Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AMONG
VEGAS HOLDING CORP.,
VEGAS MERGER SUB INC.
AND
CAM
COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
DATED AS OF JUNE 9, 2008
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
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Section 1.1
Definitions
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Section 1.2
Interpretation
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ARTICLE II THE
MERGER
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Section 2.1
The Merger
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Section 2.2
Closing
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Section 2.3
Effective Time
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Section 2.4
Effects of the Merger
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Section 2.5
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws; Officers and
Directors
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ARTICLE III
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS;
SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATES
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Section 3.1
Effect on Stock
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Section 3.2
Surrender of Certificates
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section 4.1
Organization
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Section 4.2
Subsidiaries
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Section 4.3
Capital Structure
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Section 4.4
Authority
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Section 4.5
Consents and Approvals; No Violations
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Section 4.6
SEC Documents and Other Reports
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Section 4.7
Absence of Changes
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Section 4.8
Information Supplied
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Section 4.9
Compliance with Laws
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Section 4.10
Tax Matters
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Section 4.11
Liabilities
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Section 4.12
Litigation
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Section 4.13
Benefit Plans
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Section 4.14
State Takeover Statutes
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Section 4.15
Intellectual Property
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Section 4.16
Material Contracts
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Section 4.17
Labor and Employment
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Section 4.18
Real Estate
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Section 4.19
Environmental Matters
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Section 4.20
Affiliate Transactions
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Section 4.21
Opinions of Financial Advisors
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Section 4.22
Brokers
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
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Section 5.1
Organization
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Section 5.2
Authority
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Section 5.3
Consents and Approvals; No Violations
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Section 5.4
Information Supplied
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Section 5.5
Litigation
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Section 5.6
Capitalization and Interim Operations of Sub
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Section 5.7
Brokers
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Section 5.8
Lack of Ownership of Company Common Stock
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Section 5.9
Management Arrangements
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
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Section 6.1
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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Section 6.2
No Solicitation
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ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Section 7.1
Treatment of Stock-Based Awards
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Section 7.2
Stockholder Approval; Preparation of Proxy Statement
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Section 7.3
Access to Information
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Section 7.4
Fees and Expenses
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Section 7.5
Public Announcements
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Section 7.6
Transfer Taxes
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Section 7.7
State Takeover Laws
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Section 7.8
Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance
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Section 7.9
Reasonable Best Efforts
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Section 7.10
Antitrust Filing
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Section 7.11
Financing
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Section 7.12
Notification of Certain Matters
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Section 7.13
Stockholder Litigation
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Section 7.14
Employee Benefits
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section 8.1
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the
Merger
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Section 8.2
Conditions to the Obligations of the Company to Effect the
Merger
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Section 8.3
Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Sub to Effect the
Merger
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
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Section 9.1
Termination
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Section 9.2
Effect of Termination
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Section 9.3
Amendment
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Section 9.4
Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 10.1
Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties and Agreements
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Section 10.2
Notices
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Section 10.3
Counterparts
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Section 10.4
Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Section 10.5
Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 10.6
Assignment
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Section 10.7
Severability
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Section 10.8
Enforcement of this Agreement
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Section 10.9
Obligations of Subsidiaries
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Section 10.10
Construction
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Section 10.11
GHEP Guarantee
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
, dated as of June 9, 2008 (this “ Agreement
”), among Vegas Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation
(“ Parent ”), Vegas Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“
Sub ”), and CAM Commerce Solutions, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”) (Sub and the
Company being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “
Constituent Corporations ”). Except as otherwise set
forth herein, capitalized (and certain other) terms used herein
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 1.1
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WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the respective boards of
directors of Parent, Sub and the Company have each approved the
merger of Sub with and into the Company (the “ Merger
”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, whereby each issued and outstanding share of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “
Company Common Stock ” or the “ Shares
”), other than Dissenting Shares (as defined herein) and
Shares owned directly or indirectly by Parent or the Company, will
be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (as
defined herein);
WHEREAS, the respective boards of
directors of the Constituent Corporations have each determined that
this Agreement and the Merger are advisable and in the best
interests of each corporation and their respective stockholders and
recommended that their respective stockholders approve this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each of Parent, Sub and the
Company desires to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to
prescribe various conditions to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of
Parent, Sub and the Company hereby agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
specified or referred to in this Section 1.1 and shall
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms.
“ Acquisition Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(c)
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“ Adjustment ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e) .
“ Adverse Recommendation
Change ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2(c) .
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, at the
time of determination, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common
Control with such Person.
“ Aggregate Merger
Consideration ” means the product of the Merger
Consideration and the number of Shares issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any Dissenting
Shares and Shares to be cancelled pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) ).
