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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger

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BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC | FALCON ACQUISITION SUB, INC | FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC | FOUNDRY SYSTEMS, INC

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Title: AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 7/24/2008
Industry: Computer Storage Devices     Law Firm: Heller Ehrman;Cooley Godward     Sector: Technology

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, Parties: brocade communications systems  inc , falcon acquisition sub  inc , foundry networks  inc , foundry systems  inc
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Exhibit 2.1

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

among:

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation;

Falcon Acquisition Sub, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation; and

Foundry Networks, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of July 21, 2008

 

 

 


 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

Section 1. Description of Transaction

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1 Merger of Merger Sub into the Company

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2 Effects of the Merger

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.3 Closing; Effective Time

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5 Conversion of Shares

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.6 Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.7 Exchange of Certificates

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.8 Dissenting Shares

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.9 Further Action

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries; Etc.

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.2 Charter Documents

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.3 Capitalization, Etc.

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.4 SEC Filings; Internal Controls and Procedures; Financial Statements

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.5 Absence of Changes

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.6 Title to Assets

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.7 Receivables; Customers; Inventories; Cash

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.8 Real Property; Equipment; Leasehold

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.9 Intellectual Property

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.10 Contracts

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.11 Liabilities

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.12 Compliance with Legal Requirements

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.13 Certain Business Practices; Export Compliance

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.14 Governmental Authorizations

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.15 Tax Matters

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.16 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.17 Environmental Matters

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.18 Insurance

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.19 Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.20 Legal Proceedings; Orders

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.21 Authority; Inapplicability of Anti-takeover Statutes; Binding Nature of Agreement

 

 

31

 

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Table of Contents
Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

2.22 Vote Required

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.23 Non-Contravention; Consents

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.24 Fairness Opinion

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.25 Financial Advisor

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.26 Full Disclosure

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1 Due Organization

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3 No Vote Required

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4 Non-Contravention; Consents

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.5 Valid Issuance

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.6 Financing

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.7 Solvency

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.8 Disclosure

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4. Certain Covenants of the Company

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1 Access and Investigation

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Operation of the Company’s Business

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3 No Solicitation

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5. Additional Covenants of the Parties

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Registration Statement; Prospectus/Proxy Statement

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2 Company Stockholders’ Meeting

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.3 Stock Options, RSUs and ESPP

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.4 Employee Benefits

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.5 Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.6 Regulatory Approvals and Related Matters

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.7 Notification of Certain Matters

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.8 Disclosure

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.9 Merger Sub Compliance

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.10 Listing

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.11 Resignation of Officers and Directors

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.12 Financing

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.13 Stockholder Litigation

 

 

61

 

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Table of Contents
Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

5.14 Section 16 Matters

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1 Accuracy of Representations

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.2 Performance of Covenants

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.3 Effectiveness of Registration Statement

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.4 Stockholder Approval

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.5 Consents

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.6 Agreements and Documents

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.7 No Material Adverse Effect

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.8 Regulatory Matters

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.9 Listing

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.10 No Restraints

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.11 No Governmental Litigation

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.12 Current SEC Reports

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.13 No Restatement

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.14 Minimum Cash Balance

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7. Conditions Precedent to Obligation of the Company

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 Accuracy of Representations

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.2 Performance of Covenants

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.3 Effectiveness of Registration Statement

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.4 Stockholder Approval

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5 Closing Certificate

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.6 Listing

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.7 HSR Waiting Period

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.8 No Restraints

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8. Termination

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1 Termination

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.2 Effect of Termination

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.3 Expenses; Termination Fees

 

 

68

 

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Table of Contents
Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

Section 9. Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1 Amendment

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.2 Waiver

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.3 No Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.4 Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Facsimile or Electronic Delivery

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.6 Disclosure Schedule

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.7 Attorneys’ Fees

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.8 Assignability; Third Party Beneficiaries

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.9 Notices

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.10 Cooperation

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.11 Severability

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.12 Enforcement

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.13 Construction

 

 

74

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

      This Agreement and Plan of Merger (“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of July 21, 2008, by and among: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”); Falcon Acquisition Sub, Inc ., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”); and Foundry Systems, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A .

Recitals

      A.  Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub into the Company (the “ Merger ”) in accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL. Upon consummation of the Merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist, and the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

      B.  The respective boards of directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have approved this Agreement and the Merger.

      C.  In order to induce Parent to enter into this Agreement and cause the Merger to be consummated, a stockholder of the Company is executing a voting agreement in favor of Parent concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Voting Agreement ”).

Agreement

     The parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

      Section 1. Description of Transaction

           1.1 Merger of Merger Sub into the Company. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. The Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “ Surviving Corporation ”).

           1.2 Effects of the Merger . The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL.

           1.3 Closing; Effective Time . The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Cooley Godward Kronish llp , 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California, at 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the later of (a) the date that is ten business days after the satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 (other than the conditions set forth in Sections 6.6(b) and 7.5, which by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of such conditions) and (b) October 27, 2008 or such earlier date as Parent may designate in writing (the later of the date referred to in clause “(a)” of this sentence and the date referred to in clause “(b)” of this sentence being referred to as the “ Designated Date ”), or on such other date or at such other time or location as

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Parent and the Company may mutually designate in writing; provided, however , that if there exists an uncured Financing Failure on the Designated Date and such Financing Failure impedes the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to obtain the Debt Financing and consummate the Merger on the Designated Date, then (without limiting any right the Company may have to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) or, if applicable under the circumstances, Section 8.1(b)): (i) the Closing shall be postponed until the second business day after the date on which such Financing Failure is cured; (ii) the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall remain subject to the continued satisfaction or waiver, as of the time of the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth in Section 6; and (iii) the obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall remain subject to the continued satisfaction or waiver, as of the time of the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth in Section 7. The date on which the Closing actually takes place is referred to as the “ Closing Date .” Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, a certificate of merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL shall be duly executed by the Company in connection with the Closing and, concurrently with or as soon as practicable following the Closing, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of such certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be specified in such certificate of merger with the written consent of Parent and the Company (the time as of which the Merger becomes effective being referred to as the “ Effective Time ”).

           1.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers . At the Effective Time, unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time:

           (a) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to conform to the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (i) Article I of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows: “The name of the corporation is Foundry Networks, Inc.” and (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall comply with the provisions of Section 5.5;

           (b) the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to conform to the Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (i) Article I of the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to provide that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be Foundry Networks, Inc. and (ii) the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall comply with the provisions of Section 5.5; and

           (c) the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be the respective individuals who are directors and officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time.

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         1.5 Conversion of Shares .

           (a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any stockholder of the Company:

           (i) any shares of Company Common Stock held by the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (or held in the Company’s treasury) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;

           (ii) any shares of Company Common Stock held by Parent, Merger Sub or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;

           (iii) except as provided in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” of this Section 1.5(a) and subject to Sections 1.5(b), 1.5(c), 1.5(d) and 1.8, each share of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive: (A) 0.0907 of a share of Parent Common Stock (the “ Exchange Ratio ”); and (B) $18.50 in cash (the “ Per Share Cash Amount ”); and

           (iv) each share of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.

           (b) If, during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending at the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are changed into a different number or class of shares by reason of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, or if a stock dividend is declared by the Company during such period, or a record date with respect to any such event shall occur during such period, then the Per Share Cash Amount and the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted to the extent appropriate to provide the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such action. If, during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending at the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are changed into a different number or class of shares by reason of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, or if a stock dividend is declared by Parent during such period, or a record date with respect to any such event shall occur during such period, then the Exchange Ratio (but not the Per Share Cash Amount) shall be adjusted to the extent appropriate to provide the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such action.

           (c) If any shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time are unvested or are subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition under any applicable restricted stock purchase agreement or other Contract with the Company or under which the Company has any rights, then (except to the extent provided in

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any binding agreement between the Company and the holder thereof and except to the extent Parent otherwise elects): (i) the Merger Consideration delivered in exchange for such shares of Company Common Stock will also be unvested and subject to the same repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition; (ii) the certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock included in such Merger Consideration may accordingly be marked with appropriate legends and need not be delivered until such time as such repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition lapses or otherwise terminates; and (iii) the cash consideration included in such Merger Consideration need not be paid until such time as such repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition lapses or otherwise terminates. The Company shall take all action that may be necessary to ensure that, from and after the Effective Time, Parent is entitled to exercise any such repurchase option or other right set forth in any such restricted stock purchase agreement or other Contract.

