Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
BY
AND AMONG
TALEO CORPORATION,
DOLPHIN ACQUISITION CORPORATION,
PORPOISE ACQUISITION LLC,
VURV TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
AND
WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES VII, VIII AND IX ONLY
DEREK MERCER
AS
STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AS
ESCROW AGENT
Dated as of May 5, 2008
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ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
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1.1 The
Mergers
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1.2
Effective Time
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1.3 Effect
of the Mergers
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1.4
Organizational Documents
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1.5
Directors and Officers
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1.6 Effect
of the First Merger on the Capital Stock of the Constituent
Corporations
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1.7 Effect
of Second Merger on Capital Stock
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1.8
Dissenting Shares
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1.9
Surrender of Certificates
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1.10 No
Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock
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1.11 Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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1.12 Tax
Consequences
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1.13 Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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2.1
Organization of the Company
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2.2 Company
Capital Structure
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2.3
Subsidiaries
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2.4
Authority
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2.5 No
Conflict
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2.6
Consents
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2.7 Company
Financial Statements
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2.8 Internal
Controls
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2.9 No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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2.10 No
Changes
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2.11
Accounts Receivable
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2.12 Tax
Matters
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2.13
Restrictions on Business Activities
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2.14 Title
to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances; Condition of
Equipment
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2.15
Intellectual Property
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2.16
Agreements, Contracts and Commitments
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2.17
Interested Party Transactions
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2.18
Governmental Authorization
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2.19
Litigation
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2.20 Minute
Books
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2.21
Environmental Matters
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2.22
Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees; Third Party
Expenses
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2.23
Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation
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2.24
Insurance
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2.25
Compliance with Laws
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2.26 Export
Control Laws
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2.27 Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act
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2.28
Warranties; Indemnities
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2.29
Substantial Customers and Suppliers; Customer
Information
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2.30
Complete Copies of Materials
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2.31
Representations Complete
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2.32
Information Statement
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT, SUB
AND NEWLLC
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3.1
Organization and Standing
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3.2
Authority
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3.3 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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3.4 Parent
Common Stock
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3.5 SEC
Documents; Parent Financial Statements
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3.6
Litigation
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3.7 Cash
Resources
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3.8
Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees
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3.9
NewLLC
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3.10
Sub
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3.11 Company
Stock
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ARTICLE IV
CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
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4.1 Conduct
of Business of the Company
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4.2 No
Solicitation
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4.3
Procedures for Requesting Parent Consent
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ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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5.1 Access
to Information
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5.2
Confidentiality
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5.3 Public
Disclosure
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5.4
Reasonable Efforts
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5.5
Notification of Certain Matters
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5.6
Additional Documents and Further Assurances
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5.7 Delivery
of Monthly Financial Statements
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5.8
Stockholder Approval; Fairness Hearing
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5.9 Merger
Notification
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5.10 Notice
to Holders of Company Options
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5.11
Consents
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5.12
Restrictions on Transfer
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5.13
Termination of Agreements
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5.14
Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment
Agreement
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5.15 New
Employment Benefits
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5.16
Employment Agreements
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5.17
Resignation of Officers and Directors
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5.18 S-8
Registration
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5.19
Termination of Certain Company
Employee Plans
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5.20
Expenses
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5.21 Closing
Disbursements
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5.22
Treatment as a Reorganization
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5.23 Release
of Liens
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5.24 FIRPTA
Compliance
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ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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6.1
Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the First
Merger
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6.2
Conditions to the Obligations of Parent, Sub and
NewLLC
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6.3
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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ARTICLE VII SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
ESCROW
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7.1 Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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7.2
Indemnification
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7.3 Maximum
Payments; Remedy
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7.4 Escrow
Arrangements
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7.5
Stockholder Representative
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7.6 Expense
Escrow Account
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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8.1
Termination
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8.2 Effect
of Termination
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8.3
Amendment
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8.4
Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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9.1
Notices
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9.2
Interpretation
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9.3
Counterparts
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9.4 Entire
Agreement; Assignment
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9.5
Severability
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9.6 Other
Remedies
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9.7 No Third
Party Beneficiaries
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9.8
Governing Law; Exclusive Jurisdiction
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9.9 Rules of
Construction
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9.10 Waiver
of Jury Trial
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9.11 USA
Patriot Act Compliance
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of Employment Agreement |
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Exhibit B
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Form of Non-Competition
Agreement |
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Exhibit C
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Form of Change in Control Agreement
Letter |
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Exhibit D
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Form of Lock-up Agreement |
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Exhibit E-1
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Company Support Stockholders |
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Exhibit E-2
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Form of Support Stockholder Written
Consent |
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Exhibit F-1
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Form of Certificate of First
Merger |
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Exhibit F-2
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Form of Certificate of Second
Merger |
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Exhibit G
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U.S. Bank Money Market Accounts |
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Exhibit H
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Form of 280G Waiver |
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Exhibit I
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Form of Legal Opinion of Company
Counsel |
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Exhibit J
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Form of Legal Opinion of Parent
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Schedules |
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Schedule 1.6(a)(iii)
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Excluded Company Indebtedness |
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Schedule 1.6(a)(v)
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Change of Control Employees |
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Schedule 1.6(a)(ix)
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Excluded Capital Lease
Obligations |
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Schedule 1.6(a)(xxx)
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Key Employees |
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Schedule 5.13
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Terminated Agreements |
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Schedule 5.23
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Liens |
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Schedule 6.2(x)
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Foreign Qualifications |
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Schedule 7.2(b)
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Indemnification Agreements |
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CONFIDENTIAL
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION (the “ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into as of May 5, 2008 by and among Taleo Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Dolphin
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (“ Sub ”), Porpoise
Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ NewLLC ”),
Vurv Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and with respect to Article VII,
Article VIII and Article IX hereof only, Derek
Mercer 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, NewLLC and the Company believe it is advisable
and in the best interests of each company and its respective
stockholders that Parent acquire the Company through the statutory
merger of Sub with and into the Company and, as part of the same
overall transaction, the statutory merger of the First-Step
Corporation with and into NewLLC immediately thereafter, upon the
terms and conditions set forth herein, and, in furtherance thereof,
have approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the First Merger and the Second Merger.