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Benefit Plan ”
means each “employee benefit plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) and each other benefit or
compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement maintained,
sponsored or contributed or required to be contributed to by the
Company or with respect to which the Company has or could have any
material obligation or liability.
“ Business Day ”
means any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) other than a
Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or
authorized by law to close in the City of New York.
“ Certificate ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c) .
“ Certificate of Merger
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3
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“ Closing ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .
“ Closing Date ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .
“ Code ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“ Company ” has
the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Company Board ”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“ Company Common Stock
” has the meaning set forth in the first recital of this
Agreement.
“ Company Employees
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14(a)
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“ Company Employment
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.13(b) .
“ Company Financial
Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6(a) .
“ Company Leased Real
Property ” means all leasehold or subleasehold estates
and other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures,
improvements, fixtures, or other interest in real property of the
Company.
“ Company Leases ”
means all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and other
agreements (written or oral), including all amendments, extensions,
renewals, guaranties, and
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other
agreements with respect thereto, pursuant to which the Company
holds all or any portion of any Company Leased Real Property.
“ Company Letter ”
means the letter from the Company to Parent dated the date hereof,
which letter relates to this Agreement and is designated therein as
the Company Letter.
“ Company Material
Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.16 .
“ Company Permits
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9
.
“ Company Recommendation
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a)
.
“ Company
Representatives ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2(a) .
“ Company Requisite Vote
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(c)
.
“ Company SEC Documents
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)
.
“ Company Source Code
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(g)
.
“ Company Stockholder
Approval ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2(a) .
“ Company Stock Incentive
Plans ” means the Company’s 1993 Stock Option Plan
and 2000 Stock Plan.
“ Company Stock Options
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b)(ii)
.
“ Company Termination
Fee ” means $7,233,358.32.
“ Confidentiality
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3 .
“ Constituent
Corporations ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Control ” means,
as to any Person, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms
“Controlled by,” “under Common Control
with” and “Controlling” have correlative
meanings.
“ DGCL ” means the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
“ Dissenting Shares
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d)
.
“ Dissenting Stockholder
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d)
.
“ Effective Time ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .
“ Environmental Law
” means any applicable statute, law, common law, ordinance,
regulation, rule, judgment, decree, or order of any Governmental
Entity relating to any matter of
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pollution, protection of the environment or environmental
regulation or control or regarding Hazardous Substances or
workplace health and safety.
“ Environmental Permits
” means any permit, approval, authorization, license,
variance or permission required from a Governmental Entity under
any applicable Environmental Laws.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“ Exchange Fund ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) .
“ Expenses ” means
the actual out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred or paid by or
on behalf of Parent in connection with the Merger or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including all fees and expenses of law firms, commercial
banks, investment banking firms, accountants, experts and
consultants to Parent.
“ GAAP ” means
United States generally accepted accounting principles.
“ GHEP ” means
Great Hill Equity Partners III, L.P.
“ Governmental Entity
” means any federal, state, local or foreign government or
any court, tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other
governmental or other regulatory authority or agency, domestic,
foreign or supranational, any stock exchange or any self-regulating
entity supervising, organizing and supporting any stock
exchange.
“ Great Hill LLC ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .
“ group ,” when
referring to a group of Persons, has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“ Hazardous Substance
” means any material defined or regulated as toxic,
dangerous, radioactive or hazardous, including any petroleum and
petroleum products, under any applicable Environmental Law or any
material that may serve as the basis for liability under
Environmental Law.
“ HSR Act ” means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
“ Indemnified Person
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a)
.
“ Intellectual Property
” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade
dress, corporate names, logos and slogans, domain names and other
source identifiers, internet web sites including all goodwill,
translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations associated
with the foregoing, copyrights and copyrightable works, software
and computer programs (including source code, executable code,
data, databases and documentation), mask works and other
semiconductor chip rights, and similar rights, and registrations
and applications to register or renew the registration of any of
the foregoing, patents and patent applications, inventions (whether
or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice),
invention disclosures,
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technology, discoveries, improvements, methods and processes, trade
secrets, confidential information, know-how and all other
intellectual property rights.
“ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ Knowledge ”
means the actual knowledge of the executive officers of the Company
set forth in Section 1.1 of the Company Letter or the officers
of Parent set forth in Section 1.1 of the Parent Letter, as
the case may be.
“ Liens ” means
any pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances, licenses,
defects of title, restrictions on transfer, options to purchase or
lease or otherwise acquire any interest, and security interests of
any kind or nature whatsoever, except in the case of securities,
for limitations on transfer imposed by federal or state securities
laws.
