes of
Section 2.14(b), a plan, program or arrangement is
“material” if it has, or reasonably may be expected to
have, any liability or potential liability to the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries in excess of $35,000 in any fiscal year of the
Company.
(c) With respect to each
Company Employee Plan, the Company has made available to Parent:
(i) an accurate and complete copy of such Company Employee
Plan (including all amendments thereto), or, in the case of any
unwritten Company Employee Plan, a written summary of the material
terms thereof; (ii) an accurate and complete copy of the Form
5500 annual report, if required under ERISA, with respect to such
Company Employee Plan for
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the three (3) most recent plan
years for which such report has been filed, including all schedules
and attachments, accountant’s reports, and recommendations to
management; (iii) an accurate and complete copy of the most
recent summary plan description, together with each summary of
material modifications, if required under ERISA, with respect to
such Company Employee Plan, (iv) if such Company Employee Plan
is funded through a trust or any third-party funding vehicle, an
accurate and complete copy of the trust or other funding agreement
(including all amendments thereto) and accurate and complete copies
the most recent financial statements thereof; and (v) an
accurate and complete copy of the most recent determination letter
received from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such
Company Employee Plan, or, if the plan is formed by the adoption of
a master, prototype, or volume submitter plan, and the Company or
Subsidiary is entitled to rely on the opinion or advisory letter
issued by the Internal Revenue Service to the sponsor of such
master, prototype, or volume submitter plan, an accurate and
complete copy of the most recent such opinion advisory letter (if
such Company Employee Plan is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code).
(d) Except as set forth in
Section 2.14(d) of the Disclosure Schedule or as would not
result, individually or in the aggregate, in any material liability
to the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) none of the Company
Employee Plans promises or provides retiree medical or other
retiree welfare benefits to any Person, other than health
continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the
Code, or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA, and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, there has been no communication to any employee that would
reasonably be expected to promise or guarantee any such benefits;
(ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no party in interest or
disqualified person (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the Code) has at any time engaged in a
transaction with respect to any Company Employee Plan which would
reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to any Tax, liability, civil
or criminal penalty, or other liability for prohibited transactions
under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and, to the Knowledge
of the Company, no event has occurred and no condition or
circumstance exists that would reasonably be expected to give rise
to any such liability with respect to any Company Employee Plan;
(iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no fiduciary of any
Company Employee Plan has breached any of the responsibilities or
obligations imposed upon fiduciaries under Title I of ERISA;
(iv) all Company Employee Plans have been established,
maintained, operated and administered in accordance with their
terms and with the requirements of applicable Law, and the Company
and the Subsidiaries have performed all obligations required to be
performed by them under, and are not in default under or in
violation of, any of the Company Employee Plans; (v) no
Company Employee Plan (or fiduciary thereof) is under audit, or has
received written notice of any audit, by the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of Labor or the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any audit or
investigation threatened; (vi) each Company Employee Plan
which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code is the subject of a favorable determination letter from the
Internal Revenue Service issued within the last four (4) years
and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that
will or would reasonably be expected to give rise to the revocation
of any such determination letter, or the disqualification or loss
of tax-exempt status of any such Company Employee Plan or trust
under Sections 401(a) or 501(a) of the Code; (vii) there are
no actions, suits, disputes or claims (other than routine claims
for benefits in the ordinary course) that are pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Company
Employee Plan and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no
facts which would reasonably be expected to give rise
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to any liability in the event of any
such action, suit, dispute or claim; (viii) none of the
Company Employee Plans are self-insured arrangements; (ix) all
contributions required to be made with respect to any Company
Employee Plan have been made on or before their due dates
(including any extensions thereof); and (x) there are no
unfunded liabilities in respect of any Company Employee Plan that
is an Employee Pension Benefit Plan, whether or not subject to
ERISA, including going concern unfunded liabilities, solvency
deficiencies or wind-up deficiencies, where applicable. For
purposes of this Section 2.14(d), “material
liability” means any liability in excess of $35,000, and any
liability or potential liability that reasonably may be expected to
exceed $35,000.
(e) No Company Employee Plan
is, and neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA
Affiliate, has within the past six (6) years contributed to or
had any obligation to contribute to, (i) a plan subject to
Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a
“multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of
Section 3(37) of ERISA) or a multiemployer plan under
applicable Canadian pension legislation, (iii) a
“multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of
Section 413(c) of the Code), (iv) a “voluntary
employees’ beneficiary association” (within the meaning
of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code), or (v) a
“multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the
meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA). The Company, its
Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate are in compliance in all
material respects with, and have at all times within the past six
(6) years complied in all material respects with, COBRA and
HIPAA. With respect to any employee benefit plans or arrangements
(other than the Company Employee Plans) sponsored, maintained,
contributed to or required to be contributed to by any ERISA
Affiliate, there is no liability which Parent or Merger Sub shall
assume, or would reasonably be expected to assume (by operation of
law or otherwise), as part of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or otherwise.
(f) Except as set forth in
Section 2.14(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, the execution and
delivery of, and performance of the transactions contemplated in,
this Agreement will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any
additional or subsequent events) (i) constitute an event under
any Company Employee Plan that will or may result in any payment
(whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness
of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or
obligation to fund benefits with respect to any current or former
employee or director of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
(ii) result in the triggering or imposition of any
restrictions or limitations on the right of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries to amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan,
or (iii) result in any “excess parachute payment”
within the meaning of Code Section 280G (or any corresponding
provision of state, local or foreign Tax law) (assuming, for
purposes of clause (iii), that no portion of any Parent Arrangement
would be deemed to be contingent on a change in ownership or
effective control of the Company for purposes of Section 280G
of the Code).
(g) Except as set forth in
Section 2.14(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge
of the Company, (i) the Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and
Contracts relating to employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment, wages and hours, equal employment
opportunity, nondiscrimination, affirmative action, immigration
(including those laws that require verification of employment and
recordkeeping of such employment), benefits, workers’
compensation, labor relations , the payment of social security and
similar taxes,
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occupational safety and health, and
plant closings; (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries are not
subject to any material liability for the payment of any
compensation, damages, taxes, fines, penalties, or other amounts,
however designated, for failure to comply with any of the foregoing
legal and contractual requirements; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is subject to any liability for
any payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental
Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits,
social security or other (or analogous) benefits for employees of
the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(h) To the Knowledge of the
Company, (i) the consummation of the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the labor and employee relations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) as of the date of this
Agreement, none of the employees of the Company and the
Subsidiaries has provided written notice of his or her intention to
terminate his or her employment with the Company and the
Subsidiaries with which such employee is employed.
(i) As of the date of this
Agreement, no grants of stock options have been made under the
Company Employee Plans to employees resident or carrying out duties
of employment in the United Kingdom (the “ UK
Employees ”) and no UK Employees or former UK Employees
own shares or securities in the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
which may be subject to Tax on disposal under Part 7 of the Income
Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 or similar legislation of any
other jurisdiction.
(j) No contributions to
pension schemes have been or are required to be made in respect of
UK Employees other than payments to the stakeholder pension scheme
and personal pension schemes disclosed at Section 2.14(j) of
the Disclosure Schedule (the “ UK Pension Schemes
”). All amounts due to be paid to or in respect of such UK
Pension Scheme have been paid and there are no contributions, fees,
charges or other expenses which have fallen due but are unpaid.
There is no obligation to increase current contribution rates or to
pay special contributions to any UK Pension Scheme.
2.15 Consents
.
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, and except for any
antitrust or competition filings required by the United States or
any other jurisdiction whose laws are applicable, including but not
limited to the HSR Act, no Consent from any Governmental Authority
is required to be obtained by the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company or any Subsidiary of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Document or the taking by the Company or any Subsidiary of any
other action contemplated hereby or thereby.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.15(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Consent from
any third party is required to be obtained by the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company or any Subsidiary of this Agreement or
any Ancillary Document or the taking by the Company or any
Subsidiary of any other action contemplated hereby or thereby,
other than Consents which would not reasonably be expected to
result in any Material liability to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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2.16 Insurance .
Section 2.16(i) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies, as of
the date hereof, of all casualty, general liability and other
insurance maintained by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
(other than insurance that is part of or related to the Company
Employee Plans) (the “ Insurance Policies ”).
Each of the Insurance Policies is in full force and effect and no
written notice has been received by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries from any insurance carrier purporting to cancel
coverage under any of the Insurance Policies. Except as set forth
in Section 2.16(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, there are no pending Material claims
against the Insurance Policies by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries as to which the insurers have denied liability. The
Company and the Subsidiaries have made timely premium payments with
respect to all of the Insurance Policies. Except as set forth in
Section 2.16(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, as of the date
hereof neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received
written notice or other written communication of a default under,
or a termination or cancellation of, or a Material increase in
premium with respect to any of the Insurance Policies. The Company
makes no representation or warranty that insurance coverage under
the Insurance Policies will be continued or is continuable after
the Closing.
2.17 Labor Matters .
Except as set forth in Section 2.17 of the Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been
a party to any collective bargaining agreement and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, no union organizing activities have
existed since January 1, 2002, among any of the employees of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2002,
there has been no labor strike, slow-down or stoppage, labor
dispute subject to the jurisdiction of either the National Labor
Relations Board (for United States employees) or the relevant labor
relations board (for Canadian employees), or a trade dispute under
Section 218 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations
(Consolidation) Act of 1992, pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened by the employees of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries.
2.18 Fees . Except as
set forth in Section 2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has paid or become
obligated to pay, or will pay or become obligated to pay, any fee
or commission to any broker, finder or intermediary in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.19 Stockholder
Approval . The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the Outstanding Shares is the only vote required by the
Company’s stockholders necessary to adopt this Agreement and
approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement pursuant to the Company’s Constituent Documents,
the Stockholders Agreement and applicable Laws.
