AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AND REORGANIZATION
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND
REORGANIZATION (the “ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into as of January 11, 2007, by and among SP Holding
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent
”), Organic Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation
and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub
”), and Organic Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ Company ”).
R E C I T A L
S
A. The Boards of Directors of Company, Parent and
Merger Sub believe it is in the best interests of their respective
companies and the stockholders of their respective companies that
Company and Merger Sub combine into a single company through the
statutory merger of Merger Sub with and into Company (the “
Merger ”) and, in furtherance thereof, have approved
the Merger.
B. Pursuant to the Merger, among other things, the
outstanding shares of Company common stock, $.001 par value
(“ Company Common Stock ”), the outstanding
shares of the Company preferred stock, $.001 par value (“
Company Preferred Stock ”), as well as certain other
securities, shall be converted into shares of Parent Common Stock,
$.001 par value (“ Parent Common Stock ”) and
other securities of Parent, at the rate set forth
herein.
C. Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make
certain representations and warranties and other agreements in
connection with the Merger.
D. The parties intend, by executing this
Agreement, to adopt a plan of reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “ Code ”), and to cause the Merger to
qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of
Section 368 of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
covenants and representations set forth herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
THE
MERGER
1.1
The
Merger . At the
Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2 ) and subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
Certificate of Merger substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A and in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“
Delaware Law ”), Merger Sub shall be merged with and
into Company, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall
cease and Company shall continue as the surviving corporation.
Company as the surviving corporation after the Merger is
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “ Surviving
Corporation .”
1.2
Closing; Effective
Time . The
closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “
Closing ”) shall take place as soon as practicable
after the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set
forth in Article VI hereof or at such other time as the
parties hereto agree (the “ Closing Date ”). The
Closing shall take place at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP,
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, California
90067, or at such other location as the parties hereto agree. In
connection with the Closing, the parties hereto shall cause the
Merger to be consummated by filing the Certificate of Merger with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with
the relevant provisions of Delaware Law (the time of such filing
being the “ Effective Time ”).
1.3
Effect of the
Merger . At the
Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in
this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the applicable
provisions of Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the
property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises of
Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and
all debts, liabilities and duties of Company and Merger Sub shall
become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving
Corporation.
1.4
Effect on Capital
Stock . By
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger
Sub, Company or the holders of any of the following
securities:
(a)
Conversion of Company
Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock
. At the Effective Time, each share
of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any
shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock to be
canceled pursuant to Section 1.4(b) ) will be canceled
and extinguished and be converted automatically into the right to
receive 0.77616 shares of Parent Common Stock, subject to any
adjustments made pursuant to Section 1.4(e) (the
“ Exchange Ratio ”).
(b)
Cancellation of Company
Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock Owned by
Company . At
the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock and Company
Preferred Stock that are owned by Company as treasury stock and
each share of Company Common Stock owned by any direct or indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any
conversion thereof.
(c)
Options and Warrants to
Purchase Company Common Stock; Convertible Promissory
Notes . At the Effective Time, (i) all options to
purchase Company Common Stock then outstanding, and all warrants to
purchase Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock shall be
converted into the right to receive options and warrants to
purchase Parent Common Stock in accordance with
Section 5.8 ; and (ii) all then outstanding
promissory notes convertible into Company’s capital stock,
other than the convertible promissory note issued to United Natural
Foods, Inc. and the convertible promissory note
issued to
Satellite Credit Opportunities Fund, Ltd., will be repaid or
cancelled, extinguished and be converted automatically into the
right to receive such number of shares of Parent Common Stock based
on the Exchange Ratio and as if such notes were converted
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(d)
Capital Stock of Merger
Sub . At the
Effective Time, each share of common stock, $.001 par value, of
Merger Sub (“ Merger Sub Common Stock ”) issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation,
and the Surviving Corporation shall be a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent. Each stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership
of any such shares shall continue to evidence ownership of such
shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(e)
Adjustments to Exchange
Ratio . The
Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any
stock split, reverse split, stock dividend (including any dividend
or distribution of securities convertible into Parent Common Stock,
Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock), reorganization,
recapitalization or other like change with respect to Parent Common
Stock or Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock occurring
after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, so as to
provide holders of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock
and Parent the same economic effect as contemplated by this
Agreement prior to such stock split, reverse split, stock dividend,
reorganization, recapitalization or like change.
