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Exhibit
10.21
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
BY AND
AMONG
GOOGLE INC.
ENUMCLAW,
INC.
DMARC BROADCASTING,
INC.
AND, WITH RESPECT TO
ARTICLES VIII, IX AND X ONLY,
H. RICHARD
DALLAS
AS STOCKHOLDER
REPRESENTATIVE
AND
U.S. BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
AS ESCROW
AGENT
Dated as of
January 16, 2006
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Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the
omitted portions. |
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE MERGER
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1.1
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The Merger
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1.2
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Effective Time
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1.3
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Effect of the Merger
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1.4
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Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws
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1.5
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Directors and Officers
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1.6
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Effect of Merger on the Capital Stock of
the Constituent Corporations
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3 |
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1.7
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Dissenting Shares
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7 |
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1.8
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Surrender of Certificates
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1.9
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No Further Ownership Rights in Company
Capital Stock
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10 |
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1.10
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Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates
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1.11
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Taking of Necessary Action; Further
Action
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10 |
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ARTICLE II CONTINGENT CONSIDERATION
PROVISIONS
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10 |
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2.1
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General Provisions
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2.2
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Definitions Applicable to this Article
II
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2.3
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Contingent Payments
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2.4
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Reports and Payment
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2.5
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Stockholder Representative
Review
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2.6
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Disagreements
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2.7
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Exclusion of Excludable
Contracts
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2.8
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Support and Control
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2.9
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No Guarantee of Employment
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2.10
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No Other Representations, Warranties or
Commitments
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2.11
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Certain Transactions
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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3.1
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Organization of the Company
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3.2
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Company Capital Structure
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3.3
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Subsidiaries
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3.4
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Authority
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3.5
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No Conflict
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3.6
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Consents
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3.7
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Company Financial Statements
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3.8
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No Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.9
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No Changes
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3.10
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Accounts Receivable
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3.11
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Tax Matters
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3.12
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Restrictions on Business
Activities
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3.13
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Title to Properties; Absence of Liens
and Encumbrances; Condition of Equipment
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3.14
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Intellectual Property
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3.15
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Agreements, Contracts and
Commitments
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3.16
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Interested Party Transactions
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3.17
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Company Authorizations
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3.18
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Litigation
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3.19
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Minute Books
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3.20
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Environmental Matters
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TABLE OF
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3.21 |
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Brokers’ and Finders’
Fees
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46 |
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3.22 |
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Employee Benefit Plans and
Compensation
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3.23 |
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Insurance
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3.24 |
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Compliance with Laws
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3.25 |
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Export Control Laws
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3.26 |
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Customers and Suppliers
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3.27 |
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Complete Copies of Materials
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
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4.1 |
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Organization
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4.2 |
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Authority
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4.3 |
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No Conflict
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4.4 |
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Consents
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4.5 |
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Litigation
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ARTICLE V CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE TIME
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5.1 |
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Conduct of Business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries
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5.2 |
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No Solicitation
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5.3 |
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Procedures for Requesting Parent
Consent
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
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6.1 |
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Company Stockholder Approval
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6.2 |
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Access to Information
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6.3 |
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Confidentiality
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6.4 |
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Public Disclosure
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6.5 |
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Reasonable Efforts
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6.6 |
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Notification of Certain
Matters
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6.7 |
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Additional Documents and Further
Assurances
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6.8 |
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Conversion of Preferred Stock
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6.9 |
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Treatment of Company Warrants
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6.10 |
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Amendment to Plans
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6.11 |
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Consents
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6.12 |
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Terminated Agreements
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6.13 |
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Modified Agreements
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6.14 |
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Notices
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6.15 |
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Proprietary Information and Inventions
Assignment Agreement
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6.16 |
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New Employment Arrangements
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6.17 |
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Agreements and Documents Delivered at
Signing
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6.18 |
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Non-Competition Agreements
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6.19 |
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Resignation of Officers and
Directors
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6.20 |
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Releases of Officers
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6.21 |
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Termination of 401(k) Plan
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6.22 |
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Expenses
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6.23 |
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Spreadsheet
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6.24 |
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Release of Liens
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6.25 |
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FIRPTA Compliance
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6.26 |
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Director and Officer Liability and
Indemnification
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE
MERGER
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7.1 |
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Conditions to Obligations of Each Party
to Effect the Merger
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63 |
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7.2 |
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Conditions to Obligations of Parent and
Sub
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7.3 |
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Conditions to Obligations of the
Company
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ARTICLE VIII SURVIVAL OF
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ESCROW
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68 |
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8.1 |
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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8.2 |
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Indemnification
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8.3 |
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Maximum Payments; Remedy
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8.4 |
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Claims for Indemnification; Resolution
of Conflicts
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70 |
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8.5 |
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Setoff for Losses
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8.6 |
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Escrow Arrangements
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8.7 |
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Third-Party Claims
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8.8 |
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Stockholder Representative
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION, AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER
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9.1 |
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Termination
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9.2 |
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Effect of Termination
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9.3 |
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Amendment
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9.4 |
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Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE X GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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10.1 |
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Notices
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10.2 |
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Interpretation
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80 |
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10.3 |
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Counterparts
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10.4 |
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Entire Agreement; Assignment
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80 |
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10.5 |
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Severability
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80 |
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10.6 |
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Other Remedies
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81 |
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10.7 |
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Governing Law; Exclusive
Jurisdiction
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81 |
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10.8 |
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Rules of Construction
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81 |
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10.9 |
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Legal Representation
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81 |
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10.10 |
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Resolution of Conflicts;
Arbitration
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INDEX OF
EXHIBITS 1
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Exhibit
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Description
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Exhibit A
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Cash Bonus
Plan |
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Exhibit B
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Form of
Written Consent |
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Exhibit C
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Form of
Proxy |
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Exhibit D
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Form of
Securityholder Agreement |
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Exhibit E
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Form of
Certificate of Merger |
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Exhibit F
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Form of
Letter of Transmittal |
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Exhibit G
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Form of
Non-Competition Agreements |
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Exhibit H
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Form of
Director and Officer Resignation Letter |
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Exhibit I
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Form of
Officer Release Letter |
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Exhibit J
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Form of
Legal Opinion of Counsel of the Company |
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Exhibit K
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Form of
Legal Opinion of Reed Smith LLP |
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Exhibit L
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Form of
Legal Opinion of Counsel of Parent |
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Schedules
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Description
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Schedule 1.6(a)(i)
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Key
Employees |
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Schedule 1.6(a)(ii)
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Knowledge |
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Schedule 2.2(s)
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Approved
Contracts |
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Schedule 2.2(z)(i)
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2006-2007
Inventory Table |
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Schedule 2.2(z)(ii)
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2008
Inventory Table |
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Schedule 2.2(kk)(i)
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2006-2007
Revenue Table |
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Schedule 2.2(kk)(ii)
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2008 Revenue
Table |
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Schedule 3.14(p)(i)
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Form of
Employee Proprietary Information Agreement |
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Schedule 3.14(p)(ii)
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Form of
Consultant Proprietary Information Agreement |
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Schedule 6.1(a)
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Company
Stockholder Approval |
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Schedule 6.23
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Spreadsheet |
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Schedule 7.2(j)
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Third Party
Consents |
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Schedule 7.2(k)
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Terminated
Agreements |
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Schedule 7.2(l)
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Modified
Agreements |
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Schedule 7.2(m)
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Notices |
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Schedule 7.2(n)
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Proprietary
Information and Inventions Assignment Agreements |
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Schedule 7.2(p)
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Non-Competition Agreements |
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Schedule 7.2(u)
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Release of
Liens |
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Schedule 8.2(a)(v)
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Other
Indemnity Matters |
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The Exhibits
and Schedules to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item
601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. We will furnish supplementally a copy
of any Exhibit or Schedule to the Securities and Exchange
Commission upon request.
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INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
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Term
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Section Reference
in Agreement |
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2006-2007 Inventory Table
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2.2(z) |
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2006-2007 Revenue Table
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2.2(kk) |
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2008 Inventory Table
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2.2(z) |
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2008 Revenue Table
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2.2(kk) |
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280G Approval
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6.1(d) |
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401(k) Plan
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6.21 |
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acquire
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2.2 |
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Acquisition Contract
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2.7(a) |
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Action of Divestiture
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6.5 |
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Additional Escrow Amount
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1.6(a) |
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Adjusted Listener Count
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2.2 |
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Affiliate
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2.2 |
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Affiliated
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2.2 |
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Agreement
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Preamble |
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AQH Persons 12+
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2.2 |
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Arbitron
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2.2 |
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AudioAds Product
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2.2 |
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AudioAds Operating Group
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2.2 |
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Authorized Claim
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8.6(d) |
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Balance Sheet Date
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3.7 |
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Barter Transaction
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2.2 |
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Basket
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8.3(e) |
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Blanket Authorization
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2.7(c) |
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Blanket Authorization Notice
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2.7(f) |
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Board Recommendation
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6.1(c) |
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Bonus Unit
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1.6(c)(iii) |
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Broadcast Automation Product
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2.2 |
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Business
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1.6(a) |
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Business Day(s)
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1.6(a) |
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California Law
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1.7(a) |
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Cash Bonus Plan
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Recitals |
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Certificate of Incorporation
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3.1(a) |
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Certificate of Merger
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1.2 |
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Chad
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2.7(e)(i) |
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Charter Documents
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3.1(a) |
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Claim Date
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8.4(a)(i) |
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Closing
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1.2 |
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Closing Date
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1.2 |
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Closing Stockholder Consent
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1.6(a) |
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COBRA
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3.22(a) |
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Code
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1.6(a) |
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Company