2.20 Affiliate
Transactions . Except as set forth in Section 2.20 of the
Disclosure Schedule, and except for compensation and payment of
reimbursable expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business
to employees, consultants and contractors of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries, no Affiliate or stockholder of the Company
(a) is a party to any transaction or Contract with the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
has any direct or indirect financial interest in any such Contract
or transaction, (b) is a debtor or creditor of the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries, (c) to the Knowledge of the Company,
is the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any Person that
is a supplier or
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customer of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries (other than non-affiliated holdings in publicly held
companies), or (d) to the Knowledge of the Company, has any
direct or indirect interest in any material asset used in the
business of the Company or any Subsidiary.
2.21 Bank Accounts;
Receivables; Customers .
(a) Section 2.21(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule provides accurate information with respect
to each account maintained by or for the benefit of the Company at
any bank or other financial institution.
(b) Section 2.21(b) of
the Disclosure Schedule provides a breakdown and aging of all
accounts receivable, notes receivable and other receivables of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of April 30, 2007. Except as
set forth in Section 2.21(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all
existing accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(including those accounts receivable reflected on balance sheet
that is part of the Interim Financial Statements that have not yet
been collected and those accounts receivable that have arisen since
March 31, 2007, and have not yet been collected) represent
valid obligations of customers of the Company or the Subsidiaries
arising from bona fide transactions entered into in the ordinary
course of business.
(c) Except as set forth in
Section 2.21(c)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has (i) extended or maintained
credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an
extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any
director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) materially modified any
term of any such extension or maintenance of credit (in each case,
other than any extension of credit or loan that is no longer
outstanding). Section 2.21(c)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule
contains an accurate and complete list as of the date of this
Agreement of all outstanding loans and advances made by the Company
and the Subsidiaries to any employee, director, consultant or
independent contractor, other than routine business expenses
advanced to employees in the ordinary course of
business.
(d) Except as set forth in
Section 2.21(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge
of the Company, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
any written notice indicating that any Person listed in
Section 2.09(a)(vi) of the Disclosure Schedule intends to
cease dealing with the Company or any Subsidiary or intends to
otherwise materially reduce the volume of business transacted by
such Person with the Company or any Subsidiary below historical
levels.
2.22 Real Property;
Leaseholds . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary owns any
real property or any interest in real property, except for:
(a) the leaseholds created under the real property leases
identified in Section 2.22(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (each
such lease is fully effective in accordance with its terms); and
(b) the land described in Section 2.22(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule.
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2.23 Sale of Products;
Performance of Services .
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.23(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2004, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received notice or other written communication asserting that any
Product, system, program, or other asset designed, developed,
manufactured, assembled, sold, installed, repaired, licensed or
otherwise made available by the Company or the Subsidiaries to any
Person failed in any material respect to conform or comply with the
terms, requirements and specifications of any applicable warranty
or other Contract. Except as set forth in Section 2.23(a)(ii)
of the Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2004, each
Product, system, program, or other asset designed, developed,
manufactured, assembled, sold, installed, repaired, licensed or
otherwise made available by the Company or the Subsidiaries to any
Person complied in all material respects with all applicable
Laws.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.23(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2004, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received notice or other written communication asserting that any
installation services, programming services, integration services,
repair services, maintenance services, support services, training
services, upgrade services and other services that have been
performed by the Company or any Subsidiary were performed
improperly in any material respect or not in conformity in any
material respect with the terms and requirements of any applicable
warranties or other Contracts.
2.24 Certain Business
Practices . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, no director, officer, agent or employee
of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (a) used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity, (b) made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, or (c) made any other unlawful payment.
2.25 Government
Contracts . Section 2.25 of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth all material Government Contracts, including the dates of
such agreements. All Government Contracts are held by the Company
or a Subsidiary and are in full force and effect. With respect to
the Government Contracts:
(a) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has had any
determination of material noncompliance, has entered into any
consent order, or has undertaken any internal investigation
relating directly or indirectly to noncompliance with the terms and
conditions of any Government Contract;
(b) Since January 1,
2001, the Company and each Subsidiary has complied in all material
respects with all Laws with respect to all Government Contracts and
all documents submitted in response to the issuance of a request
for proposal, invitation for bid, request for quote, or similar
document by a government agency, government prime contractor, or
higher-tier government subcontractor (the “ Government
Bids ”);
(c) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has, in obtaining or
performing any Government Contract, violated any material aspect or
provision of any of the following: (i) the Truth in
Negotiations Act of 1962, as amended; (ii) the Contract
Disputes Act of 1978; (iii) the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act; (iv) the FAR or any
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applicable agency supplement thereto;
(v) the False Claims Act; (vi) the False Statements Act;
(vii) the Procurement Integrity Act; (viii) the Buy
American Act; (ix) the Trade Agreements Act; and,
(x) equal employment opportunities and affirmative action
requirements;
(d) Since January 1,
2001, all facts set forth in or acknowledged by the Company or any
Subsidiary in any certification, representation, or disclosure
statement submitted by the Company or a Subsidiary with respect to
any Government Contract or Government Bid were current, accurate,
and complete in all material respects as of the date of
submission;
(e) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company, any Subsidiary, nor any of its employees
has been debarred or suspended from doing business with any
governmental agency, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no
circumstances exist as of the date hereof that would warrant the
institution of debarment or suspension proceedings against the
Company, any Subsidiary or any employee of the Company;
(f) Since January 1,
2001, no negative determinations of responsibility have been issued
against the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with any
Government Contract or Government Bid;
(g) Since January 1,
2001, no governmental agency, and no prime contractor or
higher-tier subcontractor of any governmental agency, has withheld
or set off, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to
withhold or set off, more than $100,000 due to the Company or any
Subsidiary under any Government Contract;
(h) Since January 1,
2001, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are not and have not
been any irregularities, misstatements, or omissions relating to
any Government Contract or Government Bid that have led to or would
reasonably be expected to lead to (i) any administrative,
civil, criminal, or other investigation, legal proceeding, or
indictment involving the Company, a Subsidiary or any of its
employees, (ii) the recoupment of any payments previously made
to the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) a finding or claim of
fraud, defective pricing, mischarging, or improper payments on the
part of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iv) the assessment
of any penalties or damages of any kind against the Company that
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(i) Since January 1,
2001, there has not been, and as of the date of this Agreement,
there is not, any material outstanding claim against the Company or
any Subsidiary by, or material unresolved dispute involving the
Company or any Subsidiary with, any prime contractor,
subcontractor, or vendor arising under or relating to the award or
performance of any Government Contract;
(j) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is undergoing nor has
undergone any audit arising under or relating to any Government
Contract and, to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of
this Agreement, there is no basis for any impending audit arising
under or relating to any Government Contract, except for routine
audits conducted in the ordinary course of business;
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(k) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered into any
assignment of proceeds with respect to the performance of any
Government Contract;
(l) Since January 1,
2001, no payment has been made by the Company or any Subsidiary to
any Person other than to any bona fide employee or agent (as
defined in subpart 3.4 of the FAR) that is or was contingent upon
the award of any Government Contract;
(m) Since January 1,
2001, Company’s and each Subsidiary’s internal systems
for cost tracking and time charging have been adequate for purposes
of complying with their obligations under their Government
Contracts and have not been determined by any governmental agency
or prime contractor to be non-compliant in any material
respect;
(n) The Company and each
Subsidiary have sold only “commercial items” under
their Government Contracts, as that term is defined by the FAR. To
the extent that the Company and the Subsidiary have sold software
as a commercial item under their Government Contracts, the Company
and each Subsidiary have sold only restricted computer software, as
defined in FAR 52.227-14(a), or commercial computer software, as
defined in Defense FAR Supplement 252.227-7014(a), and, to the
Knowledge of the Company and each Subsidiary, have taken adequate
steps to ensure that they have not granted unlimited rights, as
defined FAR 52.227-14(a) and Defense FAR Supplement
252.227-7013(b)(1), with respect to such restricted computer
software or commercial computer software;
(o) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made any
disclosure to any governmental agency pursuant to any voluntary
disclosure agreement;
(p) Since January 1,
2001, to the Knowledge of the Company and each Subsidiary, the
Company, the Subsidiaries, and their stockholders and
Representatives have not violated any provisions of the Export
Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of
Commerce, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
administered by the U.S. Department of State, and the various
regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the U.S. Treasury Department. In addition, to the Knowledge of the
Company and each Subsidiary, since that date, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have not engaged in any commercial activities in or
related to the following countries: (i) Cuba; (ii) Iran;
(iii) Libya; (iv) North Korea; (v) Sudan; or
(vi) Syria, including without limitation facilitating trade or
financial transactions with entities located in such countries,
providing services to entities located in such countries, selling
or delivering products to such countries, or entering into any
contract or other obligation to provide services or products to
such countries or to purchase goods or services from such
countries; and
(q) Since January 1,
2001, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been awarded a
classified Government Contract.
2.26 TMG Dividend .
Gelco has declared a dividend of the TMG Interests to H-G
Intermediate Holdings, Inc., H-G Intermediate Holdings, Inc. has
declared a dividend of the TMG Interests to the Company, and the
Company has declared a dividend of the TMG Interests to the
stockholders of the Company. None of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has contributed or transferred any assets to TMG other
than the “Subject Assets” (as defined in the TMG
Transfer Agreement) contributed or transferred pursuant to the TMG
Documents.
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2.27 Disclaimer
. The Company has not made, and shall not be deemed to have
made, to Parent or Merger Sub any representation or warranty other
than those expressly made by it in Sections 2.01
through 2.26. In any event, the Company makes no
representation or warranty to Parent or Merger Sub (i) as to
merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose,
or quality, with respect to any of the tangible assets owned by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or as to the condition or
workmanship thereof or the absence of any defects therein, whether
latent or patent (or any other representation or warranty referred
to in Section 2-312, 2-314 or 2-315 of the Uniform Commercial
Code of any applicable jurisdiction), (ii) with respect to any
projections, estimates or budgets heretofore delivered to or made
available to Parent or Merger Sub, or (iii) with respect to
any other information or documents made available to Parent or
Merger Sub except, in the case of this clause (iii) only, as
expressly covered by a representation or warranty contained in
Sections 2.01 through 2.26.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub hereby
jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
3.01 Organization .
Parent and Merger Sub are corporations duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective
jurisdictions of incorporation, and have all requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on their businesses as they are now
being conducted. Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of Merger Sub.
