Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
MCDONALD BRADLEY, INC.
INFODATA ACQUISITION, INC.
AND
INFODATA SYSTEMS INC.
DATED AS OF JUNE 20, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page No.
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ARTICLE
I
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THE
MERGER
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1
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1.1
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The
Merger
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1
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1.2
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Closing
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2
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1.3
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Effective
Time
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2
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1.4
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Effect of
the Merger
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2
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1.5
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Articles of
Incorporation; Bylaws
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2
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1.6
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Directors
and Officers
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2
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1.7
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Conversion
of the Company Common Stock, Etc.
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3
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1.8
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Stock Option
Plan and Stock Company Purchase Plan
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4
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1.9
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Adjustments
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5
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1.10
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Surrender of
Certificates
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5
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1.11
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Further
Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock
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6
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1.12
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Lost, Stolen
or Destroyed Certificates
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7
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1.13
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Further
Assurances
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7
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ARTICLE II
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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7
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2.1
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Organization
and Qualifications; Subsidiaries
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7
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2.2
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Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws
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8
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2.3
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Capitalization
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8
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2.4
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Authority;
Enforceability
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10
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2.5
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Required
Vote
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10
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2.6
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No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents
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11
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2.7
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Material
Agreements
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11
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2.8
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Government
Contracts
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12
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2.9
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Compliance
with Laws
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16
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2.10
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SEC Filings;
Financial Statements
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16
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2.11
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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18
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2.12
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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18
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2.13
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Litigation
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18
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2.14
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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19
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2.15
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Employee
Matters
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21
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2.16
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Proxy
Statement
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23
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2.17
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Absence of
Restrictions on Business Activities
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23
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2.18
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Title to
Assets; Leases
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23
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2.19
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Taxes
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24
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2.20
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Environmental and Safety Matters
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26
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2.21
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Intellectual
Property
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27
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2.22
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Insurance
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28
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2.23
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No
Restrictions on the Merger; Takeover Statutes
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29
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2.24
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Brokers
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29
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2.25
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Certain
Business Practices
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29
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2.26
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Interested
Party Transactions
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30
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2.27
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Opinion of
the Financial Advisor
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30
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2.28
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Disclosure
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30
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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30
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3.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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30
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3.2
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Authority;
Enforceability
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31
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3.3
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No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents
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31
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3.4
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Absence of
Litigation
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;3.5
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Proxy
Statement
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32
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3.6
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Brokers
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32
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3.7
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Merger
Consideration
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32
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ARTICLE IV
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CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
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32
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4.1
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Conduct of
Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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32
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4.2
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Solicitation
of Other Proposals
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35
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ARTICLE V
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ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
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5.1
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Proxy
Statement
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5.2
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Company
Stockholders' Meeting
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38
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5.3
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Access to
Information; Confidentiality
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40
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5.4
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Reasonable
Best Efforts; Further Assurances
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40
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5.5
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Employee
Benefits
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5.6
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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42
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5.7
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Public
Announcements
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5.8
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Takeover
Laws
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5.9
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Indemnification; Directors and Officer
Insurance
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5.10
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Voting
Agreement
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5.11
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Termination
of Registration Rights
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ARTICLE VI
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CONDITIONS OF
MERGER
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6.1
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Conditions
to Obligation of Each Party to Effect the Merger
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6.2
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub.
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6.3
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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ARTICLE VII
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TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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7.1
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Termination
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7.2
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Effect of
Termination
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7.3
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Fees and
Expenses
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7.4
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Amendment
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7.5
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Waiver
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ARTICLE VIII
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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8.1
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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8.2
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Notices
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8.3
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Disclosure
Schedules
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55
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8.4
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Certain
Definitions
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8.5
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Interpretations
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61
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8.6
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Severability
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8.7
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Entire
Agreement
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62
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8.8
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Assignment
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8.9
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Parties in
Interest
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8.10
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Failure or
Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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62
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8.11
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Governing
Law; Enforcement
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62
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8.12
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Counterparts
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A
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Form of Voting
Agreement
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Exhibit
B
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Articles of
Merger
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Exhibit
C
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Form of the
Surviving Corporation's Articles of Incorporation
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Exhibit
D
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Form of the
Surviving Corporation's Bylaws
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Exhibit
E
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Amended
Indemnification Agreements (ss.5.9(A))
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Exhibit
F
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New Employment
or Severance Agreements (ss.6.2(F)(1))
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COMPANY DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
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ss.2.1 (B)
ss.2.3 (A)
ss.2.3 (B)
ss.2.3 (B)
ss.2.6 (A)
ss.2.6 (B)
ss.2.7 (A)
ss.2.8 (A)
ss.2.9 (A)
ss.2.10 (C)
ss.2.11 (A)
ss.2.11 (B)
ss.2.12
ss.2.13
ss.2.14 (A), (J) & (K)
ss.2.15 (A), (C) & (E)
ss.2.17
ss.2.18 (A)
ss.2.18 (B)
ss.2.19 (F) & (J)
ss.2.21 (B), (C), (D) (E) & (F)
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ss.2.22
ss.2.24
ss.2.26
ss.4.1 (O)
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PARENT DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 20, 2005 (the
“Agreement”), among MCDONALD BRADLEY, INC., a Virginia
corporation (“Parent”), INFODATA ACQUISITION, INC., a
Virginia corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Merger Sub”), and INFODATA SYSTEMS INC., a Virginia
corporation (the “Company”).
WHEREAS,
the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
each determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of
each of them and their respective shareholders for Parent to
acquire the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
in furtherance of such acquisition, (x) the Boards of Directors of
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each adopted, approved and
declared advisable the merger (the “Merger”) of Merger
Sub with and into the Company, in accordance with the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act, as amended, of the Commonwealth of Virginia
(the “VSCA”) and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, which Merger will result in, among other things, the
Company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and (y) the
Boards of Directors of Merger Sub and the Company have recommended
approval of the Merger and this Agreement, including the related
Plan of Merger (as defined below), by their respective
shareholders;
WHEREAS,
as a condition to the willingness of, and an inducement to, Parent
and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, contemporaneously with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, certain holders of
Company Common Stock (as defined herein) are entering into a Voting
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Voting
Agreement”) in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto,
providing for certain actions relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to make certain representations, warranties and
agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe
various conditions to the Merger.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger
Sub and the Company hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1
The Merger . At the Effective Time (as defined in Section
1.3) and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the VSCA, (a) Merger Sub shall merge with and into
the Company, and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub
shall thereupon cease, (b) the Company shall be the surviving
corporation in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
“Surviving Corporation”) and shall continue to be
governed by Virginia law as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and
(c) the separate corporate existence of the Company with all of its
assets, property rights, privileges, immunities, powers and
franchises shall continue unaffected by the Merger, except as set
forth in this Article I.
1.2
Closing. Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated
and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement abandoned
pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, and subject to the
provisions of Article VI, the closing of the Merger (the
“Closing”) will take place at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
on a date (the “Closing Date”) to be mutually agreed
upon by the parties, which date shall be no later than the third
Business Day after all the conditions set forth in Article VI shall
have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 7.5, to
the extent the same may be waived), unless another time and/or date
is agreed by the parties hereto. The Closing shall take place at
the offices of Brett L. Antonides, P.C., 2250 Corporate Park Drive,
Suite 501, Herndon, VA 20171, or such other place as the parties
hereto otherwise agree.
