AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
WARP TECHNOLOGY
HOLDINGS, INC.,
operating under the name
HALO TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS,
WTH MERGER SUB,
INC.
AND
INFONOW
CORPORATION
DATED AS OF
1
DECEMBER 23,
2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INDEX OF DEFINITIONS
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6.5
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(b)
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Preamble
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9.12
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9.12
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2.1
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(b)
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1.3
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1.2
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1.2
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Recitals
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9.12
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Common Stock Option
Holders
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Preamble
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Company Acquisition
Proposal
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5.4
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(d)
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3.2
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3.11
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(a)
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Company Disclosure
Schedule
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Art. III
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Company
Intellectual Property
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9.12
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3.2
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Company Proprietary
Software
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9.12
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Company Registered
Intellectual Property
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3.5
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(a)
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Company
Stockholders Meeting
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6.3
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Company Superior
Proposal
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5.4
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(d)
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9.12
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Contingent Value
Rights Agreement
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6.11
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2.1
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1.1
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1.3
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3.12
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3.10
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3.5
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2.2
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2.2
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3.4
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Preamble
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2.1
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2.1
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Preamble
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4.2
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Parent and Merger
Sub Disclosure Schedule
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Art. IV
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4.2
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(a)
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4.9
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Parent’s
Closing Date Price
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Parent’s
Conversion Price
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Preamble
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Per Common Stock
Option Closing Merger Consideration
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Per Share Equity
Stock Closing Merger Consideration
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3.10
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3.21
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3.6
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3.21
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Registered
Intellectual Property
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4.1
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3.16
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4.1
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1.1
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6.11
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3.9
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3
AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER,
dated as of December 23, 2005 (this “ Agreement
”), is entered into by and among Warp Technology Holdings,
Inc., operating under the name Halo Technology Holdings, a Nevada
corporation (“ Parent ”), WTH Merger Sub, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
(“ Merger Sub ”) and InfoNow Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”). Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company are collectively referred to herein as
the “ Parties .”
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of
Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company (i) have
approved and have declared advisable the merger of Merger Sub with
and into the Company (the “ Merger ”), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and
(ii) have determined that the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby are consistent with, and in
furtherance of, their respective business strategies and goals;
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make
certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in
connection with the Merger and also to set forth various conditions
to the Merger;
WHEREAS, for federal income tax
purposes, if the aggregate of the Stock Payments (as defined below)
payable pursuant to the Merger is at least $5,760,000, it is
intended that the Merger will qualify as a reorganization under the
provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “ Code ” or
“IRC” ), and the Parties to this Agreement
intend to adopt this Agreement as a “plan of
reorganization” within the meaning of
Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States
Treasury Regulations; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements
contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 The
Merger.
Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”),
Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company at the
Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the separate
corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall
be the surviving corporation (the “ Surviving
Corporation ”), shall succeed to and assume all the
rights and obligations of Merger Sub in accordance with the DGCL
and shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
1.2
Closing.
The closing of the Merger (the
“ Closing ”) will take place at 10:00 a.m.
on a date to be specified by the Parties (the “ Closing
Date ”), which shall be no later than the second business
day after satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VII (other than those conditions that by their nature
are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of those conditions), unless another time or date is
agreed to by the Parties hereto. The Closing will be held at the
offices of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., 1200 17th Street,
Suite 1500, Denver, Colorado 80202.
1.3 Effective
Time.
Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Parties shall file a
certificate of merger (the “ Certificate of Merger
”) executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
DGCL and shall make all other filings or recordings required under
the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at such time (the
“Effective Time” ) as the Certificate of Merger
is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or
at such subsequent date or time as Parent and the Company shall
agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger.
1.4 Effects of
the Merger.
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The Merger shall have the effects set forth in
Section 259 of the DGCL.
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Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws.
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At the Effective Time, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.11, the certificate of incorporation
of the Company shall be amended and restated to be the same in
substance as the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (except that the
name of the Company will remain unchanged), and said amended and
restated certificate of incorporation shall be the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation. At the Effective Time,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, the bylaws of the
Company shall be amended and restated to be the same in substance
as the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, and such amended and restated bylaws shall be the
bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended.
1.6 Directors
and Officers.
The directors of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of
the Surviving Corporation until the next annual meeting of
stockholders of the Surviving Corporation (or their earlier
resignation or removal) and until their respective successors are
duly elected and qualified, as the case may be. The officers of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation, until their successors have
been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier
death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving
Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
1.7 Plan of
Reorganization.
For federal income tax purposes, if
the aggregate of the Stock Payments payable pursuant to the Merger
is at least $5,760,000, the Merger is intended to constitute a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code.
The Parties to this Agreement hereby adopt this Agreement as a
“plan of reorganization” within the meaning of
Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the Income Tax
Regulations.
ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGER
ON THE STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES
2.1 Effect on
Stock.
As of the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, the
Company or the holders of any securities of the Company or Merger
Sub:
(a) Cancellation of Company
Common Stock . Each share of Company Common Stock that is owned
directly by the Company or by Parent or any of their wholly-owned
Subsidiaries, if any, shall automatically be cancelled and retired
and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered
in exchange therefor.
(b) Conversion of Company
Common Stock . Subject to Sections 2.1(e) and 2.2(e), each
issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock (other than
shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 2.1(a) and
shares exercising appraisal rights in accordance with
Section 2.1(g)) at the Effective Time shall be converted into
the right to receive (i) the Stock Payment and (ii) the
Cash Payment. The aggregate of (i) all Stock Payments and all
Cash Payments made with respect to each issued and outstanding
share of Company Common Stock; (ii) the Per Common Stock
Option Closing Merger Consideration made with respect to each
Company Stock Option; (iii) any cash in lieu of a fractional
share as provided in Section 2.2(e); and (iv) the
Contingent Value Rights issued under Section 2.1(f) shall
constitute the “ Merger Consideration .” As of
the Effective Time and without any action on the part of the
holders thereof, all such shares of Company Common Stock shall no
longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and
retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate
or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “
Certificates ”) shall cease to have any rights with
respect thereto, except the right to receive (i) the Merger
Consideration and (ii) certain dividends and other distributions in
accordance with Section 2.2(c).
