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EXECUTION
COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
by and between
POLARIS ACQUISITION CORP. (“Parent”)
and
HUGHES TELEMATICS, INC. (“Company”)
____________________
Dated June 13, 2008
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS |
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| Section
1.1 |
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Defined
Terms |
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| Section
1.2 |
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Rules of
Construction |
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3 |
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| ARTICLE II |
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| THE
MERGER |
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| Section
2.1 |
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The
Merger |
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| Section
2.2 |
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Effective
Time |
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| Section
2.3 |
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Closing |
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| Section
2.4 |
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Effects of
the Merger |
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| Section
2.5 |
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Organizational Documents; Governance |
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| Section
2.6 |
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Effect on
Capital Stock and Additional Share Consideration |
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| Section
2.7 |
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Reorganization Actions |
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| Section
2.8 |
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Earnout |
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| Section
2.9 |
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Surrender of
Certificates |
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| Section
2.10 |
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Indemnity
Escrow |
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10 |
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| ARTICLE III |
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| CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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| Section
3.1 |
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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| Section
3.2 |
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Conditions
to Obligations of Parent |
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| Section
3.3 |
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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| Section
4.1 |
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Qualification; Organization; Subsidiaries |
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| Section
4.2 |
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Authority |
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| Section
4.3 |
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No
Breach |
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| Section
4.4 |
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No
Brokers |
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| Section
4.5 |
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Governmental
Approvals |
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| Section
4.6 |
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Capitalization |
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| Section
4.7 |
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Financial
Information |
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| Section
4.8 |
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Absence of
Certain Changes |
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| Section
4.9 |
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Taxes |
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| Section
4.10 |
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Parent Proxy
Statement |
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| Section
4.11 |
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Assets and
Properties |
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| Section
4.12 |
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Contracts |
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| Section
4.13 |
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Litigation |
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| Section
4.14 |
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Environmental Matters |
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| Section
4.15 |
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Compliance
with Applicable Law |
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| Section
4.16 |
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Permits |
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| Section
4.17 |
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Employee
Matters |
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| Section
4.18 |
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Insurance |
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| Section
4.19 |
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Transactions
with Affiliates |
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| Section
4.20 |
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Business
Intellectual Property |
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| Section
4.21 |
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Sufficiency
of Assets |
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| Section
4.22 |
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Stockholder
Approval |
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| Section
4.23 |
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Relationships with Customers, Suppliers and Research
Collaborators |
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| Section
4.24 |
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Trust
Account |
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| Section
4.25 |
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Section 203
of the DGCL |
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| Section
4.26 |
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No
Additional Representations |
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| ARTICLE V |
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| REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT |
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| Section
5.1 |
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Organization |
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| Section
5.2 |
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Authority |
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| Section
5.3 |
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Binding
Obligation |
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| Section
5.4 |
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No
Breach |
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| Section
5.5 |
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No
Brokers |
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| Section
5.6 |
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Governmental
Approvals |
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| Section
5.7 |
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Capitalization |
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| Section
5.8 |
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Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities |
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29 |
| Section
5.9 |
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Absence of
Certain Changes |
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| Section
5.10 |
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Taxes |
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| Section
5.11 |
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Assets and
Properties |
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| Section
5.12 |
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Contracts |
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| Section
5.13 |
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Litigation |
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| Section
5.14 |
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Environmental Matters |
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| Section
5.15 |
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Compliance
with Applicable Law |
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32 |
| Section
5.16 |
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Permits |
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32 |
| Section
5.17 |
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Insurance |
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32 |
| Section
5.18 |
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Parent SEC
Reports |
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32 |
| Section
5.19 |
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Required
Vote of the Parent Stockholders |
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33 |
| Section
5.20 |
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Transactions
with Affiliates |
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| Section
5.21 |
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No
Additional Representations |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS |
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| Section
6.1 |
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Conduct of
Business |
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| Section
6.2 |
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Proxy
Statement; Parent Stockholders’ Meeting |
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| Section
6.3 |
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Directors
and Officers of Parent After Closing |
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| Section
6.4 |
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Governmental
Filings |
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41 |
| Section
6.5 |
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Required
Information |
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42 |
| Section
6.6 |
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Confidentiality |
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42 |
| Section
6.7 |
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Public
Disclosure |
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| Section
6.8 |
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Reasonable
Best Efforts |
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| Section
6.9 |
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Notices of
Certain Events |
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| Section
6.10 |
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Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance |
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| Section
6.11 |
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Notice of
Changes |
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| Section
6.12 |
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Amended and
Restated Parent Organizational Documents |
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44 |
| Section
6.13 |
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Trust
Waiver |
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| Section
6.14 |
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No
Solicitation |
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| Section
6.15 |
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Additional
Agreements |
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46 |
| Section
6.16 |
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Reservation
of Parent Shares. At least 48 hours |
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46 |
| Section
6.17 |
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Pre-Closing
Confirmation and Certification |
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| Section
6.18 |
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Company
Stockholder Representation Letters |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| INDEMNIFICATION |
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| Section
7.1 |
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Survival of
Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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| Section
7.2 |
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Indemnification of Parent |
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| Section
7.3 |
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Indemnification of Third Party Claims |
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| Section
7.4 |
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Payments |
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| Section
7.5 |
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Escrow
Representative |
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| Section
7.6 |
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Parent
Independent Directors |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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| TERMINATION |
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| Section
8.1 |
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Termination |
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| Section
8.2 |
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Effect of
Termination |
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| ARTICLE IX |
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| GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| Section
9.1 |
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Assignment |
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| Section
9.2 |
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Parties in
Interest |
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| Section
9.3 |
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Amendment |
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| Section
9.4 |
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Waiver;
Remedies |
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| Section
9.5 |
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Expenses |
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| Section
9.6 |
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Notices |
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| Section
9.7 |
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Entire
Agreement |
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| Section
9.8 |
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Severability |
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| Section
9.9 |
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Consent to
Jurisdiction |
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| Section
9.10 |
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Exhibits and
Schedules; Disclosure |
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| Section
9.11 |
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Governing
Law |
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| Section
9.12 |
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Counterparts |
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| Section
9.13 |
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Specific
Performance |
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| Section
9.14 |
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Rules of
Construction |
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| EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit
A |
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–
Definitions |
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| Exhibit
B |
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– Form
of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Parent |
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| Exhibit
C |
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– Form
of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Parent |
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| Exhibit
D |
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–
Post-Closing Directors and Officers |
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| Exhibit
E |
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[Reserved] |
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| Exhibit
F |
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– Term
Sheet for Parent Shareholders’ Agreement |
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| Exhibit
G |
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–
Reorganization Actions |
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| Exhibit
H |
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– Form
of Working Capital Certificate |
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| Exhibit
I |
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– Form
of Proceeds Shares Certificate |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 13, 2008 (this
“ Agreement
”) by and between Polaris Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and Hughes
Telematics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Parent Board of Directors and the Company Board of
Directors have determined that it is in the best interest of their
respective companies and their shareholders to consummate the
business combination transaction provided for in this Agreement and
approved the transactions set forth herein pursuant to which the
Company will, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, merge with and into Parent (the “
Merger ”), with Parent continuing as the surviving
corporation in the Merger (sometimes referred to in this capacity
as the “ Surviving
Corporation ”); and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, as a
condition and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter
into this Agreement, the Company, Parent and the holders of Company
Common Stock (as defined below) and other equity securities of the
Company (the “ Company
Equityholders ”) are entering
into a Support and Reorganization Agreement, of even date herewith,
in respect of the equity securities held by such Company
Equityholders (the “ Company
Support Agreement ”);
and
WHEREAS, for federal income Tax purposes, it is intended that the
Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “ Code
”), and this Agreement is intended to be
and is adopted as a “plan of reorganization” for
purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to make certain representations,
warranties and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to
prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants,
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Defined Terms . Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules to this
Agreement, the Parent Disclosure Statement and the Company
Disclosure Statement shall have the meanings specified in
Exhibit A .
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S ection 1.2
Rules of Construction . The rules of construction specified in Section 9.14
hereof shall apply to this Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules to
this Agreement, the Parent Disclosure Statement and the Company
Disclosure Statement.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
Section 2.1 The Merger . At the Effective
Time (as defined in Section 2.2) and subject to and upon the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of
the DGCL, the Company shall be merged with and into Parent, the
separate corporate existence of the Company shall cease and Parent
shall continue as the surviving corporation and shall succeed to
assume all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises
of the Company in accordance with the DGCL.
Section 2.2 Effective Time . Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable
on the Closing Date (as defined below), each of Parent and the
Company shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a
certificate of merger in such form as required by, and executed in
accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL (the
“ Certificate of
Merger ”), with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware and shall make all other filings
or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger shall become
effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such
subsequent date or time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and
Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger, which date shall
be not more than five (5) days after the date the Certificate of
Merger is received for filing. The time at which the Merger becomes
effective is referred to herein as the “
Effective Time .”