1.3
Effective Time . As promptly as practicable after the
satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article VI, the parties hereto shall cause
the Merger to be consummated by (i) executing and filing on the
Closing Date articles of merger (the “Articles of
Merger”) meeting the requirements of Section 13.1-720 of the
VSCA in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B ,
together with a copy of this Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
“Plan of Merger”) meeting the requirements of Section
13.1-716 of the VSCA, and (ii) making such other filings and taking
such other actions as may be required by law to make the Merger
effective. The Merger shall become effective upon the issuance of a
certificate of merger by the State Corporation Commission of the
Commonwealth of Virginia in accordance with the VSCA or at such
later date and time as the parties hereto shall have agreed upon
and designated in the Articles of Merger as the effective time of
the Merger (the “Effective Time”).
1.4
Effect of the Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of
the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the
VSCA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject
thereto, at the Effective Time, all the assets, property, rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of the Company and
Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts,
liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become
the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving
Corporation.
1.5
Articles of Incorporation; Bylaws . Unless otherwise
determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, at the Effective
Time and without any further action on the part of the parties
hereto, (a) the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation shall be amended to read in its entirety as set forth
in Exhibit C attached hereto until thereafter amended
as provided by the VSCA and (b) the Bylaws of Merger Sub as set
forth in its entirety as Exhibit D attached hereto
shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended as provided by the VSCA.
1.6
Directors and Officers . The directors of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the directors
of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, by virtue of
the Merger and without any action on the part of the parties hereto
or their shareholders, each to hold office in accordance with the
Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and 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 Merger
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the
officers of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
parties hereto.
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1.7
Conversion of Company Common Stock, Etc . At the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
the parties hereto or the holders of the following securities
(except as provided in Section 1.8 hereof):
(a)
The price to be paid by Parent for all shares of Common Stock, par
value $0.03 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common
Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than any shares of the Company Common Stock
to be canceled pursuant to Section 1.7(c) and subject to Section
1.9) and all shares of Company Common Stock subject to being issued
pursuant to a Stock Option (as defined in Section 1.8) (hereafter
collectively referred to as the “Outstanding Shares”)
will be up to Seven Million Four Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand and
00/100 Dollars ($7,435,000.00), subject to certain adjustments as
expressly provided in Section 6.2(g) and/or Section 7.3(b)(3) of
this Agreement, which shall be paid in cash by Parent in accordance
with this Agreement on a per share basis (the “Merger
Consideration”) as follows: (i) $1.15 per share for each
Outstanding Share issued and outstanding plus (ii) $1.15 per share
for each share of Company Common Stock subject to being issued
pursuant to a Stock Option (as defined in Section 1.8) with an
exercise price per share less than or equal to $1.15, from which
shall then be subtracted the exercise price per share of such Stock
Option, with such result being multiplied by the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject to being issued pursuant to such
Stock Option (all as contemplated by Section 1.8(a) below).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, after giving
effect to maximum adjustments that may occur under Section 6.2(g)
and Section 7.3(b)(3) of this Agreement, the per share Merger
Consideration shall be no less than $1.09 per share and no more
than $1.20 per share. Each Outstanding Share that is properly
tendered in accordance with Section 1.10 shall be converted
automatically into the right to receive an amount per share in cash
equal to the Merger Consideration.
(b)
Each share of Company Common Stock, if any, owned by Parent or
Merger Sub, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof
and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect
thereto.
(c)
Each share of the Company Common Stock held in the treasury of the
Company or held by any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior
to the Effective Time will, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of the holder thereof, be canceled and retired
and will cease to exist. For purposes of this Section 1.7(d),
shares of Company Common Stock owned beneficially or held of record
by any plan, program or arrangement sponsored or maintained for the
benefit of any current or former employee of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries will not be deemed to be held by the Company or
any such Subsidiary, regardless of whether the Company or any such
Subsidiary has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or
control the disposition of such shares.
(d)
Each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger
Sub (the “Merger Sub Common Stock”) issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
automatically converted, at the Effective Time, into one validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the
Surviving Corporation and shall, immediately after the Effective
Time, constitute all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Surviving Corporation. As of the Effective Time, each stock
certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any shares of
Merger Sub Common Stock shall continue to evidence ownership of
such shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
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1.8
Stock Option Plan and Company Stock Purchase Plan
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(a)
The Company will take all necessary actions to cause each option to
purchase shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Stock
Option”) granted under the Company’s 1995 Stock Option
Plan (the “Company Option Plan”) or any other stock
option plan, program, agreement or arrangement of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Stock
Plans”) which is outstanding and unexercised immediately
prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, to be
cancelled as of the Effective Time and, if such option has an
exercise price equal to or less than the per share Merger
Consideration set forth in Section 1.7 above, such option shall be
automatically converted as of the Effective Time into a right to
receive in cash, pursuant to Section 1.10 hereof, from the Parent
an amount equal to the product of (a) the excess, if any, of the
per share Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of
Company Common Stock subject to being issued pursuant to such Stock
Option and (b) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject
to be issued pursuant to such Stock Option (after giving effect to
the acceleration of vesting associated with the Merger).
(b)
Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 1997 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the “Company Purchase Plan”), the
purchase date of the current offering period under the Company
Purchase Plan shall occur on July 1, 2005, and each participant in
the Company Purchase Plan, who has not withdrawn from that offering
period or has not terminated prior to such date, shall
automatically acquire, pursuant to the exercise of such
participant’s purchase right, shares of the Company Common
Stock as provided in the Company Purchase Plan, each of which
shares shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part of the participant, be converted into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.7 at the Effective Time.
Effective July 1, 2005 and thereafter, the Company Purchase Plan
will be suspended, with proper notice provided to employees. Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions
necessary, including obtaining all required consents, such that any
cash balance remaining in any Company Purchase Plan
participant’s account following such purchase date of July 1,
2005 shall be paid to such participant immediately prior to the
Effective Time. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Company
shall terminate the Company Purchase Plan, and neither the Parent
nor the Surviving Corporation shall assume the Company’s
obligations under the Company Purchase Plan. All purchase rights
under the Company Purchase Plan not exercised prior to the Closing
Date shall terminate and cease to be outstanding as of the Closing
Date.
(c)
The Company and its Board of Directors shall promptly take all
actions necessary to ensure that following the Effective Time no
holder of any warrant, options or other rights pursuant to, nor any
participant in or party to, the Company Option Plan, the Company
Purchase Plan, or any Stock Plan (collectively, the “Employee
Plans”) or other plan, program, arrangement, agreement or
other commitment providing for the issuance or grant of any
interest in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company will have any rights thereunder to
acquire equity securities, or any right to payment in respect of
the equity securities, of Parent, the Company, or the Surviving
Corporation or any of their Subsidiaries, except as provided
herein.
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(d)
No additional Stock Options or other equity-based awards or other
rights to acquire Company Common Stock will be granted pursuant to
the Stock Plans, the Company Purchase Plan or otherwise after the
date of this Agreement.
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1.9
Adjustments
(a)
Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, the Merger
Consideration shall be adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any
stock split, reverse split, stock dividend (including any dividend
or distribution of securities convertible into Company Common
Stock), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with
respect to Company Common Stock occurring after the date hereof and
prior to the Effective Time.
(b)
The Merger Consideration shall also be adjusted for other amounts,
if any, specifically identified in this Agreement.
