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Exhibit 2.1
A S E
XECUTED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
BY AND
AMONG
ICF CONSULTING GROUP,
INC.
ICF INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
ICF CONSULTING GROUP
ACQUISITION, INC.
JONES & STOKES
ASSOCIATES, INC.
THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED
HEREIN
AND
JOHN W.
COWDERY,
AS SHAREHOLDERS
REPRESENTATIVE
Dated as of
January 23, 2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 |
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CERTAIN
MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS |
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| ARTICLE 2 |
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THE
MERGER |
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2.1
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The
Merger |
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2 |
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2.2
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Effect of
the Merger |
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2 |
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2.3
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Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws |
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2 |
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2.4
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Directors
and Officers |
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2 |
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2.5
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Effect on
Capital Stock |
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2 |
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2.6
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Purchase
Price Adjustment |
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3 |
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2.7
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Payment
of Merger Consideration |
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6 |
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2.8
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Escrow
Fund |
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2.9
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Employment Agreements |
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8 |
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2.10
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Termination of Option Plan |
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2.11
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The
Closing |
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| ARTICLE 3 |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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3.1
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Corporate
Status |
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9 |
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3.2
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Capital
Stock |
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9 |
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3.3
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Subsidiaries |
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10 |
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3.4
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Authority
for Agreement; Noncontravention |
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11 |
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3.5
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Financial
Statements |
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11 |
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3.6
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Absence
of Material Adverse Changes |
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12 |
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3.7
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities |
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12 |
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3.8
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Books and
Records |
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12 |
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3.9
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Accounts
Receivable |
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12 |
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3.10
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Compliance with Applicable Laws, Organizational
Documents |
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13 |
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3.11
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Litigation and Audits |
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13 |
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3.12
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Tax
Matters |
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13 |
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3.13
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Employee
Benefit Plans |
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3.14
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Employment-Related Matters |
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3.15
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Environmental |
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3.16
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No
Broker’s or Finder’s Fees |
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3.17
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Assets
Other Than Real Property |
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23 |
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3.18
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Real
Property |
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3.19
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Contracts, Agreements and Commitments |
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25 |
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3.20
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Intellectual Property |
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28 |
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3.21
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Insurance
Contracts |
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29 |
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3.22
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Banking
Relationships |
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30 |
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3.23
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Absence
of Certain Relationships |
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30 |
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3.24
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Foreign
Corrupt Practices; Export Compliance |
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30 |
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3.25
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Government Contracts |
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3.26
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Power of
Attorney |
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34 |
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3.27
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Customers |
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3.28
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SEC
Report Disclosures |
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3.29
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Cumulative Exceptions |
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35 |
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| ARTICLE 3A |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDERS |
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3.A.1
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Power and
Authority |
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3.A.2
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Enforceability |
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3.A.3
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Consents |
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35 |
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3.A.4
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Conflicts
Under Contracts |
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35 |
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3.A.5
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Title to
Stock |
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35 |
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3.A.6
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No
Broker’s or Finder’s Fees |
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3.A.7
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Power of
Attorney |
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36 |
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| ARTICLE 4 |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER, BUYER’S PARENT
AND MERGER SUB |
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4.1
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Corporate
Status of Buyer, Parent and Merger Sub |
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4.2
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Authority
for Agreement; Noncontravention |
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36 |
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4.3
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Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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37 |
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4.4
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No
Adverse Litigation |
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37 |
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4.5
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Ownership
of Buyer and Merger Sub |
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4.6
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Sufficiency of Funds |
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37 |
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| ARTICLE 5 |
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CONDUCT
PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE |
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37 |
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5.1
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Conduct
of Company’s Business |
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5.2
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Continuing Obligation to Inform; Update of Certain
Schedules |
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40 |
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5.3
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Notice of
Appraisal Rights |
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40 |
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| ARTICLE 6 |
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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6.1
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Exclusivity |
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6.2
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Expenses |
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6.3
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Indemnification |
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6.4
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Access
and Information |
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45 |
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6.5
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Public
Disclosure and Confidentiality |
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45 |
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6.6
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Further
Assurances |
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46 |
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6.7
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Tax
Matters |
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46 |
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6.8
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Release |
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6.9
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Regulatory Filings |
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6.10
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Exchange
of Information |
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6.11
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Notification |
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6.12
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Shareholders Representative |
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6.13
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Certain
Post-Closing Covenants |
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6.14
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Notes
Payable and Notes Receivable |
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6.15
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Loan
Agreements and Lines of Credit |
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6.16
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Amendment
of the Company’s Defined Contribution Plans |
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6.17
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ESOP |
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6.18
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Termination of Company’s Restricted Management Stock
Bonus Plan |
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6.19
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Shareholders Agreement |
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6.20
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Preparation of the Proxy Statement; Shareholders
Meeting |
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6.21
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Voting
for the Merger |
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6.22
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EFCG
Letter |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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7.1
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Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Each
Party |
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7.2
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Conditions Precedent to Buyer’s, Buyer’s
Parent’s and Merger Sub’s Obligation to Consummate the
Closing |
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7.3
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Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company and
Principal Shareholders to Consummate the Closing |
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59 |
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| ARTICLE 8 |
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SURVIVAL
OF REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS |
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8.1
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Representations and Covenants |
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| ARTICLE 9 |
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OTHER
PROVISIONS |
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9.1
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Termination |
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9.2
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Notices |
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61 |
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9.3
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Entire
Agreement |
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9.4
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Assignability |
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63 |
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9.5
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Validity |
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63 |
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9.6
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Specific
Performance |
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9.7
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U.S.
Currency |
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9.8
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Governing
Law |
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63 |
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9.9
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Counterparts |
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63 |
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9.10
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Waiver |
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 - Definitions
Schedule 2.6.1 - Adjustments to Closing
Working Capital
Schedule 2.9 - Other
Employees
Schedule 3.1.1 - Company Qualified
Jurisdictions
Schedule 3.1.2 - Subsidiary Qualified
Jurisdictions
Schedule 3.2.1 - Company Shareholders of
Record
Schedule 3.2.1(b) - Subsidiary
Membership Interest Owners of Record
Schedule 3.2.2(a) - Options and
Convertible Securities
Schedule 3.2.2(b) - Shareholder
Agreements
Schedule 3.3 - Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.4.2 - No Conflict
Schedule 3.5 - Financial
Statements
Schedule 3.6 - Dividends or
Distributions
Schedule 3.7 - Liabilities
Schedule 3.8 - Books and
Records
Schedule 3.9 - Accounts
Receivable
Schedule 3.10 - Compliance with
Applicable Laws
Schedule 3.11 - Litigation and
Audits
Schedule 3.12.4 - Tax
Assessments
Schedule 3.12.5 - Carryovers and Tax
Basis
Schedule 3.12.9 - Income Items and
Deductions
Schedule 3.12.14 - Joint Ventures and
Partnerships
Schedule 3.13.1 - List of
Plans
Schedule 3.13.4 - Plan
Funding
Schedule 3.13.6 - Company Plans Not
Amendable or Terminable
Schedule 3.13.7 - Payments Relating to
the Transactions
Schedule 3.14.2 - List of
Employees
Schedule 3.14.3(a) - Claim or Litigation
Relating to Termination of Employment
Schedule 3.16 - Brokers or Finders
Fees
Schedule 3.17.1 - Liabilities and
Encumbrances to Title
Schedule 3.17.2(b) - Tangible Personal
Property
Schedule 3.17.2(d) - Governmental-Owned
Property
Schedule 3.18.2 - Leases
Schedule 3.19.1 - Material Company
Contracts
Schedule 3.19.2 - Status of Material
Company Contracts
Schedule 3.19.2(e) - Liquidated Damages
Clause, Unlimited Liability or Consequential Damages
Schedule 3.19.3 - Consents
Schedule 3.19.4 - Other Work
Arrangements
Schedule 3.20.1 - Intellectual
Property
Schedule 3.20.2 - Owned and Registered
Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.20.2(e) - Infringement of
Company’s Proprietary Rights
Schedule 3.20.2(f) - Trademarks and
Service marks
Schedule 3.20.2(i) - Restrictions on
Sale, License or Distribution
Schedule 3.20.3 - Employee
Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreements
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Schedule 3.21 - Insurance and Indemnity
Contracts
Schedule 3.22 - Banking
Relationships
Schedule 3.23 - Absence of Certain
Relationships
Schedule 3.25.1(a) - Government
Contracts
Schedule 3.25.1(b) - Problems Under
Government Contracts
Schedule 3.25.2 - Claims for Price
Adjustment Under Government Contracts
Schedule 3.25.3 - Audit of Government
Contracts
Schedule 3.25.4 - Outstanding Claims or
Disputes Relating to Government Contracts
Schedule 3.25.6 - Terminated Government
Contracts
Schedule 3.25.7 - Government Contracts
Outside the Scope
Schedule 3.25.8 - Assigned Government
Contracts
Schedule 3.25.11 - At Risk Government
Contracts
Schedule 3.27 - Lost
Customers
Schedule 3A.6 - Broker’s or
Finder’s Fees Paid by Principal Shareholder
Schedule 5.1 - Conduct of
Company’s Business
Schedule 6.14(a) - Notes or Debt
Instruments Payable to Shareholders
Schedule 6.14(b) - Notes Payable to the
Company
Schedule 7.2.4 - Obtained
Consents
Schedule 7.2.5(b)(i) - Acceptance of
Employment
Schedule 7.2.5(b)(ii) - Standard Terms
and Conditions of Employment
Schedule 7.2.5(c)(i) - Full-Time
Billable U.S. Employees of Company
Schedule 7.2.5(c)(ii) - Buyer’s
Standard Documentation
Schedule 7.2.19 - Customer Interviews
and Diligence Inquiries
Schedule 7.2.22 - Release of
Encumbrances
EXHIBITS
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Escrow
and Paying Agent Agreement |
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Agreement
of Merger |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER, dated as of January 23, 2008 (this
“Agreement”), by and among ICF Consulting Group, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), ICF International,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer’s Parent”),
ICF Consulting Group Acquisition, Inc., a California corporation
(“Merger Sub”), Jones & Stokes Associates,
Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), the
Company shareholders listed on the signature pages to this
Agreement under the caption “Principal Shareholders”
(each, a “Principal Shareholder” and collectively, the
“Principal Shareholders”) and John W. Cowdery as
Shareholders Representative. Buyer, Buyer’s Parent, Merger
Sub, the Company, the Principal Shareholders and Shareholders
Representative are sometimes referred to herein individually as a
“Party” and collectively as the
“Parties.”