B. Pursuant to the First Merger,
among other things, and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, (i) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of the Company shall be converted into the right to receive the
consideration set forth herein, and (ii) all of the issued and
outstanding options to purchase capital stock of the Company shall
be assumed by Parent and converted into options to purchase common
stock of Parent as set forth herein.
C. Pursuant to the Second
Merger, among other things, and subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of the First-Step Corporation shall be cancelled without any
consideration or other payment therefor.
D. A portion of the
consideration otherwise payable by Parent in connection with the
First Merger shall be placed in escrow by Parent as partial
security for the indemnification obligations set forth in this
Agreement.
E. 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 transactions contemplated hereby.
F. Concurrent with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, as a material inducement to Parent
and Sub to enter into this Agreement, (i) each of the Key
Employees shall have executed an employment agreement, each in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A
(each employment agreement, an “ Employment Agreement
”), with Parent to be effective as of the Effective Time,
(ii) Derek Mercer shall have executed a key employee
non-competition and consulting agreement, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “
Non-Competition Agreement ”) (iii) each of the
Change in Control Employees shall have countersigned a letter
relating to such employee’s Change in Control Severance
Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (a “ Change in Control Agreement
Letter ”), (iv) the Principal Stockholders shall
have entered into Lock-up Agreements with Parent, in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (a “
Lock-up
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Agreement ”) and (v) the Company’s Board of
Directors shall have unanimously approved this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
G. Promptly after the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall submit to each of
the persons and entities identified on Exhibit E-1 (the
“ Company Support Stockholders ”) an irrevocable
written consent in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E-2 (the “ Support Stockholder Written
Consent ”).
H. For United States federal
income tax purposes, the parties intend that the Mergers qualify as
a tax-free “reorganization” under the provisions of
Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the
“ Code ”), and the parties intend, by executing
this Agreement, to adopt a plan of reorganization within the
meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and
1.368-3.
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 Mergers . At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware
General Corporation Code (“ Delaware Law ”), Sub
shall be merged with and into the Company (the “ First
Merger ”), the separate corporate existence of Sub shall
cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation.
The Company as the surviving corporation after the First Merger is
sometimes referred to hereinafter as the “ First-Step
Corporation .” Immediately after the Effective Time, and
as part of a single overall transaction with the First Merger and
pursuant to an integrated plan, Parent shall cause the First-Step
Corporation to be merged with and into NewLLC pursuant to the
applicable provisions of Delaware Law (the “ Second
Merger ”), whereupon the separate corporate existence of
the First-Step Corporation shall cease and NewLLC shall continue as
the surviving entity (the First Merger and the Second Merger are
referred to herein together as the “ Mergers ”).
NewLLC as the surviving entity after the Second Merger is sometimes
referred to hereinafter as the “ Surviving LLC
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1.2 Effective Time .
Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to
Section 8.1 hereof, the closing of the First Merger and
the Second Merger (the “ Closing ”) will take
place as promptly as practicable, and in any event no more than
three (3) Business Days, after the conditions set forth in
Article VI hereof have been satisfied or waived, 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
First Merger and the Second Merger to be consummated by filing or
causing to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware a certificate of merger in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit F-1 (the “ Certificate of
First Merger ”), and immediately thereafter a certificate
of merger in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F-2 (the “ Certificate of Second
Merger ,” together with
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the
Certificate of First Merger, the “ Certificates of
Merger ”) in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Delaware Law, the time of filing of the Certificate of First Merger
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware shall be
referred to herein as the “ Effective Time
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1.3 Effect of the
Mergers . The effect of the Mergers shall be as set forth
in this Agreement and as provided in the applicable provisions of
Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and
subject thereto, upon the filing of the Certificates of Merger,
except as otherwise agreed to pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of the Company, Sub and NewLLC shall vest in the
Surviving LLC, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the
Company, Sub and NewLLC shall become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving LLC.
1.4 Organizational
Documents .
(a) Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the
certificate of incorporation of the First-Step 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 First-Step Corporation shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows: “The name of the corporation is
Vurv Technology, Inc.”
(b) Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the
bylaws of the First-Step Corporation shall be amended and restated
as of the Effective Time to be identical to the bylaws of Sub as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter
amended in accordance with Delaware Law and as provided in the
certificate of incorporation of the First-Step Corporation and such
bylaws.
(c) Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the
certificate of formation of the Surviving LLC shall be the
certificate of formation of NewLLC as in effect immediately prior
to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with
Delaware Law and as provided in the certificate of formation;
provided, however , that at the effective time of the Second
Merger, the certificate of formation of the Surviving LLC shall be
amended to change the name of the Surviving LLC to “Vurv
Technology LLC.”