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Preamble |
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Company Authorizations
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3.17 |
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Company Capital Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Common Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Disclosure Schedule
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Article III |
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INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
(continued)
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Term
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Section Reference
in Agreement
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Company Employee Plan
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3.22(a) |
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Company Indemnified Person
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6.26 |
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Company Intellectual Property
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3.14(a) |
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Company Options
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1.6(a) |
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Company Preferred Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Registered Intellectual
Property
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3.14(b) |
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Company Series A Common
Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Series A Preferred
Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Series B Common
Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Series B-1 Preferred
Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Series B-2 Preferred
Stock
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1.6(a) |
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Company Stock Certificates
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1.8(c) |
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Company System
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2.2 |
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Company Warrants
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1.6(a) |
| Confidential
Information |
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2.5(b) |
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Conflict
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3.5 |
| Consultant
Proprietary Information Agreement |
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3.14(p) |
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Contaminants
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3.14(v) |
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Contingent Payment
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1.6(a) |
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Contingent Payment Holdback
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8.5(b)(ii) |
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Contingent Payment Report
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2.2 |
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Contract
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1.6(a) |
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Contracts
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1.6(a) |
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Costs of Revenues
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2.2 |
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Covered Internet
Advertisement
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2.2 |
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Covered Inventory Amount
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2.2 |
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Covered Net Revenue
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2.2 |
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Covered Radio Advertisement
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2.2 |
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[***]
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2.2 |
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Covered Radio Media
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2.2 |
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Covered Radio Media Content
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2.2 |
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Covered Radio Spot
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2.2 |
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Covered Radio Station
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3.26(a) |
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Covered Unused Radio Spot
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2.2 |
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Covered Used Radio Spot
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2.2 |
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Current Balance Sheet
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3.7 |
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Customers
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3.26(a) |
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[***]
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2.2 |
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Deal Review Committee
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2.7(d) |
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Deal Review Notice
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2.7(d) |
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Delaware Law
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1.1 |
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Director and Officer Resignation
Letter
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6.19 |
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Dispute Arbitration Decision
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2.6(c) |
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Dispute Period
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2.6(a) |
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Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the
omitted portions. |
INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
(continued)
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Term
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Section Reference
in Agreement
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Dispute Settlement Agreement
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2.6(c) |
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Dissenting Share Payments
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1.7(c) |
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Dissenting Shares
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1.7(a) |
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DOL
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3.22(a) |
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Dollars or $
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1.6(a) |
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Effective Time
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1.2 |
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Employee
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3.22(a) |
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Employee Agreement
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3.22(a) |
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Employee Proprietary Information
Agreement
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3.14(p) |
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Environmental Permits
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3.20(c) |
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Equipment
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3.13(d) |
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ERISA
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3.22(a) |
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ERISA Affiliate
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3.22(a) |
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Escrow Agent
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1.6(a) |
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Escrow Amounts
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1.6(a) |
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Escrow Distribution Holdback
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8.6(b) |
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Escrow Fund
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8.6(a) |
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Escrow Period
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8.6(b) |
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Excess Third Party Expenses
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6.22 |
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Exchange Agent
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1.8(a) |
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Exchange Documents
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1.8(c) |
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Exchange Fund
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1.8(a) |
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Excludable Contract
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2.7(b) |
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Excludable Contract Notice
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2.7(f) |
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Excluded Blanket
Authorization
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2.7(e)(iii)(2) |
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Excluded Contract
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2.7(e) |
|
Export Approvals
|
|
3.25(a) |
|
Final Determination
|
|
2.6(c) |
|
Financials
|
|
3.7 |
|
FIRPTA Compliance Certificate
|
|
6.25 |
|
FMLA
|
|
3.22(a) |
|
GAAP
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Governmental Entity
|
|
3.6 |
|
Hazardous Material
|
|
3.20(a) |
|
Hazardous Materials
Activities
|
|
3.20(b) |
|
HIPAA
|
|
3.22(a) |
|
HSR Act
|
|
3.6 |
|
Indemnifiable Matters
|
|
8.2(a) |
|
Indemnified Parties
|
|
8.2(a) |
|
Indemnifying Party
|
|
8.4(a)(ii) |
|
Initial Escrow Amount
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Initial Merger Consideration
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Intellectual Property Rights
|
|
3.14(a) |
|
Interim Financials
|
|
3.7 |
|
International Employee Plan
|
|
3.22(a) |
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INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
(continued)
|
|
|
|
Term
|
|
Section Reference
in Agreement
|
|
Internet Spot
|
|
2.2 |
|
Inventory Contingency Payment
|
|
2.2 |
|
Inventory Contingency Report
|
|
2.4(c)(i) |
|
Inventory Payment Period
|
|
2.2 |
|
Inventory Reference Amount
|
|
2.2 |
|
IRS
|
|
3.22(a) |
|
Key Employees
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Knowledge
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Known
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Launch Contingency Date
|
|
2.3(a) |
|
Launch Contingent Payment
|
|
2.3(a) |
|
Launch Milestone
|
|
2.3(a) |
|
Lease Agreements
|
|
3.13(b) |
|
Leased Real Property
|
|
3.13(b) |
|
Letter of Transmittal
|
|
1.8(c) |
|
Lien
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Liens
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Listener Count
|
|
2.2 |
|
Loss
|
|
8.2(a) |
|
Losses
|
|
8.2(a) |
|
Material Adverse Effect
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Material Contract
|
|
3.15(a) |
|
Material Contracts
|
|
3.15(a) |
|
Maximum Inventory Contingent
Consideration
|
|
2.2 |
|
Maximum Revenue Contingent
Consideration
|
|
2.2 |
|
Merger
|
|
Recitals |
|
Merger Consideration
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Modified Agreements
|
|
6.13 |
|
Non-Competition Agreements
|
|
6.18 |
|
Non-Disclosure Agreement
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Notices
|
|
6.14 |
|
Objection Deadline
|
|
8.4(a)(iv) |
|
Objection Notice
|
|
8.4(a)(iii) |
|
Offer Letter
|
|
6.16(a) |
|
Officer’s Certificate
|
|
8.4(a)(i) |
|
Officer Release Letter
|
|
6.20 |
|
Open Source Materials
|
|
3.14(t) |
|
Parent
|
|
Preamble |
|
Parent (for purposes of
Article II)
|
|
2.2 |
|
Parent Charter Documents
|
|
4.3 |
|
Parent Disclosure Schedule
|
|
Article IV |
|
Parties
|
|
2.2 |
|
Party
|
|
2.2 |
|
Payable Claim
|
|
8.5(c) |
|
Payable Contingent Payment
|
|
8.5(b) |
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INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
(continued)
|
|
|
|
Term
|
|
Section Reference
in Agreement
|
|
Payable Overage
|
|
2.6(e) |
|
Payment Adjustment Fund
|
|
2.1(e) |
|
Payment Dispute Report
|
|
2.6(a) |
|
Payment Overage
|
|
2.4(b)(iii) |
|
PBGC
|
|
3.22(a) |
|
Pension Plan
|
|
3.22(a) |
|
Person
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Plans
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Products
|
|
3.14(a) |
|
Programming Automation
Customer
|
|
3.26(a) |
|
Pro Rata Portion
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Proxy
|
|
Recitals |
|
PTO
|
|
3.14(b) |
|
[***]
|
|
2.2 |
|
[***]
|
|
2.2 |
|
Radio Spot
|
|
2.2 |
|
Registered Intellectual
Property
|
|
3.14(a) |
|
Related Agreements
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Representative
|
|
2.5(b) |
|
Requisite Stockholder Vote
|
|
3.4 |
|
Resolved Claims
|
|
8.4(b)(iii) |
|
Returns
|
|
3.11(b)(i) |
|
Revenue Contingency Payment
|
|
2.2 |
|
Revenue Contingency Report
|
|
2.4(b)(i) |
|
Revenue Payment Period
|
|
2.2 |
|
Revenue Reference Amount
|
|
2.2 |
|
RevenueSuite Agreement
|
|
3.15(a)(xiv) |
|
RevenueSuite Customer
|
|
3.26(a) |
|
Review Request
|
|
2.5(a) |
|
Ryan
|
|
2.7(e)(ii) |
|
Securityholder Agreement
|
|
Recitals |
|
Settled Claims
|
|
8.4(b)(i) |
|
Settlement Memorandum
|
|
8.4(b)(i) |
|
Shrink-Wrap Code
|
|
3.14(a) |
|
Source Code
|
|
3.14(a) |
|
Spreadsheet
|
|
6.23 |
|
Standard Form Agreements
|
|
3.14(i) |
|
Statement of Expenses
|
|
6.22 |
|
Stockholder
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Stockholder Representative
|
|
Preamble |
|
Stockholder Representative
Expense
|
|
8.8(b) |
|
Sub
|
|
Preamble |
|
Subsidiaries
|
|
3.3 |
|
Subsidiary
|
|
3.3 |
|
Subsidiary Organizational
Documents
|
|
3.3 |
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Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the
omitted portions. |
INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
(continued)
|
|
|
|
Term
|
|
Section Reference
in Agreement
|
|
Survival Date
|
|
8.1 |
|
Surviving Corporation
|
|
1.1 |
|
Tax
|
|
3.11(a) |
|
Taxes
|
|
3.11(a) |
|
Technology
|
|
3.14(a) |
|
Terminated Agreements
|
|
6.12 |
|
Terrestrial Broadcast Radio
|
|
2.2 |
|
Third Party Claim
|
|
8.7 |
|
Third Party Expense Adjustment
Amount
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Third Party Expenses
|
|
6.22 |
|
Third Party Expense Cap
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Total Outstanding
Capitalization
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Unagreed Barter Transaction
|
|
2.2 |
|
Unobjected Claim
|
|
8.4(a)(iv) |
|
Unresolved Claim
|
|
8.5(c) |
|
WARN
|
|
3.22(a) |
|
Warrantholder
|
|
1.6(a) |
|
Written Consent
|
|
Recitals |
|
Written Decision
|
|
8.4(b)(iii) |
|
Year-End Financials
|
|
3.7 |
* * * * *
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THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER (the “ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into as of January 16, 2006 by and among Google Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Enumclaw,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent (“ Sub ”), dMarc Broadcasting, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and with
respect to Article VIII , Article IX and
Article X hereof only, H. Richard Dallas as stockholder
representative (the “ Stockholder Representative
”), and U.S. Bank, National Association as Escrow
Agent.
RECITALS
A. The Boards of Directors of
each of Parent, Sub and the Company believe it is advisable and in
the best interests of each corporation and its respective
stockholders that Parent acquire the Company through the statutory
merger of Sub with and into the Company (the “ Merger
”) and, in furtherance thereof, have approved this Agreement
and the Merger.
B. Pursuant to the Merger,
among other things, and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, (i) all of the issued and outstanding Company
Capital Stock shall be converted into the right to receive the
consideration set forth herein, (ii) all of the issued and
outstanding Company Options shall be cancelled in exchange for
certain cash rights which shall be granted pursuant to the terms
and conditions of a cash bonus plan, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Cash Bonus
Plan ”), and (iii) all of the issued and outstanding
Company Warrants shall be converted into the right to receive the
consideration set forth herein.
C. A portion of the Initial
Merger Consideration otherwise payable by Parent in connection with
the Merger and a portion of the Launch Contingent Payment, if any,
otherwise payable by Parent in connection with the terms and
conditions described in Article II hereof shall be
placed in escrow by Parent as partial security for the
indemnification obligations set forth in this Agreement.
D. The Company, on the one
hand, and Parent and Sub, on the other hand, desire to make certain
representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements in
connection with the Merger.
E. Immediately following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, certain Stockholders
shall execute and deliver to the Company, and the Company shall
thereafter deliver to Parent, a true, correct and complete copy of
an Action by Written Consent, adopting this Agreement, the Merger
and the transactions contemplated hereby, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Written Consent
”) and an irrevocable proxy coupled with an interest in the
form attached as Exhibit C (the “ Proxy
”). In addition, certain Stockholders shall execute and
deliver to Parent a stockholder agreement, in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “
Securityholder Agreement ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and other
premises set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the
performance thereof, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and
accepted, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger . At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“ Delaware
Law ”), Sub shall be merged with and into the Company,
the separate corporate existence of Sub shall cease, and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation and as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The surviving corporation after
the Merger is sometimes referred to hereinafter as the “
Surviving Corporation .”
1.2 Effective Time .
Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to
Section 9.1 hereof, the closing of the Merger (the
“ Closing ”) will take place on a Business Day
as promptly as practicable after the execution and delivery hereof
by the parties hereto, and following the satisfaction or waiver of
the conditions set forth in Article VII hereof, at the
offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California, unless
another time or place is mutually agreed upon in writing by Parent
and the Company. The date upon which the Closing actually occurs
shall be referred to herein as the “ Closing Date
.” On the Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the
Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “
Certificate of Merger ”), in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Delaware Law (the time of such filing
shall be referred to herein as the “ Effective Time
”).
1.3 Effect of the
Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger
shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of Delaware Law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject
thereto, at the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed to
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all of the property,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities
and duties of the Company and Sub shall become the debts,
liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
1.4 Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws .
(a) Unless otherwise
determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the certificate
of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and
restated as of the Effective Time to be identical to the
certificate of incorporation of Sub as in effect immediately prior
to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with
Delaware Law and as provided in such certificate of incorporation;
provided, however , that at the Effective Time,
Article I of the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows: “The name of the corporation is dMarc
Broadcasting, Inc.”; provided further, however, that
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of Sub relating
to the incorporator of Sub shall be omitted from the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) Unless otherwise
determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the bylaws of
Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be
the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time until
thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and as provided
in the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
and such bylaws.
1.5 Directors and
Officers .
(a) Directors of Surviving
Corporation . Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to
the Effective Time, the directors of Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation
immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold the office of a
director of the Surviving Corporation in accordance with the
provisions of Delaware Law and the certificate of incorporation and
bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
(b) Officers of Surviving
Corporation . Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to
the Effective Time, the officers of Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation
immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office in
accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
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(c) Directors of
Subsidiaries of Surviving Corporation . Unless otherwise
determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, Parent, the
Company and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the directors of
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time to be the directors of
any Subsidiaries immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold
office as a director of each such Subsidiary in accordance with the
provisions of the laws of the respective jurisdiction of
organization and the respective bylaws or equivalent organizational
documents of each such Subsidiary.
(d) Officers of
Subsidiaries of Surviving Corporation . Unless otherwise
determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, Parent, the
Company and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the officers of
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time to be the officers of
any Subsidiaries immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold
office as an officer of each such Subsidiary in accordance with the
provisions of the laws of the respective jurisdiction of
organization and the bylaws or equivalent organizational documents
of each such Subsidiary.
1.6 Effect of Merger on
the Capital Stock of the Constituent Corporations .
(a) Definitions . For
all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:
“ Additional Escrow
Amount ” shall mean a dollar amount equal to ten percent
(10%) of the Launch Contingent Payment, if any, which amount
shall be deducted from the distribution of such Launch Contingent
Payment.
“ Business
” shall mean the business conducted by Parent following the
Closing of inserting audio advertisements into audio radio
programming broadcasts.
“ Business
Day(s) ” shall mean each day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which Parent is closed for business or
banking institutions located in San Francisco, California are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“ Closing
Stockholder Consent ” shall mean the approval by written
consent of the holders of at least 95% of the outstanding shares of
Company Capital Stock.
“ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Company Capital
Stock ” shall mean the Company Common Stock, the Company
Preferred Stock and any other shares of capital stock, if any, of
the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, Company Capital Stock
excludes Company Warrants and Company Options.
“ Company Common
Stock ” shall mean the Company Series A Common Stock
and Company Series B Common Stock, collectively.
“ Company
Options ” shall mean all issued and outstanding options
(including commitments to grant options, but excluding Company
Warrants) to purchase or otherwise acquire Company Capital Stock
(whether or not vested) held by any Person.
“ Company Preferred
Stock ” shall mean the Company Series A Preferred
Stock, Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Company
Series B-2 Preferred Stock, collectively.
“ Company
Series A Common Stock ” shall mean the Series A
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
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“ Company
Series A Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“ Company
Series B Common Stock ” shall mean the Series B
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“ Company
Series B-1 Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Series B-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“ Company
Series B-2 Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Series B-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“ Company
Warrants ” shall mean all issued and outstanding warrants
to purchase Company Capital Stock.
“ Contingent
Payment ” shall mean each of the payments described in
Article II hereto, payment of which is contingent upon
the satisfaction of the contingencies described therein.
“ Contract
” shall mean any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract,
covenant, plan, insurance policy or other agreement, instrument,
arrangement, obligation, understanding or commitment, permit,
concession, franchise or license, whether oral or written
(collectively, “ Contracts ”).
“ Dollars
” or “ $ ” shall mean United States
Dollars.
“ Escrow Agent
” shall mean U.S. Bank, National Association, or another
institution acceptable to Parent and the Stockholder
Representative.
“ Escrow Amounts
” shall mean the Initial Escrow Amount and the Additional
Escrow Amount, if any, collectively.
“ GAAP ”
shall mean U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied.
“ Initial Escrow
Amount ” shall mean a dollar amount equal to ten million
two hundred thousand dollars ($10,200,000).
“ Initial Merger
Consideration ” shall mean an amount equal to one hundred
two million dollars ($102,000,000) less the Third Party Expense
Adjustment Amount.
“ Key Employees
” shall mean the individuals set forth on
Schedule 1.6(a)(i) hereto.
“ Knowledge
” or “ Known ” shall mean (i) with
respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the Persons
identified on Schedule 1.6(a)(ii) , without any duty of
inquiry, and (ii) with respect to Parent or Sub, the actual
knowledge of the general counsel of Parent without any duty of
inquiry.
“ Lien ”
shall mean any lien, pledge, charge, claim, mortgage, security
interest or other encumbrance of any sort (collectively, “
Liens ”).