1.10
Surrender of Certificates .
(a)
Paying Agent . Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall
designate a bank or trust company to act as the Paying Agent in the
Merger.
(b)
Parent to Provide Merger Consideration . When and as needed,
Parent shall make available to the Paying Agent for payment in
accordance with this Article I, through such reasonable procedures
as Parent may adopt, a sufficient amount of cash to be paid
pursuant to Section 1.7.
(c)
Surrender Procedures . Promptly after the Effective Time,
the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each holder
of record of a certificate or certificates (the
“Certificates”) that represented as of the Effective
Time outstanding shares of Company Common Stock to be surrendered
pursuant to Section 1.7, and to each holder of a Stock Option or
uncertificated shares entitled to receive a portion of the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 1.8, a letter of transmittal
(which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of
loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery
of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form
and have such other provisions as Parent may reasonably specify)
and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates and/or receiving Merger Consideration relating to a
Stock Option or other rights under Section 1.8, in exchange for
cash in the amount equal to the Merger Consideration. Upon
surrender of a Certificate to the Exchange Agent (excluding options
and uncertificated shares referenced in Section 1.8), together with
such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in
accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents
as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of
such Certificate and the holder of a Stock Option or uncertificated
shares entitled to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 1.8, shall be entitled to receive in exchange
therefor payment which such holder has the right to receive
pursuant to Sections 1.7 and/or 1.8, after giving effect to any
required Tax (as defined herein) withholdings, and the Certificate,
if any, so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. At any time
following six (6) months after the Effective Time, all or any
portion of the cash deposited with or made available to the Paying
Agent pursuant to Section 1.10(b), which remains undistributed to
the holders of the Certificates representing shares of Company
Common Stock and/or the holders of Stock Options or uncertificated
shares entitled to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 1.8, shall be delivered to Parent upon demand,
and thereafter such holders of unexchanged shares of Company Common
Stock and/or the holders of Stock Options or uncertificated shares
entitled to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration pursuant
to Section 1.8 shall be entitled to look only to Parent (subject to
abandoned property, escheat or other similar laws) with respect to
payment of Merger Consideration prior to the expiration of the
two-year period set forth in Section 1.10(g).
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(d)
Transfers of Ownership . If any Merger Consideration is to
be paid to any Person other than the Person in whose name the
Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will
be a condition of such payment that (i) the Certificate so
surrendered will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form
for transfer and accompanied by all other documents required to
evidence and effect such transfer and (ii) either (x) the
Person requesting such payment will have paid any Taxes required by
reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in a name other
than the name of the registered holder of the Certificate
surrendered or (y) established to the satisfaction of Parent,
or any agent designated by Parent, that such Tax has been paid or
is not applicable.
(e)
No Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, none of the Paying Agent, the Parent, the Merger
Sub or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to a holder of a
Certificate and/or the holder of a Stock Option or uncertificated
shares entitled to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 1.8 for any portion of the Merger Consideration
(or any other amount due, if any) that was properly delivered to a
public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar Law.
(f)
Withholding of Tax . Parent or the Paying Agent will be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise
payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Common
Stock and/or the holder of a Stock Option or uncertificated shares
entitled to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration pursuant
to Section 1.8 such amounts as Parent (or any Affiliate thereof) or
the Paying Agent shall determine in good faith they are required to
deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment
under the Code (as defined herein), or any provision of federal,
state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so
withheld by Parent or the Paying Agent, such withheld amounts will
be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid
to the holder of the Company Common Stock and/or the holder of a
Stock Option or uncertificated shares entitled to receive a portion
of the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.8 in respect of
whom such deduction and withholding were made by Parent.
(g)
Unclaimed Shares . Any portion of the Merger Consideration
made available to the Paying Agent pursuant to Sections 1.7(b)
and/or 1.8 and/or thereafter held by Parent pursuant to Section
1.10(c) which remain unclaimed by the person entitled to such
payment two (2) years after the Effective Time (or such earlier
date immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise
escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority)
shall, to the extent permitted by law, become the property of the
Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person
previously entitled thereto.
1.11
Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock . The
Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of Company Common
Stock and/or pursuant to Section 1.8 in accordance with the terms
of this Article I shall be deemed to have been paid in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Common Stock,
and/or Stock Option. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed, and thereafter there shall be
no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common
Stock on the records of the Surviving Corporation. From and after
the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates evidencing
ownership of shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any
rights with respect to such shares of Company Common Stock except
as otherwise provided for herein. If, after the Effective Time,
Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any
reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in, and
subject to the terms of, this Article I.
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1.12
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event any
Certificate evidencing Company Common Stock shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent shall pay in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such portion of the
Merger Consideration required pursuant hereto; provided, however,
that Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the payment thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate to deliver a bond in such sum as it may
reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against Parent or the Paying Agent with respect to the Certificate
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
1.13
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 of otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation
its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights,
privileges, powers, franchises, contracts, properties or assets of
either the Company or Merger Sub 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 the Company or Merger Sub, all such deeds, bills of sale,
assignments and assurances and do, in the name and on behalf of the
Company or Merger Sub, all such other acts and things necessary,
desirable or proper to vest, perfect or confirm its rights, title
or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers,
franchises, contracts, properties or assets of the Company or
Merger Sub, as applicable, and otherwise to carry out the purposes
of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as
follows:
2.1
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries .
(a)
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under Virginia law. The Company has all the
requisite corporate power and authority, and is in possession of
all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,
easements, consents, waivers, qualifications, certificates, Orders
(as defined herein) and approvals (collectively,
“Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified, existing
and in good standing or to have such power, authority and Approvals
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein). The Company
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 activities makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (as defined
herein) sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true and complete list
of (i) all of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (ii) the
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each Subsidiary,
(iii) the percentage of each Subsidiary’s outstanding capital
stock or other equity or other interest owned by the Company or
another Subsidiary of the Company and
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(iv) all other registered or
beneficial holders or owners of such capital stock or other equity
or other interests of each Subsidiary. Except as set forth in
Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any equity or similar
interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, directly or indirectly, any equity or similar
interest in, any Person.
(c)
Each Subsidiary of the Company is a legal entity, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has
all the requisite power and authority, and is in possession of all
Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where
the failure to be so qualified, existing and in good standing or to
have such power, authority and Approvals could not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on such Subsidiary. Each Subsidiary 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
activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.2
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws . The Company has
heretofore furnished to Parent a true, accurate and complete copy
of each of its and each of its Subsidiaries’ (a) Articles or
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or equivalent
organizational documents, as amended or restated to the date
hereof, (b) all the existing written consents and minutes of the
meetings of its Board of Directors (or equivalent) and each
committee of its Board of Directors (or equivalent) held since
January 1, 2000 and (c) all the existing written consents and
minutes of the meetings of its equity holders held since January 1,
2000. Such Articles or Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and
equivalent organizational documents of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries are in full force and effect, and no other
organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon the
Company or its Subsidiaries.
2.3
Capitalization .
(a)
The authorized capital of the Company consists of 12,000,000 shares
of Company Common Stock and 340,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $1.00 per share (the “Company Preferred Stock”).
