AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
SYKES ENTERPRISES,
INCORPORATED,
SH MERGER SUBSIDIARY I,
INC.,
SH MERGER SUBSIDIARY II,
LLC
Dated as of October 5,
2009
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SECTION 1.3 Effective Time
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SECTION 1.4 Effects of the Merger
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SECTION 1.6 Articles of incorporation
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SECTION 1.7 Officers and Directors
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SECTION 1.8 Effect on Capital Stock
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SECTION 1.9 Company Stock Options and Other
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SECTION 1.10 Certain Adjustments
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SECTION 1.11 Second Merger
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ARTICLE II EXCHANGE OF SHARES
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SECTION 2.1 Exchange Agent
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SECTION 2.2 Exchange Procedures
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SECTION 2.4 Distributions with Respect to
Unexchanged Shares
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SECTION 2.5 No Further Ownership
Rights
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SECTION 2.6 No Fractional Shares of Parent
Common Stock
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SECTION 2.7 Termination of Exchange
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SECTION 2.9 Investment of the Exchange
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SECTION 2.10 Lost Certificates
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SECTION 2.11 Withholding Rights
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SECTION 2.12 Further Assurances
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SECTION 2.13 Stock Transfer Books
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
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SECTION 3.1 Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification
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SECTION 3.2 Capital Structure
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SECTION 3.3 Corporate Authority
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SECTION 3.4 Governmental Filings; No Violations,
Etc.
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SECTION 3.5 Company Reports; Financial
Statements
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SECTION 3.6 Absence of Certain
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SECTION 3.8 Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 3.11 Employee Benefit Plans
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SECTION 3.12 Labor Matters
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SECTION 3.14 Intellectual Property
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SECTION 3.15 Environmental Matters
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SECTION 3.17 Regulatory Compliance
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SECTION 3.18 Interested Party
Transactions
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SECTION 3.19 Brokers and Finders
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SECTION 3.20 No Additional
Representations
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUBS
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SECTION 4.1 Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification
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SECTION 4.2 Capital Structure
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SECTION 4.3 Corporate Authority
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SECTION 4.4 Governmental Filings; No Violations;
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SECTION 4.5 Parent Reports; Financial
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SECTION 4.7 Brokers and Finders
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SECTION 4.8 No Business Activities
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SECTION 4.9 Board Approval
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SECTION 4.10 Vote Required
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SECTION 4.12 Absence of Certain
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SECTION 4.13 Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 4.14 Certain Agreements
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SECTION 4.16 Intellectual Property
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SECTION 4.17 Regulatory Compliance
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SECTION 4.18 No Additional
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS
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SECTION 5.1 Ordinary Course
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SECTION 5.2 Governmental Filings
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SECTION 5.3 Restrictions on Parent
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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SECTION 6.1 Preparation of Proxy Statement;
Shareholders Meeting
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SECTION 6.2 Access to
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SECTION 6.3 Reasonable Best Efforts
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SECTION 6.4 Acquisition Proposals
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SECTION 6.5 Fees and Expenses
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SECTION 6.6 Employee Benefits Matters
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SECTION 6.7 Directors’ and Officers’
Indemnification and Insurance
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SECTION 6.8 Public Announcements
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SECTION 6.9 Listing of Shares of Parent Common
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SECTION 6.11 Section 16 Matters
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SECTION 6.12 Company Cooperation on Certain
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SECTION 6.13 Treatment of the Mergers as a
“Reorganization” for Federal Income Tax
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SECTION 7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligation to Effect the Merger
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SECTION 7.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations
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SECTION 7.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION AND
AMENDMENT
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SECTION 8.2 Obligations in Event of
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SECTION 8.4 Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION 9.1 Non-Survival of Representations,
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SECTION 9.5 Entire Agreement; No Third-Party
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SECTION 9.6 Governing Law
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SECTION 9.9 Submission to Jurisdiction;
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SECTION 9.10 Specific Performance
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SECTION 9.11 Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 9.12 Interpretation
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Exhibit
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Title
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Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation
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Articles of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
Agreement and Plan
of Merger, dated as of October 5, 2009 (this
“Agreement” ), among SYKES ENTERPRISES,
INCORPORATED, a Florida corporation ( “Parent”
), SH MERGER SUBSIDIARY I, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation and a
direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( “Merger
Sub” ), SH MERGER SUBSIDIARY II, LLC, a Florida limited
liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (
“Merger Sub II” and together with Merger Sub,
“Merger Subs” ), and ICT GROUP, INC., a
Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company” and
collectively with Parent, Merger Sub and Merger Sub II, the
“parties” ).
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors of each of the Company and Parent deem it advisable
and in the best interests of their respective corporation and
stockholders that the Company and Parent engage in a business
combination;
WHEREAS, the
combination of the Company and Parent shall be effected by, and
subject to, the terms of this Agreement through a merger of Merger
Sub with and into the Company in the Merger, with the Company
surviving, as set forth below, and promptly following the Merger,
the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub II in the Second
Merger;
WHEREAS, for
federal income tax purposes, the parties intend that the Mergers,
taken together in the manner described in Revenue Ruling 2001-46,
will qualify as a reorganization described in Section 368(a) of the
Code and that this Agreement shall constitute a “plan of
reorganization” for the purposes of Sections 354 and 361
of the Code; and
WHEREAS, this
Agreement is intended to constitute a Plan of Merger within the
meaning of Section 1922 of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the “PBCL”
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NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.1 The
Merger . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, and in accordance with the PBCL, Merger Sub
shall be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time
(the “Merger” ). Following the Merger, the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the
“Surviving Corporation” ).
SECTION 1.2
Closing . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the
“Closing” ) will take place at 10:00 a.m.
Tampa, Florida time on the date that is as soon as practicable (but
in any event no later than the second (2nd) Business Day) following
the satisfaction or (subject to applicable Law) waiver of
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forth in Article VII (excluding conditions that, by their
nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to
the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions), unless this
Agreement has been previously terminated pursuant to its terms or
unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the parties
(the actual time and date of the Closing being referred to herein
as the “Closing Date” ). The Closing shall be
held at the offices of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, 101 E.
Kennedy Blvd., Suite 2800, Tampa, Florida 33602, or at such
other place as the parties may agree.
SECTION 1.3
Effective Time . At the Closing, the Company shall
(i) file articles of merger ( “Articles of
Merger” ) in such form as is required by, and executed
and acknowledged in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the
PBCL and (ii) make all other filings or recordings required
under the PBCL in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall
become effective at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the
date the Articles of Merger are duly filed with the Department of
State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or on such other date or
time as Parent and the Company shall agree and as shall be
specified in the Articles of Merger (the date and time the Merger
becomes effective being the “Effective Time” ).
The date on which the Effective Time occurs is referred to herein
as the “Effective Date” .
SECTION 1.4
Effects of the Merger . At and after the Effective Time, the
Merger will have the effects set forth herein and in the applicable
provisions of Section 1929 of the PBCL.
SECTION 1.5
Bylaws . At and after the Effective Time, the bylaws of
Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation and shall read in
their entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto
until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by
applicable Law (subject to Section 6.7).
SECTION 1.6
Articles of incorporation . At and after the Effective Time,
the articles of incorporation of the Company shall be amended and
restated so as to read in its entirety as set forth in
Exhibit B hereto and, as so amended and
restated, shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with its terms
and as provided by applicable Law (subject to
Section 6.7).
SECTION 1.7
Officers and Directors . From and after the Effective Time,
until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified
in accordance with applicable Law, (i) the directors of Merger
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors
of the Surviving Corporation and (ii) the officers of Merger
Sub shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation.