(f)
No Fractional
Shares . No
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in
connection with the Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any
such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of Company
Common Stock and/or Company Preferred Stock who would otherwise be
entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock
(after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable to such holder) shall, in lieu of such fraction of a
share, be paid in cash the dollar amount (rounded to the nearest
whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying such
fraction by the closing bid price of a share of Parent Common Stock
on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“ OTC BB
”) on the date the Merger becomes
effective.
1.5
Surrender of
Certificates .
(a)
Exchange
Agent .
Parent’s transfer agent shall act as exchange agent (the
“ Exchange Agent ”) in the Merger.
(b)
Parent to Provide Common
Stock . Promptly
after the Effective Time, Parent shall make available to the
Exchange Agent for exchange in accordance with this
Article I , through such reasonable procedures as
Parent may adopt, the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable
pursuant to Section 1.4(a) in exchange for shares of
Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (provided that delivery
of
any shares that
are subject to vesting and/or repurchase rights or other
restrictions shall be in book entry form until such vesting and/or
repurchase rights or other restrictions lapse).
(c)
Exchange
Procedures .
Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange
Agent to mail to each holder of record of a certificate or
certificates (the “ Certificates ”) which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, as well
as to all Company optionholders, warrantholders and noteholders, as
applicable, whose shares, options, warrants and notes were
converted into the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock
and options and warrants to purchase Parent Common Stock pursuant
to Section 1.4 , (i) a letter of transmittal (which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and
title to the Certificates, the option agreements and/or the warrant
agreements shall pass, only upon receipt of the Certificates, the
Company option agreements and/or the Company warrant agreements by
the Exchange Agent, and shall be in such form and have such other
provisions as Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions
for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates, the Company
option agreements and/or the Company warrant agreements in exchange
for certificates or agreements (or book entries in the case of
shares that are subject to vesting and/or repurchase rights or
other restrictions) representing shares of Parent Common Stock and
options and warrants to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock.
Upon surrender of a Certificate, an option agreement and/or a
warrant agreement for cancellation to the Exchange Agent or to such
other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with
such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in
accordance with the instructions thereto, the holder of such
Certificate, Company option agreement and/or Company warrant
agreement shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a
certificate (or book entry in the case of shares that are subject
to vesting and/or repurchase rights or other restrictions)
representing the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock
and/or options and/or warrants to purchase shares of Parent Common
Stock, and the amount in cash in lieu of any fractional shares of
Parent Common Stock, if any, which such holder has the right to
receive pursuant to Section 1.4 , and the Certificate,
Company option agreement and/or Company warrant agreement so
surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. Until so surrendered, each
outstanding Certificate that, prior to the Effective Time,
represented shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred
Stock and each option and warrant to purchase shares of Company
Common Stock and/or Company Preferred Stock, will be deemed from
and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, other
than the payment of dividends with respect to the capital stock, to
evidence (i) the ownership of the number of full shares of Parent
Common Stock into which such shares of Company Common Stock and
Company Preferred Stock shall have been so converted, (ii) the
ownership of the number of options and warrants to purchase shares
of Parent Common Stock into which such Company options and warrants
shall have been so converted, and (iii) the right to receive the
amount in cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Parent Common
Stock, if any, in accordance with Section 1.4
.
(d)
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 will be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered
Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock
represented thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate
shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to applicable law,
following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to
the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of
Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest,
at the time of such surrender, the amount of any such dividends or
other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time
theretofore payable (but for the provisions of this
Section 1.5(d) ) with respect to such shares of Parent
Common Stock.
(e)
Transfers of
Ownership . If
any certificate for shares of Parent Common Stock is to be issued
in a name other than that in which the Certificate surrendered in
exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of the
issuance thereof that the Certificate so surrendered will be
properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and
that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent
or any agent designated by it any transfer or other taxes required
by reason of the issuance of a certificate for shares of Parent
Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder
of the Certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction
of Parent or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid
or is not payable.
(f)
No
Liability .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 1.5 , none of the Exchange Agent, the Surviving
Corporation, Parent or any party hereto shall be liable to any
person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant
to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
1.6
No Further Ownership
Rights in Company Common Stock . All shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon
the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Common Stock,
Company Preferred Stock and certain of Company’s convertible
promissory notes then outstanding in accordance with the terms
hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of
all rights pertaining to such securities, and there shall be no
further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Corporation of shares of Company Common Stock, shares of Company
Preferred Stock and Company’s convertible promissory notes
which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If,
after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the
Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and
exchanged as provided in this Article I .
1.7
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates .
In the event any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such shares of Parent
Common Stock as may be required pursuant to Section 1.4
; provided, however, that Parent may, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of
such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificates to
deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent with respect to the Certificates
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
1.8
Tax
Consequences .
It is intended by the parties hereto that the Merger shall
constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368
of the Code.
1.9
Withholding
Rights . Parent
and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the number of shares of Parent Common Stock otherwise
deliverable under this Agreement, such amounts as Parent and the
Surviving Corporation are required, and Company acknowledges and
agrees are required, to deduct and withhold with respect to such
delivery and payment under the Code or any provision of state,
local, provincial or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts
are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been delivered and paid to the
holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made by Parent and the Surviving
Corporation.
1.10
Termination of Exchange
Agent Funding .
Any certificates for shares of Parent Common Stock held by the
Exchange Agent which have not been delivered to holders of
Certificates pursuant to this Article I within six (6)
months after the Effective Time shall promptly be delivered to
Parent, and thereafter holders of Certificates who have not
theretofore complied with the exchange procedures set forth in and
contemplated by Section 1.5 shall thereafter look only
to Parent (subject to abandoned property, escheat and similar laws)
for their claim for shares of Parent Common Stock and any dividends
or distributions (with a record date after the Effective Time) with
respect to Parent Common Stock to which they are
entitled.
1.11
Taking of Necessary
Action; Further Action . If, at any time after the Effective Time, any
further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes
of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full
right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of Company and Merger Sub, the
officers and directors of Company and Merger Sub are fully
authorized in the name of their respective corporations or
otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary
action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this
Agreement.
1.12
Shares Subject to
Appraisal Rights .
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1.4 ,
Dissenting Shares (as hereinafter defined) shall not be converted
into a right to receive Parent Common Stock and the holders thereof
shall be entitled only to such rights as are granted by Delaware
Law. Each holder of Dissenting Shares who becomes entitled to
payment for such shares pursuant to Delaware Law shall receive
payment therefor from the Surviving Corporation in accordance with
the Delaware Law, provided, however, that (i) if any
stockholder of Company who asserts appraisal rights in connection
with the Merger (a “ Dissenter ”) has failed to
establish his entitlement to such
rights as
provided in Delaware Law, or (ii) if any such Dissenter has
effectively withdrawn his demand for payment for such shares or
waived or lost his right to payment for his shares under the
appraisal rights process under Delaware Law the shares of Company
Common Stock held by such Dissenter shall be treated as if they had
been converted, as of the Effective Time, into a right to receive
Parent Common Stock and as provided in Section 1.4 .
Company shall give Parent prompt notice of any demands for payment
received by Company from a person asserting appraisal rights, and
Parent shall have the right to participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. Company shall not, except
with the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with
respect to, or settlement or offer to settle, any such
demands.
(b) As used herein, “ Dissenting
Shares ” means any shares of Company Common Stock and
Company Preferred Stock held by stockholders of Company who are
entitled to appraisal rights under Delaware Law, and who have
properly exercised, perfected and not subsequently withdrawn or
lost or waived their rights to demand payment with respect to their
shares in accordance with Delaware Law.
ARTICLE
II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
In this Agreement, any reference to any event,
change, condition or effect being “ material ”
with respect to any person means any material event, change,
condition or effect related to the condition (financial or
otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible assets),
liabilities, business, operations or results of operations of such
person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. In this Agreement,
any reference to a “ Material Adverse Effect ”
with respect to any person means any event, change or effect that
is materially adverse to the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties, assets, liabilities, business, operations or results of
operations of such person and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
In this Agreement, any reference to the
Company’s “ knowledge ” means the actual
knowledge of Jason Brown, the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer, after reasonable inquiry (within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“ Securities
Act ”)).
Except as disclosed in that section of the
document of even date herewith delivered by Company to Parent prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “
Company Disclosure Schedule ”) corresponding to the
Section of this Agreement to which any of the following
representations and warranties specifically relate or as disclosed
in another section of the Company Disclosure Schedule if it is
reasonably apparent from the nature of the disclosure that it is
applicable to another Section of this Agreement, Company represents
and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
2.1
Organization, Standing
and Power . Each
of Company and its subsidiaries is a corporation or limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing
and in good
standing, and no certificates of dissolution have been filed under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of Company and
its subsidiaries has the power to own its properties and to carry
on its business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to
be conducted and is duly authorized and qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure
to be so qualified and in good standing would have a Material
Adverse Effect on Company. Company has delivered or made available
to Parent a true and correct copy of the Certificate of
Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation
”), and the Bylaws, or other charter documents, as
applicable, of Company and each of its subsidiaries, each as
amended to date. Neither Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of any of the provisions of its respective charter or
bylaws or equivalent organization documents. Company is the direct
or indirect owner of all outstanding shares of capital stock of
each of its subsidiaries and all such shares are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each such subsidiary are
owned by Company free and clear of all liens, charges, claims or
encumbrances or rights of others. There are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, rights, exchangeable
or convertible securities or other commitments or agreements of any
character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock or other
securities of any such subsidiary, or otherwise obligating Company
or any such subsidiary to issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire any such securities. Company does not directly
or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any
interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity
or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture
or other business association or entity.
