AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
among
GCA II ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware
Corporation,
SECURLINX ACQUISITION CORP., a
Delaware Corporation,
SECURLINX HOLDING CORP., a Delaware
Corporation,
and
BARRY L. HODGE, an
Individual
Dated: August 18, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - THE
MERGER
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2
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1.2 Effective
Time; Closing
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1.3 Effects of
the Merger
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ARTICLE II -
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
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2.1 Conversion
of Securities
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2.2 Exchange of
Securities and Certificates
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ARTICLE III -
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDER
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3.1 Authority
Relative To The Operative Agreements
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3.2 Execution;
Enforceability
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3.3 Title to
Securities of the Company
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3.5
Governmental Approvals and Filings
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ARTICLE IV -
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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4.1
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
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4.2 Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
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4.5 Authority
Relative To This Agreement
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4.6 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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4.9 Notes and
accounts Receivable
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4.10
Undisclosed Liabilities
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4.12 Title To
Personal Property
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4.13 Condition
of Tangible Fixed Assets
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4.18
Intellectual Property
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4.21 Employee
Benefit Plans
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4.22 Labor and
Employment Matters
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4.24 Related
Party Transactions
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4.26 Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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4.30
Information Supplied
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4.31
Antitakeover Statutes
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4.32 Compliance
with Securities Laws
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4.35 Material
Disclosures
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ARTICLE V -
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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5.1 Corporate
Organization and Qualification
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5.2 Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
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5.5 Authority
Relative To This Agreement
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5.6 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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5.7 SEC
Reports; Financial Statements
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5.9 Absence of
Litigation
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5.10 Related
Party Transactions
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5.11 Ownership
of Merger Sub; No Prior Activities
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5.12 Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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5.14
Antitakeover Statutes
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5.15 Compliance
with Securities Laws
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ARTICLE VI -
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE
MERGER
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6.1 Conduct of
Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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6.2 Conduct of
Business by Parent Pending the Merger
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6.3 Conduct of
Company Principal Stockholder Pending the Merger
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ARTICLE VII -
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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7.1 Voting and
Lock-Up Agreement
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7.2 Certain
Corporate and Securities Compliance
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7.5 Tax-Free
Reorganization.
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7.7
Notification of Certain Matters
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7.10
Post-Closing Current Report Filing on Form 8-K
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7.11
Post-Closing Establishment of Trading Market; Quotation;
Listing
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7.12 Certain
Registration Obligations
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7.13 Certain
Liability & Indemnification
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ARTICLE VIII -
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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8.1 Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger
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8.2 Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to Effect the
Merger
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8.3 Conditions
to the Obligations of the Company to Effect the Merger
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ARTICLE IX -
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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ARTICLE X -
MISCELLANEOUS
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10.3 Index of
Other Defined Terms
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10.7
Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit
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10.9
Incorporation of Schedules
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10.10 Specific
Performance
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10.12 Consent
to Jurisdiction;Waiver of Jury Trial
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EXHIBITS
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Form of Voting and Lock-Up
Agreement
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Form of Certificate of
Merger
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Certificate of
Incorporation – Merger Sub
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SCHEDULES
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Company Disclosure
Schedule
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Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries
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Section 4.1
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Section 4.4
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No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents
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Section 4.6
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Section 4.7
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Section 4.8
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Section 4.11
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Section 4.14
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Section 4.17
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Section 4.18
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Section 4.19
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Section 4.20
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Section 4.21
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Section 4.23
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Related Party
Transactions
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Section 4.24
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Section 4.25
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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Section 4.26
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Section 4.33
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Conduct of
Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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Section 6.1
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Parent Disclosure
Schedule
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Section 5.4
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No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents
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Section 5.6
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Section 5.8
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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Section 5.12
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Conduct of
Business by the Parent Pending the Merger
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Section 6.2
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This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of
August 18, 2008 (this “ Agreement ”), among GCA
II Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent
”), SecurLinx Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a
direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger
Sub ”), SecurLinx Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”) and Barry L. Hodge, the
President, Chief Executive Officer, and a majority shareholder of
the Company (the “ Company Principal Stockholder
”) (Parent, Merger Sub, Company, and the Company Principal
Stockholder may hereinafter be referred to individually as a
“ Party ” or collectively as the “
Parties ”).
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”), Parent,
Merger Sub, and the Company intend to enter into a certain business
combination transaction;
WHEREAS, for federal income tax purposes, it is
intended that the acquisition of the Company by Parent pursuant to
this Agreement qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the
provisions of Section 368(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “ Code ”);
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company
(i) has determined that the Merger (as defined in Section 1.1
below) is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders
(ii) has approved this Agreement, the Merger, and the other
transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “
Transactions ”) (iii) has adopted a resolution
declaring the Merger advisable, and (iv) has determined to
recommended approval of this Agreement by, and directed that this
Agreement be submitted to a vote of, the shareholders of the
Company;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of Parent (i)
has determined that the Merger is consistent with and in
furtherance of the long-term business strategy of Parent and fair
to, and in the best interests of, Parent and its stockholders, (ii)
has approved this Agreement, the Merger and the Transactions, (iii)
has adopted a resolution declaring the Merger advisable, and (iv)
has approved the issuance of certain shares of the common stock of
Parent, $.0001 par value per share (“ Parent Common
Stock ”), pursuant to the Merger; and
WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub
(i) has determined that the Merger is consistent with and in
furtherance of the long-term business strategy of Merger Sub, and
fair to and in the best interests of Merger Sub and its
stockholders, (ii) has approved this Agreement, the Merger and the
Transactions, (iii) has adopted a resolution declaring the Merger
advisable, and (iv) has determined to recommend that the sole
stockholder of Merger Sub adopt this Agreement;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of
this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to Parent’s
willingness to enter into this Agreement, the Company Principal
Stockholder is entering into a voting and lock-up agreement with
Parent in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A and
made a part hereof (collectively, the “ Voting and Lock-Up
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used throughout this
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in Section 10.2
or in the applicable Section of this Agreement to which reference
is made within Section 10.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
covenants, promises and representations set forth herein, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1
The Merger . Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
and pursuant to the certificate of merger in such form as is
required by and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions
of the DGCL, a form of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit B (the
“ Certificate of Merger ”), at the Effective
Time (as hereinafter defined), Merger Sub shall be merged with and
into the Company and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub
shall thereupon cease, and the Company shall continue as the
surviving corporation (the “ Surviving Corporation
”) of the Merger (the “ Merger ”) (Merger
Sub and the Company are sometimes referred to herein jointly as the
“ Constituent Corporations ”). As a result of
the Merger, the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
and Merger Sub shall be converted or canceled in the manner
provided in Article II of this Agreement.
1.2
Effective Time; Closing
. The closing of the Merger (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of the
Company at 10:00 a.m. on a date to be specified by the Parties
which shall be no later than two (2) Business Days following the
satisfaction or waiver (as provided herein) of the conditions set
forth in Article VIII ( other than those conditions that by their
nature are to be satisfied at the Closing), unless another time,
date and/or place is agreed to in writing by the Parties (the date
upon which the Closing occurs is referred to hereinafter as the
“ Closing Date ”). Simultaneously with, or as
soon as practicable following the Closing, the Company, as the
surviving corporation, shall file the Certificate of Merger with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “
Delaware Secretary of State ”) as provided in Section
252(c) of the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at such time
as the Certificate of Merger is so filed or at such later time as
may be specifically set forth in the Certificate of Merger, if
different, which time is hereinafter referred to as the “
Effective Time ”.
1.3
Effects of the Merger
. At and after the Effective
Time:
(a)
the Merger shall have the effects as set forth
in the applicable provisions of the DGCL, including without
limitation Section 259(a) thereof. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all
the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises (of a
public as well as of a private nature) of the Company and Merger
Sub and all property (real, personal and mixed) of the Company and
Merger Sub and all debts due to either the Company or Merger Sub on
any account, including subscriptions to shares, and all other
choses in action, and every other interest of or belonging to or
due to each of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, Liabilities, obligations and
duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the
debts, Liabilities, obligations and duties of the Surviving
Corporation and may be enforced against the Surviving Corporation
to the same extent as if such debts, Liabilities, obligations and
duties had been incurred or contracted by the Surviving
Corporation, and all rights of creditors and all Liens upon any
property of the Company or Merger Sub shall be preserved unimpaired
in the Surviving Corporation following the
Merger;
(b)
the certificate of incorporation of the Company
shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until such time as it may thereafter be amended in
accordance with applicable Delaware Law;
(c)
the bylaws of the Company shall be the bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation until such time as they may thereafter be
amended in accordance with applicable Delaware
Law;
(d)
the directors and officers of the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain the directors
and officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office
until their respective death, permanent disability, resignation or
removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and
qualified, all in accordance with the certificate of incorporation
and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation and applicable
Law.
1.4
Post-Merger Actions
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(a)
Immediately following the Effective
Time:
(i)
the officers of Parent prior to the Effective
Time shall resign their respective positions as officers of
Parent;
(ii)
unless otherwise agreed to in writing among
Parent, the Surviving Corporation and Michael M. Membrado, Mr.
Membrado, the sole director of Parent as of the date hereof, shall
resign his seat on the board of directors of Parent;
and
(b)
As soon as practicable following the Effective
Time:
(i)
the board of directors of Parent, through
appropriate action duly taken, shall amend the bylaws of Parent to
permit a board of directors of not less than one (1) nor more
than twelve (12) directors;
(ii)
the board of directors of Parent, through
appropriate action duly taken, shall appoint as directors to fill
some or all of such vacancies such persons as the management of the
Company shall designate, which designees shall include a majority
of “independent” directors as such term is defined
under the Rules of the American Stock Exchange;
and
(iii)
the board of directors of Parent, through
appropriate action duly taken, shall elect new officers of
Parent.