3.02 Power and Authority;
Effect of Agreement .
(a) Each of Parent and Merger
Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and
performance by Parent and by Merger Sub of this Agreement and the
consummation by each of them of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action
on the part of Parent and of Merger Sub. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and by Merger Sub
and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each
of them, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its
terms, except to the extent that such enforceability (i) may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar Laws relating to creditors’ rights generally
and (ii) is subject to general principles of
equity.
(b) The execution, delivery
and performance by Parent and by Merger Sub of this Agreement and
the consummation by each of them of the transactions contemplated
hereby will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse
of time, or both, subject to obtaining any required Consents
referred to in Section 3.05: (i) violate any provision of
Law to which Parent or
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Merger Sub is subject, other than any
applicable antitrust or competition Laws, (ii) violate any
Order that is applicable to Parent or Merger Sub, and which is in
effect on the date hereof, or (iii) conflict with or result in
a breach of the provisions of or the creation of any Encumbrance
under, or constitute a default or create a right of acceleration,
termination or amendment under (x) the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or Merger Sub, or (y) any
agreement to which Parent or any of its subsidiaries, including
Merger Sub, is a party, except in the case of clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) of this Section 3.02(b), for
violations, conflicts, breaches, creations of Encumbrances or
rights, or defaults which would not materially hinder, impair or
delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
have a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or Merger
Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to perform
any of them in a timely manner.
3.03 Litigation .
There is, on the date hereof, no Litigation pending or, to
Parent’s and Merger Sub’s knowledge, threatened against
Parent or any of its subsidiaries, including Merger Sub, with
respect to which there is a reasonable likelihood of a
determination which would materially hinder, impair or delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or would have
a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to
perform its obligations under this Agreement. Neither Parent nor
any of its subsidiaries, including Merger Sub, is, on the date
hereof, subject to any outstanding Orders which would materially
hinder, impair or delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or would have a material adverse effect on the
ability of Parent or Merger Sub to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or to perform any of them in a timely
manner.
3.04 Availability of
Funds . Parent has available, and Parent and Merger Sub will
have available on the Closing Date, sufficient funds to enable
Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
3.05 Consents . No
Consent from any Governmental Authority (other than pursuant to the
HSR Act) is required to be obtained by Parent or Merger Sub in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Parent
and Merger Sub of this Agreement or the taking by them of any other
action contemplated hereby, other than Consents the absence of
which would not materially hinder, impair or delay the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or have a material adverse
effect on the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or to perform any of them in a
timely manner.
3.06 Fees . Neither
Parent nor any of Parent’s Affiliates, including Merger Sub,
has paid or become obligated to pay, or will pay or become
obligated to pay, any fee or commission to any broker, finder or
intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
3.07 Disclaimer .
Parent and Merger Sub have not made and shall not be deemed to have
made to the Company any representation or warranty other than those
expressly made by Parent or Merger Sub in Sections 3.01
through 3.06. In any event, Merger Sub and Parent make no
representation or warranty to the Company with respect to any
information or documents made available to the Company except as
expressly covered by a representation or warranty contained in
Sections 3.01 through 3.06.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
The Company hereby covenants
and agrees with Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
4.01 Cooperation by the
Company . From the date hereof and prior to the Closing, the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, and shall
reasonably cooperate with Parent and Merger Sub, to secure all
necessary Consents from Governmental Authorities as shall be
required in order to enable the Company to effect the transactions
contemplated hereby, and all third party Consents related to the
transactions contemplated hereby that are listed in Schedule
4.01 , and shall otherwise use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the consummation of such transactions in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Nothing in this
Section 4.01 shall be deemed to limit in any way the
obligations of the Company contained in
Section 6.01.
4.02 Conduct of
Business . Except as set forth in Section 4.02 of the
Disclosure Schedule, as may be otherwise contemplated by this
Agreement, as may be required by applicable Laws, or as Parent may
otherwise consent to in writing (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), from the date hereof and through
the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each of the
Subsidiaries to comply with the following, except with respect to
the TMG Business and the consummation of the TMG Distribution
(which will be conducted in compliance with applicable Laws such
that Company, its Subsidiaries and Parent following the Effective
Time shall not have material liability for any such non-compliance
that occurs prior to the Effective Time):
(a) conduct its business only
in the ordinary course consistent in all material respects with
past practice and applicable Laws;
(b) use its reasonable
efforts (which for the purposes of this provision does not include
providing additional financial remuneration) to keep available the
services of its officers and employees and preserve its
relationships and maintain its goodwill, subject to any disputes in
good faith, with its material lenders, suppliers, customers,
consultants, contractors, licensors and licensees and any other
Person that is a party to a Material Contract or otherwise having
material business dealings with it, such that its business will not
be materially impaired;
(c) maintain its properties,
machinery and equipment in sufficient operating condition and
repair to enable it to conduct its business in all material
respects in the manner in which its business is currently
conducted, except for maintenance required by reason of fire,
flood, earthquake or other acts of God;
(d) use its reasonable
efforts to continue all Material existing Insurance Policies (or
comparable insurance) in full force and effect;
(e) not increase the rate or
amount of or adopt new wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits,
severance, change of control payments, retention payments or
other
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compensation or remuneration (including,
without limitation, any severance pay, retention bonus or
change-in-control benefits) payable or to become payable to its
directors, officers or employees or the rate or terms of any bonus,
pension or other Company Employee Plan covering any of its
directors, officers or employees (except that the Company and the
Subsidiaries (i) may make routine, reasonable salary increases
in connection with their customary employee review process, and
(ii) may pay customary bonus payments and profit sharing
payments consistent with past practice payable in accordance with
existing bonus and profit sharing plans referred to in
Section 2.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule);
(f) not adopt any new, or
amend or waive its rights under or otherwise modify any existing or
outstanding, pension, profit sharing, bonus, incentive
compensation, deferred compensation, stock purchase, stock option,
stock appreciation rights, severance, change of control, retention
or other material Company Employee Plan applicable to employees
generally or to particular classes of employees
generally;
(g) not make any payment of
any pension, retirement allowance or other employee benefit, in
each case except as permitted by Section 4.02(e) hereof, or in
the ordinary course of business in accordance with its customary
practices (including normal periodic performance reviews and
related compensation and benefit increases and payments) or as
required by any pre-existing Contract;
(h) not adopt any amendment
to its Constituent Documents;
(i) not issue, sell or pledge
any shares of capital stock of any class or other equity interests,
or any securities convertible into capital stock of any class or
other equity interests, or any rights, warrants or options to
acquire any capital stock or other equity interests or convertible
securities;
(j) not declare, set aside or
pay any dividend or other distribution of securities or property or
any combination thereof in respect of any class of its capital
stock or other equity interests (other than dividends and
distributions from one or more Subsidiaries to the Company or
another Subsidiary);
(k) not split, combine,
subdivide or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or any
other equity interest or other securities;
(l) not (i) sell, lease,
transfer or dispose of any assets or rights other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent in all material respects
with past practice, or (ii) voluntarily place any Encumbrance
(other than Permitted Encumbrances) on its assets other than in the
ordinary course of business;
(m) not (i) incur,
assume or refinance any indebtedness for borrowed money (including
capital leases), other than indebtedness for borrowed money
incurred in the ordinary course of business or indebtedness for
borrowed money which will be repaid at or prior to the Closing, or
(ii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or
investments in, any Person other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent in all material respects with past
practice;
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(n) not (i) change any
of the accounting or tax principles, practices or methods used by
the Company or any Subsidiary, including the practice of accruing
current liabilities or recording current assets, except as required
by changes in applicable Tax Laws or GAAP, or (ii) change in
any Material respect reserve amounts or policies except as required
by GAAP;
(o) not enter into any
collective bargaining agreement;
(p) not make or authorize any
capital expenditures in excess of $250,000 per month, except in the
ordinary course of business;
(q) not settle or compromise
any Tax liability or agree to any adjustment of any Tax attribute
or make any election with respect to Taxes, except in the ordinary
course of business consistent in all material respects with past
practice;
(r) not make any change in
its working capital practices generally, including accelerating
collections of cash or accounts receivable or deferring payments of
accounts payable, as compared with its past practices;
(s) not dispose of or permit
to lapse any Company Intellectual Property other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent in all Material respects
with past practice;
(t) not enter into any new
employment agreement providing for an annual salary in excess of
$25,000 and not terminable by the Company at will without any
further liability or payment obligation;
(u) notify Parent of
(i) the termination of employment for any reason (including by
resignation) of any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary and
(ii) the Company’s Knowledge of any oral or written
notice of the intent of any employee to terminate employment with
the Company or any Subsidiary;
(v) not hire any employee at
the level of director or above or with an annual base salary in
excess of $75,000, promote any employee except (i) in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or
(ii) in order to fill a position vacated after the date of
this Agreement;
(w) not form any Subsidiary,
enter into any merger, or acquire any equity or other interest in
any other Person;
(x) promptly notify Parent of
(i) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging
that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection
with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
(ii) any Litigation commenced, or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary that
relates to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(y) use its reasonable best
efforts to ensure that no condition under any Material Contract
occurs that would reasonably be expected to result in or increase
the likelihood of (i) any transfer or disclosure of any
Company Source Code, or (ii) a release from any escrow of any
Company Source Code that has been deposited or is required to be
deposited in escrow under the terms of such Material
Contract;
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(z) not make a material
change to any of its pricing policies (including through any
pricing preference or most favored nation provision contained in
any Material Contract), product return policies, product
maintenance polices, service policies, product modification or
upgrade policies, personnel policies or other business
policies;
(aa) not enter into any
Contract with any other Person (such other party to such Contract,
the “ Contracting Person ”) (other than referral
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice) that restricts in any material
respect the right of the Company or any Subsidiary (i) to
compete with any Person, (ii) to acquire any product or other
asset or any services from any Person other than the Contracting
Person, (iii) to solicit, hire or retain any Person other than
the Contracting Person as an employee, consultant or independent
contractor, (iv) to develop, sell, supply, distribute, offer,
support or service any product or any technology or other asset to
or for any Person other than the Contracting Person, (v) to
perform services for any Person other than the Contracting Person,
or (vi) to transact business with any Person other than the
Contracting Person;
(bb) not enter into or become
bound by, or permit any of the assets owned or used by it to become
bound by, any Material Contract, or amend or terminate, or waive or
exercise any material right or remedy under, any Material
Contract;
(cc) not settle any Material
Litigation (except where (i) the remedies binding on the
Company in such settlement are limited to the payment of money
damages that are to be fully paid prior to Closing or accrued as a
liability in the Estimated NTAV Statement, and (ii) the
Company advises Parent in advance of such settlement) or, without
advising Parent in advance, commence any Material Litigation
against a third party; or
(dd) not agree to do any of
the foregoing in a manner or on terms that would be legally binding
on Parent, the Company or the Subsidiaries after the
Closing.