“ Material Adverse
Change ” or “ Material Adverse Effect
” means, when used in connection with the Company or Parent,
as the case may be, any change, effect or circumstance, either
individually or in the aggregate, that is materially adverse to the
business, properties, assets, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company taken as a whole, or Parent and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as the case may be; provided
, however , that to the extent any change, effect or
circumstance is caused by or results from any of the following, it
shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has
been a “Material Adverse Change” or “Material
Adverse Effect” with respect to the Company or Parent, as the
case may be: (i) the entry into or the announcement of the
execution of this Agreement, actions contemplated by this Agreement
or the performance of obligations under this Agreement,
(ii) any changes or effects arising out of or resulting from
any legal claims or other proceedings made by any of the
Company’s stockholders arising out of or related to this
Agreement, the Merger or any other transactions contemplated hereby
(iii) changes affecting the United States economy generally,
(iv) any failure by the Company to meet published revenue or
earnings projections, in and of itself (as opposed to the facts
underlying such failure), (v) any change, in and of itself (as
opposed to the facts underlying such change), in the market price
or trading volume of the equity securities of the Company on or
after the date hereof, (vi) the suspension of trading in
securities generally in and of itself (as opposed to the facts
causing such suspension of trading) on the New York Stock Exchange,
the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market,
(vii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation or
GAAP or interpretation thereof after the date hereof, (viii)
events, effects or circumstances to the extent specifically
disclosed in a party’s disclosure schedules as of the date of
this Agreement (provided such disclosures are materially correct),
(ix) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company with
Parent’s or Sub’s express written consent, and
(x) the commencement, occurrence or continuation of any war,
armed hostilities or acts of terrorism involving or affecting the
United States of America or any part thereof.
“ Merger ” has the
meaning set forth in the first recital of this Agreement.
“ Merger Consideration
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)
.
“ Notice Period ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(d) .
“ Parent ” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
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“ Parent Letter ”
means the letter from Parent to the Company dated the date hereof,
which letter relates to this Agreement and is designated therein as
the Parent Letter.
“ Paying Agent ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) .
“ Permitted Liens
” means (i) Liens for Taxes or governmental assessments,
charges or claims not yet due and payable or which are being
contested in good faith, and for which adequate reserves or other
appropriate provisions have been established in financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, (ii) statutory Liens of
landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
materialmen and other similar Persons and other Liens imposed by
applicable law incurred in the ordinary course of business which
are either for sums not yet delinquent, or being contested in good
faith, and (iii) defects and irregularities of title and
encumbrances that do not materially impair the use thereof for the
purposes for which they are held.
“ Person ” means
an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other
entity (including any person as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act).
“ principal executive
officer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6(b) .
“ principal financial
officer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6(b) .
“ Proxy Statement
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8
.
“ Qualifying Confidentiality
Agreement ” means an executed agreement with provisions
requiring any Person receiving nonpublic information with respect
to the Company to keep such information confidential, which
provisions to keep such information confidential are no less
restrictive in the aggregate to such Person than the
Confidentiality Agreement is to Parent, its Affiliates, and their
respective personnel and representatives, provided that no
such confidentiality agreement shall conflict with any rights of
Parent or Sub or obligations of the Company under this
Agreement.
“ RBC ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.21 .
“ Sarbanes-Oxley Act
” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933.
“ Shares ” has the
meaning set forth in the first recital of this Agreement.
“ Software ” means
any and all (i) computer programs, libraries and middleware,
including any and all software implementations of algorithms,
models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code,
(ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data
and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise,
(iii) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to
design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing and
(iv) all
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programmer and user documentation, including user manuals and
training materials, relating to any of the foregoing.
“ Software Product
” means any Software, or any portion or version thereof, that
has been or is leased, licensed or sold, or currently proposed to
be leased, licensed or sold, by the Company to any Person as of the
Effective Time including Retail Star, Retail ICE, Star Accounting,
iStar, X-Change, Profits, CAM-32, MicroBiz and WorkPro Software
Products.
“ Stockholders Meeting
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a)
.
“ Sub ” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” of
any Person means another Person, of which at least a majority of
the securities or ownership interests having by their terms
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other persons performing similar functions is owned or
controlled directly or indirectly by such first Person and/or by
one or more of its Subsidiaries.