1.5
Further Assurances
. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds,
bills of sale, assignments or assurances or any other acts or
things are necessary, desirable or proper (a) to vest, perfect
or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation
its right, title and interest in, to or under any of the rights,
privileges, powers, franchises, properties or assets of either of
the Constituent Corporations, or (b) otherwise to carry out
the purposes of this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation and its
proper officers and directors or their designees shall be
authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of
either Constituent Corporation, all such deeds, bills of sale,
assignments and assurances and to do, in the name and on behalf of
either Constituent Corporation, all such other acts and things as
may be necessary, desirable or proper to vest, perfect or confirm
the Surviving Corporation’s right, title and interest in, to
and under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises,
properties or assets of such Constituent Corporation and otherwise
to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES
2.1
Conversion of Securities
. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the
Company or any shareholders of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company
(each stockholder of the Company being referred to individually
hereinafter as a “ Company Stockholder
”):
(a)
Subject to the other provisions of this Section
2.1 and to Section 2.2:
(i)
Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of the Company (“ Company Common Stock ”)
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(each, a “ Cancelable Common Share ”) shall be
automatically converted without payment of any consideration
(subject to any required adjustment pursuant to Subsection (c) of
this Section 2.1) into the right to receive one (1) share of fully
paid and nonassessable Parent Common Stock (the “ Exchange
Ratio ”); provided, however , that, in the event
that any shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time are unvested or otherwise subject to a
repurchase option, risk of forfeiture, or other condition under any
applicable restricted stock purchase or other agreement with the
Company, then the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in
exchange for such shares of Company Common Stock shall also be
unvested and subject to the same repurchase option, risk of
forfeiture or other condition without regard, however, to any
provisions regarding the acceleration of vesting in the event of
certain transactions that may otherwise be applicable. At the
Effective Time, ( a ) all such shares of Company Common
Stock shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and shall
automatically be canceled and cease to exist, and each certificate
previously evidencing any such shares shall thereafter represent
the right to receive a certificate representing the shares of
Parent Common Stock into which such shares of Company Common Stock
shall have been converted in the Merger pursuant to this Section
2.1(a)(i), ( b ) the holders of certificates previously
evidencing shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with
respect to such shares of Company Common Stock except as otherwise
provided herein or under the DGCL, ( c ) any certificates
previously evidencing shares of Company Common Stock shall be
exchanged for certificates representing whole shares of Parent
Common Stock issued in consideration therefor upon the surrender of
such certificates in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2
of this Agreement, and ( d ) the certificates representing
any shares of Parent Common Stock which have been exchanged for
shares of Company Common Stock which, immediately prior to the
Effective Time, had been unvested or otherwise subject to a
repurchase option, risk of forfeiture, or other condition under any
applicable restricted stock purchase or other agreement with the
Company, shall contain an appropriate legend evidencing such
continuing restriction.
(ii)
Each convertible note and/or debenture of the
Company (“ Company Convertible Debentures ”)
issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and which remains
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(each, a “ Cancelable Convertible Debenture ”)
shall be automatically converted without payment of any
consideration (subject to any required adjustment pursuant to
Subsection (c) of this Section 2.1) into the right to receive a
convertible note and/or debenture of Parent convertible into the
same number of shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of
fully paid and nonassessable Parent Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of Company Common Stock into which each such
Cancelable Convertible Debenture would have been convertible as of
the Effective Time adjusted to give effect to the Exchange Ratio
(each, a “ Parent Convertible Debenture ”). At
the Effective Time, ( a ) all such Cancelable Convertible
Debentures shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and shall
automatically be canceled and cease to exist, and each note or
certificate previously evidencing any such Company Convertible
Debentures shall thereafter represent the right to receive a note
or certificate representing a Parent Convertible Debenture in the
same face amount as the corresponding Cancelable Convertible
Debenture,and ( b ) the holders of notes or certificates
previously evidencing Cancelable Convertible Debentures outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any
rights with respect to such Cancelable Convertible Debentures
except as otherwise provided herein or under the DGCL;
and
(iii)
each share of common stock, par value $.0001 per
share, of Merger Sub (“ Merger Sub Common Stock
”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation at
the Effective Time, and the Surviving Corporation thereafter shall
have no other equity securities.
(b)
It is expressly understood and acknowledged that
no fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in
connection with the Merger and that no holder of Cancelable Common
Shares or Cancelable Convertible Debentures shall be entitled to
receive a cash payment in lieu of any fractional share of Parent
Common Stock.
(c)
If between the date of this Agreement and the
Effective Time the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock shall
have been changed into a different number of shares or a different
class, by reason of any stock dividend, reclassification,
recapitalization, split, division, subdivision, combination or
exchange of shares, the Exchange Ratio shall be correspondingly
adjusted to reflect such stock dividend, reclassification,
recapitalization, split, division, subdivision, combination or
exchange of shares.
2.2
Exchange of Securities and
Certificates .
(a)
Following the execution hereof, and as of or
before the Effective Time, Parent shall enter into an agreement
with a qualified agent to serve as exchange agent in connection
with the Merger which agent shall be mutually agreed upon by each
of Parent and the Company (the “ Exchange Agent
”). Upon the Company’s receipt of Company Stockholder
Approval, Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited,
with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of
Cancelable Common Shares and Cancelable Convertible Debentures
(collectively, the “ Cancelable Securities ”)
for exchange in accordance with this Article II, through the
Exchange Agent, certificates representing (i) the whole shares of
Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Sections 2.1(a)(i) in
exchange for Cancelable Common Shares, and Parent Convertible
Debentures issuable pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) in exchange for
Cancelable Convertible Debentures (such certificates being
hereinafter referred to collectively as the “ Exchange
Fund ”). The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to
irrevocable instructions from Parent, deliver the various
certificates for securities to be issued pursuant to Section 2.1
out of the Exchange Fund (collectively, the “ Merger
Securities ”).
(b)
As promptly as reasonably practicable after the
Effective Time, Parent will instruct the Exchange Agent to mail to
each holder of record of a certificate or certificates which
immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Cancelable
Securities (i) a letter of transmittal, and (ii) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of such certificates for Cancelable
Securities in exchange for certificates evidencing the Merger
Securities, which instructions shall be in customary form and shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title
to the Merger Securities shall pass, only upon proper delivery of
the certificates representing the Merger Securities to the Exchange
Agent for use in exchanging the Cancelable Securities for the
Merger Securities. Upon surrender of a certificate for cancellation
to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions
thereto, and such other documents as may be reasonably required
pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Cancelable
Securities shall be entitled to receive certificates evidencing the
Merger Securities due to such holder in accordance with Section
2.1(a), together with any dividends or distribution to which such
holder may otherwise be entitled, and the certificate(s) so
surrendered shall immediately be canceled. Subject to Section
2.2(g), under no circumstances will any holder of a certificate
representing Cancelable Securities be entitled to receive any of
the Merger Securities or certificates evidencing the same until
such holder shall have surrendered any and all certificates
reflecting the corresponding Cancelable Securities from which such
entitlement derives.
(c)
In the event of a transfer of ownership of
Cancelable Securities which has not been registered in the transfer
records of the Company, the Merger Securities into which the
Cancelable Securities were converted in the Merger may be delivered
by the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article II to the
Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered
certificate is surrendered if (i) the certificate(s) evidencing
such Cancelable Securities is/are presented to the Exchange Agent,
properly endorsed and accompanied by all documents required to
evidence and effect such transfer, including without limitation an
opinion of counsel for the Company that such transfer was effected
in compliance with all federal and state securities Laws, and (ii)
evidence is presented in form satisfactory to Exchange Agent that
any applicable Taxes have been duly paid, or, if not paid, the
Person requesting such issuance pays to the Exchange Agent any and
all Taxes required as a result of the issuance to a Person other
than the registered holder of the certificate. Until surrendered or
transferred as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each certificate
representing Cancelable Securities, other than any certificates
representing Dissenting Shares, shall represent at all times after
the Effective Time solely the right to receive, upon such surrender
or transfer, in accordance with the terms hereof, the Merger
Securities, together with any amounts payable pursuant to
Section 2.2(d) of this Agreement.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement, no dividends or other distributions declared or made
after the Effective Time with respect to the Merger Securities with
a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder
of any unsurrendered certificate(s) evidencing Cancelable
Securities until the holder of such Cancelable Securities shall
surrender such certificate(s) to the Exchange Agent in accordance
with Section 2.2(b). Subject to the effect of applicable Laws,
following surrender of any such certificate(s) reflecting
Cancelable Securities, there shall be paid to the holder of such
certificate(s), in addition to the Merger Securities to which such
holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.1(a), without interest,
the corresponding amount of dividends or other distributions with a
record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect
to any of such Merger Securities, less the amount of any
withholding Taxes which may be required thereon. No holder of
Cancelable Securities shall be entitled, until the surrender of any
certificate for any such Cancelable Securities, to vote any shares
of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock which such holder
shall have the right to receive pursuant to this Article
II.