2.2
Capital
Structure . The
authorized capital stock of Company consists of 15,100,000 shares
of common stock, $.001 par value, and 9,670,000 shares of preferred
stock, $.001 par value, of which there were issued and outstanding
as of the close of business as of the date hereof, 4,271,888 shares
of common stock and 8,109,287 shares of preferred stock. There are
no other outstanding shares of capital stock or voting securities
and no outstanding commitments to issue any shares of capital stock
or voting securities after the date hereof, other than upon the
exercise of options outstanding as of such date, and warrants and
convertible promissory notes issued in conjunction with various
common stock, preferred stock and convertible note financings. All
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred
Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and are free of any liens or encumbrances other than
any liens or encumbrances created by or imposed upon the holders
thereof, and are not subject to preemptive rights or rights of
first refusal created by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of Company or any agreement to which Company is a party
or by which it is bound. As of the date hereof, Company has
reserved (i) 1,029,432 shares of its common stock for issuance
to employees, consultants and directors pursuant to stock option
agreements, of which no shares have been issued pursuant to option
exercises and 1,029,432 shares are subject to outstanding,
unexercised options, (ii) 1,733,150 shares of common stock
for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase common
stock, (iii) 1,402,843 shares of preferred stock for issuance
pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase preferred stock,
(iv) up to approximately 4,410,684 shares of common stock for
issuance upon conversion of the outstanding convertible promissory
bridge notes assuming a conversion price of $1.17 and excluding any
accrued and unpaid interest, (v)
approximately
636,752 shares of common stock for issuance upon conversion of the
outstanding convertible promissory note issued to United Natural
Foods, Inc. assuming a conversion price of $1.17 and excluding any
accrued and unpaid interest, and (v) 448,718 shares of common stock
for issuance upon conversion of the outstanding convertible
promissory note issued to Satellite Credit Opportunities Fund, Ltd.
assuming a conversion price of $1.17 and excluding any accrued and
unpaid interest. Except for (i) the rights created pursuant to this
Agreement, (ii) the Company’s rights to repurchase any
unvested shares under the stock option agreements, and (iii) the
warrants and convertible securities listed on Schedule 2.2
of the Company Disclosure Schedule , there are no other
options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any
character to which Company is a party or by which it is bound
obligating Company to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem,
or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed,
any shares of capital stock of Company or obligating Company to
grant, extend, accelerate the vesting and/or repurchase rights of,
change the price of, or otherwise amend or enter into any such
option, warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement. There are no
contracts, commitments or agreements relating to voting, purchase
or sale of Company’s capital stock (i) between or among
Company and any of its stockholders and (ii) to the best of
Company’s knowledge, between or among any of Company’s
stockholders. The terms of the Company’s stock option
agreements permit the assumption or substitution of options to
purchase Parent Common Stock as provided in this Agreement, without
the consent or approval of the holders of such securities or
stockholders. True and complete copies of all such stock option
agreements have been made available to Parent and such agreements
and instruments have not been amended, modified or supplemented,
and there are no agreements to amend, modify or supplement such
agreements or instruments in any case from the form made available
to Parent.
2.3
Authority . Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to the adoption of
this Agreement by Company’s stockholders holding a majority
of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and a majority of
the outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock and approval by
certain warrantholders of the terms of this Agreement that may be
applicable to them, as contemplated by Section 6.1(a) .