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” with respect to the Company or Parent shall mean
any state of facts, condition, change, development, event or effect
that, either alone or in combination with any other change, event
or effect, is, or is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to
the business, assets (whether tangible or intangible), condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations (or, in the case of
Section 7.2(b) only, prospects) of such entity and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that
“Material Adverse Effect” shall not include the effect
of any state of facts, condition, change, development, event or
effect to the extent resulting from any of the following, either
alone or in combination:
(i) the markets in which the
company and its subsidiaries operate, to the extent such effect
does not disproportionately affect such entity and its
subsidiaries;
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(ii) general economic or
political conditions (including those affecting the securities
markets), to the extent such conditions do not disproportionately
affect such entity and its subsidiaries;
(iii) compliance with this
Agreement;
(iv) delays in or suspensions
or terminations of contracts, or disruptions in supplier, customer,
partner or similar business relationships resulting from the public
announcement of this Agreement or of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(v) acts of war (whether or
not declared), sabotage or terrorism, military actions or the
escalation thereof or other force majeure events occurring after
the date hereof; or
(vi) any changes in
applicable laws, regulations or accounting rules.
“ Merger
Consideration ” shall mean the sum of the Initial
Merger Consideration, plus any Contingent Payments that are paid,
plus any Contingent Payments that are earned but not yet paid
pursuant to the terms of Article II (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, any Escrow Amounts or amounts that are subject
to set-off pursuant to Section 8.5 ).
“ Non-Disclosure
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Mutual Non-Disclosure
Agreement effective as of June 10, 2005 by and between Parent
and the Company.
“ Person ”
shall mean an individual or entity, including a partnership, a
limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint
stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization, or a Governmental Entity (or any department, agency,
or political subdivision thereof).
“ Plans ”
shall mean the Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive
Plan.
“ Pro Rata
Portion ” shall mean (i) with respect to each
Stockholder, a percentage equal to the quotient of (A) the
total number of shares of Company Capital Stock (on an as-converted
to common stock basis) held by such Stockholder as of the Effective
Time, divided by (B) the Total Outstanding Capitalization,
(ii) with respect to each Warrantholder, a percentage equal to
the quotient of (A) the maximum aggregate number of shares of
Company Common Stock issuable to such Warrantholder upon full
exercise, exchange or conversion of all Company Warrants and any
other rights (other than Company Options) whether vested or
unvested convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for,
shares of Company Common Stock held by such Warrantholder, divided
by (B) the Total Outstanding Capitalization, and
(iii) with respect to the Cash Bonus Plan, a percentage equal
to the quotient of (A) the aggregate number of Bonus Units
authorized for issuance pursuant to the Cash Bonus Plan, divided by
(B) the Total Outstanding Capitalization.
“ Related
Agreements ” shall mean the Non-Disclosure Agreement,
Non-Competition Agreements, Offer Letters, Securityholder
Agreements and Proxies.
“ Stockholder
” shall mean any holder of any Company Capital Stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time. To the extent a
Stockholder also holds Company Options or Company Warrants, that
Stockholder shall be deemed a Stockholder only as to that
Stockholder’s holdings of Company Capital Stock.
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“ Third Party
Expense Adjustment Amount ” shall mean the difference
between (i) the amount of the Third Party Expenses reflected
on the Statement of Expenses and (ii) the Third Party Expense
Cap.
“ Third Party
Expense Cap ” shall mean Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000).
“ Total Outstanding
Capitalization ” shall mean the sum of the aggregate
number of (i) shares of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus
(ii) the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock
issuable, immediately prior to the Effective Time, upon full
conversion of the issued and outstanding Company Preferred Stock,
plus (iii) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company
Common Stock issuable upon full exercise, exchange or conversion of
all Company Warrants and any other rights (other than Company
Options) whether vested or unvested convertible into, exercisable
for or exchangeable for, shares of Company Common Stock, plus
(iv) the aggregate number of Bonus Units authorized for
issuance pursuant to the Cash Bonus Plan, which, for the avoidance
of doubt, shall equal 600,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Total
Outstanding Capitalization shall not include any shares of Company
Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of Company Warrants that
expire or are canceled concurrently with or immediately prior to
the Effective Time to the extent not exercised or converted into
the right to receive the consideration described in
Section 1.6(c)(i) .
“ Warrantholder
” shall mean any holder of Company Warrants immediately prior
to the Effective Time. To the extent a Warrantholder also holds
Company Capital Stock or Company Options, that Warrantholder shall
be deemed a Warrantholder only as to that Warrantholder’s
holdings of Company Warrants.
(b) Effect on
Stockholders . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of Sub, the Company or the
Stockholders, each Stockholder (other than any holders of
Dissenting Shares and excluding, for avoidance of doubt, any
Company Warrants and Company Options held by Stockholders, which
shall be treated as provided for in Section 1.6(c)
below) will receive, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Section 1.6 and throughout this Agreement,
including the escrow and setoff provisions set forth in
Section 1.8(b) and Article VIII hereof and
the contingent payment provisions set forth in
Article II hereof, upon surrender of any certificates
representing shares of Company Capital Stock held by such
Stockholder in the manner provided in Section 1.8
hereof, an amount of cash equal to such Stockholder’s Pro
Rata Portion of the Initial Merger Consideration and a
nontransferable (except by operation of law or pursuant to the
terms of Article II ) contingent right to receive, if,
when and to the extent payable in accordance with
Article II , such Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion
of any Contingent Payments, in each case, rounded to the nearest
cent ($0.01) (with amounts greater than or equal to $0.005 rounded
up).
(c) Treatment of Company
Warrants and Company Options .
(i) Effect on Company
Warrants . At the Effective Time, each Company Warrant that is
outstanding prior to the Effective Time hereof shall be converted,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Section 1.6 and throughout this Agreement, including
the escrow and setoff provisions set forth in
Section 1.8(b) and Article VIII hereof and
the contingent payment provisions set forth in
Article II hereof, upon surrender of such Company
Warrants in the manner provided in Section 1.8 hereof,
into an amount of cash equal to such Warrantholder’s Pro Rata
Portion of the Initial Merger Consideration and a nontransferable
(except by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of
Article II ) contingent right to receive, if, when and
to the extent payable in accordance with Article II ,
such Warrantholder’s Pro Rata Portion of any Contingent
Payments, in each case, rounded to the nearest cent ($0.01) (with
amounts greater than or equal to $0.005 rounded up). The amount of
such Warrantholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Initial Merger
Consideration shall be reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate
exercise price of such Warrantholder’s Company
Warrants.
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(ii) Effect on Company
Options . As of the Effective Time, each Company Option that is
outstanding and not cancelled by the Company at or prior to the
Effective Time hereof shall be cancelled in exchange for the Bonus
Units provided in Section 1.6(c)(iii) .
(iii) Adoption of Cash
Bonus Plan . The Company shall grant to eligible participants a
conditional right (a “ Bonus Unit ”) under the
Cash Bonus Plan to receive a portion of the Initial Merger
Consideration and a nontransferable (except by operation of law)
contingent right to receive, if, when and to the extent payable in
accordance with Article II , a portion of each
Contingent Payment, subject to the terms and conditions of the Cash
Bonus Plan. As of the Effective Time, Parent shall become obligated
to reserve an amount of cash for payment pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Cash Bonus Plan equal to the Cash Bonus
Plan’s Pro Rata Portion of the Initial Merger Consideration,
and, if, when and to the extent payable in accordance with
Article II , the Cash Bonus Plan’s Pro Rata
Portion of any Contingent Payments, in each case, rounded to the
nearest cent ($0.01) (with amounts greater than or equal to $0.005
rounded up).
(iv) Necessary Actions
. Prior to the Effective Time, and subject to the review and
approval of Parent, the Company shall take all actions necessary to
effect the transactions anticipated by Sections 1.6(b) and
1.6(c) under all Company Option agreements, all Company
Warrant agreements and any other plan or arrangement of the Company
(whether written or oral, formal or informal), including delivering
all required notices.
(d) Withholding Taxes
. The Company, and on its behalf Parent and the Surviving
Corporation, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any
consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this
Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted or
withheld therefrom under any provision of federal, local or foreign
tax law or under any applicable legal requirement. To the extent
such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be
treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid
to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been
paid.
(e) Capital Stock of
Sub . Each share of common stock of Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and
exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock
certificate of Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares shall
continue to evidence ownership of such shares of capital stock of
the Surviving Corporation.
1.7 Dissenting Shares
.
(a) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company
Capital Stock held by a holder who has properly demanded and not
effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s appraisal,
dissenters’ or similar rights for such shares under Delaware
Law and under Chapter 13 of the California Corporations Code
(“ California Law ”), if applicable
(collectively, the “ Dissenting Shares ”), shall
not be converted into or represent a right to receive the
applicable consideration for Company Capital Stock set forth in
Section 1.6(b) hereof, but the holder thereof shall
only be entitled to such rights as are provided by Delaware Law and
California Law, if applicable.
(b) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 1.7(a) hereof, if any holder of
Dissenting Shares shall effectively withdraw or lose (through
failure to perfect or otherwise) such holder’s appraisal or
dissenters’ rights under Delaware Law and California Law, if
applicable, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the
occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares shall
automatically be converted into and represent only the right to
receive the consideration for Company Capital Stock, as applicable,
set forth in Section 1.6(b) hereof, without interest
thereon, and subject to the provisions of Section 8.6
hereof, upon surrender of the certificate representing such
shares.
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(c) The Company shall give
Parent (i) prompt notice of any written demand for appraisal
received by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of
Delaware Law or California Law, and (ii) the opportunity to
participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to
such demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior written
consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any such
demands or offer to settle or settle any such demands. Any
communication to be made by the Company to any Stockholder with
respect to such demands shall be submitted to Parent in advance and
shall not be presented to any Stockholder prior to the Company
receiving Parent’s consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to
the extent that Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Company
(i) makes any payment or payments in respect of any Dissenting
Shares in excess of the consideration that otherwise would have
been payable in respect of such shares in accordance with this
Agreement (taking into account the expected value of any Contingent
Payments) or (ii) incurs any Losses, (including
attorneys’ and consultants’ fees, costs and expenses
and including any such fees, costs and expenses incurred in
connection with investigating, defending against or settling any
action or proceeding) in respect of any Dissenting Shares
(excluding payments for such shares) ((i) and (ii) together
“ Dissenting Share Payments ”), Parent shall be
entitled to recover under the terms of Article VIII
hereof the amount of such Dissenting Share Payments.
1.8 Surrender of
Certificates .
(a) Exchange Agent .
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., or another Person selected by
Parent to the reasonable satisfaction of the Stockholder
Representative, shall serve as the exchange agent (the “
Exchange Agent ”) for the Merger. Any cash deposited
with the Exchange Agent shall be referred to as the “
Exchange Fund .”
(b) Initial Merger
Consideration and Escrow Deposits . Immediately following the
Closing, Parent shall make available to the Exchange Agent for
exchange in accordance with this Article I the Initial
Merger Consideration. Notwithstanding Sections 1.6(b)
and 1.6(c) hereof, Parent shall deposit into the Escrow
Fund: (i) a portion of the Initial Merger Consideration
otherwise payable pursuant to Section 1.6 hereof equal
to the Initial Escrow Amount, and (ii) a portion of the Launch
Contingent Payment, if any, otherwise payable pursuant to
Section 1.6 in accordance with Article II
hereof (at the time such Launch Contingent Payment becomes payable)
equal to the Additional Escrow Amount. Parent shall be deemed to
have contributed with respect to each Stockholder, Warrantholder
and the Cash Bonus Plan his, her or its Pro Rata Portion of the
Escrow Amounts to the Escrow Fund at such times, rounded to the
nearest cent ($0.01) (with amounts greater than or equal to $0.005
rounded up).
(c) Exchange
Procedures . As soon as commercially practicable after the date
hereof, Parent or the Exchange Agent shall deliver a letter of
transmittal in substantially the form of Exhibit F (the
“ Letter of Transmittal ”) to each Stockholder
and Warrantholder at the address set forth opposite each such
Stockholder and Warrantholder’s name on the Spreadsheet.
After receipt of such letter of transmittal and any other documents
that Parent or the Exchange Agent may require in order to effect
the exchange (the “ Exchange Documents ”), the
Stockholders and Warrantholders will surrender the certificates
representing their shares of Company Capital Stock (the “
Company Stock Certificates ”) or Company Warrants, as
the case may be, to the Exchange Agent for cancellation together
with duly completed and validly executed Exchange Documents. Upon
surrender of a Company Stock Certificate or Company Warrants, as
the case may be, for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, or such
other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with
such Exchange Documents, duly completed and validly executed in
accordance with the instructions thereto, and subject to the terms
of Section 1.8(d) hereof, the holder of such
Company Stock Certificate or Company Warrant, as the case may be,
shall be entitled to receive from the Exchange Agent in exchange
therefor, the cash amount to which such holder is entitled pursuant
to Section 1.6(b) less the amount of cash deposited or
to be deposited into the Escrow Fund on such Stockholder or
Warrantholder’s behalf pursuant to Section 1.8(b)
hereof and Article VIII hereof, and the Company
Stock
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Certificate or Company
Warrant, as the case may be, so surrendered shall be cancelled. In
addition, holders of Company Stock Certificates or Company
Warrants, as the case may be, surrendered pursuant to the terms of
the preceding sentence shall be entitled to receive from the
Exchange Agent, as soon as commercially practicable after such
amounts become payable pursuant to the terms of
Article II , the cash amount to which such holder is
entitled pursuant to Article II hereof, subject to the
holdback of the Additional Escrow Amount pursuant to the terms of
Section 1.8(b) hereof. Until so surrendered, each
Company Stock Certificate outstanding after the Effective Time will
be deemed, for all corporate purposes thereafter, to evidence only
the right to receive the consideration provided for in this
Article I . No portion of the Merger Consideration will
be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock
Certificate with respect to shares of Company Capital Stock
formerly represented thereby until the holder of record of such
Company Stock Certificate shall surrender such Company Stock
Certificate and the Exchange Documents pursuant hereto.