(d) Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the
operating agreement of the Surviving LLC shall be the operating
agreement of NewLLC as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and
as provided in such operating agreement.
1.5 Directors and
Officers .
(a)
Directors of First-Step 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 First-Step Corporation immediately after the
Effective Time, each to hold the office of a director of the
First-Step Corporation in accordance with the provisions of
Delaware Law, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the
First-Step Corporation until their successors are duly elected and
qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
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(b)
Officers of First-Step 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 First-Step Corporation immediately after the Effective Time,
each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws
of the First-Step Corporation.
(c)
Directors of Subsidiaries of Surviving LLC . Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, Parent,
the Company and the Surviving LLC 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 LLC . Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, Parent,
the Company and the Surviving LLC 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 the First Merger
on the Capital Stock of the Constituent Corporations
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(a)
Definitions . For all purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(i) “
Aggregate Preferred Liquidation Preference ”
shall mean the sum of the Series A Preferred Liquidation
Preference, the Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference, the
Series C Preferred Liquidation Preference and the
Series D Preferred Liquidation Preference.
(ii) “
Business Day ” 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.
(iii) “
Cash Consideration ” shall mean (A)
$36,425,000, minus (B) an amount equal to any Company
Indebtedness outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective
Time (other than as set forth on Schedule 1.
6(a)(iii) ), minus (C) the Third Party Expense
Adjustment Amount, minus (D) the Expense Escrow Amount, minus
(E) the Employee Severance Amount.
(iv) “
Cash Percentage ” shall mean (A) the
quotient obtained by dividing (1) the Cash Consideration, by
(2) the Merger Consideration minus the Vested Options Value,
multiplied by (B) 100.
(v) “
Change of Control Employees ” shall mean the
employees of the Company identified on Schedule 1.
6(a)(v) hereto.
(vi) “
Common Consideration ” shall mean (A) the
Merger Consideration, minus (B) the Aggregate Preferred
Liquidation Preference.
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(vii) “
Company Capital Stock ” shall mean the Company
Common Stock, the Company Preferred Stock and all other shares of
capital stock, if any, of the Company, taken together.
(viii) “
Company Common Stock ” shall mean shares of
common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company.
(ix) “
Company Indebtedness ” shall mean all
liabilities or obligations of the Company (A) for borrowed
money, whether secured or unsecured or for the extension of credit,
(B) evidenced by letters of credit, capitalized lease
obligations, notes, bonds, debentures, derivative or similar
instruments, (C) for the deferred purchase price of goods or
services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the
ordinary course of business), and (D) in the nature of a
guarantee of any of the obligations described in clauses
(A) through (C) above; provided , that
“Company Indebtedness” shall not include up to
$9 million outstanding under the SVB Loan Agreement, and
(ii) amounts due pursuant to the capitalized lease obligations
identified on Schedule 1. 6(a)(ix) hereto.
(x) “
Company Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean
any change, event or effect that is, or is reasonably likely to be,
materially adverse to the business, assets (whether tangible or
intangible), financial condition, operations or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
provided, however , that in no event shall any of the
following, alone or in combination with any of the others, be
deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into
account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Company
Material Adverse Effect: (A) any occurrence or occurrences
relating to the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
operate, other than that which affects the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, disproportionately; (B) any
adverse effect (including any loss of or adverse change in the
relationship of the Company or its Subsidiaries with their
respective customers, suppliers, partners or similar relationship,
and excluding any loss of or adverse change in any employee
relationship) directly related to the public announcement or
pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(C) general economic, market or political conditions
(including acts of terrorism or war) that do not disproportionately
affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(D) any changes (after the date hereof) in GAAP or Law, or
(E) the failure of the Company to meet internal financial
projections with respect to sales to new customers, provided that
the underlying cause of such failure may be taken into account in
making a determination as to whether there has been a Company
Material Adverse Effect except as otherwise provided in this
definition.
(xi) “
Company Options ” shall mean all issued and
outstanding options to purchase or otherwise acquire Company
Capital Stock (whether or not vested) held by any employee,
consultant or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(xii) “
Company Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Company Series A Preferred Stock, the Company Series B
Preferred Stock, the Company Series C Preferred Stock and the
Company Series D Preferred Stock taken together.
(xiii) “
Company Series A Preferred Stock ” shall
mean the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, of the Company.
(xiv) “
Company Series B Preferred Stock ” shall
mean the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, of the Company.
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(xv) “
Company Series C Preferred Stock ” shall
mean the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, of the Company.
(xvi) “
Company Series D Preferred Stock ” shall
mean the Series D Convertible Junior Preferred Stock, $0.001
par value per share, of the Company.
(xvii) “
Continuing Employee ” shall mean each employee
of the Company who is an employee of Parent or any of its
subsidiaries immediately following the Effective Time.
(xviii) “
Court ” shall mean any court or arbitration
tribunal of the United States, any domestic state, or any foreign
country, and any political subdivision or agency thereof.
(xix) “
Employee Severance Amount ” shall mean
$375,000.
(xx) “
Escrow Agent ” shall mean U.S. Bank National
Association or another institution acceptable to Parent and the
Stockholder Representative.
(xxi) “
Escrow Amount ” shall mean a number of shares
of Parent Common Stock issued to the Company Stockholders and
placed in escrow in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) twelve and
one-half percent (12 1 / 2 %) of the Merger Consideration, by
(B) the Parent Trading Price.