           (d) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of Company Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such holder) shall, in lieu of such fraction of a share and upon surrender of such holder’s Company Stock Certificate(s) (as defined in Section 1.6), be paid in cash the dollar amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying such fraction by the closing price of a share of Parent Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the date the Merger becomes effective.

      1.6 Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books . At the Effective Time: (a) all shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and all holders of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company; and (b) the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of any such shares of Company Common Stock shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously representing any shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (a “ Company Stock Certificate ”) is presented to the Exchange Agent (as defined in Section 1.7) or to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such Company Stock Certificate shall be canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Section 1.7.

      1.7 Exchange of Certificates .

           (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall appoint Wells Fargo Shareowner Services or another institution reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “ Exchange Agent ”). Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders of Company Common Stock: (i) subject to Sections 1.5(c) and 1.8, certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.5; and (ii) subject to Sections 1.5(c) and 1.8, cash sufficient to make payments of the cash consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.5 (including payments to be made in lieu of fractional shares). The shares of Parent

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Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the “ Exchange Fund .”

           (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of Company Stock Certificates immediately prior to the Effective Time: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming that delivery of Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Company Stock Certificates in exchange for Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent: (A) subject to Section 1.5(c), the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate representing the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock and the cash consideration that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5; and (B) the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7(b), each Company Stock Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive Merger Consideration as contemplated by Section 1.5. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the delivery of any Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock previously represented by such Company Stock Certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a bond (in customary amount) as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Company Stock Certificate.

           (c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate in accordance with this Section 1.7 (at which time such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, to receive: (i) on the date of such surrender, all such dividends and distributions having a payment date prior to the date of such surrender, without interest; and (ii) on the payment date thereof, all such dividends and distributions having a payment date after the date of such surrender, without interest).

           (d) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock Certificates as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates in accordance with this Section 1.7 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for Merger Consideration and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock included in the Merger Consideration.

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           (e) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock or Company Equity Award such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law or under any other applicable Legal Requirement. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.

           (f) Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock or to any other Person with respect to any Merger Consideration (or dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock included in such Merger Consideration) delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property law, escheat law or similar Legal Requirement.

      1.8 Dissenting Shares .

      (a)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, shares of Company Common Stock held by a holder who has made a proper demand for appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and who has otherwise complied with all applicable provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL (any such shares being referred to as “ Dissenting Shares ” until such time as such holder fails to perfect or otherwise loses such holder’s appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to such shares) shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.5, but shall be entitled only to such rights as are granted by the DGCL to a holder of Dissenting Shares.

      (b)  Subject to Section 1.5(c), if any Dissenting Shares shall lose their status as such (through failure to perfect or otherwise), then, as of the later of the Effective Time or the date of loss of such status, such shares shall automatically be converted into and shall represent only the right to receive Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.5, without interest thereon, upon surrender of the Company Stock Certificate formerly representing such shares.

      (c)  The Company shall give Parent: (i) prompt notice of any written demand for appraisal received by the Company prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the DGCL, any withdrawal of any such demand and any other demand, notice or instrument delivered to the Company prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the DGCL; and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such demand, notice or instrument. The Company shall not make any payment or settlement offer prior to the Effective Time with respect to any such demand, notice or instrument unless Parent shall have given its written consent to such payment or settlement offer.

      1.9 Further Action . If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is determined by Parent or the Surviving Corporation to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and property of Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and

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directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized (in the name of Merger Sub, in the name of the Company and otherwise) to take such action.

      Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company

     The Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows (it being understood that each representation and warranty contained in this Section 2 is subject to: (a) the exceptions and disclosures set forth in the part or subpart of the Disclosure Schedule corresponding to the particular Section or subsection in this Section 2 in which such representation and warranty appears; (b) any exception or disclosure explicitly cross-referenced in such part or subpart of the Disclosure Schedule by reference to another part or subpart of the Disclosure Schedule; and (c) any exception or disclosure set forth in any other part or subpart of the Disclosure Schedule to the extent it is readily apparent on the face, and from the wording, of such exception or disclosure that such exception or disclosure applies to such representation and warranty):

           2.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries; Etc.

                     (a)  Each of the Acquired Corporations is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation (except, in the case of good standing, for entities organized under the laws of any jurisdiction that does not recognize such concept) and has all necessary power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound.

                     (b)  Each of the Acquired Corporations is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing (except for entities organized under the laws of any jurisdiction that does not recognize such concept), under the laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

                     (c)  Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (filed with the SEC on February 26, 2008) (the “ 2007 10-K ”) identifies each “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Rule 1.20 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC) of the Company and indicates its jurisdiction of organization. None of the Acquired Corporations owns any capital stock of, or any equity interest of any nature in, any other Entity, other than the Entities identified in Exhibit 21.1 of the 2007 10-K and in Part 2.1(c) of the Disclosure Schedule. None of the Acquired Corporations has agreed or is obligated to make, or is bound by any Contract under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Entity (other than investments or capital contributions to or among the Acquired Corporations).

           2.2 Charter Documents. The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other charter and

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organizational documents (collectively the “ Charter Documents ”) of the respective Acquired Corporations, each as currently in effect. The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of: (a) the charters of all committees of the Company’s board of directors; and (b) any code of conduct or similar policy adopted by any of the Acquired Corporations or by the board of directors, or any committee of the board of directors, of any of the Acquired Corporations. Neither the Company nor any of the other Acquired Corporations has violated any of its Charter Documents.

      2.3 Capitalization, Etc.

           (a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: (i) 300,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 144,904,648 shares have been issued and are outstanding as of July 18, 2008; and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock, of which no shares have been issued or are outstanding. Except as set forth in Part 2.3(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not hold any shares of its capital stock in its treasury. All of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. There are no shares of Company Common Stock held by any of the other Acquired Corporations. Except as set forth in Part 2.3(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule: (A) none of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right; (B) none of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of any Acquired Corporation; and (C) there is no Company Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or from granting any option or similar right with respect to), any shares of Company Common Stock. None of the Acquired Corporations is under any obligation, or is bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or other securities.

           (b) As of July 18, 2008: (i) 31,003,590 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to issuance pursuant to Company Options; (ii) 5,465,967 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company ESPP; (iii) 2,231,000 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to Company Stock-Based Awards; and (iv) 13,830,646 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to equity awards not yet granted under the Company Equity Plans. The Company has Made Available to Parent a complete and accurate list that sets forth with respect to each Company Equity Award outstanding as of July 9, 2008 the following information: (A) the particular plan (if any) pursuant to which such Company Equity Award was granted; (B) the name of the holder of such Company Equity Award; (C) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Equity Award; (D) the per share exercise price (if any) of such Company Equity Award; (E) the date on which such Company Equity Award was granted; (F) the date on which such Company Equity Award expires; (G) if such Company Equity Award is a Company Option, whether such Company Option is an “incentive stock option” (as defined in the Code) or a non-qualified stock option; (H) if such Company Equity Award is a Company Stock-Based Award, whether such Company Stock-Based Award is a restricted stock unit or a restricted stock award; and (I) if such Company Equity Award is a Company Stock-Based Award in the form of restricted stock units, the dates on which shares of Company Common Stock are scheduled to be delivered, if different from the applicable vesting

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schedule. The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all equity plans pursuant to which any outstanding Company Equity Awards were granted by the Company, and the forms of all stock option, restricted stock unit and restricted stock award agreements evidencing such Company Equity Awards. The exercise price of each Company Option is no less than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock as determined on the date of grant of such Company Option. All grants of Company Equity Awards were recorded on the Company’s financial statements (including, any related notes thereto) contained in the Company SEC Documents (as defined in Section 2.4(b)) in accordance with GAAP, and no such grants involved any “back dating” or similar practices with respect to the effective date of grant (whether intentionally or otherwise). There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights or equity-based awards with respect to any of the Acquired Corporations other than as set forth in Part 2.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule.