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company, subject
only to the adoption of this Agreement by Company’s
stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock and a majority of the outstanding shares of
Company Preferred Stock and approval by certain warrantholders of
the terms of this Agreement that may be applicable to them, as
contemplated by Section 6.1(a) . This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by Company and constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of Company enforceable against Company
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy and other laws affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors generally and general principles of equity.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Company does not,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default under
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to
a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation or loss of any benefit under (i) any provision of
the
Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of Company or any of its subsidiaries, as
amended, or (ii) any material mortgage, indenture, lease, contract
or other agreement or instrument, permit, concession, franchise,
license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their properties or assets, except where such conflict,
violation, default, termination, cancellation or acceleration with
respect to the foregoing provisions of (ii) could not have had and
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on Company. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any court, administrative
agency or commission or other governmental authority or
instrumentality (“ Governmental Entity ”) is
required by or with respect to Company or any of its subsidiaries
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, except for (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger as
provided in Section 1.2 ; (ii) such consents,
approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and
filings as may be required under applicable state securities laws
and the securities laws of any foreign country; (iii) such filings,
if any, as may be required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“ HSR ”);
and (iv) such other consents, authorizations, filings,
approvals and registrations which, if not obtained or made, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on Company and would not
prevent, or materially alter or delay any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
2.4 Financial Statements
.
(a) Company has provided to Parent a correct and
complete copy of the audited consolidated financial statements
(including any related notes thereto) of Company for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005 (the “ Audited Financial
Statements ”). The Audited Financial Statements were
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles of the United States (“ GAAP ”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), and each fairly
presents in all material respects the financial position of Company
at the respective dates thereof and the results of its operations
and cash flows for the periods indicated.
(b) Company has provided to Parent a correct and
complete copy of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the Company for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006 (the
“ Unaudited Financial Statements ”). The
Unaudited Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved,
and fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of the Company at the date thereof and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the period indicated, except that
such statements do not contain notes and are subject to normal
adjustments that are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on Company.
2.5
Absence of Certain
Changes . Since
September 30, 2006 (the “ Company Balance Sheet Date
”), Company has conducted its business in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice and there has not occurred: (i) any
change, event or condition (whether or not covered by insurance)
that has resulted in, or is reasonably
likely to
result in, or to the best of Company’s knowledge any event
beyond Company’s control that is reasonably likely to result
in, a Material Adverse Effect to Company; (ii) any acquisition,
sale or transfer of any material asset of Company or any of its
subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice; (iii) any change in accounting
methods or practices (including any change in depreciation or
amortization policies or rates) by Company or any revaluation by
Company of any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ assets;
(iv) any declaration, setting aside, or payment of a dividend or
other distribution with respect to the shares of Company, or any
direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition by
Company of any of its shares of capital stock; (v) any material
contract entered into by Company or any of its subsidiaries, other
than in the ordinary course of business and as provided to Parent,
or any amendment or termination of, or default under, any material
contract to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
by which it is bound; (vi) any amendment or change to the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; or (vii) any increase in or
modification of the compensation or benefits payable, or to become
payable, by Company to any of its directors or employees, other
than pursuant to scheduled annual performance reviews, provided
that any resulting modifications are in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with Company’s past practices.
Company has not agreed since September 30, 2006 to take any of the
actions described in the preceding clauses (i) through (vii) and is
not currently involved in any negotiations to do any of the things
described in the preceding clauses (i) through (vii) (other than
negotiations with Parent and its representatives regarding the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement).
2.6
Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities .
Company has no material obligations or liabilities of any nature
(matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent) other than (i) those
set forth or adequately provided for in the Balance Sheet included
in Company Financial Statements for the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2006 (the “ Company Balance Sheet
”), (ii) those incurred in the ordinary course of business
and not required to be set forth in the Company Balance Sheet under
GAAP, (iii) those incurred in the ordinary course of business since
the Company Balance Sheet date and not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Company; and (iv) those incurred in
connection with the execution of this Agreement.
2.7
Litigation . There is no private or governmental action,
suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration, audit or investigation
pending before any agency, court or tribunal, foreign or domestic,
or, to the knowledge of Company or any of its subsidiaries,
threatened against Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or any of their respective officers or
directors (in their capacities as such) that, individually or in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Company. There is no injunction, judgment,
decree, order or regulatory restriction imposed upon Company or any
of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or business,
or, to the knowledge of Company and its subsidiaries, any of their
respective directors or officers (in their capacities as such),
that would prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Company. Schedule 2.7 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all actions, suits, proceedings,
claims,
arbitrations, audits and investigations pending before any agency,
court or tribunal that involve Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
2.8
Restrictions on Business
Activities .
There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree
binding upon Company or any of its subsidiaries which has or
reasonably could be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or
materially impairing any business practice of Company or any of its
subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by Company or any of its
subsidiaries or the conduct of business by Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
2.9
Governmental
Authorization .