4.03 Access . From the
date hereof and through the Effective Time, the Company and the
Subsidiaries shall provide Parent and Merger Sub and their
representatives full access to the properties, books and records
and personnel of the Company and the Subsidiaries as Parent and
Merger Sub may from time to time request; provided ,
however , that the Company and the Subsidiaries shall not be
obligated to provide Parent or Merger Sub with any information
relating to trade secrets, or which is commercially sensitive, or
which would violate any Law or term of any Contract, or if the
provision thereof would adversely affect the ability to assert
attorney-client, attorney work product or other similar privilege
(collectively, “ Sensitive Information ”). Any
disclosure whatsoever during any investigation by Parent or Merger
Sub shall not constitute an enlargement or a diminution of the
representations or warranties of the Company beyond those
specifically set forth in this Agreement. All information and
access given to Parent and Merger Sub and their representatives
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality
Agreement.
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4.04 No Negotiation
.
(a) From the date hereof
through the Effective Time, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
shall, directly or indirectly, and the Company shall cause Jupiter
and the Representatives of the Company, its Subsidiaries and
Jupiter not to, directly or indirectly, other than with respect
solely to the TMG Business:
(i) solicit, seek, initiate,
encourage, entertain or facilitate the initiation of any inquiry,
proposal or offer from any Person (other than Parent) relating to a
possible Acquisition Transaction;
(ii) participate in any
discussions or negotiations or enter into any agreement with, or
provide any non public information to, any Person (other than
Parent) relating to or in connection with a possible Acquisition
Transaction; or
(iii) accept any proposal or
offer from any Person (other than Parent) relating to a possible
Acquisition Transaction.
(b) The Company shall
promptly (but not later than twenty-four (24) hours after
receipt) notify Parent in writing of any material inquiry, proposal
or offer relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction that is
received by the Company or any Subsidiary from the date hereof
through the Effective Time. Such notice to Parent will indicate in
reasonable detail the identity of the person or entity making the
proposal or inquiry and the terms and conditions of such proposal
or inquiry (including copies of any written proposals or inquiries
or, in the case of oral proposals or inquiries, a complete written
summary of the terms thereof). The Company will keep Parent
promptly informed on an ongoing basis regarding the status of, any
modifications to, and any communications regarding, any such
proposal or inquiry.
4.05 Stockholder
Approval . If necessary, the Company shall send, pursuant to
Sections 228 and 262(d) of the DGCL, a written notice to all
stockholders of the Company that do not approve this Agreement and
the Merger informing them that this Agreement and the Merger were
adopted and approved by the stockholders of the Company.
4.06 Resignation of
Directors . The Company shall obtain and deliver to Parent on
or before the Closing the resignation of the directors of the
Company and each Subsidiary or the Stockholder Representative shall
cause such directors to be terminated as directors of such
entities.
4.07 Company Stockholder
and Option Lists . At least three (3) Business Days prior
to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Parent (i) a
list, as of the Closing Date, of the names of all holders of issued
and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock,
together with the number of such shares owned by such holder and
the percentage of ownership of all outstanding capital stock of the
Company represented by such shares, and (ii) a list of each
Company Stock Option that will be outstanding as of the Closing
Date, which sets forth with respect to each such Company Stock
Option: (i) the name of the holder of such option;
(ii) the total number of Class C Shares that are subject to
such option and the number of Class C Shares with respect to which
such option is immediately exercisable; (iii) the date on
which such option was granted and the term of such option;
(iv) the vesting schedule for such option; and (v) the
exercise price per Class C Share purchasable under such
option.
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4.08 TMG Distribution and
TMG Documents .
(a) Prior to the Closing, the
Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, effect the TMG
Distribution.
(b) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary shall amend the TMG Documents without the written
approval of Parent, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall
cause the TMG Documents to be in full force and effect immediately
following the Closing. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not,
without the written approval of Parent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), (i) enter into a TMG
Interest Purchase Agreement (or any agreement that contemplates
disposition of TMG or the TMG Business) on terms that are
materially less favorable to the Company or its Subsidiaries than
the terms of the TMG Interest Purchase Agreement attached as
Exhibit E hereto, (ii) in connection with any such
agreement, agree to a scope of indemnification by, or the
limitations on the liability of, the Company and its Affiliates
that is less favorable to the Company or its Affiliates than those
set forth in the TMG Interest Purchase Agreement attached as
Exhibit E hereto, or (ii) contribute or otherwise
transfer any assets to TMG (other than the Subject Assets defined
in the TMG Transfer Agreement).
4.09 Notification .
From the date hereof through the Effective Time, the Company shall
promptly notify Parent in writing of the discovery by the Company
of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that would reasonably
be expected to result in the failure of any of the conditions set
forth in Article 7 to be satisfied.
ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS OF PARENT AND
MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub hereby
covenant and agree with the Company as follows:
5.01 Cooperation by Parent
and Merger Sub . From the date hereof and through the Effective
Time, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts, and shall cooperate with the Company, to secure all
necessary Consents from Governmental Authorities and third parties
as shall be required in order to enable Parent and Merger Sub to
effect the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall otherwise
use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the consummation
of such transactions in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. Nothing in this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to limit
in any way the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub contained in
Section 6.01.
5.02 Indemnification;
Insurance; Release .
(a) Subject to the last
sentence of this Section 5.02(a), from and after the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Laws and
its Certificate of Incorporation each Person who is now, or has
been at any time prior to the date hereof, an officer or director
of the Company or any of its present or former subsidiaries
(individually, a “ Company Indemnified Party ”
and collectively, the “ Company Indemnified Parties
”), against all losses, claims, damages,
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liabilities, costs or expenses
(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties and
amounts paid in settlement (collectively, “ Losses
”) incurred by a Company Indemnified Party in connection with
any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (an “
Action ”) in any way arising out of, pertaining to or
incurred in connection with acts or omissions, or alleged acts or
omissions, by any of them in their capacities as such, whether
commenced, asserted or claimed before or after the Effective Time.
In the event of any such Action, Parent or the Surviving
Corporation shall pay on an as-incurred basis the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel to the Company Indemnified Party in advance
of the final disposition of any such Action to the full extent
permitted by applicable Law and its Certificate of Incorporation,
upon receipt of any undertaking required by applicable Law or its
Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions of this Section 5.02(a) shall not be applicable to,
and Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall have no obligation
to indemnify any of the Company Indemnified Parties against, any
Losses incurred by any of them in connection with any Action by any
stockholder or holder of Company Stock Options or Performance Units
in any way arising out of or relating to the conversion of all
Class A Shares and Class B Shares into Class C Shares, the TMG
Distribution, the Merger, this Agreement, the TMG Transfer
Agreement, the TMG Interest Purchase Agreement, any Ancillary
Document (or any document ancillary to any of the foregoing) or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (other than any
Action by any stockholder or holder of Company Stock Options or
Performance Units to enforce any of such Person’s rights
against Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation under, or
by reason of Parent’s, Merger Sub’s or the Surviving
Corporation’s breach of, this Agreement or any Ancillary
Document).
(b) The Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation following the
Effective Time shall contain the provisions providing for
exculpation of director and officer liability and indemnification
set forth in Exhibit B hereto. From and after the Effective
Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain in
effect such provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws providing for exculpation of director and officer liability
and indemnification to the fullest extent permitted from time to
time under the DGCL, which provisions shall not be amended except
as required by applicable Law or except to make changes permitted
by applicable Law that would enlarge the scope of the Company
Indemnified Parties’ indemnification rights.
(c) For a period of six
(6) years after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall cause to be maintained officers’ and directors’
liability insurance covering the Company Indemnified Parties who
are currently covered, in their capacities as officers and
directors, by the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
existing officers’ and directors’ liability insurance
policies on terms substantially no less advantageous to the Company
Indemnified Parties than such existing insurance; provided ,
however , that Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall
not be required in order to maintain or procure such coverage to
pay an annual premium in excess of one and one half times the
aggregate of the current annual premiums paid by the Company and
the Subsidiaries for their existing coverage (the “
Premium Cap ”); and provided , further ,
that if equivalent coverage cannot be obtained, or can be obtained
only by paying an annual premium in excess of the Premium Cap,
Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall only be required to
obtain as much coverage as can be obtained by paying an annual
premium equal to the Premium Cap. Any insurance proceeds received
by Parent or the Surviving Corporation from such liability
insurance policies shall be paid to the covered
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Company Indemnified Party, to the extent
Parent or the Surviving Corporation has not already paid the
liability on behalf of the Company Indemnified Party or reimbursed
the Company Indemnified Party therefor, as promptly as practicable
after receipt of such proceeds by Parent or the Surviving
Corporation, as the case may be.