           (c) Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b), there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of any of the Acquired Corporations; (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of any of the Acquired Corporations; or (iii) stockholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill”) or Contract under which any of the Acquired Corporations is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital stock or any other securities.

           (d) All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, Company Equity Awards, warrants and other securities of the Acquired Corporations have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with: (i) all applicable securities laws and other applicable Legal Requirements; and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.

           (e) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof, and are owned beneficially and of record by the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances.

           (f) During the period commencing on July 18, 2008 and ending upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, other than as a result of (i) the exercise of Company Options outstanding as of July 18, 2008 issued pursuant to the Company Equity Plans, (ii) the vesting of Company Stock-Based Awards outstanding as of July 18, 2008 issued pursuant to the Company Equity Plans, or (iii) repurchases from employees of the Company following termination of employment pursuant to the terms of the applicable pre-existing stock option agreements or restricted stock purchase agreements, there has been no change in (A) the outstanding capital stock of the Company, (B) the outstanding number of Company Options or Company Stock-Based Awards, or (C) the number of other outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase capital stock of the Company.

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      2.4 SEC Filings; Internal Controls and Procedures; Financial Statements.

           (a) The Company has filed with the SEC all registration statements, proxy statements, Certifications (as defined below) and other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2005, and all amendments thereto (the “ Company SEC Documents ”). The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of each Company SEC Document (including each exhibit thereto) that is not publicly available through the SEC’s EDGAR database. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file any documents with the SEC. As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing): (i) each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be) and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (ii) none of the Company SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the certifications and statements required by: (A) Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14 under the Exchange Act; (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); or (C) any other rule or regulation promulgated by the SEC or applicable to the Company SEC Documents (collectively, the “ Certifications ”) are accurate and complete, and comply as to form and content with all applicable Legal Requirements. As used in this Agreement, the term “ file ” and variations thereof, when used in reference to the SEC, shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

           (b) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures as such terms are defined in, and required by, Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that: (i) all material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC; and (ii) all material information concerning the Acquired Corporations is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents. The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures.

           (c) The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s management has completed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and such assessment concluded that such controls were effective and the Company’s independent registered

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accountant has issued (and not subsequently withdrawn or qualified) an attestation report concluding that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. To the Knowledge of the Company, since May 9, 2008, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor the Company’s independent registered accountant has identified or been made aware of: (A) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Acquired Corporations; (B) any illegal act or fraud, whether or not material, that involves the Company’s management or other employees; or (C) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

           (d) The consolidated financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents (as amended prior to the date of this Agreement): (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q, 8-K or any successor form under the Exchange Act, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments); and (iii) fairly presented, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments). No financial statements of any Person other than the Acquired Corporations are required by GAAP to be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company. Since December 31, 2007, with respect to the financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents, there have been no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses identified in writing by the Company or the Company’s independent auditors (whether current or former) in the design or operation of internal controls of financial reporting utilized by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries.

           (e) The Company’s auditor has at all times since the date of enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act been: (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); (ii) “independent” with respect to the Company within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act; and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board thereunder. All non-audit services performed by the Company’s auditors for the Acquired Corporations that were required to be approved in accordance with Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were so approved.

           (f) Part 2.4(f) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all securitization transactions, special purpose entities, unconsolidated subsidiaries, joint ventures, material minority interest investments and all other “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) effected by any of the Acquired Corporations since January 1, 2005. None of the Acquired Corporations has any obligation or other commitment to become a party to any such “off-balance sheet arrangements” in the future.

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           (g) As of the date of this Agreement, there are no unresolved comments issued by the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the Company SEC Documents.

           (h) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with (i) the applicable rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, and (ii) the applicable listing requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and has not since January 1, 2005 received any notice asserting any non-compliance with the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, the listing requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

      2.5 Absence of Changes. Since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet (and, for the sole purpose of determining the accuracy of this representation as of the Closing Date under Section 6.1(a), subject to the actions permitted to be taken following the date of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.2(b)(xvii) or Part 4.2 of the Disclosure Schedule):

           (a) there has not been any Company Material Adverse Effect;

           (b) there has not been any material loss, damage or destruction to, or any material interruption in the use of, any of the assets of any of the Acquired Corporations (whether or not covered by insurance);

           (c) none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) declared, accrued, set aside or paid any dividend or made any other distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock, or (ii) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares of capital stock or other securities, other than repurchases from employees of the Company following termination of employment pursuant to the terms of applicable pre-existing restricted stock purchase agreements and other than repurchases under the Company’s open market share repurchase plan;

           (d) none of the Acquired Corporations has sold, issued or granted, or authorized the issuance of: (i) any capital stock or other security (except for Company Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise or vesting of outstanding Company Equity Awards); (ii) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security (except for Company Equity Awards identified in the list of Company Equity Awards as of July 9, 2008 referred to in Section 2.3(b)); or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security;

           (e) except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, none of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) entered into, become bound by or permitted any of the assets owned or used by it to become bound by any Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract (as defined in Section 2.10); or (ii) amended or terminated, waived or exercised any material right or remedy under, any Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract;

           (f) none of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) acquired, leased or licensed any material right or other material asset from any other Person; (ii) sold or otherwise disposed of, or leased or licensed, any material right or other material asset to any other Person; or (iii) waived or relinquished any right, except for rights or other

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assets acquired, leased, licensed or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

           (g) none of the Acquired Corporations has written off as uncollectible, or established any extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other indebtedness that, when added to all other accounts receivable or indebtedness written of as uncollectible, or with respect to which an extraordinary reserve was established, by any of the Acquired Corporations during a particular fiscal quarter, exceeds $350,000 in the aggregate in such fiscal quarter;

           (h) none of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) made any pledge of any of its material assets; or (ii) otherwise permitted any of its material assets to become subject to any Encumbrance, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

           (i) none of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) lent money to any Person; or (ii) incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness (other than indebtedness for reimbursement of expenses made in the ordinary course of business);

           (j) none of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) adopted, established or entered into any material Company Employee Plan; (ii) caused or permitted any Company Employee Plan to be amended in any material respect; or (iii) materially increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to any of its directors, officers or other employees;

           (k) none of the Acquired Corporations has changed any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in any material respect, except as required by GAAP;

           (l) none of the Acquired Corporations has made any material Tax election;

           (m) none of the Acquired Corporations has commenced, been served with, received a written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other overt communication with respect to or settled any Legal Proceeding to which it is or was a party, and no event, change or circumstance with respect to any Legal Proceeding has occurred or arisen that requires accrual of liability pursuant to GAAP; and

           (n) none of the Acquired Corporations has agreed or committed to take any of the actions referred to in clauses “(c)” through “(m)” above.

      2.6 Title to Assets. The Acquired Corporations own, and have good and valid title to, all material assets purported to be owned by them, including: (a) all material assets reflected on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet (except for inventory sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet); and (b) all other material assets reflected in the books and records of the Acquired Corporations as being owned by the

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Acquired Corporations. All of said assets are owned by the Acquired Corporations free and clear of any Encumbrances, except for: (i) any Encumbrance for current taxes not yet due and payable; (ii) Encumbrances that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of any of the Acquired Corporations; and (iii) liens described in Part 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule. The Acquired Corporations are the lessees of, and hold valid leasehold interests in, all material assets purported to have been leased by them, including (A) all material assets reflected as leased on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, and (B) all other material assets reflected in the books and records of the Acquired Corporations as being leased by the Acquired Corporations (except for leases that have expired by their terms).

      2.7 Receivables; Customers; Inventories; Cash.

           (a) All existing accounts receivable of the Acquired Corporations (including those accounts receivable reflected on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet that have not yet been collected and those accounts receivable that have arisen since March 31, 2008 and have not yet been collected): (i) represent valid obligations of customers of the Acquired Corporations arising from bona fide transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) are current, except where the failure to do so or to be so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Acquired Corporations.