Section 2.3 Closing . The closing of the
Merger (the “ Closing
”) shall take place at the offices of
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 51 West 52
nd Street,
New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., local time, on a date to be
specified by the Company and Parent (the “
Closing Date ”) which shall be no later than the third Business
Day after the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted by
applicable Law) of the conditions set forth in Article III (other
than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied by
actions to be taken at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of such conditions), or at such other place, date or time
as the Company and Parent hereto agree in writing.
Section 2.4 Effects of the Merger . At
and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set
forth in Section 251 of the DGCL.
Section 2.5 Organizational Documents; Governance .
(a)
Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws . The Certificate of Incorporation of Parent (as amended
prior to the Effective Time as contemplated by this Agreement in
the form as set forth on Exhibit
B hereto), as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation from and after the
Effective Time until thereafter amended. The Bylaws of Parent (as
amended prior to the Effective Time as
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contemplated by this Agreement
in the form as set forth on Exhibit
C hereto), as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time until thereafter
amended.
(b)
Board of Directors; Officers
. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Parent
Board of Directors shall cause the number of directors that will
comprise the full Parent Board of Directors at or immediately prior
to the Effective Time (and the Surviving Corporation, at and after
the Effective Time) to be nine. Parent and the Company shall use
their respective reasonable best efforts to cause (i) the members
of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation at the
Effective Time to consist of the persons listed as directors
on Exhibit D hereto and (ii) the officers of the Surviving Corporation
at the Effective Time to consist of the persons listed as officers
on Exhibit D hereto.
Section 2.6 Effect on Capital Stock and Additional Share
Consideration . At the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
Parent, the Company or the holder of any of the following
securities:
(a)
Each share of common stock, $0.0001 par value,
of Parent (the “ Parent Common
Stock ”) issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain issued and
outstanding and shall not be affected by the Merger.
(b)
All shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company (the “ Company Common Stock ”)
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that
are owned directly by the Company shall be cancelled and shall
cease to exist and no stock of Parent or other consideration shall
be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Other than
the shares cancelled pursuant to Section 2.6(b), any shares owned
by Company Stockholders properly exercising appraisal rights
pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL (“ Section 262 ”) (which
shares shall have the rights as provided in Section 2.6(h)), and
subject to Section 2.6(e), each share of Company Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be converted into and represent the right to receive a number
of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Parent Common Stock
equal to the Exchange Ratio (the aggregate of such shares referred
to as the “ Transaction
Shares ”);
provided that
7.5% of the Transaction Shares shall be deposited into escrow to
satisfy the indemnity set forth in Article VII hereof in accordance
with Section 2.10 hereof; provided ,
further , the
Applicable Percentage of the Transaction Shares shall be designated
as the “ Escrowed
Earnout Shares
” and the right to receive the Escrowed
Earnout Shares shall be contingent upon the satisfaction of the
Targets set forth in Section 2.8 hereof in accordance with Section
2.8 hereof. The “ Applicable
Percentage ” shall be a
fraction equal to (1) 29,000,000, divided by (2) the sum of (A) the
aggregate number of Transaction Shares, plus (B) the aggregate
number of Converted Option Shares. Parent shall deposit the
Escrowed Earnout Shares with the Escrow Agent, which shares shall
consist of three tranches, each of which shall consist of one-third
of the total Escrowed Earnout Shares (each, a “
Tranche ”), which may be released to the Company Stockholders
or cancelled in accordance with Section 2.8. Section 2.6(c) of the
Company Disclosure Statement sets forth, as of the date hereof, the
allocation of Transaction Shares (including the Escrowed Earnout
Shares) among all of the holders of the Company Common Stock (the
“ Company
Stockholders ”) immediately
prior to the Effective Time, after giving effect
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to the Reorganization Actions
(and shall also set forth the allocation of Transaction Shares
assuming the outstanding Credit Facility Warrants are not exercised
prior to the Effective Time). Section 2.6(c) of the Company
Disclosure Statement may be revised, if necessary, at least 48
hours prior to the Proxy Statement Date and, again, at least 48
hours prior to the Effective Time, in each case pursuant to Section
6.17 hereof.
(d)
Each share of Company Common Stock converted
pursuant to this Article II shall no longer be outstanding and
shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist as of the
Effective Time, and the certificates previously representing such
shares of Company Common Stock (the “ Company Certificates ”)
shall thereafter represent solely the right to receive the
Transaction Shares, subject to the conditions set forth in this
Article II and the Escrow Agreement.
(e)
No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock
will be issued by virtue of the Merger, and each holder of shares
of Company Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a
fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock which such holder would
otherwise receive) shall, upon compliance with Section 2.9 hereof,
receive from Parent, in lieu of such fractional share, an amount in
cash without interest thereon equal to the product of (i) such
fraction multiplied by (ii) the volume-weighted average price of
one share of Parent Common Stock, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P.,
on the last trading day prior to the Effective Time.
(f)
Upon and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Company Option granted
under the Company Stock Plan and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be converted into an option (each, a
“ Converted
Option ”)
to acquire a number of shares of Parent Common Stock
(“ Converted Option
Shares ”) equal to the product
obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of
Company Common Stock that would have been issuable upon the
exercise of such Company Option for cash immediately prior to the
Effective Time by (y) the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the
nearest whole share. Converted Options representing the Applicable
Percentage of Converted Option Shares (rounded down to the nearest
whole share) shall be designated as “ Earnout Options
” and all remaining Converted Options
shall be designated as “ Transaction Options .”
The Earnout Options shall be further divided into three separate
sub-categories, each of which shall consist of Earnout Options in
respect of one-third of the total number of Converted Option Shares
applicable to Earnout Options as follows (it being understood that
each category of Earnout Options shall consist of whole shares so
that the three categories may not pertain to exactly the same
number of shares but shall be as close to equivalent as possible):
(A) the first category of Earnout Options shall be exercisable only
if (i) they are otherwise exercisable pursuant to the vesting and
other terms and conditions of the Company Option (except as set
forth in Section 2.6(f) of the Company Disclosure Statement) and
(ii) the First Target Shares are released to Company Stockholders
pursuant to Section 2.8, (B) the second category of Earnout Options
shall be exercisable only if (i) they are otherwise exercisable
pursuant to the vesting and other terms and conditions of the
Company Option (except as set forth in Section 2.6(f) of the
Company Disclosure Statement) and (ii) the Second Target Shares are
released to Company Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.8 and (C)
the third category of Earnout Options shall be exercisable only if
(i) they are otherwise exercisable pursuant to the vesting and
other terms and conditions of the Company Option (except as set
forth in Section 2.6(f) of the Company
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Disclosure Statement) and (ii)
the Third Target Shares are released to Company Stockholders
pursuant to Section 2.8. If any Tranche of Escrowed Earnout Shares
is cancelled, the category of Earnout Options that would otherwise
become exercisable upon the release of such Escrowed Earnout Shares
shall also be cancelled at such time. The per share exercise price
of each Converted Option rounded up to the nearest whole cent shall
be the same as the per share exercise price of the related Company
Option divided by the Exchange Ratio. Section 2.6(f) of the Company
Disclosure Statement sets forth the allocation of the Converted
Options, by category, among all holders of Company Options as of
the date of this Agreement. Section 2.6(f) of the Company
Disclosure Statement may be revised, if necessary, at least 48
hours prior to the Proxy Statement Date and, again, at least 48
hours prior to the Effective Time. Except as set forth above, each
Converted Option shall be on the same terms and conditions
(including vesting conditions) as the applicable Company Option it
replaces. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent, the Company, the
Company Board of Directors and the compensation committee of the
Company Board of Directors, as applicable, shall take all actions
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Section 2.6(f)
.
(g)
As soon as practicable following the Closing
Date, Parent shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 or
Form S-8, as the case may be (or any successor or other appropriate
forms), with respect to all of the Converted Option Shares and
shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain the
effectiveness of such registration statement or registration
statements (and maintain the current status of the prospectus or
prospectuses contained therein) for so long as any such Converted
Options remain outstanding.