As of June 8, 2005, (i) 5,330,382 shares of Company Common
Stock were issued and outstanding; (ii) no shares of Company
Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding; (iii) no shares of
Company Common Stock were held in the treasury of the Company; (iv)
no shares of Company Common Stock were held by any Subsidiary of
the Company; (v) 2,013,247 shares of Company Common Stock were duly
reserved for future issuance pursuant to employee stock options
granted pursuant to the Company Option Plan, options granted to
directors of he Company under the 1997 Stock Option Plan and
options granted to members of the former board of advisors of the
Company (the “Outstanding Options”); (vi) 1,128,753 of
the Outstanding Options have an exercise price less than or equal
to $1.15 per share; and (vii) 84,542 shares of Company Common Stock
were duly reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company
Purchase Plan, of which 21,500 shares are estimated to be issued
effective as of July 1, 2005. None of the outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock are subject to, nor were they issued in
violation of, any purchase option, call option, right of first
refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right.
Except as set forth above and in Section 2.3(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no shares of voting or non-voting capital
stock, other equity interests, or other voting securities of the
Company were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. Section
2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all outstanding
options, warrants, calls, rights, convertible or exchangeable
securities, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings
of any kind (contingent or otherwise) (collectively,
“Rights”) to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or
cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital
stock or other voting securities of the Company or obligating the
Company to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such Right, and
the record holder thereof and the exercise prices thereof; and,
except as described in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, all such Rights were granted under the Company Option
Plan and/or the Company Purchase Plan. All outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are, and all Company shares which may
be issued upon the exercise of any Right will be, when issued, duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not
subject to any kind of preemptive (or similar) rights. There are no
bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company with
voting rights (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities
with voting rights) on any matters on which stockholders of the
Company may vote.
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(b)
Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the
number of authorized and outstanding shares of capital stock, and
ownership thereof, of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries. All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, are not subject to, and were
not issued in violation of, any preemptive (or similar) rights, and
are owned, of record and beneficially, by the Company or one of its
direct or indirect Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens
whatsoever. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there are no restrictions of any kind which
prevent the payment of dividends by any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds for or
to make any investment (in the form of a loan or capital
contribution) to or in any Person (as defined herein). Except as
set forth in Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there are no Rights to which any Company Subsidiary is a party or
by which it is bound obligating such Subsidiary to issue, deliver
or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional
shares of capital stock or other voting securities or obligating
such Subsidiary to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such
Right.
(c)
Except as described in Section 2.3(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding
contractual obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital
stock (or Rights to acquire any such shares) of the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Except as described in Section 2.3(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there are no stock-appreciation rights,
stock-based performance units, “phantom” stock rights
or other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character
(contingent or otherwise) pursuant to which any Person is or may be
entitled to receive any payment or other value based on the
revenues, earnings or financial performance, stock price
performance or other attribute of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or assets or calculated in accordance therewith (other
than ordinary course payments or commissions to sales
representatives of the Company based upon revenues generated by
them without augmentation as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby) (collectively, “Stock-Based
Rights”) or to cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), or which otherwise
relate to the registration of any securities of the Company. Except
as set forth in Section 2.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
or the Voting Agreement, there are no voting trusts, proxies or
other agreements, commitments or understandings of any character to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge
(as defined herein) of the Company, any of the Company’s
stockholders is a party or by which any of them is bound with
respect to the issuance, holding, acquisition, voting or
disposition of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (including agreements relating to rights of first
refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights). There
are no registration rights or other agreements or understandings to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
it or they are bound with respect to any capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(d)
The Board of Directors of the Company has not declared any dividend
or distribution with respect to the Company Common Stock the record
or payment date for which is on or after the date of this
Agreement.
2.4
Authority; Enforceability . The Company has all necessary
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, each of the Related Agreements (as defined in Section
6.2(e) below) to which it is a party, and each instrument required
to be executed and delivered by it at the Closing, and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement and each Related
Agreement to which it is a party, the performance of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder, and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have
been duly and validly authorized by all corporate action, and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to authorize this Agreement or any Related Agreement to
which it is a party or to consummate the transactions so
contemplated herein or therein (other than, with respect to the
Merger, the approval and authorization of the Merger and this
Agreement by votes of the holders of more than two-thirds of all of
the outstanding Company Common Stock in accordance with the VSCA
and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws). Each
of this Agreement and Related Agreements to which it is a party has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by
Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms.
2.5
Required Vote . As of the date hereof and, except as
permitted by Section 5.2(c), as of the Effective Time, the Board of
Directors of the Company has, at a meeting duly called and held,
unanimously (i) adopted, approved and declared advisable this
Agreement and each Related Agreement to which the Company is a
party, (ii) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby are advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the
holders of Company Common Stock, (iii) recommended adoption of this
Agreement, the Merger, the Related Agreements to which the Company
is a party and the other transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby to the shareholders of the Company and (iv) directed that
this Agreement be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for
their approval and authorization. The Board of Directors has not
withdrawn, rescinded or modified such approval, determination,
recommendation or direction. The affirmative vote of more than
two-thirds of all 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 and authorize this Agreement, the
Merger, the Related Agreements and the other transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. As of July 11, 2005, the holders
of the Company Common Stock that are parties to the Voting
Agreement own of record and have the right to vote, in the
aggregate, at least 25% of the total issued and outstanding Company
Common Stock.
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2.6
No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents .
(a)
Neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of
this Agreement, the Related Agreements to which it is a party or
any instrument required by this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the Closing,
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby do or will (with or without notice or lapse of time) (i)
conflict with or violate the Articles or Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or
violate any Law or Order in each case applicable to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or by which its or any of their respective
properties or assets is bound or affected, or (iii) result in any
breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event that
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
or impair the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a
Lien (as defined herein) on any of the properties or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any note, bond,
mortgage, indenture, Contract (as defined herein), 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 its or any of their respective properties or
assets is bound or affected, except (A) as set forth in Section
2.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (B) in the case of
clause (ii) or (iii) above, for any such conflicts, breaches,
violations, defaults or other occurrences that could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of
this Agreement, the Related Agreements to which it is a party or
any instrument required by this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the Closing
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, does or will require the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to, except as set forth in Section 2.6(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, obtain any Approval of any Person or
Approval of, observe any waiting period imposed by, or make any
filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, (as
defined herein), domestic or foreign, except for (A) compliance
with applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
or Foreign Competition Laws, (as defined herein), (B) the filing of
the Articles of Merger in accordance with the VSCA or (C) where the
failure to obtain such Approvals, or to make such filings or
notifications, could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.7
Material Agreements .
(a)
Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an
accurate and complete list of each Material Agreement (other than
items listed in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
which items the Parties agree need not also be disclosed in Section
2.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule). No Material Agreement (as
defined herein) has been breached or cancelled by the other party,
and the Company has no Knowledge of any anticipated breach by any
other party to any Material Agreement (with or without notice or
lapse of time). Each of the Company and each Subsidiary of the
Company have performed all the obligations required to be performed
by it as of the time required for such performance in connection
with the Material Agreements and is not in default under or in
breach of any Material Agreement, and no event has occurred which
with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
result in a default or breach thereunder. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company has any present expectation or
intention of not fully performing any obligation pursuant to any
Material Agreement. Each Material Agreement is legal, valid,
binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and shall
continue as such following the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in Section 2.7 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no Material Agreement obligates the
Company or any Subsidiary to process, manufacture or deliver
products or perform services that shall result in a loss (using the
Company’s 2005 target rates) to the Company or such
Subsidiary of the Company upon completion of
performance.