(e)
All Merger Securities issued upon conversion of
the Cancelable Securities in accordance with Section 2.1(a), and
any cash paid or other distributions made pursuant to Section
2.2(d), shall be deemed to have been issued or paid, respectively,
in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Cancelable
Securities. From and after the Effective Time, holders of
Cancelable Securities shall cease to have any rights with respect
to such Cancelable Securities outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or
by Law.
(f)
Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains
undistributed to the holders of Cancelable Securities for thirty
(30) days after the Effective Time shall be returned to Parent,
and, subject to Section 2.2(g), any holders of Cancelable
Securities which have not theretofore complied with this Article II
shall thereafter look only to Parent for the Merger Securities and
any dividends or other distributions to which they are entitled
pursuant to Section 2.1(a). Any portion of the Exchange Fund
remaining unclaimed by holders of Cancelable Securities as of a
date that is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would
otherwise escheat to or become property of any government entity
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the
property of Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of any
Person previously entitled thereto. To the fullest extent permitted
by Law, neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be
liable to any holders of Cancelable Securities for any Merger
Securities, cash or other property delivered from the Exchange Fund
to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar Law.
(g)
If any certificate representing Cancelable
Securities shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the party claiming such
certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the
Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such
party of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent may direct, as indemnity against
any claim that may be made against it with respect to such
certificate and the amount of any fee charged by the Exchange Agent
for such service, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger Securities,
together with any unpaid dividends and distributions deliverable in
respect thereof.
(h)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, each Person entitled to receive shares of Parent
Common Stock under this Section 2.2 shall receive them on the
condition and subject to the requirements that:
(1)
irrespective of whether or not registered for resale or qualified
under an applicable resale exemption, (i) sixty-five percent
(65%) of such shares may not be sold (but may be transferred (A) by
gift to an immediate family member, (B) by will or intestacy
or distribution, or (C) to a trust for the benefit of the
transferor or a family member) until the first (1 st )
anniversary of the Closing Date and the certificates evidencing
such shares shall have a legend reflecting such restriction, and
(ii) the remaining thirty-five percent (35%) of such sales may
be freely sold or transferred at any time following the Closing
Date, provided, however , that such shares of Parent
Common Stock are duly registered for resale at the federal level
through the SEC or duly qualified under an applicable resale
exemption (as evidenced by an opinion of counsel), and that such
shares are, as a class, duly authorized and qualified for trading
at the time of any such sale on the NASDAQ Capital Market and/or
the OTCBB; and
(2) if sold
pursuant to Rule 144, an opinion of counsel for Parent will first
be obtained stating that, in addition to all other requirements
associated with the availability of Rule 144, Parent has filed all
periodic and other reports required by it to be filed under the
Exchange Act for the preceding twelve (12) months as of the time of
any such sale.
(a)
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, any shares of Company Common Stock or other
Cancelable Securities which, under the DGCL entitle the holder to
appraisal rights (“ Dissentable Shares ”), and
which are held by any holder (a “ Dissenting Holder
”) who shall have demanded and not lost or withdrawn, or who
shall be eligible to demand, appraisal rights with respect to such
Dissentable Shares in the manner provided in the DGCL (“
Dissenting Shares ”) shall not represent the right to
receive any portion of the Merger Securities (or any dividends or
distributions associated therewith). If any holder of Dissentable
Shares shall fail to perfect or shall effectively withdraw or lose
its right to appraisal and payment under the DGCL, as the case may
be, all Dissentable Shares held by such holder shall thereupon, in
accordance with and subject to the provisions set forth in this
Article II, represent the right to receive those Merger
Securities to which it would otherwise be entitled, together with
any dividends or distributions due in connection therewith pursuant
to Section 2.2(d).
(b)
Both the Company and Parent, as the case may be,
shall give one another prompt notice of any demands for appraisal
received by the Company or Parent, withdrawals of such demands and
any other communications received by the Company or Parent in
connection with any demands for appraisal. The Company may
voluntarily make any payment with respect to any such demands. The
Company shall have the right to control all negotiations and
Proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal, including the
right to settle any such demands.
2.4
Withholding . Each of
the Surviving Corporation, Parent and the Exchange Agent shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration payable
pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Cancelable Securities
or Dissenting Shares such amounts as it is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code
or any provision of applicable state, local or foreign Tax Law. To
the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving
Corporation, Parent or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Cancelable
Securities or Dissenting Shares in respect of which such deduction
and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation, Parent or
the Exchange Agent, as the case may be.
2.5
Stock Transfer Books
. At 5:00 p.m. on the day immediately preceding
the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall
be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers
of Cancelable Securities thereafter on the records of the Company.
On or after the Effective Time, any certificates reflecting
Cancelable Securities presented to the Exchange Agent or Parent for
any reason shall carry only those rights as expressly stated in
this Article II.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER
The Company
Principal Stockholder represents and warrants to Parent and Merger
Sub that the statements contained in this Article III are true
and correct.
3.1
Authority Relative To The Operative
Agreements . He has all
legal right, power and capacity to execute and deliver and to
perform his obligations under this Agreement and the Operative
Agreements to which he is a party and to consummate the
Transactions.
3.2
Execution; Enforceability
. He has duly and validly executed and delivered
this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
other Operative Agreements by Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company,
as required, constitutes his legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable against him in accordance with their respective terms,
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights
generally, and (ii) the availability of injunctive relief and
other equitable remedies.
3.3
Title to Securities of the
Company . He is the
record and Beneficial Owner of the securities of the Company as
specifically reflected in the Company Voting & Lock-Up
Agreement which he has executed and delivered in connection and
contemporaneously herewith, and immediately prior to the Effective
Time, he will own such securities free and clear of any
Liens.
3.4
No Conflicts . To the
best of his knowledge, the execution and delivery by him of this
Agreement and each of the other Operative Agreements to which he is
a party does not, and the performance by him of his obligations
under this Agreement and such other Operative Agreements, and the
consummation of the Transactions do not and will
not:
(a)
subject to obtaining the consents, approvals and
actions, making the filings and providing the notices referred to
in Section 3.5 below, if any, conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of any term or provision of any Law or Order
applicable to him or any of his assets and properties;
or
(b)
(i) conflict with or result in a violation
or breach of, (ii) constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time or both) a default under, (iii) require him to obtain
any consent, approval or action of, make any filing with or give
any notice to any Person as a result or under the terms of,
(iv) result in or give to any Person any right of termination,
cancellation, acceleration or modification in or with respect to,
(v) result in or give to any Person any additional rights or
entitlement to increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed
payments under, or (vi) result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon him or any of his assets and properties under, any
Contract to which he is a party or by which any of his assets and
properties is bound.
3.5
Governmental Approvals and
Filings . Except as
may otherwise be set forth in this Agreement, to the best of his
knowledge, no consent, approval or action of, filing with or notice
to, any Governmental Authority on his part is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or any of the other Operative
Agreements.
3.6
Legal Proceedings . To the
best of his knowledge, there are no Proceedings pending or
threatened against, relating to or affecting either him or any of
his assets and properties which could reasonably be expected to
result in the issuance of an Order restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting or making illegal any of the Transactions or
otherwise result in a material diminution of the benefits
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Operative
Agreements to Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, or the Surviving
Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Company and
signed by the Company and Parent for identification prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Company
Disclosure Schedule ”), which shall identify exceptions
by specific section references, the Company hereby represents and
warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that the statements contained in
this Article IV are correct and complete as of the date of this
Agreement and will be correct and complete as of the Closing Date
(as though made then and as though the Closing Date were
substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this Article
IV).
4.1
Organization and Qualification;
Subsidiaries . The
Company is a corporation, and each Subsidiary of the Company is a
corporation, in each case duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted. The Company and each
Subsidiary are duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation
to do business, and are in good standing, in each jurisdiction
where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by
them or the nature of their business makes such qualification or
licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or
licensed and in good standing that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. As of
the date hereof, a true and correct list of all Subsidiaries,
together with the jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary
and the percentage of the outstanding capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary owned by the Company and each other
Subsidiary, is set forth in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. Except as disclosed in Section 4.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not directly or indirectly
own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar
interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
business association or entity.
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws . The
Company has previously furnished or made available to Parent a
complete and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and
bylaws or equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to
date, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. Neither the
Company nor any such Subsidiary is in violation of any provision of
its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
(a)
The books of account, minute books, stock record
books, and other records of the Company and its Subsidiaries are
complete and correct and have been maintained in accordance with
sound business practices, including the maintenance of an adequate
system of internal controls. The minute books of the Company and
its Subsidiaries contain accurate and complete records of all
meetings held of, consents of, and corporate action taken by, the
stockholders, the boards of directors, and any committees of the
boards of directors of each of Company and such Subsidiaries, and
no meeting of such stockholders, boards of directors or committees
has been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not
contained in such minute books.
(b)
None of the records, systems, data or
information of either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
recorded, stored, maintained, operated or otherwise wholly or
partly dependent on or held or accessible by any means (including,
but not limited to, an electronic, mechanical or photographic
process computerized or not) which are not under the exclusive
ownership and direct control of either the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
(a)
The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of twenty million (20,000,000) shares of Company Common
Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, six million nine hundred
and twenty five thousand nine hundred forty-five (6,925,945) shares
of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which
are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights, and there were no other shares of capital stock
issued and outstanding. Except as set forth in this Section 4.4(a)
or as may be specified in Section 4.4(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement, (i) there are no
options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued
capital stock of, or other equity interests in, the Company or any
Subsidiary obligating the Company or any Subsidiary to issue or
sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in,
the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) there are no outstanding
contractual obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company
Common Stock or any other capital stock of the Company, nor any
capital stock of, or any equity interest in, any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) there are no declared or accrued unpaid
dividends with respect to any of the Company’s outstanding
securities, and (iv) the Company does not have outstanding or
authorized any stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation, or similar rights. Each outstanding share of capital
stock of, or other equity interest in, each Subsidiary is duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
(b)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.4(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement,
none of the Company’s outstanding equity, convertible and/or
equity-linked securities provide the holders thereof with any
voting rights of any kind.