(h)
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time that are held by any Company
Stockholder that is entitled to demand and properly demands
appraisal of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to, and
complies in all respects with, the provisions of Section 262 (the
“ Appraisal Shares
”) shall not be converted into the right
to receive the Transaction Shares as provided in (but subject to)
this Article II, but, instead, such Company Stockholder shall be
entitled to such rights (but only such rights) as are granted by
Section 262. At the Effective Time, all Appraisal Shares shall no
longer be outstanding and automatically shall be cancelled and
shall cease to exist, and, except as otherwise provided by Laws,
each holder of Appraisal Shares shall cease to have any rights with
respect to the Appraisal Shares, other than such rights as are
granted by Section 262. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such
Company Stockholder shall fail to validly perfect or shall
otherwise waive, withdraw or lose the right to appraisal under
Section 262 or if a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine
that such Company Stockholder is not entitled to the relief
provided by Section 262, then the rights of such Company
Stockholder under Section 262 shall cease, and such Appraisal
Shares shall be deemed to have been converted at the Effective Time
into, and shall have become, the right to receive the Transaction
Shares as provided in (but subject to) this Article II. The Company
shall give prompt notice to Parent of any demands for appraisal of
any shares of Company Common Stock, and Parent shall have the
opportunity to reasonably participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. 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, or
agree to do any of the foregoing.
Section 2.7
Reorganization Actions .
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(a)
Prior to the Closing (and no later than
immediately prior to the Effective Time), the Company shall cause
(and the Company Equityholders shall cause, pursuant to the Company
Support Agreement) the actions set forth on Exhibit G (the “
Reorganization Actions ”) to take effect.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, in the event any Credit Facility Warrants are not
exercised prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall effect the
automatic exercise of such Credit Facility Warrants immediately
following the Effective Time pursuant to the terms thereof, and the
Company and Parent shall cooperate in good faith to amend the terms
and provisions of this Agreement as reasonably necessary to ensure
that such timing difference in the exercise of the Credit Facility
Warrants has no economic effect on the Transaction or the relative
rights of the parties hereunder (including, without limitation,
providing for the escrow of the applicable portion of the issuable
Parent Common Stock as Escrowed Earnout Shares and Escrowed
Indemnity Shares).
Section 2.8
Earnout .
(a)
On the Closing Date, Parent shall deposit all of
the Escrowed Earnout Shares with the Escrow Agent, to be held in an
escrow account for the purpose of distributing such shares to the
Company Stockholders upon the achievement of certain targets, as
described in this Section 2.8, provided that 7.5% of such
Escrowed Earnout Shares shall be part of the Escrowed Indemnity
Shares and placed in a separate escrow account in satisfaction of
the indemnity set forth in Article VII hereof in accordance with
Section 2.10 hereof. The Escrowed Earnout Shares shall be allocated
to the Company Stockholders in accordance with Section 2.6(c) of
the Company Disclosure Statement and in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Section 2.8 and an agreement to be entered
into at the Closing between Parent, the Escrow Representative, and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “
Escrow Agent ”) (or another escrow agent mutually agreed to by
Parent and the Company), in customary form and substance as
reasonably agreed to by Parent and the Company (the “
Escrow Agreement ”).
(b)
Subject to Section 2.8(e) hereof, if between the
first and the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Closing
Price of Parent Common Stock equals or exceeds $20.00 per share
(the “ First Target
”) for 20 trading days within any 30
trading day period, then within ten Business Days after the
achievement of such target, Parent and the Escrow Representative
shall instruct the Escrow Agent to release one Tranche of Escrowed
Earnout Shares (which amount may be reduced by up to 7.5% of such
shares (the “ First Target
Indemnity Shares
”) pursuant to Article VII hereof and the
Escrow Agreement), which shares shall be allocated to the Company
Stockholders in accordance with Section 2.6(c) hereof and Section
2.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Statement (the “
First Target Shares ”).
(c)
Subject to Section 2.8(e) hereof, if between the
second and the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Closing
Price of Parent Common Stock equals or exceeds $24.50 per share
(the “ Second Target
”) for 20 trading days within any 30
trading day period, then within ten Business Days after the
achievement of such target, Parent and the Escrow Representative
shall instruct the Escrow Agent to release (i) one Tranche of
Escrowed Earnout Shares (which amount may be reduced by up to 7.5%
of such shares (the “ Second
Target Indemnity Shares
”) pursuant to Article VII hereof and the
Escrow Agreement), which shares
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shall be allocated to the
Company Stockholders in accordance with Section 2.6(c) hereof and
Section 2.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Statement (the
“ Second Target
Shares ”) and (ii) the First
Target Shares, if such shares were not released pursuant to Section
2.8(b) . If the First Target has not been achieved for such 20
trading days during the two-year period referenced in Section
2.8(b) and the Second Target has not been achieved for such 20
trading days during the two-year period referenced in this Section
2.8(c), the First Target Shares shall no longer be outstanding and
shall be cancelled.
(d)
Subject to Section 2.8(e) hereof, if between the
third and the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Closing
Price of Parent Common Stock equals or exceeds $30.50 per share
(the “ Third Target
”) for 20 trading days within any 30
trading day period, then within ten Business Days after the
achievement of such target, Parent and the Escrow Representative
shall instruct the Escrow Agent to release (i) one Tranche of
Escrowed Earnout Shares (which amount may be reduced by up to 7.5%
of such shares (the “ Third
Target Indemnity Shares
”) pursuant to Article VII hereof and the
Escrow Agreement), which shares shall be allocated to the Company
Stockholders in accordance with Section 2.6(c) hereof and Section
2.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Statement (the “
Third Target Shares ”) and (ii) the Second Target Shares, if such shares
were not released pursuant to Section 2.8(c) . If the Second Target
has not been achieved for such 20 trading days during the two-year
period referenced in Section 2.8(c) and the Third Target has not
been achieved for such 20 trading days during the two-year period
referenced in this Section 2.8(d), the Second Target Shares shall
no longer be outstanding and shall be cancelled. If the Third
Target has not been achieved for such 20 trading days during the
two-year period referenced in this Section 2.8(d), the Third Target
Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall be
cancelled.
(e)
In the event of a Change of Control or
Reorganization Event, any Escrowed Earnout Shares remaining in the
escrow account and not theretofore cancelled shall be released or
cancelled as follows: (i) to the extent that the Change of Control
or Reorganization Event Consideration exceeds the First Target, any
First Target Shares shall be released, (ii) to the extent that the
Change of Control or Reorganization Event Consideration exceeds the
Second Target, any Second Target Shares shall be released, and
(iii) to the extent that the Change of Control or Reorganization
Event Consideration exceeds the Third Target, any Third Target
Shares shall be released. To the extent that the Change of Control
or Reorganization Event Consideration does not exceed any given
Target, the Target Shares with respect to such Tranche shall no
longer be outstanding and shall be cancelled, effective upon
completion of such Change of Control or Reorganization
Event.
(f)
The target closing price triggers listed in
Sections 2.8(b), (c) and (d) hereof (such dollar amounts, the
“ Closing Price
Triggers ”) and the Escrowed
Earnout Shares to be distributed upon achievement of said targets
shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(i)
In the event the outstanding shares of Parent
Common Stock shall be subdivided or reclassified into a greater
number of shares of Parent Common Stock, the Closing Price Triggers
in effect at the close of business on the day upon which such
subdivision or reclassification becomes effective shall be
equitably and proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock shall each be combined or
reclassified into a smaller number of shares of Parent Common
Stock, the
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Closing Price Triggers in effect
at the close of business on the day upon which such combination or
reclassification becomes effective shall be equitably and
proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case
may be, to become effective immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision
or combination becomes effective.
(ii)
Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, in connection
with any such subdivision or reclassification into a greater number
of shares of Parent Common Stock, the Escrowed Earnout Shares
distributable upon the achievement of the applicable milestones
shall be equitably and proportionately increased and, conversely,
in connection with any such combination or reclassification into a
smaller number of shares of Parent Common Stock, the Escrowed
Earnout Shares distributable upon the achievement of the applicable
milestones shall be equitably and proportionately reduced. For
example, for purposes of clarity, (x) in the case of a 2-for-1
stock split of Parent Common Stock, the Escrowed Earnout Shares
distributable upon the achievement of the first milestone shall be
increased from 9,666,667 to 19,333,334 and (y) in the case of a
1-for-2 reverse stock split of Parent Common Stock, the Escrowed
Earnout Shares distributable upon the achievement of the first
milestone shall be reduced from 9,666,667 to 4,833,334 (assuming
for the purposes of this example that there are no adjustments to
the number of shares of Parent Common Stock in each
Tranche).
(g)
Without limiting the specificity of any of the
foregoing, it is the intent of the parties to provide for fair and
equitable adjustments to the Closing Price Triggers and the
Escrowed Earnout Shares to preserve the economic benefits intended
to be provided to the Company Stockholders under the terms of this
Agreement in the event there is any change in or conversion of the
Parent Common Stock and, accordingly, the Parent Board of Directors
shall make appropriate equitable adjustments in connection
therewith, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Parent
Board of Directors.