(d) Transfers of
Ownership . If any cash amounts are to be disbursed pursuant to
Section 1.6(b) hereof to a Person other than the Person
whose name is reflected on the Company Stock Certificate
surrendered in exchange therefor, it will be a condition of the
issuance or delivery thereof that the certificate so surrendered
will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer
and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to
Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other taxes
required by reason of the payment of any portion of the Merger
Consideration in any name other than that of the registered holder
of the certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction
of Parent or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid
or is not payable.
(e) Exchange Agent to
Return Merger Consideration . At any time following the last
day of the sixth month following the Effective Time, Parent shall
be entitled to require the Exchange Agent to deliver to Parent or
its designated successor or assign all cash amounts relating to the
Initial Merger Consideration that have been deposited with the
Exchange Agent and any and all interest thereon or other income or
proceeds thereof not disbursed to the holders of Company Stock
Certificates pursuant to Section 1.8(c) hereof. At any
time following the last day of the sixth month following the date
upon which Parent deposits the funds relating to a Contingent
Payment, if any, with the Exchange Agent (after such Contingent
Payment becomes due and payable pursuant to Article II
), Parent shall be entitled to require the Exchange Agent to
deliver to Parent or its designated successor or assign all cash
amounts relating to the Contingent Payment that have been deposited
with the Exchange Agent and any and all interest thereon or other
income or proceeds thereof not disbursed to the holders of Company
Stock Certificates pursuant to Section 1.8(c) hereof.
Following return to Parent of any portion of the Merger
Consideration as provided in this Section 1.8(e) ,
thereafter the holders of Company Stock Certificates shall be
entitled to look only to Parent (subject to the terms of
Section 1.8(g) hereof) only as general creditors
thereof with respect to any and all cash amounts that may be
payable to such holders of Company Stock Certificates pursuant to
Section 1.6(b) hereof upon the due surrender of such
Company Stock Certificates and duly executed Exchange Documents in
the manner set forth in Section 1.8(c) hereof. No
interest shall be payable for the cash amounts delivered to Parent
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1.8(e) and
which are subsequently delivered to the holders of Company Stock
Certificates.
(f) Investment of Exchange
Fund . The Exchange Agent shall invest the cash deposited by
Parent into the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent on a daily
basis; provided, however, that no such investment or loss
thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the Stockholders,
Warrantholders and Cash Bonus Plan pursuant to
Section 1.6(b) hereof. Any interest and other income
resulting from such investment shall become a part of the Exchange
Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable to the
Stockholders pursuant to Section 1.6(b) hereof shall
promptly be paid to Parent. Any loss or other reduction resulting
from such investment shall be reimbursed by Parent such that the
total cash in the Exchange Fund shall at all times be an amount
equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration then payable less
amounts previously paid to holders of Company Stock Certificates
pursuant to Section 1.6(b) or deposited in the Escrow
Fund pursuant to Section 1.8(b) and
Article VIII hereof.
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(g) No Liability .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
1.8 , neither the Exchange Agent, the Surviving
Corporation, nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder of
shares of Company Capital Stock for any amount paid to a public
official as required by any applicable abandoned property, escheat
or similar law.
1.9 No Further Ownership
Rights in Company Capital Stock . The cash amounts paid or
payable in respect of the surrender for exchange of shares of
Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be
deemed to be full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such
shares of Company Capital Stock, and there shall be no further
registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Corporation of shares of Company Capital Stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the
Effective Time, Company Stock Certificates are presented to the
Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and
exchanged as provided in this Article I .
1.10 Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates . In the event any Company Stock
Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that
fact by the holder thereof, such amount, if any, as may be required
pursuant to Section 1.6(b) hereof; provided,
however , that Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition
precedent to the issuance of such amount, require the Stockholder
who is the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to
either (a) deliver a bond in such amount as it may reasonably
direct or (b) provide an indemnification agreement in a form
and substance acceptable to Parent, against any claim that may be
made against Parent or the Exchange Agent with respect to the
certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
1.11 Taking of Necessary
Action; Further Action . If at any time after the
Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving
Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets,
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company,
Parent, Sub, and the officers and directors of the Company, Parent
and Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective
corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful
and necessary action.
ARTICLE II
CONTINGENT CONSIDERATION
PROVISIONS
2.1 General Provisions
.
(a) Contingent Payments
Generally . The parties acknowledge and agree that the
achievement by the Parent of certain product launch, revenue and ad
inventory milestone targets (as described in this
Article II and the Schedules attached hereto) are
material factors in determining the valuation of the Company by
Parent.
(b) Contingent Payments as
Merger Consideration . The portions of the Contingent Payments
payable to the Stockholders pursuant to this Article II
are intended to be treated for Tax purposes as additional
consideration for the Company Capital Stock and Company Warrants
purchased by Parent in the Merger and shall be treated as such
(subject to the requirement to treat a portion as imputed interest)
for all Tax purposes except to the extent reasonably determined by
Parent in the event of a dispute with, or contrary guidance or
instruction is issued by, a taxing authority. Parent intends to
treat the portions of the Contingent Payments payable to the
participants in the Cash Bonus Plan pursuant to this
Article II as compensation income taxable at ordinary
income rates, and to the extent any participant in the Cash
Bonus
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Plan received rights under
the Cash Bonus Plan by virtue of being (or having been) an employee
of the Company, shall be subject to all employment-related
withholding taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Parent
makes no representations or warranties to the Company,
Stockholders, Warrantholders or participants in the Cash Bonus Plan
regarding the Tax treatment of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement by any taxing authority, or any of the Tax
consequences to any Stockholder, Warrantholder or participant in
the Cash Bonus Plan relating to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Each of the Company, the Stockholders, the
Warrantholders and the participants in the Cash Bonus Plan must
rely solely on its own tax advisors in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Payment to, and
Allocation among, Stockholders, Warrantholders and the Cash Bonus
Plan . Any Contingent Payments provided for in this
Article II shall be allocated among the Stockholders,
the Warrantholders and the Cash Bonus Plan in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement. Any reference herein to payment of
Contingent Payments to the Stockholders, Warrantholders and the
Cash Bonus Plan provided for in this Article II shall
be paid as follows: (i) in the case of payments to
Stockholders and Warrantholders, the aggregate amount allocable to
the Stockholders and Warrantholders shall be paid to the Exchange
Agent for further distribution to the Stockholders and
Warrantholders as soon as practicable thereafter, and (ii) in
the case of payments to be made to the Cash Bonus Plan, the
aggregate amount allocable to the Cash Bonus Plan shall be paid to
the participants in the Cash Bonus Plan in accordance with the
provisions of the Cash Bonus Plan.
(d) Contingent Payment
Rights Not Transferable . No Stockholder or Warrantholder may,
directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, transfer or otherwise
dispose of his, her or its right to receive any portion of the
Contingent Payments provided for herein, other than transfers
(i) by the laws of divorce, descent and distribution or
succession, (ii) to the Stockholder’s spouse, ex-spouse,
domestic partner, lineal descendant or antecedent, brother or
sister, the adopted child or adopted grandchild, or the spouse or
domestic partner of any child, adopted child, grandchild or adopted
grandchild of Stockholder, or to a trust or trusts for the
exclusive benefit of the Stockholder or the above-mentioned members
of the Stockholder’s family for valid estate planning
purposes or (iii) to Affiliated Persons, in each case
conditioned upon the Stockholder Representative delivering to
Parent prior written notice of such transfer a reasonable time
prior to the transfer being effected; provided that Parent, the
Exchange Agent and the Escrow Agent shall not be required to give
effect to any transfer until such parties have received from the
transferor and/or the Stockholder Representative all of the
documentation, instruments and information they may reasonably
request in order to properly reflect such transfer. The notice of
transfer must include (in addition to any information requested by
Parent, the Exchange Agent and the Escrow Agent) the name and
address of the transferee, taxpayer identification number of the
transferee, and a revised Spreadsheet giving effect to the
transfer. Any transfer in violation of this
Section 2.1(d) shall be null and void and need not be
recognized by Parent. Transfers by participants in the Cash Bonus
Plan shall be permitted only to the extent permitted by the terms
of the Cash Bonus Plan (if at all).
(e) Payment Adjustment
Fund . For each of calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008, ten
percent (10%) of each Revenue Contingency Payment and
Inventory Contingency Payment (rounded down to the nearest $0.01)
relating to a Revenue Payment Period or Inventory Payment Period,
as applicable, ending on March 31, June 30 or
September 30 of such year shall be deducted from such Revenue
Contingency Payment or Inventory Contingency Payment, and instead
shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent (such deposits, together
with interest accruing thereon are referred to as the “
Payment Adjustment Fund ” for such year) to be held
available to reimburse Parent for any Payment Overage (as defined
in Section 2.4(b) ) relating to any Revenue Contingency
Payment and/or Inventory Contingency Payment made in such
year.
(f) Setoff Against
Contingent Payments . Each Contingent Payment shall be subject
to Parent’s right of setoff as and to the extent provided in
Article VIII of the Agreement.
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2.2 Definitions Applicable
to this Article II .
(a) Capitalized terms not
defined in this Article II shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Agreement.
(b) The term “
acquire ” (and variants of such term) used with
reference to Radio Spots and Internet Spots means to acquire the
right to insert audio advertisements into such Radio Spot or
Internet Spot, as applicable.
(c) “ Adjusted
Listener Count ” shall mean, for each Covered Unused
Radio Spot, the product of (i) the Listener Count for such
Covered Unused Radio Spot, times (ii) the quotient obtained by
dividing (A) the length (in seconds) of such Covered Unused
Radio Spot, by (B) the average length (in seconds) of all
Covered Radio Advertisements broadcast during Covered Used Radio
Spots during the Inventory Payment Period in which the Covered
Unused Radio Spot occurs.
(d) “ Affiliate
” of any entity (or entities that are “
Affiliated ”) shall mean any other entity who either
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
entity. For purposes of this definition, “control” when
used with respect to any entity means the power to direct the
management and policies of such entity, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
(e) “ AudioAds
Product ” shall mean the products and services to be
provided by Parent to (i) acquire and manage Radio Spots and
Internet Spots; (ii) sell such advertising inventory to its
network of advertisers; (iii) dynamically insert audio
advertisements into such advertising inventory; and
(iv) manage the ad creation, ad campaign management,
reporting, billing and payments related thereto.
(f) “ AudioAds
Operating Group ” shall mean the operating group
(including development, sales, support, administrative and other
personnel) within Parent that has principal responsibility for
(i) developing, launching and maintaining the AudioAds
Product, the Company System and the Broadcast Automation Product,
(ii) the sales and marketing of the use of the AudioAds
Product, Company System and the Broadcast Automation Product and
(iii) managing and developing relationships with advertisers,
advertising agencies, content producers and syndicators,
broadcasters and other parties with whom Parent interacts in
connection with the AudioAds Product, the Company System and the
Broadcast Automation Product.
(g) “ Barter
Transaction ” shall mean a transaction in which Parent
acquires one or more Radio Spots or Internet Spots, audio content,
data or other property (tangible or intangible), services or rights
in exchange for Parent providing (or entering into an obligation to
provide) non-monetary consideration (that is, consideration other
than the payment of cash or the obligation to pay cash), either
alone or together with monetary consideration.
(h) “ Broadcast
Automation Product ” shall mean Parent’s
programming automation solution and related services for Covered
Radio Media broadcasters.
(i) “ Company
System ” shall mean the system (which may comprise
software and/or hardware) developed by the Company (as such system
may be modified, replaced or augmented from time to time by Parent
following the Closing) that enables Parent to dynamically insert
audio advertisements into Radio Spots and Internet Spots as
directed by servers controlled by Parent, over an internet protocol
network.
(j) “ Contingent
Payment Report ” shall mean a Revenue Contingency Report
or an Inventory Contingency Report.
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(k) “ Costs of
Revenues ” shall mean, with respect to a Revenue Payment
Period, the following costs and expenses recognized by Parent
during such period in accordance with GAAP (as applied by Parent) ,
resulting from payments made to, property or services provided to
or obligations owed to third parties in consideration for the
following (subject to the provisions of Section 2.7
):
(i) Parent acquiring Radio
Spots;
(ii) Parent acquiring
Internet Spots;
(iii) Parent acquiring the
right to insert advertisements into [***];
(iv) Parent acquiring [***]
(including acquiring [***]);
(v) Parent acquiring [***];
and
(vi) Parent acquiring
[***].
Such costs and expenses may
include monetary and/or non-monetary consideration (including
pursuant to a Barter Transaction). Such costs and expenses include
payments, transfers and obligations made to:
(1) The parties from whom
Parent acquire the right to insert advertisements as described in
(i), (ii) and (iii) above (including (A) radio
stations, (B) radio station groups, (C) audio content
producers, (D) audio content syndicators and (E) other
parties that have the right to place Covered Radio Advertisements
and Covered Internet Advertisements);
(2) The parties from whom
Parent acquires [***] as described in (iv) and (v) above;
and
(3) The parties from whom
Parent acquires [***] services for [***].
In the case of a Barter
Transactions in which Parent provides the Broadcast Automation
Product, services based on [***] or services in exchange for Radio
Spots or Internet Spots, the Cost of Revenues for such Radio Spots
and Internet Spots resulting from the bartered property shall be
the third party costs incurred by Parent in procuring and providing
property and services required to provide such bartered property or
services. In the case of any other Barter Transactions, the Cost of
Revenues related to such Barter Transactions shall be as determined
by the parties in good faith; provided that for any such
other Barter Transaction with respect to which the parties have not
agreed upon treatment (an “ Unagreed Barter
Transaction ”), no cost associated with such Barter
Transaction will count toward or be included in the definition of
Cost of Revenues.
