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Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC.
IRONMAN MERGER CORPORATION
and
INTRALASE CORP.
Dated as of January 5, 2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE MERGER
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1
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The Merger
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1
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Effective Time
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2
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Effect of the Merger
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2
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation
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Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
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2
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Directors and Officers of the Surviving
Corporation
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2
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Closing
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3
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ARTICLE II CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
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Conversion of Capital Stock
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Exchange of Certificates
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Material Adverse Effect
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Organization and Qualification;
Subsidiaries
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Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws
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Capitalization
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Authority Relative to this Agreement; Stockholder
Approval
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No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents
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Compliance; Permits
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SEC Filings; Financial Statements
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Disclosure Controls and Procedures
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events
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No Undisclosed Liabilities
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Absence of Litigation; Investigations
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Agreements, Contracts and Commitments
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Employee Benefit Plans, Options and Employment
Agreements
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Labor Matters
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Properties; Encumbrances
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Taxes
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Environmental Matters
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Intellectual Property
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Products
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FDA Compliance
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Unlawful Practice of Medicine
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Compliance with Health Care Laws
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Brokers
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Anti-Takeover Statute Not Applicable
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Insurance
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Interested Party Transactions
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Opinion of Financial Advisor of the
Company
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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Organization and Qualification; Merger
Sub
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Authority Relative to this Agreement; Stockholder
Approval
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No Conflict, Required Filings and
Consents
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Ownership of Company Common Stock
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Brokers
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Financing
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ARTICLE V CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
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Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the
Merger
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Conduct of Business by Parent Pending the
Merger
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Access to Information; Confidentiality
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No Solicitation
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Proxy Statement
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Stockholders Meeting
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Legal Conditions to Merger
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Public Announcements
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Employee Benefits; 401(k) Plan
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2004 Employee Stock Plan
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Consents
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Indemnification and Insurance
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Reasonable Best Efforts; Additional
Agreements
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Notification of Certain Matters
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Takeover Statutes
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Current Information
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Stock Delisting
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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Conditions to Obligation of Each Party to Effect
the Merger
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Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent
and Merger Sub
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Additional Conditions to Obligation of the
Company
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION
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Termination
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Effect of Termination
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Fees and Expenses
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ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Nonsurvival of Representations; Warranties and
Agreements
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Notices
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Certain Definitions
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Amendment
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Extension; Waiver
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Headings
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Severability
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Entire Agreement; No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Assignment
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Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies
Cumulative
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Governing Law
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Counterparts
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Specific Performance
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Disclosure Schedules
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DEFINED TERMS
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2000 Incentive Plan
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2000 Option Plan
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2004 Employee Plan
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401(k) Plan
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Acquisition Proposal
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affiliate
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Agreement
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Amended and Restated 2004 Incentive
Plan
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Antitrust Law
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Balance Sheet
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beneficial owner
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business day
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Certificate of Merger
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Certificates
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Change of Recommendation
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Closing
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Closing Date
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Company
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Company Board
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Company Bylaws
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Company Charter
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Company Common Stock
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Company Disclosure Schedule
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Company Employee Plans
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Company Employees
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Company Intellectual Property
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Company Material Adverse Effect
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Company Stock Options
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Company Stock Plans
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Confidentiality Agreement
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control
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D&O Policy
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DGCL
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Dissenting Shares
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EC Merger Regulation
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Effective Time
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2
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Employee Benefit Plan
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Environmental Laws
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ERISA
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ERISA Affiliate
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Exchange Act
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Expenses
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FDA
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FDCA
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Filed SEC Documents
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Fund
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GAAP
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Governmental Entity
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Health Care Law
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HSR Act
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Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses
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include
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Indemnified Parties
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Initial Closing Date
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3
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Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property Contracts
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Inventors
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Knowledge
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Law
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Leased Real Property
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Liens
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Marks
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Material Contracts
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Materials of Environmental Concern
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Merger
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Merger Consideration
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Merger Sub
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Merger Sub Bylaws
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Merger Sub Charter
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Merger Sub Common Stock
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MergerSub Charter Documents
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Outbound Intellectual Property
Licenses
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Outside Date
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Owned Real Property
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Parent
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Parent Board
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Parent Bylaws
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Parent Disclosure Schedule
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Parent Material Adverse Effect
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Parent-Charter
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Paying Agent
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Permits
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person
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Plan
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Preferred Stock
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Program
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Proprietary Product
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Proxy Statement
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Qualified Plan
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Real Property Leases
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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SEC
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SEC Reports
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Special Committee
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Stockholders Meeting
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Subsidiary
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Subsidiary Documents
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Superior Proposal
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Surviving Corporation
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Takeover Statute
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Tax
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Tax Returns
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Taxes
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Termination Fee
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Voting Agreements
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Voting Proposal
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WARN Act
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v
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 5, 2007 (this
" Agreement "), by and among Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (" Parent "), Ironman Merger
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary
of Parent (" Merger Sub "), and IntraLase Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the " Company ").
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company have (i) approved and declared advisable
and in the best interests of their respective stockholders the
merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the " Merger
"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the " DGCL ") and (ii) approved this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a result of the Merger, and in accordance with
the DGCL, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the " Company Common
Stock ") (other than shares of Company Common Stock owned by
the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any wholly-owned Subsidiary (as
defined in Section 2.1(b)) of the Company or Parent immediately
prior to the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2) and
Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 2.1(d)), will, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, be converted
into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (as defined in
Section 2.1(a)); and
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent to enter into
this Agreement and incur the obligations set forth herein,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Parent is entering into Voting Agreements with certain stockholders
of the Company named therein, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A attached to this Agreement (the " Voting Agreements "),
pursuant to which, among other things, such stockholders have
agreed to vote the shares of Company Common Stock held by such
stockholders in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the
approval of the Merger provided for herein, on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Voting Agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
Section
1.1
The Merger . Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective
Time, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company, the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation in the
Merger. The Company, in its capacity as the corporation
surviving the Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "
Surviving Corporation ."
Section
1.2
Effective Time . On the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 1.7), Parent and the Company shall cause the Merger to be
consummated by filing a duly executed and delivered certificate of
merger as required by the DGCL (the " Certificate of Merger
") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such
form as required by, and executed in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the DGCL (the time of such filing, or such other time
as Parent and the Company shall specify in the Certificate of
Merger, being the " Effective Time ").