“ Superior Proposal
” means a bona fide proposal or offer from any Person (other
than Parent and its Affiliates) relating to any direct or indirect
acquisition or purchase, for consideration consisting of cash
and/or securities, of 50% or more of the consolidated assets of the
Company or more than 50% of the voting power of the Shares then
outstanding, including by means of any tender or exchange offer
that if consummated would result in any Person (other than Parent
and its Affiliates) beneficially owning Shares with more than 50%
of the voting power of the Shares then outstanding and, in each
case, that is on terms that the Company Board determines in its
good faith judgment (after consultation with its financial advisor
and its outside counsel) (i) is reasonably expected to be
consummated in accordance with its terms, taking into account all
legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal and the
Person making the proposal, and (ii) if consummated, would
result in a transaction more favorable to the stockholders of the
Company from a financial point of view than the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement (after taking into account any
revisions to the terms of the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement agreed to by Parent pursuant to
Section 6.2(d) ).
“ Surviving Corporation
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
.
“ Takeover Proposal
” means any bona fide proposal or offer from any Person
(other than Parent and its Affiliates) relating to (i) any
direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of 20% or more of the
assets of the Company or 20% or more of the voting power of the
Shares then outstanding, including any tender offer or exchange
offer that, if consummated, would result in any Person (other than
Parent and its Affiliates) beneficially owning Shares with 20% or
more of the voting power of the Shares then outstanding, or
(ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination,
recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or
similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which any
Person or the stockholders of any Person would own 20% or more of
any class of equity securities of the Company or of any resulting
parent company of the Company, in each case other than the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“ Tax ” and
“ Taxes ” means any federal, state, local or
foreign net income, estimated, gross income, gross receipts,
windfall profit, severance, property, production, sales, use,
license,
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excise,
stamp, franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, social security
(or similar, including FICA), alternative or add-on minimum or any
other tax, custom, duty, governmental fee or other like assessment
or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or
penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
Governmental Entity.
“ Tax Return ”
means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or
required to be filed with respect to any Tax including any
information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration
of estimated Tax and any attachments or supplements to any of the
foregoing.
“ Termination Date
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(b)(i)
.
“ Transfer Taxes ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6 .
Section 1.2
Interpretation . For purposes of this Agreement,
(i) the words “include,” “includes”
and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
words “without limitation,” (ii) the word
“or” is not exclusive and (iii) the words
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,”
“hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this
Agreement as a whole. Unless the context otherwise requires, a
reference herein: (i) to an Article or Section means an
Article and Section of this Agreement, (ii) to an agreement,
instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or
other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to
time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and by this
Agreement, (iii) to a statute means such statute as amended
from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto
and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder and
(iv) all references to “dollars” or
“$” or any similar reference or designation contained
therein means United States dollars. Titles to Articles and
headings of Sections are inserted for convenience of reference only
and shall not be deemed a part of or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
Section 2.1 The Merger .
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and in accordance with the DGCL, Sub shall be merged
with and into the Company at the Effective Time, pursuant to which
the separate corporate existence of Sub shall cease and the Company
shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “
Surviving Corporation ”) and shall succeed to and
assume all the rights and obligations of Sub and the Company in
accordance with the DGCL.
Section 2.2 Closing . The
closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) will
take place at 10:00 a.m. (Central Time) on a date mutually
agreed to by Parent and the Company, which shall be no later than
the third Business Day after satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article VIII (other than those
conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing,
but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), at
the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 200 East Randolph Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60601, unless another date, time or place is
agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. The date on which the
Closing actually occurs is referred to as the “ Closing
Date ”.
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Section 2.3 Effective
Time . The Merger shall become effective upon the filing of a
certificate of merger (the “ Certificate of Merger
”), executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of
the DGCL with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or
at such later time as Sub and the Company shall agree and is
specified in the Certificate of Merger. When used in this
Agreement, the term “ Effective Time ” shall
mean the later of the date and time at which the Certificate of
Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware or such later time established by the Certificate of
Merger. The filing of the Certificate of Merger shall be made as
soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VIII (but
in no event on a date prior to the Closing Date unless otherwise
agreed to by the Company and Sub).
Section 2.4 Effects of the
Merger . The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the
DGCL and this Agreement.
Section 2.5 Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws; Officers and Directors .
(a) The certificate of incorporation
of the Company shall be amended and restated as a result of the
Merger so as to read in its entirety as set forth in
Exhibit A hereto and, as so amended and restated, shall
be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by
applicable law.
(b) The by-laws of the Company, as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the
by-laws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or
amended as provided by the certificate of incorporation or by-laws
of the Surviving Corporation or by applicable law.
(c) The parties hereto shall take all
actions necessary so that the directors of Sub immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation, until the earliest of their death, resignation or
removal or until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and qualified, as the case may be.
(d) The officers of the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of
the Surviving Corporation until the earliest of their death,
resignation or removal or until their respective successors are
duly elected or appointed and qualified, as the case may be.