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(b)
The Company has provided or made available to the Parent with a
true and correct copy of all written Material Agreements which are
required to be disclosed on Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, in each case together with all amendments, waivers or any
other changes thereto (all of which are disclosed on Section 2.7 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule). Section 2.7 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete description
of all material terms of all oral Material Agreements.
2.8
Government Contracts .
(a)
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Government
Contracts (as defined herein), and consists of the information
contained in the Deltek Job Status Reports, and lists all
Government Bids (as defined herein), and shall also, for all active
Government Contracts, include the name and number of the applicable
solicitation name and number for the Government Bid; the name of
the other contracting party; the name of the Government Authority
that is the customer (if different from the contracting party); for
task orders and delivery orders, the name and number of the
Government Contract (including any blanket purchase agreement)
under which the Government Bid was submitted; the date the
Government Contract was awarded; and the scheduled end date of the
Government Contract. Except as set forth on Section 2.8 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
of the Company has entered into any Government Contract or
submitted any outstanding Government Bid. True, accurate and
complete copies of all Government Contracts and outstanding
Government Bids have been made available for inspection by Parent
prior to the date hereof. All Government Contracts constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company and of the other party or parties thereto, and are fully
enforceable in accordance with their terms.
(b)
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of
the date of this Agreement, for each Government Contract, each
project with a firm order whereby the contractual value of work not
yet performed (funded or unfunded) exceeds $50,000; the contractual
value of such work not yet performed thereunder as of such date;
and any dollar amounts included that are not yet funded.
(c)
With respect to each Government Contract or Government Bid,
(i) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company has complied
with all terms and conditions of such Government Contract,
including all clauses, provisions and requirements incorporated
expressly, by reference or by operation of law therein,
(ii) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company has complied
with all requirements of all Laws pertaining to such Government
Contract, (iii) all representations and certifications
executed by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company pertaining
to such Government Contract or Government Bid were complete and
correct as of their effective date and the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company has complied with all representations and
certifications, (iv) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company has submitted any inaccurate, untruthful or misleading cost
or pricing data, certification, bid, proposal, report, invoice,
claim, or other information to a Government Authority, prime
contractor, subcontractor, vendor or any other Person relating to
any Government Contract or Government Bid, (v) neither a
Government Authority nor any prime contractor, subcontractor, or
any other Person has notified the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, either in writing or orally, that the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company has breached or violated any Law,
certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement
pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid,
(vi) a cancellation, termination for convenience, termination
for default, suspension, stop work order, cure notice, or show
cause notice is neither currently in effect nor does the Company
have Knowledge that such action is being proposed or threatened,
pertaining to such Government Contract, (vii) no cost claimed
or proposed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
pertaining to any Government Contract or Government Bid is the
subject of any audit or investigation nor does the Company have
Knowledge that any such audit or investigation has been threatened,
(viii) the Company has no information that any option with
respect to such Government Contract will not be exercised or that
any Government Contract will be terminated, cancelled, or will
otherwise come to an end prior to the end of its stated term
(including all option periods), (ix) there are no pending
recommendations (draft or final) by any Government Authority
auditor of which the Company has Knowledge to the effect that any
cost claimed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is
unallowable, and (x) [the Company reasonably believes that]
all amounts previously charged to or presently carried as
chargeable to any cost-reimbursable Government Contract are
allowable pursuant to 48 C.F.R. Part 31. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company is in receipt or possession of any
competitor or Government Authority’s proprietary or
procurement sensitive information under circumstances where there
is reason to believe that such receipt or possession is unlawful or
unauthorized. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company
has misused or disclosed any classified information or any records
subject to the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § 552a).
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(d)
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective
directors, officers, employees, consultants or agents is or has,
during the past five (5) years, been under administrative, civil or
criminal investigation, indictment or information by any Government
Authority or subject to any audit or to the Company’s
Knowledge investigation with respect to any alleged act or omission
arising under or relating to any Government Contract or Government
Bid. During the past five (5) years, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company has conducted or initiated any internal
investigation or made a voluntary disclosure to any Government
Authority with respect to any alleged act or omission arising under
or relating to a Government Contract or Government Bid.
(e)
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each draft and
final audit report received by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company during the past five (5) years with respect to the audit by
any Government Authority of any Government Contract or of any
indirect cost, other cost or cost accounting practice of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. The Company has made
available to the Parent correct and complete copies of each such
report.
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(f)
Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there exist (i) no outstanding claims against the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company, either by any Government
Authority or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or
other Person, arising under or relating to any Government Contract
or Government Bid, (ii) no delivery or performance problems
with respect to any Government Contract, (iii) no claims or
disputes between the Company (or any Subsidiary of the Company) and
any Government Authority or between the Company (or any Subsidiary
of the Company) and any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor, or
other Person, arising under or relating to any Government Contract
or Government Bid, (iv) no circumstances in which the Company (or
any Subsidiary of the Company) or any other party to a Government
Contract has terminated, cancelled or waived any material term or
condition of any Government Contract, (v) no projected cost
overruns on any of the Government Contracts, (vi) no circumstances
in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has an
interest in any pending or potential claim against any Government
Authority or any prime contractor, subcontractor or vendor arising
under or relating to any Government Contract or Government Bid, and
(vii) no violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C.
§ 1341)pertaining to any Government Contract.
(g)
No money due to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
pertaining to any Government Contract has been withheld or set off
nor does the Company have Knowledge of any claim to withhold or set
off money, and the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is
entitled to all progress payments received with respect thereto,
and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has
received or expects to receive any requests with respect to any
Government Contract for equitable adjustment.
(h)
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has been
disqualified, debarred, or suspended from participation in the
award of contracts with the Government or any Government Authority
(excluding for this purpose ineligibility to bid on certain
contracts due to generally applicable bidding requirements) nor are
there facts or circumstances to the Knowledge of the Company and
its Subsidiaries that would warrant the institution of
disqualification, suspension, or debarment proceedings or the
finding of nonresponsibility or ineligibility on the part of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective
directors, officers or employees.
(i)
The Company’s and each of its Subsidiary’s cost
accounting, estimating proposal and indirect rate proposal,
confidential and classified information access and maintenance,
time-keeping and labor charging, wage classification and Fair Labor
Standards Act exemption, and procurement systems and the associated
entries reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements with respect to the Government Contracts and Government
Bids, are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Laws and Government Contract provisions, including,
without limitation, applicable cost principles and applicable cost
accounting standards.
(j)
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and correct list of all government-owned property at the
Company’s and each of its Subsidiary’s facilities,
including tooling and test equipment, provided under, necessary to
perform the obligations under, or for which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company is accountable under, any of the
Government Contracts. All such government-owned equipment is
administered, maintained, identified, tracked, used, managed,
accounted for and disposed of by the Company in accordance with a
government-approved property management system and is in the
condition described therein.
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(k)
The Company has delivered or made available to the Parent copies of
all written negative past performance evaluations, comments or
reviews by any Government Authority or any other Person in
connection with any Government Contract , which copies were
received by or made accessible to the Company within the last three
(3) years.