RECITALS
A. The Principal Shareholders
collectively own approximately 25% of the Company’s
outstanding capital stock.
B. Merger Sub is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Buyer, and Buyer is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Buyer’s Parent.
C. The boards of directors of
Buyer, Buyer’s Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each
approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(the “Transactions”) and have determined that it is in
the best interests of their respective shareholders for Merger Sub
to merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
D. The Company’s board
of directors has resolved to recommend the Merger to the holders of
the Company’s capital stock, has determined that the Merger
Consideration is fair to the holders of the Company’s capital
stock, and has resolved to recommend that the holders of the
Company’s capital stock accept the Merger Consideration and
approve the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
E. The Parties desire to make
certain representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements
in connection with the Transactions.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
CERTAIN MATTERS OF
CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS
Certain matters of
construction of this Agreement and the definition of capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined in Articles 1 through 9
are set forth in Schedule 1.
ARTICLE 2
THE MERGER
2.1 The Merger . Upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in
accordance with the laws of the State of California, including the
California Corporations Code known as the “California General
Corporation Law” (the “CGCL”), Merger Sub shall
be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time (as
defined below). Following the Effective Time the separate corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue
as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving
Corporation”). At Buyer’s election, any Subsidiary
whose capital stock is wholly owned by Buyer may be substituted for
Merger Sub as a constituent corporation in the Merger. In such
event, the Parties agree to execute an appropriate amendment to
this Agreement to reflect the foregoing.
2.2 Effect of the
Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall
be as provided in this Agreement, the Agreement of Merger and the
applicable provisions of the CGCL. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all
the property, rights, privileges, powers, franchises and all other
assets of every kind and description of the Company and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities
and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the
debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving
Corporation.
2.3 Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws .
2.3.1 Articles of
Incorporation . At the Effective Time, the articles of
incorporation of Merger Sub shall be, until thereafter amended as
provided by the CGCL and such articles of incorporation, the
articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, provided,
however, that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be
“Jones & Stokes Associates, Inc.”
2.3.2 Bylaws . At the
Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub shall be the bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended or repealed in
accordance with their terms, the articles of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation or as provided by the CGCL.
2.4 Directors and
Officers . The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation
until the earlier of each of their resignations or removals or
until each of their respective successors are duly elected and
qualified, as the case may be. The officers of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time, and such other individuals
as Buyer shall designate, shall be the officers of the Surviving
Corporation until the earlier of each of their deaths, resignations
or removals or until each of their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified, as the case may be.
2.5 Effect on Capital
Stock . As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder of any outstanding
capital stock of the Company or Merger Sub:
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(a) Each share of common
stock, par value $0.05 per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock” or “Shares”) issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting
Shares shall be converted into the right to receive the following
(collectively, the “Per Share Merger Consideration”):
(i) an amount in cash equal to the Per Share Net Closing
Amount; (ii) a conditional amount in cash equal to the Per
Share Working Capital Adjustment Amount; and (iii) a
conditional amount in cash equal to the Per Share Indemnity Escrow
Amount. The aggregate amount of Per Share Merger Consideration
payable to the Company’s shareholders (collectively, the
“Shareholders” and individually, a
“Shareholder”) under this Agreement is referred to
herein as the “Merger Consideration.”
(b) Each Option shall be
terminated and cease to exist, and no consideration shall be
delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Each issued and
outstanding share of common stock of Merger Sub shall be converted
into and become one fully paid and non-assessable share of common
stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, any issued and outstanding
Common Stock held by a Shareholder who objects to the Merger and
complies with Chapter 13 of the CGCL (a “Dissenting
Shareholder”) concerning the right of holders of Common Stock
to dissent from the Merger and require appraisal of their Common
Stock (“Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted as
described in Section 2.5(a) but shall become the right to
receive such consideration as may be determined to be due to such
Dissenting Shareholder pursuant to Chapter 13 of the CGCL. If,
after the Effective Time, any Dissenting Shareholder withdraws its
demand for appraisal or fails to perfect or otherwise loses its
right of appraisal, in any case pursuant to the CGCL, all of its
Common Stock shall be deemed to be converted as of the Effective
Time into the right to receive the consideration described in
Section 2.5(a). The Company shall give Buyer (i) prompt
written notice of any demands for appraisal received by the
Company, and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such demands. The
Company will not voluntarily make any payment with respect to any
demands for appraisal and will not, except with Buyer’s prior
written consent, settle or offer to settle any such demands. The
Company will provide to the Shareholders all notices required by
Chapter 13 of the CGCL concerning the rights of the Shareholders to
exercise Dissenters’ Rights.
2.6 Purchase Price
Adjustment.
2.6.1 Estimated Closing
Statements . At least two Business Days prior to the Closing
Date (as defined below), the Company shall provide to Buyer in
reasonable detail an estimate of the Closing Balance Sheet (the
“Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”) and an estimate of
the Closing Working Capital (the “Estimated Closing Working
Capital”). The Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and the
Estimated Closing Working Capital shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP, as adjusted pursuant to Schedule 2.6.1, and on a basis
consistent with the historical accounting policies, methodologies,
practices and assumptions applied by the Company, provided such
historical policies, methodologies, practices and assumptions are
in accordance with GAAP, as adjusted pursuant to Schedule
2.6.1.
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2.6.2 Adjustment to
Purchase Price .
2.6.2.1 Working Capital
and Preliminary Adjustment .
Within 90 days after the
Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall
deliver to Shareholders Representative in reasonable detail the
Closing Balance Sheet and statement of Closing Working Capital
(collectively the “Closing Statements”). The date of
such delivery is also referred to herein as the “Closing
Balance Sheet Delivery Date.” The Closing Balance Sheet and
the Closing Working Capital shall be prepared in accordance with
GAAP, as adjusted pursuant to Schedule 2.6.1, and on a basis
consistent with the historical accounting policies, methodologies,
practices and assumptions applied by the Company, provided such
historical policies, methodologies, practices and assumptions are
in accordance with GAAP, as adjusted pursuant to Schedule
2.6.1.