(c)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.4(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have outstanding
any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations or debt
securities, and also except as set forth in Section 4.4(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no outstanding bonds, debentures,
notes or other obligations or debt securities carry with them any
voting rights of any kind.
(d)
The holders of all Cancelable Securities qualify
as “accredited investors” within the meaning of such
term under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act.
4.5
Authority Relative To This
Agreement .
(a)
The Company has all necessary corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements and, with respect to the Merger, upon the
approval of this Agreement and the Merger by the Company’s
shareholders in accordance with this Agreement and applicable Law,
to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
other Operative Agreements by the Company and the consummation by
the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions, other than, with
respect to the Merger, the approval of this Agreement and the
Merger by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with
applicable Law and the filing and recordation of the Certificate of
Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with this
Agreement and applicable Law. This Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Parent and Merger Sub, and the Company Principal Stockholder,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights
generally, and (ii) the availability of injunctive relief and
other equitable remedies.
(b)
At a meeting duly called and held in compliance
with the DGCL and the bylaws of the Company, or otherwise through
unanimous written consent if permitted pursuant thereto, the board
of directors of the Company has duly taken action (i) approving the
Merger, based on a determination that the Merger is fair to the
holders of Company Common Stock and in the best interests of such
Company Stockholders, and (ii) approving this Agreement and the
Transactions and recommending approval of this Agreement and the
Transactions by the shareholders of the Company. As of the date
hereof, such action has not been rescinded and is in full force and
effect.
(c)
In accordance with the Company’s
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and the DGCL, the affirmative
vote of the combined holders of at least a majority of the
then-outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is the only vote of
the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company
necessary to approve the Merger, and such vote, in accordance with
the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and the
DGCL, may be duly obtained by written consent in lieu of a
meeting.
4.6
No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents .
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Operative
Agreements by the Company do not, and the performance of this
Agreement and the other Operative Agreements by the Company will
not (in each case, with or without the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both), subject to ( x ) with respect to the
Merger, obtaining the requisite approval of this Agreement and the
Merger by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with this
Agreement and applicable Law, and ( y ) obtaining the
consents (the “ Required Company Consents ”),
approvals, Authorizations and permits and making the filings
described in Section 4.6(b) and Section 4.6(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, (i) conflict with or violate the certificate
of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or
violate any Law applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, or (iii) except as
may be specified in Section 4.6(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an
event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any right of termination,
unilateral amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in
the creation of a Lien or other encumbrance on any property or
asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or require the
consent of any third party pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, Contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise
or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any property or asset of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences, which
individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(b)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the other Operative Agreements by the Company do not, and the
performance of this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements by
the Company will not, require any consent, approval, Authorization
or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any governmental
or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, except (i) the filing
and recordation of the Certificate of Merger with the Delaware
Secretary of State as required by the DGCL, (ii) as may be
specified in Section 4.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and
(iii) where failure to obtain any such consents, approvals,
Authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, would not prevent or delay consummation of the
Merger, or otherwise prevent the Company from performing its
obligations under this Agreement or the other Operative
Agreements.
4.7
Permits; Compliance
. Except as may be specified in Section 4.7 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants,
Authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances,
exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any
Governmental Authority necessary for the Company or any such
Subsidiaries to own, lease and operate its properties or to carry
on its business as it is now being conducted, except for those
which the failure to possess would not individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company (the “ Company Permits ”) and, as
of the date hereof, no suspension or cancellation of any of the
Company Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, except such suspension or termination as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. Except as disclosed in Section 4.7 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule or as would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or
violation of, or, with the giving of notice or the passage of time,
would be in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (a) any
Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by
which any property or asset of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or affected, or (b) any of the Company
Permits.
4.8
Financial Statements
.
(a)
Section 4.8(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule contains true and complete copies of the following
consolidated financial statements: (i) unaudited consolidated
income statement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the
“ Most Recent Company Income Statement ”), (ii)
unaudited consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2007 (the
“ Most Recent Company Balance Sheet ”), (ii)
unaudited consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the “ Most Recent
Company Statement of Stockholders’ Equity ”), and
(iv) unaudited consolidated cash flow statement for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007 (the “ Most Recent Company Cash
Flow Statement ”), in each case internally prepared by
the Company (the Most Recent Company Income Statement, the Most
Recent Company Balance Sheet, the Most Recent Company Statement of
Stockholders’ Equity, and the Most Recent Company Cash Flow
Statement shall be referred to collectively as the “ Most
Recent Company Financial Statements ”). Each of the Most
Recent Company Financial Statements (including, in each case, any
notes thereto) are true, complete and correct, and fairly presented
in all material respects the financial position, results of
operations and changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates
thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject
to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which were not and are
not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries).
(b)
Except (i) to the extent set forth on the Most
Recent Company Balance Sheet, including the notes thereto, or (ii)
as may be specified in Section 4.8(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any Liability
which would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet, or in
the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a
consistent basis, which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company.
4.9
Notes and Accounts Receivable
. All notes and accounts receivables of the
Company and its Subsidiaries appearing on the Most Recent Company
Balance Sheet and all of the receivables which have arisen or been
acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries since the date thereof
(collectively, the “ Company Receivables
”), are bona fide trade receivable and have arisen or were
acquired in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Company or its
Subsidiaries and in a manner consistent with their normal past
credit practices. Since the date of the Most Recent Company Balance
Sheet, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
cancelled or agreed to cancel, in whole or in part, any Company
Receivables except in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent
with demonstrated past practices. All of the Company Receivables
are reflected properly on the books and records of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, are current and collectible and not subject to
set-off or counterclaim, and will be collected in accordance with
their terms at their recorded amounts, subject only to reserve for
bad debts or doubtful accounts set forth on the Most Recent Company
Balance Sheet (as opposed to the notes thereto) as adjusted for the
passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with the
past custom and practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries. For
purposes of the foregoing, Company Receivables shall be deemed to
be “collected in accordance with their terms at their
recorded amounts” if they are collected in full within one
hundred and twenty (120) days of the date such receivables are
billed.
4.10
Undisclosed Liabilities
. None of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
any material Liability, except for (i) Liabilities set forth on the
face of the Most Recent Company Balance Sheet (rather than in any
notes thereto), and (ii) Liabilities which have arisen since the
date of the Most Recent Company Balance Sheet in the Ordinary
Course of Business.
(a)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.11(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has duly and timely filed all Tax Returns required to
have been filed by or with respect to the Company or such
Subsidiary, (ii) each such Tax Return correctly and completely
reflects all liability for Taxes and all other information required
to be reported thereon, (iii) all Taxes owed by the Company and
each Subsidiary of the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax
Return) have been timely paid, and (iv) each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has adequately provided for, in its books of account
and related records, all Liability for unpaid Taxes, being current
Taxes not yet due and payable.
(b)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.11(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has withheld and timely paid all Taxes required to
have been withheld and paid by it and has complied with all
information reporting and backup withholding requirements,
including maintenance of required records with respect
thereto.
(c)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.11(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries (i) is the beneficiary of any extension of time within
which to file any Tax Return, nor has Company or any of its
Subsidiaries made (or had made on its behalf) any requests for such
extensions, or (ii) has waived (or is subject to a waiver of) any
statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or has agreed to (or is
subject to) any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment
or deficiency.
(d)
Section 4.11(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule indicates those Tax Returns that have been audited and
those Tax Returns that currently are the subject of audit. Except
as set forth in Section 4.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
(i) there is no Action now pending or threatened against or with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any
Tax or any assessment or deficiency, and (ii) there are no liens
for Taxes (other than current Taxes not yet due and payable) upon
the assets of the Company.
(e)
Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all jurisdictions
in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries currently files Tax
Returns. No claim has been made by any Taxing Authority in a
jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not
file Tax Returns that any of them is or may be subject to taxation
by that jurisdiction or that any of them must file Tax
Returns.
(f)
None of the assets or properties of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries constitutes tax-exempt bond financed
property or tax-exempt use property within the meaning of
Section 168 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any “safe harbor lease”
within the meaning of Section 168(f)(8) of the Code, as in
effect prior to amendment by the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982, or to any “long-term
contract” within the meaning of Section 460 of the Code.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever been a
United States real property holding corporation within the meaning
of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code. Company is not a
“foreign person” within the meaning of
Section 1445 of the Code.
(g)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has agreed to or is required to make by reason of a change in
accounting method or otherwise, or could be required to make by
reason of a proposed or threatened change in accounting method or
otherwise, any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been the
“distributing corporation” (within the meaning of
Section 355(c)(2) of the Code) with respect to a transaction
described in Section 355 of the Code within the 5-year period
ending as of the date of this Agreement.
(h)
No Subsidiary of the Company that is
incorporated in a non-U.S. jurisdiction has, or at any time has
had, an investment in “United States property” within
the meaning of Section 956(c) of the Code. No Subsidiary of the
Company is, or at any time has been, a passive foreign investment
company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code and
neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a shareholder,
directly or indirectly, in a passive foreign investment company. No
Subsidiary of the Company that is incorporated in a non-U.S.
jurisdiction is, or at any time has been, engaged in the conduct of
a trade or business within the United States, or treated as or
considered to be so engaged.