(l)
Each employee, agent, consultant, or representative of the Company
and all Subsidiaries of the Company required to possess a
Government security clearance (“Security Clearance”) to
engage in the performance of any Government Contract currently
possesses a valid Security Clearance, has not, to the Knowledge of
the Company, taken any action which would result in the termination
of, and has taken all actions necessary to maintain the
effectiveness of, such valid Security Clearance, and has possessed
such Security Clearance since the date it was required.
(m)
Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, none of the Company’s or any Company
Subsidiary’s current Government Contracts was based in part
on the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s status as a small
business (including without limitation, a small disadvantaged
business (“SDB”), a woman-owned small business
(“WOSB”), or a Small Business Administration
(“SBA”) Section 8(a) program participant). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is claiming eligibility
as a small business, including eligibility as an SDB, a WOSB or SBA
Section 8(a) Program participant, with respect to any pending
Government Bid. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company has ever been the subject of an SBA certificate of
competency, size determination, size protest, size appeal or review
of eligibility for SDB or SBA Section 8(a) status after initial
entry into such program.
(n)
Except for those liens listed on Section 2.8 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule made in accordance with 31 U.S.C. § 3727
(as amended), otherwise known as the Assignment of Claims Act, and
41 U.S.C. § 15 (as amended), otherwise known as the Assignment
of Contracts Act, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
assigned or otherwise conveyed or transferred, or agreed to assign,
convey, or transfer to any Person, any right, title or interest in
or to any of the Government Contracts or Government Bids, or any
account receivable relating thereto, whether as a security interest
or otherwise.
(o)
To the Knowledge of the Company, all technical data, computer
software and computer software documentation (as those terms are
defined under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its
supplemental regulations) developed, delivered, or used under or in
connection with the Government Contracts have been properly and
sufficiently marked and protected so that no more than the minimum
rights or licenses required under applicable regulations and
Government Contract terms, if any, have been provided. All
disclosures, elections, and notices required by applicable
regulations and contract terms to protect ownership of inventions
developed, conceived or first actually reduced to practice under
Government Contracts have been made and provided.
(p)
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all of
the Company’s and each Company Subsidiary’s contingent
fee agreements relating to its Government sales and marketing
efforts. Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, each such arrangement has been properly
disclosed to the appropriate Government Authority.
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2.9
Compliance with Laws . The Company and each Subsidiary of
the Company has complied and is currently in compliance with all
Laws, regulations, rules, orders, permits, judgments, decrees and
other requirements and policies imposed by any Government
Authority, including but not limited to the False Claims Act (31
U.S.C. § 3729), the anti-fraud provisions of the Contract
Disputes Act (41 U.S.C. § 604), the Anti-Kickback Act (41
U.S.C. §§ 51 — 58), the Federal Election Campaign
Act (2 U.S.C. § 431), the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1),
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. § 12), the Truth in Negotiations
Act (10 U.S.C. § 2306a, 41 U.S.C. § 254b), the Services
Contract Act (41 U.S.C. § 351), Procurement Integrity Act (41
U.S.C. § 423), the Byrd Amendment (31 U.S.C. § 1352), and
each act’s respective regulations, and to the Knowledge of
the Company there are no violations of any other ethical
requirement applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary of the Company,
nor any of their respective employees, directors, officers,
partners, principals, agents or assignees, have committed (or taken
any action to promote or conceal) any violation of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of the United States. All Approvals are in
full force and effect and the Company and each Subsidiary of the
Company is and has at all times been in compliance with the terms
thereof. Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
all Approvals held by the Company and each Subsidiary of the
Company which terminate or become renewable at any time prior to
the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement and, except as
set forth on Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule to the
Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances in
existence which are reasonably likely to prevent the Company or
such Subsidiary from renewing each such Approval. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has received any notice
or citation for noncompliance with any of the foregoing in this
Section 2.9, and to the Knowledge of the Company there exists no
condition, situation or circumstance, nor to the Knowledge of the
Company has there existed such a condition, situation or
circumstance, which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute noncompliance with or give rise to future Liability with
regard to any of the foregoing in this Section 2.9.
2.10
SEC Filings; Financial Statements .
(a)
The Company has filed with the SEC all forms, reports, schedules,
statements and documents required to be filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) since
December 31, 2000 and all certifications and statements required by
(x) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or (y) 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) (such
forms, reports, schedules, statements, documents and
certifications, as they have been amended, the “Company SEC
Reports”) pursuant to the federal securities Laws and the
Regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, and all Company SEC
Reports have been filed in all material respects on a timely basis.
Since January 1, 2001, there have been no comment letters received
by the Company from the staff of the SEC or responses to such
comment letters by or on behalf of the Company, that have not been
provided to the Parent. The Company maintains disclosure controls
and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange
Act and such controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its
Subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in the reports it files or
submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to
the Company’s principal executive officer and principal
financial officer to allow timely decisions regarding financial
disclosure. Other than as explained in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, as
amended, the Company SEC Reports were prepared in accordance, and
complied as of their respective filing dates in all material
respects, with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
Securities Act and the Regulations (as defined herein) promulgated
thereunder and did not at the time they were filed (or if amended
or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, then on the
date of such filing) contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
None of the Company’s Subsidiaries has filed, or is obligated
to file, any forms, reports, schedules, statements or other
documents with the SEC. As used in this Section 2.10, the term
“file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner
in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or
otherwise made available in writing to the SEC or to the staff
thereof.
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(b)
Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, each of the audited and unaudited consolidated financial
statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto)
contained in the Company SEC Reports (collectively, the
“Financial Statements”) (i) complied in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published Regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) were
prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited
statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be
expressly described in the notes thereto) and (iii) fairly present
the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the
periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial
statements included in the Company’s Form 10-Q reports were
or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that
have not been and are not expected to be material to the Company.
All accounts receivable of the Company have been properly included
on the Balance Sheets, including the Closing Balance Sheet, in
accordance with GAAP.
(c)
Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a
description of all non-audit services performed by the
Company’s auditors for the Company and its Subsidiaries since
the beginning of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the
Company and the fees paid for such services; all such non-audit
services were approved as required by Section 202 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In the reasonable opinion of the
Company’s audit committee, the fees paid to and the services
performed by the Company’s auditors relating to such
non-audit services as described on Section 2.10 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule do not impair such auditor’s
independence. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent
copies of all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating
the Company’s internal accounting controls. Section 2.10 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has
delivered or made available to Parent copies of the documents
creating or governing, all of the Company’s off-balance sheet
arrangements.
(d)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or
has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture,
partnership agreement or any similar Contract (including any
Contract relating to any transaction, arrangement or relationship
between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured
finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or person, on
the other hand) where a purpose or intended effect of such
arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction
involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company
Financial Statements.
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(e)
Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, since the date of the Company’s last proxy
statement filed with the SEC, no event has occurred as of the date
hereof that would be required to be reported by the Company
pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
Since July 30, 2002, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, has, directly or indirectly, made or arranged for any
extension or maintaining of credit, or renewal of any extension of
credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or
executive officer of the Company in contravention of Section 402 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
2.11
Absence of Certain Changes or Events .