(l) “ Covered
Internet Advertisement ” shall mean an audio
advertisement inserted using the Company System within (or
immediately before or after) other audio content (in the form of an
audio file or audio stream) distributed over the
internet.
(m) “ Covered
Inventory Amount ” shall mean (subject to the provisions
of Section 2.7 ), for an Inventory Payment Period, the
quotient obtained by dividing:
(i) the sum of (1) the
sum of the Listener Counts for all Covered Radio Advertisements
inserted into Covered Radio Spots broadcast during such Inventory
Payment Period plus (2) the sum of the Adjusted Listener
Counts for all Covered Unused Radio Spots that occur during such
Inventory Payment Period, by
(ii) three.
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(n) “ Covered Net
Revenue ” shall mean, for a Revenue Payment Period, the
following, as determined in accordance with GAAP as applied by
Parent (subject to the provisions of Section 2.7
):
(i) the revenues recognized
by Parent (which, for the avoidance of doubt, are calculated after
giving effect to contra revenue items including sales allowance)
during such period from:
(1) Covered Radio
Advertisements;
(2) Covered Internet
Advertisements;
(3) [***];
(4) [***];
(5) [***]; and
(6) [***];
LESS, in each case
(ii) the Cost of Revenues
related to such revenues described above for such
period;
provided that, no
revenue derived from any Unagreed Barter Transaction (including
indirectly from the property or services acquired in such Unagreed
Barter Transaction), will count toward or be included in the
definition of Covered Net Revenue
(o) “ Covered Radio
Advertisement ” shall mean an audio advertisement
inserted into a Radio Spot by Parent using the Company
System.
(p) [***].
(q) “ Covered Radio
Media ” shall mean the following media, which are used
primarily for, respectively, the broadcast and transmission of
audio programming: (i) Terrestrial Broadcast Radio and
(ii) digital audio radio satellite, including by XM Satellite
Radio Inc., Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and other digital audio
radio satellite providers to end user digital audio radio satellite
receivers; provided that , for clarification, “Covered
Radio Media” shall not include the internet (even with
respect to a rebroadcast or simulcast over the internet of the
programming content that is or was broadcast over Covered Radio
Media).
(r) “ Covered Radio
Media Content ” shall mean audio programming content
broadcast by commercial radio broadcasters over Covered Radio
Media.
(s) “ Covered Radio
Spot ” shall mean a Radio Spot (i) into which Parent
is, pursuant to a written contract, entitled to insert Covered
Radio Advertisements using the Company System; (ii) which is
recognized by the Company System as available for advertisement
insertion (by “tokenization” or otherwise) and
(iii) into which the Company System has the capability of
inserting Covered Radio Advertisements; provided that, in
the case of clause (i), the Contract has been entered into in
compliance with Parent’s policies and procedures for contract
review, approval and execution, including Parent’s
“Deal Review” process and signature authority policy;
provided further that the parties acknowledge that the
Contracts listed on Schedule 2.2(s) have been approved by
Parent’s “Deal Review” process and signature
authority policy.
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(t) “ Covered Unused
Radio Spot ” shall mean a Covered Radio Spot that has
occurred and during which no Covered Radio Advertisements were
broadcast.
(u) “ Covered Used
Radio Spot ” shall mean a Covered Radio Spot that has
occurred and during which one or more Covered Radio Advertisement
was broadcast.
(v) [***].
(w) “ Internet
Spot ” shall mean each opportunity to play a Covered
Internet Advertisement.
(x) “ Inventory
Contingency Payment ” shall mean, for an Inventory
Payment Period, the payment amount calculated in accordance with
Section 2.3(d) or 2.3(e) below, as
applicable.
(y) “ Inventory
Payment Period ” shall mean each of the following periods
(inclusive of the beginning and ending dates of each such
period):
January 1, 2006 through
March 31, 2006
April 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2006
July 1, 2006 through
September 30, 2006
October 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006
January 1, 2007 through
March 31, 2007
April 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2007
July 1, 2007 through
September 30, 2007
October 1, 2007 through
December 31, 2007
January 1, 2008 through
March 31, 2008
April 1, 2008 through
June 30, 2008
July 1, 2008 through
September 30, 2008
October 1, 2008 through
December 31, 2008
(z) “ Inventory
Reference Amount ” shall mean, (1) for an Inventory
Payment Period ending on or before December 31, 2007, the
amount set forth in the table entitled “ 2006-2007
Inventory Table ” in Schedule 2.2(z)(i)
directly to the right, in such table, of the entry in the Covered
Inventory Amount column that includes the Covered Inventory Amount
achieved for such Inventory Payment Period, and (2) for
Inventory Payment Period ending after January 1, 2008, the
amount set forth in the table entitled “ 2008 Inventory
Table ” in Schedule 2.2(z)(ii) directly
to the right, in such table, of the entry in the Covered Inventory
Amount column that includes the Covered Inventory Amount achieved
for such Inventory Payment Period.
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(aa) “ Listener
Count ” shall, for a Covered Radio Spot, mean the measure
of the number of listeners applicable to such Covered Radio Spot,
determined as follows:
(i) For Covered Radio
Advertisements and Covered Unused Radio Spots broadcast over
Terrestrial Broadcast Radio:
(1) If the radio station (as
recognized by its call-sign) broadcasting such Covered Radio
Advertisement or Covered Unused Radio Spot is not rated by
Arbitron, Inc. (“ Arbitron ”), then the parties
will assign to such Covered Radio Advertisement or Covered Unused
Radio Spot an Average Quarter Hour Persons (AQH Persons) aged 12
and older (“ AQH Persons 12+ ”) measure of 100;
provided that if the parties determine in good faith that
100 is not the appropriate measure for such station, then they will
negotiate in good faith an appropriate higher measure.
(2) If the radio station (as
recognized by its call-sign) broadcasting such Covered Radio
Advertisement or Covered Unused Radio Spot is rated by Arbitron,
then the parties will use an Arbitron measure for AQH persons that
is equal to the greater of the sum of all Metro markets or
Designated Market Area (DMA) Arbitron measure for AQH Persons 12+
for such station for the narrowest Arbitron day part associated
with such Covered Radio Advertisement or Covered Unused Radio Spot;
provided that the minimum measure shall be 100.
(ii) For Covered Radio
Advertisements or Covered Unused Radio Spots broadcast over digital
audio radio satellite, the audience measurement shall be
Arbitron’s most recently published data.
(iii) The parties agree to
use the most recently available published listener count data that
is effective in the Company System.
(iv) The methodology
described in this definition is intended to describe the current
methodology used by the Company to present audience measurement
data to its advertisers for purposes of purchasing and determining
pricing for Covered Radio Spots. Upon request of one of the Parties
from time to time, the Parties agree to discuss and consider in
good faith whether the methodologies defined herein remain valid,
and if, in the exercise of their good faith judgment, they
determine that they do not, including if Arbitron ceases to provide
data, then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith appropriate
modifications to this Listener Count definition.
(bb) “ Maximum
Inventory Contingent Consideration ” shall mean the
maximum total amount of Inventory Contingency Payments that may be
earned pursuant to Sections 2.3(d) and 2.3(e) of this
Article II below, which (i) for the period 2006
– 2007 is equal to an aggregate of $90,000,000 and
(ii) for the period 2008 is equal to an aggregate of
$181,000,000.
(cc) “ Maximum
Revenue Contingent Consideration ” shall mean the maximum
total amount of Revenue Contingency Payments that may be earned
pursuant to Sections 2.3(b) and 2.3(c) below, which
(i) for the period 2006 – 2007 is equal to an aggregate
of $300,000,000 and (ii) for the period 2008 is equal to an
aggregate of $540,000,000.
(dd) “ Parent
” shall, for purposes of this Article II , mean
Parent and/or its consolidated subsidiaries.
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(ee) “ Party
” and “ Parties ” shall mean, for purposes
of this Article II , Parent and the Stockholder
Representative.
(ff) [***].
(gg) [***].
(hh) “ Radio
Spot ” shall mean a contiguous segment of not less than
10 seconds of audio broadcasting airtime on Covered Radio Media
that may be filled with audio advertisements.
(ii) “ Revenue
Contingency Payment ” shall mean, for a Revenue Payment
Period, the payment amount calculated in accordance with
Sections 2.3(b) or 2.3(c) below, as applicable.
(jj) “ Revenue
Payment Period ” means each of the following periods
(inclusive of the beginning and ending dates of each such
period):
January 1, 2006 through
March 31, 2006
January 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2006
January 1, 2006 through
September 30, 2006
January 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006
April 1, 2006 through
March 31, 2007
July 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2007
October 1, 2006 through
September 30, 2007
January 1, 2007 through
December 31, 2007
January 1, 2008 through
March 31, 2008
January 1, 2008 through
June 30, 2008
January 1, 2008 through
September 30, 2008
January 1, 2008 through
December 31, 2008
(kk) “ Revenue
Reference Amount ” shall mean, (1) for a Revenue
Payment Period ending on or before December 31, 2007, the
amount set forth in the table entitled “ 2006-2007
Revenue Table ” in Schedule 2.2(kk)(i)
directly to the right, in such table, of the entry in the Covered
Net Revenues column which includes the Covered Net Revenue amount
achieved for such Revenue Payment Period, and (2) for a
Revenue Payment Period ending after January 1, 2008, the
amount set forth in the table entitled “ 2008 Revenue
Table ” in Schedule 2.2(kk)(ii) directly
to the right, in such table, of the entry in the Covered Net
Revenues column which includes the Covered Net Revenue amount
achieved for such Revenue Payment Period.
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(ll) “ Terrestrial
Broadcast Radio ” means analog terrestrial radio
broadcasting and digital terrestrial radio broadcasting (in all
cases, using radio wave transmission, in the AM and the FM
broadcast bands).
2.3 Contingent
Payments . The Stockholders, Warrantholders and Cash Bonus
Plan shall be entitled to the following Contingent Payments
:
(a) Product Launch .
Parent shall pay to the Stockholders, Warrantholders and the Cash
Bonus Plan (in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.4 ) Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000)
(the “ Launch Contingent Payment ”) in cash if
and only if, prior to the three (3) year anniversary of the
Closing Date (“ Launch Contingency Date ”),
Parent launches a self-service version of the AudioAds Product that
is generally available to U.S. advertisers and that is integrated
with Parent’s billing infrastructure and GAIA login system
and AdWords interface (the “ Launch Milestone
”); provided that any such product launch shall be
subject to Parent’s product launch processes and procedures
and shall be subject to Parent’s determination of when the
AudioAds Product is ready for launch (including Parent’s
determination as to the necessary features, performance,
scalability, and security requirements for launch and
Parent’s determination of whether or not any features
described above are to be included in the AudioAds Product at
launch).
(b) 2006-2007 Revenue
Milestones . For each completed Revenue Payment Period ending
on or before December 31, 2007, Parent shall pay (in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4 ) to the
Stockholders, Warrantholders, and the Cash Bonus Plan (in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Portions) cash in the
aggregate equal to (i) for the first Revenue Payment Period
during such period, the Revenue Reference Amount for such Revenue
Payment Period, and (ii) for each subsequent Revenue Payment
Period during such period, the amount, if any, by which
(A) the Revenue Reference Amount for such Revenue Payment
Period exceeds (B) the highest Revenue Reference Amount
achieved in any of the prior completed Revenue Payment
Periods.
(c) 2008 Revenue
Milestones . For each completed Revenue Payment Period ending
after January 1, 2008 and on or before December 31, 2008,
Parent shall pay (in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.4 ) to the Stockholders, Warrantholders and
the Cash Bonus Plan (in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Portions) cash in the aggregate equal to (i) for the first
Revenue Payment Period during such period, the Revenue Reference
Amount for such Revenue Payment Period, and (ii) for each
subsequent Revenue Payment Period during such period, the amount,
if any, by which (A) the Revenue Reference Amount for such
Revenue Payment Period exceeds (B) the highest Revenue
Reference Amount achieved in any of the prior completed Revenue
Payment Periods ended after January 1, 2008.
(d) 2006-2007 Inventory
Milestones . For each completed Inventory Payment Period ending
on or before December 31, 2007, Parent shall pay (in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4 ) to the
Stockholders, Warrantholders and Cash Bonus Plan (in accordance
with their respective Pro Rata Portions) cash in the aggregate
equal to (i) for the first Inventory Payment Period during
such period, the Inventory Reference Amount for such Inventory
Payment Period, and (ii) for each subsequent Inventory Payment
Period during such period, the amount, if any, by which
(A) the Inventory Reference Amount for such Inventory Payment
Period exceeds (B) the highest Inventory Reference Amount
achieved in any of the prior completed Inventory Payment Periods
.
(e) 2008 Inventory
Milestones . For each completed Inventory Payment Period ending
after January 1, 2008 and on or before December 31, 2008,
Parent shall pay (in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.4 ) to the Stockholders, Warrantholders and
Cash Bonus Plan (in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Portions) cash in the aggregate equal to (i) for the first
Inventory Payment Period during such period, the Inventory
Reference Amount for such Inventory Payment Period, and
(ii) for each
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subsequent Inventory Payment
Period during such period, the amount, if any, by which
(A) the Inventory Reference Amount for such Inventory Payment
Period exceeds (B) the highest Inventory Reference Amount
achieved in any of the prior completed Inventory Payment Periods
ended after January 1, 2008.
(f) Calculation of
Reference Amounts . For purposes of clarification, in no event,
with respect to the 2006-2007 time period and the 2008 time period,
will Parent be required to pay an aggregate amount of Revenue
Contingency Payments or Inventory Contingency Payments that is in
excess of the highest Revenue Reference Amount or Inventory
Reference Amount, as applicable, actually achieved in any of the
completed Revenue Payment Periods or Inventory Payment Periods
during such 2006-2007 time period or 2008 time period, as
applicable, subject in any event to Parent’s right to recover
for indemnity claims and Payment Overages. Any Launch Contingent
Payment that is not earned as provided herein and any portion of
the Maximum Inventory Contingent Consideration and Maximum Revenue
Contingent Consideration that are not earned as provided herein
shall in each case not be included in the Merger Consideration and
shall not be paid to the Stockholders, Warrantholders or the Cash
Bonus Plan.