(xxii) “
Estimated Third Party Expenses ” shall mean the
amount of Third Party Expenses (both paid and unpaid) incurred or
expected to be incurred by the Company as of the Closing Date as
estimated by the Company in good faith and based on reasonable
assumptions, as set forth on the Statement of Expenses.
(xxiii) “
Excess Third Party Expenses ” shall mean Third
Party Expenses incurred by the Company that are not reflected on
the Statement of Expenses, and, therefore, are not part of the
Third Party Expense Adjustment Amount, if any.
(xxiv) “
Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(xxv) “
Expense Escrow Amount ” shall mean $250,000 to
be placed in the Expense Escrow Account in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(xxvi) “
Expense Reimbursement Amount ” shall mean up to
$2.4 million in investment banking, legal and accounting fees
and expenses (both paid and unpaid) incurred by the Company in
connection with its abandoned initial public offering and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(xxvii) “
FASB ” shall mean the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.
(xxviii) “
GAAP ” shall mean United States generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
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(xxix) “
HSR Act ” shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(xxx) “
Key Employees ” shall mean the employees of
Company identified on Schedule 1. 6(a)(xxx)
hereto.
(xxxi) “
Knowledge ” or “ Known
” shall mean, with respect to the Company, the actual
knowledge of Angel Cabrera, Debbie Giambruno, Mike Gibson, Darren
Jaffrey, Jim Lewis, Tom Love, Amy McGeorge, Derek Mercer and Mark
Silverman.
(xxxii) “
Law ” shall mean any law (statutory, common or
otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, equitable
principle, code, rule, regulation, executive order, or other
similar authority enacted, adopted, promulgated, or applied by any
Governmental Entity, each as amended and now in effect.
(xxxiii) “
Lien ” shall mean any lien, pledge, charge,
claim, mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance of any
sort.
(xxxiv) “
Merger Consideration ” shall mean the sum of
(A) the Cash Consideration, and (B) the Stock
Consideration multiplied by the Parent Trading Price.
(xxxv) “
Option Exchange Ratio ” shall mean the quotient
obtained by dividing (A) the Per Share Common Merger
Consideration, by (B) the Parent Trading Price.
(xxxvi) “
Order ” shall mean any order, ruling, decision,
verdict, decree, writ, subpoena, mandate, precept, command,
directive, approval, award, judgment, injunction, or other similar
determination or finding issued, granted or made by any
Governmental Entity or Court.
(xxxvii) “
Parent Common Stock ” shall mean shares of the
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of
Parent.
(xxxviii) “
Parent Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any
change, event or effect that is, or is reasonably likely to be,
materially adverse to the business, assets (whether tangible or
intangible), financial condition, operations or results of
operations or capitalization of Parent; provided, however ,
that in no event shall any of the following, alone or in
combination with any of the others, be deemed to constitute, nor
shall any of the following be taken into account in determining
whether there has been or will be, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect: (A) any change or changes in the price per share of
Parent Common Stock or a change in the trading volume of Parent
Common Stock (but not the underlying cause of such change or the
effects therefrom); (B) any failure to meet or otherwise
satisfy analyst or other third party expectations relating to the
results of Parent’s operations (but, in each case, not the
underlying cause of such failure or the effects therefrom);
(C) any occurrence or occurrences relating to the industry in
which the Parent operates, other than that which affects Parent
disproportionately; (D) any adverse effect (including any loss
of or adverse change in the relationship of Parent or its
subsidiaries with their respective customers, suppliers, partners
or similar relationship, and excluding any loss of or adverse
change in any employee relationship) directly related to the public
announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; (E) general economic,
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market
or political conditions (including acts of terrorism or war) that
do not disproportionately affect Parent; or (F) any changes
(after the date hereof) in GAAP or Law.
(xxxix) “
Parent Option ” shall mean any option to
purchase shares of Parent Common Stock assumed pursuant to the
terms of Section 1. 6(c) hereof in connection
with the assumption of a Company Option.
(xl) “
Parent Trading Price ” shall mean the average
of the daily closing price of a share of Parent Common Stock as
reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market for the thirty
(30) trading days ending three (3) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date.
(xli)
“ Per Share Common Merger Consideration ”
shall mean that amount obtained by dividing (A) the Common
Consideration, by (B) the Total Outstanding Common
Shares.
(xlii)
“ Per Share Series A Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean Merger Consideration in an
amount equal to the sum of (A) $1.00, plus (B) $0.02 per calendar
quarter (prorated on a daily basis for partial periods), compounded
quarterly, from November 6, 2003 through and as of the Closing
Date, minus (C) the amount of all declared but unpaid
dividends.
(xliii)
“ Per Share Series B Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean Merger Consideration in an
amount equal to the sum of (A) $2.50, plus (B) $0.05 per calendar
quarter (prorated on a daily basis for partial periods), compounded
quarterly, from December 28, 2004 through and as of the
Closing Date, minus (C) the amount of all declared but unpaid
dividends.
(xliv)
“ Per Share Series C Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean Merger Consideration in an
amount equal to the sum of (A) $3.88, plus (B) $0.0776 per calendar
quarter (prorated on a daily basis for partial periods), compounded
quarterly, from May 15, 2006 through and as of the Closing
Date, minus (C) the amount of all declared but unpaid
dividends.