ARTICLE III
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE STOCK OF THE
CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATES
Section 3.1 Effect on
Stock . As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
the DGCL and without any action on the part of any of Parent, Sub,
the Company or the holders of any securities of the Constituent
Corporations:
(a) Capital Stock of Sub .
Each issued and outstanding share of capital stock of Sub shall be
converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Surviving Corporation.
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(b) Treasury Stock and Parent
Owned Stock . Each Share that is owned by the Company and held
in its treasury and each Share that is owned by Parent, Sub or any
other wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent shall automatically be
cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Shares .
Subject to Section 3.1(d) and except as otherwise
agreed to by the Company and a holder of Shares, each Share issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
Shares to be cancelled in accordance with
Section 3.1(b) and Dissenting Shares), shall be
cancelled and be converted into the right to receive in cash,
without interest, $40.50 per Share (the “ Merger
Consideration ”). As of the Effective Time, each such
Share shall be converted into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration and cancelled in accordance with this Section
3.1(c) , and when so cancelled, shall no longer be outstanding
and shall automatically cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate representing any such Shares (a “
Certificate ”) shall cease to have any rights with
respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger
Consideration for each such Share, without interest.
(d) Shares of Dissenting
Stockholders . Any issued and outstanding Shares held by a
Person (a “ Dissenting Stockholder ”) who has
not voted in favor of approval of this Agreement and objects to the
Merger and complies with all the provisions of the DGCL concerning
the right of holders of Shares to dissent from the Merger and
obtain payment for their Shares (“ Dissenting Shares
”) shall not be converted into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration as described in Section 3.1(c) ,
but shall be converted into the right to receive such consideration
as may be determined to be due to such Dissenting Stockholder
pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 262 of the
DGCL. If such Dissenting Stockholder withdraws its demand for
payment or fails to perfect or otherwise loses its right of
payment, in any case pursuant to the DGCL, its Shares shall be
deemed to be converted as of the Effective Time into the right to
receive the Merger Consideration for each such Share, without
interest. The Company shall give Parent prompt notice of any
demands for payment of Dissenting Shares received by the Company.
The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent,
make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any
such demands.
(e) Adjustment . If, between
the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, there is a
recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, stock dividend,
subdivision, combination or exchange of shares with respect to, or
rights issued in respect of, the Shares (each, an “
Adjustment ”), the Merger Consideration shall be
adjusted accordingly, without duplication, to provide the holders
of Shares with the same economic effect as contemplated by this
Agreement prior to such Adjustment.
Section 3.2 Surrender of
Certificates .
(a) Paying Agent . Prior to
the Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company
that shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as
paying agent in the Merger (the “ Paying Agent
”), and, as of the Effective Time, Parent shall
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deposit, or
cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit, with the Paying Agent a
cash amount in immediately available funds equal to the Aggregate
Merger Consideration (the “ Exchange Fund ”).
Funds made available to the Paying Agent shall be invested by the
Paying Agent as directed by Sub or, after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation; provided , however ,
that such investments shall only be in obligations of or guaranteed
by the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations
receiving the highest rating from Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation or a combination of
the foregoing and, in any such case, no such instrument shall have
a maturity exceeding three months (it being understood that any and
all interest or income earned on funds made available to the Paying
Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be remitted to Parent). To
the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments,
or the Exchange Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level
required to make prompt cash payment of the Aggregate Merger
Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace
or restore the cash in the Exchange Fund lost through such
investments or other events so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund
is at all times maintained at a level sufficient to make such cash
payments.
(b) Exchange Procedure . As
soon as practicable after the Effective Time (and in any event
within three Business Days thereof), the Surviving Corporation or
Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of
record of a Certificate (i) a letter of transmittal (which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and
title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates (or the making of affidavits of loss in lieu thereof)
to the Paying Agent and shall be in a form and have such other
customary provisions as Parent and the Company may reasonably
agree) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of
the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in
exchange for the Merger Consideration as provided in
Section 3.1 . Upon surrender of a Certificate (or an
affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) for cancellation to the Paying
Agent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly executed, and
such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Paying
Agent pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate
shall be entitled to receive promptly in exchange therefor the
amount of cash, without interest, into which the Shares theretofore
represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant
to Section 3.1 , and the Certificate so surrendered shall
forthwith be cancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of
Shares 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 Certificate so surrendered is registered, if such
Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper
form for 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 Certificate or
establish to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that
such Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as
contemplated by this Section 3.2 , each Certificate shall be
deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the
right to receive upon such surrender the amount of cash, without
interest, into which the Shares theretofore represented by such
Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to
Section 3.1 . No interest will be paid or will accrue
on the cash payable upon the surrender of any Certificate (or an
affidavit of loss in lieu thereof). Each of Parent, the Paying
Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of Shares
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such amounts as
it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the payment
of such consideration under the Code (and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder) or under any provision of state, local or
foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Shares in
respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. As
promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, the Paying Agent
will mail to each holder of Shares represented by book-entry on the
records of the Company or the Company’s transfer agent, on
behalf of the Company, other than Dissenting Shares, a check in the
amount of the Merger Consideration with respect to each such Share
so held.