Section
1.3
Effect of the Merger . At the Effective Time, the
effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the
Certificate of Merger and as specified in the DGCL (including
Section 259 of the DGCL). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective
Time, all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises
of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions,
disabilities and duties of each of the Company and the Merger Sub
shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions,
disabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section
1.4
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation .
At and after the Effective Time, the Certificate of
Incorporation of Merger Sub (the " Merger Sub Charter "), as
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.10, shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, until amended in
accordance with the DGCL, except that the name of the Surviving
Corporation shall be "IntraLase Corp."
Section
1.5
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation . At and after the
Effective Time, the Bylaws of Merger Sub (the " Merger Sub
Bylaws "), as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, subject to the provisions of Section 6.10, shall be the
Bylaws of Surviving Corporation, until amended in accordance with
the DGCL, except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall
be "IntraLase Corp."
Section
1.6
Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation .
(a) The directors of Merger
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office from
the Effective Time until their respective successors are duly
elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
or as otherwise provided by Law.
(b) The officers of Merger
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
officers of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office from
the Effective Time until their respective successors are duly
elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
or as otherwise provided by Law.
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Section
1.7
Closing . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the closing of the Merger (the " Closing ") shall take place
at 10:00 a.m. Los Angeles Time, at the offices of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 300 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles,
California on a date to be specified by Parent and the Company
which shall be no later than the third (3 rd ) business day after satisfaction or
waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other
than the delivery of items to be delivered at Closing and other
than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at
the Closing, it being understood that the occurrence of the Closing
shall remain subject to the delivery of such items and the
satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing) (the "
Initial Closing Date ") or on such other date and such other
time and place as Parent and the Company shall agree in
writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at its election,
Parent may delay the Closing for up to twenty (20) days after the
Initial Closing Date, but in no event may Parent delay the Closing
beyond the Outside Date. Such election shall operate as an
irrevocable waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2
hereof and shall be accompanied by the officers’
certifications referred to in Section 7.3(a) and 7.3(b) hereof
(other than with respect to the payment of the Merger
Consideration), provided that the Company has delivered to Parent
at or prior to the time of such election, the officers’
certifications referred to in Section 7.2(a) and 7.2(b) hereof
dated as of the Initial Closing Date. The date on which the
Closing shall occur is hereinafter referred to as the " Closing
Date ."
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section
2.1
Conversion of Capital Stock . At the Effective Time,
by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any holder of any shares of Company
Common Stock or any capital stock of Merger Sub:
(a) Company Common
Stock . Subject to this Article II, each share of Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than any Dissenting Shares (as defined in
Section 2.1(d)(i)) and any shares to be cancelled in accordance
with Section 2.1(b)), shall be converted into the right to receive
$25.00 in cash without interest (the " Merger Consideration
"), payable upon the surrender of the Certificates (as defined in
Section 2.2(b)). From and after the Effective Time, 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 representing any such
shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except
the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this
Section 2.1(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Merger
Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect fully the
effect of any stock split, reverse split, reclassification, stock
dividend, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, exchange
or other like change with respect to the Company Common Stock
occurring (or having a record date) after the date of this
Agreement and prior to the Effective Time;
(b) Cancellation of
Treasury Stock and Parent-Owned Stock . All shares of
Company Common Stock, that are (i) held by the Company as
treasury shares or
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(ii) owned by Parent or any wholly owned
Subsidiary (as defined below) of Parent, in each case immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall be cancelled and retired and
shall cease to exist, and no securities of Parent or other
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor. As
used in this Agreement, the word " Subsidiary " means, with
respect to any party, any corporation or other organization,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (A) such
party or any other Subsidiary of such party is a general partner,
manager or managing member, (B) such party or any Subsidiary
of such party owns in excess of a majority of the outstanding
equity or voting securities or interests or (C) such party or
any Subsidiary of such party has the right to elect at least a
majority of the board of directors or others performing similar
functions with respect to such corporation or other organization;
and
(c) Capital Stock of
Merger Sub . Each share of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of Merger Sub (" Merger Sub Common Stock ")
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable
share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation and such shares of common stock issued upon conversion
of the Merger Sub Common Stock shall represent all of the
outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation.
(d) Shares of Company
Common Stock of Dissenting Stockholders .
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(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, all of the shares of Company Common
Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
and which are held by holders of Company Common Stock who shall not
have voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing
and who shall have demanded properly in writing an appraisal of the
"fair value" of such Company Common Stock in accordance with
Section 262 of the DGCL (collectively, the " Dissenting
Shares ") shall be cancelled and terminated and shall cease to
have any rights with respect to Dissenting Shares other than such
rights as are granted pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, except
that all Dissenting Shares held by holders of Company Common Stock
who shall have failed to perfect or who effectively shall have
withdrawn or lost their rights for an appraisal of such shares
under the DGCL shall thereupon be deemed to have been cancelled and
terminated, as of the Effective Time, and shall represent solely
the right to receive the Merger Consideration as provided in
Section 2.1(a), upon surrender in the manner provided in Section
2.2(b), of the certificate or certificates that formerly evidenced
such shares of Company Common Stock.
(ii) The Company shall give to Parent prompt written
notice of any demands for appraisal received by the Company,
withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served
pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL and received by the Company in
connection therewith. The Company and Parent shall jointly direct
all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for
payment of fair market value under
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the DGCL. The Company shall not, except with the
prior written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any payment with
respect to any such demands, or offer to settle, or settle, any
such demands. Any amount payable to any holder of Company Common
Stock exercising appraisal rights shall be paid in accordance with
the DGCL solely by the Surviving Corporation out of its own
funds.