(xlv)
“ Per Share Series D Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean Merger Consideration in an
amount equal to the sum of (A) $4.25, plus (B) $0.085 per calendar
quarter (prorated on a daily basis for partial periods), compounded
quarterly, from January 11, 2007 through and as of the Closing
Date, minus (C) the amount of all declared but unpaid
dividends.
(xlvi)
“ 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).
(xlvii)
“ Plan ” shall mean the Company’s
Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated as of March 23,
2006.
(xlviii)
“ Principal Stockholders ” shall mean,
collectively, Derek Mercer, QuestMark Partners II, L.P., QuestMark
Partners Side Fund II, L.P., Tudor Ventures II, L.P., The Raptor
Private Portfolio LP and The Altar Rock Private Portfolio LP.
(xlix)
“ Pro Rata Portion ” shall mean, with
respect to each Stockholder (other than a Stockholder holding
Dissenting Shares who does not effectively withdraw or lose
such
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Stockholder’s dissenter’s rights as contemplated by
Section 1.8(b) hereof), an amount equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (A) the number of shares of Company
Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock owned by such Stockholder
as of immediately prior to the Effective Time by (B) the total
number of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred
Stock issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares held by Stockholders
who do not effectively withdraw or lose such holders’
dissenters’ rights as contemplated by
Section 1.8(b) hereof).
(l) “
Related Agreements ” shall mean the
Nondisclosure Agreement, the Change in Control Agreement Letters,
the Certificates of Merger and all other agreements and
certificates entered into by the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein.
(li) “
Requisite Stockholder Vote ” shall mean the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least 90% of the outstanding
Company Capital Stock.
(lii)
“ SEC ” shall mean the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
(liii)
“ Securities Act ” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(liv)
“ Series A Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean that amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the aggregate number of shares of Company
Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to any conversion
to Company Common Stock occurring immediately prior to the
Effective Time), by (B) the Per Share Series A Preferred
Liquidation Preference, rounded to the nearest one hundredth (0.01)
(with amounts 0.005 and above rounded up).
(lv) “
Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference
” shall mean that amount obtained by multiplying (A) the
aggregate number of shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(after giving effect to any conversion to Company Common Stock
occurring immediately prior to the Effective Time), by (B) the
Per Share Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference, rounded
to the nearest one hundredth (0.01) (with amounts 0.005 and above
rounded up).
(lvi)
“ Series C Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean that amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the aggregate number of shares of Company
Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to any conversion
to Company Common Stock occurring immediately prior to the
Effective Time), by (B) the Per Share Series C Preferred
Liquidation Preference, rounded to the nearest one hundredth (0.01)
(with amounts 0.005 and above rounded up).
(lvii)
“ Series D Preferred Liquidation
Preference ” shall mean that amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the aggregate number of shares of Company
Series D Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to any conversion
to Company Common Stock occurring immediately prior to the
Effective Time), by (B) the Per Share Series D Preferred
Liquidation Preference, rounded to the nearest one hundredth (0.01)
(with amounts 0.005 and above rounded up).
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(lviii)
“ Statement of Expenses ” shall mean the
statement of Estimated Third Party Expenses as of the Closing Date
delivered by the Company to Parent at least three (3) Business
Days prior to the Closing Date, such statement showing detail of
both previously paid and currently unpaid Third Party Expenses
incurred by the Company, as well as the Third Party Expenses that
are expected to be incurred by the Company in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the form of
such statement reasonably acceptable to Parent and certified as
true and correct by the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer.
(lix)
“ Stock Consideration ” shall mean
4,100,000 shares of Parent Common Stock.
(lx) “
Stockholder ” shall mean any holder of any
Company Capital Stock or Vested Company Options immediately prior
to the Effective Time.
(lxi)
“ Stock Percentage ” shall mean
(A) one hundred percent (100%), minus (B) the Cash
Percentage.
(lxii)
“ SVB Loan Agreement ” shall mean that
certain Loan and Security Agreement dated November 26, 2006, by and
between Silicon Valley Bank, the Company and KnowledgePoint,
LLC.
(lxiii)
“ Third Party Expenses ” shall mean all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Mergers,
including without limitation all legal, accounting, financial
advisory, consulting and all other fees and expenses of third
parties incurred by a party in connection with the negotiation and
effectuation of the terms and conditions this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, as well as the legal, accounting
and investment banking fees and expenses of the Company incurred in
connection with its abandoned public offering.
(lxiv)
“ Third Party Expense Adjustment Amount ”
shall mean the difference between (A) the Estimated Third
Party Expenses and (B) the Expense Reimbursement Amount;
provided , that if the Estimated Third Party Expenses are
less than or equal to the Expense Reimbursement Amount, the
“Third Party Expense Adjustment Amount” shall be
$0.
(lxv)
“ Total Outstanding Common Shares ” shall
mean the sum of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, and (B) the aggregate number of shares of
Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of
securities convertible into or exercisable for Company Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided,
however , that “Total Outstanding Common Shares”
shall not include (1) the aggregate number of shares of
Company Common Stock that are issuable upon full exercise, exchange
or conversion of all Unvested Company Options or (2) the
aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock,
Company Series B Preferred Stock and Company Series D
Preferred Stock that are outstanding as of the Effective
Time.