(h)
Neither Parent, the Company Stockholders nor any
Affiliate thereof shall take any action, directly or indirectly,
with the intent or effect of influencing or manipulating the market
prices of Parent Common Stock during any measurement period
described in Sections 2.8(b), (c) and (d) hereof. Furthermore, for
the purposes of determining whether a Closing Price Trigger has
been achieved for 20 trading days within any 30-trading-day period
pursuant to Sections 2.8(b), (c) and (d) hereof, any days during
which any such persons (A) have outstanding a public announcement
or statement relating to the purchase or sale of equity securities
of Parent (other than ordinary-course, generic statements as to the
possibility of such purchases from time to time and which do not
specify either the amount of any such potential purchases nor the
price or prices at which such purchases may be made), whether in
the public market or otherwise, or (B) have made, in the aggregate,
to the best knowledge of Parent, purchases of Parent Common Stock
exceeding 1% of the average daily trading volume reported for the
security during the four calendar weeks preceding the week in which
such purchases were made, shall not be counted as days on which
such Closing Price Trigger has been achieved. Such excluded days
shall extend the 30-trading-day measurement period by an equal
number of days.
Section 2.9
Surrender of Certificates
.
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(a)
Upon surrender of their Company Certificates at
the Closing with a properly completed letter of transmittal (the
form of such letter of transmittal to be provided by Parent to the
Company for delivery to the Company Stockholders no later than five
Business Days prior to Closing (it being understood that such
letter of transmittal shall provide that such holders shall
acknowledge that they are receiving restricted securities under the
federal securities laws and will contain other customary investment
representations)), the holders of the Company Common Stock shall
receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the
Transaction Shares into which their shares of Company Common Stock
shall be converted or exchanged at the Effective Time, less the
Escrowed Indemnity Shares and Escrowed Earnout Shares, and the
Company Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled.
Until so surrendered, outstanding Company Certificates will be
deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to evidence only the
right to receive the applicable number of shares of Parent Common
Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.6(c) or, in the case of
holders of Appraisal Shares, the right to receive the applicable
payments set forth in Section 2.6(h) .
(b)
No dividends or other distributions declared or
made after the date of this Agreement with respect to Parent Common
Stock with a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to
the holders of any unsurrendered Company Certificates with respect
to the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued upon surrender
thereof until the holders of record of such Company Certificates
shall surrender such Company Certificates. Subject to applicable
law, following surrender of any such Company Certificates with a
properly completed letter of transmittal, Parent shall promptly
deliver to the record holders thereof, without interest, the
certificates representing shares of Parent Common Stock issued in
exchange therefor (not including the Escrowed Indemnity Shares or
the shares issuable pursuant to Section 2.8) and the amount of any
such dividends or other distributions with a record date after the
Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such shares of
Parent Common Stock.
Section 2.10
Indemnity Escrow . As a remedy for the indemnity set forth in Article VII,
at the Closing, Parent shall deposit with the Escrow Agent 7.5% of
the Transaction Shares (the “ Escrowed Indemnity Shares ”), comprised of Escrowed Earnout Shares (including
First Target Shares, Second Target Shares and Third Target Shares)
and Transaction Shares that are not Escrowed Earnout Shares to be
held in a separate escrow account and released therefrom (if
applicable) from time to time to Parent in satisfaction of such
indemnity, all in accordance with Article VII hereof and the terms
and conditions of the Escrow Agreement. On the fifth Business Day
following the date (the “ Indemnity Escrow Termination Date ”) that is fifteen (15) months from the Closing Date,
the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrowed Indemnity Shares, less
any of such shares applied in satisfaction of a claim for
indemnification and any of such shares related to a claim for
indemnification that is then unresolved. Upon such release,
Escrowed Indemnity Shares that constitute Transaction Shares shall
be delivered to the Company Stockholders in accordance with Section
2.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Statement and the Escrow
Agreement; and the Escrowed Indemnity Shares that constitute
Escrowed Earnout Shares shall be retained in escrow in accordance
with Section 2.8 hereof and the Escrow Agreement. Any Escrowed
Indemnity Shares held with respect to any unresolved claim for
indemnification and not applied as indemnification with respect to
such claim upon its resolution shall be delivered in accordance
with the preceding sentence.
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Section 3.1
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation
to Effect the Merger . The
obligations of Company and Parent to effect the Merger are subject
to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of each of
the following conditions:
(a)
No Injunctions or Illegality
. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree or ruling shall have been adopted or promulgated, and no
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or
other order issued by a court or other U.S. governmental authority
of competent jurisdiction shall be in effect, having the effect of
making the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of
the Merger.
(b)
Regulatory Approvals . (i) All waiting periods (and all extensions thereof), if
any, applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR Act
shall have terminated or expired, and (ii) all approvals or
consents of a Governmental Entity which are required to be obtained
in connection with the Merger shall have been obtained, except
where the failure to obtain such approval or consent would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, Company Material Adverse
Effect or material adverse effect on the operation of the business
of the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries from and after
the Effective Time.
(c)
Parent Stockholder Approval
. The Parent Stockholder Approval shall have
been obtained.
Section 3.2
Conditions to Obligations of
Parent . The obligations of Parent to
effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by
Parent at or prior to the Closing of each of the following
conditions:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. (i) The representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4.19 and 4.22 shall be true and
correct in all respects, in each case both when made and at and as
of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date (except to the
extent expressly made as of the date hereof or as of an earlier
date, in which case as of such date), and (ii) all other
representations and warranties set forth in Article IV shall be
true and correct (disregarding all qualifications or limitations as
to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse
Effect”) at and as of the Closing Date as if made on the
Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of the date
hereof or as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date),
except where the failure of such representations and warranties, to
be so true and correct would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, and the Company shall have delivered to Parent a
certificate confirming the foregoing (i) and (ii) as of the Closing
Date.
(b)
Performance of Obligations of
Company . Each and all of the
covenants and agreements of the Company to be performed or complied
with pursuant to this Agreement shall have been performed and
complied with in all material respects, and the Company shall have
delivered to Parent a certificate confirming the foregoing as of
the Closing Date.
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(c)
No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred from and after the date hereof.
(d)
Additional Agreements . Each of the Additional Agreements shall have been
delivered (and executed, if applicable) by each of the parties to
such Additional Agreements other than Parent or the Parent
Stockholders.
(e)
Opinion of Counsel . Parent shall have received from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen
& Katz, tax counsel to Parent, a written opinion, dated the
Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Parent, on the basis of certain facts, representations and
assumptions set forth in such opinion, to the effect that the
Merger will be treated for federal income Tax purposes as a
“reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)
of the Code. In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall be
entitled to require and rely upon customary representation letters
executed by officers of Parent and the Company.
(f)
Appraisal Rights . Company Stockholders that beneficially own not more than
1,000 shares of Company Common Stock (as adjusted for stock
dividends, stock splits and similar events) shall have demanded and
validly perfected appraisal of shares in accordance with the
DGCL.
Section 3.3
Conditions to Obligations of the
Company . The obligations of the
Company to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or
waiver by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date of each of
the following conditions:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. (i) The representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof shall be true and correct at
and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date (except
to the extent expressly made as of the date hereof or as of an
earlier date, in which case as of such date), and (ii) all other
representations and warranties of Parent in Article V shall be true
and correct (disregarding all qualifications or limitations as to
“materiality” or “Parent Material Adverse
Effect”) at and as of the Closing Date as if made on the
Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of the date
hereof or as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date),
except where the failure of such representations and warranties to
be so true and correct would not have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect, and Parent shall have delivered to the Company a
certificate signed by an executive officer of Parent confirming the
foregoing (i) and (ii) as of the Closing Date.
(b)
Performance of Obligations of
Parent . Each and all of the
covenants and agreements of Parent to be performed or complied with
pursuant to this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date shall
have been performed and complied with in all material respects, and
Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate signed by
an executive officer of Parent confirming the foregoing as of the
Closing Date.
(c)
Material Adverse Effect
. No Parent Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred from and after the date hereof.
(d)
Additional Agreements . Each of the Additional Agreements shall have been
delivered (and executed, if applicable) by each of the parties to
such Additional Agreement
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other than the Company, the
Company Equityholders or any officers or employees of the
Company.
(e)
Opinion of Counsel . The Company shall have received from Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, tax counsel to the Company, a
written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, on the basis of certain
facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion,
to the effect that the Merger will be treated for federal income
Tax purposes as a “reorganization” within the meaning
of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, such
counsel shall be entitled to require and rely upon customary
representation letters executed by officers of Parent and the
Company.
(f)
Reservation of Parent Shares and Converted
Option Shares . At least 48 hours
prior to the Closing, Parent shall have duly reserved a sufficient
number of shares of Parent Common Stock, based on a good faith
estimate of the Parent Board of Directors after a review of
Sections 2.6(c) and (f) of the Company Disclosure Statement, to be
available for issuance upon exercise of all of the Converted
Options.