(c) Conversion of Common
Stock of Merger Sub . Each issued and outstanding share of
common stock, no par value per share, of Merger Sub shall be
converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(d) Common Stock
Options . At the Effective Time, each outstanding Common Stock
Option under the InfoNow 1990 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and
the InfoNow 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended, or any stock option
agreements to which the Company is a party, whether or not vested,
shall be converted into the right to receive the Per Common Stock
Option Closing Merger Consideration; provided that ,
the Per Common Stock Option Closing Merger Consideration shall be
paid to the Common Stock Option Holders part in Parent Common Stock
and part in cash in the following proportions: (x) the amount
of the Per Common Stock Option Merger Consideration payable to any
Common Stock Option Holder in cash shall be an amount (expressed as
a percentage) equal to the Aggregate Cash Payment divided by
$7,200,000 and (y) the remainder of the Per Common Stock
Option Merger Consideration payable to any Common Stock Option
Holder in Parent Common Stock shall be an amount (i) valued at
the Parent’s Conversion Price and (ii) equal to the
difference between the applicable Per Common Stock Option Closing
Merger Consideration and the amount of cash paid under the
foregoing clause (x). All other outstanding options and warrants to
purchase Company Common Stock shall be cancelled at the Effective
Time.
(e) Adjustments to Stock
Payment and Contingent Value Rights for Organic Changes . The
number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued and the
Contingent Value Rights to be issued and any other applicable
numbers or amounts shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the
effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend
(including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Parent Common Stock or
Company Common Stock), extraordinary dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares
or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock or Company
Common Stock occurring or having a record date on or after the date
hereof and prior to the Effective Time.
(f) Contingent Value
Rights . At the Effective Time, as part of the Merger
Consideration, Parent shall, pursuant the Contingent Value Rights
Agreement, issue a CVR in respect of each share of Parent Common
Stock issued in the Merger.
(g) Appraisal Rights .
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
shares of Company Common Stock which are issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by a
holder who has not voted such shares in favor of the Merger and who
has or may properly demand appraisal rights in the manner provided
by Section 262 of the DGCL (“ Dissenting Shares
”) shall not be converted into a right to receive a portion
of the Merger Consideration unless and until the holder of such
shares becomes ineligible for such appraisal rights. The holders
thereof shall be entitled only to such rights as are granted by
Section 262 of the DGCL. Each holder of Dissenting Shares who
becomes entitled to payment for such shares pursuant to
Section 262 of the DGCL shall receive payment therefor from
the Parent in accordance with the DGCL; provided, however, that
(a) if any such holder of Dissenting Shares shall have failed
to establish entitlement to appraisal rights as provided in
Section 262 of the DGCL, (b) if any such holder of
Dissenting Shares shall have effectively withdrawn demand for
appraisal of such shares or lost the right to appraisal and payment
for shares under Section 262 of the DGCL or (c) if
neither any holder of Dissenting Shares nor the Surviving
Corporation shall have filed a petition demanding a determination
of the value of all Dissenting Shares within the time provided in
Section 262 of the DGCL, such holder shall forfeit the right
to appraisal of such shares and each such share shall be treated as
if it had been, as of the Effective Time, converted into a right to
receive the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration, without
interest thereon, as provided in Section 2.1(b) of this Agreement.
The Company shall give Parent prompt notice of any demands received
by the Company for appraisal of any shares of Company Common Stock,
and Parent shall have the right to direct all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. The Company shall not,
except with the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment
with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands
with respect to any holder of Dissenting Shares before the
Effective Time.
2.2 Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) Exchange Agent .
Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall enter into an agreement
with such bank or trust company as may be designated by Parent and
as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as
exchange agent for the purpose of exchanging Certificates and
Common Stock Options for the Merger Consideration (the “
Exchange Agent ”). At or prior to the Effective Time,
Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of
the holders of shares of Company Common Stock and Common Stock
Options, for exchange in accordance with this Article II,
through the Exchange Agent, the Aggregate Cash Payment, Parent
certificates representing the number of whole shares of Parent
Common Stock and Parent certificates representing Contingent Value
Rights issuable pursuant to Section 2.1 in exchange for
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Common Stock
Options. Parent shall also make available to the Exchange Agent,
from time to time as required after the Effective Time, cash
necessary to pay dividends and distributions in accordance with
Section 2.2(c) and to make payments in lieu of any fractional
shares in accordance with Section 2.2(e). Any certificates of
Parent Common Stock and cash deposited with the Exchange Agent as
provided above shall hereinafter be referred to as the “
Exchange Fund .”
(b) Exchange Procedures
. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but
no later than two days thereafter, the Exchange Agent shall mail to
each holder of record of a Certificate or Common Stock Option whose
shares or options were converted into the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement, (i) a letter
of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Common
Stock Options, as applicable, shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates or Common Stock Options to the Exchange Agent and
shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Parent and
the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Common Stock
Options in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of
a Certificate or Common Stock Option for cancellation to the
Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly
executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by
the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate or Common Stock
Option shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a Parent
certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent
Common Stock issuable to such holder pursuant to the Merger, the
Cash Payment payable to such holder, a Parent certificate
representing that number of CVRs that correspond to the number of
whole shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such holder
pursuant to the Merger, certain dividends or other distributions in
accordance with Section 2.2(c) and cash in lieu of any
fractional share in accordance with Section 2.2(e) that such
holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of this
Article II, and the Certificate or Common Stock Option so
surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. The Cash Payment and any
other cash distributions made in accordance with
Section 2.2(c) and 2.2(e) shall be paid by check or wire
transfer. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common
Stock that is not registered in the transfer records of the
Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of
Parent Common Stock may be issued to a Person other than the Person
in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if such
Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper
form for transfer and the Person requesting such issuance shall pay
any transfer or other non-income taxes required by reason of the
issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to a Person other than
the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the
satisfaction of Parent that such tax has been paid or is not
applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this
Section 2.2, each Certificate or Common Stock Option shall be
deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the
right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration that
the holder thereof has the right to receive pursuant to the
provisions of this Article II, and, if applicable, certain
dividends or other distributions in accordance with
Section 2.2(c). No interest will be paid or will accrue on any
cash payable to holders of Certificates or Common Stock Options
pursuant to the provisions of this Article II.