2.6.2.2 Review of Closing
Statements . Shareholders Representative, upon receipt of the
Closing Statements, shall (a) review the Closing Statements
and (b) to the extent Shareholders Representative may deem
necessary, make reasonable inquiry of Buyer and its accountants (if
any are used) in respect of the preparation of the Closing
Statements. Shareholders Representative and its advisors shall have
access upon prior notice and during normal business hours to review
the books, papers and records of the Company and its accountants
(if any are used), relating to the preparation of the Closing
Statements in connection with such inquiry. The Closing Statements
shall be final, binding and conclusive upon, and deemed accepted
by, the Shareholders unless Shareholders Representative shall have
notified Buyer in reasonable detail of any objections thereto
within 30 days after his receipt of the Closing Statements (the
“Shareholders Objection”).
2.6.2.3 Disputes . If
a Shareholders Objection occurs, Buyer shall have 20 days to review
and respond to the Shareholders Objection, and Buyer and
Shareholders Representative shall attempt to resolve the
differences underlying the Shareholders Objection following
completion of Buyer’s review of the Shareholders Objection.
Disputes between Buyer and Shareholders Representative that are not
resolved by them by the end of the 40-day period following delivery
to Buyer of the Shareholders Objection shall be referred no later
than such 40th day for decision to an independent accounting firm
of national reputation mutually acceptable to Buyer and
Shareholders Representative (the “Arbiter”) who shall
act as arbitrator and make a final determination, based solely on
presentations by Shareholders Representative and Buyer and only
with respect to the remaining differences so submitted. If Buyer
and Shareholders Representative cannot agree upon the selection of
the Arbiter within five Business Days, Ernst & Young LLP
shall serve as the Arbiter hereunder. The Arbiter shall deliver its
written determination as to whether and to what extent, if any, the
Closing Statements require adjustment to Buyer and Shareholders
Representative no later than the 30th day after the remaining
differences underlying the Shareholders Objection are referred to
the Arbiter, or such longer period of time as the Arbiter
determines is necessary. The Arbiter’s determination pursuant
to this Section 2.6.2.3 shall be final, conclusive and binding
upon the Parties. The fees and expenses of the Arbiter will be
borne by Buyer on the one hand and the Shareholders, jointly and
severally, on the other hand, in proportion to the allocation by
the Arbiter of the dollar amount of the disputed portion of the
Working Capital Adjustment (as defined below), such that the
prevailing Party (or Parties) pays a lesser proportion of such fees
and expenses. Buyer and
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Shareholders Representative shall make
readily available to the Arbiter all relevant information, books
and records and any work papers relating to the Closing Statements
and all other items reasonably requested by the Arbiter. In no
event may the Arbiter’s resolution of any difference be for
an amount which is outside the range of Buyer’s and
Shareholders Representative’s disagreement.
2.6.2.4 Final Closing
Statements . Each of the Closing Statements, as it may be
adjusted, shall become final, conclusive and binding upon the
Parties upon the earliest of (a) the final date for notice by
Shareholders Representative of a Shareholders Objection if
Shareholders Representative does not provide Buyer with a
Shareholders Objection within the period permitted under
Section 2.6.2.2, (b) the date of an agreement between
Buyer and Shareholders Representative with respect thereto, and
(c) the date on which written notice of the decision by the
Arbiter with respect to any disputes under Section 2.6.2.3 is
provided to Buyer and Shareholders Representative. The Closing
Statements (i) as submitted to Shareholders Representative if
Shareholders Representative does not object thereto within the
period permitted under Section 2.6.2.2, (ii) as adjusted
pursuant to the agreement of Shareholders Representative and Buyer
or (iii) as determined by the decision of the Arbiter, are
referred to herein as the “Final Closing Statements”
and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties. The date
on which the Final Closing Statements become final, conclusive and
binding is referred to herein as the “Final Closing
Statements Determination Date.”
2.6.2.5 Final Working
Capital Adjustment .
(a) The following shall be
applicable to the determination of the Merger
Consideration:
(i) If the Closing Working
Capital reflected in the Final Closing Statements (the “Final
Closing Working Capital”) is less than the Estimated Closing
Working Capital, the “Working Capital Decrease” shall
be the positive difference between the Final Closing Working
Capital and the Estimated Closing Working Capital.
(ii) If the Final Closing
Working Capital is greater than the Estimated Closing Working
Capital the “Working Capital Increase” shall be the
positive difference between the Final Closing Working Capital and
the Estimated Closing Working Capital.
(b) If there shall be either
a Working Capital Decrease or a Working Capital Increase (either, a
“Working Capital Adjustment”), such Working Capital
Adjustment shall be effected as follows:
(i) If there shall be a
Working Capital Decrease, within three Business Days after the
Final Closing Statements Determination Date, Buyer and Shareholders
Representative shall cause the Escrow Agent (A) to release and
disburse to Buyer an amount equal to the Working Capital Decrease
from the Working Capital Escrow and, to the extent the Working
Capital Decrease is in excess of the Working Capital Escrow, any
such additional amounts shall be released and disbursed to Buyer
from the Indemnity Escrow (such amount disbursed from the Indemnity
Escrow shall be referred to as the “Working Capital Indemnity
Amount”) and (B) to hold and disburse any amounts
remaining in the Working Capital Escrow
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after giving effect to the forgoing
disbursement to Buyer in respect of the Working Capital Decrease,
as part of the Indemnity Escrow in accordance with this Agreement
and the Escrow Agreement; and
(ii) If there shall be a
Working Capital Increase, within three Business Days after the
Final Closing Statements Determination Date, (A) Buyer shall
cause the Escrow Agent to release and pay, or if there shall be a
separate Paying Agent, deposit with such Paying Agent for payment
of, an amount equal to such Working Capital Increase, and to the
extent the Working Capital Increase is in excess of the Working
Capital Escrow, Buyer shall deposit, or cause to deposited with the
Escrow Agent, or if there is a separate Paying Agent, with such
Paying Agent, an amount equal to such excess, with such amount of
the Working Capital Increase referenced in this clause (A) to
be paid to the Shareholders as the Per Share Final Working Capital
Adjustment Amount in accordance with this Agreement, and
(B) Buyer and Shareholders Representative shall cause any
remaining amount in the Working Capital Escrow after giving effect
to the foregoing disbursement to the Shareholders, to be held and
disbursed by the Escrow Agent as part of the Indemnity Escrow in
accordance with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
(c) If the Final Closing
Statements do not reflect any Working Capital Adjustment, within
three Business Days after the Final Closing Statements
Determination Date, Buyer and Shareholders Representative shall
cause the Escrow Agent to hold and disburse the Working Capital
Escrow as part of the Indemnity Escrow in accordance with this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
2.7 Payment of Merger
Consideration .
2.7.1 The Company
shall designate a Person to act as paying agent in the Merger (the
“Paying Agent”), which may be the Escrow Agent, and,
from time to time on, prior to or after the Effective Time, Buyer
shall, in accordance with this Agreement, make available, or cause
the Surviving Corporation to make available, to the Escrow Agent,
or if there is a separate Paying Agent, to such Paying Agent,
Escrow Funds and other funds in the amounts and at the times
necessary for payment of the Merger Consideration in accordance
with this Agreement.
2.7.2 As soon as
practicable after the Effective Time, and no later than five
Business Days thereafter, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the
Escrow Agent to mail to each Shareholder, as of the Effective Time,
a letter of transmittal, which, among other things, shall state
(a) the instructions for surrendering and transferring such
Shareholder’s interest in his or her Common Stock entitled to
payment of Merger Consideration pursuant to this Section 2.7
(other than Dissenting Shares), and (b) that title to the
Common Stock shall pass, only upon proper delivery to the Paying
Agent of the necessary documents of surrender and transfer and upon
adherence to the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal
(the “Letter of Transmittal”). Immediately following
the distribution of the Letter of Transmittal, each Shareholder
shall deliver to Escrow Agent, the properly completed and executed
Letter of Transmittal, accompanied by delivery of all appropriate
Tax forms as reasonably required by Buyer, and Buyer shall deliver
to the Escrow Agent, or if there is a separate Paying Agent, to
such Paying Agent, an amount equal to the product of (x) the
Per Share Net Closing Amount and
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(y) the number of shares of Common Stock
held by the Shareholders immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Immediately following the Effective Time, Buyer shall deliver or
cause to be delivered the Shareholders Representative Initial
Expenses Amount by wire transfer to the account specified by
Shareholders Representative.