(lxvi)
“ Total Outstanding Shares ” shall mean
the aggregate number of shares of Company Capital Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
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(lxvii)
“ Unvested Company Option ” shall mean
any Company Option (or portion thereof) that is unvested
immediately prior to the Effective Time, and does not vest as a
result of the occurrence of the First Merger.
(lxviii)
“ Vested Company Option ” shall mean any
Company Option (or portion thereof) that is vested immediately
prior to the Effective Time, or vests as a result of the occurrence
of the First Merger.
(lxix)
“ Vested Option Parent Shares ” shall
mean the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the
product of (1) the number of shares of Company Common Stock
that are issuable upon full exercise of Vested Company Options
immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (2) the
Option Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of
shares of Parent Common Stock.
(lxx)
“ Vested Options Value ” shall mean the
product obtained by multiplying (A) the Vested Option Parent
Shares, by (B) the Parent Trading Price.
(b)
Effect on Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of
Sub, the Company or the holders of shares of Company Capital Stock,
each share of Company Capital Stock (excluding, for avoidance of
doubt, Company Options, which shall be treated as provided for in
Section 1. 6(c) below, and shares of Company
Capital Stock held by the Company, which shall be treated as
provided for in Section 1. 6(d) below) issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Section 1.6 and throughout this Agreement, including
the escrow provisions set forth in Article VII hereof,
will be cancelled and extinguished and will be converted
automatically into the right to receive upon surrender of the
certificate representing such shares of Company Capital Stock in
the manner provided in Section 1.9 hereof, such portion
of the Merger Consideration as set forth below:
(i) each
outstanding share of Company Series A Preferred Stock will be
converted automatically into the right to receive the Per Share
Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference;
(ii) each
outstanding share of Company Series B Preferred Stock will be
converted automatically into the right to receive the Per Share
Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference;
(iii) each
outstanding share of Company Series C Preferred Stock will be
converted automatically into the right to receive (A) the Per
Share Series C Preferred Liquidation Preference and
(B) the Per Share Common Merger Consideration;
(iv) each
outstanding share of Company Series D Preferred Stock will be
converted automatically into the right to receive the Per Share
Series D Preferred Liquidation Preference;
(v) each
outstanding share of Company Common Stock will be converted
automatically into the right to receive the Per Share Common Merger
Consideration;
(vi) the
Per Share Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference, Per Share
Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference, Per Share
Series C Preferred Liquidation Preference, Per Share
Series D Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Per Share
Common Merger Consideration shall each be paid the Cash Percentage
in cash and the Stock Percentage in shares of Parent Common Stock,
with the
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Stock
Consideration issuable to a Stockholder being paid in such number
of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (A) the dollar amount due to be paid in
shares of Parent Common Stock by (B) the Parent Trading
Price.
(vii) for
purposes of calculating the number of shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable and the amount of cash payable to each Stockholder
pursuant to this Section 1.6(b) , all shares of the
Company Capital Stock held by each Stockholder shall be aggregated
on a certificate-by-certificate basis. The aggregate number of
shares of Parent Common Stock issuable and the amount of cash
payable to each Stockholder for each share certificate shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common
Stock and nearest whole cent, respectively; provided,
however , that the maximum number of shares of Parent Common
Stock issuable to Stockholders and amount of cash payable pursuant
to the First Merger shall not exceed (1) the Stock
Consideration less the Vested Option Parent Shares and (2) the
Cash Consideration, respectively; and
(viii) notwithstanding
anything set forth in this Section 1.6 , any Dissenting
Shares will be treated as set forth in Section 1.8
hereof.
(c)
Treatment of Company Options .
(i)
Effect on Company Options . As soon as practicable
following the Closing but effective as of the Effective Time, each
Company Option shall be assumed by Parent as a Parent Option.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, each Company
Option so assumed by Parent pursuant to this Section 1.
6(c) shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same
terms and conditions (including vesting terms) set forth in the
Plan and the option agreements relating thereto, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (a) such
assumed Company Option will be exercisable for that number of whole
shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of the number of
shares of Company Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of
such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time
multiplied by the Option Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the
nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock, (b) the
per share exercise price for the shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of such assumed Company Option shall be
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the exercise price per
share of Company Common Stock at which such assumed Company Option
was exercisable immediately prior to the Closing Date by the Option
Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, and
(c) each such assumed Company Option shall include the right
to exercise the option through a so-called “broker-assisted
cashless exercise.” The assumption of Company Options
pursuant to this Section 1.6(c) , with respect to any
options intended to be “incentive stock options” (as
defined in Section 422 of the Code) shall be effected in a
manner consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code. Within fifteen
(15) Business Days after the Effective Time, Parent will issue
to each holder of an outstanding Company Option a document
evidencing the foregoing assumption of such Company Options by
Parent.
(ii)
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 this Section 1.6 under all Company Option
agreements, all agreements related to Company Common Stock and any
other plan or arrangement of the Company (whether written or oral,
formal or informal), including delivering all required notices or
obtaining any required consents.
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(d)
Cancellation of Company Owned Stock . Each share of
Company Capital Stock held by the Company or any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be cancelled and extinguished as of the Effective Time.
(e)
Adjustments to Parent Common Stock . If, after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, the
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock shall have been changed
into or exchanged for a different number of shares or kind of
shares and/or other securities of Parent or another corporation or
entity by reason of any reclassification, split-up, stock dividend
or stock combination or any arrangement, amalgamation or similar
statutory procedure (an “ Adjustment Event ”),
then the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be delivered as
consideration hereunder shall be appropriately adjusted so that
each holder of Company Stock Certificates shall be entitled to
receive at the Effective Time, in lieu of the number of shares of
Parent Common Stock provided for in this Section 1.6 ,
such number and kind of shares and/or other securities as such
holder would have received if the record date and payment date for
such Adjustment Event had been immediately after the Effective
Time.