(c) No Further Ownership Rights in
Shares . All Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of
Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in accordance
with the terms of this Article III shall be deemed to
have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the
Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. At the
Effective Time, (i) holders of Shares shall cease to have any
rights as stockholders of the Company, (ii) the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed and (iii) there shall be
no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of
the Surviving Corporation of the Shares that were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective
Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or
the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and
exchanged as provided in this Article III .
(d) Termination of Exchange
Fund . Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains
undistributed to the holders of Shares for twelve months after the
Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation,
upon demand, and any holders of Shares (other than Shares to be
cancelled in accordance with Section 3.1(b) and
Dissenting Shares) who have not theretofore complied with this
Article III and the instructions set forth in the
letter of transmittal mailed to such holders after the Effective
Time shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation
(subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar laws) for
payment of the Merger Consideration to which they are entitled,
without interest.
(e) No Liability . None of
Parent, Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying
Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any Merger
Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(f) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates . If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen
or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed
and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such
Person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving
Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be
made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent
will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate the cash payment into which the Shares represented by
such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to
Section 3.1 .
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except (i) as set forth in the
corresponding section of the Company Letter, it being understood
that matters disclosed pursuant to one section of the Company
Letter shall be deemed disclosed with respect to any other section
of the Company Letter where it is reasonably apparent that the
matters so disclosed are applicable to such other section,
(ii) as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents filed with or
furnished to the SEC prior to the date hereof (without regard to
(1) any exhibits thereto, (2) any items included therein
that are incorporated by reference to Company SEC Documents which
are not available electronically at the SEC website located at
www.sec.gov and (3) disclosures in the “Risk
Factors” section or other sections of such filings to the
extent that they are forward-looking in nature (it being
understood, however, that such exclusions shall not apply to any
disclosure expressly made in the Company Letter) or (iii) as
expressly contemplated or expressly permitted under this Agreement
or any agreement contemplated hereby, the Company hereby represents
and warrants to Parent and Sub as follows:
Section 4.1 Organization
. The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the
requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as
now being conducted, except where the failure to be in good
standing has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company is duly
qualified or licensed to do business and in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership
or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so
duly qualified or licensed and in good standing has not had and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company or prevent or materially delay the consummation of
the Merger. The Company has made available to Parent complete and
correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of
the Company as amended through the date hereof.
Section 4.2 Subsidiaries
. The Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital
stock or other ownership interest in any Person, except for the
passive ownership of marketable securities, the ownership of which
is not material to the business of the Company.
Section 4.3 Capital
Structure .
(a) The authorized shares of the
Company consists of 12,000,000 shares of Company Common
Stock.
(b) At the close of business on
June 9, 2008:
(i) 4,140,250 shares of Company
Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which were validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of statutory and
contractual preemptive rights; and
(ii) 324,786 shares of Company Common
Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options to
purchase Company Common Stock granted under the Company Stock
Incentive Plans (collectively, the “ Company Stock
Options ”).
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(c) The Company Letter sets forth a
correct and complete list as of the close of business on
June 9, 2008 of (i) each outstanding Company Stock Option
and (ii) whether it is exercisable. No Company Stock Option
provides for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(A).
(d) Since the close of business on
June 9, 2008, the Company has not issued or reserved for
issuance any shares of Company Common Stock other than upon the
exercise of Company Stock Options. Since June 9, 2008, there
have been no changes to the information set forth in
Section 4.3 of the Company Letter, except as a result of the
exercise or settlement of any Company Stock Options.
(e) Except as set forth in
Section 4.3(b) , as of the date of this Agreement,
there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments, agreements, arrangements, undertakings or contractual
rights the value of which are based on the value of the capital
stock or other voting securities of the Company of any kind to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the
Company to issue, deliver or sell or create, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold or created, additional shares of capital stock or
other voting securities of the Company or obligating the Company to
issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option,
warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement,
undertaking or contractual right. To the Knowledge of the Company,
there are no voting trusts, proxies, stockholder rights plans or
other arrangements relating to the issuance, sale, voting,
transfer, ownership or other rights with respect to any shares of
capital stock of the Company.
(f) Except pursuant to the terms of
the Company Stock Incentive Plans, there are no outstanding
contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock or equity interests
of the Company.