2.7.3 In the event of
a transfer of ownership of Common Stock that is not registered in
the transfer records of the Company, payment may be made to a
Person other than the Person in whose name the Common Stock so
surrendered are registered, if an assignment is delivered to the
Escrow Agent, in proper form evidencing the transfer and 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 such Common Stock or establish to the
satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been
paid or is not applicable.
2.7.4 Until
surrendered as contemplated by Section 2.7.2, each share of
Common Stock shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time
to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the
amount of Merger Consideration into which the Common Stock shall
have been converted pursuant to Section 2.5. No interest will
be paid or will accrue on the cash payable upon the surrender of
any Common Stock; provided, however, that interest earned on
amounts in escrow pursuant to Section 2.8 and the Escrow
Agreement shall be payable to the Shareholders in accordance with
this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
2.7.5 All Merger
Consideration paid upon the surrender of Common Stock in accordance
with this Section 2.7 shall be deemed to have been paid in
full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Common Stock. At
the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall
be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers
on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the
Common Stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, evidence of Common
Stock owned by a Person is presented to the Surviving Corporation
for any reason, such Common Stock shall be canceled and exchanged
as provided in this Section 2.7.
2.7.6 Notwithstanding
the foregoing, none of Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company shall be
liable to any Person in respect of any cash delivered to a public
official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or
similar law.
2.8 Escrow Fund
.
2.8.1 Establishment of
Escrow Fund . At the Effective Time, Buyer will deliver to
Commerce Bank, National Association, as escrow agent (the
“Escrow Agent”), the sums of $2,500,000 (the
“Working Capital Escrow”) and $5,000,000 (together with
such portion of the Working Capital Escrow that, pursuant to
Sections 2.6.2.5(a) or (b), becomes a part thereof, the
“Indemnity Escrow,” and together with the Working
Capital Escrow, the “Escrow Fund”). Such deposits shall
be governed by the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Escrow and Paying Agent Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
among Buyer, Shareholders Representative and the Escrow Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the “Escrow
Agreement”).
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2.8.2 Use of Escrow
Fund . By virtue of the approval of this Agreement and the
Merger by the Shareholders pursuant to the CGCL, the Shareholders,
without any further act, will have consented to and approved, and
shall be deemed to have consented to and approved (a) the use
of the Escrow Fund for payments to Buyer on behalf of the
Shareholders for Working Capital Adjustments and indemnification
obligations set forth in Sections 2.6.2.5, 6.3 and 6.7, as the case
may be, (b) the deduction of an aggregate of up to $50,000
from the amounts otherwise payable by Buyer to the Shareholders to
provide funds to cover the initial expenses of Shareholders
Representative (the “Shareholders Representative Initial
Expenses Amount”) and (c) all of the other terms and
conditions in the Escrow Agreement. The Shareholders Representative
shall notify Buyer in writing no later than three days prior to
Closing of the exact amount of the Shareholders Representative
Initial Expenses Amount.
2.9 Employment
Agreements . Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, (a) Buyer is entering into an employment
agreement dated as of the date hereof with John W. Cowdery (the
“Cowdery Employment Agreement”) and (b) each of
the individuals listed on Schedule 2.9 is agreeing to Buyer’s
standard terms and conditions relating to employment, including
consent to background checks or verification procedures, and is
entering into non-compete, non-solicitation and non-disturbance
agreements (such agreements and standard terms and conditions
collectively, the “Other Employment Related
Agreements”), which agreements and terms and conditions shall
become effective automatically, without any further action, upon
the Closing.
2.10 Termination of Option
Plan. Before the Closing Date, the Company’s board of
directors (the “Company Board”) shall adopt such
resolutions and take (or cause the Company to take) such other
actions as are required to provide that before the Effective Time,
each Option will either be exercised for Common Stock or terminated
in accordance with the Option and Option Plan. In connection
therewith, the Company shall notify all holders of Options, that as
of the Effective Time, unexercised Options will be terminated and
of no further force or effect. The Company Board and the Company
will take all legally and contractually required actions to
terminate the Option Plan and all unexercised Options as of the
Effective Time, all in a manner so that the Surviving Corporation
will have no payment, share issuance or other Liability in respect
thereof.
2.11 The Closing .
Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of all of the conditions
precedent set forth in Article 7 (the “Closing
Conditions”), the closing of the Merger and the other
Transactions (the “Closing”) shall take place at
Buyer’s offices, located at 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA
22031, commencing at 10 a.m. local time (a) on
February 7, 2008, or (b) if the Closing Conditions have
not been satisfied (or waived) by such date, on such other date
that is the first Business Day after the date on which all of the
Closing Conditions (other than such conditions to be satisfied on
the Closing Date) are satisfied (or waived) or (c) on such
other date as the Parties may agree after the satisfaction (or
waiver) of all the Closing Conditions (“Closing Date”).
At the Closing, the Parties shall cause the Merger to be
consummated by filing the duly executed Agreement of Merger with
the Secretary of State of the State of California, in accordance
with the relevant provisions of the CGCL (the date and time of such
filing is referred to herein as the “Effective
Time”).
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ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and
warrants to Buyer and Buyer’s Parent as follows:
3.1 Corporate Status
.
3.1.1 Corporate Status of
the Company . The Company is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of California with the requisite corporate power to own, operate
and lease its properties and to carry on its business as currently
being conducted. As of the Closing, the Company will be duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of
the properties owned or held under lease by the Company or the
nature of the business transacted by the Company makes
qualification necessary, except where failure to be so qualified
would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3.1.1
lists (a) all jurisdictions in which the Company is qualified
to do business and (b) all additional jurisdictions in which
the Company will be qualified to do business as of the
Closing.
3.1.2 Corporate Status of
the Company’s Subsidiaries . Each of the Company’s
Subsidiaries (each, a “Company Subsidiary” and
collectively, the “Company Subsidiaries”) is duly
formed as a limited liability company, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation with
the requisite company power to own, operate and lease its
properties and to carry on its business as currently being
conducted. Each of the Company Subsidiaries is duly qualified or
licensed to do business as a foreign company and is in good
standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of the
properties owned or held under lease by such Company Subsidiary or
the nature of the business transacted by such Company Subsidiary
makes qualification necessary, except where failure to be so
qualified would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All
jurisdictions in which each Company Subsidiary is qualified to do
business are set forth, by Company Subsidiary, on Schedule
3.1.2.
3.2 Capital Stock
.
3.2.1 Authorized Stock and
Ownership .
(a) The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists solely of 4,000,000 shares of Common
Stock. As of the date hereof, 171,520.87 shares of Common Stock are
issued and outstanding, and such Common Stock is held and owned of
record as set forth on Schedule 3.2.1. As of the Closing, there
will be no more than 183,316.70 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding (which includes all of the Common Stock issued or
issuable pursuant to the exercise of Options prior to the Effective
Time). All of the outstanding Common Stock (i) has been duly
authorized and validly issued, (ii) is uncertificated in
compliance with the CGCL, (iii) is fully paid and
nonassessable, and (iv) was issued and is held and owned in
compliance with the CGCL and the Company’s articles of
incorporation, as amended and restated, and bylaws. None of the
outstanding Common Stock was issued in violation of any
Person’s preemptive or
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similar rights. All of the issued and
outstanding Common Stock has been issued in compliance with all
applicable U.S. federal, foreign, state, regional and provincial
securities laws.
(b) The membership interest
in each Company Subsidiary is beneficially owned and held of record
as set forth on Schedule 3.2.1(b), and the entire membership
interest of each Company Subsidiary as owned by the Company as set
forth on Schedule 3.2.1(b) is solely and beneficially owned and
held of record by the Company, free and clear of any and all
Encumbrances. The entire membership interest in each Company
Subsidiary as owned by the Company as set forth on Schedule
3.2.1(b) was validly transferred to the Company free of any
options, warrants or other rights, including preemptive rights,
relating to the equity interests of such Company
Subsidiaries.
3.2.2 Options and
Convertible Securities .