(e) Stock Options
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(i) At the Effective Time, each outstanding
option entitling the holder thereof to purchase shares of Company
Common Stock pursuant to the Company Stock Plans, other than the
2004 Employee Plan (each, a " Company Stock Option " or
collectively " Company Stock Options "), to the extent not
already fully vested and exercisable, shall become fully vested and
exercisable immediately prior to consummation of the Merger, but
excluding any Company Stock Options held or beneficially owned by
Parent or Merger Sub or any other Subsidiary or parent of Parent or
Merger Sub, and shall be converted into and shall become the right
to receive, in full and complete satisfaction and cancellation
thereof, a cash payment per Company Stock Option, without interest,
in an amount that shall be determined by multiplying (A) the
excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable per
share exercise price of such Company Stock Option, by (B) the
number of shares of Company Common Stock that are purchasable on
exercise of such Company Stock Option prior to the Effective Time
but subsequent to any acceleration of vesting provided for in this
Section 2.1(e)(i), less any mandatory tax withholdings (the "
Option Payment "). At the Effective Time, all
outstanding Company Stock Options (including any Company Stock
Option for which no payment shall be due hereunder) shall be
canceled and be of no further force or effect except for the right
to receive the cash Option Payment to the extent provided in this
Section 2.1(e). Prior to the Effective Time, the Company and
Parent shall take all actions (including, if appropriate, amending
the terms of the Company Stock Plans and related option agreements)
that are necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated
by this Section 2.1(e).
(ii) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the
Company shall establish a procedure to effect the cancellation of
Company Stock Options in exchange for the Option Payments to which
the holders of such Company Stock Options shall be entitled under
Section 2.1(e)(i), and, upon cancellation of each such Company
Stock Option, Parent shall pay to the holder thereof in cash
promptly after Closing but in no event more than ten (10) business
days after Closing, the amount of the Option Payment, if any, to
which such holder shall be entitled hereunder, without further
action on the part of such holder.
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(iii) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
hereby acknowledge and agree that the Surviving Corporation shall
not assume or continue any Company Stock Options, or substitute any
additional options for such Company Stock Options.
Section
2.2
Exchange of Certificates .
(a) Paying Agent
. Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall designate a bank or
trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as Paying
Agent hereunder (the " Paying Agent "). As soon as
practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with or
for the account of the Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders
of Company Common Stock, an amount of cash sufficient to deliver to
the holders of Company Common Stock the Merger Consideration (such
cash, being hereinafter referred to as the " Fund ")
deliverable pursuant to Section 2.1(a) in exchange for outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock. The Paying Agent shall invest
the cash included in the Fund in obligations guaranteed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America. All
interest earned on such funds shall be paid to Parent.
(b) Exchange
Procedures . As soon as reasonably practicable after the
Effective Time and in no event later than five (5) days thereafter,
Parent will instruct the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of
record of a certificate or certificates which immediately prior to
the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock (the " Certificates ") that were converted pursuant to
Section 2.1(a) into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
(i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery
shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates
shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the
Paying Agent and shall be in such form and have such other
provisions as Parent may reasonably specify that are consistent
with the terms of this Agreement), and (ii) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for
the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for
cancellation to the Paying Agent together with such letter of
transmittal, duly executed, and such other customary documents as
may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such
Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the
Merger Consideration, after giving effect to any tax withholdings
required by applicable Law, and the Certificate so surrendered
shall forthwith be cancelled. In the event of a transfer of
ownership of Company Common Stock that is not registered in the
transfer records of the Company, payment may be made 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 payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by
reason of the payment to a person other than the registered holder
of such Certificate or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not
applicable. Until so surrendered, each outstanding
Certificate that, prior to the Effective Time, represented shares
of Company Common Stock will be deemed, from and after the
Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, to represent only the
right to receive upon surrender the Merger Consideration, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(c)
Termination of Fund; No Liability . At any time
following the first anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall
be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to Parent any
portion of the Fund (including any interest received with respect
thereto) not disbursed to holders of Certificates, and thereafter
such holders shall be entitled to look only to Parent (subject to
abandoned property, escheat or other similar Law) with respect to
the Merger Consideration upon due surrender of their Certificates,
without any interest thereon. Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor
the Company shall be liable to any holder of Company Common Stock,
for such shares (or dividends or distributions with respect
thereto) delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or other similar Law following the
passage of time specified therein. If any Certificates shall
not have been surrendered immediately prior to such date on which
any payment pursuant to this Article II would otherwise escheat to
or become the property of any Governmental Authority, the Merger
Consideration 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 interests of any person previously
entitled thereto.
(d) Withholding
Rights . Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying
Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger
Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any
person who was a holder of Company Common Stock immediately prior
to the Effective Time such amounts as Parent or the Paying Agent is
required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such
payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign
tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by
Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, 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 Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the
Paying Agent.
(e) No Further Ownership
Rights in Company Stock . At the Effective Time, the
stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter
there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock
transfer books of the Company or the Surviving Corporation of the
shares of Company Common Stock which were outstanding immediately
prior to such time. If, after such time, Certificates are
presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall
be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
(f) Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates . In the event any Certificates
shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying 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 Merger Consideration as provided in this Article II;
provided , however , that Parent may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent thereof, require the owner
of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates to deliver an
agreement of indemnification in form satisfactory to Parent, or a
bond in such sum as Parent may reasonably direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against Parent or the Paying
Agent with respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed.
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Section
2.3
Material Adverse Effect .
(a) The term " Company
Material Adverse Effect " means any change, effect or
circumstance that (i) is materially adverse to the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance,
properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or (ii) materially adversely affects the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided,
however, that in no event shall any of the following, either alone
or in combination, be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the
following be taken into account in determining whether there has
been or will or could be, a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(A) any changes resulting from or arising out of general market,
economic or political conditions (including any changes arising out
of acts of terrorism, or war, weather conditions or other force
majeure events), provided that such changes do not have a
substantially disproportionate impact on the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) any changes resulting from or
arising out of general market, economic or political conditions in
the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
conduct business (including any changes arising out of acts of
terrorism, or war, weather conditions or other force majeure
events), provided that such changes do not have a substantially
disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, (C) any changes resulting from or arising out of
actions taken pursuant to (and required by) this Agreement or at
the request of Parent or the failure to take any actions due to
restrictions set forth in this Agreement, (D) any changes in the
price or trading volume of the Company’s stock, in and of
itself, (E) any failure by the Company to meet published revenue or
earnings projections, in and of itself, (F) any changes or effects
arising out of or resulting from any legal claims or other
proceedings made by any of the Company’s stockholders arising
out of or related to this Agreement or the Merger, or (G) any
changes arising out of or resulting from any delay with respect to
the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of pending
regulatory approvals relating to its proposed product offerings of
no longer than three months after the date that the Company has
informed Parent it expects to obtain such pending regulatory
approvals (provided that at all times during such period, such
approvals are still pending and can be reasonably expected to be
obtained within such period).