SECTION 1.8
Effect on Capital Stock .
(a) At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the holder thereof, each share of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be converted into
one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
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(b) At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the holder thereof, each share of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company ( “Company Common
Stock” ) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than shares of Company Common Stock owned
directly or indirectly by Parent or held in treasury by the
Company, all of which shall be canceled as provided in
Section 1.8(e)), shall be converted into the right to
receive:
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Per Share Amount divided by two (2) in cash without interest,
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number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio divided by two
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As used herein,
the term “Cash Consideration” means cash into
which shares of Company Common Stock are converted, the term
“Stock Consideration” means the Shares of Parent
Common Stock into which shares of Company Common Stock are
converted and the term “Merger Consideration”
with respect to a given share of Company Common Stock shall mean
the combination of Cash Consideration and Stock Consideration into
which such share of Company Common Stock is converted as
contemplated hereby.
(c) As used
herein, the term “Exchange Ratio” means the
quotient determined by dividing the Per Share Amount by the Parent
Share Measurement Value; provided that (i) if the Parent Share
Measurement Value is equal to or less than $19.3306 the Exchange
Ratio will be 0.7956 for all purposes under this Agreement and
(ii) if the Parent Share Measurement Value is equal to or
greater than $22.4652 the Exchange Ratio shall be 0.6846 for all
purposes under this Agreement. “Parent Share Measurement
Value” means the volume weighted average of the per share
prices of Parent Common Stock as listed in the Nasdaq transaction
reporting system for the ten (10) consecutive trading days
ending on (and including) the third trading day immediately prior
to the Effective Time. The Exchange Ratio shall be calculated to
the nearest ten thousandth of a share of Parent Common Stock and
the Parent Share Measurement Value shall be calculated to the
nearest one hundredth of one cent.
(d) Except as
set forth in Section 1.8(e) and Section 1.9(c), as a
result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
holders thereof, at the Effective Time, all shares of outstanding
Company Common Stock shall cease to be outstanding and shall be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the
Effective Time represented any such shares of Company Common Stock
(the “Certificates” ) or book-entry shares which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of
Company Common Stock (the “Company Book-Entry
Shares” ) shall thereafter cease to have any rights with
respect to such shares of Company Common Stock, except as provided
herein or by Law.
(e) Each
share of Company Common Stock owned directly or indirectly by
Parent or held in treasury by the Company at the Effective Time
shall, by virtue of the Merger, cease to be outstanding and shall
be canceled and retired and no stock of Parent or other
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
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SECTION 1.9
Company Stock Options and Other Equity-Based Awards
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(a) By virtue
of the Merger, each option to purchase shares of Company Common
Stock under the applicable Company Stock Plans that is outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then vested
and exercisable (collectively, the “Options” or
“Company Stock Options” ) shall become fully
vested and exercisable immediately prior to, and then shall be
canceled at, the Effective Time, and the holder thereof shall,
subject to Section 1.9(c), be entitled to receive an amount in
cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of
(1) the Per Share Amount over (2) the exercise price per share
of Company Common Stock subject to such Option, with the aggregate
amount of such payment rounded up to the nearest cent, and
(ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock
subject to such fully vested and exercisable Option as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Option
Consideration” ). The Option Consideration shall be paid
in a lump sum as soon as practicable after the Effective Time but
in no event later than ten (10) Business Days following the
Effective Time.
(b) By virtue
of the Merger, each restricted stock unit, representing a right to
receive one share of Company Common Stock (an
“RSU” ) granted by the Company under any Company
Stock Plan, including each “performance share award”
denominated in RSUs, which is outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall become fully vested, and then shall be
canceled at the Effective Time, and the holder of such vested RSU
shall, subject to Section 1.9(c), be entitled to receive an
amount in cash equal to the Per Share Amount in respect of each
share of Company Common Stock into which the vested portion of the
RSU would otherwise be convertible (the “RSU
Consideration” ), which shall, subject to applicable Law,
be paid in a lump sum as soon as practicable after the Effective
Time but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days
following the Effective Time.
(c) All
amounts payable pursuant to this Section 1.9 shall be reduced
by any required withholding of taxes in accordance with
Section 2.11 and shall be paid without interest.
(d) Any such
amounts representing Option Consideration or RSU Consideration
shall be paid by Parent or the Surviving Corporation, and any such
amounts paid by the Surviving Corporation shall be reimbursed
promptly by Parent to the Surviving Corporation following the
Effective Time.
(e) Prior to
the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company (or the
appropriate committee thereof) shall, and such Board of Directors
(or the appropriate committee thereof) shall cause the Company to,
use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions
reasonably required to effectuate the provisions of this
Section 1.9.
SECTION 1.10
Certain Adjustments . If, between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time, the outstanding Parent Common Stock or
Company Common Stock shall have been changed into a different
number of shares or different class by reason of any
reclassification, recapitalization, stock split, split-up,
combination or exchange of shares or a stock dividend or dividend
payable in any other securities shall be declared with a record
date within such period, or any similar event shall have occurred,
the Merger Consideration shall be
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adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Common Stock the same
economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such
event.
SECTION 1.11
Second Merger.
(a) Immediately
after the Effective Time, Parent will cause the Surviving
Corporation to merge with and into Merger Sub II (the
“Second Merger” and together with the Merger,
the “Mergers” ) and the separate corporate
existence of the Surviving Corporation shall thereupon cease and
Merger Sub II shall be the surviving entity (the
“Surviving Entity” ) in the Second
Merger.
(b) At the
effective time of the Second Merger, the common stock of the
Surviving Corporation shall automatically be converted into a
membership interest in the Surviving Entity representing 100% of
the ownership interests in the Surviving Entity.
(c) With
respect to any time following the Second Merger, references herein
to the Surviving Corporation shall refer to the Surviving
Entity.
ARTICLE II
EXCHANGE OF SHARES
SECTION 2.1
Exchange Agent . Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall
appoint a commercial bank or trust company to act as exchange agent
hereunder (which entity shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company) for the purpose of exchanging Certificates and Company
Book-Entry Shares for the Merger Consideration (the
“Exchange Agent” ). At or prior to the Effective
Time, Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent, in trust for
the benefit of holders of shares of Company Common Stock,
book-entry shares (or certificates if requested) representing the
Parent Common Stock issuable, and cash in U.S. dollars in an amount
sufficient to pay the Cash Consideration payable, pursuant to
Section 1.8 in exchange for outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock. Parent agrees to make available directly or
indirectly to the Exchange Agent from time to time as needed, any
cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to be
issued or paid in consideration therefor pursuant to
Section 2.6 of this Agreement and any dividends or
distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 2.4 of this Agreement. Any cash and shares of Parent
Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent shall hereinafter be
referred to as the “Exchange Fund.”
SECTION 2.2
Exchange Procedures .
(a) Promptly
after the Effective Time, and in any event not later than the fifth
(5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder
of record of a Certificate (i) 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 proper delivery of
the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, and which letter shall be
in customary form and have such other provisions as Parent may
reasonably specify (such letter to be reasonably acceptable to the
Company prior to the Effective Time) and (ii) instructions for
effecting the surrender of such Certificates (or effective
affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in exchange for the applicable
Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares of
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Common Stock to
be issued or paid in consideration therefor pursuant to
Section 2.6 of this Agreement and any dividends or
distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section
2.4 of this Agreement. Upon surrender of a Certificate to the
Exchange Agent together with such letter of transmittal, duly
executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto,
and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the
Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor: (A) one or more shares of Parent
Common Stock (which shall be in uncertificated book-entry form
unless a physical certificate is requested) representing, in the
aggregate, the whole number of shares that such holder has the
right to receive pursuant to Section 1.8 (after taking into
account all shares of Company Common Stock then held by such
holder) and (B) cash in the amount equal to the Cash
Consideration that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to
Section 1.8, plus cash that such holder has the right to
receive in lieu of any fractional shares of Parent Common Stock
pursuant to Section 2.6 and dividends and other distributions
pursuant to Section 2.4 (in each case, after taking into
account all shares of Company Common Stock then held by such
holder). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, any holder of Company Book-Entry Shares shall not be
required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of
transmittal to the Exchange Agent to receive the Merger
Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to
this Agreement.