(a) Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.2.2(a), as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, conversion rights or other
rights, securities, agreements or commitments obligating the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise
transfer any of its capital stock or other equity interests, or any
securities or obligations convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, any Common Stock or other capital stock or other
equity interest of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
(b) Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.2.2(b), there are no voting trusts, shareholder
agreements or other agreements or understandings to which the
Company or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any Principal
Shareholder is a party with respect to the voting of Common Stock
or any other equity security of any of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries, and the Company is not a party to or bound by any
outstanding restrictions, options or other obligations, agreements
or commitments to sell, repurchase, redeem or acquire any
outstanding Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
(c) All of the Options are,
and will be upon exercise or termination, incentive stock options
within the meaning of Code Section 422.
(d) At the Effective Time,
there will be no outstanding subscriptions, options (including
Options), warrants, conversion rights or other rights, securities,
agreements or commitments obligating the Company or any Company
Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise transfer any of its capital
stock or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Common
Stock or other capital stock or other equity interest of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary.
3.3 Subsidiaries .
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3, the Company does not have any
Subsidiaries and, except as set forth on Schedule 3.3, the Company
does not otherwise own or have a contractual right or obligation to
acquire any capital stock or other securities or equity of any
Person.
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3.4 Authority for
Agreement; Noncontravention .
3.4.1 Authority . The
Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into and
deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and,
subject to obtaining requisite Shareholder Approval, to consummate
the Transactions to the extent of its obligations hereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and its
consummation of the Transactions, to the extent of its obligations
hereunder, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company
Board and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company
are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and, subject to obtaining requisite Shareholder Approval,
the consummation of the Transactions, to the extent of its
obligations hereunder. This Agreement and, when executed and
delivered, the other agreements contemplated hereby to be signed by
the Company have been, or with respect to such other agreements,
will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms.
3.4.2 No Conflict .
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4.2, neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated
hereby to be signed by the Company, nor the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, nor the
consummation by the Company of the Transactions, to the extent of
its obligations hereunder or thereunder, will (a) conflict
with or result in a violation of any provision of its articles of
incorporation, as amended and restated, or bylaws (collectively,
“Organizational Documents”), or (b) with or
without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both,
conflict in any material respect with, or result in any violation
or breach of, or constitute a material default under, or result in
any right to accelerate or result in the creation of any
Encumbrance pursuant to, or right of termination under, any
provision of any note, mortgage, indenture, lease, instrument or
other agreement, Permit, judgment, order, decree, statute,
ordinance, rule or regulation to which the Company is a party or by
which it or any of its assets or properties is bound or which is
applicable to it or any of its assets or properties. No
Governmental Authorization is necessary for the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or any of the other agreements
contemplated hereby to be signed by the Company and, except as set
forth on Schedule 3.4.2, for the consummation of the Transactions
by the Company.
3.5 Financial
Statements . Schedule 3.5 sets forth (a) the balance
sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and
January 1, 2006, and the statements of income,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and January 1, 2006,
as audited by Brown Fink Boyce & Astle, LLP, certified
public accountants, and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of the
Company as of December 30, 2007 (the “Balance Sheet
Date”) and the unaudited statements of income,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for the
twelve months ended December 30, 2007. Collectively, the
financial statements referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence are sometimes referred to herein as the “Company
Financial Statements,” and the balance sheet of the Company
as of December 30, 2007 is referred to herein as the
“Company Balance Sheet.” Each of the balance sheets
included in the Company Financial Statements (including any related
notes) fairly presents in all material respects the financial
position of the Company as of its date, and the other statements
included in the Company Financial Statements (including any related
notes) fairly present in all material respects the statements of
income, shareholders’ equity and cash flow, as
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the case may be, of the Company for the
periods therein set forth, in each case in accordance with GAAP
subject, in the case of such unaudited financial statements of the
Company as of December 30, 2007 and for the twelve months
ended December 30, 2007, to normal recurring year-end audit
adjustments (which, individually and in the aggregate, shall not be
material in amount) and the absence of footnotes.
3.6 Absence of Material
Adverse Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, have not suffered any
Company Material Adverse Effect, nor, to the Company’s
Knowledge, has there occurred or arisen any event or state of facts
of any character that would reasonably be expected to result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.6, since the Balance Sheet Date, there have been no dividends or
other distributions declared or paid in respect of, or any
repurchase or redemption by the Company of, any Common Stock or
other capital stock of the Company, or any commitment relating to
any of the foregoing.
3.7 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities . Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has any liabilities or obligations, fixed, accrued, contingent or
otherwise (each, a “Liability, “ and collectively,
“Liabilities”), that are material and not fully
reflected or provided for on, or disclosed in the notes to, the
balance sheet at December 30, 2007 included in the Company
Financial Statements or the Company Balance Sheet, except
(a) Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
since the Balance Sheet Date, none of which individually or in the
aggregate has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect, and (b) Liabilities expressly
disclosed in Schedule 3.7. As of the Closing, the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries will have no Liability for, or otherwise in
respect of, borrowed money.
3.8 Books and Records
. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8, the books of account, minute
books, stock record books and other records of each of the Company
and each Company Subsidiary, all of which have been made available
to Buyer, are complete and correct in all material respects and
have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices.
Such records include all Tax accrual work papers of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries and include an inventory and
identification of all open tax positions and units of account, as
such terms are understood under FASB Interpretation No. 48
(“FIN 48”), of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries. The actions reflected in such minute books are
accurate and complete records of the meetings reported in such
minute books, and, except where the failure to do so will not have
a Company Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth on
Schedule 3.8, no meeting of any shareholders of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, the Company Board or committee of the Company
Board, or the board of directors (or any committees thereof) of any
Company Subsidiary has been held for which minutes have not been
prepared and are not contained in such minute books. At the
Closing, all of those books and records will be in the
Company’s possession.
3.9 Accounts
Receivable . All accounts receivable of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, whether or not billed (collectively,
“Accounts Receivable”), that are reflected on the
Company Balance Sheet or recorded on the books or accounting
records of the Company or any Company Subsidiary since the Balance
Sheet Date are valid obligations arising from sales actually made
or services actually performed in the ordinary course of business.
Unless paid
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prior to the Closing Date, the Accounts
Receivable reflected on the balance sheet included in the Final
Closing Statements are, or will be as of the Closing Date,
collectible in full subject to any reserves therefor as set forth
on such balance sheet. There is no contest, claim or right of
set-off under any Material Company Contract with any obligor of an
Accounts Receivable reflected on the balance sheet included in the
Final Closing Statements relating to the amount or validity of such
Accounts Receivable. Schedule 3.9 contains a complete and accurate
list of all Accounts Receivable as of December 30, 2007,
including a list of the Accounts Receivable that are billed
(including the name of the client and invoice number, date and
amount), a list of the Accounts Receivables that are unbilled and
information regarding the aging of such Accounts
Receivable.
3.10 Compliance with
Applicable Laws, Organizational Documents . Except as set forth
in Schedule 3.10, each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
has all requisite licenses, permits and certificates from all
Governmental Entities (collectively, “Permits”)
necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted (including
any brokerage of assets), and to own, lease and operate its
properties in the manner currently held and operated, and such
Permits are in full force and effect, except for any Permits the
absence of which, or whose failure to be in full force and effect,
in the aggregate, do not and could not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent or materially
delay the consummation of the Transactions. Each of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all the terms and conditions related to such Permits. There
are no proceedings in progress, pending or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, threatened, that are reasonably likely to result in
revocation, cancellation, suspension, or any material adverse
modification of any of such Permits. The Company’s business
has not been since December 31, 2003, and is not currently
being conducted in violation of any Applicable Laws, Permits or
other authorizations of any Governmental Entity which could have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not in default or
violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents. None of
the Company Subsidiaries is in default or violation of any
provision of its respective incorporation or formation document,
memorandum of association, bylaws, articles of association, company
or operating agreement, or other constitutional documents
(collectively, “Constitutional Documents”).
3.11 Litigation and
Audits . Except for any demand or similar letter, action, suit
or proceeding set forth on Schedule 3.11, (a) to the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no investigation by any
Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary pending or threatened; (b) to the Company’s
Knowledge, no Governmental Entity has informed the Company that it
intends to conduct an investigation with respect to the Company or
any Company Subsidiary; (c) there is no demand or similar
letter, action, suit, arbitration or proceeding pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or involving the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any of their respective
assets or properties; and (d) to the Company’s
Knowledge, there are no judgments, decrees, injunctions or orders
of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the
Company or any Company Subsidiary.