(b) The term " Parent
Material Adverse Effect " means any change, effect or
circumstance that materially adversely affects the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however,
that in no event shall any of the following, either alone or in
combination, be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the
following be taken into account in determining whether there has
been or will or could be, a Parent Material Adverse Effect:
(A) any changes resulting from or arising out of general market,
economic or political conditions (including any changes arising out
of acts of terrorism, or war, weather conditions or other force
majeure events), provided that such changes do not have a
substantially disproportionate impact on Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) any changes resulting from or
arising out of general market, economic or political conditions in
the industries in which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries conduct
business (including any changes arising out of acts of terrorism,
or war, weather conditions or other force majeure events), provided
that such changes do not have a substantially disproportionate
impact on Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (C) any
changes resulting from or arising out of actions taken pursuant to
(and required by) this Agreement or
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at the request of the Company or the failure to
take any actions due to restrictions set forth in this Agreement,
(D) any changes in the price or trading volume of Parent’s
stock, in and of itself, (E) any changes or effects arising out of
or resulting from any legal claims or other proceedings made by any
of Parent’s stockholders arising out of or related to this
Agreement or the Merger, or (F) any failure by Parent to meet
published revenue or earnings projections, in and of
itself.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Except as specifically set forth in the written disclosure
schedule prepared by the Company which is dated as of the date of
this Agreement and was previously delivered by the Company to
Parent in connection herewith (the " Company Disclosure
Schedule "), the Company represents and warrants to Parent and
Merger Sub as follows:
Section
3.1
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries . The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate
power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate the
properties it purports to own, lease or operate and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted. Each of the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a
foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in
each jurisdiction where the character or location of the properties
owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. A true,
complete and correct list of all of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, together with the jurisdiction of incorporation of
each Subsidiary, the authorized capitalization of each Subsidiary,
and the percentage of each Subsidiary’s outstanding capital
stock owned by the Company or another Subsidiary or affiliate of
the Company, is set forth in Section 3.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. Except as set forth in Section 3.1 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not directly or
indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or
similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other business association or
entity, excluding securities in any publicly traded company held
for investment by the Company and comprising less than one percent
of the outstanding stock of such publicly traded company.
Section
3.2
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws . The Company
has heretofore made available to Parent a true, complete and
correct copy of its Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended to date (the " Company Charter "),
and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended to date (the "
Company Bylaws "), and has furnished to Parent true,
complete and correct copies of the charter and bylaws (or
equivalent organizational documents), each as amended to date, of
each of its Subsidiaries (the " Subsidiary Documents
"). The Company Charter, Company Bylaws and
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the Subsidiary Documents are in full force and
effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the
provisions of the Company Charter or Company Bylaws and the
Company’s Subsidiaries are not in violation of any of the
provisions of their respective Subsidiary Documents.
Section
3.3
Capitalization .
(a) The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 45,000,000 shares of Company
Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the "
Preferred Stock "). As of December 31, 2006,
(i) 28,888,487 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and
outstanding; (ii) 86,151 shares of Company Common Stock are
reserved for issuance upon exercise of awards granted pursuant to
the Company’s Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "
Plan "); (iii) 3,587,257 shares of Company Common Stock
are reserved for issuance upon exercise of awards granted pursuant
to the Company’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the " 2000
Incentive Plan "); (iv) 156,075 shares of Company Common
Stock are reserved for issuance upon exercise of awards granted
pursuant to the Company’s 2000 Executive Option Plan (the "
2000 Option Plan "); (v) 5,580,027 shares of Company
Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon exercise of awards
granted pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2004
Stock Incentive Plan (the " 2004 Incentive Plan ");
(vi) 530,812 shares of the Company Common Stock are reserved
for issuance upon exercise of awards granted pursuant to the
Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the " 2004
Employee Plan " and, together with the Plan, the 2000 Incentive
Plan, the 2000 Option Plan and the 2004 Incentive Plan, the "
Company Stock Plans "); (vii) no shares of Company
Common Stock are issued and held in the treasury of the Company;
(viii) no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and
outstanding. The Company has not authorized the issuance of
any rights representing a right to purchase shares of preferred
stock and the Company has not entered into a stockholder rights
plan or similar agreement that could have a dilutive effect on
certain stockholders. Between December 31, 2006 and the date
of this Agreement, the Company has not issued any securities
(including derivative securities) except for shares of Company
Common Stock issued upon exercise of stock options outstanding.
(b) Section 3.3(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and
correct list of all persons who, as of December 31, 2006 held
outstanding awards to acquire shares of Company Common Stock (the "
Company Stock Options ") under the Company Stock Plans,
indicating, with respect to each Company Stock Option then
outstanding, the type of awards granted, whether an award was an
incentive stock option, the number of shares of Company Common
Stock subject to such Company Stock Option, the relationship of the
holder of such Company Stock Option to the Company, the name of the
plan under which such Company Stock Option was granted and the
exercise price, date of grant, vesting schedule and expiration date
thereof, including the extent to which any vesting had occurred as
of the date of this Agreement and whether (and to what extent) the
vesting of such Company Stock Option will be accelerated in any way
by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or by the termination of employment or engagement or
change in position of any holder thereof following or in connection
with the consummation of the Merger. The Company has
delivered to Parent true, complete and
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correct copies of all Company Stock Plans and the
forms of all stock option agreements evidencing outstanding Company
Stock Options. Each grant of Company Stock Options was
validly issued and properly approved by the Board of Directors of
the Company (or a duly authorized committee or subcommittee
thereof) in compliance with all applicable legal requirements and
recorded on the Company’s financial statements in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied, and no such grants involved any
"back dating," "forward dating" or similar practices with respect
to the effective date of grant. Each Company Stock Option
that is an incentive stock option had, on the date of grant, an
exercise price of no less than the fair market value of the shares
of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock
Option.