           (b) To the Knowledge of the Company, since December 31, 2007, no Acquired Corporation has received any written notice or other overt communication indicating that any customer who made payments to the Acquired Corporations in excess of 5% of the Acquired Corporations’ revenue in the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 may cease dealing with any of the Acquired Corporations.

           (c) The inventory of the Acquired Corporations reflected on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet was as of March 31, 2008, and the current inventory of the Acquired Corporations (the “ Current Inventory ”) is, in usable and saleable condition in the ordinary course of business, except where the failure to be so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Acquired Corporations. The Current Inventory is reflected on the books of the Acquired Corporations at the lower of cost or fair market value and adequate reserves have been established by the Acquired Corporations for all Current Inventory that is excessive or obsolete, except where the failure to be so or to do so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Acquired Corporations. The finished goods, work in progress, raw materials and other materials and supplies included in the Current Inventory are of a standard that is at least as high as the generally accepted standard prevailing in the industries in which the Acquired Corporations operate, except where the failure to be so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Acquired Corporations.

           (d) Except as set forth in 2.7(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, the cash equivalents and short-term investments of the Acquired Corporations are liquid and unimpaired. The Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet accurately reflects the fair market value of the cash equivalents and short-term investments of the Acquired Corporations as of March 31, 2008. Except as set forth in 2.7(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the cash, cash equivalents or

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short-term investments of the Acquired Corporations is subject to any restriction or other Encumbrance.

      2.8 Real Property; Equipment; Leasehold.

           (a) None of the Acquired Corporations owns any real property. Part 2.8(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete list of each real property lease pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations leases real property from any other Person for rent payments in excess of $1,000,000 annually. (All real property leased to the Acquired Corporations pursuant to the real property leases identified or required to be identified in Part 2.8(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, including all buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements leased to the Acquired Corporations, is referred to as the “ Leased Real Property .”) There is no Legal Proceeding pending, and to the Knowledge of the Company no Legal Proceeding has been threatened in writing (or, with respect to the Company’s facility located at 4980 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, overtly threatened), that challenges or adversely affects, or would challenge or adversely affect, the continuation of the present use by the Acquired Corporations of any Leased Real Property. There are no subleases, licenses, occupancy agreements or other contractual obligations that grant the right of use or occupancy of any of the Leased Real Property to any Person other than the Acquired Corporations, and there is no Person in possession of or with a right to occupy any of the Leased Real Property other than the Acquired Corporations.

           (b) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all material items of equipment and other material tangible assets owned by or leased to the Acquired Corporations (including the Company Real Property) are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, are in good and safe condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and are adequate for the conduct of the businesses of the Acquired Corporations in the manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted.

      2.9 Intellectual Property.

           (a) Part 2.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies:

           (i) in Part 2.9(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, each Contract (including any Contract entered into in settlement or avoidance of litigation) pursuant to which any material Intellectual Property Rights or material Intellectual Property is licensed or otherwise provided (but not assigned) to any Acquired Corporation and that is either: (1) bundled, included, licensed or distributed with any Company Product or Company Product Software or part of any Company Product or Company Product Software; or (2) used to manufacture, develop, support, maintain or test any Company Product or Company Product Software and is not generally available on standard terms; and

           (ii) in Part 2.9(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, each Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract and each patent license or cross-license pursuant to which any Person has been granted any license under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest in, any

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material Company IP (other than non-exclusive licenses for Company Products or Company Product Software granted to customers in the ordinary course of business).

           (b) The Company has Made Available to Parent a complete and accurate copy of each standard form of the following Company Contracts: (i) any Contract or terms and conditions for the sale, lease, license or provisioning of any Company Product or Company Product Software (in connection with quotations, purchase orders, purchase order acknowledgments, invoices or otherwise); (ii) any purchase or supply Contract for the sale to any Acquired Corporation of any part or component of any Company Product; (iii) any reseller, sales representative or distribution Contract for the sale or distribution of any Company Product or Company Product Software; (iv) any Contract with any Company Associate containing any assignment or license of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights or any confidentiality provision; and (v) any consulting or independent contractor Contract containing any assignment or license of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights or pertaining to the design or development of any Company Product or Company Product Software.

           (c) The Acquired Corporations exclusively own all right, title and interest to and in the material Company IP (other than: (i) Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property licensed to the Company, as identified in Part 2.9(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule or licensed to the Company from a third party pursuant to Contracts that do not constitute Material Contracts; and (ii) Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property licensed to the Company that is (A) generally available on standard terms or is licensed under an Open Source License, and (B) is not Company Product Software) free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than licenses granted pursuant to the Contracts listed in Part 2.9(a)(ii) or Part 2.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule or referenced in Section 2.9(b)). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

           (i) each Company Associate who is or was since January 2005 involved in the creation or development of any material Company IP, material Company Product or material Company Product Software has signed a valid and enforceable agreement containing (A) an assignment of Intellectual Property Rights to the Acquired Corporation for which such Company Associate is or was an employee or independent contractor and (B) confidentiality provisions protecting the Company IP; and

           (ii) the Acquired Corporations own or otherwise have valid licenses to, and after the Closing the Surviving Corporation will continue to have, all material Intellectual Property Rights needed to conduct the business of the Acquired Corporations as currently conducted and currently planned by the Company to be conducted.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the Knowledge of the Company:

           (i) no Company Associate has any claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest to or in any Company IP that has been developed for an Acquired Corporation (excluding, for example, any intellectual property licensed by an independent contractor or other Company Associated whether as part of a deliverable incorporated into a Company Product, Company Product Software or otherwise);

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           (ii) none of the Acquired Corporations is bound by, and no material Company IP is subject to, any settlement, Legal Proceeding, Order or judicial stipulation that limits or restricts, or would limit or restrict, in any material respect the ability of any Acquired Corporation to use, transfer, license, exploit, assert or enforce any material Company IP or that may adversely affect the validity of any material Company IP, material Company Product or material Company Software Product;

           (iii) no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Body or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution were used, directly by an Acquired Corporation, to develop or create, in whole or in part, any Company IP, Company Product or Company Product Software (provided that the foregoing applies only to personnel and facilities that were, to the Knowledge of the Company, owned or employed by a Governmental Body, university, college, research institute or other educational institution at the time of such use);

           (iv) each Acquired Corporation has taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of, and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in, all material proprietary information held by any of the Acquired Corporations, or purported to be held by any of the Acquired Corporations, as a trade secret;

           (v) none of the Acquired Corporations has assigned or otherwise transferred ownership of, or granted an exclusive license to or agreed to grant an exclusive license to, or agreed to assign or otherwise transfer ownership of, any material Company IP to any other Person; and

           (vi) none of the Acquired Corporations is now or has ever been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or any similar organization that would reasonably be expected to require or obligate any of the Acquired Corporations to: (A) grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any material Company IP; or (B) ensure any material Company Product or material Company Product Software is compatible with or interoperates with a standard, product technology, operating system, or platform.

           (d) Subject to the matters identified in Part 2.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of the Company, all material Company IP is valid, subsisting and enforceable, in that, to the Knowledge of the Company:

           (i) each item of Company IP that is Registered IP is believed by the Company to be and to have been in compliance with all Legal Requirements, and all filings, payments and other actions required to be made or taken to maintain such item of Company IP in full force and effect have been made by the applicable deadline (or allowable extensions or grace periods thereof), and all documents and instruments necessary to perfect the rights of the appropriate Acquired Corporation in such item of material Company IP have been validly executed, delivered and filed in a timely manner with the appropriate Governmental Body;

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                (ii) no interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or other interpartes Legal Proceeding of any nature (excluding, for avoidance of doubt, any examining attorney office action or any similar action by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or equivalent authority anywhere else in the world) is or has been pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, in which the scope, validity or enforceability of any material Company IP is being, has been or would reasonably be expected to be contested or challenged; and

                (iii) there is no basis for a claim that would reasonably be expected to result in a ruling, judgment or determination by any Governmental Body that any material Company IP that is owned by an Acquired Corporation and material to the business of the Acquired Corporations as currently conducted and currently planned by the Company to be conducted is invalid or unenforceable.