(c) Distributions with
Respect to Unexchanged Shares . No dividends or other
distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record
date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any
unsurrendered Certificate or Common Stock Option with respect to
the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, and no cash
payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such
holder pursuant to Section 2.2(e), and all such dividends,
other distributions and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent
Common Stock shall be paid by Parent to the Exchange Agent and
shall be included in the Exchange Fund, in each case until the
surrender of such Certificate or Common Stock Option in accordance
with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable
escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such
Certificate or Common Stock Option, there shall be paid to the
holder of the certificate representing whole shares of Parent
Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest,
(i) at the time of such surrender, 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 the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional
share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled
pursuant to Section 2.2(e) and (ii) at the appropriate
payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a
record date after the Effective Time but prior to such surrender
and with a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with
respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock. Parent shall
make available to the Exchange Agent cash for these purposes.
(d) No Further Ownership
Rights in Company Common Stock . All shares of Parent Common
Stock issued, Contingent Value Rights issued, and the Aggregate
Cash Payment paid, upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates
or Common Stock Options in accordance with the terms of this
Article II shall be deemed to have been issued in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company
Common Stock theretofore represented by such Certificates or Common
Stock Options, subject, however, to the Surviving
Corporation’s obligation to pay any dividends or make any
other distributions with a record date prior to the Effective Time
that may have been authorized or made by the Company on such shares
of Company Common Stock that remain unpaid at the Effective Time,
and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the
stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of
Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or
Common Stock Options are presented to the Surviving Corporation or
the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and
exchanged as provided in this Article II, except as otherwise
provided by law.
(e) No Fractional
Shares.
(i) No certificates or scrip
representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be
issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or Common
Stock Options, no dividend or distribution of Parent shall relate
to such fractional share interests and such fractional share
interests will not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any
rights of a stockholder of Parent.
(ii) As promptly as practicable
following the Effective Time, Parent shall pay to each former
holder of Company Common Stock or Common Stock Options an amount in
cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the
fractional share interest to which such former holder (after taking
into account all shares of Company Common Stock or Common Stock
Options held at the Effective Time by such holder) would otherwise
be entitled by (B) Parent’s Conversion Price.
(iii) As soon as practicable
after the determination of the amount of cash, if any, to be paid
to holders of Company Common Stock or Common Stock Options with
respect to any fractional share interests, the Exchange Agent will
make available such amounts to such holders of Company Common Stock
subject to and in accordance with the terms of
Section 2.2(c).
(f) Termination of Exchange
Fund . Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains
undistributed to the holders of the Certificates or Common Stock
Options for twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall
be delivered to Parent, upon demand, and any holders of the
Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this
Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of
their claim for Merger Consideration and any dividends or
distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock.
(g) No Liability . None
of Parent, the Company, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or
the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any
shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with
respect thereto) or cash from the Exchange Fund in each case
properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificate or
Common Stock Option shall not have been surrendered prior to seven
years after the Effective Time, and shall not previously have been
required to be escheated to or become the property of any
Governmental Entity, any such Merger Consideration or cash,
dividends or distributions in respect of such Certificate shall, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of
Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person
previously entitled thereto.
(h) Investment of Exchange
Fund . The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the
Exchange Fund, as directed by Parent, on a daily basis. Any
interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be
paid to Parent upon termination of the Exchange Fund.
(i) 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, the Exchange Agent
will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate the Merger Consideration and unpaid dividends and
distributions on shares of Parent Common Stock deliverable in
respect thereof, in each case pursuant to this Agreement.
(j) Withholding Rights
. Each of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and 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 or Common Stock Options 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 the shares of
Company Common Stock in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the
Exchange Agent, as the case may be.
2.3 Further
Assurances.
At and after the Effective Time, the
officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall 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 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.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to Parent and Merger Sub
as set forth in this Article III, subject to the exceptions
disclosed in writing in the disclosure schedules of the Company
delivered herewith (the “ Company Disclosure Schedule
”), each of which representations and warranties are being
relied upon by Parent and Merger Sub as an inducement to enter into
and perform this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed by Parent
and Merger Sub that any matter set forth in any schedule, section
or subsection of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall expressly
not be deemed to constitute an admission by the Company, or
otherwise imply, that any such matter rises to the level of a
Material Adverse Effect or is otherwise material for purposes of
this Agreement or the Company Disclosure Schedule.
3.1 Corporate
Organization.
The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware. The Company has the corporate power and
authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly
licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of any business conducted by it or the character or
location of any properties or assets owned or leased by it makes
such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure
to so qualify or to be in good standing has not had and would not
likely have a Material Adverse Effect. The certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Company, copies of which are
attached at Section 3.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
are true, correct and complete copies of such documents as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement. Section 3.1 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule includes a listing of all jurisdictions
in which the Company is qualified to do business or has assets
and/or conducts operations.
3.2
Capitalization.
The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 41,712,335 shares of Company capital stock, of
which 40,000,000 are designated as Company common stock (“
Company Common Stock ”), par value $.001 per share and
of which 1,712,335 are designated as preferred shares, par value
$.001 per share (“ Company Preferred Shares ”).