Company and each of its subsidiaries have obtained each federal,
state, county, local or foreign governmental consent, license,
permit, grant, or other authorization of a Governmental Entity (i)
pursuant to which Company or any of its subsidiaries currently
operates or holds any interest in any of its properties or (ii)
that is required for the operation of Company’s or any of its
subsidiaries’ business or the holding of any such interest
((i) and (ii) herein collectively called “ Company
Authorizations ”), and all of such Company Authorizations
are in full force and effect, except where the failure to obtain or
have any of such Company Authorizations or where the failure of
such Company Authorizations to be in full force and effect could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Company.
2.10
Title to
Property .
Company and its subsidiaries have good and valid title to all of
their respective properties, interests in properties and assets,
real and personal, reflected in the Company Balance Sheet or
acquired after the Company Balance Sheet Date (except properties,
interests in properties and assets sold or otherwise disposed of
since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of
business), or in the case of leased properties and assets, valid
leasehold interests in, free and clear of all mortgages, liens,
pledges, charges or encumbrances of any kind or character, except
(i) the lien of current taxes not yet due and payable, (ii) such
imperfections of title, liens and easements as do not and will not
materially detract from or interfere with the use of the properties
subject thereto or affected thereby, or otherwise materially impair
business operations involving such properties, (iii) liens securing
debt which is reflected on the Company Balance Sheet, and (iv)
liens that in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on Company. The plants, property and equipment of Company
and its subsidiaries that are used in the operations of their
businesses are in good operating condition and repair, except where
the failure to be in good operating condition or repair would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. All properties used in the
operations of Company and its subsidiaries are reflected in the
Company Balance Sheet to the extent generally accepted accounting
principles require the same to be reflected. Schedule 2.10
of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each parcel of
real property owned or leased by Company or any of its
subsidiaries. No lease relating to a foreign parcel contains any
extraordinary payment obligation.
2.11
Intellectual
Property .
(a) Company and its subsidiaries own, or are
licensed or otherwise possess legally enforceable and unencumbered
rights to use, all patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks,
domain names, copyrights, and any applications therefor, maskworks,
schematics, trade secrets, computer software programs (in both
source code, except in circumstances where Company or its
subsidiary only possesses a license to the object code form, and
object code form), and tangible or intangible proprietary
information or material (“ Intellectual Property
”) that are used in the business of Company and its
subsidiaries (“ Company Intellectual Property
”). Company owns and possesses source code for all software
owned by Company and owns or has valid licenses and possesses
source code for all products owned, distributed and presently
supported by Company. Company has not (i) licensed any Company
Intellectual Property in source code form to any party or (ii)
entered into any exclusive agreements relating to Company
Intellectual Property. No royalties or other continuing payment
obligations are due in respect of Third Party Intellectual Property
Rights (as defined below).
(b) Schedule 2.11(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists (i) all
patents and patent applications and all registered trademarks,
trade names and service marks, registered copyrights, and maskworks
included in the Company Intellectual Property, including the
jurisdictions in which each such Intellectual Property right has
been issued or registered or in which any application for such
issuance and registration has been filed, (ii) all material
non-registered Intellectual Property, (iii) all licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements as to which Company is a party and
pursuant to which any person is authorized to use any Company
Intellectual Property (except for non-material licenses entered
into by Company in the ordinary course of business), and (iv) all
licenses, sublicenses and other agreements as to which Company is a
party and pursuant to which Company is authorized to use any third
party patents, trademarks or copyrights, including software
(“ Third Party Intellectual Property Rights ”)
which are incorporated in, are, or form a part of any Company
product, other than commercially available, off-the-shelf
software.
(c) To Company’s knowledge, there is no
unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement or misappropriation of
any Company Intellectual Property rights, or any Intellectual
Property right of any third party to the extent licensed by or
through Company or any of its subsidiaries, to any third party,
including any employee or former employee of Company or any of its
subsidiaries. Neither Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
entered into any agreement to indemnify any entity against any
charge of infringement of any Intellectual Property, other than
indemnification provisions contained in purchase orders, license
agreements, and distribution and other customer
agreements.
(d) Company is not, nor will it be as a result of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement, in breach of any license,
sublicense or other agreement relating to the Company Intellectual
Property or Third Party Intellectual Property Rights.