(b) In the
event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing
Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer
records of the Company, the Merger Consideration shall be issued or
paid in exchange therefor to a person other than the person in
whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the
Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall
be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer
and the person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any
transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment
or issuance to a person other than the registered holder of the
Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the Tax
has been paid or is not applicable.
SECTION 2.4
Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares . All
shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed issued and outstanding as of the
Effective Time and whenever a dividend or other distribution is
declared by Parent in respect of the Parent Common Stock, the
record date for which is at or after the Effective Time, that
declaration shall include dividends or other distributions in
respect of all shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that no dividends or other distributions declared or made in
respect of the Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the holder of
any unsurrendered Certificate until the holder of such Certificate
shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this
Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable Laws,
following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to
such holder of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in exchange
therefor, without interest, (a) promptly after the time of
such surrender, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is
entitled pursuant to Section 2.6 and the amount of dividends
or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time
theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common
Stock, and (b) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of
dividends or other distributions with a record
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date at or
after the Effective Time but prior to such surrender and a payment
date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such
shares of Parent Common Stock.
SECTION 2.5 No
Further Ownership Rights . All shares of Parent Common Stock
issued and cash paid upon conversion of shares of Company Common
Stock in accordance with the terms of Article I and this
Article II (including any cash paid pursuant to
Section 1.8, Section 2.4 or Section 2.6) shall be
deemed to have been issued or paid in full satisfaction of all
rights pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock, and no
interest will be paid or will accrue on any cash payable pursuant
thereto.
SECTION 2.6 No
Fractional Shares of Parent Common Stock .
(a) No
certificates or scrip or shares of Parent Common Stock representing
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock or book-entry credit of
the same shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of
Certificates and such fractional share interests will not entitle
the owner thereof to vote or to have any rights of a stockholder of
Parent or a holder of shares of Parent Common Stock.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, each holder of shares of
Company Common Stock exchanged pursuant to the Merger who would
otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of
Parent Common Stock (after taking into account all Certificates
delivered by such holder) shall receive, in lieu thereof, cash
(without interest) in an amount equal to the product of
(i) such fractional part of a share of Parent Common Stock
multiplied by (ii) the Parent Share Measurement
Value.
(c) As
promptly as practicable after the determination of the amount of
cash, if any, to be paid to holders of fractional interests, the
Exchange Agent shall so notify Parent, and Parent shall promptly
deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit such amount
with the Exchange Agent and shall cause the Exchange Agent to
forward payments to such holders of fractional interests subject to
and in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 2.7
Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange
Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of shares of
Company Common Stock for twelve (12) months after the
Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent or otherwise on the
instruction of Parent, and any holders of shares of Company Common
Stock who have not theretofore complied with this Article II
shall thereafter look only to Parent for, and Parent shall remain
liable for, the Merger Consideration to which such holders are
entitled pursuant to Section 1.8 and Section 2.3, and any
cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to which
such holders are entitled pursuant to Section 2.6 and any
dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common
Stock to which such holders are entitled pursuant to
Section 2.4. Any such portion of the Exchange Fund remaining
unclaimed by holders of shares of Company Common Stock five
(5) years after the Effective Time (or such earlier date
immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise
escheat to or become property of any Governmental Entity) shall, to
the extent permitted by Law, become the property of the Surviving
Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person
previously entitled thereto.
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SECTION 2.8 No
Liability . None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the
Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any
Person in respect of any Merger Consideration from the Exchange
Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
SECTION 2.9
Investment of the Exchange Fund . The Exchange Agent shall
invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent
on a daily basis in (i) short term direct obligations of the
United States of America with maturities of no more than
30 days, (ii) short term obligations for which the full
faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to
provide for payment of all principal and interest or
(iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest
rating from either Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or
Standard & Poor’s; provided, that no gain or loss thereon
shall affect the amounts payable to the Company shareholders
pursuant to Article I and the other provisions of this
Article II. If for any reason (including losses) the cash in
the Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to fully satisfy all of the
payment obligations to be made in cash by the Exchange Agent
hereunder, Parent shall promptly deposit cash into the Exchange
Fund in an amount which is equal to the deficiency in the amount of
cash required to fully satisfy such cash payment obligations. Any
interest and other income resulting from such investments shall
promptly be paid to Parent.
SECTION 2.10
Lost Certificates . If any Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact
by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the
posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable amount as the
Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim
that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the
Exchange Agent will deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration with
respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented
thereby, any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common
Stock to which such holders are entitled pursuant to
Section 2.6, and unpaid dividends and distributions on shares
of Parent Common Stock to which such holders are entitled pursuant
to Section 2.4, as the case may be, deliverable in respect
thereof, pursuant to this Agreement.
SECTION 2.11
Withholding Rights . Each of the Surviving Corporation,
Parent and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock, Company
Stock Options or RSUs such amounts as it is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the
Exchange Agent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to
the holder of shares of Company Common Stock, Company Stock Options
or RSUs, as the case may be, in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation or
Parent.
SECTION 2.12
Further Assurances . After the Effective Time, the officers
and directors of the Surviving Corporation will be authorized to
execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Company or
Merger Sub, any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances and
to take
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and do, in the
name and on behalf of the Company or Merger Sub, any other actions
and things to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in
the Surviving Corporation any and all right, title and interest in,
to and under any of the rights, properties or assets acquired or to
be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in
connection with, the Merger.
SECTION 2.13
Stock Transfer Books . The stock transfer books of the
Company shall be closed at the close of business on the day on
which the Effective Time occurs and there shall be no further
registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock
thereafter on the records of the Company. On or after the Effective
Time, any Certificates presented to the Exchange Agent or Parent
for any reason shall be converted into the Merger Consideration
with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly
represented thereby (including any cash in lieu of fractional
shares of Parent Common Stock to which the holders thereof are
entitled pursuant to Section 2.6) and any dividends or other
distributions to which the holders thereof are entitled pursuant to
Section 2.4.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except (i) as
disclosed in the Company SEC Documents filed since January 1,
2009, but prior to the date hereof (but excluding any risk factor
disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors,”
any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking
statements” disclaimer or any other statements that are
similarly non-specific or predictive or forward-looking in nature,
in each case, other than any specific factual information contained
therein) or (ii) as set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter
delivered by the Company to Parent prior to the execution of this
Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter” ),
which identifies items of disclosure by reference to a particular
section or subsection of this Agreement (provided, however, that
any information set forth in one section of such Company Disclosure
Letter also shall be deemed to apply to each other section and
subsection of this Agreement to which its relevance is reasonably
apparent), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and
Merger Sub as follows:
SECTION 3.1
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification .
(a) Each of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing (with respect to
jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing) under
the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all
requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as presently conducted, except with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries, where the failure to be so organized, qualified or in
good standing, or to have such power or authority when taken
together with all other such failures, has not, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its
Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do
business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions
that recognize the concept of good standing) as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or
operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
organized, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or
authority when
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taken together
with all other such failures, has not, and would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
Company has delivered or made available to Parent and Merger Sub a
true and complete copy of the Company’s currently effective
articles of incorporation and bylaws, as amended and restated to
the date hereof. The Company’s articles of incorporation and
bylaws so delivered are in full force and effect and the Company is
not in violation of its articles of incorporation or
bylaws.