As of the date hereof, there are (x) 10,055,398 shares of
Company Common Stock issued and outstanding and no shares of
Company Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury,
(y) 5,830,528 Company Common Stock reserved for issuance upon
exercise of outstanding stock options or otherwise and (z) no
shares of Company Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding, held
in the Company’s treasury or reserved for issuance upon
exercise of outstanding stock options or otherwise. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal
liability attaching to the ownership thereof. The Company does not
have and is not bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, commitments or agreements of any character calling
for the purchase or issuance of any Company Common Stock or Company
Preferred Shares or any other equity security of the Company or any
securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive
any Company Common Stock or any other equity security of the
Company. The Company has no Subsidiaries. There are not as of the
date hereof and there will not be at the Effective Time any
stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or
understandings to which the Company is a party or to which it is
bound relating to the voting of any shares of the capital stock of
the Company. There are no existing rights with respect to the
registration of Company Common Stock under the Securities Act,
including, but not limited to, demand rights or piggy-back
registration rights. Since September 30, 2005 through the date
hereof no options or warrants have been issued or accelerated or
had their terms modified.
3.3 Authority;
No Violation.
(a) The Company has full
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and, subject to receipt of stockholder approval, to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Board of Directors of the
Company has directed that this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby be submitted to the Company’s
stockholders for approval at the Company Stockholders Meeting. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. Other than the
Company Stockholders Meeting, no other corporate proceedings on the
part of the Company are necessary to approve this Agreement or to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and
(assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and
Merger Sub of this Agreement) will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
general principles of equity whether applied in a court of law or a
court of equity and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally.
(b) Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company, nor the consummation by
the Company, of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor
compliance by the Company with any of the terms or provisions
hereof, will (i) violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of the Company or (ii) assuming that
the consents and approvals referred to in Section 3.4 hereof are
duly obtained, (x) violate any Laws applicable to the Company,
or any of its properties or assets, or (y) violate, conflict
with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any
benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice
or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under,
result in the termination of or a right of termination or
cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by, or
result in the creation of any lien, pledge, security interest,
charge or other encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of
the Company under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
Company Contract to which the Company is a party, or by which they
or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or
affected, except that in each case for such violations, breaches,
defaults, or terminations as would not likely have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(c) The Company is not:
(i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws
or similar documents; (ii) in default in the performance of
any obligation, agreement or condition of any debt instrument which
(with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or
both) affords to any Person the right to accelerate any
indebtedness or terminate any right; (iii) in default under or
breach of (with or without the passage of time or the giving of
notice) any other contract to which it is a party or by which it or
its assets are bound; or (iv) in violation of any law,
regulation, administrative order or judicial order, decree or
judgment (domestic or foreign) applicable to it or its business or
assets, except where any violation, default or breach under items
(ii), (iii), or (iv) could not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company.
3.4 Consents
and Approvals.
(a) Except for (i) the
approval of this Agreement by the requisite vote of the
stockholders of the Company, (ii) any required filings with
the SEC and state securities authorities, (iii) the filing of
the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, and (iv) such other filings,
authorizations, consents, notices or approvals as may be set forth
in Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
consents or approvals of or filings or registrations with any
court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental
authority or instrumentality (each a “ Governmental
Entity ”), or with any third party are necessary in
connection with (x) the execution and delivery by the Company
of this Agreement and (y) the consummation by the Company of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, except
in each case for such consents, approvals or filings the failure of
which to be obtained would not likely have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company.
(b) The Company has no
Knowledge of any reason why approval or effectiveness of any of the
applications, notices, filings or waivers thereof referred to in
Section 3.4(a) will not be obtained or granted on a timely
basis.
3.5 Reports and
Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has previously
made available to Parent (including through the SEC’s EDGAR
system) true and complete copies of: (a) the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC for each of the
years ended December 31, 2002 through 2004; (b) the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC
for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and
September 30, 2005; (c) each definitive proxy statement
filed by the Company with the SEC since December 31, 2002; and
(d) all Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with
the SEC since December 31, 2002. As of their respective dates
(or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this
Agreement, then on the date of such filing), such reports, proxy
statements and prospectuses (individually a “ Company SEC
Report ” and collectively, the “ Company SEC
Reports ”) (a) complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and (b) did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The audited consolidated financial statements and
unaudited consolidated interim financial statements included in the
Company SEC Reports (including any related notes and schedules)
complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing with
the SEC, in all material respects with all applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied during the periods involved (except as
otherwise disclosed in the notes thereto, and except that unaudited
statements do not contain footnotes in substance or form required
by GAAP, as is permitted by Form 10-QSB of the Exchange Act) and
fairly presented the financial position of the Company as of the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods or as of the dates then ended (subject, where appropriate,
to normal year-end adjustments). Since December 31, 2002, the
Company has timely filed all reports and other filings required to
be filed by it with the SEC under the rules and regulations of the
SEC.
(b) Since September 30,
2005, there has not been any material change by the Company in
accounting principles, methods or policies for financial accounting
purposes, except as required by concurrent changes in generally
accepted accounting principles. There are no material amendments or
modifications to agreements, documents or other instruments which
previously had been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, which have not been filed
with the SEC but which are required to be filed. The Company
maintains a reasonable process or procedure under which management
of the Company is aware of or authorizes material transactions of
the Company such that such transactions may be recorded on the
quarterly and annual financial reports of the Company in accordance
with GAAP. The Company currently conducts its business in
compliance in all material respects with all laws and regulations
as currently applicable to
the conduct of its business, including applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(c) The Company has no material
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any kind (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to
become due or asserted or unasserted), and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, there is no reasonable basis for the assertion of any
material claim or liability of any nature against the Company,
except for liabilities (i) which are fully reflected in, reserved
against or otherwise described in the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC for the quarter ended
September 30, 2005, (ii) which have been incurred after
the most recent Company SEC Reports in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice, or (iii) which are
obligations to perform under executory contracts in the ordinary
course of business (none of which is a liability resulting from a
breach of contract or warranty, tort, infringement or legal
action).