                (e)  Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will, with or without notice or the lapse of time, result in or give any other Person the right or option to cause, impose or declare: (i) a loss of, or Encumbrance on, any material Company IP; (ii) an obligation to make any payment or royalties or the loss or acceleration of any payment or royalties; (iii) a breach, modification, cancellation, termination or suspension of any Contract listed or required to be listed in Part 2.9(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule or any other Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract relating to any material Company IP; (iv) the release, disclosure or delivery of any material Company IP by or to any escrow agent or other Person; (v) the grant, assignment or transfer to any other Person of any license or other right or interest under, to or in any of the Company IP or any license or other right with respect to any Intellectual Property Right or Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Parent or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries; or (vi) any restriction on pursuing any claim or enforcing any material Intellectual Property Right or any other material restriction, including any noncompetition restriction, on the operation or scope of the business of any Acquired Corporation or Parent, in each case except as would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. All Company IP that is owned or purported to be owned by any Acquired Corporation is and after the consummation of the Merger will be fully transferable, alienable and licensable without material restriction and without any material payment of any kind to any Person.

                (f)  To the Knowledge of the Company, no Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, and no Person is currently infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, any material Company IP.

                (g)  None of the Acquired Corporations and none of the Company Products or Company Product Software has ever infringed (directly, contributorily, by inducement or otherwise), misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Right of any other Person.

                (h)  No infringement, misappropriation or similar claim or Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against: (i) any Acquired Corporation; or (ii) any Person that is, or has asserted or would reasonably be expected to assert that it is, entitled to be indemnified, defended, held harmless or reimbursed by

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any Acquired Corporation with respect to such claim or Legal Proceeding (including any claim or Legal Proceeding that has been settled, dismissed or otherwise concluded).

                (i)  None of the Acquired Corporations has received any notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise) relating to any actual, alleged or suspected infringement, misappropriation or violation of any Intellectual Property Right of another Person.

                (j)  Except for the Company’s obligations to indemnify customers, distributors, resellers and sales representatives against third party infringement claims based on Company Products or products, software or components incorporated therein that are contained in Company Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, none of the Acquired Corporations has assumed, or agreed to discharge or otherwise take responsibility for, any obligation to indemnify, defend, hold harmless or reimburse any other Person with respect to any intellectual property infringement, misappropriation or similar claim.

                (k)  To the Knowledge of the Company, no claim or Legal Proceeding involving any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right licensed to any Acquired Corporation that is material to the business of the Acquired Corporations as currently conducted is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened in writing, except for any such claim or Legal Proceeding that, if adversely determined, would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

                (l)  To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Product Software, when distributed by an Acquired Corporation (i.e., before receipt and further distribution by a distributor, reseller or OEM) contains any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other code intended to have any of the following functions: (i) materially disrupting, disabling, harming or otherwise impeding in any manner the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed; or (ii) materially damaging or destroying any data or file without the user’s consent.

                (m)  To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Product Software is subject to any “copyleft” or other obligation or condition (including any obligation or condition under any Open Source License) that requires or conditions the use or distribution of such Company Product Software on, the disclosure, licensing or distribution of any source code for any portion of such Company Product Software (except for disclosure, licensing, or distribution of minor modifications to the Open Source License source code).

                (n)  No source code for any material Company Product Software has been delivered, licensed or made available to any escrow agent or other Person (other than employees, contractors or consultants of the Acquired Corporations in the course of their employment or engagement for the Acquired Corporations). None of the Acquired Corporations has any duty or obligation (whether current, contingent or otherwise) to deliver, license or make available any source code for any Company Product Software to any escrow agent or other Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or would reasonably be

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expected to, result in the delivery, license or disclosure of any source code for any material Company Product Software to any other Person. For avoidance of doubt, the Company is not required to identify in the Disclosure Schedule those employees, contractors or consultants of the Acquired Corporations who in the course of their employment or engagement for the Acquired Corporations have access to the source code for any Company Product Software.

                (o)  To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has complied at all times and in all respects with all Company Privacy Policies and with all applicable Legal Requirements pertaining to privacy, user data, or Personal Data and none of (i) the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement or the Voting Agreement, (ii) the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or by the Voting Agreement, or (iii) Parent’s possession or use of any user data, will or would be expected to result in any violation of any Company Privacy Policy or any Legal Requirement pertaining to privacy or Personal Data.

           2.10 Contracts .

                (a)  Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Contract that constitutes a Listed Material Contract (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following Contracts (x) that is unexpired and effective as of the date of this Agreement or (y) under which any Acquired Corporation has ongoing rights or obligations, shall be deemed to constitute a “ Listed Material Contract ”:

                (i) any Contract pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations is or would reasonably be expected to become obligated to (A) make any severance, termination or similar payment to any Company Associate (other than statutory payments required by applicable law), (B) provide extended health benefits (other than COBRA for a period of up to 90 days following termination of employment) following the termination of employment of (or other relationship with) any Company Associate, (C) extend the post-termination exercise period of any Company Equity Award beyond the period set forth in the applicable Company Equity Plan, or (D) provide any other benefit to a Company Associate upon termination (with or without cause) of such Company Associate’s employment or other relationship (other than statutory benefits required by applicable law);

                (ii) any Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition by any Acquired Corporation of a business unit or material amount of assets outside the ordinary course of business;

                (iii) any Contract that provides for indemnification of any Indemnified Person (as defined in Section 5.5(a));

                (iv) any Contract imposing any restriction on the right or ability of any Acquired Corporation: (A) to compete with any other Person; (B) to acquire any product or other asset or any services from any other Person; (C) to develop, sell, supply, distribute, offer, support or service any product or any technology or other asset to or for

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any other Person; (D) to perform services for any other Person; or (E) to bring any claim or enforce any Intellectual Property Right against any Person;

                (v) any Contract (other than Contracts evidencing Company Options or Company Stock-Based Awards): (A) relating to the acquisition, issuance, voting, registration, sale or transfer of any securities; (B) providing any Person with any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or similar right with respect to any securities; or (C) providing to or imposing upon any of the Acquired Corporations any right of first refusal with respect to, or right or obligation to repurchase or redeem, any securities;

                (vi) any Contract incorporating or relating to any guaranty, any warranty, any sharing of liabilities or any indemnity or similar obligation, except for (A) Contracts which do not differ materially from the standard forms Made Available by the Company to Parent, (B) the Company’s obligations to indemnify customers, distributors, resellers and sales representatives against third party infringement claims based solely on Company Products that are contained in Company Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (C) the Company’s obligations to indemnify certain licensors, suppliers and other vendors that are contained in Company Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

                (vii) any Contract relating to any currency hedging, swap or other financial derivative, material credit facility, outstanding letter of credit or bank guarantee;

                (viii) any Contract relating to the lease of real property required to be identified in Part 2.8(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, and any Contract required to be identified in both Part 2.10(a)(i)-(vi) or (ix)-(xi) and Part 2.9(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule;

                (ix) any Contract to license or authorize any Person to manufacture or reproduce any Company Product or Company Product Software with: (A) any material supplier of the Acquired Corporations, including any material component supplier, (B) any foundry, including any material silicon vendor, (C) any material manufacturer of Company Products, or (D) any sole source supplier of components or products that are not generally available on commercially standard terms from another supplier; and

                (x) any “material contract” as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC.

                (b)  For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following Contracts (x) that is unexpired and effective as of the date of this Agreement or (y) under which any Acquired Corporation has ongoing rights or obligations, shall be deemed to constitute an “Other Material Contract ”:

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                (i) any Contract (but, for avoidance of doubt, excluding purchase orders using the Company’s standard form) constituting or relating to a Government Contract;

                (ii) any Contract that (A) contemplates or involves the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount or having a value in excess of $2,000,000 in any individual case and which may not be terminated without penalty upon notice of 90 days or less, or (B) contemplates or involves the performance of services having a value in excess of $2,000,000 calculated on a per invoice basis, other than any Contract (including any Contract identified in Part 2.9 of the Disclosure Schedule) or purchase order entered into in the ordinary course of business and other than obligations that are terminable by an Acquired Corporation on no more than 90 days notice without liability or financial obligation to any Acquired Corporation;

                (iii) any Contract entered into prior to April 1, 2008 containing “standstill” or similar provisions; and

                (iv) any other Contract, if a breach or termination of such Contract could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(Listed Material Contracts and Other Material Contracts are referred to collectively as “ Material Contracts .”) The Company has Made Available to Parent an accurate and complete copy of each Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract.