(c) Section 3.1(c)
of the Company Disclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this
Agreement, each Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
SECTION 3.2
Capital Structure .
(a) As of the
close of business on September 29, 2009 (the
“Capitalization Date” ), the authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of (i) 40,000,000 shares of
Company Common Stock, of which 16,072,984 shares were outstanding
and no shares were held in the treasury of the Company and
(ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of which no shares were outstanding. There are no other
classes of capital stock of the Company authorized or outstanding.
All issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the
Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and no class of capital stock is entitled to
preemptive rights.
(b) From the
close of business on the Capitalization Date through the date of
this Agreement, there have been no issuances of shares of the
capital stock or equity securities of the Company or any other
securities of the Company other than issuances of shares of Company
Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Company Stock Options or
the settlement of RSU rights outstanding as of the Capitalization
Date under the Company Stock Plans. There were outstanding as of
the Capitalization Date, no options, warrants, calls, commitments,
agreements, arrangements, undertakings or any other rights to
acquire capital stock from the Company other than Company Stock
Options and RSUs as set forth in Section 3.2(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter. Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure
Letter sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the
Capitalization Date, of the number of shares of Company Common
Stock subject to Company Stock Options, RSUs, or any other rights
to purchase or receive Company Common Stock granted under the
Company Stock Plans or otherwise. Immediately prior to the Closing,
the Company will provide to Parent a complete and correct list, as
of the Closing, of the number of shares of Company Common Stock
subject to Company Stock Options, RSUs or any other rights to
purchase or receive Company Common Stock granted under the Company
Stock Plans or otherwise, the dates of grant, the extent to which
such options are vested and, where applicable, the exercise prices
thereof. No options, warrants, RSUs, calls, commitments,
agreements, arrangements, undertakings or other rights to acquire
capital stock from the Company, or other equity-based awards, have
been issued or granted on or after the Capitalization Date through
the date of this Agreement.
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(c) No bonds,
debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the
right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities
having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of
capital stock of the Company may vote are issued or
outstanding.
(d) Except as
otherwise set forth in this Section 3.2 or contained in
Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the
date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding
obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for purchases,
redemptions or other acquisitions of capital stock or other
securities (1) required by the terms of the Company Benefit
Plans, (2) in order to pay Taxes or satisfy withholding
obligations in respect of such Taxes in connection with the
exercise of Company Stock Options, or (3) as required by the
terms of, or necessary for the administration of, any plans,
arrangements or agreements existing on the date hereof between the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any director or employee of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) there are no
outstanding stock-appreciation rights, security-based performance
units, “phantom” stock or other security 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 stock
price performance of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than under the Company Stock Plans) 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” ).
(e) Except as
set forth in this Section 3.2, as of the date of this
Agreement, there are no outstanding obligations of the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries (i) restricting the
transfer of, (ii) affecting the voting rights of,
(iii) requiring the sales, issuance, repurchase, redemption or
disposition of, or containing any right of first refusal with
respect to, (iv) requiring the registration for sale of or
(v) granting any preemptive or antidilutive rights with
respect to any shares of Company Common Stock or other Equity
Interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f) Section 3.2(f)
of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date hereof,
for each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries:
(i) its authorized capital stock or other Equity Interests,
(ii) the number of its outstanding shares of capital stock or
other Equity Interests and type(s) of such outstanding shares of
capital stock or other Equity Interests and (iii) the record
owner(s) thereof. The Company owns directly or indirectly,
beneficially and of record, all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests of each of the
Company’s Significant Subsidiaries, free and clear of any
Liens other than Permitted Liens, and all of such shares of capital
stock or other Equity Interests have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of
preemptive rights. Except for the ownership of Equity Interests in
the Company’s Subsidiaries and investments in marketable
securities and cash equivalents, none of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries owns directly or indirectly any Equity Interest in any
Person, or has any obligation or has made any commitment to acquire
any such Equity Interest, to provide funds to, or to make any
investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person that is
or would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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SECTION 3.3
Corporate Authority .
(a) The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority and has
taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby, subject, assuming the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger
Sub set forth in Section 4.14, only to the adoption of this
Agreement by the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by
the holders of Company Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (the
“Company Requisite Vote” ), and to the filing
and recording of the Articles of Merger under the provisions of the
PBCL. The Company Requisite Vote is the only vote of the holders of
any class or series of capital stock of the Company necessary to
adopt, approve or authorize this Agreement, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement
has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the
Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles (the “Bankruptcy
and Equity Exception” ).
(b) As of the
date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company
(i) has, by resolution duly adopted at a meeting duly called
and held, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(ii) has received the opinion of the Company Financial Advisor
(as defined in Section 3.19 below), dated the date of this
Agreement, to the effect that, as of such date and subject to
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth therein, the
Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of the Company
Common Stock pursuant to the Merger is fair from a financial point
of view to such holders; (iii) has resolved to recommend
adoption of this Agreement to the shareholders of the Company; and
(iv) has directed that this Agreement be submitted to the
holders of Company Common Stock for adoption.
(c) Assuming
the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in Section 4.14, no “fair
price,” “moratorium,” “control share
acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or
regulation (each, a “Takeover Statute” ) or any
anti-takeover provision in the Company’s articles of
incorporation and bylaws is, or at the Effective Time will be,
applicable to the Company Common Stock, the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Assuming the accuracy
of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set
forth in Section 4.14, the Board of Directors of the Company
has taken all action so that Parent will not be prohibited from
entering into a “business combination” with the Company
(as such term is used in the PBCL) as a result of the execution of
this Agreement, or the consummation of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated hereby, without any further action on the
part of the Company shareholders or the Board of Directors of the
Company.
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SECTION 3.4
Governmental Filings; No Violations, Etc .
(a) Except
for the reports, registrations, consents, approvals, permits,
authorizations, notices and/or filings (i) pursuant to
Section 1.3 of this Agreement, (ii) under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended
(the “HSR Act” ), the Securities Act, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act” ), (iii) required to be made with Nasdaq Stock
Market ( “Nasdaq” ), (iv) for or pursuant
to other applicable foreign securities Law approvals, state
securities, takeover and “blue sky” laws,
(v) required to be made with or to those foreign Governmental
Entities (as defined below) regulating competition, antitrust or
Regulatory Laws, and (vi) required to be made under any
Environmental Law, no notices, reports or other filings are
required to be made by the Company with, nor are any registrations,
consents, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be
obtained by the Company from, any governmental or regulatory
authority, agency, commission, body or other governmental entity (
“Governmental Entity” ), in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the Mergers and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except those that the
failure to make or obtain would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) None of
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the
Company, the consummation by the Company of the Mergers or any
other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or the
Company’s compliance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement will (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both):
(i) subject to obtaining the Company Requisite Vote, conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s articles of
incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational or
governing documents of any of the Company’s Significant
Subsidiaries; (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations and permits described in this Section 3.4 have been
obtained and all filings and notifications described in this
Section 3.4 have been made and any waiting periods thereunder
have terminated or expired, conflict with or violate any Law or
Order applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties or assets; or (iii) require any
consent or approval under, violate, conflict with, result in any
breach of or any loss of any benefit under, or constitute a default
under, or result in termination or give to others any right of
termination, vesting, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
or result in the creation of a Lien, other than Permitted Liens,
upon any of the respective properties or assets of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any Contract, permit or other
instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound or affected, except, with respect
to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations,
consents, approvals, authorizations, permits, breaches, losses,
defaults, other occurrences or Liens which would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.5
Company Reports; Financial Statements .