(g) Period from
January 1, 2006 through Closing . For purposes of
determining the Revenue Reference Amount and Inventory Reference
Amount for the first Revenue Reference Period and Inventory
Reference Period of 2006, transactions occurring between
January 1, 2006 and the Closing will be counted
(notwithstanding that they occurred prior to the Closing) to the
extent that they would have counted had they occurred after the
Closing.
2.4 Reports and
Payment .
(a) Launch Contingency
Report . Upon the written request of the Stockholder
Representative (provided that not more than one such request shall
be made each calendar quarter), Parent shall no later than fifteen
(15) Business Days following receipt of such request, deliver
to the Stockholder Representative a report setting forth the
Parent’s assessment of the progress towards the launch of the
AudioAds Product. No later than thirty (30) days following
achievement of the Launch Milestone, Parent shall pay the Launch
Contingent Payment to the Stockholders, the Warrantholders and the
Cash Bonus Plan.
(b) Revenue Contingency
Report; Payment; Overage Claim .
(i) No later than sixty
(60) days following the last day of each Revenue Payment
Period (ninety (90) days in the case of a Revenue Payment
Period ending on December 31 of any year), Parent shall
deliver to the Stockholder Representative and the Escrow Agent a
written report setting forth Parent’s good faith
determination of the Covered Net Revenue and the Revenue Reference
Amount for such Revenue Payment Period, and the resulting Revenue
Contingency Payment payable, if any, for such Revenue Payment
Period (the “ Revenue Contingency Report
”).
(ii) No later than sixty
(60) days following the last day of each Revenue Payment
Period (ninety (90) days in the case of a Revenue Payment
Period ending on December 31 of any year), Parent shall pay to
the Stockholders and to the Cash Bonus Plan the amount of the
Revenue Contingency Payment, subject to Sections 2.1(e) and
2.1(f) .
(iii) If Parent determines
that it made one or more Revenue Contingency Payments in respect of
Revenue Payment Periods occurring during a calendar year that were
in excess of the amounts that it should have paid, Parent may
include in the Revenue Contingency Report for the Revenue Payment
Period ending December 31 of such calendar year a written
report setting forth Parent’s good faith determination of
such excess payment, including the adjusted Covered Net Revenue(s)
and the Revenue Reference Amount(s) for the applicable Revenue
Payment Period(s). Such an excess payment of a Revenue Contingency
Payment, or an excess payment of an Inventory Contingency Payment
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Section 2.4(c) below, is
referred to herein as a “ Payment Overage .” If
Parent fails to include in the Revenue Contingency Report for the
Revenue Payment Period ending December 31 of a calendar year a
written report setting forth Parent’s good faith
determination of any Payment Overage in respect of Revenue Payment
Periods occurring during such calendar year, Parent waives any
right to object to the amount of any such Revenue Contingency
Payments, unless the Stockholder Representative submits to Parent
and the Escrow Agent a Payment Dispute Report with respect any such
Revenue Contingency Payments.
(c) Inventory Contingency
Report; Payment; Overage Claim .
(i) No later than sixty
(60) days (ninety (90) days in the case of an Inventory
Payment Period ending on December 31 of any year) following
the last day of each Inventory Payment Period, Parent shall deliver
to the Stockholder Representative and the Escrow Agent a written
report setting forth Parent’s good faith determination of the
Covered Inventory Amount and the Inventory Reference Amount for
such Inventory Payment Period, and the Inventory Contingency
Payment payable, if any, for such Inventory Payment Period (the
“ Inventory Contingency Report ”). The Inventory
Contingency Report and the Revenue Contingency Report for a period
may be combined into a single report.
(ii) No later than sixty
(60) days following the last day of each Inventory Payment
Period (ninety (90) days in the case of an Inventory Payment
Period ending on December 31 of any year), Parent shall pay to
the Stockholders and the Cash Bonus Plan the amount of the
Inventory Contingency Payment, subject to Sections 2.1(e) and
2.1(f) of this Article II .
(iii) If Parent determines in
good faith that it made one or more Inventory Contingency Payments
in respect of Inventory Payment Periods occurring during a calendar
year that were in excess of the amounts that it should have paid,
Parent may include in the Inventory Contingency Report for the
Inventory Payment Period ending December 31 of such calendar
year a written report setting forth Parent’s good faith
determination of such excess payment, including the adjusted
Covered Inventory Amount(s) and the Inventory Reference Amount(s)
for the applicable Inventory Payment Period(s). If Parent fails to
include in the Inventory Contingency Report for the Inventory
Payment Period ending December 31 of a calendar year a written
report setting forth Parent’s good faith determination of any
Payment Overage in respect of Inventory Payment Periods occurring
during such calendar year, Parent waives any right to object to the
amount of any such Inventory Contingency Payments, unless the
Stockholder Representative submits to Parent and the Escrow Agent a
Payment Dispute Report with respect any such Inventory Contingency
Payments.
2.5 Stockholder
Representative Review .
(a) Upon the written request
of the Stockholder Representative (a “ Review Request
”), Parent shall promptly deliver to the Stockholder
Representative a copy of all supporting work papers and accounting
records reasonably requested by the Stockholder Representative that
were utilized in preparing the Contingent Payment Report relating
to any Revenue Payment Period or Inventory Payment Period;
provided however that a Review Request must be made, if at
all, no later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the
last day of the calendar year during which occurred the Revenue
Payment Period or Inventory Payment Period to which the Review
Request relates. The review provided for in this
Section 2.5(a) shall occur during ordinary business
hours, and shall be at the Stockholder Representative’s sole
expense.
(b) Information provided to
the Stockholder Representative under the terms of this
Article II (including the existence and amounts of any
Contingent Payments and the fact of any dispute relating to any
Contingent Payment) shall be referred to as “ Confidential
Information .” The Stockholder Representative shall,
(i) except as required by law, keep all Confidential
Information confidential, shall not disclose or reveal any
Confidential Information to any person other than its
Representatives (as defined below) who are actively and directly
participating in Stockholder Representative’s review or
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Contingent Payments provided
for herein and shall cause those persons to observe the terms of
this provision; (ii) shall not use Confidential Information
for any purpose other than in connection with its review or dispute
of the Contingent Payments as provided for herein. The Stockholders
and Warrantholders shall be responsible for any breach of the terms
of this provision by them or their Representatives. “
Representative ” shall mean, as to the Stockholder
Representative, its agents and advisors (including, without
limitation, financial advisors, attorneys and accountants). Parent
shall keep and retain complete and accurate records in sufficient
detail to reasonably enable the Stockholder Representative to
complete the review described above.
(c) Parent shall cause such
records to be kept and retained in sufficient detail to satisfy
Parent’s obligations under Section 2.5(a) . If
any such information required to be delivered under
Section 2.5(a) is maintained by Parent in electronic
form, Parent shall make such information available to the
Stockholder Representative in electronic form.
2.6 Disagreements
.
(a) If the Stockholder
Representative concludes in good faith that a Revenue Contingency
Report or Inventory Contingency Report contains inaccuracies or
that the calculations of the Contingent Payment or Payment Overage,
as applicable, contained in a Revenue Contingency Report or
Inventory Contingency Report do not comply with the terms of this
Agreement in any way, the Stockholder Representative may notify
Parent and Escrow Agent of its conclusions (such notice, a “
Payment Dispute Report ”). Any Payment Dispute report
delivered by the Stockholder Representative must be in writing,
shall state in reasonable detail the basis for the conclusion and
its calculation of the Contingent Payment due to the Stockholders,
Warrantholders and the Cash Bonus Plan and/or, if applicable, the
Payment Overage due to Parent, and shall be delivered to Parent and
the Escrow Agent no later than one hundred eighty (180) days
after the end of the calendar year during which occurred the
Revenue Payment Period(s) and Inventory Payment Period(s) that are
the subject of the Payment Dispute Report (such period, the “
Dispute Period ” for Contingency Periods during such
calendar year). A Revenue Contingency Report or Inventory
Contingency Report shall be final, and shall be conclusive and
binding upon the parties (including with respect to any Payment
Overage included therein), with respect to all of its contents if
the Stockholder Representative does not timely deliver a Payment
Dispute Report in respect of such Revenue Contingency Report or
Inventory Contingency as provided herein.
(b) If the Stockholder
Representative timely delivers a Payment Dispute Report in
accordance with Section 2.6(a) , the dispute
represented thereby shall be resolved in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10.10 (subject to the provisions
of Section 2.6(d) below); provided ,
however , that the dispute resolution proceedings relating
to all disputes regarding Revenue Payment Periods and Inventory
Payment Periods that occur during the same calendar year must be
combined into a single negotiation, mediation and/or arbitration
process, as applicable; provided further that such dispute
resolution proceedings shall not commence until after the ninetieth
(90 th ) day following the end of such calendar
year.
(c) If a dispute arises
between the parties relating to an Launch Contingency Report, a
Revenue Contingency Report or an Inventory Contingency Report, the
parties agree to engage in mediation, as described in
Section 10.10(b) , for no more than thirty
(30) days. If after the aforementioned thirty (30) day
period, the dispute has not been resolved, such dispute will be
submitted to an arbitrator or arbitration panel chosen pursuant to
Section 10.10(d) ; provided that, for purposes
of disputes under this Article II , the seventy-five
(75) day period referenced in Section 10.10(f)
shall instead be sixty (60) days, and the ninety (90) day
period referenced in Section 10.10(f) shall instead be
sixty (60) days. The arbitrator(s) decision shall be final and
binding on all parties and non-appealable. A dispute as described
above will be considered to be finally determined and conclusive
upon the parties (a “ Final Determination ”)
under the following circumstances (1) an agreement among the
Parent and Stockholder Representative is reached
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pursuant to negotiations or
mediation conducted pursuant to this Section 2.6(d)
which is memorialized in a written settlement agreement executed by
both parties (a “ Dispute Settlement Agreement
”); or (2) a final decision from an arbitration
proceeding conducted pursuant to this Section 2.6(d) (a
“ Dispute Arbitration Decision ”).
(d) If the dispute resolution
process of Section 10.10 results in Parent being
required to (or agreeing to) pay additional amounts to the
Stockholders, Warrantholders and the Cash Bonus Plan, Parent shall
within ten (10) Business Days of the Final Determination pay
such additional amount of Contingent Payment to the Stockholders,
Warrantholders and the Cash Bonus Plan.
(e) Escrow Recovery of
Overage Amount . A Payment Overage asserted by Parent shall
become final and binding upon the parties if it is the subject of a
Final Determination or if the Stockholder Representative does not
timely object to such asserted Payment Overage as provided in
Section 2.6 above (such a final Payment Overage, a
“ Payable Overage ”). A Payable Overage shall be
satisfied as follows: (1) first out of the Payment Adjustment
Fund, (2) then (if amounts remain to be paid), at
Parent’s election by claim against the Escrow Fund and/or by
offsetting such remaining Payment Overage against any future
Contingent Payments. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on
a Dispute Settlement Agreement or a written Dispute Arbitration
Decision, to make a distribution to Parent out of the Escrow Fund
or the Payment Adjustment Fund of a Payment Overage determined in
the Dispute Settlement Agreement or Dispute Decision. The Escrow
Agent shall be entitled to rely on a Revenue Contingency Report or
Inventory Contingency Report with respect to which no Payment
Dispute Report was timely delivered and that specifically
identifies an asserted Payment Overage, and make a distribution to
Parent out of the Escrow Fund or the Payment Adjustment Fund of
such Payment Overage.
(f) Release of Payment
Adjustment Fund to Stockholders, Warrantholders and the Cash Bonus
Plan .
(i) As soon as practicable
following the one hundred eightieth (180 th
) day
after the end of each of calendar year 2006, 2007 and 2008, to the
extent that the Payment Adjustment Fund for each such year exceeds
the aggregate amount of any Payment Overages asserted by Parent for
the Inventory Payment Periods and Revenue Payment Periods in such
year, the Escrow Agent shall distribute such excess amount to the
Exchange Agent for payment to the Stockholders and Warrantholders,
and to Parent for payment to the Cash Bonus Plan, in each case in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Portions.
(ii) For each of calendar
years 2006, 2007 and 2008, in the case that Parent does not timely
assert a Payment Overage (as provided in Section 2.4 )
for any Revenue Payment Period or Inventory Payment Period
occurring during such calendar year, the Escrow Agent shall
distribute any remaining amounts of the Payment Adjustment Fund
applicable to such year to the Exchange Agent for payment to the
Stockholders and Warrantholders, and to Parent for payment to the
Cash Bonus Plan, in each case in proportion to their respective Pro
Rata Portions, as soon as practicable after the day following the
last day on which a Payment Overage relating to any Revenue Payment
Period or Inventory Payment Period occurring during such year could
be timely asserted hereunder.
(iii) For each of calendar
years 2006, 2007 and 2008, in the case that any Payment Overages
have been timely asserted by Parent for any Revenue Payment Periods
or Inventory Payment Periods occurring during any such calendar
year, but no dispute relating to any of the asserted Payment
Overages for such year is timely raised by the Stockholder
Representative, after payment of such Payment Overages to Parent
out of the Payment Adjustment Fund, the Escrow Agent shall
distribute any remaining amounts of the Payment Adjustment Fund
applicable to such year to Parent as soon as practicable after the
day following the last day on which Stockholder Representative
could have timely disputed any such Payment Overages.