(e) To Company’s knowledge, all patents,
trademarks, service marks and copyrights held by Company are valid
and subsisting. Company (i) has not been sued in any suit, action
or proceeding (or received any notice or, to Company’s
knowledge, threat) which involves a claim of infringement of any
patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights or violation of any
trade secret or other proprietary right of any third party and (ii)
has not brought any action, suit or proceeding for infringement of
Company Intellectual Property or breach of any license or agreement
involving Company Intellectual Property against any third party. To
Company’s knowledge, the manufacture, use, marketing,
licensing or sale of Company’s products does not infringe any
patent, trademark, service mark, copyright, trade secret or other
proprietary right of any third party.
(f) Company has secured valid written assignments
from all consultants and employees who contributed to the creation
or development of Company Intellectual Property of the rights to
such contributions that Company does not already own by operation
of law.
(g) Company has taken all reasonably necessary
steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all Company
Intellectual Property not otherwise protected by patents or
copyright (“ Confidential Information ”). All
use, disclosure or appropriation of Confidential Information owned
by Company by or to a third party has been pursuant to the terms of
a written agreement between Company and such third party. All use,
disclosure or appropriation of Confidential Information not owned
by Company has been pursuant to the terms of a written agreement
between Company and the owner of such Confidential Information, or
is otherwise lawful.
(h) There are no actions that must be taken by
Company or any subsidiary within sixty (60) days of the Closing
Date that, if not taken, will result in the loss of any Company
Intellectual Property, including the payment of any registration,
maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any responses to the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office actions, documents, applications
or certificates for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining,
perfecting or preserving or renewing any Company Intellectual
Property.
(i) Company and its subsidiaries have not received
any opinion of counsel, written or oral, addressing: (i) the
unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement, or misappropriation of
any Company Intellectual Property; (ii) the validity or
enforceability of any Company Intellectual Property; or (iii) the
unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement, or misappropriation of
any third party intellectual property by Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
2.12
[INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED] .
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the following meanings: “ Tax ” (and,
with correlative meaning, “ Taxes ” and “
Taxable ”) means (i) any net income, alternative or
add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
property, environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or
other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of
any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty,
addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any Governmental
Entity (a “ Tax authority ”) responsible for the
imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign); (ii) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
(i) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated,
combined or unitary group for any Taxable period; and (iii) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
(i) or (ii) as a result of being a transferee of or successor to
any person or as a result of any express or implied obligation to
indemnify any other person, including pursuant to any Tax sharing
or Tax allocation agreement. “ Tax Return ”
means any return, statement, report or form (including, without
limitation estimated Tax returns and reports, withholding Tax
returns and reports and information reports and returns) required
to be filed with respect to Taxes.
(b) Company and each of its subsidiaries, and any
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for Tax purposes
of which Company or any of its subsidiaries is or has been a
member, have properly completed and timely filed all Tax Returns
required to be filed by them and have paid all Taxes required to be
paid, whether or not shown on any Tax Return. All unpaid Taxes of
Company and its subsidiaries for periods through September 30,
2006, are reflected in the Company Balance Sheet. Company has no
liability for unpaid Taxes accruing after September 30, 2006, other
than Taxes arising in the ordinary course of its
business.
(c) There is (i) no claim for Taxes that is a lien
against the property of Company or any of its subsidiaries being
asserted against Company or any of its subsidiaries other than
liens for Taxes not yet due and payable; (ii) no audit of any Tax
Return of Company or any of its subsidiaries that is being
conducted by a Tax authority that is currently pending or
threatened, and Company has not been notified of any proposed Tax
claims or assessments against Company; (iii) no extension of the
statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes that has been
granted by Company or any of its subsidiaries and that is currently
in effect; and (iv) no agreement, contract or arrangement to which
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party obligates the Company
to make a payment of any amount that would not be deductible by
reason of Section 280G, 162 or 404 of the Code. Neither
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been or will be required to
include any material adjustment in Taxable income for any Tax
period (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 or 263A of
the Code or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax
laws as a result of transactions, events or accounting methods
employed prior to the Merger.
(d) There are no Tax sharing or Tax allocation
agreements to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or to which it or any of them is bound. Neither Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has filed any disclosures under Section 6662
or comparable provisions of state, local or foreign law to prevent
the imposition of penalties with respect to any Tax reporting
position taken on any Tax Return. Neither Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has ever been a member of a consolidated, combined or
unitary group of which Company was not the ultimate parent
corporation. Company and each of its subsidiaries have in their
possession receipts for any Taxes paid to foreign Tax
authorities.
(e) Company has not been either a
“distributing corporation” or a “controlled
corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for
tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (x) in the
two years prior to the date of this Agreement or (y) in a
distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a
“plan” or “series of related transactions”
(within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in
conjunction with the Merger.