(g)
Listing of Parent Common Stock
. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to
ensure that the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the
stockholders of the Company as provided for in Article II shall
have been authorized for listing on any national securities
exchange or national quotation system on which the Parent Common
Stock is then listed or quoted, upon official notice of
issuance.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure
Statement (subject to Section 9.10), the Company hereby represents
and warrants to Parent as follows:
Section 4.1
Qualification; Organization;
Subsidiaries .
(a)
The Company is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and
has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to own,
lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted and is currently planned by
the Company to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified to
transact business in each jurisdiction in which the ownership,
leasing or holding of its properties or the conduct or nature of
its business makes such qualification necessary.
(b)
The minute books of the Company contain true,
complete and accurate records of all meetings and consents in lieu
of meetings of the Company Board of Directors (and any committees
thereof), similar governing bodies and stockholders (“
Corporate Records ”) since January 9, 2006. Copies of such Corporate
Records have been made available to Parent.
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(c)
Section 4.1(c) of the Company Disclosure
Statement sets forth a complete and correct list of each Subsidiary
of the Company, along with the jurisdiction of organization and
percentage of outstanding equity interests owned by the Company of
each such Subsidiary. All equity interests of such Subsidiaries
held by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued
in violation of any preemptive or similar rights, purchase option,
call or right of first refusal or similar rights. The Company owns
all of the outstanding equity securities of such Subsidiaries, free
and clear of all Liens. Except for its Subsidiaries, the Company
does not own, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity,
profits or voting interest in any Person or have any agreement or
commitment to purchase any such interest, and has not agreed and is
not obligated to make nor is bound by any written, oral or other
agreement, commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date
hereof or as may hereafter be in effect, except to the extent as
may be expressly permitted under Section 6.1(b)(viii) hereof, under
which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or
capital contribution to any other entity.
(d)
The Company has delivered to Parent a copy of
each of the Organizational Documents of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries, and each such copy is true, correct and complete, and
each such instrument is in full force and effect. None of the
Company or its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the
provisions of its Organizational Documents.
Section 4.2
Authority .
(a)
The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver each Transaction Document
delivered or to be delivered by it and to perform all of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of each Transaction
Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated to be performed by it under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary and proper corporate action on the part
of the Company, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
the Company is necessary to authorize this Agreement or to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b)
Each Transaction Document to be delivered by the
Company will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and,
when so executed and delivered and assuming the valid execution and
delivery by the other parties thereto, will constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is
sought in equity or at law).
(c)
The Company Board of Directors, by unanimous
action by written consent (i) determined that this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are
advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company
and its stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and (iii)
recommended that the holders of the shares of Company Common Stock
and Company Preferred Stock approve and adopt this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger.
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Section 4.3
No Breach . None of the execution,
delivery or performance by the Company of any Transaction Document
or the consummation by the Company of the Transaction does or will,
with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both,
(a) except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries (except for
Permitted Liens) or (b) conflict with, or result in a breach or
violation of or a default under, require a consent under, or give
rise to a right of amendment, termination, cancellation or
acceleration of, any obligation (except the Credit Facility) or to
a loss of a benefit under (i) the Organizational Documents of the
Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any Company Material Contract, or
(iii) any Law, license or Permit to which the Company, its
Subsidiaries, or any of its properties or assets are subject,
except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any conflicts,
breaches, violations or defaults as would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.4
No Brokers .
There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary
which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the
Company who is or will be entitled to any fee, commission or
payment from the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution or delivery of any Transaction
Document or the consummation of the Transaction.
Section 4.5
Governmental Approvals . Other than any approval required pursuant to the HSR Act,
no Consent or Order of, with or to any Governmental Entity is
required to be obtained or made by the Company or its Subsidiaries
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company or its Subsidiaries of any Transaction Document or the
consummation of the Transaction except for those Consents or Orders
the failure of which to make or obtain would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.6
Capitalization .
(a)
As of the date hereof, the authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 1,500,000 shares of Company Common
Stock and 100,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock. As of the date
hereof:
(i)
373,680 shares of Company Common Stock are
issued and outstanding and 7,500 shares of Company Series A
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding;
(ii)
49,000 shares of Company Common Stock are
reserved for issuance (of which options to purchase 38,470 shares
are outstanding and unexercised) under the Company Stock Plan in
connection with the exercise of outstanding options to purchase
Company Common Stock (the “ Company Options ”).
Section 4.6(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Statement sets forth
with respect to each Company Option, the number of shares of
Company Common Stock covered by the Company Option, and the vesting
schedule and the exercise price therefor; and
(iii)
616,851 shares of Company Common Stock are
reserved for issuance and issuable upon exercise of the Company
Warrants. Section 4.6(a)(iii) of the
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Company Disclosure Statement
sets forth the names of all holders of Company Warrants, the number
of shares of Company Common Stock issuable thereunder, the
respective exercise prices for such Company Common Stock and the
respective expiration dates of the Company Warrants.
(b)
The outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
and Company Preferred Stock (i) have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) were
issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. All grants of Company Options were validly issued
and properly approved by the Company Board of Directors in
accordance with all applicable Law. Except as set forth above in
Section 4.6(a), there are no Equity Securities of the Company or
any rights to subscribe for or to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
any agreements providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise)
of, or any calls, commitments or known claims of any other
character relating to the issuance of, any Equity Securities of the
Company or any other right the value of which relates to the value
of the Company’s capital stock; and the Company is not
subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase
or otherwise acquire or retire, or to register under the Securities
Act, any shares of capital stock. The Company does not have
outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the
holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible
into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with
the stockholders of the Company on any matter. No Subsidiary of the
Company owns any Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or
other equity interest in the Company.
Section 4.7
Financial Information .
(a)
Set forth in the Company Disclosure Statement
are the audited combined balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007 and the
related audited combined statements of operations for each of the
two years comprising the period ended December 31, 2007 (the
“ Company Financial
Statements ”). The Company
Financial Statements have been prepared from the books, accounts
and financial records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
present fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis except to the extent provided in the
notes to such financial statements, the combined financial position
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates set forth
therein and the combined results of their operations for the
periods set forth therein.
(b)
The Company and its Subsidiaries have no
Liabilities of any kind or character except for Liabilities (i) in
the amounts set forth or reserved on the December 31, 2007 Company
balance sheet or the notes thereto, including contingent
liabilities, (ii) arising after December 31, 2007 in the ordinary
course of business, (iii) incurred in connection with this
Agreement or the Transaction, or (iv) which are not, individually
or in the aggregate, material.
(c)
To the knowledge of the Company, (i) there are
no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls
relating to financial reporting or preparation of financial
statements, and (ii) there is no fraud relating to the
Company’s financial reporting or preparation of financial
statements, whether or not material, involving the Company’s
directors, management or other employees.
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Section 4.8
Absence of Certain Changes .
(a)
Since December 31, 2007 and until the date
hereof, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their
business only in the ordinary course in all material respects and
there has not been a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Since December 31, 2007 and until the date
hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken
(I) any action which, if taken after the date hereof and prior to
the Closing without the prior written consent of Parent, would
violate Sections 6.1(b)(iv), (v), (vi), (ix). (x), (xi), (xii),
(xiv), (xv) or (xvi) hereof, or (II) any of the following
actions:
(i)
amended (or proposed to amend) its Organizational
Documents;
(ii)
authorized for issuance, issued, sold, delivered
or agreed or committed to issue, sell or deliver (whether through
the issuance or granting of options, warrants, other equity-based
(whether payable in cash, securities or other property or any
combination of the foregoing) commitments, subscriptions, rights to
purchase or otherwise) any Equity Securities;
(iii)
acquired or redeemed, directly or indirectly, or
amended any of its securities;
(iv)
(A) incurred or assumed any long-term or short-term Indebtedness or
issued any debt securities, or (B) mortgaged or pledged any of its
material assets, tangible or intangible, or created or suffered to
exist any Lien thereupon (other than Permitted Liens and licenses
of or other grants of rights to use Business Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business);
(v)
acquired (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or
assets) any other Person or any equity or ownership interest
therein;
(vi)
entered into, renewed or amended in any material respect any
transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding between (A)
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (B)
any affiliate of the Company (other than any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries), on the other hand, of a type that would be required
to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act (if the Company were subject thereto); or
(vii)
entered into an agreement to do any of the foregoing.
Section 4.9
Taxes .
(a)
Except as would not have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed
all Tax Returns required to be filed by it (“
Company Tax Returns ”); all such
Company Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material
respects; and all Company Tax Returns have been timely filed with
the appropriate taxing authorities in all jurisdictions in which
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extensions have been timely
filed and any such extensions have been granted and have not
expired. The Company has made available to Parent correct and
complete copies of all U.S. federal income Tax Returns of the
Company and its Subsidiaries relating to the taxable period ending
on or after January 1, 2006, filed through the date of this
Agreement.