(g) There are no outstanding bonds,
debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the
right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities
having the right to vote) on any matter on which the
Company’s stockholders may vote.
Section 4.4
Authority .
(a) The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and, subject to approval of this Agreement by the Company Requisite
Vote, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, subject
to approval of this Agreement by the Company Requisite Vote. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
(assuming the valid authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Parent and Sub) constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability
(i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to the
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enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) is subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) The Company Board, at a meeting
duly called and held, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
elsewhere in this Agreement, has (i) approved and declared
this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby advisable and in the best interests of the Company’s
stockholders and (ii) resolved to recommend to the
stockholders of the Company that they approve this Agreement, and
has not subsequently rescinded or modified such approval or
resolution in any way, subject to the right of the Company Board to
withdraw or modify its recommendation in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
(c) The affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding and entitled to vote at the Stockholders Meeting
approving this Agreement (the “ Company Requisite Vote
”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of
the Company’s shares of capital stock necessary to approve
this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section 4.5
Consents and Approvals; No Violations .
(a) Except for filings, permits,
authorizations, consents and approvals as may be required under,
and other applicable requirements of, the Exchange Act, the HSR
Act, the DGCL, state takeover laws and foreign and supranational
laws relating to antitrust and anticompetition clearances, neither
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the
Company nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) result in any breach of any
provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Company, (ii) require any filing with, or the obtaining of any
permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental
Entity, (iii) result in a breach of, or constitute (with or
without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give
rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation or
acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license,
contract, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the
Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties or
assets are bound or (iv) violate any law, order, writ,
injunction, judgment, decree, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company, or any of its properties or
assets.
Section 4.6
SEC Documents and Other Reports .
(a) The Company has filed with the
SEC all forms, reports, statements, schedules and other documents
required to be filed by it since September 30, 2005 under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (the “ Company SEC
Documents ”). As of their respective filing dates (or, if
amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the respective
filing date of such amendment), the Company SEC Documents complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, each as in effect on
the date so filed, and at the time filed with the SEC (or, if
amended, or superseded by another Company SEC Document, prior to
the date of this Agreement, as of the respective filing date of
such amendment or Company SEC Document), none of the Company SEC
Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC
Documents (if amended prior to the date of this
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Agreement, as
amended) (the “ Company Financial Statements ”)
complied as of their respective dates as to form in all material
respects with the then applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except in the case of
the unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the
Exchange Act) applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes
thereto) and fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates
thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and their
consolidated cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the
case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments
and to any other adjustments described therein).
(b) The Company is in compliance in
all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
by which the Company is required to comply. Each of the principal
executive officer of the Company and the principal financial
officer of the Company has made all certifications required by
Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or
Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as applicable,
with respect to the Company SEC Documents, and the statements
contained in such certifications were true and accurate as of the
date they were made. For purposes of this Agreement, “
principal executive officer ” and “ principal
financial officer ” have the meanings given to such terms
in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(c) The Company maintains internal
control over financial reporting as required by Rule 13a-15 under
the Exchange Act and this system of internal control over financial
reporting is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
(i) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP,
(ii) that receipts and expenditures are executed only in
accordance with the authorization of management and (iii) regarding
prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use
or disposition of the Company’s assets that could materially
affect the Company’s financial statements.
(d) The Company maintains
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as required
by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act and such disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
(i) material information (both financial and non-financial)
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it
files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
rules and forms of the SEC and (ii) all such information is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure and to
make the certifications of the principal executive officer and
principal financial officer of the Company required under the
Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
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Section 4.7 Absence of
Changes . Since September 30, 2007, the Company has
conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice, and there has not been
(a) any change or event that has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change with respect to the
Company, (b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any
dividend or other distribution with respect to its capital stock or
other equity interest or any redemption, purchase or other
acquisition of any of its capital stock or other equity interest,
(c) any split, combination or reclassification of any of its
capital stock or other equity interest or any issuance or the
authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect
of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock
or other equity interest, (d) any material change in
accounting methods, principles or practices used by the Company
affecting its assets, liabilities or business, except insofar as
may have been required by a change in GAAP, or (e) any
amendments or changes in the certificate of incorporation or
by-laws of the Company.
