AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Exhibit 2.1

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

by and among

OPEN TEXT CORPORATION,

OPEN TEXT, INC.,

OASIS MERGER CORP.,

and

CAPTARIS, INC.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 3, 2008 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among CAPTARIS, INC. , a Washington corporation (the “ Company ”), OPEN TEXT CORPORATION , a Canadian corporation (the “ Guarantor ”), OPEN TEXT, INC. , an Illinois corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor, (“ Parent ”), and OASIS MERGER CORP., a Washington corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”).

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor and the Company (in the case of the Company, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee) have approved, and have determined that it is in the best interests of their respective shareholders to consummate, the acquisition of the Company by Parent and Merger Sub upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

Section 1.1     Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

“ Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b) .

“ Acquisition Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(c) .

“ Acquisition Proposal ” means any offer or proposal made by any Person or Persons other than Parent, Merger Sub or any Affiliate thereof contemplating or otherwise relating to the acquisition in one or more transactions of (i) beneficial ownership (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Common Stock pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other business combination, sale of shares of capital stock, tender offer or exchange offer or similar transaction involving the Company or (ii) twenty percent (20%) or more of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including through a lease, license, sale, transfer or exchange.

“ Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

“ Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

“ Articles of Merger ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

“ Benefit Plans ” means all (i) plans described in Section 3(3) of ERISA, (ii) nonqualified deferred compensation plans (as defined in Section 409A of the Code), and (iii) employment,

 

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bonus, pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, excess benefit, stock, stock option, severance, termination pay, change in control, retention or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, including those providing retirement, medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and vacation benefits (other than those required to be maintained, or contributed to, by law), currently maintained, or contributed to, or required to be maintained or contributed to, by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of, or providing benefits as of the date hereof to, any current or former employees, independent contractors, officers or directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has or could reasonably be expected to have any material liability.

“ Book Entry Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d) .

“ Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or another day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York or Toronto, Canada are authorized or required by Law to be closed.

“ Buyer Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.18(a) .

“ Certificates ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d) .

“ Change of Recommendation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(c) .

“ Cleanup ” means all actions required, under applicable Environmental Laws, to clean up, remove, treat or remediate Hazardous Materials.

“ Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“ Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“ Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) .

“ Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

“ Company Disclosure Schedule ” means the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement.

“ Company Equity Plans ” means the Company’s Restated 2000 Non-Officer Employee Stock Compensation Plan and 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (formerly known as the 1989 Restated Stock Option Plan).

“ Company Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(e) .

“ Company Material Adverse Effect ” means any fact, change, event, factor, condition, circumstance, development or effect that individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition

 

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(financial or otherwise) or continuing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , however , that none of the following shall constitute or be taken into consideration in determining whether there has occurred, and no change, event, occurrence or effect resulting from, attributable to or arising out of any of the following shall constitute, a Company Material Adverse Effect:

(a) changes generally affecting (i) the industries and markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, (ii) the United States economy or (iii) the United States securities markets;

(b) the negotiation, execution, announcement, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Company’s payment of professional fees and costs related to preparing the Proxy Statement and effecting the Merger);

(c) natural disasters, acts of war, terrorism or sabotage, military actions or the escalation thereof or other force majeure events;

(d) changes in GAAP or changes in the interpretation of GAAP, or changes in the accounting rules and regulations of the SEC;

(e) any other action required by Law, expressly contemplated by this Agreement or taken at the request of or with the written consent of Parent or Merger Sub;

(f) any changes in Law or the interpretation thereof;

(g) any action required to comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC or the SEC comment process, in each case, in connection with the Proxy Statement;

(h) in and of itself, any decrease in the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock; or

(i) any failure by the Company to meet any projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions, or any predictions or expectations of any securities analysts;

provided, that nothing in clauses (a) or (c) shall include any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts which disproportionately affects the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and provided further that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such changes in clauses (h) or (i) above not otherwise excluded in the other exceptions (a) through (g) of this definition may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

“ Company Patents ” means:

(i) any patent or application listed in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;

 

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(ii) any reissue, division, continuation, continuation in part, extension, or re- examination, or disclaimer, regardless of when the foregoing came into existence, of any patent or application listed in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule .

(iii) any patent or patent application, regardless of when it is filed, claiming priority from any patent or patent application listed in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule ;

(iv) any patent or application claiming patentable subject matter, regardless of when it is filed, that is disclosed in any patent or patent application listed in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule ;

(v) all rights to bring a legal action for infringement of the patents or patent applications listed in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or any of the rights listed in the preceding paragraphs (i) through (iv) occurring prior to conveyance under this Agreement and the right to any damages resulting from such infringement; and

(vi) all confidential or proprietary information relating to any of the above.