(b)
All material Taxes due and owing by each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Company
Tax Return) have been paid or adequate reserves for the payment
thereof have been established on the Company’s December 31,
2007 balance sheet.
(c)
All material Taxes of the Company or its
Subsidiaries required to be paid with respect to any completed and
settled audit, examination or deficiency Action with any taxing
authority have been paid in full.
(d)
There is no audit, examination, claim,
assessment, levy, deficiency, administrative or judicial
proceeding, lawsuit or refund Action pending or threatened in
writing with respect to any material Taxes of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and no taxing authority has given written notice of
the commencement of any audit, examination or deficiency Action
with respect to any such Taxes. The Company has delivered to Parent
correct and complete copies of all material Tax examination
reports, closing agreements and statements of Tax deficiencies
assessed against or agreed to by any of the Company or its
Subsidiaries received since December 31, 2005.
(e)
There are no outstanding Contracts or waivers
extending the statutory period of limitations applicable to any
claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment of,
material Taxes of the Company or its Subsidiaries due for any
taxable period.
(f)
None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received written notice
of any claim, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no claim has
ever been made, by any taxing authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company or its Subsidiaries does not file Company Tax Returns that
it is or may be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
(g)
No Liens for Taxes exist with respect to any of the assets or
properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted
Liens.
(h)
The Company and its Subsidiaries are not liable for the material
Taxes of another Person (other than the Company or its
Subsidiaries) (i) under any applicable Tax Law, (ii) as a
transferee or successor, or (iii) by Contract, indemnity or
otherwise.
(i)
The Company or its Subsidiaries is not a party to or bound by any
Tax indemnity agreement, Tax sharing agreement or Tax allocation
agreement or similar agreement with respect to material Taxes
(including advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other
agreement relating to Taxes with any taxing authority) that will be
binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to any
period following the Closing Date.
(j)
None of the Company or its Subsidiaries will be required to include
any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of
deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion
thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any change
in
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method of accounting for a
taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date under Section
481(c) of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of
state, local or foreign applicable Law).
(k)
None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has
requested or is the subject of or bound by any private letter
ruling, technical advice memorandum, or similar ruling or
memorandum with any taxing authority with respect to any material
Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.
(l)
None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has
participated in a “listed transaction,” as defined in
Treasury Regulation § 1.6011 -4(b)(2).
(m)
The Company is not aware of any fact or
circumstance that could reasonably be expected to prevent the
Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(n)
All representations and warranties made in this
Section 4.9 that relate to Networkcar are made only with respect to
periods on and following August 1, 2006 (the “
Networkcar Acquisition Date
”).
Section 4.10
Parent Proxy Statement . None of the information relating to the Company or its
Subsidiaries supplied by the Company, or by any other Persons
acting on behalf of the Company, for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement will, as of on the date that the Proxy Statement is first
mailed to the Parent Stockholders (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), at the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or
at the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at the time and
in light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or
misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
false or misleading in any material respect.
Section 4.11
Assets and Properties .
(a)
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has (i)
good title to all of its real or tangible material assets and
properties (whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible) and (ii)
valid leasehold interests in all of its real or tangible assets and
properties which it leases, in each case (with respect to both
clause (i) and (ii) above), free and clear of any Liens, other than
Permitted Liens.
(b)
The Company and its Subsidiaries do not own, and, to the knowledge
of the Company, have never owned, any real property.
(c)
Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Statement contains a
complete and accurate list of all material real estate leased,
subleased or occupied by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant
to a lease (the “ Company Leased
Premises ”). The Company and/or
its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession of all
Company Leased Premises, except as would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) All of the tangible assets
and properties owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries
are adequately maintained and are in good operating condition and
repair and free from any defects, except as would not have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.12
Contracts .
(a)
Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure
Statement lists all of the Company Material Contracts.
(b)
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (and,
to the knowledge of the Company, each of the other party or parties
thereto) has performed, in all material respects, all obligations
required to be performed by it under each Company Material
Contract. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, no event has occurred or circumstance exists with respect
to any of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
the Company, with respect to any other Person that (with or without
lapse of time or the giving of notice or both) does or may
contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of or
give any of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any other Person the
right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under, or to
accelerate the maturity of, or to cancel, terminate or modify, any
Company Material Contract. To the knowledge of the Company, no
party to any Company Material Contract has repudiated any material
provision thereof or terminated any Company Material Contract. All
Company Material Contracts are valid and binding on the Company or
its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other
parties thereto, and are in full force and effect. The Company has
provided to Parent true, accurate and complete copies or originals
of the Company Material Contracts.
Section 4.13
Litigation .
Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) no
judgment, ruling, order, writ, decree, stipulation, injunction or
determination by or with any arbitrator, court or other
Governmental Entity to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is
party or by which the Company or its Subsidiaries or any assets
thereof is bound, and which relates to or affects the Company and
its Subsidiaries, the assets, properties, Liabilities or employees
of Company or its Subsidiaries is in effect and (ii) there is no
Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against any of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the assets or
properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.14
Environmental Matters . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have any
material Liability under any applicable Law existing and in effect
on the date hereof relating to pollution or protection of the
environment (an “ Environmental
Law ”) or under any Contract
with respect to or as a result of the presence, discharge,
generation, treatment, storage, handling, removal, disposal,
transportation or release of any substance defined as hazardous,
toxic or a pollutant under any Environmental Law (“
Hazardous Materials ”). The Company is and has been at all times in
compliance in all material respects with all Environmental
Laws.
(a)
Other than with regard to customary filings and
notice obligations, the Company has not received any notice of
violation or potential Liability under any Environmental Laws from
any Person or any Governmental Entity or any inquiry, request for
information, or demand letter under any Environmental Law relating
to operations or properties of the Company
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which could reasonably be
expected to result in the Company incurring material liability
under Environmental Laws. The Company is not subject to any orders
arising under Environmental Laws nor are there any administrative,
civil or criminal actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against
the Company under any Environmental Law which could reasonably be
expected to result in the Company incurring material liability
under Environmental Laws. The Company has not entered into any
agreement pursuant to which the Company has assumed or will assume
any liability under Environmental Laws, including, without
limitation, any obligation for costs of remediation, of any other
Person.
(b)
To the knowledge of the Company, there has been
no release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material on, at or
beneath any of the Company Leased Premises or other properties
currently or previously owned or operated by the Company or any
surface waters or groundwaters thereon or thereunder which requires
any material disclosure, investigation, cleanup, remediation,
monitoring, abatement, deed or use restriction by the Company, or
which would be expected to give rise to any other material
liability or damages to the Company under any Environmental
Laws.
(c)
The Company has not arranged for the disposal of
any Hazardous Material, or transported any Hazardous Material, in a
manner that has given, or could reasonably be expected to give,
rise to any material liability for any damages or costs of
remediation.
(d)
The Company has made available to Parent copies
of all environmental studies, investigations, reports or
assessments concerning the Company, the Company Leased Premises and
any real property currently or previously owned or operated by the
Company.
Section 4.15
Compliance with Applicable Law
. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in
compliance and has complied at all times with all Laws applicable
to the Company and its Subsidiaries, except such non-compliance as
would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would
not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no claims or complaints
from any Governmental Entities or other Persons have been asserted
or received by the Company or its Subsidiaries within the past
three years related to or affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries
and, to the knowledge of the Company, no claims or complaints are
threatened, alleging that the Company or its Subsidiaries are in
violation of any Laws or Permits applicable to the Company and its
Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, no investigation,
inquiry or review by any Governmental Entity with respect to the
Company or its Subsidiaries is pending or threatened. The subject
matter of Sections 4.9, 4.14 and 4.20 are excluded from the
provisions of this Section 4.15 and the representations and
warranties of the Company with respect to those subject matters are
exclusively set forth in those referenced sections.
Section 4.16
Permits .
Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has all the Permits (the
“ Company Permits
”) that are necessary for the Company and
its Subsidiaries to conduct their business and operations in
compliance with all applicable Laws and the Company and its
Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all of the
terms and requirements of the Company Permits.
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Section 4.17
Employee Matters .
(a)
Section 4.17(a) of the Company Disclosure
Statement includes a complete list of all Employee Benefit
Plans.
(b)
With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, the
Company has delivered or made available to Parent a true, correct
and complete copy of: (i) each writing constituting a part of such
Employee Benefit Plan, including without limitation all plan
documents, employee communications, benefit schedules, trust
agreements, and insurance contracts and other funding vehicles;
(ii) the most recent Annual Report (Form 5500 Series) and
accompanying schedule, if any; (iii) the current summary plan
description and any material modifications thereto, if any (in each
case, whether or not required to be furnished under ERISA); (iv)
the most recent annual financial report, if any; (v) the most
recent actuarial report, if any; and (vi) the most recent
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, if any.