3.12 Tax Matters
.
3.12.1 Filing of
Returns . Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has
prepared and filed on a timely basis with all appropriate
Governmental Entities all returns in respect of Taxes that such
Company or Company Subsidiary is required to file on or
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prior to the Closing, and all such
returns are correct and complete in all respects. No claim has been
made by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction (domestic or
foreign) where the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not file
returns in respect of Taxes that the Company or such Company
Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation in such
jurisdiction.
3.12.2 Payment of
Taxes . Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has
paid in full all Taxes due on or before the Closing. In the case of
Taxes that may be owing with respect to prior periods for which no
return was filed, or Taxes accruing for the period ending (or in
the case of Straddle Period Taxes, deemed to have accrued) on or
before the Closing that are not due on or before the Closing, each
of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has made adequate
provision in its books and records and on the face of its financial
statements (rather than in any notes thereto) for such payment.
There are no Encumbrances on any of the assets of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary that arose in connection with any failure
(or alleged failure) to pay any Tax. Since December 31, 2000,
none of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries has incurred any
Liability for Taxes arising from extraordinary gain or loss as that
term is used in GAAP, outside the ordinary course of its business.
There is no dispute or claim concerning any Tax Liability of any of
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries claimed or raised by any
Governmental Entity.
3.12.3 Withholding .
Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has either
withheld from each payment made or owing to any of its respective
current or former employees, officers, directors, independent
contractors, creditors, shareholders, members or other third party,
including in respect to any options to purchase Common Stock
exercised by such Persons in connection with the Transactions, all
amounts required by Applicable Laws to be withheld or has provided
for amounts not withheld in the provision for Taxes described in
Section 3.12.2, and has, where required, remitted such amounts
within the applicable periods to the appropriate Governmental
Entities. All Forms W-2 and 1099 and similar documents required to
be filed with respect to amounts withheld by or on behalf of any of
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries have been properly
completed and timely filed. No portion of the Merger Consideration
is subject to the Tax withholding provision of Section 3406 or
Subchapter A of Chapter 3 of the Code or of any other Tax
law.
3.12.4 Assessments .
There are no assessments of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
with respect to Taxes that have been issued and are outstanding.
Since December 31, 2000, no Governmental Entity has examined
or audited the Company or any Company Subsidiary in respect of
Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12.4, since
December 31, 2000, none of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries has received any notice from any Governmental Entity
(a) indicating an interest to open an audit or review in
respect of Taxes, (b) requesting information relating to Tax
matters, or (c) noticing a deficiency or proposed adjustment
for any amount of Taxes proposed, asserted or addressed. None of
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries has waived any statute of
limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extensions of the
period of assessment or collection of any Taxes. Schedule 3.12.4
contains a list of all jurisdictions in which the Company or a
Company Subsidiary is or may be required to file any Tax Return. No
reasonable basis exists for a claim to be made by any Governmental
Entity in any jurisdiction where the Company or a Company
Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or a Company
Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by, or be required to
file Tax Returns in, that jurisdiction.
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3.12.5 Access to
Returns . Buyer has been provided with a copy of or access to
all federal, state, local, provincial and foreign Tax returns filed
by the Company or any Company Subsidiary since January 1,
2000. Buyer has been provided with a copy of or access to all
assessments, extensions and waivers resulting from any audits of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary by a Governmental Entity in
respect of Taxes, and all such assessments and related penalties
and interest have been paid in full. Schedule 3.12.5 sets forth the
amounts of the net operating loss carryovers, tax credit
carryovers, and the tax basis of assets as of December 30,
2007, with respect to the Company and each Company
Subsidiary.
3.12.6 Compensation
Deductions . None of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries is
a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that has
resulted or could result (determined regardless of whether or not
the Company is or has been otherwise subject to the Code Sections
280G or 162(m)), separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of
(a) any “excess parachute payment” within the
meaning of Code Section 280G (or any corresponding provision
of state, local, provincial or foreign law) or (b) any amount
that will not be fully deductible as a result of Code
Section 162 (m) (or any corresponding provisions of
state, local, provincial or foreign Tax law).
3.12.7 Affiliated
Group . Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is not
and has not been a member of an affiliated group filing a
consolidated federal income tax return other than the group the
common parent of which is the Company. Each of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries has no Liability for the Taxes of any Person
(other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision
of state, local, provincial or foreign law), as a transferee or
successor, by contract, or otherwise. Neither the Company nor the
Company Subsidiaries has filed or been included in a combined,
consolidated or unitary return (or substantial equivalent thereof)
of any Person.
3.12.8 No Tax
Agreements . Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
is not and never has been a party to or otherwise bound by any tax
sharing or similar agreement. No rulings or agreements in respect
of any Tax are pending or have been issued by or entered into with
any Government Entity with respect to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
3.12.9 Certain Income
Items and Deductions . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12.9,
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be required to
include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction
from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Closing Date as a result of any:
(a) change in method of
accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing
Date, provided, however, that a change by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary from the cash method of accounting for Tax
reporting purposes to the accrual method of accounting for Tax
reporting purposes upon or after consummation of the Merger shall
not constitute a misrepresentation or inaccuracy in, or breach of,
this Section 3.12.9(a);
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(b) “closing
agreement” as described in Code Section 7121 (or any
corresponding or similar provision of state, local, provincial or
foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing
Date;
(c) intercompany transactions
or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under
Code Section 1502 (or any corresponding or similar provision
of state, local, provincial or foreign income Tax law);
(d) installment sale or open
transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date;
or
(e) prepaid amount received
on or prior to the Closing Date.
3.12.10 Certain Stock
Distributions . The Company has not distributed stock of
another Person, nor has it had its stock distributed by another
Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be
governed in whole or in part by Code Sections 355 or
361.
3.12.11 Code
Section 382 Ownership Change . None of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary has undergone a Code Section 382 ownership
change since 2000.
3.12.12 Unclaimed
Property . None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has
any assets that may constitute unclaimed property under Applicable
Laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
and each Company Subsidiary has established and followed procedures
to identify any unclaimed property and, to the extent required by
Applicable Laws, remit such unclaimed property to the respective
Government Entity. The records of each of the Company and each
Company Subsidiary are adequate to permit Governmental Entities or
outside auditors to confirm the foregoing representation and
warranty.
3.12.13 Company Subsidiary
Status. No Company Subsidiary has ever been treated as other
than a disregarded entity for federal, state, local or foreign
income Tax purposes when and if considered to be owned solely by
one Person for such purposes or other than as a partnership for any
of such Tax purposes when and if considered to be owned by more
than one Person for any of such Tax purposes. No Company Subsidiary
has ever been treated as, or elected to be treated as, a
corporation for federal, state, local or foreign Tax purposes. At
any time that any Company Subsidiary was considered to be owned by
more than one Person for federal, state, local or foreign income
Tax purposes, all allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction or
credit made or to be made pursuant to the limited liability company
operating agreement or similar document that applied or currently
applies to such Company Subsidiary had or will have, as applicable,
substantial economic effect as determined pursuant to Code
Section 704(b).
3.12.14 Miscellaneous
. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary (i) has
engaged in any reportable transaction within the meaning of Code
Sections 6111 and 6112; (ii) is or has been a United States
real property holding corporation within the meaning of Code
Section 897(c)(2) during the applicable period specified in
Code Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii); (iii) except as set forth
on Schedule 3.12.14, is a party to any joint venture, partnership
or other arrangement or contract which could be treated as a
partnership for Federal income tax purposes;
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or (iv) has entered into any sale
leaseback or any leveraged lease transaction. Each of the Company
and Company Subsidiaries has disclosed on their federal income Tax
Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to a
substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning
of Code Section 6662.
3.13 Employee Benefit
Plans .