(f)
Withholding Taxes . The Company, and on its behalf
Parent and the Surviving LLC, shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable
pursuant to this Agreement to any Person such amounts as may be
required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under any provision
of federal, state, local or foreign tax law or under any applicable
legal requirement. Any such amounts shall be withheld or deducted
from the Cash Consideration payable to the Stockholder, provided
that if such Cash Consideration is insufficient to satisfy the full
amount to be withheld or deducted, the remainder shall be satisfied
out of the Stock Consideration issuable to the Stockholder. The
number of shares of Stock Consideration, if any, to be used to
satisfy the remaining amount required to be so deducted or withheld
shall be determined by dividing such remaining amount by the Parent
Trading Price, rounded to the nearest whole share (with 0.5 of a
share rounded up). 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.
(g)
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 First-Step
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 First-Step Corporation.
(h)
Allocation of Shares of Company Capital Stock . With
respect to each holder of shares of the Company Capital Stock that
is a corporation, the Cash Consideration shall be received by such
holder in exchange for its most recently acquired shares of Company
Capital Stock (in inverse order of the acquisition thereof, from
most recently acquired to least recently acquired) to the extent of
the value of such shares as of the Effective Time. With respect to
each holder of shares of the Company Capital Stock that is not a
corporation, the Cash Consideration shall be received by such
holder in exchange for its most recently acquired shares of Company
Capital Stock other than Company Capital Stock acquired by such
holder one year or less before the Closing Date (in inverse order
of the acquisition thereof, from most recently acquired to least
recently acquired) to the extent of the value of such shares as of
the Effective Time. For the purposes hereof, a holder shall be
considered to have acquired a share of Company Capital Stock on the
date on which such holder acquired such share or, if earlier, on
the date on which such holder acquired an interest in a predecessor
of the Company in respect of which interest it received its share
of Company Capital Stock in a carryover basis transaction; provided
that, in the event a
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holder
acquired a share of Company Capital Stock by gift or bequest, such
share shall be considered to have been acquired by such holder on
the date such share was acquired by the donor or decedent.
(i)
Payment of Company Expenses . All Third Party
Expenses of the Company that are not Excess Third Party Expenses
shall be paid as follows:
(i) The
Expense Reimbursement Amount shall be paid at Closing (to the
extent not previously paid) by Parent without regard to and
exclusive of the Merger Consideration, in accordance with the
instructions provided to Parent by the Company, as set forth on the
Statement of Expenses;
(ii) The
Third Party Expense Adjustment Amount shall be paid at Closing by
Parent and deducted from the Cash Consideration; and
(iii) All
Excess Third Party Expenses shall be paid out of the Escrow Fund in
accordance with Section 7. 2(a)(v) of this
Agreement.
1.7 Effect of Second Merger on
Capital Stock . At the effective time of the Second Merger,
each share of capital stock of the First-Step Corporation issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the
Second Merger shall be cancelled without any consideration or other
payment therefor. At the effective time of the Second Merger, each
membership interest in NewLLC issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the effective time of the Second Merger shall remain
issued and outstanding and shall not be effected by the Second
Merger.
1.8 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 not effectively
withdrawn or lost such holder’s appraisal, dissenters’
or similar rights for such shares under Delaware Law, as 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 hereof, but the holder thereof shall only
be entitled to such rights as are provided by Delaware Law.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 1. 8(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, as
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 hereof, without interest
thereon, and subject to the provisions of Section 7.4
hereof, upon surrender of the certificate representing such
shares.
(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, 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 (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) make any payment
with respect to any such demands or offer to settle or settle any
such demands. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that
Parent, the
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Surviving LLC 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 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 VII
hereof the amount of such Dissenting Share Payments.
1.9 Surrender of
Certificates .
(a)
Exchange Agent . Computershare Investor Services LLC
shall serve as the exchange agent (the “ Exchange
Agent ”) for the First Merger.