3.6
Broker’s Fees.
Neither the Company nor any of its
respective officers or directors has employed any broker or finder
or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees, commissions
or finder’s fees in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement other than Q Advisors LLC (“
Q Advisors ”).
3.7 Absence of
Certain Changes or Events.
Except as disclosed in the Company
SEC Reports, since September 30, 2005, except with respect to
the actions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has
conducted its business only in the ordinary course and in a manner
consistent with past practice and, since such date, there has not
been (i) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company,
(ii) any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered
by insurance) on the Company that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company,
(iii) any material change by the Company in its accounting
methods, principles or practices; (iv) any material
revaluation by the Company of any of its assets, including, without
limitation, writing down the value of capitalized Software or
inventory or deferred tax assets or writing off notes or accounts
receivable other than in the ordinary course of business;
(v) any labor dispute or charge of unfair labor practice
(other than routine individual grievances), any activity or
proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize
any employee of the Company or any campaign being conducted to
solicit authorization from employees to be represented by such
labor union in each case which has had a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi) any waiver by the Company of any rights of material value
or (vii) any other action or event that would have required
the consent of Company pursuant to Section 5.1 had such action
or event occurred after the date of this Agreement.
3.8 Legal
Proceedings.
(a) The Company is not a party
to any, and there are no pending or to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, legal, administrative, arbitration or other
proceedings, claims, actions or governmental or regulatory
investigations of any nature against the Company in which, to the
Knowledge of the Company, there is a reasonable probability of any
material recovery against or other material effect upon the Company
or which challenge the validity or propriety of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) There is no injunction,
order, judgment, decree, or regulatory restriction imposed upon the
Company or its assets.
3.9 Taxes and
Tax Returns.
(a) The Company has duly filed
all Tax Returns required to be filed by it on or prior to the date
hereof (all such returns being accurate and complete in all
material respects), except for such failures to file, taken
together, as would not likely have a Material Adverse Effect on
Company, and has duly paid or made provision on the financial
statements for the periods ended December 31, 2004,
March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005
and as referred to in Sections 3.5 and 6.6 hereof in
accordance with GAAP for the payment of all material Taxes which
have been incurred or are due or claimed to be due from it by
Taxing Authorities on or prior to the date hereof other than Taxes
(a) that (x) are not yet delinquent or (y) are being
contested in good faith and set forth in Section 3.9 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, (b) that have not been finally
determined, and (c) the failure to pay, taken together, would
not likely have a Material Adverse Effect. All liability with
respect to the Tax Returns of the Company has been satisfied for
all years prior to and including 2004. The Internal Revenue Service
(“ IRS ”) has not notified the Company of, or to
the Knowledge of the Company otherwise asserted, that there are any
material deficiencies with respect to the federal income Tax
Returns of the Company. There are no material disputes pending, or
to the Knowledge of the Company claims asserted for, Taxes or
assessments upon the Company. In addition, Tax Returns which are
accurate and complete in all material respects have been filed by
the Company for all periods for which returns were due with respect
to income tax withholding, Social Security and unemployment taxes
and the amounts shown on such Tax Returns to be due and payable
have been paid in full or adequate provision therefor in accordance
with GAAP has been included by the Company in the financial
statements for the periods ended December 31, 2004,
March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005
and as referred to in Sections 3.5 and 6.6 hereto. The unpaid
Taxes of the Company (i) did not, as of the date of any
financial statement referred to in its annual reports filed on Form
10-KSB or in Section 6.6 hereto, exceed the reserve for Tax
liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established
to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set
forth on the face of such financial statements (other than the
notes thereto) and (ii) will not exceed such reserve as
adjusted for the passage of time though the Closing Date in
accordance with past custom and practice of the Company in filing
its Tax Returns. The Company has not been asked to consent to, and
has not consented to, any currently effective waiver or extension
of any statute of limitations with respect to any Tax. The Company
has not made an election under Section 341(f) of the Code. The
Company has provided or made available to Parent complete and
correct copies of its Tax Returns and all material correspondence
and documents, if any, relating directly or indirectly to taxes for
the Company’s fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
For this purpose, “correspondence and documents”
include, without limitation, amended Tax Returns, claims for
refunds, notices from Taxing Authorities of proposed changes or
adjustments to Taxes or Tax Returns, consents to assessment or
collection of Taxes, acceptances of proposed adjustments, closing
agreements, rulings and determination letters and requests
therefor, and all other written communications to or from Taxing
Authorities relating to any material Tax liability of the Company.
The Company is not a “foreign person” as that term is
used in § 1.1445-2 of the Treasury Regulations promulgated
under the IRC. The Company is not a “United States real
property holding corporation” within meaning of § 897 of
the IRC and was not a “United States real property holding
corporation” on any “determination date” (as
defined in § 1.897-2(c) of such Regulations) that occurred
during any relevant period.
(b) For purposes of this
Agreement:
“ Tax or Taxes ”
means any tax (including any income tax, capital gains tax,
payroll, employment or withholding tax, value-added tax, franchise
tax, sales or use tax, property tax, net worth tax, gift tax, or
estate tax), levy, assessment, tariff, duty (including any customs
duty), deficiency, or other fee, and any related charge or amount
(including any fine, penalty, interest, or addition to tax),
imposed, assessed, or collected by or under the authority of any
Taxing Authority or payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement
or any other contract relating to the sharing or payment of any
such tax, levy, assessment, tariff, duty, deficiency, or fee.
“ Tax Return ”
means any return (including any information return), report,
statement, schedule, notice, form, or other document or information
filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or
submitted to, any Taxing Authority in connection with the
determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax or in
connection with the administration, implementation, or enforcement
of or compliance with any law, regulation or other legal
requirement relating to any Tax.