3.13.1 List of Plans .
Schedule 3.13.1 contains a correct and complete list of all
pension, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation,
welfare, legal services, medical, dental or other employee benefit
or health insurance plans, life insurance or other death benefit
plans, disability, stock option, stock purchase, stock
compensation, bonus, vacation pay, severance pay and other similar
plans, programs or agreements, and every material written personnel
policy, relating to any Persons employed by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or in which any Person employed by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary is eligible to participate and which is
currently maintained or contributed to by the Company, any Company
Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, or with
respect to which the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates have any Liability (collectively,
the “Company Plans”). The Company has made available to
Buyer complete copies, as of the date hereof, of all of the current
Company Plans that have been reduced to writing, together with all
documents establishing or constituting any related trust, annuity
contract, insurance contract or other funding instrument, and
summaries of those that have not been reduced to writing. The
Company has provided to Buyer complete copies of current plan
summaries, employee booklets, personnel manuals, service and trust
agreements regarding health and welfare and retirement benefits,
and other material documents relating to the terms of the Company
Plans that are in the possession of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary as of the date hereof. Each of the Company, Company
Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates does not have
and has never had any “defined benefit plans” as
defined in ERISA Section 3(35).
3.13.2 ERISA . Neither
the Company, nor any Company Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary has incurred any
“withdrawal liability” calculated under ERISA
Section 4211 and there has been no event or circumstance that
would cause any of them to incur any such liability. Neither the
Company, nor any Company Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary has ever maintained a Company
Plan providing health or life insurance benefits to former
employees, other than as required pursuant to Code
Section 4980B or to any state law conversion rights and no
written or oral representations have been made to any employee,
officer, or former employee promising or guaranteeing any coverage
under any “employee welfare plan” (as defined in ERISA
Section 3(1)) for any period of time beyond the end of a plan
year. No employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained by the Company, any Company
Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates that was
subject to ERISA has been terminated; no proceedings to terminate
any such plan have been instituted within the meaning of Subtitle C
of Title IV of ERISA; and no reportable event within the meaning of
Section 4043 of said Subtitle C of Title IV of ERISA with
respect to which the requirement to file a notice with the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation has not been waived has occurred with
respect to any such Company Plan, and no liability to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been incurred by the Company, any
Company Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
With respect to all the Company Plans, the Company, and to the
Company’s Knowledge, every
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Company Subsidiary and every ERISA
Affiliate of any of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries is in
material compliance with all material requirements prescribed by
all Applicable Laws (including any requirement that a plan be
invested primarily in employer securities within the meaning of the
Code and ERISA), and has in all material respects performed all
obligations required to be performed by it, and has been operated
and administered in a manner that is in material compliance with
all Applicable Laws and its terms and conditions. Neither the
Company, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge , any Company
Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, nor any of their directors, officers, employees or
agents, nor any trustee or administrator of any trust created under
the Company Plans, has engaged in or been a party to any
“prohibited transaction” as defined in Code
Section 4975, or has breached any fiduciary obligation, which
could subject the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates, directors or employees or the Company
Plans or the trusts relating thereto or any party dealing with any
of the Company Plans or trusts to any tax or penalty on
“prohibited transactions” imposed by Code
Section 4975 or any other Liability, and the Transactions will
not cause or result in any such “prohibited
transactions” or breach of fiduciary responsibility. Neither
the Company Plans nor the trusts created thereunder have incurred
any “accumulated funding deficiency,” as such term is
defined in Code Section 412 and regulations issued thereunder,
whether or not waived.
3.13.3 Plan
Determinations . Each Company Plan intended to qualify under
Code Section 401(a) has been determined by the Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) to so qualify and is so
qualified, and the trusts created thereunder have been determined
to be exempt from Tax under Code Section 501(a) and are so
exempt; copies of all determination letters that have been received
by the Company have been made available to Buyer, and neither the
Company, or to the Company’s Knowledge, any Company
Subsidiary has taken any action, or received any notification of
any action taken by any other Person since the date of such
determination letters that might reasonably be expected to cause
the loss of such qualification or exemption. With respect to each
Company Plan that is a qualified profit sharing plan, all employer
contributions accrued for plan years ending prior to the Closing
under the Company Plan terms and Applicable Laws have been timely
made.
3.13.4 Funding .
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13.4:
(a) all contributions,
premiums or other payments due or required to be made to the
Company Plans as of the date hereof have been made as of the date
hereof or are properly reflected on the Company Balance
Sheet;
(b) there are no actions,
liens, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits)
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened with
respect to any Company Plan;
(c) no event has occurred,
and there exists no condition or set of circumstances, that
presents a material risk of a partial termination (within the
meaning of Code Section 411(d)(3)) of any Company
Plan;
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(d) each Company Plan that is
a “group health plan” (as defined in
Section 607(1) of ERISA) has been operated at all times in
material compliance with the provisions of COBRA and any
applicable, similar state law;
(e) with respect to any
Company Plan that is qualified under Code Section 401(k) (each
and collectively, “401(k) Plan(s)”), individually and
in the aggregate, no event has occurred, and there exists no
condition or set of circumstances in connection with which the
Company could reasonably be expected to be subject to any Liability
(except Liability for funding obligations payable in the ordinary
course) that is reasonably likely to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect under ERISA, the Code or any other Applicable Laws;
and
(f) If any Company Plan is
terminated immediately prior to or after Closing, neither the
Company, any Company Subsidiary nor any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates would incur any Liability for any unfunded obligation
under any such Company Plan.
3.13.5 Certain Other
Matters . Except as reserved for on the Company Balance Sheet
or the Final Closing Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary has any material Liability and none of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary will have material Liability or
would reasonably be expected to have material Liability, with
regard to any Company Plan, including any Liability as a result of
any failure of non-discrimination testing on a Company Plan or any
failure to amend a Company Plan pursuant to Applicable Law,
including the legislation commonly known as “GUST” or
the legislation commonly known as “EGTRRA.” All
employee contributions, including elective deferrals, to any
Company Plan have been segregated from the general assets of the
Company and Company Subsidiaries, and deposited into the trust(s)
established pursuant to the Company Plan in a timely manner in
accordance with Applicable Laws, including the “plan
asset” regulations of the Department of Labor.
3.13.6 Welfare Plans .
With respect to any Company Plan that is an employee welfare
benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA) (a
“Welfare Plan”), (a) each Welfare Plan for which
contributions are claimed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
as deductions under any provision of the Code is in compliance with
all applicable requirements entitling the Company or Company
Subsidiary to such deduction, (b) with respect to any welfare
benefit fund (within the meaning of Code Section 419) related
to a Welfare Plan, there is no disqualified benefit (within the
meaning of Code Section 4976(b)) that would result in the
imposition of a Tax under Code Section 4976(a), (c) any
Company Plan that is a group health plan (within the meaning of
Code Section 4980B(g)(2)) complies, in material respects, with
all of the applicable requirements of COBRA, the Family Medical
Leave Act of 1993, the Health Insurance and Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, the Women’s Health and Cancer
Rights Act of 1996, the Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health
Protection Act of 1996, and any similar provisions of state law or
foreign law applicable to employees of the Company, any Company
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary. None of the Company Plans promises or provides retiree
medical or other retiree welfare benefits to any Person except for
severance benefits or as required by Applicable Laws, and neither
the Company, any Company Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate of any
of the Company or Company Subsidiaries has represented, promised or
contracted (whether in oral or written form) to provide such
retiree benefits to any employee, former employee, director,
consultant or other
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Person, except for severance benefits or
to the extent required by Applicable Laws. No Company Plan or
employment agreement provides health benefits that are not insured
through an insurance contract except for benefits under any
cafeteria plan or flexible spending arrangement. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.13.6, each Company Plan is amendable and
terminable unilaterally by the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
as the case may be, at any time without material Liability to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary as a result thereof except for
accelerated vesting of benefits and no Company Plan, plan
documentation or agreement, summary plan description or other
written communication distributed generally to employees by its
terms prohibits the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as the case
may be, from amending or terminating any such Company
Plan.
3.13.7 Payments Relating
to the Transactions . Except as required to comply with
Applicable Law or except as set forth on Schedule 3.13.7, no
Company Plan provides for, as a result of the Transactions (whether
alone or in connection with other events), any payment of any
material amount of money or other property to or the acceleration
of or provision of any other rights or benefits to any current or
former officer, employee, independent contractor or director of the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, whether or not such
payment, right or benefit, or acceleration thereof, would
constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of Code
Section 280G.
3.13.8
Section 409A . To the extent that any Company Plan
constitutes a “non-qualified deferred compensation
plan” with the meaning of Code Section 409A, such
Company Plan has been operated in good faith compliance with Code
Section 409A.
3.14 Employment-Related
Matters .