(i)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
(i) has ever been a party to any Tax allocation or sharing
agreement or Tax indemnification agreement, (ii) has ever been
a member of an affiliated, consolidated, condensed or unitary
group, or (iii) has any Liability for or obligation to pay
Taxes of any other Person under Treas. Reg. 1.1502-6 (or any
similar provision of Tax Law), or as transferee or successor, by
Contract or otherwise. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any joint venture, partnership, or other
arrangement that is treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes.
(j)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any
item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) ending after the Effective Time as a result of
any: (i) intercompany transactions or excess loss accounts
described in Treasury regulations under Section 1502 of the
Code (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax
Law), (ii) installment sale or open transaction disposition
made on or prior to the Effective Time, or (iii) prepaid
amount received on or prior to the Effective
Time.
(k)
The Company has not entered into any transaction
that constitutes a “reportable transaction” within the
meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).
(l)
Section 4.11(l) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists each person who the Company reasonably believes is,
with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, a
“disqualified individual” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code and the Regulations
thereunder.
(m)
Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of
Company, any of its Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any
action (other than actions contemplated by this Agreement) that
would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from
constituting a “reorganization” under Section 368
of the Code. The Company is not aware of any agreement or plan to
which the Company or any of its Affiliates is a party or other
circumstances relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that
could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from so
qualifying as a “reorganization” under Section 368
of the Code.
(n)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.11(l) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the unpaid Taxes of the Company
(i) did not, as of the date of the Most Recent Company Balance
Sheet, exceed the reserve for Tax liability (rather than any
reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing
differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of
the Most Recent Company Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto), and (ii) will not exceed that reserve as adjusted
for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with
the past custom and practice of the Company in filing its Tax
Returns. Since the date of the Most Recent Company Balance Sheet,
the Company has not incurred any liability for Taxes arising from
extraordinary gains or losses, as that term is used in GAAP,
outside the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past custom
and practice.
4.12
Title to Personal Property
.
(a)
With respect to personal properties and assets
that are purported to be owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries,
including all properties and assets reflected as owned on the Most
Recent Company Balance Sheet (other than inventory sold and items
of obsolete equipment disposed of in the Ordinary Course of
Business since the date thereof), the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all of such properties and
assets, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens.
(b)
With respect to personal properties and assets
that are leased, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has a valid
leasehold interest in such properties and assets and all such
leases are in full force and effect and constitute valid and
binding obligations of the other party(ies) thereto. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any other party thereto is
in violation of any of the terms of any such
lease.
4.13
Condition of Tangible Fixed
Assets . All
buildings, plants, leasehold improvements, structures, facilities,
equipment and other items of tangible property and assets which are
owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are
structurally sound, free from material defects (patent and latent),
have been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice,
are in good operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear
and tear given the use and age of such assets), are usable in the
regular and Ordinary Course of Business and conform in all material
respects to all Laws and Authorizations relating to their
construction, use and operation.
4.14
Inventory . Except as
may be specified in Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the inventory of the Company and its Subsidiaries
consists of raw materials and supplies, manufactured and processed
parts, work-in-process, and finished goods, all of which is
merchantable and fit for the purpose for which it was procured or
manufactured, and none of which is slow-moving, obsolete, damaged,
or defective, subject only to the reserve for inventory writedown
set forth on the face of the Most Recent Company Balance Sheet
(rather than in any notes thereto) as adjusted for operations and
transactions through the Closing Date in accordance with the past
custom and practice of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
4.15
Product Warranty .
Substantially all of the products manufactured, sold, leased, and
delivered by the Company and its Subsidiaries have conformed in all
material respects with all applicable contractual commitments and
all express and implied warranties, and none of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has any material liability (whether known or unknown,
whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent,
whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated,
and whether due or to become due) for replacement or repair thereof
or other damages in connection therewith, subject only to the
reserve for product warranty claims set forth on the face of the
Most Recent Company Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto) as adjusted for operations and transactions through the
Closing Date in accordance with the past custom and practice of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. Substantially all of the products
manufactured, sold, leased, and delivered by the Company and its
Subsidiaries are subject to standard terms and conditions of sale
or lease.
4.16
Product Liability . None of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has any material liability
(whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether
absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether
liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due)
arising out of any injury to individuals or property as a result of
the ownership, possession, or use of any product manufactured,
sold, leased, or delivered by any of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(a)
Section 4.17(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule contains (i) a list of all real property and
interests in real property owned in fee by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (the “ Company-Owned Real Property
”), and (ii) a list of all real property and interests
in real property leased by Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to each of which the annual rental payments exceed $50,000
(the “ Company-Leased Real Property
”).
(b)
With respect to each parcel of Company-Owned
Real Property, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to each such parcel of Company-Owned Real Property
free and clear of all Liens, except (A) Permitted Liens and
(B) zoning and building restrictions, easements, covenants,
rights-of-way and other similar restrictions of record, none of
which materially impairs the current or proposed use of such
Company-Owned Real Property. There are no outstanding options or
rights of first refusal to purchase such parcel of Company-Owned
Real Property, or any portion thereof or interest
therein.
(c)
Each lease with respect to Company-Leased Real
Property (each, a “ Company Lease ”) is in full
force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is in default under any such Company Lease and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, no other party thereto is in default
under any such Company Lease.
4.18
Intellectual Property
. Except to the extent as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the
Company:
(a)
Section 4.18(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists (by name, owner and, where applicable, registration
number and jurisdiction of registration, application, certification
or filing) all Intellectual Property that is owned by Company
and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries (whether exclusively,
jointly with another Person or otherwise) (“ Company-Owned
Intellectual Property ”); provided, however,
that Company Disclosure Schedule does not include items of
Company-Owned Intellectual Property which are both
(i) immaterial to Company and its Subsidiaries and
(ii) not registered or the subject of an application for
registration. Except as described in Company Disclosure Schedule,
Company or one of its Subsidiaries owns the entire right, title and
interest to all Company-Owned Intellectual Property free and clear
of all Liens.
(b)
Section 4.18(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts
(“ Company In-Bound Licenses ”) pursuant to
which a third party authorizes the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to use, practice any rights under, or grant
sublicenses with respect to, any Intellectual Property owned by
such third party, including the incorporation of any such
Intellectual Property into the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ products and, with respect to each Company
In-Bound License, whether Company In-Bound License is exclusive or
non-exclusive; provided, however , that Company Disclosure
Schedule is not required to list Company In-Bound Licenses that
consist solely of “shrink-wrap” and similar
commercially available end-user licenses.
(c)
Section 4.18(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts
(“ Company Out-Bound Licenses ”) pursuant to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizes a third
party to use, practice any rights under, or grant sublicenses with
respect to, any Company Owned Intellectual Property or pursuant to
which Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants rights to use or
practice any rights under any Intellectual Property owned by a
third party and, with respect to each Company Out-Bound License,
whether Company Out-Bound License is exclusive or
non-exclusive.
(d)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.18(d) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company In-Bound License and
each Company Out-Bound License is in full force and effect and
valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated any provision of,
or committed or failed to perform any act which, with or without
the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a
default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any
obligation, covenant, condition or other term contained in any
Company In-Bound License or Company Out-Bound License, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has given or received
notice to or from any Person relating to any such alleged or
potential default that has not been cured.
(e)
The Company and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries (i) exclusively own the entire right, interest
and title to all Intellectual Property that is used in or necessary
for the businesses of Company and its Subsidiaries as they are
currently conducted free and clear of Liens (including the design,
manufacture, license and sale of all products currently under
development or in production), or (ii) otherwise rightfully
use or otherwise enjoy such Intellectual Property pursuant to the
terms of a valid and enforceable Company In-Bound License that is
listed in Company Disclosure Schedule or that is a
“shrink-wrap” or similar commercially available
end-user license. Company-Owned Intellectual Property, together
with Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights under
Company In-Bound Licenses listed in Section 4.18(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule or that are “shrink-wrap” and
similar commercially available end-user licenses (collectively, the
“ Company Intellectual Property ”), constitutes
all the Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the
operation of Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses
as they are currently conducted.
(f)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.18(f) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) all registration, maintenance
and renewal fees related to Patents, Marks, Copyrights and any
other certifications, filings or registrations that are owned by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “
Company Registered Intellectual Property ”) that are
currently due have been paid and all documents and certificates
related to such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been
filed with the relevant Governmental Authority or other authorities
in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be,
for the purposes of maintaining such Company Registered
Intellectual Property, (ii) all Company Registered Intellectual
Property is in good standing, held in compliance with all
applicable legal requirements and enforceable by Company and/or one
or more of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) all Patents that have been
issued to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are
valid.
(g)
The Company is not aware of any challenges (or
any basis therefor) with respect to the validity or enforceability
of any Company Intellectual Property. Neither Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action
that would reasonably be expected to result in the abandonment,
cancellation, forfeiture, relinquishment, invalidation, waiver or
unenforceability of any Company Intellectual
Property.