(c) Except as described in
Section 3.3(a) of this Agreement or as set forth in
Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any security
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such capital
stock, is issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement. Except as described in Section 3.3(a)
of this Agreement or as set forth in Section 3.3(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no options, preemptive
rights, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements,
arrangements or understandings of any kind to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is bound, obligating the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to grant, extend or accelerate the vesting of
or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment,
agreement, arrangement or understanding. There are no
stockholder agreements, voting trusts, proxies or other similar
agreements, arrangements or understandings to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which it or they are
bound, obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. There are no rights or obligations, contingent
or otherwise (including rights of first refusal in favor of the
Company), of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to provide funds to or make
any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in any such Subsidiary or any other entity. There
are no registration rights or other similar agreements,
arrangements or understandings to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, or by which it or they are bound,
obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
any shares of Company Common Stock or shares of capital stock of
any such Subsidiary.
(d) All outstanding shares
of the Company’s capital stock are, and all shares of Company
Common Stock reserved for issuance as specified above shall be,
upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the
instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or
issued in violation of any purchase option, call option, right of
first refusal, pre-emptive right, subscription right or any similar
right under any provision of the DGCL, the Company Charter or the
Company Bylaws or any agreement to which the Company is a party or
otherwise bound. None of the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock have
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been issued in violation of any federal or state
securities Laws. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and all
such shares (other than directors’ qualifying shares in the
case of foreign Subsidiaries) are owned by the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company free and clear of all security interests,
liens, claims, pledges, agreements, limitations in voting rights,
charges or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever
(collectively, " Liens "). There are no accrued and
unpaid dividends with respect to any outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) The Company Common Stock
constitutes the only class of securities of the Company or its
Subsidiaries registered or required to be registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " Exchange
Act ").
Section
3.4
Authority Relative to this Agreement; Stockholder Approval
.
(a) Subject only to the
approval of the stockholders of the Company as described below, the
Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. 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 (the " Company Board "). As
of the date of this Agreement, the Company Board has determined
that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are
advisable and in the best interests of the stockholders of the
Company and has recommended that the stockholders of the Company
adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger (the " Voting
Proposal "). The action taken by the Company Board
constitutes approval of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company Board under the provisions of
Section 203 of the DGCL such that Section 203 of the DGCL
does not apply to this Agreement or 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) this Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at Law).
(b) Except for the approval
of the Voting Proposal by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock
entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders of the Company to
consider the Voting Proposal (the " Stockholders Meeting "),
no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to approve this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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Section
3.5
No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents .
(a) The execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement do not, the execution and
delivery by the Company of any instrument required hereby to be
executed and delivered by the Company at the Closing will not, and
the performance by the Company of its agreements and obligations
under this Agreement will not, (i) conflict with or violate
the Company Charter or Company Bylaws or any Subsidiary Documents,
(ii) in any material respect, conflict with or violate any Law
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which
its or any of their respective properties is bound or affected,
(iii) except as set forth in Section 3.5(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, result in any breach of or constitute a
default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default), or impair the Company’s or any of
its Subsidiaries’ rights or alter the rights or obligations
of any third party under, or give to any third party any rights of
termination, amendment, payment, acceleration or cancellation of,
or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the properties or
assets (including intangible assets) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other
instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or its or any of their respective properties is bound
or affected, or (iv) give rise to or result in any person having,
or having the right to exercise, any pre-emptive rights, rights of
first refusal, rights to acquire or similar rights with respect to
any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective assets or properties, other than rights to
acquire Company Common Stock pursuant to outstanding stock
options.
(b) The execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement do not, the execution and
delivery by the Company of any instrument required hereby to be
executed and delivered by the Company at the Closing will not, and
the performance of its agreements and obligations under this
Agreement by the Company will not, require any consent, approval,
order, license, authorization, registration, declaration or permit
of, or filing with or notification to, any court, arbitrational
tribunal, administrative or regulatory agency or commission or
other governmental authority or instrumentality (whether domestic
or foreign, a " Governmental Entity "), except (i) as
may be required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended (the " HSR Act "), (ii) as may be
required under any foreign antitrust or competition Law, including
Council Regulation No. 4064/89 of the European Community, as
amended (the " EC Merger Regulation "), (iii) the
filing of the Proxy Statement (as defined in Section 6.3) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (" SEC ") under the
Exchange Act, (iv) such consents, approvals, orders, licenses,
authorizations, registrations, declarations, permits, filings, and
notifications as may be required under applicable U.S. federal and
state or foreign securities Laws, (v) the filing of the
Certificate of Merger or other documents as required by the DGCL
and (vi) such other consents, approvals, orders,
registrations, declarations, permits, filings and notifications
which, if not obtained or made, would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
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Section
3.6
Compliance; Permits .
(a) The Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been in material compliance with and are
not in material default or violation of (and have not received any
notice of material non-compliance, default or violation with
respect to) any Law applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which any of their respective properties is
bound or affected (including, without limitation, federal or state
criminal or civil health care Laws and the regulations promulgated
pursuant to such Laws and Laws relating to unlawful practice of
medicine or other professionally licensed activities), and to the
Knowledge of the Company there has been no such non-compliance,
default or violation thereunder.
(b) The Company and its
Subsidiaries hold all permits, licenses, easements, variances,
exemptions, consents, certificates, authorizations, registrations,
orders and other approvals from Governmental Entities (including
any authorizations required under the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended (the " FDCA ") and any
regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "
FDA ") promulgated thereunder) that are material to the
operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole as currently conducted (collectively, the "
Permits "). The Permits are in full force and effect,
have not been violated in any material respect and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, no suspension, revocation or
cancellation thereof has been threatened, and there is no action,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, threatened, seeking the suspension, revocation or
cancellation of any Permits. No Permit shall cease to be
effective as a result of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement other than as would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.7
SEC Filings; Financial Statements .
(a) The Company has filed
all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents,
including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed by the Company
with the SEC (collectively, the " SEC Reports "). The
SEC Reports, including all forms, reports and documents filed by
the Company with the SEC after the date hereof and prior to the
Effective Time, (i) were and, in the case of SEC Reports filed
after the date hereof, will be, prepared in all material respects
in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, and (ii) did not at the time they were
filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of
this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), and in the case
of such forms, reports and documents filed by the Company with the
SEC after the date of this Agreement, will not as of the time they
are filed, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated in such SEC Reports
or necessary in order to make the statements in such SEC Reports,
in light of the circumstances under which they were and will be
made, not misleading. None of the Subsidiaries of the Company
is required to file any forms, reports, schedules, statements or
other documents with the SEC.