                (c)  Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect and except to the extent that they have previously expired in accordance with their terms, each Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract is valid and in full force and effect, and is enforceable against the Acquired Corporations (and to the Knowledge of the Company is enforceable against each other party thereto) in accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.

                (d)  Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) none of the Acquired Corporations has materially violated or breached, or committed any material default under, any Company Contract; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no other Person has materially violated or breached, or committed any material default under, any Company Contract; and (iii) none of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other overt communication regarding any actual or possible material violation or breach of, or material default under, any Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract.

                (e)  Except as set forth in Part 2.10(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of the Company:

                (i) none of the Acquired Corporations has had any determination of noncompliance, entered into any consent order or undertaken any

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internal investigation relating directly or indirectly to any Government Contract or Government Bid;

                (ii) the Acquired Corporations have complied in all material respects with all Legal Requirements with respect to all Government Contracts and Government Bids;

                (iii) none of the Acquired Corporations has, in obtaining or performing any Government Contract, violated in any material respect: (A) the Truth in Negotiations Act of 1962, as amended; (B) the False Claims Act; (C) the Anti-Kickback Act; (D) the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; (E) the Export Administration Regulations; (E) the Byrd Amendment; (F) the Buy American Act; (G) the Trade Agreements Act; (H) the Service Contract Act of 1963, as amended; (I) the Procurement Integrity Act, as amended; (J) the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“ FAR ”) or any applicable agency supplement thereto, including FAR 52.222-26 (Equal Opportunity), FAR 52.222-35 (Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans), FAR 52.222-36 (Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, and FAR 52.222-37 (Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans); (K) the Cost Accounting Standards; (L) the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DOD 5220.22-M); or (M) the Defense Industrial Security Regulation (DOD 5220.22-R) or any related security regulations;

                (iv) all facts set forth in or acknowledged by any Acquired Corporation in any certification, representation or disclosure statement submitted by such Acquired Corporation with respect to any Government Contract or Government Bid were current, materially accurate and materially complete as of the date of submission;

                (v) none of the Acquired Corporations and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of any of the Acquired Corporations has been debarred or suspended from doing business with any Governmental Body;

                (vi) no written negative determinations of responsibility have been issued against any Acquired Corporation in connection with any Government Contract or Government Bid;

                (vii) no direct or indirect costs incurred by any Acquired Corporation have been questioned or disallowed as a result of a finding or determination of any kind by any Governmental Body;

                (viii) no Governmental Body, and no prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor of any Governmental Body, has withheld or set off, or threatened in writing to withhold or set off, any amount due to any Acquired Corporation under any Government Contract;

                (ix) to the Knowledge of the Company, there are not and have not been any irregularities, misstatements or omissions made by any Acquired Corporation relating to any Government Contract or Government Bid that have led to (A)

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any administrative, civil, criminal or other investigation, Legal Proceeding or indictment involving any Acquired Corporation or any of its employees; (B) the questioning or disallowance of any costs submitted for payment by any Acquired Corporation; (C) the recoupment of any payments previously made to any Acquired Corporation; (D) a finding or claim of fraud, false claim, defective pricing, mischarging or improper payments on the part of any Acquired Corporation; or (E) the assessment of any penalties or damages of any kind against any Acquired Corporation;

                (x) there is not any (A) outstanding claim against any Acquired Corporation by, or dispute involving any Acquired Corporation with, any Governmental Body, prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other Person arising under or relating to the award or performance of any Government Contract; (B) termination for default, termination for cause, show cause notice, or cure notice issued in writing by any Governmental Body, prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor related to any Government Contract that is a Company Contract; or (D) final decision of any Governmental Body against any Acquired Corporation;

                (xi) none of the Acquired Corporations is undergoing and none of the Acquired Corporations has undergone any audit by a Governmental Body;

                (xii) none of the Acquired Corporations has entered into any financing arrangement or assignment of proceeds with respect to the performance of any Government Contract;

                (xiii) no payment has been made by any Acquired Corporation or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any Person acting on any Acquired Corporation’s behalf to any Person (other than to any bona fide employee or bona fide agency (as defined in subpart 3.4 of the FAR) of any Acquired Corporation) which is or was contingent upon the award of any Government Contract;

                (xiv) in each case in which any Acquired Corporation has delivered or otherwise provided any Company IP to any Governmental Body, prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor in connection with any Government Contract, such Acquired Corporation has marked such Company IP with all markings and legends (including any “restricted rights” legend and any “government purpose license rights” legend) necessary (under the FAR or other applicable Legal Requirements) to ensure that no Governmental Body or other Person is able to acquire any unlimited rights with respect to such technical data, computer software or Company IP;

                (xv) to the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Acquired Corporations has made any disclosure to any Governmental Body pursuant to any voluntary disclosure agreement; and

                (xvi) no Acquired Corporation is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Governmental Body under or in connection with any Government Contract or Government Bid as a result of

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or by virtue of (A) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or (B) the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

           2.11 Liabilities . None of the Acquired Corporations has, and none of the Acquired Corporations is or would reasonably be expected to become responsible for performing or discharging, any accrued, contingent or other liabilities of any nature, either matured or unmatured, that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Acquired Corporations, except for: (a) liabilities reflected or reserved against on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; (b) normal and recurring current liabilities that have been incurred by the Acquired Corporations since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices; (c) liabilities for performance of obligations of the Acquired Corporations under Company Contracts, to the extent such liabilities are readily ascertainable (in nature, scope and amount) from the written terms of such Company Contracts; (d) liabilities described in Part 2.11 of the Disclosure Schedule; and (e) liabilities that would not, in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

           2.12 Compliance with Legal Requirements . Each of the Acquired Corporations is, and has at all times been, in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, except for any failure to comply that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 2005, none of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other overt communication from any Governmental Body regarding any actual or possible violation of, inquiry or investigation relating to or failure to comply with any Legal Requirement in any material respect.

           2.13 Certain Business Practices; Export Compliance .

                (a)  None of the Acquired Corporations, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no director, officer, other employee or agent of any of the Acquired Corporations, has violated or operated in noncompliance with any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “ FCPA ”), and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Acquired Corporation and no such director, officer, other employee or agent has: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; or (b) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns. The Acquired Corporations have established reasonable internal controls and procedures to ensure compliance with the FCPA.

                (b)  Except as set forth in Part 2.13(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Acquired Corporations have at all times been in compliance with all Legal Requirements, including the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §§ 730-774), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. §§ 120-130), the Foreign Assets Control Regulations (31 C.F.R. §§ 500-598) and the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. §§ 1-357), relating to: (i) the export or transfer of commodities, software, technical data and technology, from the United States to any other country; (ii) the re-export or transfer of commodities, software, technical data and technology from any country outside the United States to any other country outside the United States; (iii) the release of software, technology or technical data to any non-U.S. national within or outside the United States; (iv) the importation into the United States of any products,

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merchandise, technology or software; (v) the provision of services to Persons outside the United States or to non-U.S. Persons within the United States; and (vi) the receipt or acquisition of services by Persons located outside the United States, or by non-U.S. nationals within the United States, in each case except for any failure to comply that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened Legal Proceedings against any Acquired Corporation with respect to such Acquired Corporation’s import, export or re-export transactions.

           2.14 Governmental Authorizations .

                (a)  The Acquired Corporations hold, to the extent legally required, all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the Acquired Corporations to conduct their respective businesses in the manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. As of the date of this Agreement, all such Governmental Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect. Each Acquired Corporation is, and at all times has been, in compliance with the terms and requirements of such Governmental Authorizations, except for any failure to comply that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 2005, none of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other overt communication from any Governmental Body regarding any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of any material Governmental Authorization.