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(iv) For each of calendar
years 2006, 2007 and 2008, in the case that any Payment Overages
have been timely asserted by Parent for any Revenue Payment Periods
or Inventory Payment Periods occurring during any such calendar
year, and a dispute relating to any such asserted Payment Overage
is timely raised by the Stockholder Representative, on the day on
which the Escrow Agent receives written notice of the Final
Determination of all such disputes relating to Payment Overages
asserted with respect to such year, after payment to Parent out of
the applicable Payment Adjustment Fund of all Payment Overages to
which Parent is entitled pursuant to such Final Determinations, the
Escrow Agent shall distribute any amount remaining in the Payment
Adjustment Fund for such calendar year to the Exchange Agent for
payment to the Stockholders and Warrantholders, and to Parent for
payment to the Cash Bonus Plan (in each case in proportion to their
respective Pro Rata Portions).
(g) All negotiations pursuant
to this Section 2.6 shall be treated as compromise and
settlement negotiations for purposes of the Federal Rules of
Evidence and state rules of evidence.
2.7 Exclusion of
Excludable Contracts .
(a) Acquisition
Contract . An “ Acquisition Contract ” shall
mean an agreement entered into by Parent for the acquisition of
Radio Spots or Internet Spots or for the acquisition
[***].
(b) Excludable
Contract . An “ Excludable Contract ” shall
mean an Acquisition Contract that (i) provides for guaranteed
minimum payments and (ii) Parent’s deal approval
policies and procedures require that the agreement must be approved
by Parent’s executive Deal Review Committee; provided
that, for purposes of clarification, an Excludable Contract will
not include any agreement which was entered into under a Blanket
Authorization (as defined below).
(c) Blanket
Authorization . A “ Blanket Authorization ”
shall mean an authorization by Parent’s Deal Review Committee
authorizing the entry into multiple Acquisition Contracts that
provide for guaranteed minimum payments, in each case on
contractual terms and within spending limits specified in such
authorization.
(d) Deal Review .
“ Deal Review Notice ” shall mean, with respect
to an Acquisition Contract, a written notice (which may be in email
form) advising of a “Deal Review Committee” meeting to
consider the approval of an Acquisition Contract. References to
“ Deal Review Committee ” shall include
references to any successor body formed by Parent from time to time
for the purpose of considering and approving the transactions
referred to in this Section 2.7 .
(e) Excluded Contract
. Each of the following agreements shall be an “ Excluded
Contract ”:
(i) Chad Is an
Employee . During the time that Chad Steelberg (“
Chad ”) is an employee of Parent:
(1) An Excludable Contract
with respect to which (A) Chad has received a Deal Review
Notice prior to the Deal Review Committee meeting at which such
agreement is to be approved, and (B) Chad sends a written
notice (which may be in email form) to Parent’s Deal Review
Committee at or prior to such meeting requesting that such
Excludable Contract be treated as an Excluded Contract (with a
signed copy thereof sent to Parent within five days after such
meeting in accordance with the notice provisions hereof);
or
(2) An Excludable Contract
with respect to which (A) Chad has not received a Deal Review
Notice prior to the Deal Review Committee meeting at which such
agreement is to be approved, and (B) Chad sends, within five
days after receiving notice (which may be by email) of
the
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agreement or proposed agreement, a
written notice (which may be in email form) to Parent’s Deal
Review Committee requesting that such Excludable Contract be
treated as an Excluded Contract (with a signed copy thereof sent to
Parent within five days after such meeting in accordance with the
notice provisions hereof); or
(ii) Ryan Is an Employee
and Chad Not an Employee . During the time that Chad is not an
employee of Parent, but Ryan Steelberg (“ Ryan
”) is an employee of Parent:
(1) An Excludable Contract
with respect to which (A) Ryan has received a Deal Review
Notice prior to the Deal Review Committee meeting at which such
agreement is to be approved, and (B) Ryan sends a written
notice (which may be in email form) to Parent’s “Deal
Review Committee” at or prior to such meeting requesting that
such Excludable Contract be treated as an Excluded Contract (with a
signed copy thereof sent to Parent within five days after such
meeting in accordance with the notice provisions hereof);
or
(2) An Excludable Contract
with respect to which (A) Ryan has not received a Deal Review
Notice prior to the Deal Review Committee meeting at which such
agreement is to be approved, and (B) Ryan sends, within five
days after receiving notice (which may be by email) of the
agreement or proposed agreement, a written notice (which may be in
email form) to Parent’s Deal Review Committee requesting that
such Excludable Contract be treated as an Excluded Contract (with a
signed copy thereof sent to Parent within five days after such
meeting in accordance with the notice provisions hereof);
or
(iii) Neither Chad Nor
Ryan Is an Employee . During the time that neither Chad nor
Ryan is an employee of Parent:
(1) An Excludable Contract
with respect to which the Parent has delivered an Excludable
Contract Notice (defined below) and the Stockholder Representative
has delivered notice to Parent within five (5) business days
thereafter requesting that such Excludable Contract be treated as
an Excluded Contract.
(2) Any Acquisition Contract
providing for guaranteed minimum payments that was entered into
under to an Excluded Blanket Authorization (as defined below).
“ Excluded Blanket Authorization ” shall mean a
Blanket Authorization approved by Parent’s Deal Review
Committee during a time when neither Chad nor Ryan is an employee
of Parent and with respect to which the Parent has delivered a
Blanket Authorization Notice (defined below) and the Stockholder
Representative has delivered to Parent within five
(5) business days thereafter a notice requesting that such
Blanket Authorization be treated as an Excluded Blanket
Authorization. For purposes of clarification, any Acquisition
Contract entered into by Parent under a Blanket Authorization that
is not an Excluded Blanket Authorization, and any Acquisition
Contract entered into by Parent under the authority of a Blanket
Authorization while Chad or Ryan remain employed by Parent, will
not be an Excluded Contract.
(f) Notice to Stockholder
Representative . If Parent proposes to enter into, or enters
into, an Excludable Contract or a Blanket Authorization, and if
neither Chad nor Ryan is an employee of Parent at such time, Parent
shall give notice to the Stockholder Representative of such
contract or blanket authorization (or proposed contract or blanket
authorization, as applicable) (each, a “ Excludable
Contract Notice ” or “ Blanket Authorization
Notice ”).
(g) Notices to Chad and
Ryan . Without limiting the foregoing, for purposes of
Sections 2.7(e)(i)(2) and 2.7(e)(ii)(2) , notice
of any such agreement or proposed agreement will be deemed given if
Chad or Ryan, as the case may be, signs the agreement or the deal
approval sheet (or any electronic equivalent thereof) approving
such agreement.
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(h) Effect of Excluded
Contracts . No revenue derived from any Excluded Contract
(including indirectly from the monetization of property or services
acquired in such Excluded Contract) will count toward or be
included in the definition of Covered Net Revenue, and no third
party cost arising out of such Excluded Contract will count toward
or be included in the definition of Cost of Revenues, in each case
for any applicable Revenue Payment Period. In addition, no Listener
Counts for Covered Radio Advertisements, and no Adjusted Listener
Counts for Covered Unused Radio Spots, in each case from any Radio
Spots acquired directly or indirectly through such Excluded
Contract shall count toward or be included in the calculation of
Covered Inventory Amount for any applicable Inventory Payment
Period.
(i) Stockholder
Representative Confidentiality . Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, Parent’s obligations hereunder shall in no
event be interpreted in a manner to require it to violate any
confidentiality obligations applicable to it.
(j) Requests for
Confirmation . From time to time, at Parent’s request,
Chad, Ryan or the Stockholder Representative, as the case may be,
will confirm in writing his understanding as to the list of
agreements that are Excluded Contracts, and/or sign an
acknowledgement of the parties’ understanding with respect
thereto.
(k) Appointment . Each
of the Stockholders and Warrantholders hereby appoints Chad and
Ryan as its agent and attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of the
Stockholders to give and receive notices and communications, and to
sign the confirmations contemplated by this Section 2.7
, but only to the extent Chad or Ryan, as the case may be, are
still then employed by Parent. Any action of Chad or Ryan permitted
to be taken under this Section 2.7 shall be binding
upon and effective against the Stockholders and
Warrantholders.
2.8 Support and
Control .
(a) Subject to the other
provisions of this Section 2.8, Parent shall make
available to the AudioAds Operating Group) an annual operating
budget of resources of at least $[***] for each of calendar years
2006, 2007 and 2008. The following costs and expenses of the
AudioAds Operating Group will be counted in the calculation of the
budget referred to in this Section 2.8 :
(i) fully-loaded headcount costs (in accordance with
Parent’s standard practice for determining fully-loaded
headcount costs) for all service providers for whom 40% or more of
their time is applied to the AudioAds Operating Group (provided
that for service providers who do not apply substantially all of
their time to the AudioAds Operating Group, a pro rata portion of
their fully-loaded headcount costs equal to the pro rata portion of
their time which is applied to the AudioAds Operating Group shall
apply toward the budget) and (ii) direct costs and expenses
and expenditures incurred by the AudioAds Operating Group. For
purposes of clarification, resources made available by Parent for
all activities of the AudioAds Operating Group (including in
connection with the development, maintenance and sale of [***])
will be counted in the calculation of budget referred to in this
subsection.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the AudioAds Operating Group will be
subject to Parent’s operating policies, processes and
procedures, including:
(i) All expenditures by the
AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to Parent’s spending
authority policy.
(ii) All contracts entered
into by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to
Parent’s deal review and contracts approval policies,
processes an procedures (including Parent’s signature
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(iii) All product and feature
launches by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to
Parent’s product and feature launch policies, processes and
procedures.
(iv) All hiring and
terminations by the AudioAds Operating Group will be subject to
Parent’s hiring and human resources policies, processes and
procedures.
(c) Upon Closing, Chad
Steelberg will be the General Manager of the AudioAds Operating
Group, reporting to Jonathan Rosenberg.
(d) Parent agrees that it
will not shut down or sell all or substantially all of the AudioAds
Operating Group prior to December 31, 2008.
(e) Parent agrees that it
shall make all material decisions with respect to the AudioAds
Operating Group in good faith.
(f) Subject to the provisions
of Sections 2.7(d) and 2.7(e) , Parent shall have the
ultimate power, right and discretion to control all aspects of its
business and operations (including decisions regarding the
features, functions and characteristics of any of its products, the
technology on which its products and associated software are based,
whether and when to launch its products, how to price, market and
distribute its products and the terms and conditions of any
agreement by which it will agree to be bound).
2.9 No Guarantee of
Employment . Nothing herein shall constitute a guarantee
of employment or engagement of any employee or contractor of the
Company or Parent, and either of them may terminate any employee or
contractor, with or without cause, at any time and such termination
shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement.
2.10 No Other
Representations, Warranties or Commitments . This
Agreement contains the entire agreement with respect to
Parent’s and the Surviving Corporation’s obligations in
connection with the achievement of any of the Lunch Milestone or
inventory or revenue targets that would result in the payment of
any Contingent Payments hereunder. Other than the express
representations of Parent contained in Article IV ,
notwithstanding anything else (including any prior or
contemporaneous communications) to the contrary, for purposes of
determining the parties’ rights under this
Article II , Parent and the Surviving Corporation make
no, and none of the Company, any Stockholder, Warrantholder nor any
participant in the Cash Bonus Plan are relying on any,
representations, warranties or covenants either with respect to the
support to be provided in order to achieve the launch of the
AudioAds Product or the inventory or revenue targets or as to the
likelihood or feasibility of achieving the launch of the AudioAds
Product or the inventory or revenue targets.
2.11 Certain
Transactions . Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Article II , for purposes of determining the
achievement of the Covered Net Revenue and Covered Inventory
thresholds that determine the payment of Contingent Payments
pursuant to Sections 2.3(b), 2.3(c), 2.3(d) and 2.3(e) ,
unless prior notice is provided to Parent, there shall not be
counted in such determination any Covered Net Revenue or Covered
Inventory Amount that results from a transaction involving
(a) one or more Persons with which a 1% or greater Stockholder
directly or indirectly is an Affiliate; or (b) has an
agreement or arrangement pursuant to which the Stockholder,
Warrantholder or participant in the Cash Bonus Plan agrees to share
the economic benefit of any Contingent Payments hereunder with such
Persons in relation to such transaction and which in any way
relates to Covered Radio Spots, Covered Radio Advertisements,
Covered Audio Advertisements, Contingent Payments or the
achievement of the thresholds relevant to Sections 2.3(b),
2.3(c), 2.3(d) and 2.3(e) . Each Stockholder, Warrantholder and
participant in the Cash Bonus Plan agrees to provide prompt written
notice to Parent prior to consummation of any transaction described
in the preceding sentence. Following such notice, Parent agrees to
evaluate all such transactions in good faith with the same scrutiny
that would apply to transactions which do not involve such
conflicting interests. To the Company’s Knowledge, no
Stockholder, Warrantholder or participant in the Cash Bonus Plan is
a party to any transaction described in (b) above.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents
and warrants to Parent and Sub, subject to such exceptions as are
specifically disclosed in the disclosure schedule (referencing the
appropriate section and subsection numbers) supplied by the Company
to Parent (the “ Company Disclosure Schedule ”)
and dated as of the date hereof, (A) on the date hereof and,
(B) if the Closing occurs, as of the Closing Date (except
where a representation or warranty is made as of the date hereof or
a specific date herein), as though made on the Closing Date, as set
forth below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
representations and warranties contained in this
Article III are the only representations and warranties
being made by the Company in this Agreement.
3.1 Organization of the
Company .
(a) The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has the
corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business
as currently conducted and as currently contemplated to be
conducted. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business
and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
in which the character or location of its assets or properties
(whether owned, leased or licensed) or the nature of its business
make such qualifications necessary. The Company has delivered a
true and correct copy of its certificate of incorporation, as
amended to date (the “ Certificate of Incorporation
”) and bylaws, as amended to date, each in full force and
effect on the date hereof (collectively, the “ Charter
Documents ”), to Parent. The Board of Directors of the
Company has not approved or proposed to the Stockholders any
amendment to any of the Charter Documents.