(b) Each of the consolidated
financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes
and schedules), contained in the SEC
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Reports, including any SEC Reports filed after
the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time,
complied or will comply, as of its respective date, in all material
respects with all applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
was or will be prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (" GAAP ") (except as may be indicated
in the notes thereto) applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved and fairly presented in all material respects or
will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except as
otherwise explained therein and except that any unaudited interim
financial statements are subject to normal and recurring year-end
adjustments which have not been and are not expected to be material
in amount, individually or in the aggregate. The audited
balance sheet contained in the SEC Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 is referred to herein as the "
Balance Sheet ."
(c) The chief executive
officer and chief financial officer of the Company have made all
certifications required by, and would be able to make such
certifications as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as
if required to be made as of such dates pursuant to, Sections 302
and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the " Sarbanes-Oxley
Act ") and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the
SEC, and the statements contained in any such certifications are
complete and correct, and the Company is otherwise in compliance
with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
and the applicable listing and corporate governance rules of the
NASDAQ Global Market.
Section
3.8
Disclosure Controls and Procedures . Since December
31, 2005 the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has had in place
"disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) reasonably
designed and maintained to ensure that all information (both
financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the
Company in the reports that it files or submits to the SEC under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC
and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the
chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company
required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
The Company maintains internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Except as set forth in Section 3.8 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, none of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
respective records, systems, controls, data or information are
recorded, stored, maintained, operated or otherwise wholly or
partly dependent on or held by any means (including any electronic,
mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or
not)
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which (including all means of access thereto and
therefrom) are not under the exclusive ownership and direct control
of the Company or its Subsidiaries or accountants.
Section
3.9
Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Since
the date of the Balance Sheet and except as disclosed in the SEC
Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has
conducted its business in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and, since the date of the Balance
Sheet, there has not occurred: (i) any Company Material
Adverse Effect; (ii) any amendments to or changes in the
Company Charter, Company Bylaws or Subsidiary Documents;
(iii) any material damage to, destruction or loss of any asset
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not covered
by insurance) that could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) any change by the Company in its accounting methods,
principles or practices other than as required by GAAP or
applicable Law; (v) any revaluation by the Company of any of
its assets, including writing down the value of inventory or
writing off notes or accounts receivable other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, in terms of both
frequency and amount, and in any event in excess of $500,000;
(vi) any sale of a material amount of assets (tangible or
intangible) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) any
recalls, field notifications, field corrections or safety alerts
material to the operations of the Company or reportable to the FDA,
or product complaints material to the operations of the Company,
with respect to products manufactured by or on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (viii) abandoning,
permitting to lapse, or otherwise disposing of material
Intellectual Property; or (ix) any other action or event that would
have required the consent of Parent pursuant to Section 5.1 had
such action or event occurred after the date of this Agreement.
Section
3.10
No Undisclosed Liabilities .
(a) Except as reflected in
the Balance Sheet or the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities (absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise) which are required by GAAP to be set forth
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries or in the notes thereto, other than (i) any
liabilities and obligations incurred since the date of the Balance
Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, (ii) any liabilities or obligations incurred in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
(iii) liabilities that, individually and in the aggregate,
have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to
become a party to, any joint venture, partnership agreement or any
similar contract (including any contract relating to any
transaction, arrangement or relationship between or among the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any
unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special
purpose or limited purpose entity or person, on the other hand)
where the purpose or intended effect of such arrangement is to
avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company’s consolidated
financial statements.
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Section
3.11
Absence of Litigation; Investigations . Except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports filed and publicly available on the
SEC’s EDGAR database prior to the date of this Agreement (the
" Filed SEC Documents ") or in Section 3.11 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there are no material claims, actions, suits,
proceedings, governmental investigations, inquiries or subpoenas
(other than arising from or relating to the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement),
(a) pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties or assets, (b) to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets
or (c) whether filed or threatened, that have been settled or
compromised by the Company or any Subsidiary within the three (3)
years prior to the date of this Agreement and at the time of such
settlement or compromise were material. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary of the Company is subject to any outstanding
order, writ, injunction or decree that would reasonably be expected
to be material or would reasonably be expected to prevent or delay
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. There has not been nor are there currently any
internal investigations or inquiries being conducted by the
Company, the Company Board (or any committee thereof) or any third
party at the request of any of the foregoing concerning any
financial, accounting, tax, conflict of interest, self-dealing,
fraudulent or deceptive conduct or other misfeasance or malfeasance
issues.
Section
3.12
Agreements, Contracts and Commitments .
(a) All of the Material
Contracts (as defined below) that are required to be described in
the SEC Reports (or to be filed as exhibits thereto) are so
described or filed and are in full force and effect. Section
3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and
accurate list of, and true and complete copies have been delivered
or made available to Parent with respect to, all Material Contracts
in effect as of the date hereof other than the Material Contracts
which are listed as an exhibit to the Company’s most recent
annual report on Form 10-K or a subsequent quarterly report on Form
10-Q. " Material Contracts " shall mean any note,
bond, mortgage, indenture, guarantee, other evidence of
indebtedness, lease, license, contract, agreement or other
instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their
Assets are bound, and which either (i) has a remaining term of
more than one year from the date hereof and (A) cannot be
unilaterally terminated by the Company at any time, without
material penalty, within thirty (30) days of providing notice of
termination, and (B) involves the payment or receipt of money in
excess of $500,000 during its remaining term, (ii) involves
the payment or receipt of money in excess of $500,000 during the
remaining term of such instrument or (iii) contains covenants
limiting the freedom of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
sell any products or services of or to any other person, engage in
any line of business or compete with any person or operate at any
location.
(b) As of the date of this
Agreement, (i) there is no breach or violation of or default
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the Material
Contracts, except such breaches, violations and defaults as have
been waived, and (ii) no event has occurred with respect to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, with notice
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or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
breach, violation or default, or give rise to a right of
termination, modification, cancellation, foreclosure, imposition of
a Lien, prepayment or acceleration under any of the Material
Contracts, which breach, violation or default referred to in
clauses (i) or (ii), individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
3.13
Employee Benefit Plans, Options and Employment Agreements
.