(h)
Except as may be specified in Section 4.18(h) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) none of the products or
services currently or formerly developed manufactured, sold,
distributed, provided, shipped or licensed, by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or which are currently under development, has
infringed or infringes upon, or otherwise unlawfully used or uses,
the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party, (ii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, by conducting its business
as currently conducted, has infringed or infringes upon, or
otherwise unlawfully used or uses, any Intellectual Property Rights
of a third party, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any communication alleging that Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective products,
services, activities or operations infringe upon or otherwise
unlawfully use any Intellectual Property Rights of a third party
nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, is there any basis therefor,
(iv) no Action has been instituted, or, to Company’s
Knowledge, threatened, relating to any Intellectual Property
formerly or currently used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and none of Company Intellectual Property is subject
to any outstanding Order, and (v) to the Company’s Knowledge,
no Person has infringed or is infringing any Intellectual Property
Rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or has otherwise
misappropriated or is otherwise misappropriating any Company
Intellectual Property.
(i)
With respect to the Company’s or any of
its Subsidiaries’ Proprietary Information, the documentation
relating thereto is current, accurate and sufficient in detail and
content to identify and explain it and to allow its full and proper
use without reliance on the special knowledge or memory of others.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable
steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all
Proprietary Information owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries
that is not covered by an issued Patent. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Proprietary Information of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Proprietary Information
that is covered by an issued Patent) is not part of the public
knowledge and has not been used or divulged for the benefit of any
Person other than the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(j)
Except as specified in Section 4.18(j) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) all current and former employees,
consultants and contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries
have executed and delivered, and are in compliance with,
enforceable agreements regarding the protection of Proprietary
Information and providing valid written assignments of all
Intellectual Property conceived or developed by such employees,
consultants or contractors in connection with their services for
the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) no current or former
employee, consultant or contractor or any other Person has any
right, claim or interest to any of Company Intellectual
Property.
(k)
No employee, consultant or contractor of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been, is or will be, by
performing services for the Company or such Subsidiary, in
violation of any term of any employment, invention disclosure or
assignment, confidentiality, noncompetition agreement or other
restrictive covenant or any Order as a result of such
employee’s, consultant’s or independent
contractor’s employment by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any services rendered by such employee, consultant
or independent contractor.
(l)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the other Operative Agreements by the Company does not, and the
consummation of the Merger (in each case, with or without the
giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) will not, directly or
indirectly, result in the loss or impairment of, or give rise to
any right of any third party to terminate or reprice or otherwise
renegotiate any of the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ rights to own any of its Intellectual Property
or their respective rights under any Company Out-Bound License or
Company In-Bound License, nor require the consent of any
Governmental Authority or other third party in respect of any such
Intellectual Property.
(i)
The Software owned, or purported to be owned by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “
Company-Owned Software ” ), has been either
(A) developed by employees of the Company or one or more of
its Subsidiaries within the scope of their employment by the
Company or such Subsidiary, (B) developed by independent
contractors who have assigned all of their right, title and
interest therein to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries pursuant
to written Contracts, or (C) otherwise acquired by the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries from a third party pursuant to a written
Contract in which such third party assigns all of its right, title
and interest therein. No Company-Owned Software contains any
programming code, documentation or other materials or development
environments that embody Intellectual Property Rights of any Person
other than the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than such
materials obtained by the Company and its Subsidiaries from other
Persons who make such materials generally available to all
interested Persons or end-users on standard commercial
terms.
(ii)
Each of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ existing and currently supported and marketed
Software (including Software-embedded) products performs, in all
material respects, the functions described in any agreed
specifications or end-user documentation or other information
provided to customers of the Company or such Subsidiary on which
such customers relied when licensing or otherwise acquiring such
products, subject only to routine bugs and errors that can be
corrected promptly by the Company or such Subsidiary in the course
of providing customer support without further liability to the
Company or such Subsidiary, and all of the code of such products
has been developed in a manner that meets common industry practice,
including the use of regression test and release procedures. To the
Company’s Knowledge, each of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ existing and currently supported and marketed
Software (including Software-embedded) products is free of all
viruses, worms, trojan horses and material known Contaminants and
does not contain any bugs, errors, or problems in each case that
would substantially disrupt its operation or have a substantial
adverse impact on the operation of the Software.
(iii)
The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all
actions customary in the Software industry to document the
Company-Owned Software and its operation, such that the materials
comprising the Company-Owned Software, including the source code
and documentation, have been written in a clear and professional
manner so that they may be understood, modified and maintained in
an efficient manner by reasonably competent
programmers.
(iv)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has exported or transmitted Software or other material in
connection with the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’
business to any country to which such export or transmission is
restricted by any applicable Law, without first having obtained all
necessary and appropriate Authorizations.
(v)
All Company-Owned Software is free of any
Disabling Code or Contaminants that may, or may be used to, access,
modify, delete, damage or disable any Systems or that may result in
damage thereto. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable steps and implemented reasonable procedures to ensure
that its and their internal computer systems used in connection
with Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business are free
from Disabling Codes and Contaminants. The Software licensed by the
Company is free of any Disabling Codes or Contaminants that may, or
may be used to, access, modify, delete, damage or disable the
Systems of the Company or its Subsidiaries or that might result in
damage thereto. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all
reasonable steps to safeguard their respective Systems and restrict
unauthorized access thereto.
(vi)
No Public Software: (A) forms part of any
Company Intellectual Property; (B) was, or is, used in
connection with the development of any Company-Owned Intellectual
Property or any products or services developed or provided by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (C) was, or is,
incorporated or distributed, in whole or in part, in conjunction
with Company Intellectual Property.
(a)
Section 4.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of each Contract or series of
related Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party or is subject, or by which any of their respective
assets are bound:
(i)
for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods,
services, equipment or other assets and that involves or would
reasonably be expected to involve (A) annual payments by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of $10,000 or more, or
(B) aggregate payments by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of $10,000 or more;
(ii)
(A) for the sale by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or
other assets, and that provides for (1) a specified annual
minimum dollar sales amount by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of $100,000 or more, or (2) aggregate payments to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of $100,000 or more, or
(B) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
received payments of more than $10,000 in the year ended December
31, 2007, or expects to receive payments of more than $100,000 in
the year ending December 31, 2008;
(iii)
that continues over a period of more than six
(6) months from the date hereof and provides for payments to
or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exceeding $100,000,
except for arrangements disclosed pursuant to the preceding
subparagraphs (i) and (ii);
(iv)
that is an employment, consulting, termination
or severance Contract that involves or would reasonably be expected
to involve the payment of $50,000 or more by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries following the date hereof, except for any such
Contract that is terminable at-will by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries without liability to the Company or any such
Subsidiary;
(v)
that is a distribution, dealer, representative
or sales agency Contract, other than Contracts entered into in the
Ordinary Course of Business with distributors, representatives and
sales agents that are cancelable without penalty on not more than
ninety (90) days’ notice and does not deviate in any
material respect from the Company’s standard
form;
(vi)
that is a (A) Company Lease, or
(B) Contract for the lease of personal property, in each case
which provides for payments to or by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in any one case of $75,000 or more annually or
$250,000 or more over the term of such Company Lease or
lease;
(vii)
which provides for the indemnification by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person, the undertaking
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be responsible for
consequential damages, or the assumption by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries of any Tax, environmental or other
Liability;
(viii)
that is a note, debenture, bond, equipment
trust, letter of credit, loan or other Contract for Indebtedness or
lending of money (other than to employees for travel expenses in
the Ordinary Course of Business) or Contract for a line of credit
or guarantee, pledge or undertaking of the Indebtedness of any
other Person;
(ix)
for any capital expenditure or leasehold
improvement in any one case in excess of $10,000 or any such
Contracts in the aggregate greater than $100,000;
(x)
that restricts or purports to restrict the right
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of
business, acquire any property, develop or distribute any product
or provide any service (including geographic restrictions) or to
compete with any Person or granting any exclusive distribution
rights, in any market, field or territory;
(xi)
that is a partnership, joint venture, joint
development or similar Contract;
(xii)
that relates to the acquisition or disposition
of any business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets
or otherwise);
(xiii)
that is a collective bargaining Contract or
other Contract with any labor organization, union or association;
and
(xiv)
that is a Contract or series of Contracts, the
termination or breach of which would reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and not previously
disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.19.
(b)
Each Contract required to be listed in
Schedule 4.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
(collectively, the “ Company Material Contracts
”) is in full force and effect and valid and enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent a failure to be in
full force and effect and valid or enforceable in accordance with
its terms would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(c)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party thereto
is, in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any
obligation, covenant, condition or other term contained in any
Company Material Contract, and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has given or received notice to or from any Person
relating to any such alleged or potential default that has not been
cured. No event has occurred which with or without the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, may conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of, or give any Person the right to exercise
any remedy under or accelerate the maturity or performance of, or
cancel, terminate or modify, any Company Material
Contract.
(d)
The Company has provided accurate and complete
copies of each Company Material Contract to
Parent.
(e)
All Contracts other than Company Material
Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or is subject, or by which any of their respective assets are
bound (collectively, the “ Company Minor Contracts
”), are in all material respects valid and enforceable in
accordance with their terms. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any obligation, covenant or condition contained
therein, and no event has occurred which with or without the giving
of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default
thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in
either case where any such default or defaults could not reasonably
be expected have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on Company taken as a whole.
4.20
Litigation . Except as
may be specified in Section 4.20 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (i) there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, threatened against the Company or any if its
Subsidiaries, which (a) individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, or (b) seeks to and is reasonably likely to significantly
delay or prevent the consummation of the Merger, (ii) there is no
Proceeding against any current or, to Company’s Knowledge,
former director or employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has or is reasonably likely to have an indemnification
obligation, and (iii) neither the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any property or asset of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Order having, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
4.21
Employee Benefit Plans
.