5.03 Notification .
From the date hereof through the Effective Time, Parent shall
promptly notify the Company in writing of the discovery by Parent
of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that would reasonably
be expected to result in the failure of any of the conditions set
forth in Article 8 to be satisfied.
ARTICLE 6
OTHER COVENANTS
6.01 Mutual
Cooperation .
(a) From the date hereof and
prior to the Closing, each party hereto shall not take any action
that would reasonably be expected to delay the obtaining of, or
result in not obtaining, any Consent from any Governmental
Authority or third party necessary to be obtained prior to Closing.
Each party hereto shall promptly consult with the other parties
hereto with respect to, and (subject to the provisions of
Section 6.01(e)) provide any necessary information with
respect to and provide the other with copies of, all filings made
by such party with any Governmental Authority or any other
information supplied by such party to a Governmental Authority in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby. Each party hereto shall promptly inform the other of any
communication from any Governmental Authority regarding any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Without limiting the
generality of Sections 4.01, 5.01 and 6.01(a), Parent and the
Company shall each file or cause to be filed, promptly (but in any
event within ten (10) Business Days) after the date of this
Agreement, any notifications or the like required to be filed under
the HSR Act and any other applicable competition Laws with respect
to the transactions contemplated hereby. With respect to filings
under the HSR Act, each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall
seek early termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act.
Parent and Merger Sub shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or
cause to be done, all things necessary, proper, or advisable under
applicable Law (including the HSR Act) to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including, without limitation, obtaining all necessary waivers,
consents or approvals and, to the extent necessary, defending
against any Litigation challenging this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby (including appealing any decision
that is not final and non appealable) and seeking to vacate or
reverse and to lift any injunction or other legal bar to the
consummation of the Merger (and, in such case, to proceed with the
Merger as expeditiously as possible).
(c) Each of Parent and the
Company shall (i) respond promptly to any inquiries received
from any Governmental Authority, including the FTC, the Justice
Department or any State Attorney General, and (ii) not extend
any waiting period under the HSR Act or enter into any agreement
with the FTC or the Justice Department not to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except with the prior
written consent of the other party hereto, which will not be
unreasonably withheld.
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(d) To the extent necessary
to enable the Closing to occur and the Merger to be consummated by
the date that is fifteen (15) months after signing the
Agreement (the “ Outside Date ”), Parent shall
offer to take (and if such offer is accepted, commit to take) any
and all steps which it is capable of taking to avoid or eliminate
impediments under any antitrust, competition, or trade regulation
Law that may be asserted by the FTC, the Justice Department, any
State Attorney General or any other Governmental Authority with
respect to the Merger, including committing to and effecting by
consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale,
divestiture, or disposition of such assets or businesses of Parent,
the Surviving Corporation or their respective subsidiaries or
otherwise offer to take or offer to commit to take such action that
limits its freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to
retain, any of the businesses, services or assets of Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or their respective subsidiaries, in order to
avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any
injunction, temporary restraining order or other Order in any
Litigation under any antitrust or competition Law that may be
asserted by the FTC, the Justice Department, any State Attorney
General or any other Governmental Authority, which would otherwise
have the effect of preventing or delaying the Closing Date or the
consummation of the Merger. At the request of Parent, the Company
shall agree to divest, hold separate, or otherwise take or commit
to take any action that limits its freedom of action with respect
to, or its ability to retain, any of the businesses, services, or
assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, provided
that (i) any such action may be conditioned upon the
consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby
and (ii) Parent shall indemnify and hold the Company harmless
from and against, and shall reimburse and compensate the Company
for, any loss, liability or expense suffered or incurred in
connection with any such action. For the avoidance of doubt, Parent
shall cause any and all regulatory impediments under antitrust or
competition Law to be removed no later than the Outside Date.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in order to
ensure that no matter relating to any antitrust or competition Law
would preclude consummation of the Merger by the Outside Date,
Parent shall be required, without limitation, to offer and commit
to hold separate and divest all or part of the assets of the
Company, without limitation as to valuation, price, or any other
condition, and to agree to any other condition set forth by any
Governmental Authority, including without limitation, the
appointment of a Selling or Operating Trustee. If the Merger has
not been consummated before the later of (x) the date six
months after the signing of this Agreement and (y) the Deemed
Closing Date (such later date, the “ Additional Payment
Date ”), Parent shall pay the Company the amount of Two
Million Dollars ($2,000,000) per month from the Additional Payment
Date through and including the earlier of the Closing Date or the
date that is 15 months after the signing of this Agreement (such
earlier date, the “ Additional Payment Termination
Date ” (payable in cash on the last business day of each
such calendar month and on the Additional Payment Termination Date,
prorated for any partial periods). Such amount shall be held by the
Company for the benefit of the stockholders of the Company and
shall be paid to the Paying Agent, together with the Merger
Consideration for distribution to the stockholders in accordance
with Section 1.07. Nothing in Section 6.01(b) or any
other provision of this Agreement shall limit in any way the
obligations of Parent under this Section 6.02(d).
(e) If any information
otherwise required to be furnished pursuant hereto (including
pursuant to Section 4.03 or this Section 6.01) by any
party hereto (the “ Furnishing
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Party ”) constitutes or
includes Sensitive Information, the Furnishing Party shall advise
the other party that such information is not being furnished, and
the parties shall endeavor in good faith to make alternative
arrangements, if possible, with respect thereto (including, if
appropriate, restricting certain personnel of the other party from
having access to Sensitive Information, redaction of the Sensitive
Information or the furnishing of the Sensitive Information to
counsel to the other party, subject to such counsel and the other
party entering into a non disclosure agreement with the Furnishing
Party).
6.02 Termination of 401(k)
Plan; 409A Deferred Compensation Arrangements . Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall take any and all
actions necessary to terminate, effective at least one day prior to
Closing, all employee benefit plans sponsored by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (or in which the Company or Subsidiaries
participate) that contain a cash or deferred feature intended to
qualify under Section 401(k) of the Code, including the Gelco
Information Network 401(k) Investment Plan. At Closing, the Company
shall deliver to Parent evidence of the termination of such 401(k)
plans and reasonably satisfactory to Parent. In addition, prior to
the Closing, the Company shall make such modifications to any
arrangements subject to Section 409A of the Code maintained by
the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) that are reasonably
requested by Parent prior to the Closing (including the termination
of any such arrangements that are capable of unilateral termination
by the Company), with such modifications to be effective on a date
selected by the Company but not later than the day prior to the
Closing Date.
6.03 New Employee Benefit
Plans . As soon as administratively practicable after the
Effective Time but not more than ninety (90) days following
the Effective Time, to the extent set forth below, each employee of
the Surviving Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries (the “
Company Employees ”) shall be immediately eligible to
participate in the tax-qualified cash or deferred arrangement of
Parent or one of its Subsidiaries in which similarly situated
employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries participate (the “
Parent 401(k) Plan ”) in accordance with the terms of
such Plan as of the date of this Agreement. The Company Employees
shall only be eligible to participate in the Parent 401(k) Plan to
the extent that they are not excluded from participating in such
Plan by operation of the Plan’s coverage provisions.
Furthermore, the Company Employees will be required to satisfy any
and all eligibility requirements (with no service credit for
periods prior to the Effective Time) for matching contributions,
profit sharing contributions and any other company contributions
(if any) under such Parent 401(k) Plan, and Parent may, in its sole
discretion, amend the Parent 401(k) Plan to clarify the status of
the Company Employees with respect to such contributions prior to
the period of eligibility therefor. To the extent permitted by law
and the terms of the Parent 401(k) Plan, Company Employees who
participate in the Parent 401(k) Plan shall be permitted to
voluntarily roll over their account balances (including any
outstanding loan notes) from the Gelco Information Network 401(k)
Investment Plan to the Parent 401(k) Plan in the form of a direct
rollover. To the extent coverage under any other employee benefit
plans sponsored by Parent and its subsidiaries (other than the
Company Employee Plans) providing medical, dental, pharmaceutical,
vision and/or disability benefits to any Company Employee (such
plans, collectively, the “ New Plans ”) replaces
coverage under a comparable Company Employee Plan (such replacement
to be determined in the reasonable discretion of Parent) in which
such Company Employee participates immediately before or at any
time after the Effective Time (such plans, collectively, the
“ Old Plans ”), Parent shall, to the extent
permitted by law and the applicable plan and plan
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provider without undue expense, cause
all waiting periods, pre-existing condition exclusions and
actively-at-work requirements of such New Plan to be waived for
such Company Employee and his or her covered dependents, and, in
the event that coverage under a New Plan replaces coverage under an
Old Plan as of an effective date other than immediately after the
end of the Old Plan’s plan year, Parent shall, to the extent
permitted by law and the applicable plan and plan provider without
undue expense, cause any eligible expenses incurred by such Company
Employee and his or her covered dependents during the portion of
the plan year of the Old Plan ending on the date such Company
Employee’s participation in the corresponding New Plan begins
to be given full credit under such New Plan for purposes of
satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out of pocket
requirements applicable to such Company Employee and his or her
covered dependents for the applicable plan year as if such amounts
had been paid in accordance with such New Plan as aforesaid;
provided , that, if Parent is unable to effect such waiver
or crediting under any such New Plan, then Parent shall continue
the Company Employees’ participation in such comparable Old
Plan until the earlier of (i) the date that such waiver or
crediting can be effected as aforesaid, or (ii) the end of the
applicable plan year covering such Old Plan.