(b)
Section 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists
the directors and officers of the Company as of the date
hereof.
(c)
Section 3.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists
every state or foreign jurisdiction in which the Company has
Employees or facilities or otherwise conducts its
business.
3.2 Company Capital
Structure .
(a) The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 6,675,987 shares of Series A
Common Stock, of which 2,619,405 shares are issued and outstanding,
420,000 shares of Series B Common Stock, of which no shares
are issued and outstanding, 660,000 shares of Company Series A
Preferred Stock, all of which shares are issued and outstanding,
966,797 shares of Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock, all of
which shares are issued and outstanding, and 1,216,982 shares of
Company Series B-2 Preferred Stock, of which 1,169,810 shares
are issued and outstanding. Each share of Company Preferred Stock
is convertible on a one-share for one-share basis into Company
Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the capitalization of the
Company is as set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. Assuming the same total capitalization
as on the date hereof, the total number of shares of Company
Capital Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective
Time (assuming the conversion, exercise, or exchange of all
securities (including the Company Preferred Stock) convertible
into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Company Capital
Stock and the exercise of all Company Options and Company Warrants)
will be as set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. The Company Capital Stock is held by the
Persons with the domicile addresses and in the amounts set forth in
Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
which further sets forth for each such Person the
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number of shares held, class and/or
series of such shares and the number of the applicable Company
Stock Certificates representing such shares. All outstanding shares
of Company Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights
created by statute, the Charter Documents, or any agreement to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(b) All outstanding shares of
Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants have
been issued or repurchased (in the case of shares that were
outstanding and repurchased by the Company or any Stockholder) in
compliance with all applicable federal, state, foreign, or local
statutes, laws, rules, or regulations, including federal and state
securities laws, and were issued, transferred and repurchased (in
the case of shares that were outstanding and repurchased by the
Company or any Stockholder) in accordance with any right of first
refusal or similar right or limitation Known to the Company,
including those in the Charter Documents. There are no outstanding
shares of Company Capital Stock that constitute unvested restricted
stock or that are otherwise subject to a repurchase or redemption
right. There are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends with
respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock. Except as set forth
in Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the Company has no other capital stock authorized, issued or
outstanding.
(c) Except for the Plans, the
Company has never adopted, sponsored or maintained any stock option
plan or any other plan or agreement providing for equity
compensation to any person. The Company has reserved 600,000 shares
of Company Common Stock for issuance to employees and directors of,
and consultants to, the Company upon the issuance of stock or the
exercise of options granted under the Plans, of which
(i) 369,876 shares are issuable, as of the date hereof, upon
the exercise of outstanding, unexercised options granted under the
Plans, (ii) no shares have been issued upon the exercise of
options granted under the Plans as of the date hereof,
(iii) no shares have been issued in the form of restricted
stock granted under the Plans, and (iv) 230,124 shares remain
available for future grant as of the date hereof. The Company
Options that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time will be converted at the Effective Time by the administrator
of the Plan into Bonus Units pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the Cash Bonus Plan at the Effective Time.
Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth for each outstanding Company Option and Company Warrant, the
name of the holder of such option or warrant, the number of shares
of Company Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of such option
or warrant, the exercise price of such option or warrant, the date
of grant (in the case of options), and the vesting schedule (in the
case of options), including the extent vested to date and whether
the vesting of such option is subject to acceleration as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
events (including a description of any such acceleration
provisions). The terms of the Plans authorize the administrator of
such Plans to amend the Plans, as required, to effect the
provisions set forth in Section 1.6(c) hereof with
respect to each Company Option without the consent of any holder of
any Company Option granted under such Plans. True and complete
copies of all agreements and instruments relating to or issued
under the Plans have been provided to Parent and such agreements
and instruments have not been amended, modified or supplemented,
and there are no agreements to amend, modify or supplement such
agreements or instruments from the forms thereof provided to
Parent.
(d) Except for the Cash Bonus
Plan, the Company has never adopted, sponsored or maintained any
plan that will require the payment of any cash bonuses in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Bonus Units under the Cash Bonus Plan are intended to be
equivalent to the value of 600,000 shares of Company Common Stock
which had been reserved for issuance to employees and directors of,
and consultants to, the Company. Exhibit A to the Cash Bonus Plan
contains the names of the participants in the Cash Bonus Plan, the
number of Bonus Units each participant has been, or will be,
granted under the Cash Bonus Plan, and the vesting schedule with
respect to each such participant.
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(e) As of the date hereof, no
shares of Company Capital Stock are issuable upon the exercise of
outstanding Company Options that have not been issued under the
Plans. Except as set forth in Sections 3.2(a) and
3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date
hereof, no shares of Company Capital Stock are issuable upon the
exercise of outstanding Company Warrants. Except for the Company
Options and Company Warrants, there are no options, warrants,
calls, rights, convertible securities, commitments or agreements of
any character, written or oral, to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company is bound obligating the Company to issue,
deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued,
delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of the capital
stock of the Company or obligating the Company to grant, extend,
accelerate the vesting of, change the price of, otherwise amend or
enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment or
agreement. There are no outstanding or authorized stock
appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or other similar
rights with respect to the Company. Except as contemplated hereby,
neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other
Stockholder is a party to any voting trusts, proxies, or other
agreements or understandings with respect to the voting stock of
the Company. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(e) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no agreements to which
the Company is a party relating to the registration, sale or
transfer (including agreements relating to rights of first refusal,
co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any Company
Capital Stock. As a result of the Merger, Parent will be the sole
record and beneficial holder of all issued and outstanding shares
of Company Capital Stock and all rights to acquire or receive any
shares of Company Capital Stock, whether or not such shares of
Company Capital Stock are outstanding.
3.3 Subsidiaries
. Section 3.3(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists each entity in which the Company owns any shares of
capital stock or any interest in, or controls, directly or
indirectly, any other corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association, joint venture or other business entity.
Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists
each corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or
other equity interest entitled to vote on the election of the
members of the board of directors or similar governing body (each,
a “ Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “
Subsidiaries ”). Except for the Subsidiaries, the
Company does not have and has never had any subsidiaries or
affiliated companies and does not otherwise own and has never
otherwise owned any shares of capital stock or any interest in, or
control, directly or indirectly, any other corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other
business entity. Each entity listed on Section 3.3(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule that is no longer in existence
has been duly dissolved in accordance with its charter documents
and the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization and there are no outstanding liabilities or
obligations (outstanding, contingent or otherwise), including
taxes, with respect to any such entity. Each Subsidiary is a
corporation or limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization. Each Subsidiary has the
corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business
as currently conducted and as currently contemplated to be
conducted. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do
business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or company,
as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which the character or
location of its assets or properties (whether owned, leased or
licensed) or the nature of its business make such qualifications
necessary. The Company has delivered a true and correct copy of
each Subsidiary’s charter documents and bylaws or articles of
organization and operating agreement, as the case may be, each as
amended to date and in full force and effect on the date hereof, to
Parent (the “ Subsidiary Organizational Documents
”). Section 3.3(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists the directors and officers or members, as the case
may be, of each Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement. The
operations now being conducted by each Subsidiary are not now and
have never been conducted under any other name. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests, as the
case may be, of each Subsidiary are owned of record and
beneficially by the Company. All outstanding shares of capital
stock or membership interests, as the case may be, of each
Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights created by
statute, the Subsidiary Organizational Documents,
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or any agreement to which such
Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound, and have been issued
in compliance with all applicable legal requirements. There are no
options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any
character, written or oral, to which each Subsidiary is a party or
by which it is bound obligating the Subsidiary to issue, deliver,
sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, sold,
repurchased or redeemed, any shares of the capital stock or
membership interests, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary or
obligating each Subsidiary to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting
of, change the price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such
option, warrant, call right, commitment or agreement. There are no
outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation, or other similar rights with respect to any of the
Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or
is obligated to make any future investment in, or capital
contribution to, any Person.
3.4 Authority
. The Company has all requisite power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which it is a
party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any
Related Agreements to which the Company is a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required on the part
of the Company to authorize this Agreement and any Related
Agreements to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, subject only to the approval of this Agreement
by the Stockholders. The vote required to approve this Agreement by
the Stockholders is set forth in Section 3.4 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule (the “ Requisite Stockholder
Vote ”). This Agreement and the Merger have been
unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. This
Agreement and each of the Related Agreements to which the Company
is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties hereto and thereto and the due authorization and execution
of the Written Consent, constitute the valid and binding
obligations of the Company and the Stockholders enforceable against
them in accordance with their respective terms.
3.5 No Conflict
. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement
and any Related Agreement to which the Company is a party, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default
under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) or give
rise to a right of termination, cancellation, modification or
acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit under (any
such event, a “ Conflict ”) (i) any
provision of the Charter Documents or the Subsidiary Organizational
Documents, (ii) any Material Contract or Contract that does
not materially differ in substance from the Standard Form Agreement
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any
of their properties or assets (whether tangible or intangible) are
bound, or (iii) any judgment, order, decree, statute, law,
ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets (whether tangible
or intangible). Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth all necessary consents, waivers and approvals
of parties to any Material Contracts as are required thereunder in
connection with the Merger, or for any such Material Contract to
remain in full force and effect without limitation, modification or
alteration after the Effective Time so as to preserve all rights
of, and benefits to, the Company and the Subsidiaries under such
Material Contracts from and after the Effective Time. There are no
consents, waivers or approvals from any party to any Contract that
does not materially differ in substance from the Standard Form
Agreement that are necessary or required in order for such Contract
to remain in full force and effect without limitation, modification
or alteration after the Effective Time. Following the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation and each of its subsidiaries will
be permitted to exercise all of their rights under the Material
Contracts and Contracts that do not materially differ in substance
from the Standard Form Agreement without the payment of any
additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees,
royalties or payments which the Company or any Subsidiary would
otherwise be required to pay pursuant to the terms of such Material
Contracts had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not
occurred.
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3.6 Consents . No
consent, notice, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with any court, administrative
agency or commission or other federal, state, county, local or
other foreign governmental authority, instrumentality, agency or
commission (each, a “ Governmental Entity ”) or
a party to any Material Contract to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party (so as not to trigger any Conflict), is
required by, or with respect to, the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
any Related Agreement to which the Company is a party or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
except for (a) such consents, notices, waivers, approvals,
orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as
may be required under applicable securities laws, (b) the
filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware, (c) the adoption of this Agreement and
approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the
Stockholders and (d) the filing of notification, and
expiration or early termination of the waiting period under, the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(the “ HSR Act ”), as well as any required
approval under foreign antitrust laws, if applicable.
3.7 Company Financial
Statements . Section 3.7 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s
(a) unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of
income, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for the three
(3) month period then ended (the “ Year-End
Financials ”), and (b) unaudited consolidated
balance sheet as of November 30, 2005 (the “ Balance
Sheet Date ”), and the related unaudited statements of
income, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for the eleven
months then ended (the “ Interim Financials ”).
The Year-End Financials and the Interim Financials (collectively
referred as the “ Financials ”) are true and
correct in all material respects and have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods indicated and consistent with each other (except that the
Financials do not contain footnotes and other presentation items
that may be required by GAAP). The Financials present fairly in all
material respects the Company’s consolidated financial
condition, operating results and cash flows as of the dates and
during the periods indicated therein, subject in the case of the
Interim Financials to normal year-end adjustments, which are not
material in amount or significance in any individual case or in the
aggregate. The Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet
as of the Balance Sheet Date is referred to hereinafter as the
“ Current Balance Sheet .”
3.8 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
any liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim,
deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of any type, whether accrued,
absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or other, of a nature
required to be reflected in financial statements in accordance with
GAAP, except for those which (a) have been reflected in the
Current Balance Sheet, (b) have arisen in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices since the Balance Sheet
Date and prior to the date hereof or (c) have arisen since the
date hereof and do not arise from a violation of
Section 5.1 hereof.
3.9 No Changes
. Since the Balance Sheet Date, except as (i) expressly
permitted hereunder, (ii) required hereby, (iii) set
forth in Section 3.9 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, or (iv) specifically consented to by Parent pursuant
to Section 5.1 or Section 5.3 hereof, there
has not been, occurred or arisen any:
(a) transaction by the
Company or any Subsidiary except in the ordinary course of business
as conducted on that date and consistent with past
practices;
(b) modifications, amendments
or changes to the Charter Documents or the Subsidiary
Organizational Documents except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement;
(c) payment, discharge,
waiver or satisfaction by the Company or any Subsidiary, in any
amount in excess of $15,000 in any one case, or $50,000 in the
aggregate, of any claim, liability, right or
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obligation (absolute,
accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other
than payments, discharges or satisfactions in the ordinary course
of business of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the
Current Balance Sheet;
(d) destruction of, damage
to, or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) of any material
assets (whether tangible or intangible) or material business of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any loss of, or material adverse
change in the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
relationships with, any of their material customers;
(e) employment dispute,
including claims or matters raised by any individual, Governmental
Entity, or any workers’ representative organization,
bargaining unit or union regarding labor trouble or claim of
wrongful discharge or other unlawful employment or labor practice
or action with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary;
(f) adoption or change in
accounting policies or procedures (including any change in reserves
for excess or obsolete inventory, doubtful accounts or other
reserves, or depreciation or amortization policies or rates) by the
Company or any Subsidiary other than as required by
GAAP;
(g) adoption of or change in
any material election in respect of Taxes, adoption of or change in
any accounting method in respect of Taxes, agreement or settlement
of any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or extension or
waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or
assessment in respect of Taxes by the Company or any
Subsidiary;
(h) declaration, setting
aside or payment of a dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, stock or property) in respect of any Company Capital Stock or
capital stock of any Subsidiary, or any split, combination or
reclassification in respect of any shares of Company Capital Stock
or capital stock of any Subsidiary, or any issuance or
authorization of any i
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