“ Taxing Authority
” means any:
(i) nation, state, county,
city, town, village, district, or other jurisdiction of any
nature;
(ii) federal, state, local,
municipal, foreign, or other government;
(iii) governmental or
quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any
governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and
any court or other tribunal);
(iv) multi-national
organization or body; or
(v) body exercising, or
entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of
any nature.
3.10 Employee
Plans.
(a) For purposes of this
Section 3.10, references to the Company shall include the
Company and any other entity which together with the Company would
be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of
Section 4001 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”) or Code
Section 414(b), (c) or (m). Section 3.10(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of
each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA), and each other plan, arrangement or agreement relating to
deferred compensation, fringe benefits, flexible spending or other
benefits of any current or former employee, that is maintained or
contributed to as of the date of this Agreement, or that has within
the last three years been maintained or contributed to, by the
Company or under which the Company has any liability (collectively,
the “ Plans ”).
(b) The Company has heretofore
delivered or made available to Parent true, correct and complete
copies of each of the Plans and all related documents, including
but not limited to (i) the most recent determination letter from
the IRS (if applicable) for such Plan, (ii) the current
summary plan description and any summaries of material
modification, (iii) all annual reports (Form 5500 series) for
each Plan filed for the preceding three plan years, and
(iv) all substantive correspondence relating to any such Plan
addressed to or received from the IRS, the Department of Labor, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental
agency.
(c) (i) Each of the Plans
has been operated and administered in all material respects in
compliance with its terms and applicable Laws, including but not
limited to ERISA and the Code, (ii) each of the Plans intended
to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a)
of the Code is so qualified, any trust created pursuant to any such
Plan is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the
Code, each such Plan has either received from the IRS a favorable
determination letter to such effect upon which the Company is
entitled to rely as to such matters and which is currently
applicable or may rely on a favorable opinion letter from the IRS
as to such matters, and the Company is not aware of any
circumstance or event which would jeopardize the tax-qualified
status of any such Plan or the tax-exempt status of any related
trust, or which would cause the imposition of any liability,
penalty or tax under ERISA or the Code with respect to any Plan,
(iii) no Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA, (iv) no
Plan provides benefits, including, without limitation, death or
medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current
or former employees of the Company beyond their retirement or other
termination of service, other than (w) coverage mandated by
applicable Law, (x) death benefits or retirement benefits
under a Plan that is an “employee pension plan,” as
that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA,
(y) deferred compensation benefits under a Plan that are
accrued as liabilities on the books of the Company, or
(z) benefits the full cost of which is borne by the current or
former employee (or his beneficiary), (vi) no Plan is a
“multiemployer pension plan,” as such term is defined
in Section 3(37) of ERISA, (vii) all contributions or other
amounts payable by the Company as of the Effective Time with
respect to each Plan and all other liabilities of each such entity
with respect to each Plan, in respect of current or prior plan
years have been paid or accrued in accordance with generally
accepted accounting practices and Section 412 of the Code,
(viii) the Company is not aware that it has engaged in a
transaction in connection with which the Company could be subject
to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or
502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or
4976 of the Code, (ix) there are no pending, or to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated claims (other
than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against any
of the Plans or any trusts related thereto by any current or former
employee of the Company, and (x) no Plan, program, agreement
or other arrangement, either individually or collectively, provides
for any payment by the Company that would not be deductible under
Code Sections 162(a)(1), 162(m) or 404 or that would
constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of
Code Section 280G after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement nor would the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement accelerate the time of payment or
vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any
employee.
(d) (A) None of the
employees of the Company is represented in his or her capacity as
an employee of such company by any labor organization; (B) the
Company has not recognized any labor organization nor has any labor
organization been elected as the collective bargaining agent of any
of their employees, nor has the Company signed any collective
bargaining agreement or union contract recognizing any labor
organization as the bargaining agent of any of its employees; and
(C) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no active or
current union organization activity involving the employees of the
Company, nor has there ever been union representation involving
employees of the Company.
(e) The Company has provided to
Parent a description of all written employment policies under which
the Company is operating.
(f) The Company is in
compliance with all Federal, foreign (as applicable), and state
laws regarding employment practices, including laws relating to
workers’ safety, sexual harassment or discrimination, except
where the failure to so be in compliance, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(g) To the Knowledge of the
Company, as of the date hereof, no executive, key employee or group
of employees has any plans to terminate his or her employment with
the Company.
3.11
Contracts.
(a) The Company is not a party
to or bound by any contract, arrangement or commitment
(i) with respect to the employment of any directors, officers,
employees or consultants, (ii) which, upon the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either alone
or upon the occurrence of any additional acts or events) result in
any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due
from Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to any director, officer or employee thereof,
(iii) which materially restricts the conduct of any line of
business by the Company, (iv) with or to a labor union or
guild (including any collective bargaining agreement), or
(v) any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the
vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated by the
occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, or the value of any of the benefits of which will be
calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (including as to this clause (v), any stock option
plan, stock appreciation rights plan, restricted stock plan or
stock purchase plan). There are no employment, consulting and
deferred compensation agreements to which the Company is a party.
Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
a list of all material contracts (as defined in
Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K or otherwise in an
amount greater than $100,000 per annum) of the Company. Each
contract, arrangement or commitment of the type described in this
Section 3.11(a), whether or not set forth in
Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is
referred to herein as a “ Company Contract ,”
and the Company has not received notice of, nor do any executive
officers of such entities know of, any violation of any Company
Contract.
(b) (i) Each Company
Contract is valid and binding and in full force and effect,
(ii) the Company has in all material respects performed all
obligations required to be performed by it to date under each
Company Contract, and (iii) no event or condition exists which
constitutes or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute, a default on the part of the Company under any such
Company Contract, except where such default would not be likely to
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on Company.
3.12
Environmental Matters.
The Company is in material compliance
with all Environmental Laws, except as would not likely have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Company. For purposes of this Section 3.12, the term
“Environmental Law” means any applicable Law
relating to the protection of human health and the environment.