(a) Since
January 1, 2006, the Company has timely filed or otherwise
furnished (as applicable) all registration statements,
prospectuses, forms, reports, definitive proxy statements,
schedules, statements and documents required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act or the
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Exchange Act,
as the case may be, together with all certifications required
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” ) (such documents and any
other documents filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with the SEC, including exhibits and other information incorporated
therein as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since
the time of filing, collectively, the “Company SEC
Documents” ). As of their respective filing dates (or, if
amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this
Agreement, then on the date of such filing), the Company SEC
Documents (i) did not 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 made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading and (ii) complied in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act, as the case may be, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. None of the
Company’s Subsidiaries is required to make any filings with
the SEC. All of the audited consolidated financial statements and
unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of the Company
included in the Company SEC Documents (together with the related
notes and schedules thereto, collectively, the “Company
Financial Statements” ) (A) have been prepared from,
and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company
and the Company’s Subsidiaries in all material respects,
(B) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be
indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of interim financial
statements, for normal and recurring year-end adjustments) and (C)
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and
changes in shareholders’ equity of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods referred to
therein.
(b) Except
(a) as reflected or reserved against in the Company’s
consolidated balance sheets (or the notes thereto) included in the
Company SEC Documents filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof,
(b) as permitted or contemplated by this Agreement,
(c) for liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business since December 31, 2008, and (d) for
liabilities or obligations which have been discharged or paid in
full in the ordinary course of business, as of the date hereof,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any
liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued,
contingent or otherwise, other than those which are not having or
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with (i) the
applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and (ii) the
applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations
of Nasdaq. Except as permitted by the Exchange Act, including
Sections 13(k)(2) and (3), since the enactment of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates
has made, arranged, modified (in any material way), or forgiven
personal loans to any executive officer or director of the
Company.
(d) The
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act), as
required by Rules 13a-15(a) and 15d-15(a) of the Exchange Act,
are designed to ensure that all information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is made known to the chief executive officer and
the chief financial officer of the Company by others within the
Company to
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allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure as required under the
Exchange Act and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and
forms. The Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and, to the
extent required by applicable Law, presented in any applicable
Company SEC Document that is a report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, or
any amendment thereto, its conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period
covered by such report or amendment based on such evaluation. Based
on its most recently completed evaluation of its system of internal
control over financial reporting prior to the date of this
Agreement, (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company
had no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the
design or operation of its internal control over financial
reporting that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information and (ii) the Company does not have
Knowledge of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(e) No
attorney representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not employed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, has reported to the Company’s chief legal counsel or
chief executive officer evidence of a material violation of
securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by
the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents
pursuant to Section 307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(f) Since
January 1, 2006, to the Knowledge of the Company, no employee
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has provided or is
providing information to any law enforcement agency or Governmental
Entity regarding the commission or possible commission of any crime
or the violation or possible violation of any applicable legal
requirements of the type described in Section 806 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(g) To the
Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Documents (other
than confidential treatment requests) is the subject of ongoing SEC
review. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete
copies of all written comment letters from the staff of the SEC
received since January 1, 2006 through the date of this
Agreement relating to the Company SEC Documents and all written
responses of the Company thereto through the date of this Agreement
other than with respect to requests for confidential treatment. As
of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or
unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC staff
with respect to any Company SEC Documents other than confidential
treatment requests. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date
of this Agreement, there are no SEC inquiries or investigations,
other governmental inquiries or investigations or internal
investigations pending or threatened, in each case regarding any
accounting practices of the Company.
SECTION 3.6
Absence of Certain Changes . (a) Since January 1,
2009, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been
conducted in the ordinary course in all material respects and
(b) since January 1, 2009, there has not been a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
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(a) There are
no civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, claims,
hearings, investigations or proceedings (collectively,
“Actions” ) pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective assets or properties that if determined
adversely to the Company would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any of their respective assets or properties, is subject
to any outstanding Order, writ, injunction, decree or arbitration
ruling, award or other finding that would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.8
Compliance with Laws . The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Laws or Orders, except
where any such failure to be in compliance has not had, or would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. No investigation or
review by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated an
intention to conduct the same which, in each case, would reasonably
be expected to have a material and adverse impact on the Company.
To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company is in material
compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and any rules and regulations thereunder.
SECTION 3.9
Properties . Except as would not have, or would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i) holds good, marketable
and valid fee simple title to all of the properties and assets
reflected in the June 30, 2009 balance sheet included in the
Company SEC Documents as being owned by the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries (collectively, with respect to real property, the
“Owned Real Property” ) or acquired after the
date thereof that are material to the Company’s business on a
consolidated basis (except for properties and assets sold or
otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course
of business), free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted
Liens and other matters described in Section 3.9 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, (ii) holds the Owned Real Property,
or any portion thereof or interest therein, free of any outstanding
options or rights of first refusal or offer to purchase or lease,
(iii) is the lessee of all leasehold estates reflected in the
June 30, 2009 financial statements included in the Company SEC
Documents or acquired after the date thereof that are material to
the Company’s business on a consolidated basis (except for
leases that have expired by their terms since the date thereof or
been assigned, terminated or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary
course of business) (collectively, with respect to real property,
the “Leased Real Property” ) and (x) is in
possession of the properties purported to be leased thereunder, and
each such lease is valid and in full force and effect, constitutes
a valid and binding obligation of the Company or the applicable
Subsidiary of the Company, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity
Exception and (y) the Company has not received any written
notice of termination or cancellation of or of a breach or default
under any such lease.
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(a) As of the
date hereof, except as set forth as an exhibit to the Company SEC
Documents and on Section 3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure
Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party
to or bound by any:
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non-competition agreements or any
other agreements or arrangements that materially restrict the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Affiliates from engaging or competing in any line of business or in
any geographic area, or which would so restrict the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries following a change in control of the Company;
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exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant
to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities
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(b) All
Contracts of the type described in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and
(iii) above to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party to or bound by as of the date of this Agreement, together
with the Contracts set forth on Section 3.10(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, are referred to herein as the “Company
Material Contracts” (provided that for purposes of
Section 5.1, Contracts of the type referred to in clause
(i) above shall not be deemed to be Company Material
Contracts). Except, in each case, as has not, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) all Company Material
Contracts are valid and binding on the Company and/or the relevant
Subsidiary of the Company that is a party thereto and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, subject to the
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, (ii) all Company Material
Contracts are in full force and effect, (iii) the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has performed all material obligations
required to be performed by them under the Company Material
Contracts to which they are parties, (iv) to the Knowledge of
the Company, each other party to a Company Material Contract has
performed all material obligations required to be performed by it
under such Company Material Contract and (v) no party to any
Company Material Contract has given the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries written notice of its intention to cancel, terminate,
change the scope of rights under or fail to renew any Company
Material Contract and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party
to any Company Material Contract, has repudiated in writing any
material provision thereof. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, or has received written notice of,
any violation or default under (or any condition which with the
passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a
violation of or default under or permit termination, modification
or acceleration under) any Company Material Contract or any other
Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
material properties or assets is bound, except for violations or
defaults that are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.11
Employee Benefit Plans .