“ Company Recommendation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(c) .

“ Company SEC Reports ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a) .

“ Company Shareholders Meeting ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8 .

“ Company Unaudited Balance Sheet ” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2008.

“ Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 .

“ Consideration Fund ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) .

“ Contract ” means any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or other consensual obligation.

“ Dissenting Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a) .

“ Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

“ Employees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(b) .

“ Encumbrance ” means any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, claim, or encumbrance (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, and any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset).

“ Environmental Claim ” means any claim, notice, directive, action, cause of action, investigation, suit, demand, abatement order or other order by a Governmental Entity alleging

 

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liability arising out of, based on, or resulting from (a) the release of any Hazardous Materials at any location or (b) circumstances forming the basis of any violation of any Environmental Law.

“ Environmental Laws ” mean all applicable and legally enforceable Laws relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including Laws relating to releases of Hazardous Materials and the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, release, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.

“ Equity Award Consideration ” means Option Consideration as defined in Section 3.4(a) and RSU Consideration as defined in Section 3.4(b) .

“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any person or entity that, together with the Company or a Company Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“ Expense Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b) .

“ Guarantee ” has the meaning in Section 9.18(a) .

“ GAAP ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(c) .

“ Governmental Entity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4 .

“ Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

“ Hazardous Materials ” means all substances defined as Hazardous Substances, Oils, Pollutants or Contaminants in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. § 300.5, or defined as such by, or regulated as such under, any Environmental Law.

“ HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

“ Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(a) .

“ Intellectual Property ” means all worldwide rights in patents, patent applications, Company Patents, Technology, trademarks, service marks, trademark applications, service mark registrations and service mark applications, trade names, trade dress, logos, slogans, tag lines, uniform resource locators, Internet domain names, Internet domain name applications, corporate names, copyright applications, registered copyrighted works and commercially significant unregistered copyrightable works (including proprietary software, books, written materials, prerecorded video or audio tapes, and other copyrightable works), industrial designs, technology, software, mask works, trade secrets, know-how, technical documentation, inventions, devices, methods, processes, specifications, data, designs and other intellectual property and proprietary rights, including those under development, other than off-the-shelf computer programs, whether

 

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or not any of the foregoing are registered or on file with a governmental or quasi-governmental agency or registry.

“ IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ knowledge ” means such facts and other information that as of the date of determination are known to, in the case of the Company, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or the general counsel of the Company, or the managing director of Cougar Document Technologies GmbH, after reasonable inquiry, and in the case of the Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub, P. Thomas Jenkins and John Shackelton, after reasonable inquiry.

“ Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, regulation, judgment, order, decree, injunction, arbitration award, franchise, license, agency requirement or permit of any Governmental Entity.

“ Legal Proceeding ” shall mean any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Entity or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

“ License-In Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(b) .

“ Material Contract ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a) .

“ Merger ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

“ Merger Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) .

“ Merger Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

“ Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a) .

“ Option Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a) .

“ Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

“ Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means any fact, change, event, factor, condition, circumstance, development or effect that individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (x) the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or (y) the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or continuing operations of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , however , that none of the following shall constitute or be taken into consideration in the foregoing clause (y) in determining whether there has occurred, and no change, event, occurrence or effect resulting from, attributable to or arising out of any of the following shall constitute, a Parent Material Adverse Effect:

 

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(a) changes generally affecting (i) the industries and markets in which the Parent operates, (ii) the United States economy or (iii) the United States securities markets;

(b) the negotiation, execution, announcement, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement;

(c) natural disasters, acts of war, terrorism or sabotage, military actions or the escalation thereof or other force majeure events;

(d) changes in GAAP or changes in the interpretation of GAAP, or changes in the accounting rules and regulations of the SEC;

(e) any other action required by Law, expressly contemplated by this Agreement or taken at the request of or with the written consent of the Company; or

(f) any changes in Law or, the interpretation thereof;

provided, that nothing in clauses (a) or (c) shall include any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts which disproportionately affects the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“ Parent Plans ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(b) .

“ Paying Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) .

“ Permitted Liens ” means (a) mechanic’s materialsmen’s, workmen’s, repairmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’ or other similar statutory liens that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material in nature or amount, (b) liens for Taxes or other governmental charges or assessments not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith, in appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (c) zoning, entitlement, building and other government imposed land use regulations, and (d) licenses granted pursuant to the Contracts listed in Section 4.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule .

“ Person ” means any natural person or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including any Governmental Entity.

“ Proxy Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8 .

“ Representatives ” means officers, employees, counsel, investment bankers, accountants and other authorized representatives.

“ Rights Agreement ” means that certain Rights Agreement between AVT Corporation and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (as Rights Agent), dated as of January 24, 2001.

“ RSU ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b) .

“ RSU Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b) .

 

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“ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ” shall mean the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time.

“ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“ Shareholder Vote ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.20 .

“ Special Committee ” means the committee of the board of directors of the Company, comprised of independent members of the board of directors formed for the purpose of evaluating, and making a recommendation to the full board of directors with respect to, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and any Acquisition Proposal.

“ Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity (i) of which such Person directly or indirectly owns securities or other equity interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate voting power, (ii) of which such Person possesses more than fifty percent (50%) of the right to elect directors or Persons holding similar positions, or (iii) that such Person controls directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries.

“ Superior Proposal ” means an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal by a third party that (a) was not obtained or made as a direct or indirect result of a failure to comply with or breach of (or in violation of) the Agreement; and (b) is on terms and conditions that the board of directors of the Company determines, in its reasonable, good faith judgment, after taking into account such matters that it deems relevant (taking into account all financial, regulatory, legal and other aspects thereof) following consultation with its outside legal counsel and a nationally recognized financial advisor: (y) is more favorable, from a financial point of view, to Company’s shareholders than the terms of the Merger (taking into account any offer by the Parent to amend the terms of this Agreement,); and (z) is reasonably capable of being consummated on the terms proposed and on a timely basis (taking into account all financial, regulatory, legal and other aspects thereof).

“ Surviving Corporation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

“ Tax Return ” means any report, return, document, declaration, election, form or other information, document or filing filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or supplied to, any taxing authority or jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) with respect to Taxes.

“ Taxes ” means any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including income, gross receipts, excise, real or personal property, sales, withholding, social security, occupation, use, service, service use, value added, license, net worth, payroll, franchise, transfer and recording taxes, fees and charges, imposed by the IRS or any taxing authority (whether domestic or foreign including any state, local or foreign government or any subdivision or taxing agency thereof (including a United States possession)), whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or any other basis; and such term shall include any interest,

 

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penalties or additional amounts attributable to, or imposed upon, or with respect to, any such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments.

“ Technology ” means all works of authorship, including computer programs and computer software, completed or in the course of development or further development by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including the computer software applications listed in Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule , which includes all releases, versions, modifications, updates, improvements and accessions thereto, and all source code, executable code and other materials whether embodied in software, firmware, documentation, designs, methods, techniques, processes, files, industrial models, schematics, specifications, net lists, build lists, records, data or otherwise relating thereto and including all databases and documentation relating to the foregoing but excluding in all cases any and all software, technology, documentation or other material or Intellectual Property licensed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary from any third party.

“ Termination Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b)(i) .

“ Termination Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c) .

“ United States ” means the United States of America.

“ WARN ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16(e) .

“ WBCA ” means the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended.

Section 1.2    Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation.

    (a)     The words “hereof,” “herein” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and references to articles, sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules are to the articles, sections and paragraphs of, and exhibits and schedules to, this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.

    (b)     Whenever “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, such word shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

    (c)     Words describing the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural and vice versa, words denoting any gender shall be deemed to include all genders and words denoting natural persons shall be deemed to include business entities and vice versa.

    (d)     Terms defined in the text of this Agreement as having a particular meaning have such meaning throughout this Agreement, except as otherwise indicated in this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 2

THE MERGER

Section 2.1     The Merger . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the WBCA, at the Effective Time, the Company and Merger Sub shall consummate a merger (the “ Merger ”) pursuant to which (i) Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease, (ii) the Company shall be the surviving corporation (the “ Surviving Corporation ”) in the Merger and (iii) the corporate existence of the Company shall continue unaffected by the Merger. As a result of the Merger, the Company shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The Merger shall, from and after the Effective Time, have the effects set forth in this Agreement, Section 23B.11.060 of the WBCA and other applicable law.