Except as specifically provided in the foregoing documents
delivered or made available to Parent, as of the date of this
Agreement there are no amendments to any Employee Benefit Plan that
have been adopted or approved nor has the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries undertaken to make any such amendments or to adopt or
approve any new Employee Benefit Plan.
(c)
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a
favorable determination letter with respect to each Employee
Benefit Plan that is intended to be a “qualified plan”
within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code (“
Qualified Plans ”) that has not been revoked and, to the knowledge of
the Company, there are no existing circumstances and no events have
occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
qualified status of any Qualified Plan.
(d)
All contributions required to be made to any
Employee Benefit Plan by applicable Law or regulation or by any
plan document or other contractual undertaking, and all premiums
due or payable with respect to insurance policies funding any
Employee Benefit Plan, for any period through the date hereof, have
been timely made or paid in full.
(e)
With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, the
Company and its Subsidiaries have complied, and are now in
compliance, in all material respects, with all provisions of ERISA,
the Code and all Laws and regulations applicable to such Employee
Benefit Plans. Each Employee Benefit Plan has been administered in
all material respects in accordance with its terms. There is not
now, nor do any circumstances exist that would reasonably be
expected to give rise to, any requirement for the posting of
security with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or the
imposition of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens) on the assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under ERISA or the
Code.
(f)
No Employee Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV
or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the
Code.
(g)
(i) No Employee Benefit Plan is a Multiemployer
Plan or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least
two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of
Section 4063 of ERISA (a “ Multiple Employer Plan ”); (ii) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries nor
any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has, at any time during
the last six years, contributed to or been obligated to contribute
to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
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Employer Plan; and (iii) none of
the Company and its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates has incurred any Withdrawal Liability that has not been
satisfied in full.
(h)
There does not now exist, nor do any
circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to result in,
any Controlled Group Liability that would be a liability of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries following the
Closing.
(i)
The Company and its Subsidiaries have no
liability for life, health, medical or other welfare benefits to
former employees or beneficiaries or dependents thereof, except for
health continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the
Code or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and at no expense to the Company
and its Subsidiaries. There has been no communication to employees
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be
interpreted to promise or guarantee such employees retiree health
or life insurance or other retiree death benefits on a permanent
basis.
(j)
Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event)
(i) require the funding of any trust or other funding vehicle, (ii)
result in, cause the accelerated vesting, funding or delivery of,
or increase the amount or value of, any payment (including
forgiveness of indebtedness) or benefit to any employee, officer or
director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) result
in any limitation on the right of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to amend, merge or terminate any Employee Benefit Plan
or related trust. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
no amount paid or payable (whether in cash, in property, or in the
form of benefits) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (either solely
as a result thereof or as a result of such transactions in
conjunction with any other event) will be an “excess
parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Code.
(k)
No labor organization or group of employees of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries has made a pending demand for recognition or
certification, and there are no representation or certification
proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding
presently pending or threatened to be brought or filed, with the
National Labor Relations Board or any other labor relations
tribunal or authority. There are no organizing activities, strikes,
work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, material arbitrations or
material grievances, or other material labor disputes pending or
threatened against or involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all applicable Laws and collective bargaining
agreements respecting employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment, wages and hours and occupational
safety and health.
(l)
None of the Company and its Subsidiaries nor any other Person,
including any fiduciary, has engaged in any “prohibited
transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 406 of ERISA), which would reasonably be expected to
subject any of the Employee Benefit Plans or their related trusts,
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any person that the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has an obligation to indemnify, to any
material Tax or penalty imposed under Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 502 of ERISA.
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(m)
Each Employee Benefit Plan that is a
“nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the
meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code (a “
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan ”) and any award thereunder, in each case that is
subject to Section 409A of the Code, has been operated in
compliance in all material respects with Section 409A of the Code,
based upon a good faith, reasonable interpretation of Section 409A
of the Code and the final regulations issued thereunder or Internal
Revenue Service Notice 2005-1.
(n)
Each Company Option (i) was granted in
compliance with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and
conditions of the Company Stock Plan pursuant to which it was
issued, (ii) has an exercise price per share of Company Common
Stock equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of
Company Common Stock on the date of such grant, and (iii) has a
grant date identical to the date on which the Company Board of
Directors or compensation committee actually awarded such Company
Option.
Section 4.18
Insurance .
(a)
Except as would not have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, the insurance policies and surety bonds which the
Company and its Subsidiaries maintain with respect to their assets,
Liabilities, employees, officers or directors (“
Company Insurance Policies ”), (i) are in
full force and effect and will not lapse or be subject to
suspension, modification, revocation, cancellation, termination or
nonrenewal by reason of the execution, delivery or performance of
any Transaction Document or consummation of the Transaction; and
(ii) are sufficient for compliance with all requirements of Law and
Contracts of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are current in all premiums or other payments due
under each Company Insurance Policy and have otherwise performed in
all material respects all of their respective obligations
thereunder.
(b)
The Company or its Subsidiaries have not
received during the past three years from any insurance carrier
with which it has carried any material insurance (i) any refusal of
coverage or notice of material limitation of coverage or any notice
that a defense will be afforded with reservation of rights in
respect of claims that are or would be reasonably be expected to be
material to the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) any notice of
cancellation or any notice that any insurance policy is no longer
in full force or effect or will not be renewed or that the issuer
of any Company Insurance Policy is not willing or able to perform
its obligations thereunder.
Section 4.19
Transactions with Affiliates
.
(a)
Except for agreements related to employment with
the Company or its Subsidiaries or as otherwise provided in Section
4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Statement, (i) there are no
transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings between
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any
director, officer or stockholder (or Affiliate thereof) of the
Company, on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed
under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act (if the
Securities Act were applicable to the Company), (ii) no director,
officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliate
of the Company (other than its Subsidiaries) has any material
interest in any Company Material
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Contract, material tangible
asset or material Business Intellectual Property (other than
through such Person’s equity interest) that is used by the
Company or its Subsidiaries in the conduct of its business as it
has been conducted prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) no
Affiliate of any director, officer or employee of the Company or
its Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement whereby such Person
owes any material Indebtedness to or is owed any material
Indebtedness from any of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other
than employment relationships and compensation, benefits, repayment
of travel, entertainment and other advances made in the ordinary
course of business.
(b)
The agreements set forth on Section 4.19(b) of
the Company Disclosure Statement shall have been terminated prior
to the Effective Time without current or future obligations or
liabilities applicable to or on the Company, Parent or any of their
respective Subsidiaries (and copies of the related termination
agreements shall have been provided to Parent).
Section 4.20
Business Intellectual Property
.
(a)
Subject to Sections 4.20(d)(iv) through
4.20(d)(viii), each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns or has
a valid license or right to use all Business Intellectual Property,
free and clear of any liens and security interests (except
Permitted Liens).
(b)
Section 4.20(b) of the Company Disclosure Statement sets forth as
of the date hereof all applications, patents, registrations and
issuances for all Business Intellectual Property, owned by the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and all material license agreements
relating to any Business Intellectual Property (other than license
agreements (i) in which grants of Business Intellectual Property
are incidental or (ii) granting rights to use readily available
commercial software) to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party.
(c)
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will not materially impair or materially alter the right of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to use the Business Intellectual
Property or Developed Software, any computer software used by the
Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, or
any information technology, telecommunications, network and
peripheral equipment used by the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(d)
Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect:
(i)
there are no infringement, opposition,
interference or cancellation suits, Actions or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, before any court,
patent office or registration authority in any jurisdiction against
the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to any Business
Intellectual Property;
(ii)
no person is infringing or misappropriating, or
has infringed or misappropriated any of the Business Intellectual
Property; provided that,
with respect to the intellectual property
acquired by the Company in the acquisition of Networkcar, this
representation in this clause (ii) shall only apply to
infringements or misappropriations since the Networkcar Acquisition
Date;
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(iii)
the material Business Intellectual Property that
is registered and owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries is
valid, enforceable and subsisting and nothing has been done or
omitted to be done which may cause any of it to cease to be
so;
(iv)
the manufacturing, importation, use, practice,
sale and offer for sale of the products and services of any of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and any and all activities of any of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the Generation 1
Products and Services, as currently conducted, does not infringe or
misappropriate and have not infringed or misappropriated any
intellectual property of any third party;
(v)
since the Networkcar Acquisition Date, the
Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any written claim or
notice that the manufacturing, importation, use, practice, sale,
offer for sale of any products or services of any of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, or any other activities of any of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, infringe or misappropriate, or have infringed
or misappropriated, any intellectual property of any third party,
where such claim or notice (A) remains unresolved or (B) exposes
the Company to any liability, whether contingent or
otherwise;
(vi)
the Company and its Subsidiaries are licensed or
otherwise have the legal right to use all computer programs owned
by a third party which are used by the Company or its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business (“ Developed Software ”);
(vii)
each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns or
has the legal right to use all computer programs designed, written,
developed or configured by, on behalf of, or for the use of, the
Company or its Subsidiaries which are used by the Company or its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, except for any
Developed Software; and
(viii)
the Company and its Subsidiaries own or
otherwise have the legal right to use all information technology,
telecommunications, network and peripheral equipment used by the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.18
Sufficiency of Assets . The
business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
together, constitute substantially all of the business reflected on
the Company Financial Statements as of December 31,
2007.