3.13 Properties
and Assets.
Section 3.13 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all real property owned by the
Company; (ii) each real property lease, sublease or
installment purchase arrangement to which the Company is a party;
(iii) a description of each contract for the purchase, sale,
or development of real estate to which the Company is a party; and
(iv) all items of the Company’s tangible personal
property and equipment with a book value of $50,000 or more or
having any annual lease payment of $50,000 or more. Except for
(a) items reflected in the Company’s consolidated
financial statements as of December 31, 2004, as filed in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004, (b) exceptions to title that do
not interfere materially with the Company’s use and enjoyment
of owned or leased real property, (c) liens for current real
estate taxes not yet delinquent, or being contested in good faith,
properly reserved against (and reflected on the financial
statements referred to in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004), and
(d) items listed in Section 3.13 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has good and, as to owned real
property, marketable and insurable title to all their properties
and assets, free and clear of all liens, claims, charges and other
encumbrances. The Company, as lessee, has the right under valid and
subsisting leases to occupy, use and possess all property leased by
them, and the Company has not experienced any material uninsured
damage or destruction with respect to such properties since
December 31, 2004. All properties and assets used by the
Company are in good operating condition and repair suitable for the
purposes for which they are currently utilized and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, comply in all material respects with all
Laws relating thereto now in effect or scheduled to come into
effect. The Company enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession
under all leases for the use of all property under which it is the
lessee, and all leases to which the Company is a party are valid
and binding obligations in accordance with the terms thereof. The
Company is not in default with respect to any such lease, and there
has occurred no default by the Company or event which with the
lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a
default under any such lease, except where such default is not
likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no Laws,
conditions of record, or other impediments which interfere
materially with the intended use by the Company of any of the
property owned, leased, or occupied by it.
3.14
Insurance.
Section 3.14 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete list of
all insurance policies and bonds maintained by the Company,
including the name of the insurer, the policy number, the type of
policy and any applicable deductibles, and all such insurance
policies and bonds or other insurance policies and bonds that have,
from time to time, in respect of the nature of the risks insured
against and amount of coverage provided are in full force and
effect and have been in full force and effect since their
respective dates of inception. As of the date hereof, the Company
has not received any notice of cancellation or amendment of any
such policy or bond or is in default under any such policy or bond,
no coverage thereunder is being disputed and all material claims
thereunder have been filed in a timely fashion. True, correct and
complete copies of all such policies and bonds reflected at
Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as in effect
on the date hereof, have been made available to Parent.
3.15 Compliance
with Applicable Laws.
The Company has complied in all
material respects with all Laws applicable to it or to the
operation of its business, except where such noncompliance is not
likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has
not received any notice of any material alleged or threatened
claim, violation, or liability under any such Laws that has not
heretofore been cured and for which there is no remaining
liability.
3.16
Affiliates.
Each director, executive officer and
other person who is an “affiliate” (for purposes of
Rule 145 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”)) of the Company is listed at
Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as set
forth in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this
Agreement, since the date of Company’s last proxy statement
to its stockholders, no event has occurred that would be required
to be reported by Company as a Certain Relationship or Related
Transaction, pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC.
3.17 Ownership
of Parent Common Stock.
Neither the Company nor any of its
directors, executive officers, or affiliates (as used above in
Section 3.16) (i) beneficially own, directly or
indirectly through an affiliate, or (ii) is a party to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of, in each case, any
shares of outstanding capital stock of Parent (other than those
agreements, arrangements or understandings specifically
contemplated hereby).
3.18 Fairness
Opinion.
The Company has received an opinion
from Q Advisors to the effect that, in its opinion, the
consideration to be paid to stockholders of the Company hereunder
is fair to such stockholders from a financial point of view.
3.19
Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 3.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a correct and complete list of
all Company Registered Intellectual Property and all material
unregistered copyrights, trademarks and service marks of the
Company.
(b) To the Company’s
Knowledge, no Intellectual Property owned by the Company and no
Company Proprietary Software is subject to any proceeding or
outstanding consent, decree, order or judgment (i) restricting
in any manner the use thereof by the Company or (ii) that may
affect the validity or enforceability thereof. To the
Company’s Knowledge, no Intellectual Property licensed to the
Company and no Company Licensed Software, either of which is
material to the operations of the Company, is subject to any
proceeding or outstanding consent, decree, order or judgment (i)
restricting in any manner the use thereof by the Company or
(ii) that may affect the validity or enforceability
thereof.
(c) Each item of Company
Registered Intellectual Property is subsisting and in full force in
all material respects. All necessary registration, maintenance and
renewal fees currently due and owing in connection with Company
Registered Intellectual Property have been paid and all necessary
documents, recordations and certifications in connection with the
Company Registered Intellectual Property have been filed with the
relevant patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the
United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of maintaining such Company Registered Intellectual
Property and recording ownership by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of such Company Registered Intellectual Property.
(d) The Company is the sole and
exclusive owner of each item of Intellectual Property used by the
Company, other than Intellectual Property that is licensed to the
Company, free and clear of any Lien, except Permitted Liens.
(e) Section 3.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a correct and complete list
of (i) the Company Proprietary Software, and (ii) the
Company Licensed Software.
(f) To the Knowledge of the
Company, the operations of the Company as currently conducted,
including the Company’s design, development, manufacture,
use, reproduction, display, marketing and sale of the products or
services (including Software) of the Company do not infringe or
misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party.
(g) The Company has no
Knowledge and has not received written notice from any third party
that the operations of the Company as currently conducted, or any
current product or service of the Company infringes or
misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any third party.
(h) To the Knowledge of the
Company, no Person is infringing or misappropriating any Company
Intellectual Property that is owned by or exclusively licensed to
the Company.
(i) The Company has taken
commercially reasonable steps to protect the rights of the Company
in the Confidential Information and any trade secret or
confidential information of third Parties used by the Company.