Section 2.2     Effective Time . Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cause articles of merger in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Articles of Merger ”) to be delivered on the Closing Date (or on such other date as Parent and the Company may agree in writing) to the Secretary of State of the State of Washington for filing as provided in the WBCA, and shall make all other deliveries, filings or recordings required by the WBCA in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective on the date on which the Articles of Merger are filed by the Secretary of State of the State of Washington, or on such other later date as is agreed upon by the parties and specified in the Articles of Merger, and at the time specified in the Articles of Merger or, if not specified therein, by the WBCA, and such time on such date of effectiveness is hereinafter referred to as the “ Effective Time .”

Section 2.3     Closing . The closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) will take place at 10:00 A.M., Pacific Time, on a date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than two (2) Business Days after satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article 7 hereof (other than conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), at the offices of Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 Third Avenue, 48th Floor, Seattle, Washington, unless another time, date or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto (such date on which the Closing is to take place being the “ Closing Date ”).

Section 2.4     Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation . The articles of incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall at the Effective Time be amended and restated in full to read as set forth in Exhibit B , and as so amended and restated, shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter amended as provided by Law and such articles of incorporation. The bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall, as of the Effective Time, be amended and restated in their entirety to be the same as the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except as to the name of the Surviving Corporation, which shall be Captaris, Inc., until thereafter amended as provided by Law, the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such bylaws.

Section 2.5     Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation . The directors of Merger Sub, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until their successors shall have been duly

 

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elected or appointed or qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. The officers of the Company at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation until their successors shall have been duly elected or appointed or qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.

ARTICLE 3

CONVERSION OF SHARES

Section 3.1     Conversion of Shares .

    (a)     At the Effective Time, each share of the Company’s common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares of Common Stock to be cancelled pursuant to Section 3.1(c) and Dissenting Shares) shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into the right to receive $4.80 in cash (the “ Merger Consideration ”) without any interest thereon.

    (b)     Each share of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, be converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation.

    (c)     Any shares of Common Stock owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent shall, at the Effective Time, be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.

    (d)     At the Effective Time, each share of Common Stock shall be automatically cancelled and shall cease to exist, and the holders immediately prior to the Effective Time of shares of outstanding Common Stock not represented by certificates (“ Book Entry Shares ”) and the holders of certificates that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of outstanding Common Stock (the “ Certificates ”) shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock other than the right to receive, upon surrender of such Book Entry Shares or Certificates in accordance with Section 3.2 , the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, or payment pursuant to Section 3.3 , as applicable, for each such share of Common Stock held by them.

    (e)     If at any time between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time any change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall occur as a result of a reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including a reverse stock split), or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend or stock distribution with a record date during such period, the amount of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 3.1(a) shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such change. Nothing in this Section 3.1(e) shall be construed to permit an action subject to Section 6.1 .

 

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Section 3.2     Exchange of Certificates and Book-Entry Shares .

    (a)     At or prior to the Closing, Merger Sub shall deliver, in trust, to a paying agent reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “ Paying Agent ”), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Common Stock, Options and RSUs at the Effective Time, sufficient funds for timely payment of the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect of Certificates and Book-Entry Shares, assuming no Dissenting Shares, and the aggregate Equity Award Consideration payable under Section 3.4 (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “ Consideration Fund ”), to be paid pursuant to this Section 3.2 . In the event the Consideration Fund shall be insufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration contemplated by Section 3.1 and the aggregate Equity Award Consideration payable under Section 3.4 , Merger Sub or Parent shall promptly deliver, or cause to be delivered, additional funds to the Paying Agent in an amount that is equal to the deficiency required to make such payments.

    (b)     Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares whose shares were converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1 (i) a letter of transmittal that shall specify that delivery of such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall be deemed to have occurred, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, to the Paying Agent, and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration, the form and substance of which letter of transmittal and instructions shall be substantially as reasonably agreed to by the Company and Parent and prepared prior to the Closing. Upon surrender of a Book-Entry Share or a Certificate for cancellation to the Paying Agent together with such letter of transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and with such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Book-Entry Share or Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, subject to any required withholding of Taxes, the Merger Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this Article 3 , and the Book-Entry Share or Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record of Options or RSUs which are being cancelled or exchanged pursuant to Section 3.4 , a letter of notification notifying the holder that the Option or RSU is being cancelled as of the Effective Time in exchange for payment of the Equity Award Consideration, and the original Option or RSU shall have no further force or effect. No interest will be paid or accrued on the Merger Consideration payable to holders of Book-Entry Shares or Certificates or the Equity Award Consideration payable to Option holders and RSU holders under Section 3.4 . If any Merger Consideration or Equity Award Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than a Person in whose name the Book-Entry Share, Certificate, Option or RSU surrendered or cancelled in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of such exchange that the Person in whose name the Book-Entry Share, Certificate, Option or RSU is registered shall pay to the Paying Agent any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of payment of the Merger Consideration or Equity Award Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of the Book-Entry Share, Certificate, Option or RSU surrendered or cancelled, or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable.