                (b)  Part 2.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule describes the terms of each material grant, incentive or subsidy provided or made available to or for the benefit of any of the Acquired Corporations by any U.S. or foreign Governmental Body or otherwise. Each of the Acquired Corporations is in full compliance with all of the terms and requirements of each grant, incentive and subsidy identified or required to be identified in Part 2.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, does or will (with or without notice or lapse of time) give any Person the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify any grant, incentive or subsidy identified or required to be identified in Part 2.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule.

           2.15 Tax Matters .

                (a)  Each of the material Tax Returns required to be filed by or on behalf of the respective Acquired Corporations before the Closing Date (the “ Acquired Corporation Returns ”): (i) has been or will be filed on or before the applicable due date (taking into account any extensions of such due date); and (ii) has been, or will be when filed, prepared in all material respects in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. All amounts shown on the Acquired Corporation Returns to be due on or before the Closing Date have been or will be paid on or before the Closing Date. Each Acquired Corporation has timely withheld and timely paid all material Taxes which are required to have been withheld and paid by it in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, supplier, stockholder or other Person, other than Taxes described in the parenthetical in the next succeeding sentence. There are no material unsatisfied liabilities of the Acquired Corporations (including liabilities for interest, additions to Tax and penalties thereon and related expenses)

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with respect to any Tax (other than liabilities for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by the Acquired Corporations and with respect to which adequate reserves for payment have been established on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet).

                (b)  The Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet fully accrues all actual and contingent material liabilities for Taxes with respect to all periods through the date of this Agreement in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, except for liabilities for Taxes incurred since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the operation of the business of the Acquired Corporations. The Company will establish, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with its past practices, reserves adequate for the payment of all material Taxes for the period from the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet through the Closing Date.

                (c)  No material Acquired Corporation Return is currently the subject of any examination or audit by any Governmental Body. No extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any of the Acquired Corporation Returns has been granted (by the Company or any other Person) that is still in effect, and no such extension or waiver is currently being requested from any Acquired Corporation. None of the Acquired Corporations has received any notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise) that any material Acquired Corporation Return will be subject to an audit that has not commenced.

                (d)  No claim or Legal Proceeding with respect to any material Tax is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened against or with respect to any Acquired Corporation. There are no liens for material Taxes upon any of the assets of any of the Acquired Corporations except liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable.

                (e)  There are no agreements relating to allocating or sharing of Taxes to which any Acquired Corporation is a party, other than any such agreements to which only Acquired Corporations are parties. None of the Acquired Corporations is liable for Taxes of any other Person, or is currently under any contractual obligation to indemnify any Person with respect to any material amounts of such Person’s Taxes or is a party to any agreement providing for payments by an Acquired Corporation with respect to any amount of Taxes of any other Person, other than a Person that is an Acquired Corporation. For the purposes of this Section 2.15(e), commercially reasonable agreements providing for the allocation or payment of real property Taxes attributable to real property leased or occupied by an Acquired Corporation and commercially reasonable agreements for the allocation of payment of personal property Taxes, sales or use Taxes or value added Taxes with respect to personal property leased, used, owned or sold by an Acquired Corporation in the ordinary course of business shall be disregarded.

                (f)  No Acquired Corporation has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code.

                (g)  No Acquired Corporation is or has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

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                (h)  No Acquired Corporation has been a member of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code or within the meaning of any similar Legal Requirement to which an Acquired Corporation may be subject, other than the affiliated group of which the Company is the common parent.

                (i)  The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all federal and state income Tax Returns of the Acquired Corporations for all Tax years that remain open or are otherwise subject to audit, and all other material Tax Returns of the Acquired Corporations since April 2, 2003.

                (j)  No Acquired Corporation has participated in, or is currently participating in, a “Listed Transaction” or a “Reportable Transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) or similar transaction under any corresponding or similar Legal Requirement.

           2.16 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans .

                (a)  Except as set forth in Part 2.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or union contract, and no collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated by any of the Acquired Corporations. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any employees. There is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage pending against any of the Acquired Corporations or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated that could interfere materially with the business activities of any Acquired Corporation. None of the Acquired Corporations has committed any unfair labor practice in connection with the operation of its business that would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to such Acquired Corporation. There are no material actions, suits, claims, labor disputes or grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened relating to any labor, safety or discrimination matters involving any Company Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints, which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to any of the Acquired Corporations.

                (b)  None of the Acquired Corporations intends, and none of the Acquired Corporations has committed, to establish or enter into any new Company Employee Plan, Foreign Plan or Company Employee Agreement, or to modify any Company Employee Plan, Foreign Plan or Company Employee Agreement (except to conform any such Company Employee Plan, Foreign Plan or Company Employee Agreement to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any other applicable Legal Requirements).

                (c)  The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of: (i) all documents setting forth the terms of each material Company Employee Plan, each material Foreign Plan and each material Company Employee Agreement, including all amendments thereto and all related trust documents; and (ii) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.

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                (d)  Each of the Acquired Corporations and Company Affiliates has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under each Company Employee Plan, each Foreign Plan and each Company Employee Plan has been established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements. No material oral or written representation or commitment with respect to any Company Employee Plan or Foreign Plan has been made to any employee of any of the Acquired Corporations and Company Affiliates by an authorized employee of any of the Acquired Corporations and Company Affiliates that is not materially in accordance with the written or otherwise preexisting terms of such Company Employee Plan or Foreign Plan and that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to any of the Acquired Corporations and Company Affiliates.

                (e)  None of the Acquired Corporations, and no Company Affiliate, has at any time since July 21, 2002 maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any: (i) Company Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA; (ii) “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section (3)(37) of ERISA; or (iii) plan subject to Section 413 of the Code.

                (f)  No Company Employee Plan, Foreign Plan or Company Employee Agreement provides (except at no cost to the Acquired Corporations or any Company Affiliate), or reflects or represents any liability of any of the Acquired Corporations and Company Affiliates to provide, post-termination or retiree life insurance, post-termination or retiree health benefits or other post-termination or retiree employee welfare benefits to any Person for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable Legal Requirements.

                (g)  Except as set forth in Part 2.16(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, and except as expressly required or provided by this Agreement, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Voting Agreement, nor the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or by the Voting Agreement will (either alone or upon the occurrence of termination of employment) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Foreign Plan, Company Employee Agreement or other Company Contract, trust or loan that may result (either alone or in connection with any other circumstance or event) in or give rise directly or indirectly to: (i) any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Company Associate; (ii) any “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code: or (iii) the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code (or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax laws). No Acquired Corporation is a party to any agreement to compensate any Person for excise taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code.

                (h)  There are no loans or other advances that have been made by any of the Acquired Corporations to any Company Associate that are currently outstanding, other than routine travel advances made to employees in the ordinary course of business.

           2.17 Environmental Matters .

                (a)  Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of the Acquired Corporations: (i) is and has been in compliance in all material respects

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with, and has not been and is not in material violation of or subject to any material liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below); and (ii) possesses all material permits and other material Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws, and is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions thereof.

                (b)  None of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other overt communication, whether from a Governmental Body, Company Associate or, following the date of this Agreement, otherwise, that alleges that any of the Acquired Corporations is not or might not be in compliance in any material respect with any Environmental Law.

                (c)  To the Knowledge of the Company, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) all Leased Real Property and any other property that is or was controlled or used by any of the Acquired Corporations, and all surface water, groundwater and soil associated with or adjacent to such property, is free in all material respects of any Materials of Environmental Concern (as defined below) or material environmental contamination of any nature; (ii) none of the Leased Real Property or any other property that is or was controlled or used by any of the Acquired Corporations contains any underground storage tanks, asbestos, equipment using PCBs or underground injection wells; and (iii) none of the Leased Real Property or any other property that is or was controlled or used by any of the Acquired Corporations contains any septic or other tanks or leach field or other area into which process wastewater or any Materials of Environmental Concern have been Released (as defined below).

                (d)  Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no Acquired Corporation has ever Released any Materials of Environmental Concern except in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws.