3.14.1 Labor Relations
.
(a) Neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement or other contract or agreement with any labor
organization or other representative of any of the employees of the
Company.
(b) There is no labor strike,
dispute, slowdown, work stoppage or lockout that is pending or, to
the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or otherwise
affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced the
same.
(c) Except as has occurred in
the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary without any resulting material Liability of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has closed any plant or facility, effectuated any mass
layoffs of employees or implemented any early retirement or group
separation program at any time, nor has the Company or any Company
Subsidiary planned or announced any such action or program for the
future with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary
has any material Liability.
(d) All salaries, wages,
vacation pay, bonuses, commissions and other compensation due from
any of the Company or Company Subsidiaries to their
respective
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employees before the date hereof have
been paid or accrued as of the date hereof on the books and records
of the Company or a Company Subsidiary.
3.14.2 Employee List .
Set forth on Schedule 3.14.2 for each of the Company and each
Company Subsidiary is a list containing, as of a date not more than
three days prior to the date hereof, the name of each of their
respective employees, whether full-time or part time, and each such
employee’s position and starting employment date (the
“Employee List”). The Employee List is correct and
complete as of the date of the Employee List. No third party has
asserted in writing any claim or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
has any reasonable basis to assert any valid claim, against the
Company that either the continued employment by, or association
with, the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of any of the
current officers or employees of, or consultants to, the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries contravenes any agreements or
Applicable Laws regarding unfair competition, trade secrets or
proprietary information. The Company has provided to Buyer a list
setting forth the salary and other compensation, as of a date not
more than three days prior to the date hereof, of each employee
listed on the Employee List.
3.14.3 Certain Other Labor
Matters .
(a) Each of the Company and
each Company Subsidiary is and has been in compliance in all
respects with all laws, regulations or rules regarding termination
of employees, including the WARN Act (and any similar foreign,
provincial, state or local statute or regulation), the Fair Labor
Standards Act, as well as any termination notice or severance
mandated by statute or civil or common law and, except as set forth
on Schedule 3.14.3(a), neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any pending claim for wrongful dismissal,
constructive dismissal or any other claim, actual or, to the
Company’s Knowledge or the Principal Shareholders’
Knowledge, threatened, or any litigation, actual or, to the
Company’s Knowledge threatened, relating to employment or
termination of employment of any employee or consultant.
(b) Each of the Company and
each Company Subsidiary is in compliance in all respects with all
Applicable Laws relating to employment and employment practices,
the classification of employees, wages, hours, collective
bargaining, unlawful discrimination, civil rights, safety and
health, workers’ compensation and terms and conditions of
employment, including the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended
(and any similar foreign, provincial, state or local statute or
regulations); there are no material charges with respect to or
relating to any of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending
or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, before the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission or any other Governmental Entity
responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices,
and to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no basis for any
such charges; and neither the Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries has received any notice from any Governmental Entity
responsible for the enforcement of labor or employment laws of an
intention to conduct an investigation of any of the Company or
Company Subsidiaries and no such investigation is in
progress.
(c) Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, there are no claims, complaints,
suits, civil actions, administrative charges, arbitration or other
proceedings, pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened, against any of the Company, any Company
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Subsidiary or any employee of any of
them relating to discrimination, harassment or retaliation based on
sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any state
equivalent, and to the Company’s Knowledge, there exist no
circumstances or facts that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to or result in any such claim, complaint, suit, action,
charge, arbitration or other proceeding.
(d) To the Company’s
Knowledge, (i) no claims for unpaid wages or occupational
injury claims of any employee of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary have not been reported to any applicable Governmental
Entity, or have been knowingly concealed or misrepresented by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (ii) there is no work
environment or environmental condition in the workplace of the
Company or Company Subsidiaries that has caused a workplace injury
and that has not yet been remediated.
3.15 Environmental
.
3.15.1 Environmental
Laws . Except for matters that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
(a) each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in effect on the
date hereof; (b) neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has received any written communication that alleges that
the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws in effect
on the date hereof; (c) to the Company’s Knowledge,
there are no circumstances that may prevent or interfere with
future compliance by the Company and Company Subsidiaries with all
Environmental Laws; (d) all Permits and other Governmental
Entity authorizations currently held by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary pursuant to the Environmental Laws are in full force and
effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance
with all of the terms of such Permits and authorizations, and no
other Permits or authorizations pursuant to the Environmental Laws
are required by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the
conduct of their respective businesses on the date hereof; and
(e) the management, handling, storage, transportation,
treatment, and disposal by each of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary of all Materials of Environmental Concern has been in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
3.15.2 Environmental
Claims . There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or involving the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or against any Person whose
Liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has or may have retained or assumed either contractually
or by operation of law.
3.15.3 No Basis for
Claims . Except for matters that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there
are no past or current actions or activities by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any
circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including the
storage, treatment, release, emission, discharge, disposal or
arrangement for disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern,
whether or not by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any
other Person, that could reasonably form the basis of any
Environmental Claim against the Company or any Company Subsidiary
or against any Person whose Liability for any Environmental Claim
the Company or any Company Subsidiary may have retained or
assumed
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either contractually or by operation of
law, including the storage, treatment, release, emission,
discharge, disposal or arrangement for disposal of any Material of
Environmental Concern or any other contamination or other hazardous
condition, whether or not caused by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary related to the premises at any time occupied by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has received any notices, demands, requests for information, or
investigations pertaining to its compliance with or Liability under
Environmental Law, nor pertaining to its storage, treatment,
release, emission, discharge, disposal or arrangement for disposal
or arrangement for disposal of any Materials of Environmental
Concern, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, are any such
notices, demands, requests for information or investigations
threatened.
3.15.4 Disclosure of
Information . The Company has made, and during the Pre-Closing
Period will continue to make, available to Buyer all environmental
investigations, studies, audits, tests, reviews and other analyses
conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
in relation to Environmental Laws or Materials of Environmental
Concern pertaining to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any
property or facility now or previously owned, leased or operated by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary that are in the possession,
custody, or control of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
3.15.5 Encumbrances .
No Encumbrance relating to or in connection with any Environmental
Claim, Environmental Law, or Materials of Environmental concern has
been filed or has been attached to any of the property or assets
owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
3.15.6 Transportation of
Materials of Environmental Concern . Since December 31,
2000, none of the Company or Company Subsidiaries has used,
handled, generated, produced, manufactured, treated, stored,
disposed of, recycled or transported any Materials of Environmental
Concern, whether on behalf of the Company, any Company Subsidiary
or any other Person, in violation of any Environmental Laws, and to
the Company’s Knowledge, there has been no Release or
threatened Release of any Materials of Environmental Concern
beneath or from any real property owned, leased or operated or
formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
3.16 No Broker’s or
Finder’s Fees . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16,
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has paid or become
obligated to pay any fee or commission to any broker, finder,
financial advisor, intermediary or other similar Person in
connection with the Transactions and giving effect to the
consummation of the Closing will not cause the Company or any
Company Subsidiary to be so obligated.
3.17 Assets Other Than
Real Property .
3.17.1 Title . The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title
to all of the tangible assets shown on the Company Balance Sheet,
in each case, free and clear of any Encumbrance, except for
(a) assets disposed of since the Balance Sheet Date in the
ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past
practices, (b) Liabilities and Encumbrances reflected in the
Company Balance Sheet or otherwise in the
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Company Financial Statements,
(c) Permitted Encumbrances, and (d) Liabilities and
Encumbrances set forth on Schedule 3.17.1.
3.17.2 Closing Date
Assets .
(a) As of the Closing Date,
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries will have good and
marketable title to all of their respective assets, including those
assets shown on the Final Closing Balance Sheet, in each case free
and clear of any Encumbrances other than Permitted
Encumbrances.
(b) Schedule 3.17.2(b) lists
all tangible personal property (other than Inventory) that is owned
or leased by the Company or any Company Subsidiary and the location
thereof as of December 31, 2007. All of such personal property
is in good operating condition, subject to ordinary wear and
tear.
(c) Each of the
Company’s and each Company Subsidiary’s properties,
assets and rights are all the properties, assets and rights that
are used in or that are being held for use or are otherwise
necessary in the operation, as currently conducted by the Company
and each Company Subsidiary, of their respective
businesses.
(d) Schedule 3.
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