(a)
Except as described in Section 2.11(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, since December 31, 2003, the Company and its Subsidiaries
have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary and usual
course and in a manner consistent with past practice, and, since
such date, there has not been any change, development,
circumstance, condition, event, occurrence, damage, destruction or
loss that has had or could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)
Except as described in Section 2.11(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, during the period from December 31, 2003 to the date
hereof, (i) there has not been any change by the Company in its
accounting methods, principles or practices, any revaluation by the
Company of any of its assets, including writing down the value of
inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable, and (ii)
there has not been any action or event, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has agreed in writing or otherwise to take
any action, that would have required the consent of Parent pursuant
to Section 4.1 had such action or event occurred or been taken
after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time. To the
Knowledge of the Company, the loss reserves on each Balance Sheet
accurately reflect the estimated costs as of the date of such
Balance Sheet to complete each Material Agreement.
2.12
No Undisclosed Liabilities . Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature
(whether absolute, accrued, fixed, contingent or otherwise), and
there is no existing fact, condition or circumstance which could
reasonably be expected to result in such liabilities or
obligations, except liabilities or obligations (i) disclosed in the
Company SEC Reports filed and publicly available prior to the date
hereof, (ii) disclosed in Section 2.12 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, or (iii) incurred in the ordinary course of business
since December 31, 2004 which do not have, and could not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
2.13
Litigation . Except as described in Section 2.13 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or expressly described in the Company
SEC Reports filed and publicly available prior to the date hereof,
there is no Litigation pending on behalf of or against or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or rights.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any
outstanding Litigation or Order which, individually or in the
aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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2.14
Employee Benefit Plans .
(a)
Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists:
(i) each plan fund, program, agreement or arrangement for the
provision of executive compensation, deferred or incentive
compensation, profit sharing, stock bonus, bonus, stock option,
stock purchase, termination, salary continuation, employee
assistance, supplemental retirement, severance, vacation, sickness,
disability, death, fringe benefit, insurance, medical or other
benefits (whether provided through insurance, on a funded or
unfunded basis, or otherwise) to any current or former employee,
director, consultant or independent contractor, or any dependent,
survivor or beneficiary with respect to any of the foregoing, which
is currently maintained, administered or contributed to by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate (as defined herein) of the Company,
whether or not legally binding; (ii) each Employee Pension
Benefit Plan (as defined herein) which has been maintained,
administered or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate in the past six (6) years (the “ Pension
Plans ”); and (iii) each Employee Welfare Benefit
Plan (as defined herein) which is currently maintained,
administered or contributed to by the Company in the past six (6)
years or any ERISA Affiliate (such plans, together with Employee
Welfare Benefit Plans which were previously maintained,
administered or contributed to by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate
are hereinafter referred to as the “ Welfare Plans
”) (collectively, all arrangements described in this Section
2.14 are hereinafter referred to as the “ Benefit
Plans ”).
(b)
Each Benefit Plan (and each related trust, insurance contract or
fund) has been maintained, funded and administered in all material
respects in accordance with its governing instruments and is in
compliance with all applicable Laws, including but not limited to
ERISA and the Code.
(c)
Each Pension Plan which is intended to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Code so qualifies and each related trust
is exempt from taxation under Code Section 501(a).
(d)
To the Knowledge of the Company, all contributions, premiums or
other payments due under the terms of each Benefit Plan or required
by applicable Law have been made within the time due. All unpaid
amounts attributable to any such Benefit Plan for any period prior
to the Closing Date will be accrued on the Company’s
consolidated books and records in accordance with GAAP and, except
to the extent of such accruals, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company has, to its Knowledge, any Liability
arising out of or in connection with the form or operation of the
Benefit Plans or benefits accrued thereunder on or prior to the
Closing Date.
(e)
There have been no Prohibited Transactions (as defined herein) with
respect to any Benefit Plan which could result in Liability to the
Company, its ERISA Affiliates, or any of their respective
employees. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no
breach of fiduciary duty (including violations under Part 4 of
Title I of ERISA) with respect to any Benefit Plan which could
result in Liability to the Company, its ERISA Affiliates or any of
their respective employees. No action, suit, proceeding, hearing or
investigation relating to any Benefit Plan (other than routine
claims for benefits which could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect) is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened,
and the Company has no Knowledge of any fact that would reasonably
be expected to form the basis for such action, suit, proceeding,
hearing or investigation. To the Knowledge of the Company, no
matters are currently pending with respect to any Benefit Plan
under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System maintained by
the IRS or any similar program maintained by any other Government
Authority.
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(f)
Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has within the last six
(6) years sponsored, maintained, contributed to, had any obligation
to contribute to, or had any other Liability under or with respect
to, any Employee Pension Benefit Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA,
Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever had any Liability
under or with respect to any “multiemployer plan” as
defined in ERISA Section 3(37) or any “multiple employer
welfare arrangement” as defined in Section 3(40)(A) of
ERISA.
(g)
Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has within the last six
(6) years sponsored, maintained, administered, contributed to, had
any obligation to contribute to, or had any other Liability under
or with respect to, any Employee Welfare Benefit Plan which
provides health, life or other coverage for former directors,
officers or employees (or any spouse or former spouse or other
dependent thereof), other than benefits required by
COBRA.
(h)
Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has within the last six
(6) years maintained a “voluntary employees beneficiary
association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of
the Code or any other “welfare benefit fund” as defined
in Section 419(e) of the Code.
(i)
All reports and information relating to each Benefit Plan required
to be filed with a Government Authority, including copies of the
Benefits Plans, all required schedules, and any audits with respect
to such Benefits Plans, have been accurately and timely filed
within the last three (3) years; all reports and information
relating to each such Benefit Plan required to be disclosed or
provided to participants or their beneficiaries, including all
Summary Annual Reports, have been timely disclosed or provided, and
there are no restrictions on the right of the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate to terminate or decrease (prospectively) the level of
benefits under any Benefit Plan after the Closing Date without
Liability to any participant or beneficiary thereunder.
(j)
There has been delivered or made available to Parent, with respect
to each Benefit Plan disclosed in Section 2.14 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule (the “Scheduled Benefit Plans”),
the following: (i) a copy of the annual report (if required
under ERISA) with respect to each such Scheduled Benefit Plan for
the last three (3) years (including all schedules and attachments);
(ii) a copy of the summary plan description, together with
each summary of material modification required under ERISA with
respect to such Scheduled Benefit Plan; (iii) a true and
complete copy of each written Scheduled Benefit Plan and, with
respect to Pension Plans, each written plan document and all
amendments thereto which have been adopted since the inception of
such plan; (iv) all trust agreements, insurance contracts, and
similar instruments with respect to each funded or insured
Scheduled Benefit Plan; (v) copies of all nondiscrimination
and top-heavy testing reports, if any, for the last three (3) plan
years with respect to each Scheduled Benefit Plan that is subject
to nondiscrimination and/or top-heavy testing; (vi) any
investment management agreements, administrative services contracts
or similar agreements relating to the ongoing administration and
investment of any Scheduled Benefit Plan; and (vii) a copy of each
Determination Letters received from the IRS within the last three
(3) years for any Benefit Plan.
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(k)
With respect to any distributions from Benefit Plans, (i) all
notice requirements and election forms required under both ERISA
and the Code have been complied with by the Company, and (ii) all
federal and state income tax withholding and reporting have been
complied with by the Company. The Company has complied with all
requirements of any qualified domestic relations orders and
qualified medical child support orders.
(l)
Each ERISA Affiliate is identified on Section 2.14 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
(m)
Each Benefit Plan sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company is terminable at the discretion of such entity with no more
than thirty (30) days advance notice and without cost to such
entity. The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company may, without
cost, withdraw their employees, directors, officers and consultants
from any Benefit Plan which is not sponsored by such entity.