6.04 Legal
Representation . Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby
agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of its directors, members,
partners, officers, employees and Affiliates, that Fried, Frank,
Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP has served and may serve as
counsel to Jupiter and its Affiliates (collectively, the “
Seller Group ”), on the one hand, and the Company and
its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of (i) this
Agreement, (ii) the TMG Transfer Agreement, and (iii) any
agreement entered into by Gelco in connection with the sale of TMG,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, and that, following consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver & Jacobson LLP (or any successor) may serve as
counsel to the Seller Group or any director, member, partner,
officer, employee or Affiliate of the Seller Group in connection
with any Litigation, claim or obligation arising out of or relating
to (i) this Agreement, (ii) the TMG Transfer Agreement,
or (iii) any agreement entered into by Gelco in connection
with the sale of TMG, or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or any other matter notwithstanding such representation
(or any continued representation) of the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents
thereto and waives any conflict of interest arising therefrom, and
each of such parties shall cause any Affiliate thereof to consent
to waive any conflict of interest arising from such representation.
Each of the parties to this Agreement further agrees to take the
steps necessary to ensure any privilege attaching as a result of
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s
service as counsel to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the transactions contemplated by (i) this
Agreement, (ii) the TMG Transfer Agreement, and (iii) any
agreement entered into by Gelco in connection with the sale of TMG
will survive the Closing and will remain in effect. In addition, if
the transactions contemplated by (i) this Agreement,
(ii) the TMG Transfer Agreement, and (iii) any agreement
entered into by Gelco in connection with the sale of TMG are
consummated, all of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson LLP’s records related to such transactions will
become property of (and be controlled by) Jupiter and the Company
shall not retain any copies of such records or have any access to
them.
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ARTICLE 7
CONDITIONS TO PARENT’S
AND MERGER SUB’S OBLIGATIONS
The obligations of Parent and
Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, where
permissible) at or prior to the Closing of all of the following
conditions:
7.01 Representations and
Warranties . Either (i) the Deemed Closing Date shall have
occurred, or (ii) the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein that are subject to “Material
Adverse Effect” qualifiers shall be true and correct in all
respects on and as of the Closing Date (or, if made as of a
specified date, as of such specified date), and the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein that are not subject
to “Material Adverse Effect” qualifiers shall be true
and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date (or, if
made as of a specified date, as of such specified date), except
where the failure to be true and correct would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, in each case with the same effect as though made on
and as of the Closing Date (or, if made as of a specified date, as
of such specified date) except as otherwise expressly contemplated
hereby. Parent shall have received a certificate executed by an
executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date,
certifying as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in
this Section 7.01.
7.02 No Prohibition .
No Law or final, non-appealable Order that prohibits Parent or
Merger Sub from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be in effect as of the Closing Date. Parent and Merger Sub
hereby agree that if any such Order shall be outstanding, then they
will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Order
to be vacated.
7.03 Consents . The
waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under
the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, and all other
Consents from Governmental Authorities that shall be required, if
any, in order to enable Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (except
for such Consents from Governmental Authorities the absence of
which would not prohibit consummation of such transactions or
render such consummation illegal).
7.04 Performance of
Covenants . Each covenant and obligation that the Company is
required to comply with or to perform at or prior to the Closing
shall have been complied with and performed in all material
respects.
7.05 Termination of 401(k)
Plans . The Company and the Subsidiaries shall have terminated
all employee benefit plans sponsored by the Company or the
Subsidiaries (or in which the Company or Subsidiaries participate)
that contain a cash or deferred feature intended to qualify under
Section 401(k) of the Code, including the Gelco Information
Network 401(k) Investment Plan.
7.06 Termination of Stock
Option Plans . The Company and the Subsidiaries shall
(a) have terminated any stock option plans of the Company or
the Subsidiaries, and (b) as required by Section 1.13,
have taken all actions necessary such that, effective as of the
Effective
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Time, each Company Stock Option which
has been granted by the Company pursuant to the Company Stock Plans
shall not be assumed by Merger Sub or Parent and shall instead
automatically terminate in accordance with Section 7(b) of the
applicable Company Stock Plan. At Closing, the Company shall have
delivered evidence of the termination of such stock option plans to
Parent.
7.07 Secretary’s
Certificate . Parent will also have received (a) a copy of
the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company (as
amended through the Closing Date), certified by the Secretary of
the Company as true and correct copies thereof as of the Closing,
(b) a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors and
the Company Stockholders evidencing the approval of this Agreement,
the Ancillary Documents, the Merger and the other matters
contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Secretary of
Company as true and correct copies thereof as of the Closing, and
(c) good standing certificates issued by the Delaware
Secretary of State and each of the states or other jurisdictions
wherein the Company is qualified to do business dated within ten
(10) days of the Closing.
7.08 No Litigation .
Aside from any litigation or proceeding under applicable antitrust
and competition Laws, no litigation or proceeding shall be pending
against the Company which is likely to have the effect of
permanently enjoining or preventing the Company from consummating
the Merger in accordance with and subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and no such injunction
shall be outstanding.
7.09 Opinion of
Company’s Counsel . Parent will have received from Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel to the
Company, an opinion dated as of the Closing Date substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit F .
7.10 TMG Distribution
. The TMG Distribution shall have occurred in accordance with
Section 4.08.
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS TO THE
COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS
The obligation of the Company
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall
be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, where permissible) at or
prior to the Closing of all of the following conditions:
8.01 Representations and
Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub .
(a) The representations and
warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement
shall be true, complete and accurate in all respects as of the date
of this Agreement, except for those representations and warranties
given as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in
all respects as of such date, except that any inaccuracies in such
representations and warranties will be disregarded if the
circumstances giving rise to all such inaccuracies (considered
collectively) do not constitute, and would not reasonably be
expected to have, a material adverse effect on Parent;
provided , however , that, for purposes of
determining the truth, completeness and accuracy of such
representations and warranties, all “material adverse
effect” qualifications and other materiality qualifications
contained in such representations and warranties shall be
disregarded; and
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(b) The representations and
warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement
shall be true, complete and accurate in all respects as of the
Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date, except for
those representations and warranties given as of a particular date,
which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date,
except that any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties
will be disregarded if the circumstances giving rise to all such
inaccuracies (considered collectively) do not constitute, and would
not reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on
Parent; provided , however , that, for purposes of
determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties,
all “material adverse effect” qualifications and other
materiality qualifications contained in such representations and
warranties shall be disregarded.
8.02 No Prohibition .
No Law or final, non-appealable Order that prohibits the Company
from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in
effect as of the Closing Date. The Company hereby agrees that if
any such Order shall be outstanding, then it will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Order to be
vacated.
8.03 Consents . The
waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under
the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, and all other
Consents from Governmental Authorities that shall be required, if
any, in order to enable the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (except for such
Consents, the absence of which would not prohibit consummation of
such transactions or render such consummation illegal).
8.04 Performance of
Covenants . All of the covenants and obligations that Parent
and Merger Sub are required to comply with or to perform at or
prior to the Closing shall have been complied with and performed in
all material respects.
ARTICLE 9
TERMINATION
9.01 Termination .
This Agreement may be terminated, by written notice, at any time
prior to the Closing:
(a) by the mutual written
consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by Parent or the Company,
if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Outside
Date; provided , however , that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(b) shall not
be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation
under this Agreement (including such party’s obligations set
forth in Section 6.01) has been the cause of, or has resulted
in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside
Date;
(c) by Parent or the Company,
if there shall have been a material breach of any of the covenants
or agreements contained herein on the part of the other party,
which breach is not
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cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice given by the terminating party to the
party committing such breach; provided , however ,
that the right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 9.01(c) shall not be available if, at the time, the
terminating party is in material breach of any of its covenants or
agreements contained herein;
(d) by Parent, if the
condition set forth in Section 7.01 is incapable of being met
by the Outside Date; or
(e) by the Company, if the
condition set forth in Section 8.01 is incapable of being met
by the Outside Date.
9.02 Termination
Procedures . If Parent wishes to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.01(b), (c) or (d), Parent shall
deliver to the Company a written notice stating that Parent is
terminating this Agreement and setting forth a brief description of
the basis on which Parent is terminating this Agreement. If the
Company wishes to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.01(b), (c) or (e), the Company shall deliver to
Parent a written notice stating that the Company is terminating
this Agreement and setting forth a brief description of the basis
on which the Company is terminating this Agreement.
9.03 Effect on
Obligations . Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this
Article 9 shall terminate all rights and obligations of the
parties hereunder and none of the parties shall have any liability
to any of the other parties hereunder, except that Article 12, the
last sentence of Section 4.03, the Confidentiality Agreement
and this Section 9.03 shall remain in effect; provided
, however , that neither the Company nor Parent shall be
relieved of any obligation or liability arising from its prior
breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or obligation or the
failure of any of its representations or warranties to be true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement or the particular date of
such representation or warranty if such date is other than the date
of this Agreement or any update thereof as of the Closing
Date.
ARTICLE 10
SURVIVAL;
INDEMNIFICATION
10.01 Survival of
Representations, Warranties and Covenants .
(a) The representations and
warranties made by the Company (including the representations and
warranties set forth in Article 2), the covenants made by the
Company with respect to actions to be taken at or prior to the
Closing and the indemnity set forth in Section 10.02 shall
survive the Closing and shall expire eighteen (18) months from
the earlier of the Closing Date or the Deemed Closing Date;
provided , however , that if, at any time prior to
the date that is eighteen (18) months from the earlier of the
Closing Date or the Deemed Closing Date, any Parent Indemnitee
(acting in good faith) delivers to the Stockholder Representative a
written notice alleging the existence of an inaccuracy in or a
breach of any of the representations and warranties made by the
Company or covenants made by the Company with respect to actions to
be taken prior to the Closing (and setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for such Parent Indemnitee’s belief that
such an inaccuracy or breach may exist) or the likely assertion of
a claim by a taxing authority based on a specific written or oral
threat made by such taxing authority
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related to Taxes for a Pre-Closing
Period pursuant to a Tax audit, examination, compliance check or
similar procedure that is ongoing and asserting a claim for
recovery under Section 10.02 based on such alleged inaccuracy
or breach or likely Tax, then the claim asserted in such notice
shall survive the date that is eighteen (18) months from the
earlier of the Closing Date or the Deemed Closing Date until such
time as such claim is fully and finally resolved.