(a) Section 3.13(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate
list of all Employee Benefit Plans maintained, or contributed to by
the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates or to which the Company, any of
the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates is obligated to contribute, or under which any of them
has or may have any liability for premiums or benefits
(collectively, the " Company Employee Plans "). For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (i) " Employee Benefit Plan "
means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), any "employee welfare benefit plan"
(as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), and any other written
or oral plan, agreement or arrangement involving material
compensation, including insurance coverage, severance benefits,
disability benefits, deferred compensation, bonuses, stock options,
stock purchase, phantom stock, stock appreciation or other forms of
fringe benefits, perquisites, incentive compensation or
post-retirement compensation and all employment, change in control,
severance or similar agreements, written or otherwise, for the
benefit of, or relating to, any current or former employee, officer
or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) " ERISA "
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended; and (iii) " ERISA Affiliate " means any entity
which is, or at any applicable time was, a member of (A) a
controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b)
of the Code), (B) a group of trades or businesses under common
control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code) or
(C) an affiliated service group (as defined under
Section 414(m) of the Code or the regulations under
Section 414(o) of the Code), any of which includes or included
the Company or a Subsidiary.
(b) With respect to each
Company Employee Plan, the Company has delivered to Parent complete
and accurate copies of (i) such Company Employee Plan (or a
written summary of any unwritten plan) together with all
amendments, (ii) in the case of any plan for which Forms 5500
are required to be filed, the most recent annual report (Form 5500)
with schedules attached, (iii) in the case of any plan that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, the
most recent determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service,
(iv) each trust agreement, group annuity contract,
administration and similar material agreements, investment
management or investment advisory agreements, (v) the most
recent summary plan descriptions and employee handbook, or other
similar material employee communications relating to employee
benefits matters, (vi) all personnel, payroll and employment
manuals and policies, and (vii) the most recent financial
statements for each Company Employee Plan that is funded.
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(c) Each
Company Employee Plan has been administered in all material
respects in accordance with ERISA, the Code and all other
applicable Laws and the regulations thereunder and in accordance
with its terms and each of the Company, the Company’s
Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates have in all
material respects met their obligations with respect to each
Company Employee Plan and have timely made (or timely will make)
all required contributions thereto. All filings and reports
as to each Company Employee Plan required to have been submitted to
the Internal Revenue Service or to the United States Department of
Labor have been timely submitted. With respect to the Company
Employee Plans, no event has occurred, and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, there exists no condition or set of circumstances in
connection with which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
plan participant could be subject to any material tax, fine, lien,
penalty or liability under ERISA, the Code or any other applicable
Law, nor will the negotiation or consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement give rise to any such material
liability.
(d) With respect to the
Company Employee Plans, there are no material benefit obligations
for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued and
there are no benefit obligations which have not been accounted for
by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted in accordance with the
requirements of GAAP, on the financial statements of the
Company. The assets of each Company Employee Plan which is
funded are reported at their fair market value on the books and
records of such Employee Benefit Plan.
(e) No Company Employee Plan
has assets that include securities issued by the Company, any of
the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA
Affiliates.
(f) All the Company
Employee Plans that are intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code (each, a " Qualified Plan ")
have received determination, opinion or advisory letters from the
Internal Revenue Service to the effect that such Company Employee
Plans are qualified and the plans and trusts related thereto are
exempt from federal income taxes under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, or
the Company has remaining a period of time under applicable U.S.
Department of the Treasury regulations or Internal Revenue Service
pronouncements in which to apply for such a letter and to make any
amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination as to the
qualified status of each such Qualified Plan. To the
Company’s Knowledge, no such determination, opinion or
advisory letter has been revoked and revocation has not been
threatened, and no such Employee Benefit Plan has been amended or
operated since the date of its most recent determination letter or
application therefor in any respect, and no act or omission has
occurred, that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect its
qualification or materially increase its cost. There has been
no termination, partial termination or discontinuance of
contributions to any Qualified Plan that will result in material
liability to the Company. Each Company Employee Plan which is
required to satisfy Section 401(k)(3) or
Section 401(m)(2) of the Code has been tested for compliance
with, and satisfies in all material respects the requirements of
Section 401(k)(3) and Section 401(m)(2) of the Code, as
the case may be, for each plan year ending prior to the Closing
Date for which testing is required to be completed.
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(g) Neither
the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries nor any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates has (i) ever maintained a
Company Employee Plan which was ever subject to Section 412 of
the Code or Title IV of ERISA or (ii) ever been obligated to
contribute to a "multiemployer plan" (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). No Company Employee Plan
is funded by, associated with or related to a "voluntary
employees’ beneficiary association" within the meaning of
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.
(h) To the extent permitted
by applicable Law, each Company Employee Plan is amendable and
terminable unilaterally by the Company and any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries party thereto or covered thereby at
any time without material liability to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as a result thereof, other than for benefits accrued
as of the date of such amendment or termination and routine
administrative costs.
(i) Other than as
required under Section 601 et seq. of ERISA, none of the
Company Employee Plans promises or provides health or other welfare
benefits (excluding normal claims for benefits under the
Company’s group life insurance, accidental death and
dismemberment insurance and disability plans and policies) or
coverage to any person following retirement or other termination of
employment.
(j) There is no
action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration, audit or
investigation pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened, with respect to any Company Employee Plan, other than
claims for benefits in the ordinary course. No Company
Employee Plan is or within the last three calendar years has been
the subject of, or has received notice that it is the subject of,
examination by a government agency or a participant in a government
sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance or similar program.
(k) To the Company’s
Knowledge, each individual who has received compensation for the
performance of services on behalf of the Company, any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates has been properly classified as an employee or
independent contractor in accordance with applicable Law.
(l) Each Company
Employee Plan maintained or covering employees outside the United
States, and the books and records thereof, is in material
compliance with all applicable Laws of each applicable
jurisdiction. Section 3.13(l) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists each country in which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or affiliates has operations and the number of
employees in each such country.