 

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    (c)     The Consideration Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Merger Sub, Parent or the Surviving Corporation; provided , however , that any such investments shall be in money market mutual or similar funds having assets in excess of $10,000,000,000. Earnings on the Consideration Fund shall be the sole and exclusive property of Merger Sub, Parent and the Surviving Corporation and shall be paid to Merger Sub, Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as Parent directs. No investment or loss of the Consideration Fund shall relieve Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent from promptly making the payments required by this Article 3 , and following any losses from any such investment, Parent shall promptly provide additional funds to the Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of shares of Common Stock at the Effective Time in the amount of such losses, which additional funds will be deemed to be part of the Consideration Fund.

    (d)     At and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Article 3 , except as otherwise provided by Law.

    (e)     Any portion of the Consideration Fund (including the proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the former shareholders of the Company one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent. Any holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares who have not theretofore complied with this Article 3 with respect to such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of their claim for Merger Consideration in respect thereof.

    (f)     Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Paying Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to any Person in respect of cash from the Consideration Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall not have been surrendered prior to the date on which any Merger Consideration in respect thereof would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity, any such Merger Consideration in respect of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent, and any holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share who has not theretofore complied with this Article 3 with respect thereto shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of their claim for Merger Consideration in respect thereof.

    (g)     If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact (such affidavit shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Paying Agent) by the Person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration to which such Person is entitled in respect of such Certificate pursuant to this Article 3 .

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    (a)     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement other than Section 3.3(b) to the contrary, any shares of Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a shareholder who is entitled to dissent from the Merger under Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA and who has exercised, when and in the manner required by Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA to the extent so required prior to the Effective Time, such right to dissent and to obtain payment of the fair value of such shares under Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA in connection with the Merger (“ Dissenting Shares ”) shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration unless and until such shareholder shall have effectively withdrawn or lost (through failure to perfect or otherwise) such shareholder’s right to obtain payment of the fair value of such shareholder’s Dissenting Shares under Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA, but shall instead be entitled only to such rights with respect to such Dissenting Shares as may be granted to such shareholder under Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA. From and after the Effective Time, Dissenting Shares shall not be entitled to vote for any purpose or be entitled to the payment of dividends or other distributions (except dividends or other distributions payable to shareholders of record prior to the Effective Time). The Company shall promptly provide any notices of dissent to Parent.

    (b)     If any shareholder who holds Dissenting Shares effectively withdraws or loses (through failure to perfect or otherwise) such shareholder’s right to obtain payment of the fair value of such shareholder’s Dissenting Shares under Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the occurrence of such effective withdrawal or loss, such shareholder’s shares of Common Stock shall no longer be Dissenting Shares and, if the occurrence of such effective withdrawal or loss is later than the Effective Time, shall be treated as if they had as of the Effective Time been converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration as set forth in subsection (a) of Section 3.1 .

Section 3.4     Treatment of Stock Awards .

    (a)     Company Options . Each option to purchase Common Stock (whether vested or unvested) (an “ Option ”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether under the Company Equity Plans or pursuant to an individual stock option agreement) shall be cancelled and the holder of such Option (if the Merger Consideration is greater than the exercise price per share of the Common Stock of such Option) will, in full settlement of such Option, be entitled to receive from Merger Sub an amount, in cash (the “Option Consideration”) equal to: (i) the Merger Consideration less the exercise price per share of such Option if the amount is positive; or (ii) zero dollars, if the value of the Merger Consideration minus the exercise price per share of the Common Stock is negative. The term “Aggregate Option Consideration” shall mean the sum of the Option Consideration of each Option. The Option Consideration may be subject to withholding of Taxes.

    (b)     Restricted Stock Units . Each restricted stock unit and restricted deferred stock unit providing for the issuance of Common Stock (whether vested or unvested and whether under the Company Equity Plans, the deferred compensation plans listed on Section 4.9(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , or pursuant to an individual agreement) (an “ RSU ”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and the holder of such RSU will, in full settlement of such RSU, be entitled to receive from Merger Sub an amount, subject to any required withholding of Taxes, in cash equal to the product of (i) the Merger Consideration

 

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multiplied by (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to such RSU (such product, the “ RSU Consideration ”).