(a) Section 3.11(a)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, sets forth a true, complete and
correct list of each material “employee benefit plan”
as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ( “ERISA” )
(whether or not subject to ERISA), and any other material plan,
policy, program practice, agreement, understanding or arrangement
(whether written or oral) providing compensation or other benefits
to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant
(or to any dependent or beneficiary thereof) of the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate, which are now maintained, sponsored or contributed
to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or under which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any material obligation or
liability, whether actual or contingent, including all incentive,
bonus, deferred compensation, vacation, holiday, cafeteria,
medical, disability, stock purchase, stock option, stock
appreciation, phantom stock, restricted stock, restricted stock
unit, stock-based compensation, change-in-control, retention,
employment, consulting, personnel or severance policies, programs,
practices, Contracts or arrangements (each, a “Company
Benefit Plan” ), excluding Foreign Benefit Plans. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Foreign Benefit
Plans” shall mean those Company Benefit Plans maintained,
sponsored or contributed to primarily for the benefit of current or
former employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate who are or
were regularly employed outside the United States (but which shall
exclude any such Company Benefit Plans to the extent required by
applicable foreign law to be so maintained, sponsored or
contributed to). Not more than ten (10) Business Days after the
date hereof, the Company shall deliver a true, complete and correct
list of each material Foreign Benefit Plan to Parent. For purposes
of this Section 3.11, “ERISA Affiliate”
shall mean any entity (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with any other entity, is considered under common control and
treated as one employer under Sections 414(b) or (c) of the
Code. Except as otherwise set forth in any Company Benefit Plan,
the Company has no express or implied commitment to add, terminate,
modify or change any Company Benefit Plan in the United States,
other than with respect to a termination, modification or change
required by applicable Law or which would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) With
respect to each Company Benefit Plan (other than any Foreign
Benefit Plan), the Company has made available to Parent (or, with
respect to items (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), will provide to
Parent not more than ten (10) Business Days after the date
hereof) true, complete and correct copies of the following (as
applicable): (i) the written document evidencing such Company
Benefit Plan or, with respect to any such plan that is not in
writing, a written description of the material terms thereof;
(ii) the summary plan description; (iii) the most recent
annual report, financial statement and/or actuarial report;
(iv) the most recent determination letter from the Internal
Revenue Service (the “IRS” ); (v) the most
recent Form 5500 required to have been filed with the IRS,
including all schedules thereto; (vi) any related trust
agreements, insurance contracts or other funding arrangements;
(vii) any notices to or from the IRS or any office or
representative of the Department of Labor or Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation ( “PBGC” ) relating to any
unresolved compliance issues in respect of any such Company Benefit
Plan; and (viii) all material amendments, modifications or
supplements to any Company Benefit Plan. With respect to each
Foreign Benefit Plan, the Company will provide to Parent not
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than ten
(10) Business Days after the date hereof the items identified
in each of clauses (i), (vi) and (viii) above.
(c) Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Benefit
Plan has been administered in accordance with its terms, applicable
Law (including Section 409A of the Code) and any applicable
collective bargaining agreement including timely filing of all Tax,
annual reporting and other governmental filings required by ERISA
and the Code and timely contribution (or, if not yet due, proper
financial reporting) of any amounts required to be made under the
terms of any of the Company Benefit Plans as of the date of this
Agreement. With respect to each of the Company Benefit Plans, no
event has occurred and there exists no condition or set of
circumstances in connection with which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries would be subject to any liability that, individually
or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended
to be “qualified” under Section 401 of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to such
effect and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no fact, circumstance
or event has occurred or exists since the date of such
determination letter that would reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the qualified status of any such Company Benefit Plan.
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, none of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of and, to
the Knowledge of the Company, there are no audits or investigations
by any Governmental Entity with respect to, or other actions,
claims, suits or other proceedings against or involving any Company
Benefit Plan or asserting rights or claims to benefits under any
Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits
payable in the normal course). Except as required by applicable
Law, the Company has no Company Benefit Plan subject to ERISA that
provides for any retiree healthcare or life insurance benefits in
the United States.
(d) No
Company Benefit Plan is a “multiemployer plan” (as
defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) or a
“multiple employer plan” within the meaning of
Sections 4063/4064 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code and
neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has sponsored or
contributed to or been required to contribute to a
“multiemployer plan” or “multiple employer
plan.”
(e) Neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or
during the six-year period prior to the date hereof has maintained
or contributed to, any “employee benefit plan” within
the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of
ERISA.
(f) Except as
set forth on Section 3.11(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the execution of
this Agreement or the consummation of the Mergers will not
constitute an event that, either alone or in conjunction with any
other event, will or may result in any payment, acceleration,
termination, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution,
increase in compensation or benefits or obligation to fund benefits
with respect to any current or former employee or other personnel
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The execution of this
Agreement or the consummation of the Mergers will not constitute an
event that, either alone or in conjunction with any other event,
will or may
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result in
(i) any material amount failing to be deductible by reason of
Section 280G of the Code or (ii) the provision of any
material reimbursement of excise Taxes under Section 4999 of
the Code or any income Taxes under the Code.
(g) Except as
would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Foreign Benefit Plan has
been established, maintained and administered in compliance with
its terms and all applicable Laws and Orders of any controlling
Governmental Entity; (ii) each Foreign Benefit Plan required
to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in
good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; and
(iii) each Foreign Benefit Plan required to be funded and/or
book reserved is funded and/or book reserved, as appropriate, in
accordance with applicable Law, including any additional funding or
annuitization requirements that may apply as a result of or in
connection with the termination, wind-up or partial wind-up of one
or more Foreign Benefit Plans.
SECTION 3.12
Labor Matters . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
in compliance with all applicable Laws of the United States, or of
any state or local government or any subdivision thereof or of any
foreign government respecting employment and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours and
occupational safety and health, including the Immigration Reform
and Control Act, the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification
Act, any Laws respecting employment discrimination, sexual
harassment, disability rights or benefits, equal opportunity, plant
closure issues, affirmative action, workers’ compensation,
employee benefits, severance payments, COBRA, labor relations,
employee leave issues, wage and hour standards, occupational safety
and health requirements and unemployment insurance and related
matters, except where any such failure to be in compliance has not
had, or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as
specifically identified on Section 3.12 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to or bound by any labor or collective bargaining
agreement (other than any industry-wide or statutorily mandated
agreement or non-material agreement in a non-U.S. jurisdiction).
There is no unfair labor practice charge pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened which if determined adversely
to the Company or its Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Knowledge of the
Company, there are no organizational campaigns, petitions or other
activities or proceedings of any labor union, workers’
council or labor organization seeking recognition of a collective
bargaining unit with respect to, or otherwise attempting to
represent, any of the employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or compel the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
bargain with any such labor union, works council or labor
organization, (ii) there are no strikes, slowdowns, walkouts,
work stoppages or other labor-related controversies pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened and (iii) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has experienced any such
strike, slowdown, walkout, work stoppage or other labor-related
controversy within the past three (3) years.
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(a) Except to
the extent reserved for in the most recent Company Financial
Statements, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely
filed, or have caused to be timely filed, all material Tax Returns
required to be filed, all such Tax Returns are true, complete and
accurate in all material respects, and all material amounts of
Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Returns, or otherwise owed, have
been or will be timely paid.
(b) Except as
would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect, (i) no Tax authority is currently asserting, or
threatening in writing to assert, a Tax liability (exclusive of
interest) in excess of $50,000.00 in connection with an audit or
other administrative or court proceeding involving Taxes of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed stock of another
corporation or has had its stock distributed in a transaction that
was purported or intended to be governed, in whole or in part, by
Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code within the
preceding five (5) years, (iii) neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has participated, or is currently
participating, in a “listed transaction” as defined in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b), and
(iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to any agreement or arrangement relating to the
apportionment, sharing, assignment or allocation of Taxes (other
than an agreement or arrangement solely among the members of a
group the common parent of which is the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), or has any liability for Taxes of any Person (other
than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign Law, as a transferee or successor, by
contract or otherwise.