(f) Company and each of its subsidiaries has
withheld (and paid over to the appropriate governmental
authorities) with respect to either its employees or any third
party all Taxes required to be withheld, including, but not limited
to, FICA and FUTA.
(g) Neither Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
ever been a United States real property holding corporation within
the meaning of Section 897 of the Code.
2.14
Employee Benefit
Plans .
(a) All employee compensation, incentive, fringe or
benefit plans, programs, policies, commitments or other
arrangements (whether or not set forth in a written document)
covering any active or former employee, director or consultant of
Company, or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
which is under common control with Company, with respect to which
the Company has liability (collectively, the “ Company
Plans ”) have been maintained and administered in all
material respects in compliance with their respective terms and
with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders,
rules and regulations which are applicable to such Company Plans,
and all liabilities with respect to the Company Plans have been
properly reflected in the financial statements and records of
Company. No suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims for
benefits incurred in the ordinary course of Company Plan
activities) has been brought, or, to the knowledge of Company, is
threatened, against or with respect to any Company Plan. There are
no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
Company, threatened by any governmental agency with respect to any
Company Plan. All contributions, reserves or premium payments
required to be made or accrued as of the date hereof to the plans
have been timely made or accrued. Company does not have any plan or
commitment to establish any new Company Plan, to modify any Company
Plan (except to the
extent required
by law or to conform any such Company Plan to the requirements of
any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to Parent
in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to enter into any
new plan. Each Company Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise
discounted after the Closing in accordance with its terms, without
liability to Parent or Company (other than ordinary administration
expenses and expenses for benefits accrued but not yet
paid).
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.14 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule , neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including
severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or
otherwise) becoming due to any stockholder, director or employee of
the Company under any Company Plan or otherwise,
(ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise payable under
any Company Plan, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the
time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.
2.15
Labor
Matters .
Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or
other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by
Company nor does Company know of any activities or proceedings of
any labor union to organize any such employees.
2.16
Interested Party
Transactions .
Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.16 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , neither Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is indebted to any director or officer of Company or
any of its subsidiaries (except for amounts due as normal salaries
and bonuses and in reimbursement of ordinary expenses), and no such
person is indebted to Company or any of its subsidiaries, and there
are no other transactions of the type required to be disclosed
pursuant to Items 402 or 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities
Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“ Exchange Act ”).
2.17
Insurance . Company and each of its subsidiaries have
policies of insurance and bonds of the type and in amounts
customarily carried by persons conducting businesses or owning
assets similar to those of Company and its subsidiaries. There is
no claim pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which
coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the
underwriters of such policies or bonds. All premiums due and
payable under all such policies and bonds have been paid and
Company and its subsidiaries are otherwise in compliance in all
material respects with the terms of such policies and bonds.
Company has no knowledge of any threatened termination of, or
material premium increase with respect to, any of such
policies.
2.18
Compliance With
Laws . To the
Company’s knowledge, each of Company and its subsidiaries has
complied with, are not in violation of, and have not received any
notices of violation with respect to, any federal, state, local or
foreign statute, law or regulation with respect to the conduct of
its business, or the ownership or operation of its business, except
for such violations or failures to comply as could not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Company.
2.19
Minute
Books . The
minute books of Company and its subsidiaries made available to
Parent contain in all material respects a complete and accurate
summary of all meetings of directors and stockholders or actions by
written consent of Company and the respective subsidiaries during
the past three years and through the date of this Agreement, and
reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes accurately in
all material respects.
2.20
Brokers’ and
Finders’ Fees . Company has not incurred, nor will it incur,
directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or
finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or investment
bankers’ fees or any similar charges in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby except as
disclosed on Schedule 2.20.
2.21
Vote
Required . The
affirmative vote of the Company’s stockholders holding a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock is
the only vote of the holders of any of Company’s capital
stock necessary to approve this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
2.22
Board
Approval . The
Board of Directors of Company has (i) approved this Agreement and
the Merger, (ii) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are
advisable and in the best interests of the stockholders of Company
and are on terms that are fair to such stockholders and (iii)
intends to recommend that the stockholders of Company approve this
Agreement and consummation of the Merger.
2.23
Representations
Complete . None
of the representations or warranties made by Company herein or in
any Schedule hereto, including the Company Disclosure
Schedule, or certificate furnished by Company pursuant to this
Agreement, when all such documents are read together in their
entirety, contains or will contain at the Effective Time any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit at the
Effective Time to state any material fact necessary in order to
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