(a)
Section 4.21(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Benefit
Plans sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries, or any Company ERISA Affiliate, or with
respect to which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Company ERISA Affiliate otherwise has any present or future
Liability (each, a “ Company Benefit Plan ”). A
current, accurate and complete copy of each Company Benefit Plan
has been provided to Parent. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any intent or commitment to create any additional
Company Benefit Plan or amend any Company Benefit Plan.
(b)
Each Company Benefit Plan has been and is
currently administered in compliance in all material respects with
its constituent documents and with all reporting, disclosure and
other requirements of ERISA and the Code applicable to such Company
Benefit Plan. Each Company Benefit Plan that is an Employee Pension
Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) and which
is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code (a
“ Company Pension Plan ”), has been determined
by the Internal Revenue Service to be so qualified and no condition
exists that would adversely affect any such determination. No
Company Benefit Plan is a “defined benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA.
(c)
None of the Company, any Subsidiary of Company,
any Company ERISA Affiliate or any trustee or agent of any Company
Benefit Plan has been or is currently engaged in any prohibited
transactions as defined by Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code for which an exemption is not
applicable which could subject Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company, any Company ERISA Affiliate or any trustee or agent of any
Company Benefit Plan to the tax or penalty imposed by
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502 of
ERISA.
(d)
There is no event or condition existing which
could be deemed a “reportable event” (within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to which the
thirty (30)-day notice requirement has not been waived. To the
Company’s Knowledge, no condition exists which could subject
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a penalty under
Section 4071 of ERISA.
(e)
None of the Company, any Subsidiary of Company,
nor any Company ERISA Affiliate is, or has been, party to any
“multi-employer plan,” as that term is defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(f)
True and correct copies of the most recent
annual report on Form 5500 and any attached schedules for each
Company Benefit Plan (if any such report was required by applicable
Law) and a true and correct copy of the most recent determination
letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service for each Company
Pension Plan have been provided to Parent.
(g)
With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, there
are no Proceedings (other than routine claims for benefits in the
ordinary course) pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened against any Company Benefit Plan, the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company, any Company ERISA Affiliate or any
trustee or agent of any Company Benefit Plan.
(h)
With respect to each Company Benefit Plan to
which the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Company
ERISA Affiliate is a party which constitutes a group health plan
subject to Section 4980B of the Code, each such Company Benefit
Plan complies, and in each case has complied, in all material
respects with all applicable requirements of Section 4980B of
the Code.
(i)
Full payment has been made of all amounts which
the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Company ERISA
Affiliate was required to have paid as a contribution to any
Company Benefit Plan as of the last day of the most recent fiscal
year of each of the Benefit Plans ended prior to the date of this
Agreement, and no Company Benefit Plan has incurred any
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code),
whether or not waived, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal
year of each such Company Benefit Plan ended prior to the date of
this Agreement.
(j)
Each Company Benefit Plan is, and its
administration is and has been during the six-year period preceding
the date of this Agreement, in all material respects in compliance
with, and none of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any
Company ERISA Affiliate has received any claim or notice that any
such Company Benefit Plan is not in material compliance with, all
applicable Laws and Orders and prohibited transaction exemptions,
including to the extent applicable, the requirements of
ERISA.
(k)
None of the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company and any Company ERISA Affiliate is in default in any
material respect in performing any of its contractual obligations
under any Company Benefit Plans or any related trust agreement or
insurance contract.
(l)
There are no material outstanding Liabilities of
any Company Benefit Plan other than Liabilities for benefits to be
paid to participants in any Company Benefit Plan and their
beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of such Company Benefit
Plan.
(m)
Subject to ERISA and the Code, each Company
Benefit Plan may be amended, modified, terminated or otherwise
discontinued by the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or a
Company ERISA Affiliate at any time without
liability.
(n)
No Company Benefit Plan other than a Company
Pension Plan, retiree medical plan or severance plan provides
benefits to any individual after termination of
employment.
(o)
The consummation of the Merger will not (either
alone or in conjunction with any other event) (i) entitle any
current or former director, employee, contractor or consultant of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay,
unemployment compensation or any other payment, (ii) accelerate the
time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation
due to any such director, employee, contractor or consultant, or
result in the payment of any other benefits to any Person or the
forgiveness of any Indebtedness of any Person, (iii) result in
any prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code for which an exemption is not
available, or (iv) result in the payment or series of payments
by the Company or any of its Affiliates to any person of an
“excess parachute payment” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code.
(p)
With respect to each Company Benefit Plan that
is funded wholly or partially through an insurance policy, all
premiums required to have been paid to date under the insurance
policy have been paid, all premiums required to be paid under the
insurance policy through the Closing will have been paid on or
before the Closing and, as of the Closing, there will be no
liability of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any
Company ERISA Affiliate under any insurance policy or ancillary
agreement with respect to such insurance policy in the nature of a
retroactive rate adjustment, loss sharing arrangement or other
actual or contingent liability arising wholly or partially out of
events occurring prior to the Closing.
(q)
Each Company Benefit Plan that constitutes a
“welfare benefit plan,” within the meaning of
Section 3(1) of ERISA, and for which contributions are claimed
by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Company ERISA
Affiliate as deductions under any provision of the Code, is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable
requirements pertaining to such deduction. With respect to any
welfare benefit fund (within the meaning of Section 419 of the
Code) related to a welfare benefit plan, there is no disqualified
benefit (within the meaning of Section 4976(b) of the Code) that
would result in the imposition of a tax under Section 4976(a) of
the Code. All welfare benefit funds intended to be exempt from tax
under Section 501(a) of the Code have been determined by the
Internal Revenue Service to be so exempt and no event or condition
exists which would adversely affect any such
determination.
(r)
Section 4.21(r) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth all Company Benefit Plans covering employees of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outside of the United States
(the “ Company Foreign Plans ”). The
Company Foreign Plans have been operated in accordance, and are in
compliance, in all material respects with their constituent
documents and all applicable Laws. There are no material unfunded
Liabilities under or in respect of any Company Foreign Plans, and
all contributions or other payments required to be made to or in
respect of the Company Foreign Plans prior to the Closing Date have
been made or will be made prior to the Closing
Date.
4.22
Labor and Employment Matters
.
(a)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party or subject to any labor union or collective bargaining
Contract. There have not been since the Company began operations
and there are not pending or threatened any labor disputes, work
stoppages, requests for representation, pickets, work slow-downs
due to labor disagreements or any actions or arbitrations which
involve the labor or employment relations of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. There is no unfair labor practice, charge
or complaint pending, unresolved or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board. No
event has occurred or circumstance exist that may provide the basis
of any work stoppage or other labor dispute.
(b)
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
complied in all material respects with each, and is not in
violation in any material respect of any, Law relating to
anti-discrimination and equal employment opportunities and there
are, and have been, no material violations of any other Law
respecting the hiring, hours, wages, occupational safety and
health, employment, promotion, termination or benefits of any
employee or other Person. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
has filed all reports, information and notices required under any
Law respecting the hiring, hours, wages, occupational safety and
health, employment, promotion, termination or benefits of any
employee or other Person, and will timely file prior to Closing all
such reports, information and notices required by any Law to be
given prior to Closing.
(c)
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
paid or properly accrued in the Ordinary Course of Business all
wages and compensation due to employees, including all vacations or
vacation pay, holidays or holiday pay, sick days or sick pay, and
bonuses.
(d)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to any Contract which restricts the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries from relocating, closing or terminating any of its
operations or facilities or any portion thereof. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have effectuated a “plant
closing” (as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act of 1988 (the “ WARN Act ”)) or
(ii) a “mass lay-off” (as defined in the WARN
Act), in either case affecting any site of employment or facility
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in accordance
with the WARN Act. The consummation of the Merger will not create
Liability for any act by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on
or prior to the Closing Date under the WARN Act or any other Law
respecting reductions in force or the impact on employees on plant
closings or sales of businesses.
(a)
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
secured, and is in compliance in all material respects with, all
Environmental Permits required in connection with its operations
and the Real Property. Each Environmental Permit, together with the
name of the Governmental Authority issuing such Environmental
Permit, is set forth in Section 4.23(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. All such Environmental Permits are valid and in full
force and effect and none of such Environmental Permits will be
terminated or impaired or become terminable as a result of the
Merger. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been, and are
currently, in compliance in all material respects with all
Environmental Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has received any notice alleging that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is not in such compliance with Environmental
Laws.
(b)
There are no past, pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened Environmental Actions against
or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and the
Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which could be
expected to form the basis for any Environmental Action against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has entered into or agreed to any Order, and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Order, relating to
compliance with any Environmental Law or to investigation or
cleanup of a Hazardous Substance under any Environmental
Law.
(d)
No Lien has been attached to, or asserted
against, the assets, property or rights of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Environmental Law, and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, no such Lien has been threatened. There
are no facts, circumstances or other conditions that could be
expected to give rise to any Liens on or affecting any Real
Property.
(e)
There has been no treatment, storage, disposal
or Release of any Hazardous Substance at, from, into, on or under
any Real Property or any other property currently or formerly
owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. No Hazardous Substances are present in, on, about or
migrating to or from any Real Property that could be expected to
give rise to an Environmental Action against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(f)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has received a CERCLA 104(e) information request nor has the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries been named a potentially
responsible party for any National Priorities List site under
CERCLA or any site under analogous state Law. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has received an analogous notice or
request from any non-U.S. Governmental Authority.