(b) The representations and
warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub and the covenants made by
Parent and Merger Sub with respect to actions to be taken at or
prior to the Closing and the indemnity set forth in
Section 10.04 shall survive the Closing and shall expire on
the date that is eighteen (18) months from the earlier of the
Closing Date or the Deemed Closing Date; provided ,
however , that if, at any time prior to the date that is
eighteen (18) months from the earlier of the Closing Date or
the Deemed Closing Date, any Company Indemnitee (acting in good
faith) delivers to Parent or the Merger Sub a written notice
alleging the existence of an inaccuracy in or a breach of any of
the representations and warranties made by Parent or Merger Sub or
covenants made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to actions to
be taken prior to the Closing (and setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for such Company Indemnitee’s belief that
such an inaccuracy or breach may exist) and asserting a claim for
recovery under Section 10.04 based on such alleged inaccuracy
or breach, then the claim asserted in such notice shall survive the
date that is eighteen (18) months from the earlier of the
Closing Date or the Deemed Closing Date until such time as such
claim is fully and finally resolved.
(c) The representations,
warranties, covenants and obligations of the Company and the rights
and remedies that may be exercised by the Parent Indemnitees shall
not be limited or otherwise affected by or as a result of any
information furnished to, or any investigation made by or knowledge
of, any of the Parent Indemnitees or any of their
Representatives.
(d) The representations,
warranties, covenants and obligations of Parent and the Merger Sub,
and the rights and remedies that may be exercised by the Company
Indemnitees shall not be limited or otherwise affected by or as a
result of any information furnished to, or any investigation made
by or knowledge of, any of the Company Indemnitees or any of their
Representatives.
10.02 Indemnification of
Parent Indemnitees .
(a) From and after the
Effective Time (but subject to Sections 10.01(a), 10.02(b) and
10.05), each of the Parent Indemnitees shall be held harmless and
indemnified from and against, and compensated and reimbursed for,
any Damages which are directly or indirectly suffered or incurred
by any of the Parent Indemnitees or to which any of the Parent
Indemnitees may otherwise become subject (regardless of whether or
not such Damages relate to any third party claim) and which arise
from or as a result of, or are directly or indirectly connected
with: (i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or
warranty by the Company set forth in Article 2; (ii) any
breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company in
this Agreement; (iii) Taxes that relate to Pre-Closing Periods
and that portion of a Straddle Period that ends on the Effective
Time, to the extent that such Taxes have not been taken into
account for purposes of determining the Merger Consideration and
all adjustments thereto pursuant to this Agreement (and for the
avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything else in this
Agreement, a decrease in the amount or limitation on the
availability of Tax any net operating
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loss or capital loss or net operating
loss carryforward or capital loss carryforward shall not be treated
as Damages); (iv) any payment required to be made to any
Dissenting Stockholder in excess of the Merger Consideration
allocable to such Dissenting Stockholder pursuant to this
Agreement; (v) any (A) failure by TMG to satisfy valid
indemnification claims made under the TMG Transfer Agreement,
(B) obligation of the Company or of its Subsidiaries to
indemnify any other Person in connection with the TMG Interest
Transfer Agreement or otherwise in connection with the TMG
Distribution, (C) liability of the Company or of its
Subsidiaries for TMG Excluded Liabilities to the extent that they
were not accrued for in full in the Final NTAV, and (D) breach
of any covenant or agreement in the TMG Transfer Agreement or the
TMG Interest Transfer Agreement by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries prior to the Closing; and (vi) any other amount
Parent is entitled to recover from the Escrow Account pursuant to
this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. For avoidance of doubt,
the indemnification of Parent Indemnitees hereunder shall not be
made by the Company, Parent or any other Affiliate of Parent. The
Parent Indemnitees may assert any claims against, and have any
Damages satisfied from, the Indemnity Escrow Account and/or TMG
Escrow Account, as applicable, reducing the Company
Stockholders’ interest therein, in accordance with the Escrow
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, except as set forth in this
Section 10.02(b), (i) the amount recoverable by the
Parent Indemnitees for Damages under this Article 10 other than
under Section 10.02(a)(v) shall not exceed, in the aggregate,
Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) (the “
Indemnification Cap ”), (ii) the amount
recoverable by the Parent Indemnitees for Damages under
Section 10.02(a)(v) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), and (iii) the Parent
Indemnitees shall not be entitled to recover any amount for
indemnification claims pursuant to Section 10.02(a) until such
time as the total amount of all Damages that have been directly or
indirectly suffered or incurred by any one or more of the Parent
Indemnitees, or to which any one or more of the Parent Indemnitees
has or have otherwise become subject, exceeds One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) in the aggregate (the “
Basket ”), at which time the Parent Indemnitees,
subject to the provisions of this Section 10.02(b), shall be
entitled to be indemnified against, and compensated and reimbursed
for, the amount of such Damages exceeding the Basket. The
limitation in (iii) above shall not apply (A) with
respect to the Final NTAV Shortfall, (B) with respect to
Section 10.02(a)(v), and (C) to any payment required to
be made to any Dissenting Stockholders in excess of the Merger
Consideration allocable to such Dissenting Stockholders pursuant to
this Agreement. The Parent Indemnitees’ recovery for Damages
pursuant to the indemnification provisions of this
Section 10.02 shall be limited to recovery from the Indemnity
Escrow Account or the TMG Escrow Account, as applicable, pursuant
to the Escrow Agreement, which shall be the Parent
Indemnitees’ sole source of recovery for indemnification
claims made under this Article 10, and no claim for indemnification
shall be asserted against the stockholders of the
Company.
10.03 Taxes
.
(a) Parent and the
Stockholder Representative shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, cause each Tax period of the Company that begins on
or before the Closing Date to end as of the end of the day on the
Closing Date.
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(b) The Parent shall cause to
be prepared and timely filed all Tax Returns of the Company for Tax
periods that end on or before the Closing Date (a “
Pre-Closing Period ”) that are due (taking into
account extensions) after the Closing Date and all Straddle
Periods. All such Pre-Closing Period Tax Returns and Tax Returns
relating to Straddle Periods shall be prepared on a basis
consistent with the past practices of the Company, unless otherwise
required by Law. The Parent shall provide copies of all such
Pre-Closing Period Tax Returns and Tax Returns relating to Straddle
Periods at least fifteen (15) days before filing for
Stockholder Representative’s review and comment. The
Stockholder Representative shall have ten (10) days to comment
on each such Tax Return described in this Section 10.03(b). If
the Stockholder Representative delivers written comments to the
Parent within the applicable ten-day period, the Parent shall
consider such written comments in good faith, and Parent and the
Stockholder Representative shall negotiate in good faith in order
to resolve any material disputes with respect to such Tax
Return.
(c) For purposes of computing
NTAV, the following rules of apportionment shall apply:
(i) real and personal property Taxes for the taxable period
that includes the Closing Date shall be prorated between the
stockholders of the Company and Parent, with such Taxes being borne
by the stockholders based on the ratio of the number of days in the
relevant period prior to and including the Closing Date to the
total number of days in the actual taxable period with respect to
which such Taxes are assessed, and being borne by Parent based on
the ratio of the number of days in the relevant period after the
Closing Date to the total number of days in the actual taxable
period with respect to which such Taxes are assessed, irrespective
of when such Taxes are due, become a lien or are assessed;
(ii) sales and use Tax shall be deemed to accrue as property
is purchased, sold, used, or transferred; and (iii) all other
Taxes shall accrue in accordance with GAAP, except for income Tax
or Tax measured by receipts, which shall accrue by way of a closing
of the books, as though the relevant taxable period had ended on
the Closing Date. In addition, for purposes of computing NTAV there
shall not be taken into account any Taxes arising on the Closing
Date attributable to any actions or events, not in the ordinary
course of business, that take place (or are deemed to take place)
after the Closing on the Closing Date (including any deemed sale of
assets resulting from an election under Section 338 of the
Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
Law).
(d) Parent and the
Stockholder Representative shall reasonably cooperate with each
other in a timely manner in the preparation and filing of any Tax
Returns and the conduct of any Tax audit or other Tax proceeding.
Each Party shall execute and deliver such powers of attorney and
make available such other documents as are reasonably necessary to
carry out the intent of this Section 10.03.
(e) The Company shall retain
copies of all reports, returns or records relating to Pre-Closing
Periods and Straddle Periods (including, without limitation,
supporting schedules and data) until such time as Parent is no
longer entitled to any indemnification for Taxes pursuant to
Section 10.02.
(f) No amended Tax Return of
the Company with respect to any Pre-Closing or Straddle Period
shall be filed unless required by Law until the expiration of the
Escrow Period.
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10.04 Indemnification of
Company Indemnitees .
(a) From and after the
Effective Time (but subject to Sections 10.01(b), 10.04(b) and
10.05), Parent shall hold harmless and indemnify each of the
Company Indemnitees from and against, and shall compensate and
reimburse each of the Company Indemnitees for, any Damages which
are directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by any of the
Company Indemnitees or to which any of the Company Indemnitees may
otherwise become subject (regardless of whether or not such Damages
relate to any third party claim) and which arise from or as a
result of, or are directly or indirectly connected with:
(i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or
warranty set forth in Article 3; or (ii) any breach of any
covenant, agreement or obligation of Parent or Merger Sub in this
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, (i) the aggregate liability of Parent
for Damages under this Article 10 shall not exceed the
Indemnification Cap, and (ii) Parent shall not be required to
make any indemnification payment pursuant to Section 10.04(a)
until such time as the total amount of all Damages that have been
directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by any one or more of
the Company Indemnitees, or to which any one or more of the Company
Indemnitees has or have otherwise become subject, exceeds the
Basket, in the aggregate, at which time the Company Indemnitees,
subject to the provisions of this Section 10.04(b), shall be
entitled to be indemnified against and compensated and reimbursed
for the amount of such Damages exceeding the Basket.