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as of the date hereof as follows:

Section 4.1     Organization . The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and each Company Subsidiary is a business entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has the requisite entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to Parent a copy of its articles of incorporation and bylaws, as currently in effect, and is not in violation of any provision of such articles of incorporation or bylaws. The Company has made available to Parent a copy of the organizational and operating documents of each Company Subsidiary material to the Company’s business (including, without limitation, Cougar Document Technologies GmbH), as currently in effect, and no Company Subsidiary material to the Company’s business (including, without limitation, Cougar Document Technologies GmbH) is in violation of any provision of its organizational and operating documents.

Section 4.2     Capitalization .

    (a)     The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 120,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, 26,471,334 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) 4,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per share, none of which are issued or outstanding on the date of this Agreement. All of the outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. To the knowledge of the Company, all issuances and purchases by the Company of the capital stock of the Company have been in compliance with all applicable agreements and all applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws, and all taxes thereon have been paid. As of the date hereof, other than pursuant to the Company Equity Plans or as listed on Section 4.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , there are no existing (i) options, warrants, calls, subscriptions or other rights, convertible securities, agreements, equity plans or commitments of any character obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) contractual obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) voting trusts or similar agreements to which the Company is a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock of the Company. As of the date of this Agreement: (i) 4,899,280 shares of Common Stock are subject to issuance pursuant to Options granted and

 

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outstanding under the Company Equity Plans (with an Aggregate Option Consideration of $1,841,574.80; (ii) 371,125.91 shares of Common Stock are subject to issuance pursuant to RSUs granted and outstanding under the Company Equity Plans; and (iii) except as set forth in (i) and (ii) of this sentence, no other Options, RSUs or other exercise, conversion, or equity rights have been granted or are outstanding. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , since June 30, 2008, the Company has not issued any options to purchase Common Stock or any RSUs or other exercise, conversion, or equity rights. The Company has made available to the Parent accurate and complete copies of the Company Equity Plans and the forms of all stock option and RSU agreements evidencing any such awards granted thereunder.

    (b)     Section 4.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Company Subsidiaries, including the jurisdiction of organization and ownership of each such Company Subsidiary. Except as otherwise set forth on Section 4.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , no Person, other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary, has any ownership interest in any Company Subsidiary. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or equivalent equity interests of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are owned of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of all liens, pledges, security interests or other Encumbrances other than any transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act and the “blue sky” Laws of the various States of the United States.

    (c)     Except as disclosed in Section 4.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries own any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity, other than a Company Subsidiary. No such interest or investment disclosed on Section 4.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule would cause such entity to be treated as a single employer with the Company under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001.3 of ERISA.

Section 4.3     Authorization; Validity of Agreement; Company Action . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the Shareholder Vote, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Special Committee has determined that the transactions contemplated hereby are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and has unanimously recommended that the full board of directors of the Company approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by its board of directors (acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee), and no other corporate action on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and, except for the Shareholder Vote, the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of

 

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equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

Section 4.4     Consents and Approvals; No Violations . Except as disclosed in Section 4.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance by the Company of this Agreement and, subject to the Shareholder Vote, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, (i) violate any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, (ii) result in a violation, breach or termination of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Material Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties or assets is bound, (iii) subject to compliance with the laws described in Section 4.4(iv) , violate any Law applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, or (iv) other than in connection with or compliance with (A) the WBCA, (B) requirements under other state corporation Laws, (C) the HSR Act, (D) Nasdaq rules and listing standards and (E) the Exchange Act, require the Company to make any filing or registration with or notification to, or require the Company to obtain any authorization, consent or approval of, any court, legislative, executive or regulatory authority or agency (a “ Governmental Entity ”); except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for such violations, breaches or defaults that, or filings, registrations, notifications, authorizations, consents or approvals the failure of which to make or obtain, (1) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (2) would occur or be required as a result of the business or activities in which Parent or Merger Sub is or proposes to be engaged (other than the Company’s business).

Section 4.5     SEC Reports; Financial Statements .