Section 4.8 Information
Supplied . None of the information supplied or to be supplied
by the Company for inclusion in the proxy statement relating to the
Stockholders Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements
thereto, the “ Proxy Statement ”) will, at the
time the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s
stockholders or at the time of the Stockholders Meeting, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they are made, not misleading, except that no representation
or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements made
therein based on information supplied by Parent or Sub or any of
their representatives in writing specifically for inclusion
therein. The Proxy Statement shall comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
Section 4.9 Compliance with
Laws . To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company is not, and
since January 1, 2005 has not been, in material violation of
any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity. The
Company has in effect all federal, state, local and foreign
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents, permits and
approvals necessary for it to own, lease or operate its properties
and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except
where the failure to have such license, authorization, consent,
permit or approval would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company (collectively, “ Company Permits ”),
and no material default has occurred under any such Company
Permit.
Section 4.10 Tax Matters
.
(a) The Company has timely filed or
caused to be filed (after taking into account all applicable
extensions) all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, and such
Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material
respects. The Company has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes due
and payable whether or not shown as due on any Tax Returns. No
deficiencies for any Taxes have been asserted in writing, proposed
in writing or assessed in writing against the Company that have not
been paid or otherwise settled.
(b) There are no audits, examinations
or other proceedings relating to any Taxes of the Company by any
taxing authority in progress or threatened in writing, and to the
Knowledge of the Company, no such audit, examination or other
proceeding is
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otherwise
threatened or pending. The Company is not a party to any litigation
or pending litigation or administrative proceeding relating to
Taxes.
(c) The Company has not distributed
the stock of any corporation, or has had its stock distributed by
another Person, in a transaction within the past three years that
was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by
Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code.
(d) Except as set forth on
Section 4.10 of the Company Letter, no benefit under any
Benefit Plan, including, without limitation, any severance or
parachute payment plan or agreement, will be established or become
accelerated, vested, funded or payable by reason of any transaction
contemplated under this Agreement (either alone or in combination
with any other event) and no Benefit Plan provides for any
additional amounts to be paid with respect to any Tax imposed under
Section 4999 of the Code. The Company has not incurred any
obligation to make (or possibly make) any payments that (A) will be
non-deductible under, or would otherwise constitute a
“parachute payment” within the meaning of,
Section 280G of the Code without regard to the exceptions set
forth in Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code (or any corresponding
provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) or
(B) are or may be subject to the imposition of an excise tax
under Section 4999 of the Code. To the Knowledge of the
Company, the deduction of any amounts paid with respect to any
calendar year will not be disallowed under Section 162(m) of the
Code.
(e) Each deferred compensation
arrangement subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the
Code and with respect to which the Company is a “service
recipient” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code) is in compliance with the applicable provisions of
Section 409A of the Code and the Company has not been required
to withhold any Taxes due as a result of a failure to comply with
Section 409A of the Code.
(f) The Company has not engaged in a
“listed transaction” as defined in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(g) The Company is not a party to or
bound by any tax indemnity agreement or any agreement providing for
the allocation or sharing of Taxes with any Person other than the
Company under which the Company would reasonably be expected to
have liability for Taxes after the Closing. The Company has not
been a member of any “affiliated group” (as defined in
Section 1504(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state,
local or foreign law) or any combined, consolidated or unitary
group (other than a group the common parent of which was the
Company), and the Company does not have any liability for the Taxes
of any other Person as a successor, a transferee, by contract,
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any
similar provision of state, local or foreign law), or
otherwise.
(h) The Company has not waived any
statutory period of limitations for the assessment of any Tax or
agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency, nor is any request to so waive or extend
outstanding.
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(i) There are no Liens for Taxes
(other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets
of the Company. All Taxes that the Company is obligated to withhold
from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party have
been fully paid or properly accrued and all Forms W-2 and 1099 (or
other applicable forms) with respect thereto have been properly
completed and timely filed.
(j) The unpaid Taxes of the Company
(A) did not, as of the latest balance sheet reflected in the
Company Financial Statements exceed the reserve for Taxes set forth
on the face of such balance sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto) and (B) do not exceed that reserve as adjusted for
the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with the
past custom and practice of the Company in filing their Tax
Returns. Since the date of the most recent Company Financial
Statements, the Company has not incurred any liability for Taxes
outside the ordinary course of business.
(k) To the Knowledge of the Company,
no claim has been made by any authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be
subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
Section 4.11 Liabilities
. The Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations
of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise)
required by GAAP to be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet of
the Company or in the notes thereto, other than liabilities and
obligations (a) set forth in the Company’s consolidated
balance sheet for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 included in
the Company SEC Documents that would be required to be reflected on
a balance sheet or in notes thereto prepared in accordance with
GAAP, (b) incurred in the ordinary course of business since
September 30, 2007 (none of which is a liability for breach of
contract, breach of warranty, tort or infringement or a claim or
lawsuit), or (c) incurred in connection with the Merger or any
other transaction or agreement contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 4.12 Litigation .
There is no suit, action, proceedi
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