10.05 Satisfaction of
Indemnification Claim .
(a) Any indemnification
payments hereunder shall be treated for all Tax purposes as
adjustments to the Merger Consideration.
(b) With respect to any claim
for indemnification hereunder, each Parent Indemnitee or Company
Indemnitee, as applicable, shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to mitigate all Damages upon and after becoming aware of
any event or circumstance that gives rise to any Damages with
respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder prior to
making any claim for indemnification under this Agreement; provided
that the reasonable costs of such mitigation efforts shall be
included in the Damages.
(c) No Parent Indemnitee nor
any Company Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover, and no Damages
suffered by any Parent Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee shall
include, and no Indemnitor shall be liable under any circumstances
for any Damages that relates directly or indirectly to: the passage
of, or any change in, after the Closing, any Laws, including any
increase in the rates of Taxes or any withdrawal or relief from any
Taxes not actually in effect at the Closing Date.
(d) In the event any Parent
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Article 10,
such Parent Indemnitee shall receive a cash payment from the TMG
Escrow Account or the Indemnity Escrow Account, as applicable, in
the amount for which such Parent Indemnitee is entitled to be
indemnified. In the event Parent shall have any liability to any
Company Indemnitee under this Article 10, such Damages shall be
paid to the Company Indemnitee in a cash payment. In calculating
the amount of any Damages hereunder, the amount of Damages shall be
reduced by any net Tax benefit actually realized by the Indemnitee
during the Escrow Period by reason of the accrual, incurrence or
payment of any such Damages (including, where
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Parent is the Indemnitee any such
benefit realized by Parent, the Company or its Affiliates). In no
event shall any stockholder of the Company have any liability to
any Parent Indemnitee; provided , however , that
nothing herein shall limit the Parent Indemnitees’ ability to
satisfy claims from the TMG Escrow Account or the Indemnity Escrow
Account.
10.06 Defense of Third
Party Claims .
(a) The Indemnitee will give
prompt written notice to the Indemnitor of any claim made by a
third party against the Indemnitee which such Indemnitee discovers
or of which it receives notice after the Closing and which might
give rise to a claim by it for indemnification under Article 10
hereof, stating the nature, basis and (to the extent known) amount
thereof, which written notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the
written notice of the third party claimant to the Indemnitee
asserting the third party claim, if the Indemnitee has received
such notice from the third party claimant; provided that
failure to give prompt notice shall not jeopardize the right of any
Indemnitee to indemnification except to the extent such failure
shall have prejudiced the rights of the Indemnitor or the ability
of the Indemnitor to defend such claim. The Indemnitee shall
deliver to the Indemnitor copies of all other notices and documents
(including court papers) received by the Indemnitee relating to the
third party claim.
(b) In case of any claim or
suit by a third party with respect to which a Parent Indemnitee may
be entitled to indemnification under this Article 10 (including,
without limitation, a Tax audit or proceeding), the Indemnitor
shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent
desired by it (but subject to the next sentence), to assume and
direct the defense thereof (including to conduct any proceedings or
settlement negotiations) and to employ counsel of its own choosing
to defend any such claim or demand asserted against the Indemnitee;
provided that Indemnitor shall conduct such defense in good
faith and with appropriate diligence; provided further that
the Indemnitee may continue to participate in the defense of such
claim at such Indemnitee’s expense (it being understood that
the Indemnitor shall control such defense in such circumstances).
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, with respect to any
Major Claim, Parent may, by written notice to the Stockholder
Representative, elect to assume and direct the defense of such
Major Claim and to employ counsel of its own choosing to defend any
such Major Claim or demand asserted against the Indemnitee (it
being understood that Parent shall control such defense in such
circumstances). If Parent elects to assume and direct the defense
of any Major Claim, then, irrespective of any other provision
hereof, Parent shall not be entitled to indemnification for 50% of
its defense costs and expenses incurred in connection with such
Major Claim (e.g., attorneys’, other professional’s and
expert’s fees), which unindemnifiable costs and expenses
shall be borne by Parent.
(c) In case of any claim or
suit by a third party with respect to which a Company Indemnitee
may be entitled to indemnification under this Article 10, the
Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the
extent desired by it, to assume and direct the defense thereof
(including to conduct any proceedings or settlement negotiations)
and to employ counsel of its own choosing to defend any such claim
or demand asserted against the Indemnitee; provided that
Indemnitor shall conduct such defense in good faith and with
appropriate diligence; provided further that the Indemnitee
may continue to participate in the defense of such claim at such
Indemnitee’s expense (it being understood that the Indemnitor
shall control such defense in such circumstances).
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(d) Prior to the time the
Indemnitee is notified by the Indemnitor as to whether the
Indemnitor will assume the defense of such third party claim, the
Indemnitee shall take all steps reasonably necessary to timely
preserve the collective rights of the parties with respect to such
third party claim, including responding timely to legal process. If
the Indemnitor is not entitled to, has declined to, or does not
assume control of the defense of such a third party claim (or has
failed to notify the Indemnitee of its election to defend such
third party claim) within thirty (30) days of the
Indemnitor’s receipt of notice of such claim, then the
Indemnitee may notify the Indemnitor in writing that it elects to
employ separate counsel at the Indemnitor’s expense, in which
case, the Indemnitor shall not have the right to assume the defense
of such claim on behalf of the Indemnitee (it being understood that
the Indemnitee shall control such defense in all such
circumstances). After notice from the Indemnitor to the Indemnitee
of the election to assume the defense of such a claim in accordance
with Section 10.06(b) or 10.06(c), as applicable, the
Indemnitor will not be liable to the Indemnitee for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in
connection with the defense thereof, unless the Indemnitor is not
entitled, or has declined, to actually assume the defense thereof
following notice of such election as provided herein. Regardless of
which party assumes the defense of such a third party claim, the
Indemnitee and the Indemnitor will render to each other such
assistance as may reasonably be required of each other in order to
insure proper and adequate defense of any such third party claim,
which shall include providing records and information that are
relevant to such claim and making employees and officers available
on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information
and explanation of any material provided hereunder and to act as a
witness or respond to legal process. Regardless of whether or not
the Indemnitor actually assumes the defense of the Indemnitee, the
Indemnitee will not make any admission of liability, settlement,
compromise or discharge of any such claim or consent to the entry
of any judgment without the written consent of the Indemnitor,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or
unless such settlement, compromise or discharge includes the
unconditional release of the Indemnitor. Further, in the case where
the Indemnitor assumes the defense of any such third party claim,
the Indemnitor shall not: (i) make an admission of liability;
or (ii) make any settlement, compromise or discharge of any
such claim or consent to the entry of judgment which (a) does
not include the unconditional release of the Indemnitee or
(b) contains any provisions or remedies binding upon the
Indemnitee other than the payment of money damages that are to be
fully reimbursed by the Indemnitor (in the case of a claim by a
Parent Indemnitee, without recourse to any portion of any escrow
subject to any outstanding claim for indemnification), in each case
of clauses (a) and (b) without the written consent of the
Indemnitee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
10.07 Insurance Proceeds
and Other Recoveries . At the request of the Stockholder
Representative, the Company shall make a claim under any insurance
policy of the Company in effect at the Effective Time (and still
available to cover any Damages) relating to Damages for which
Parent is entitled to indemnification under Section 10.02. If
the insurer under such policy either pays or agrees to pay (and
actually pays during the Escrow Period) any amount with respect to
such claim within ninety (90) days from the date that such
claim is made to the insurer, then the amount of Damages for which
the Parent Indemnitees have made claims against the Indemnity
Escrow Account or the TMG Escrow Account hereunder shall be reduced
by the amount of such payment. In the event that any Parent
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification for Damages pursuant to a
claim made under Section 10.02, and such Parent
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Indemnitee receives any proceeds,
benefits or recoveries from any third party with respect to such
claim prior to payment of such claim from the Indemnity Escrow
Account or the TMG Escrow Account, then the amount of Damages for
which the Parent Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified
under Section 10.02 shall be reduced by the amount of any such
proceeds, benefits or insurance proceeds, and if such Parent
Indemnitee receives any proceeds, benefits or recoveries from any
third party with respect to such claim for Damages after payment of
such claim from the Indemnity Escrow Account or the TMG Escrow
Account, then such Parent Indemnitee shall pay the amount of such
proceeds, benefits or recoveries to the Stockholder Representative
for distribution to the stockholders of the Company. This
Section 10.07 shall not obligate the Surviving Corporation or
any Parent Indemnitee to continue any insurance policies of the
Company after the Effective Time or to take any action with respect
to any claims made by any Parent Indemnitee including, without
limitation, the pursuit of insurance claims or the institution of
proceedings against any third party.
10.08 Remedies . To
the extent that the Closing occurs, the foregoing indemnification
provisions in this Article 10 shall provide the sole and exclusive
remedy any party may have for any breach of a covenant, agreement,
representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement;
provided, however , that nothing in this Agreement or any
Ancillary Document shall preclude any Person from bringing, or in
any way limit a Person’s ability to bring, an action or
recover for fraud against any Person or in any way limit the loss
recoverable by such Person in such action; and provided,
further , that this Section 10.08 shall in no way limit a
party’s ability to enforce its rights in the event that the
Closing does not occur.
ARTICLE 11
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF
CONSTRUCTION
11.01 Definitions .
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Accounting
Expert ” has the meaning given to it in
Section 1.09(d).
“ Acquisition
Transaction ” means any transaction or series of
transactions involving:
(a) any merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination,
issuance of securities, acquisition of securities,
recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar
transaction (i) in which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
constituent corporation, (ii) in which a Person or
“group” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Persons
directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership of
securit
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