    (a)     Except as set forth in Section 4.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the Company has filed timely all reports and other documents with the SEC required to be filed or furnished by the Company since December 31, 2004 (such documents, together with any reports filed during such period by the Company with the SEC on a voluntary basis on Form 8-K, the “ Company SEC Reports ”), and such Company SEC Reports materially complied with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Company has disclosed to Parent any unresolved comments received from the SEC.

    (b)     The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, including the provisions therein relating to recent acquisitions. The certifications and statements required by (A) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act and (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) relating to the Company SEC Reports are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all applicable Laws.

    (c)     The Company maintains a system of internal controls and procedures over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) sufficient to ensure (i) that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries material to the Company’s business maintains records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect its transactions and

 

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dispositions of assets, (ii) that material transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”), (iii) that material receipts and expenditures are executed only in accordance with authorizations of management and the board of directors of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries material to the Company’s business and (iv) timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ assets that could have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

    (d)     Except as set forth on Section 4.5(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the Company is in compliance with the applicable listing and other rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Global Market, and the Company has not received any notice from the NASDAQ Global Market asserting any non-compliance with such rules and regulations.

    (e)     Each of the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company included in the Company SEC Reports (the “ Company Financial Statements ”) complied at the time it was filed as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto in effect at the time of such filing, was prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), and fairly presented in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end adjustments).

    (f)     Except as set forth in Section 4.5(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the Company has not, since December 31, 2004, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, modified or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan or otherwise, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company.

    (g)     Since December 31, 2003, the Company has not engaged in any securitization transactions and has no “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).

Section 4.6     Absence of Changes . Except as set forth on Section 4.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule , since December 31, 2007, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has:

    (a)     suffered any Company Material Adverse Effect or any material loss, damage or destruction to, or any material interruption in the use of, any of the assets or business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not covered by insurance);

    (b)     (i) declared, accrued, set aside or paid any dividend or made any other distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock; or (ii) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares of capital stock or other securities;

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right to acquire any capital stock or any other security (other than pursuant to the Company Equity Plans); or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security;

    (d)     amended or waived any of its rights under, or exercised its discretion to permit the acceleration of vesting under any provision of: (i) the Company Equity Plan; (ii) any restricted stock purchase agreement; or (iii) any other Contract evidencing or relating to any equity award (whether payable in cash or stock);

    (e)     amended the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter or organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or effected or been a party to any plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction or action;

    (f)     formed any Subsidiary or acquired any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity;

    (g)     (i) lent money to any Person; (ii) incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness; (iii) issued or sold any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities; (iv) guaranteed any debt securities of others; or (v) made any capital expenditure or commitment, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $250,000;

    (h)     other than in the ordinary course of business: (i) caused or permitted any Company Equity Plan to be amended, other than as required by law; or (ii) paid any bonus or made any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors or employees;

    (i)     changed any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices, except as required or prescribed by GAAP, or made any material Tax election, filed any material amendment to any Tax Return, adopted or changed any accounting method in respect of material Taxes, entered into any closing agreement relating to any material Tax, settled or compromised any claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of material Taxes, or consented to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any material Tax claim or assessment;

    (j)     entered into, amended or terminated any Material Contract, or acquired any material assets nor sold, leased or otherwise irrevocably disposed of any of its material assets or properties, nor has any Encumbrance been granted with respect to such assets or properties, except in the ordinary course of business;

    (k)     to the knowledge of the Company, suffered or experienced an event of fraud or willful misconduct;

    (l)     effected or entered into any (i) material change in pricing or royalties or other payments set or charged by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to its customers or licensees, (ii) agreement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to change pricing or royalties

 

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or other payments set or charged by persons who have licensed Intellectual Property to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) material change in pricing or royalties or other payments set or charged by persons who have licensed Intellectual Property to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

    (m)     licensed, sold, transferred, pledged, encumbered, modified, abandoned, failed to maintain or otherwise disposed of any Intellectual Property, except in the ordinary course of business;

    (n)     pledged any of its assets or otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any Encumbrance; or

    (o)     negotiated, agreed or committed to take any of the actions referred to in clauses “(c)” through “(n)” above (other than negotiations between the Parties to enter into this Agreement).

Section 4.7     No Undisclosed Liabilities . Except for (a) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the date of the Company Unaudited Balance Sheet, (b) liabilities and obligations identified as such on the Company Unaudited Balance Sheet, (c) liabilities and obligations incurred for professional fees to third-party advisers and change of control amounts payable pursuant to Material Contracts, all incurred in connection with the Merger, and (d) liabilities and obligations set forth on Section 4.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations, including, without limitation, any liabilities or obligations pursuant to any pension or other employee benefit plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, that would be required to be reflected or reserved against in a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP as applied in preparing the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Company SEC Reports. Except as set forth on Section 4.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the Company and its Subsidiaries are under no requirement to maintain any level of cash or assets in any jurisdiction.