                (e)  Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no Acquired Corporation has ever sent or transported, or arranged to send or transport, any Materials of Environmental Concern to a site that, pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law: (i) has been placed on the “National Priorities List” of hazardous waste sites or any similar state list; (ii) is otherwise designated or identified as a potential site for remediation, cleanup, closure or other environmental remedial activity; or (iii) is subject to a Legal Requirement to take “removal” or “remedial” action as detailed in any applicable Environmental Law or to make payment for the cost of cleaning up any site.

                (f)  For purposes of this Section 2.17: (i) “ Environmental Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign Legal Requirement relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any Legal Requirement relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Materials of Environmental Concern, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of Environmental Concern; (ii) “ Materials of Environmental Concern ” include chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, petroleum and petroleum products and any other substance that is regulated by any Environmental Law; and (iii) “ Release ” means

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any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, depositing, escaping, leaching, dumping or other releasing into the environment, whether intentional or unintentional.

           2.18 Insurance . Each of the material insurance policies and all material self insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets and operations of the Company is in full force and effect. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, overt communication regarding any actual or possible: (a) cancellation or invalidation of any such insurance policy; or (b) written notice of refusal of any coverage or rejection of any material claim under any such insurance policy. There is no pending workers’ compensation or other material claim under or based upon any insurance policy of any of the Acquired Corporations. With respect to each Legal Proceeding that has been filed against any Acquired Corporation, the Company has provided written notice of such Legal Proceeding to the appropriate insurance carrier(s), if any, and, no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding, or informed any of the Acquired Corporations of its intent to do so.

           2.19 Transactions with Affiliates . Except as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, between December 31, 2007 and the date of this Agreement, no event has occurred that would be required to be reported by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Part 2.19 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Person who may be deemed to be, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, an “affiliate” (as that term is used in Rule 145 under the Securities Act) of the Company as of the date of this Agreement.

           2.20 Legal Proceedings; Orders .

                (a)  Except as set forth in Part 2.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no pending Legal Proceeding, and (to the Knowledge of the Company) no Person has threatened to commence any Legal Proceeding that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has established reasonable internal controls and procedures regarding appropriate retention of documents relevant to pending and threatened Legal Proceedings.

                (b)  There is no Order to which any of the Acquired Corporations, or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations, is subject.

           2.21 Authority; Inapplicability of Anti-takeover Statutes; Binding Nature of Agreement . The Company has the absolute and unrestricted right, power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The board of directors of the Company (at a meeting duly called and held) has: (a) unanimously determined that the Merger and this Agreement are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders; (b) unanimously authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and unanimously approved the Merger; (c) unanimously recommended the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of Company Common Stock and directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted for consideration by the Company’s stockholders at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (as defined in Section 5.2); and (d) to the

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extent necessary, adopted a resolution having the effect of causing the Company not to be subject to any state takeover law or similar Legal Requirement that might otherwise apply to the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. Prior to the execution of the Voting Agreement, the board of directors of the Company approved the Voting Agreement and the matters contemplated thereby for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL. The board of directors of the Company has taken, and during the Pre-Closing Period the board of directors of the Company will take, all actions necessary to ensure that the restrictions applicable to business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Voting Agreement and to the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the Voting Agreement.

           2.22 Vote Required . The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (the “ Required Company Stockholder Vote ”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock necessary to adopt this Agreement, approve the Merger or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

           2.23 Non-Contravention; Consents . Except as set forth in Part 2.23 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither (1) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, nor (2) the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):

                (a) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Charter Documents of any of the Acquired Corporations;

                (b) assuming the filings, notices and Consents described in the last paragraph of this Section 2.23 are made, given and obtained, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any Legal Requirement or any Order to which any of the Acquired Corporations, or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations, is subject;

                (c) contravene, conflict with or result in a material violation or breach of, or result in a material default under, any provision of any Company Contract, or give any Person the right to: (i) declare a material default or exercise any material remedy under any Company Contract; (ii) receive or obtain a material rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Company Contract; (iii) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Company Contract; or (iv) cancel, terminate or materially modify any material right, benefit, obligation or other term of any Company Contract;

                (d) result in the imposition or creation of any material Encumbrance upon or with respect to any material asset owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations (except for liens that will not, in any case or in the aggregate, materially

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detract from the value of the assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of any of the Acquired Corporations); or

                (e) result in the disclosure or delivery to any escrowholder or other Person of any source code for any Company Product Software, or the transfer of any material asset of any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person,

except, in the case of clauses “(b)” through “(e)” as would not reasonably be expected, individually or on the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

None of the Acquired Corporations was, is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with: (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement; or (y) the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, except as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the DGCL, any applicable state or foreign securities laws, the HSR Act, any foreign antitrust Legal Requirement and the NASD Bylaws (as they relate to the Form S-4 Registration Statement and the Prospectus/Proxy Statement), and except where the failure to make any such filing, give any such notice or obtain any such Consent would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

           2.24 Fairness Opinion . The Company’s board of directors has received the written opinion of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (“ Merrill Lynch ”), financial advisor to the Company, dated July 21, 2008, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to the matters set forth in such opinion, the Merger Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the stockholders of the Company. The Company has furnished (solely for informational purposes) a copy of said written opinion to Parent.

           2.25 Financial Advisor . Except for Merrill Lynch, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of any of the Acquired Corporations. The Company has Made Available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all agreements under which any such fees, commissions or other amounts have been paid or may become payable and all indemnification and other agreements related to the engagement of Merrill Lynch.

           2.26 Full Disclosure . None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 Registration Statement will, at the time the Form S-4 Registration Statement is filed with the SEC or at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement will, at the time the Prospectus/Proxy Statement is mailed to the stockholders of the Company or at the time of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under

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which they are made, not misleading. The Prospectus/Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements or information made or incorporated by reference in the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus by or about Parent or Merger Sub supplied by Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

      Section 3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub

     Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:

           3.1 Due Organization . Parent and Merger Sub are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

           3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement . Parent and Merger Sub have the absolute and unrestricted right, power and authority to perform their obligations under this Agreement; and the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement have been duly authorized by any necessary action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub and their respective boards of directors. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to: (a) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (b) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.

           3.3 No Vote Required . No vote of the holders of Parent Common Stock is required under applicable law to authorize the Merger.

           3.4 Non-Contravention; Consents . Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub nor the consummation by Merger Sub of the Merger will: (a) conflict with or result in any breach of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or Merger Sub; or (b) result in a violation by Parent or Merger Sub of any Legal Requirement or Order to which Parent or Merger Sub is subject, except for any violation that will not have a material adverse effect on Parent’s ability to consummate the Merger. Except as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the DGCL, the HSR Act, any foreign antitrust Legal Requirement and the NASD Bylaws (as they relate to the Form S-4 Registration Statement and the Prospectus/Proxy Statement), neither Parent nor Merger Sub was, is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Governmental Body prior to the Effective Time in connection with: (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement; or (y) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

           3.5 Valid Issuance . The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger will, when issued in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and other applicable documents, be fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable.

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           3.6 Financing . Parent has delivered to the Company an accurate and complete copy of an executed debt commitment letter dated July 21, 2008, related term sheets and the exhibits attached thereto, from Bank of America N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and certain of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “ Debt Commitment Letter ”), pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to conditions of the Debt Commitment Letter, certain lenders have committed to provide Parent with loans in the amounts described in the Debt Commitment Letter (the “ Debt Financing ”). As of the date of this Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter, in the form so delivered, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and, to Parent’s Knowledge, the other parties thereto. As of the date of this Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter is in full force and effect and has not been withdrawn or terminated or otherwise amended or modified in any material respect. As of the date of this Agreement, Parent is not in material breach of any of its covenants set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter. Parent has paid any and all commitment or other fees payable by it under the Debt Commitment Letter that are due as of the date of this Agreement. Except for side letters, agreements, arrangements or understandings that would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the validity of the Debt Commitment Letter or the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger or materially decrease the amount of financing expected to be provided under the Debt Comm


 
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