SECTION 3.14
Intellectual Property .
(a) Except
as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Company’s
Knowledge, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or is
licensed to use (in each case, free and clear of any Liens), all
Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the conduct of its
business as currently conducted; (ii) to the Company’s
Knowledge, the use of any Intellectual Property by the Company and
its Subsidiaries does not infringe on or otherwise violate the
rights of any Person and is in accordance with any applicable
license pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary acquired
the right to use any Intellectual Property; (iii) to the
Company’s Knowledge, no Person is challenging, infringing on
or otherwise violating any right of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by
and/or licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries; and
(iv) to the Company’s Knowledge, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or
otherwise has Knowledge of any pending claim, order or proceeding
with respect to any Intellectual Property used by the Company and
its Subsidiaries and to its Knowledge no Intellectual Property
owned and/or licensed by the Company or its Subsidiaries is being
used or enforced in a manner that would reasonably be expected to
result in the abandonment, cancellation or unenforceability of such
Intellectual Property. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Intellectual Property” shall mean trademarks,
service marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress and
other indications of origin, the goodwill associated with the
foregoing and registrations in any domestic or foreign jurisdiction
of, and applications in any
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such
jurisdiction to register, the foregoing, including any extension,
modification or renewal of any such registration or application;
inventions, discoveries and ideas, whether patentable or not, in
any domestic or foreign jurisdiction; patents, applications for
patents (including, without limitation, divisions, continuations,
continuations in part and renewal applications), and any renewals,
extensions or reissues thereof, in any such jurisdiction; nonpublic
information, trade secrets and confidential information and rights
in any domestic or foreign jurisdiction to limit the use or
disclosure thereof by any person; writings and other works, whether
copyrightable or not, in any such jurisdiction; and registrations
or applications for registration of copyrights in any domestic or
foreign jurisdiction, and any renewals or extensions thereof; and
any similar intellectual property or proprietary rights.
(b) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to protect
the confidentiality and value of all trade secrets and any other
confidential information that are owned, used or held by the
Company and its Subsidiaries in confidence, including entering into
licenses and Contracts that require employees, licensees,
contractors, and other Persons with access to trade secrets or
other confidential information to safeguard and maintain the
secrecy and confidentiality of such trade secrets, except where the
failure to take such reasonable steps would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, such
trade secrets have not been used, disclosed to or discovered by any
Person except pursuant to valid and appropriate non-disclosure,
license or any other appropriate Contract which has not been
breached.
SECTION 3.15
Environmental Matters .
(a) The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws, and to the Company’s Knowledge any past
non-compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries with applicable
Environmental Laws has been resolved, except for any failure to
comply or to resolve past non-compliance that would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has obtained, maintained and complied
with all Environmental Permits necessary for the conduct and
operation of its business as currently operated, and the Company or
any applicable Subsidiary of the Company has not received any
notice that any such Environmental Permit is not in full force and
effect; and (ii) no such Environmental Permit is or will be
subject to review, revision, major modification or prior consent by
any Governmental Authority as a result of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) None of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of
any violation of or liability under Environmental Laws, which would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) There are
no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened civil,
criminal or administrative claims, actions, proceedings, hearings,
notices of violation, investigations, arbitrations or demand
letters pursuant to Environmental Laws or with respect to
Hazardous
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Materials
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, related to the Owned Real Property, the
Leased Real Property or any other facility previously owned or
operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To the
Company’s Knowledge, there has been no presence of storage
tanks at or presence or release of any Hazardous Materials on, at,
or from the Owned Real Property or the Leased Real Property or any
other facility operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
except (i) in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws
and (ii) in a manner or in quantities or locations that would
not require any investigation, cleanup or remediation of soil or
groundwater under applicable Environmental Laws, other than any
presence or release which would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received notice with respect to such presence or
release.
(f) Neither
(i) the Company nor any Subsidiary, (ii) any predecessors
of the Company or any Subsidiary nor (iii) any entity
previously owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, has transported
or arranged for the treatment, storage, handling, disposal or
transportation of any Hazardous Material at or to any off-site
location which, to the Company’s Knowledge, has resulted in,
or would be reasonably expected to result in, a liability to the
Company that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(g) There are
no Liens or institutional or engineering controls applicable to any
Owned Real Property or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Leased
Real Property arising out of or pursuant to Environmental Laws that
have had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(h) To the
Company’s Knowledge, there are no other facts, activities,
circumstances or conditions that have resulted in or would be
reasonably expected to result in, the Company incurring a liability
or obligation, pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws that
has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.16
Insurance . Except as has not had, and would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect, (i) each insurance policy under which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an insured or otherwise
the principal beneficiary of coverage (collectively, the
“Insurance Policies” ) is in full force and
effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid in full and the
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of such Insurance Policy, except as has not had, and
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default under
any Insurance Policy, and (iii) no event has occurred which,
with notice or lapse of time, would constitute such breach or
default, or permit termination or modification, under the
policy.
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SECTION 3.17
Regulatory Compliance .
(a) Except as
has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect, each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries holds
all licenses, permits, franchises, variances, registrations,
exemptions, Orders and other governmental authorizations, consents,
approvals and clearances, and has submitted notices to, all
Governmental Entities that are concerned with the Company’s
products and services (any such Governmental Entity, a
“Company Regulatory Agency” ), necessary for the
lawful operating of the businesses of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (the “Company Permits” ), and all
such Company Permits are valid, and in full force and effect. Since
January 1, 2006, there has not occurred any violation of,
default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or
event giving to others any right of termination, amendment or
cancellation of, with or without notice or lapse of time or both,
any Company Permit except as has not had, and would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of all
Company Permits, and no event has occurred that, to the Knowledge
of the Company, would reasonably be expected to result in the
revocation, cancellation, non-renewal or adverse modification of
any Company Permit, except as has not had, and would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, since January 1,
2006, all applications, submissions, information and data utilized
by the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries as the basis
for, or submitted by or, to the Knowledge of the Company, on behalf
of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries in connection
with, any and all requests for a Company Permit relating to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and its respective business and
Company Products, when submitted to a Company Regulatory Agency,
were true and correct in all material respects as of the date of
submission, and any updates, changes, corrections or modification
to such applications, submissions, information and data required
under applicable Laws have been submitted to the Company Regulatory
Agency.
(c) Since
January 1, 2006, neither the Company, nor any of its
Subsidiaries, has committed any act, made any statement or failed
to make any statement that would reasonably be expected to provide
a basis for a Company Regulatory Agency to invoke its policy with
respect to “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts,
Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities”, or similar policies, set
forth in any applicable Laws, except as has not had, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) For the
avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 3.17 do not
apply to Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits.
SECTION 3.18
Interested Party Transactions . Since January 1, 2006,
there have been no transactions, agreements, arrangements or
understandings between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on
the one hand, and the Affiliates of the Company on the other hand
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Company’s
Subsidiaries), that would be required to be disclosed under
Item 404 under Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act and
that has not been so disclosed.
SECTION 3.19
Brokers and Finders . Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has employed any broker or finder or incurred any
liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees in
connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, except that the Company has employed Greenhill
& Co., LLC as its sole financial advisor (the “Company
Financial Advisor” ), and the Company has heretofore made
available to Parent a true and complete copy of all agreements
between the Company and the Company Financial Advisor pursuant to
which such firm would be entitled to any payment relating to the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.20 No
Additional Representations .