Section 4.22
Stockholder Approval . In accordance with the DGCL and the Company’s
Organizational Documents, the stockholders of the Company will, on
the date hereof, by written consent, approve and adopt the Merger
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby, and such consent shall not be rescinded, revoked or
impaired in any manner. Other than such consent, no other vote,
approval or consent of holders of the securities of the Company is
required to authorize and approve the consummation of the
Transaction.
Section 4.23
Relationships with Customers, Suppliers and
Research Collaborators . Section 4.23
of the Company Disclosure Statement sets forth a list of the
Company’s top five customers (together with DaimlerChrysler
Company and Mercedes-Benz USA, the “ Customers ”) and top
five Suppliers, in each case listing the dollar amounts paid to the
Company by and to such Customers and Suppliers for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007. No such Customer
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or Supplier has cancelled or
otherwise terminated or materially reduced or materially and
adversely modified its relationship with the Company, nor has any
such Customer or Supplier expressed to the Company its intention to
do any of the foregoing. To the knowledge of the Company, no
research collaborator of the Company has expressed to the Company
its intention to cancel or otherwise terminate or materially reduce
or materially and adversely modify its relationship with the
Company.
Section 4.24
Trust Account .
The Company hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the final
prospectus of Parent, dated January 11, 2008 (the “
Prospectus ”) and the Investment Management Trust Agreement by
and between Parent and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, dated as of January 11, 2008 (the “
Trust Agreement ”), and is aware that disbursements from the Trust
Account are available only in the limited circumstances set forth
therein.
Section 4.25
Section 203 of the DGCL
. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the
Company Board of Directors has taken all action necessary so that
the restrictions on business combinations contained in Section 203
of the DGCL will not apply with respect to or as a result of this
Agreement, the Company Support Agreement, any other Transaction
Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
including the Merger, without any further action on the part of the
Company’s stockholders or the Board of the Directors of the
Company. No other state takeover statute is applicable to the
Merger.
Section 4.26
No Additional Representations
. The Company acknowledges that neither Parent,
its officers, directors or stockholders, nor any Person has made
any representation or warranty, express or implied, of any kind,
including without limitation any representation or warranty as to
the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding Parent
furnished or made available to the Company and any of its
representatives, in each case except as expressly set forth in
Article V (as modified by the Parent Disclosure
Statement).
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT
Except as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Statement
(subject to Section 9.10), Parent represents and warrants to the
Company as follows:
Section 5.1
Organization .
(a)
Parent is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State
of Delaware. Parent has all requisite corporate or other power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and
to carry on its business as presently conducted and as it will be
conducted through the Closing Date. Parent is duly qualified to
transact business in each jurisdiction in which the ownership,
leasing or holding of its properties or the conduct or nature of
its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified would not have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
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Parent is not, and has not been,
in violation of any of the provisions of its Organizational
Documents.
(b)
Parent does not have any Subsidiaries or own
beneficially or otherwise, directly or indirectly, any Equity
Securities or ownership interest in, or have any obligation to form
or participate in, any other Person (including the Company). No
Person “related” to the Parent (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.368 -(e)(4)) owns, beneficially or
otherwise, any Equity Securities or any other ownership interest in
the Company, or has any right or obligations to acquire any such
Equity Securities or other ownership interest, other than pursuant
to this Agreement.
Section 5.2
Authority .
Parent has the corporate power, authority and legal right to
execute and deliver each Transaction Document delivered or to be
delivered by it and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
Transaction Document to which Parent is a party has been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Parent, and no further corporate proceedings on the part of Parent
are necessary to authorize this Agreement and each Transaction
Document to which Parent is a party, or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, other than the Parent Stockholder
Approval.
Section 5.3
Binding Obligation . This Agreement and each Transaction Document delivered or
to be delivered by Parent has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Parent and assuming the valid execution and delivery
by the other parties thereto constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar Laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at
law).
Section 5.4
No Breach .
None of the execution, delivery or performance by Parent of any
Transaction Document delivered or to be delivered by it or the
consummation of the Transaction does or will, with or without the
giving of notice or the lapse of time or both (a) except as would
not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, result in the creation
of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Parent (except
for Permitted Liens), or (b) conflict with, or result in a breach
or violation of or a default under, or give rise to a right of
amendment, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation or to a loss of a benefit under (i) any Organizational
Documents of Parent, (ii) any Parent Contract or (iii) assuming
compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.6 of the
Parent Disclosure Statement, any Law, license, Permit or other
requirement to which Parent’s properties or assets are
subject, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any
conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.5
No Brokers .
There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary
which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of
Parent who is or will be entitled to any fee, commission or payment
from Parent in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution or delivery of any Transaction Document or the
consummation of the Transaction.
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Section 5.6
Governmental Approvals . Except as would not have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect, any approval required pursuant to the HSR Act or expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, no Consent or Order of, with or to
any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by or
with respect to Parent in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance by Parent of any Transaction Document or the
consummation by Parent of the Transaction.
Section 5.7
Capitalization .
(a)
The Parent Disclosure Statement sets forth (i)
the authorized Equity Securities of Parent, (ii) the number of
Equity Securities of Parent that are issued and outstanding, (iii)
the number of Equity Securities of Parent held in treasury, and
(iv) the number of Equity Securities of Parent that are reserved
for issuance.
(b)
No shares of capital stock or other securities
of Parent (other than the Parent Common Stock and the Parent
Warrants) are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All of
the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued
in violation of, and are not subject to, any preemptive rights.
There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of any
type whatsoever of Parent having the right to vote (or convertible
into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on
any matters on which any stockholders of Parent may vote. Other
than the Parent Warrants, the rights granted to the Company under
this Agreement and pursuant to the Transaction Documents, there are
no outstanding options, warrants, calls, demands, stock
appreciation rights, Contracts or other rights of any nature to
purchase, obtain or acquire from Parent, or otherwise relating to,
or any outstanding securities or obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for, or any voting agreements with respect to, any
shares of capital stock of Parent or any other securities of Parent
and, other than as set forth in Section 5.7(b) of the Parent
Disclosure Statement, Parent is not obligated, pursuant to any
securities, options, warrants, calls, demands, Contracts or other
rights of any nature or otherwise, now or in the future,
contingently or otherwise, to issue, deliver, sell, purchase or
redeem any capital stock of Parent, any other securities of Parent
or any interest in or assets of Parent to or from any Person or to
issue, deliver, sell, purchase or redeem any stock appreciation
rights or other Contracts relating to any capital stock or other
securities of Parent to or from any Person.
(c)
Except as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, there are no registration rights, and there is no voting
trust, proxy, rights plan, anti-takeover plan or other Contracts or
understandings to which Parent is a party or by which Parent is
bound with respect to any Equity Security of Parent.
(d)
As a result of the consummation of the
Transaction, no shares of capital stock, warrants, options or other
securities of Parent are issuable and no rights in connection with
any shares, warrants, rights, options or other securities of Parent
accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting,
exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).
Section 5.8
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
.
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(a)
Parent has no Liabilities of any kind or
character except for Liabilities (i) in the amounts set forth or
reserved on the March 31, 2008 Parent balance sheet or the notes
thereto, as included in the Form 10-Q Parent filed with the SEC on
May 14, 2008 (the “ March
31, 2008 Parent Balance
Sheet ”), including contingent
liabilities, (ii) arising after March 31, 2008 in the ordinary
course of business, (iii) incurred in connection with this
Agreement or the Transaction, or (iv) which are not, individually
or in the aggregate, material; provided , that any
Liabilities outstanding as of the date hereof in excess of $25,000
individually which are not set forth or reserved on the March 31,
2008 Parent Balance Sheet are set forth in Section 5.8(a) of the
Parent Disclosure Statement.
Section 5.9
Absence of Certain Changes
.
(a)
Since March 31, 2008 and until the date hereof,
Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course in
all material respects and there has not been a Parent Material
Adverse Effect.
(b)
Since March 31, 2008 and until the date hereof,
Parent has not taken any action which, if taken after the date
hereof and pri
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