(m) Section 3.13(m) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct
list of (i) all employment agreements with employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) all employees or
former employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who have
executed a non-competition agreement with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iii) all severance agreements, programs and
policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with or relating
to its employees, excluding programs and policies required to be
maintained by Law; and (iv) all plans, programs, agreements
and other arrangements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to which payments
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(or acceleration of benefits or vesting of
options or lapse of repurchase rights) may be required upon, or may
become payable directly or indirectly as a result of or in
connection with, the negotiation or consummation of the
transactions contemplated by, or the execution of, this
Agreement. True, complete and correct copies of each of the
foregoing agreements to which any employee of the Company is a
party have been made available to Parent.
(n) All contributions
required to be made with respect to any Company Employee Plan on or
prior to the Effective Time have been or will be timely made or are
reflected on the Balance Sheet. There are no pending, or, to
the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or reasonably anticipated
claims by or on behalf of any Plan, by any employee or beneficiary
covered under any such Company Employee Plan, or otherwise
involving any such Plan (other than routine claims for
benefits).
(o) Except as set forth as
Section 3.13(o) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the negotiation
or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will not, either alone or in combination with another event,
(i) entitle any current or former employee or officer of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to severance pay, or any
other payment from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
(ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, a lapse of
repurchase rights or increase the amount of compensation due any
such employee or officer. There is no Company Employee Plan
or other contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that,
individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any
amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Sections 280G
(determined without regard to Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code)
or 162(m) of the Code.
(p) Each Company Employee
Plan that is a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan" (as
defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated since
January 1, 2005 in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the
Code and IRS Notice 2005-1. No Company Employee Plan that is
a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan" has been materially
modified (as determined under Notice 2005-1) after October 3,
2004. No award granted under any of the Company Stock Plans
is subject to Section 409A of the Code.
Section
3.14
Labor Matters .
(a) The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws respecting employment and
employment practices, including, without limitation, all Laws
respecting terms and conditions of employment, health and safety,
wages and hours, child labor, immigration, employment
discrimination, disability rights or benefits, equal opportunity,
plant closures and layoffs, affirmative action, workers’
compensation, labor relations, employee leave issues and
unemployment insurance. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is delinquent in payments to any current or former
employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or
otherwise paid. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any order, writ,
judgment, injunction,
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decree, stipulation, determination or award
relating to employees or employment practices entered by or with
any Governmental Entity.
(b) All personnel policies,
rules and procedures applicable to employees of the Company and/or
any of its Subsidiaries are in writing. There are no written
personnel manuals, handbooks, policies, rules or procedures
applicable to employees of the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries, other than those set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, true and complete copies of which have
heretofore been provided to Parent.
(c) Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received (i) notice of any unfair
labor practice charge or complaint pending or threatened before the
National Labor Relations Board or any other Governmental Entity
against them, (ii) notice of any complaints, grievances or
arbitrations arising out of any collective bargaining agreement or
any other complaints, grievances or arbitration proceedings against
them, (iii) notice of any charge or complaint with respect to
or relating to them pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission or any other Governmental Entity responsible for the
prevention of unlawful employment practices, (iv) notice of the
intent of any Governmental Entity responsible for the enforcement
of labor, employment, wages and hours of work, child labor,
immigration, or occupational safety and health Laws to conduct an
investigation with respect to or relating to them or notice that
such investigation is in progress, or (v) notice of any complaint,
lawsuit or other proceeding pending or threatened in any forum by
or on behalf of any present or former employees, any applicant for
employment or classes of the foregoing alleging breach of any
express or implied contract of employment, any applicable Law
governing employment or the termination thereof or other
discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the
employment relationship.
(d) The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries has good labor relations, and the Company, each of
its Subsidiaries, and their respective employees, agents or
representatives have not committed any material unfair labor
practice as defined in the National Labor Relations Act.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to,
bound by or subject to (and none of the Company’s and/or any
of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets is bound by or
subject to) any labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement,
work rules or practices, or any other labor-related agreements or
arrangements with any labor union, labor organization, trade union
or works council. There are no labor agreements, collective
bargaining agreements, work rules or practices, or any other
labor-related agreements or arrangements that pertain to any of the
employees of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, and no
employees of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries are
represented by any labor union, labor organization, trade union or
works council with respect to their employment with the Company
and/or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) To the Company’s
Knowledge, there are no current labor union organizing activities
with respect to any employees of the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries. No labor union, labor organization, trade
union, works council, or group of employees of the Company and/or
any of its Subsidiaries has made a pending demand for
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recognition or certification, and there are no
representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a
representation proceeding presently pending or threatened in
writing to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations
Board or any other labor relations tribunal or authority. To
the Company’s Knowledge, there are no labor disputes,
strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages, lockouts, or threats thereof,
against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor
has there been any of the foregoing during the 5-year period before
the date of this Agreement.
(f) No employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) to the Company’s
Knowledge is in violation of any term of any patent disclosure
agreement, non-competition agreement, or any restrictive covenant
to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to
be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries because of
the nature of the business conducted or presently proposed to be
conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to
the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others, or
(ii) in the case of any key employee or group of key
employees, has given notice as of the date of this Agreement to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that such employee or any
employee in a group of key employees intends to terminate his or
her employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether
on account of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
for any other reason.
(g) The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all notice
and other requirements under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act of 1988, as amended (the " WARN Act "), and
any similar foreign, state or local Law relating to plant closings
and layoffs. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is currently engaged in any layoffs or employment terminations
sufficient in number to trigger application of the WARN Act or any
similar state, local or foreign Law. Section 3.14(g) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of
the names and the sites of employment or facilities of those
individuals who suffered an "employment loss" (as defined in the
WARN Act) at any site of employment or facility of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries during the 90-day period prior to the date
of this Agreement. Section 3.14(g) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule shall be updated immediately prior to the Closing with
respect to the 90-day period prior to the Closing.
(h) The execution of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with any
other event, result in any material breach or other violation of
any collective bargaining agreement, employment agreement,
consulting agreement or any other labor-related agreement to which
the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
Section
3.15
Properties; Encumbrances .
(a) Each of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or a valid
leasehold interest in, all the properties and assets which it
purports to own or lease (real, tangible, personal and mixed),
including all the properties and assets reflected in the Balance
Sheet (except for personal property sold since the date of the
Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice). All
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