(j) The Company maintains in
place and has taken commercially reasonable steps to enforce
appropriate policies designed to ensure that all Intellectual
Property owned by the Company and developed by employees of the
Company is developed by such employees while working within the
scope of their employment at the time of such development. Where
appropriate, the Company has taken commercially reasonable steps to
require its agents, consultants, contractors or other Persons to
execute appropriate instruments of assignment in favor of the
Company as assignee to convey to the Company ownership of
Intellectual Property developed by such agents, consultants,
contractors or other Persons on behalf of the Company.
3.20 Company
Information.
This Agreement does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. The
Company notice of the Company Stockholders Meeting (except for the
portions thereof relating solely to Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, as to which the Company makes no representation or
warranty) will comply in all material respects with the provisions
of the DGCL.
3.21 Proxy
Materials; Registration Statement; Other Information.
None of the information supplied or
to be supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the
registration of the Parent Common Stock and the Contingent Value
Rights (the “ Registration Statement ”) or the
letter to stockholders, notice of meeting, proxy statement and form
of proxy to be distributed to Company stockholders in connection
with the Merger and any schedules required to be filed with the SEC
in connection therewith (collectively, the “ Proxy
Materials ”) will (i) in the case of the
Registration Statement, at the time it becomes effective or at the
Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading,
or (ii) in the case of the Proxy Materials, at the time of the
mailing of any of the Proxy Materials and at the time of the
Company Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any
event with respect to the Company, its officers and directors
should occur which is required to be described in an amendment of,
or a supplement to, the Proxy Materials or the Registration
Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Parent, such event
shall be so described, and such amendment or supplement shall be
promptly filed with the SEC and, as required by law, disseminated
to the stockholders of the Company and Parent. The Registration
Statement will (with respect to the Company) comply as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Proxy
Materials will (with respect to the Company) comply as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with
respect to any information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub which
is contained in any of the foregoing documents.
3.22
Unlawful Payments and Contributions .
To the Knowledge of the Company,
neither the Company nor any of its respective directors, officers,
employees or agents has, with respect to the businesses of the
Company, (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution,
endorsement, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating
to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or
(iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other unlawful payment to any Person or entity.
3.23
Listings .
The Company’s securities are
not listed, or quoted, for trading on any U.S. domestic or foreign
securities exchange.
3.24
Permits.
The Company holds all licenses,
permits, registrations, orders, authorizations, approvals and
franchises which are required to permit it to conduct its business
as presently conducted, except where the failure to hold such
licenses, permits, registrations, orders, authorizations, approvals
or franchises could not reasonably be expected to, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
All such licenses, permits, registrations, orders, authorizations,
approvals and franchises are now, and will be after the Closing,
valid and in full force and effect, and Surviving Corporation shall
have full benefit of the same, except where the failure to be valid
and in full force and effect or to have the benefit of any such
license, permit, registration, order, authorization, approval or
franchise could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or
Surviving Corporation. The Company has not received any
notification of any asserted present failure (or past and
unremedied failure) by it to have obtained any such license,
permit, registration, order, authorization, approval or franchise,
except where such failure could not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company or Surviving Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub hereby make the
following representations and warranties to Company as set forth in
this Article IV, subject to the exceptions disclosed in
writing in the disclosure schedules of the Parent and Merger Sub
delivered herewith (the “ Parent and Merger Sub Disclosure
Schedule ”), each of which representations and warranties
are being relied upon by Company as an inducement to enter into and
perform this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed by Company
that any matter set forth in any schedule, section or subsection of
the Parent and Merger Sub Disclosure Schedule shall expressly not
be deemed to constitute an admission by the Parent and/or Merger
Sub, as the case may be, or otherwise imply, that any such matter
rises to the level of a Material Adverse Effect or is otherwise
material for purposes of this Agreement or the Parent and Merger
Sub Disclosure Schedule.
4.1 Corporate
Organization.
Each of Parent, Merger Sub and
Parent’s other Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their state
or incorporation of organization. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and
Parent’s other Subsidiaries has the corporate power and
authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly
licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of any business conducted by it or the character or
location of any properties or assets owned or leased by it makes
such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure
to so qualify or to be in good standing has not had and would not
likely have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. The certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of Parent, Merger Sub and Parent’s
other Subsidiaries, copies of which are attached at
Section 4.1 of the Parent and Merger Sub Disclosure Schedule,
are true, correct and complete copies of such documents as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement. Gupta Technologies, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, David Corporation, a California
corporation, Foresight Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Process Software, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Profitkey International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and TAC/Halo, LLC (d/b/a Tesseract), a Delaware limited liability
company are the only Subsidiaries of Parent, that qualify as a
“ Significant Subsidiary ” as such term is
defined in Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”).
Section 4.1 of the Parent and Merger Sub Disclosure Schedule
includes a listing of all jurisdictions in which Parent is
qualified to do business or has assets and/or conducts
operations.
4.2
Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital
stock of Parent consists of 150,000,000 shares of common stock
(“ Parent Common Stock ”), par value $0.00001
per share and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.00001 per share (“ Parent Preferred Shares
”), of which 16,000,000 shares of Series C Preferred
Stock have been designated and 8,863,636 shares of Series D
Preferred Stock have been designated. As of the date hereof, there
are (i) 3,648,537 shares of Parent Common Stock issued and
outstanding and 0 shares of Parent Common Stock held in
Parent’s treasury, (ii) 56,327,111 shares of Parent
Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding
stock options or otherwise, (iii) 13,802,837 shares of
Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and (iv)
7,045,454 shares of Series D Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding. There no issued and outstanding shares of
Parent’s Series A Preferred Stock or Series B
Preferred Stock. All of the issued and outstanding Parent Common
Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal
liability attaching to the ownership thereof. Except as disclosed
in the Parent SEC Reports, Parent does not have and is not bound by
any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls,
commitments or agreements of any character calling for the
purch