(g)
There are no aboveground tanks or underground
storage tanks on, under or about the Real Property. Any aboveground
or underground tanks previously situated on the Real Property or
any other property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been removed in
accordance with all Environmental Laws and no residual
contamination, if any, remains at such sites in excess of
applicable standards.
(h)
There are no PCBs leaking from any article,
container or equipment on, under or about the Real Property and
there are no such articles, containers or equipment containing
PCBs. There is no asbestos containing material or lead-based paint
containing materials in at, on, under or within the Real
Property.
(i)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has transported or arranged for the treatment, storage, handling,
disposal, or transportation of any Hazardous Material to any
off-site location which is an Environmental Clean-up
Site.
(j)
None of the Real Property is an Environmental
Clean-up Site.
(k)
The Company has provided to Parent true and
complete copies of, or access to, all written environmental
assessment materials and reports that have been prepared by or on
behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.24
Related Party Transactions
. There are no Contracts of any kind,
written or oral, entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with, or for the benefit of, any officer, director or
stockholder of the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any
Affiliate of any of them, except in each case, for
(a) employment agreements, indemnification agreements fringe
benefits and other compensation paid to directors, officers and
employees consistent with previously established policies
(including normal merit increases in such compensation in the
Ordinary Course of Business) and copies of which have been provided
to Parent and are listed in Section 4.24 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (b) reimbursements of ordinary and necessary expenses
incurred in connection with their employment or service,
(c) amounts paid pursuant to Company Benefit Plans of which
copies have been provided to Parent, and (d) the occupancy of
certain of the Company’s facilities which do not provide for
the payment of significant amounts of rent. To the Knowledge of the
Company, none of such Persons has any material direct or indirect
ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a business relationship, or
with any firm or corporation that competes with the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (other than ownership of securities in a
publicly-traded company representing less than one percent of the
outstanding stock of such company). No officer or director of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or member of his or her
immediate family or greater than 5% stockholder of the Company or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, any Affiliate of any of them or
any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is directly
or indirectly interested in any Company Material
Contract.
4.25
Insurance . Section
4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following
information with respect to each material insurance policy
(including policies providing property, casualty, liability, and
workers' compensation coverage and bond and surety arrangements)
with respect to which any of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a
party, a named insured, or otherwise the beneficiary of
coverage:
(i)
the name, address, and telephone number of the
agent;
(ii)
the name of the insurer, the name of the
policyholder, and the name of each covered
insured;
(iii)
the policy number and the period of
coverage;
(iv)
the scope (including an indication of whether
the coverage is on a claims made, occurrence, or other basis) and
amount (including a description of how deductibles and ceilings are
calculated and operate) of coverage; and
(v)
a description of any retroactive premium
adjustments or other material loss-sharing
arrangements.
With respect
to each such insurance policy: (A) the policy is legal, valid,
binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect in all material
respects; (B) neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any
other party to the policy is in material breach or default
(including with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of
notices), and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse
of time, would constitute such a material breach or default, or
permit termination, modification, or acceleration, under the
policy; and (C) no party to the policy has repudiated any material
provision thereof. Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
describes any material self-insurance arrangements affecting the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.26
Absence of Certain Changes or
Events . Since
December 31, 2007, except as may be contemplated by, or disclosed
pursuant to, this Agreement, including Section 4.26 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule:
(a)
there has not been any event or events (whether
or not covered by insurance), individually or in the aggregate,
which have had a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, including without limitation the imposition of
any security interests on any of the assets of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries;
(b)
there have not been any amendments or other
modifications to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c)
there has not been any entry by the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries into any commitment or transaction material
to the Company or such Subsidiaries, except in the Ordinary Course
of Business and consistent with past practice, including without
limitation any (i) borrowings or the issuance of any guaranties,
(ii) any capital expenditures in excess of $60,000, or (iii) any
grant of any increase in the base compensation payable, or any
loans, to any directors, officers or employees;
(d)
there has not been, other than pursuant to the
Plans, any increase in or establishment of any bonus, insurance,
severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit
sharing, stock option, stock purchase or other employee benefit
plan, except in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with
past practice.
(e)
there have not been any material changes by the
Company in its accounting methods, principles or
practices;
(f)
neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
declared, set aside or paid any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of its
securities;
(g)
neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
split, combined or reclassified any of its securities, or issued,
or authorized for issuance, any securities;
(h)
there has not been any material damage,
destruction or loss with respect to the property and assets of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by
insurance;
(i)
there has not been any revaluation of
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets, including
writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or
accounts receivable, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business
consistent with past practice; and
(j)
neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
agreed, whether in writing or otherwise, to do any of the
foregoing.
4.27
Solvency .
No Order has been made, petition presented,
or resolution passed for the winding up (or other process whereby
the business is terminated and the assets of the subject company
are distributed among its creditors and/or shareholders) of either
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no cases or
Proceedings of any kind pending under any applicable insolvency,
reorganization or similar Law in any jurisdiction concerning the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no circumstances exist
which, under applicable Law, would justify any such cases or
Proceedings. No receiver or trustee has been appointed with respect
to all or any portion of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
business or assets.
4.28
Brokers or Finders
. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
Parent and the officers and directors of Parent from any
obligations or liabilities to any person or entity engaged by or to
whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is liable for
brokerage, investment banking and/or finder’s fees or
commissions for services rendered in connection with the
Transactions.
4.29
No Illegal Payments
. None of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Affiliate,
officer, agent or employee thereof, directly or indirectly, has,
since inception, on behalf of or with respect to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (a) made any unlawful domestic or foreign
political contributions, (b) made any payment or provided
services which were not legal to make or provide or which the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof or any
such officer, employee or other Person should reasonably have known
were not legal for the payee or the recipient of such services to
receive, (c) received any payment or any services which were
not legal for the payer or the provider of such services to make or
provide, (d) had any material transactions or payments which
are not recorded in its accounting books and records, or
(e) had any off-book bank or cash accounts or “slush
funds.”
4.30
Information Supplied
. None of the information furnished or to
be furnished by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in either a Form S-4 Registration
Statement to be filed with the SEC by Parent or any Private
Placement Memorandum prepared by Parent, in either case in
connection with the issuance of the Merger Securities pursuant to
the Merger, will, as of the time furnished, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
4.31
Antitakeover Statutes
. The Company has taken all action necessary to
exempt the Merger, this Agreement, the Voting and Lock-Up
Agreement, and the Transactions from Section 203 of the DGCL.
Neither such Section nor any other anti-takeover or similar
Law applies or purports to apply to the Transactions. No
other “control share acquisition,” “fair
price,” “moratorium” or other anti-takeover Laws
apply to this Agreement or any of the
Transactions.
4.32
Compliance with Securities
Laws .
Except to the extent as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, the offering and issuance by the Company and any
of its Subsidiaries of all securities to date were made and
completed in substantial compliance with all applicable state,
federal and, if applicable, foreign securities
Laws.
4.33
Change in Control . Except as
may be set forth in Section 4.33 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company is not a party to any Contract that contains
a “change in control,” “potential change in
control” or similar provision.
4.34
Powers of Attorney
. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no
material outstanding powers of attorney executed on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.35
Material Disclosures
. No statement, representation or warranty made
by the Company in this Agreement, or in any certificate, statement,
list, schedule or other document furnished or to be furnished to
Parent hereunder, contains, or when so furnished will contain, any
untrue statement of a material fact, or fails to state, or when so
furnished will fail to state, a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they are or will be made, not
misleading.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
MERGER SUB
Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Schedule delivered by Parent to the
Company and signed by the Company and Parent for identification
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “
Parent Disclosure Schedule ”), which shall identify
exceptions by specific section references, Parent and Merger Sub
hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company
that:
5.1
Corporate Organization and
Qualification . Parent and
Merger Sub are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Parent and
each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign
corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its business makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to
be so qualified or licensed and in good standing as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on
either or both of Parent and/or Merger Sub.
5.2
Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws . Parent has
heretofore furnished or made available to the Company a complete
and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of
Parent, and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger
Sub, each as amended to date. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in
violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or
bylaws.
(a)
The books of account, minute books, stock record
books, and other records of Parent and Merger Sub, all of which
have heretofore been furnished or made available to the Company,
are complete and correct and have been maintained in accordance
with sound business practices, including the maintenance of an
adequate system of internal controls. The minute books of Parent
and Merger Sub contain accurate and complete records of all
meetings held of, consents of, and corporate action taken by, the
stockholders, the boards of directors, and any committees of the
boards of directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub, and no
meeting of such stockholders, boards of directors or committees has
been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not
contained in such minute books.
(b)
None of the records, systems, data or
information of either Parent or Merger Sub is recorded, stored,
maintained, operated or otherwise wholly or partly dependent on or
held or accessible by any means (including, but not limited to, an
electronic, mechanical or photographic process computerized or not)
which are not under the exclusive ownership and direct control of
either Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be.
(a)
As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized
capital stock of Parent consists of (i) one hundred million
(100,000,000) shares of Parent Common Stock, $.0001 par value, and
(ii) twenty million (20,000,000) shares of “blank
check” preferred stock, $.0001 par value (“ Parent
Preferred Stock ”). As of the date of this Agreement, (A)
5,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued and
outstanding, all of which were validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, (B) no shares of Parent Common Stock were held in
the treasury of Parent, (C) no shares of Parent Common Stock were
reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding stock options
or stock incentive rights granted pursuant to any stock option
plan, and (D) no shares of P
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