(a) Except
for the representations and warranties made by the Company in this
Article III, neither the Company nor any other Person makes
any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to
the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses,
operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or
otherwise) or prospects, and the Company hereby disclaims any such
other representations or warranties. In particular, without
limiting the foregoing disclaimer, neither the Company nor any
other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to
Parent, Merger Subs, or any of their Affiliates or Representatives
with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast,
estimate, budget or prospect information relating to the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, or
(ii) except for the representations and warranties made by the
Company in this Article III, any oral or written information
presented to Parent, Merger Subs or any of their Affiliates or
Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation
of the Company, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course
of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has had the
opportunity to meet with the management of Parent and to discuss
the business, assets and liabilities of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from officers of Parent and
(iii) has conducted its own independent investigation of
Parent and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses, assets,
liabilities and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
acknowledges and agrees that none of Parent, Merger Subs or any
other Person has made or is making any representations or
warranties relating to Parent or Merger Subs whatsoever, express or
implied, beyond those expressly given by Parent and Merger Subs in
Article IV hereof, including any implied representation or
warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information
regarding Parent furnished or made available the Company, or any of
its Representatives. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company acknowledges that no representations or
warranties are made with respect to any projections, forecasts,
estimates, budgets or prospect information that may have been made
available to the Company or any of its Representatives.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUBS
Except (i) as
disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed since January 1,
2009 but prior to the date hereof (but excluding any risk factor
disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors,”
any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking
statements” disclaimer or any other statements that are
similarly non-specific or predictive or forward-looking in nature,
in each case, other than any specific factual information contained
therein) or (ii) as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Letter
delivered by Parent to the Company prior to the execution of this
Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure Letter” ),
which identifies items of disclosure by reference to a particular
section or subsection of this Agreement (provided, however, that
any information set forth in one section of such Parent Disclosure
Letter also shall be deemed to apply to each other section and
subsection of this Agreement to which its relevance is reasonably
apparent), each of Parent and Merger Subs hereby represent and
warrant to the Company as follows:
SECTION 4.1
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification .
(a) Each of
Parent, Merger Subs and Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries is
a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
(with respect to jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good
standing) under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of
organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and
to carry on its business as presently conducted, except with
respect to Parent’s Subsidiaries, where the failure to be so
organized, qualified or in good standing or to have such power or
authority when taken together with all other such failures, has
not, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each of Parent
and its Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to
do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions
that recognize the concept of good standing) as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or
operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
organized, qualified or in good standing or to have such power or
authority when taken together with all other such failures, has
not, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Parent
has delivered or made available to the Company a true and complete
copy of Parent’s and each Merger Sub’s currently
effective articles of incorporation and bylaws or any equivalent
organizational or governing documents, as amended and restated to
the date hereof. Such organizational or governing documents so
delivered are in full force and effect and none of Parent or Merger
Subs is in violation of such organizational documents.
SECTION 4.2
Capital Structure .
(a) As of
September 29, 2009, the authorized capital stock of Parent
consisted of (i) 200,000,000 shares of Parent common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of which 41,631,700 shares were outstanding
and 328,508 shares were held in the treasury of Parent, and
(ii) 10,000,000 shares of Parent preferred stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of which no shares were outstanding and no shares
were held in the treasury of Parent. There are no other classes
of
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capital stock
of Parent authorized or outstanding. All issued and outstanding
shares of the capital stock of Parent are, and when shares of
Parent Common Stock are issued in connection with the Merger or
pursuant to Section 1.8 and Section 1.9, such shares will
be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
and free of any preemptive rights.
(b) Since
June 30, 2009 to the date of this Agreement, there have been
no issuances of shares of the capital stock or equity securities of
Parent or any other securities of Parent other than issuances of
shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to employee benefit,
director or equity compensation plans, programs or arrangements
sponsored or maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (the
“Parent Benefit Plans” ). There were outstanding
as of June 30, 2009 no options, warrants, calls, commitments,
agreements, arrangements, undertakings or any other rights to
acquire capital stock from Parent other than options, restricted
stock and other rights to acquire capital stock from Parent under
the Parent Benefit Plans. As of September 29, 2009, there were
stock options outstanding representing the right to purchase
196,435 shares of Parent Common Stock under the Parent Benefit
Plans, and stock-settled restricted stock units and stock
appreciation rights outstanding that would entitle the holders to
receive an aggregate of 156,243 shares of Parent Common Stock,
based upon the closing price of the Parent Common Stock on that
day, and assuming the full vesting of all of such stock-settled
restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights. No options,
warrants, calls, commitments, agreements, arrangements,
undertakings or other rights to acquire capital stock from Parent
have been issued or granted since June 30, 2009 to the date of
this Agreement other than pursuant to the Parent Benefit Plans or
the ordinary course of business in connection with employment offer
letters.
(c) No bonds,
debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Parent having the right
to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having
the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of capital stock
of Parent may vote are issued or outstanding.
(d) Except as
otherwise set forth in this Section 4.2, as of the date of
this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding obligations of Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of capital stock of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries except for purchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of capital stock or other securities (1) required
by the terms of the Parent Benefit Plans, (2) in order to pay
Taxes or satisfy withholding obligations in respect of such Taxes
in connection with the exercise of Parent stock options, the lapse
of restrictions or settlement of awards granted pursuant to the
Parent Benefit Plans, or (3) required by the terms of any
plans, arrangements or agreements existing on the date hereof
between the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any director or
employee of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and
(ii) there are no outstanding stock-appreciation rights,
security-based performance units, “phantom” stock or
other security 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 stock price performance of Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries (other than ordinary course payments or
commissions to sales representatives of Parent based upon revenues
generated by them without augmentation as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby and with respect to awards granted
under the Parent Benefit Plans).
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(e) Except as
set forth in Section 4.2(e) of the Parent Disclosure Letter
and with respect to awards granted under the Parent Benefit Plans,
as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding
obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(i) restricting the transfer of, (ii) affecting the voting
rights of, (iii) requiring the sales, issuance, repurchase,
redemption or disposition of, or containing any right of first
refusal with respect to, (iv) requiring the registration for
sale of or (v) granting any preemptive or antidilutive rights
with respect to, any shares of Parent Common Stock or other Equity
Interests in Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f) The
authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 1,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, all of which are validly
issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of Merger Sub is, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by
Parent, and there are (i) no other shares of capital stock or
voting securities of Merger Sub, (ii) no securities of Merger
Sub convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or
voting securities of Merger Sub and (iii) no options or other
rights to acquire from Merger Sub, and no obligations of Merger Sub
to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting
securities of Merger Sub.
(g) The
outstanding Equity Interests of Merger Sub II consist of a single
membership interest which is, and at the Effective Time will be,
owned by Parent, and there are (i) no other shares of capital
stock or voting securities of Merger Sub II, (ii) no
securities of Merger Sub II convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock or voting securities of Merger Sub II and
(iii) no options or other rights to acquire from Merger Sub
II, and no obligations of Merger Sub II to issue, any capital
stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of Merger Sub
II.
SECTION 4.3
Corporate Authority . Parent and each Merger Sub has all
requisite corporate or limited liability company power and
authority, as the case may be, and, except for the adoption of this
Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub and the
sole member of Merger Sub II (which adoption Parent shall effect on
the date hereof immediately following the execution hereof), has
taken all corporate or limited liability company action, as the
case may be, necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized and
validly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Subs, except
for the adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole
stockholder of Merger Sub and the sole member of Merger Sub II,
and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Parent and Merger Subs enforceable against Parent and Merger Subs
in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity
Exception.
SECTION 4.4
Governmental Filings; No Violations; Etc .
(a) Except
for the reports, registrations, consents, approvals, permits,
authorizations, notices and/or filings (i) pursuant to
Section 1.3 of
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