Section 4.8     Material Contracts .

    (a)     All of the following Contracts (the “ Material Contracts ”) are listed in Section 4.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule :

  (i) any commission or sales agreement with an employee, individual consultant or salesperson, or under which a firm or other organization provides commission or sales-based services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

  (ii) any fidelity or surety bond or completion bond;

  (iii) any lease of personal property having aggregate outstanding ongoing obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000;

 

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    (iv) other than standard customer contracts previously provided to Parent or that contain indemnification or guaranty provisions in favor of any person that do not impose any obligation or liability (contingent or otherwise) on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries greater than those contained in contracts previously provided to Parent, any agreement of indemnification or guaranty to any person;

    (v) any agreement containing any covenant materially limiting the freedom of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or in any geographic territory or to compete with any person, or which grants to any person any exclusivity to any geographic territory, any customer, or any product or service;

    (vi) any agreement relating to capital expenditures and involving future payments in excess of $150,000, or purchase orders (including for services) involving future payments in excess of $250,000;

    (vii) any agreement relating to the disposition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise outside the ordinary course of business or any agreement relating to the acquisition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise outside the ordinary course of business;

    (viii) any mortgages, indentures, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or the extension of credit (other than security agreements for office or similar equipment where the value of the assets secured does not exceed $300,000);

    (ix) any dealer, distribution, joint marketing (including any pilot program), development, content provider, destination site or merchant agreement, joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance or agreement involving the sharing of profits, losses, costs or liabilities with any person or any development, original equipment manufacturer, value added re-seller, remarketer or other agreement for distribution, data-sharing, marketing, resale, distribution or similar arrangement relating to any product or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the products or services of any other person that involved payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries of $250,000 or more in the 12 month period ended June 30, 2008;

    (x) any material liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a customer contract or reseller agreement that does not limit the liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the amount of the total fees paid to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under such contract;

    (xi) any material commitment to any customer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other person to develop or customize any product or service, or to customize or develop any third-party product, service or platform, in either case without compensation in an amount in excess of the cost to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform such commitment, excluding contracts for hardware sold by the Company;

    (xii) any agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries agreed to provide “most favored nation” pricing or other terms and conditions to any person with respect to the sale, distribution, license or support of any products or services;

 

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    (xiii) except as disclosed in clauses (i) through (xii) above, any agreement that involved payments or receipts of more than $350,000 in the 12 month period ended December 31, 2007 or that the Company expects to involve payments or receipts of $350,000 or more; and

    (xiv) any agreement, the termination or loss of which would have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

    (b)     Each Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, and the Company has performed all obligations required to be performed by it to the date hereof under each Material Contract and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other party to each Material Contract has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under such Material Contract, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received notice, nor does it have knowledge, of (i) any violation or default of any obligation under (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or default under), or of any cancellation, termination or indication of intent to no longer perform under, any Material Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound, or (ii) any indication from any of its customers or resellers that any such customer or reseller no longer intends to conduct business with the Company, except in each case for such violations, defaults, conditions or terminations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.9     Benefit Plans; ERISA .

    (a)     Section 4.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all (i) employment or bonus related arrangements that provide for base salary and/or bonus, incentive or other compensation to individuals in excess of $250,000 per annum, and (ii) pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, severance, termination pay, change in control or retention related Benefit Plans or arrangements.

    (b)     Except as set forth in Section 4.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the Company has delivered to the Parent correct and complete copies of each Benefit Plan (as currently in effect), and with respect to each such Benefit Plan (if applicable thereto) (i) any associated trust, custodial, insurance, or service agreements (as currently in effect), (ii) the most recent annual report, actuarial report, or summary plan description submitted to any Governmental Entity or distributed to participants or beneficiaries thereunder, and (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter and any governmental advisory opinions, rulings, compliance statements, closing agreements, or similar materials specific to such Benefit Plan. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all such communications, reports, or disclosures at the time made, accurately reflected the terms and operations of the Benefit Plan.

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Law, except for such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no event has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Benefit Plan that would subject the Company, any Company Subsidiary, the Surviving Corpor