Subject to the execution of an Amendment to the Executive Change in
Control Agreement by various officers and waivers of rights by
certain option holders under the Company Option Plan, no Benefit
Plan has any provision which could increase or accelerate benefits
or any provision which could increase Liability to the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company or the Parent as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby, alone or together with any other
event. To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer, director, agent
or employee of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has made any oral
or written representation which is inconsistent with the terms of
any Benefit Plan.
2.15
Employee Matters .
(a)
Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and correct list of all employees of the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company, their respective titles as of the date hereof (the
“Company Employees”), the 2004 compensation paid to
each such employee, the date and amount of each such
employee’s most recent salary increase, the date of
employment of each such employee and the accrued vacation time and
sick leave or other paid time off of each such employee. Except as
set forth on Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
(i) the terms of employment or engagement of all directors,
officers, Company Employees, agents, consultants and professional
advisers of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company are such
that their employment or engagement may be terminated at will with
notice given at any time and without Liability for payment of
compensation or damages, (ii) there are no severance payments
which are or could become payable by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company to any such person under the terms of any oral or
written agreement or commitment or any Law, custom, trade or
practice, (iii) there are no other agreements, contracts or
commitments, oral or written, between the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company and any such person, (iv) as of the date hereof,
except as set forth on Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and except for employees the Parent has identified to the
Company for purposes of this representation, to the Knowledge of
the Company, no executive officer or material number of management
level or senior technical employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company has any plans to terminate his, her or
their employment or relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company and (v) to the Knowledge of the Company, there
are no agreements between any Company employee and any other Person
which would restrict, in any manner, such Person’s ability to
perform services for the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
or the Parent or the right of any of them to compete with
any Person or the right of any of them to sell to or purchase from
any other Person.
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(b)
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is currently,
or has ever been, bound by or subject to (and none of their
respective assets or properties are bound by or subject to) any
arrangement with any labor union or other collective bargaining
representative. No employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company is or has ever been represented by any labor union or
covered by any collective bargaining agreement while employed by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and no campaign to
establish such representation is in progress. With respect to the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, there is no pending or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (i) strike,
slowdown, picketing, work stoppage or employee grievance process,
(ii) material charge, grievance proceeding or other claim
against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
relating to the alleged violation of any Law pertaining to labor
relations or employment matters, including any charge or complaint
filed by an employee or union with the National Labor Relations
Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any
comparable Government Authority, (iii) union organizational
activity or other labor or employment dispute against or affecting
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or
(iv) application for certification of a collective bargaining
agent.
(c)
Except as set forth on Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and each
Subsidiary of the Company is and has been in material compliance
with all applicable Laws respecting employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment, and wages and hours,
including, without limitation, any such Laws regarding employment
documentation, equal employment opportunities, fair employment
practices, plant closings and mass layoffs, sexual harassment,
discrimination based on sex, race, disability, health status,
pregnancy, religion, national origin, age or other tortious
conduct, workers’ compensation, family and medical leave, the
Immigration Reform and Control Act, and occupational safety and
health requirements, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of
the Company has engaged in any unfair labor practice. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is nor has been liable
for the payment of any compensation, damages, taxes, fines,
penalties or other amounts, however designated, for failure to
comply with any of the foregoing. All Persons classified by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as independent contractors
do satisfy and have satisfied the requirements of Law to be so
classified, and the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has
fully and accurately reported its compensation on IRS Forms 1099
when required to do so. No individual who has performed services
for or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
and who has been treated by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company as an independent contractor, is classifiable as a
“leased employee” within the meaning of
Section 414(n)(2) of the Code with respect to the
Company.
(d)
To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party has claimed or has
reason to claim that any person employed by or affiliated with the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has (i) violated any
of the terms or conditions of his employment, non-competition,
non-solicitation or non-disclosure agreement with such third party,
(ii) disclosed or utilized any trade secret or proprietary
information or documentation of such third party, or
(iii) interfered in the employment relationship between such
third party and any of its present or former employees. To the
Knowledge of the Company, no person employed by or affiliated with
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has employed or has
proposed to employ any trade secret or any information or
documentation proprietary to any former employer or violated any
confidential relationship which such person may have had with any
third party, in connection with the development, manufacture or
sale of any Product (as defined herein) or proposed Product or the
development or sale of any service or proposed service of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
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(e)
Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all the
Company Employees who are currently on leave relating to
work-related injuries and/or receiving disability benefits under
any Benefit Plan.
2.16
Proxy Statement . None of the information supplied by the
Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement (as defined in
Section 5.1) shall, on the date the Proxy Statement is first
mailed to the Company shareholders, at the time of the Company
Shareholders’ Meeting (as defined in Section 5.2) or at the
Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading or
omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement
in any earlier communication with respect to the Company
Shareholders’ Meeting which has become false or misleading.
The Proxy Statement shall comply in all material respects as to
form and substance with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company makes no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied
by Parent or Merger Sub which is contained in the Proxy
Statement.
2.17
Absence of Restrictions on Business Activities . Except as
set forth in Section 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
is no agreement, contract, or Order binding upon the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets or properties which has
had or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of
prohibiting or impairing any business practice of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted or as proposed to
be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as
set forth in Section 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any
non-competition, non-solicitation or similar restriction on their
respective businesses.
2.18
Title to Assets; Leases .
(a)
Except as described in Section 2.18(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all of their real or personal properties
(whether owned or leased) and assets, free and clear of all
Liens.
(b)
Section 2.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list
of all of the real property and interests in real property owned by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and all leases of real
property to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which any of them holds a leasehold interest (collectively,
“Real Property”). Except as set forth in Section
2.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) each Real Property
lease to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party is
in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (ii) all
rents and additional rents due to date from the Company or a
Subsidiary on each such lease have been paid and the Company or
each Subsidiary has complied with all other obligations thereunder,
(iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written
notice that it is in material default thereunder, and (iv) there
exists no default by the Company or any Subsidiary under such
lease. There are no leases, subleases, licenses, concessions or any
other agreements or commitments to which the Company or a
Subsidiary is a party granting to any Person other than the Company
or a Subsidiary any right to possession, use, occupancy or
enjoyment of any of the Real Property or any portion thereof. None
of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is obligated under or
bound by any option, right or first refusal, purchase Contract, or
other Contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any Real Property or
any other interest in any Real Property. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary owns any Real Property.
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2.19
Taxes .
(a)
Except as otherwise listed in Section 2.19 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company
have filed on a timely basis all Tax Returns each is required to
have filed for any tax year ending in 2001 to the Closing Date. All
such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all respects. All
Taxes required to have been paid by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been
paid on a timely basis. To the Knowledge of the Company, except as
otherwise listed in Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no claim has ever been made for any tax year ending in
2001 to the Closing Date by a Government Authority in a
jurisdiction where the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation
by that jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company has commenced activities in any jurisdiction which will
result in an initial filing of any Tax Return with respect to Taxes
imposed by a Government Authority that it had not previously been
required to file in the immediately preceding taxable period.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has requested
or obtained any extension of time within which to file any Tax
Return, which Tax Return has not since been filed. There are no
Liens on any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged
failure) to pay any Tax.
(b)
The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company have complied in all
respects with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating
to withholding Taxes and information returns, including, without
limitation, the withholding and reporting requirements under
Sections