(i)
Parent to Provide Consideration . On or prior to the
Closing Date, Parent shall make available to the Exchange Agent for
exchange in accordance with this Article I that portion
of the Merger Consideration payable pursuant to
Section 1.6 hereof in exchange for outstanding shares
of Company Capital Stock; provided, however , that Parent
shall (i) deposit into the Escrow Fund a number of shares
equal to the Escrow Amount, (ii) deposit into the Escrow Fund
the amount of cash equal to the Employee Severance Amount and
(iii) deposit into the Expense Escrow Account, on behalf of
the Stockholders, cash in an amount equal to the Expense Escrow
Amount, to be held by the Expense Escrow Agent pursuant to
Section 7.6 hereof, in each case out of the aggregate
Merger Consideration otherwise payable to the Company Stockholders
pursuant to Section 1.6 hereof; provided,
however , that the Expense Escrow Amount will not include the
Pro Rata Portion of the Expense Escrow Amount for any Stockholder
who exercises its dissenters rights pursuant to Section 1.8
, in which case Parent shall set aside such Stockholder’s Pro
Rata Portion along with the amount of cash that such Stockholder
would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 1.6 . For purposes of determining the Merger
Consideration to be so deposited, Parent shall assume that no
holder of shares of Company Capital Stock will perfect appraisal
rights with respect to such shares. Any cash deposited with the
Exchange Agent or the Escrow Agent shall not be used for any
purpose other than as set forth in this Article I and
Article VII and any cash deposited with the Escrow
Agent shall be invested by the Escrow Agent as directed by Parent
or the Surviving LLC in the case of the Employee Severance Amount
or the Stockholder Representative in the case of the Expense Escrow
Account in (A) direct obligations of, or obligations the
principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed
by, the United States of America with a remaining term at the time
of acquisition thereof not in excess of 90 days,
(B) money market accounts or certificates of deposit maturing
within 90 days of the acquisition thereof and issued by a bank
or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of
America or a State thereof having a combined capital surplus in
excess of $500,000,000 (a “ United States Bank
”), (C) commercial paper issued by a domestic
corporation and given a rating of no lower than A1 by Standard
& Poor’s Corporation and P1 by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. with a remaining term at the time of acquisition
thereof not in excess of 90 days or (D) demand deposits
with any United States Bank. Absent such direction from Parent or
the Surviving LLC, any cash deposited with the Escrow Agent shall
be invested in a money market account as set forth on
Exhibit G hereto. The earnings and interest thereon
shall be paid as Parent directs in the case of the Employee
Severance Amount and as the Stockholder Representative directs in
the case of the Expense Escrow Amount.
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(b)
Exchange Procedures . As soon as practicable, but in
no event more than three (3) Business Days, following the
Closing Date, Parent or the Exchange Agent shall mail a letter of
transmittal in Parent’s standard form to each Stockholder at
the address set forth opposite each such Stockholder’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 will surrender the
certificates representing their shares of Company Capital Stock
(the “ Company Stock Certificates ”) to the
Exchange Agent for cancellation together with duly completed and
validly executed Exchange Documents. Upon surrender of a Company
Stock Certificate 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, subject to the terms of
Section 1. 9(d) hereof, the holder of such
Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive from the
Exchange Agent in exchange therefor, a certificate representing the
number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock (less the Pro Rata
Portion of the number of shares to be deposited in the Escrow Fund
pursuant to Section 1. 9(a)(i) hereof and
Article VII hereof) and the cash payment to which such
holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.6 hereof (less
the Pro Rata Portions of the Employee Severance Amount and the
Expense Escrow Amount to be deposited in the Expense Escrow Account
pursuant to Section 1. 9(a)(i) hereof and
Article VII hereof, and the Company Stock Certificate
so surrendered shall be cancelled. 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 number of full shares of Parent Common
Stock and cash into which such shares of Company Capital Stock
shall have been so converted. 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.
(c)
Distributions With Respect to Unexchanged Shares . No
dividends or other distributions declared or made after the
Effective Time with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record
date after the Effective Time will be paid to the holder of any
unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate with respect to the shares
of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of
record of such Company Stock Certificate shall surrender such
Company Stock Certificate. Subject to applicable law, following
surrender of any such Company Stock Certificate, there shall be
paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole
shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without
interest, at the time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or
other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time
theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common
Stock.
(d)
Transfers of Ownership . If any certificate for
shares of Parent Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than
that in which the Company Stock Certificate surrendered in exchange
therefor is registered 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 issuance of a certificate for shares of Parent
Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder
of the certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction
of Parent or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid
or is not payable.
(e)
No Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 1.9 , neither the Exchange
Agent, the Surviving LLC, nor any party hereto shall be liable to a
holder of shares
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of
Company Capital Stock for any amount paid to a public official
pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
(f)
Exchange Agent to Return Undistributed Consideration
. At any time following the six (6) month anniversary of the
Closing Date, Parent shall be entitled to require the Exchange
Agent to deliver to Parent or its designated successor or assign
all cash amounts and shares of Parent Common Stock that have been
deposited with the Exchange Agent pursuant to this Agreement, and
any and all interest thereon or other income or proceeds thereof,
not disbursed to the holders of Company Stock Certificates pursuant
to this Agreement, and thereafter the holders of Company Stock
Certificates shall be entitled to look only to Parent as general
creditors thereof with respect to any and all cash amounts and
shares of Parent Common Stock that may be payable or issuable to
such holders of Company Stock Certificates and duly executed
letters of transmittal and related documents (if any) in the manner
set forth in this Agreement. No interest shall be payable for the
cash amounts delivered to Parent pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 1. 9(f) and which are subsequently
delivered to the holders of Company Stock Certificates.
1.10 No Further Ownership
Rights in Company Capital Stock . The shares of Parent
Common Stock issued and cash paid 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 LLC 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 LLC for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged
as provided in this Article I .
1.11 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 hereof; provided, however , that
Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the Stockholder who is the owner of such
lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to either (i) deliver a
bond in such amount as it may direct or (ii) provide an
indemnification agreement in 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.
1.12 Tax Consequences .
Parent, Sub, NewLLC and Company (i) intend that the Mergers
shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code, (ii) shall treat the
First Merger and the Second Merger as integrated steps in a single
transaction as contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) shall
report the Mergers (if such Person has tax reporting obligations in
respect thereof) as a single statutory merger of the Company with
and into Parent qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning
of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code for federal income tax
purposes, and (iv) by executing this Agreement, adopt a plan
of tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.368 2(g) and 1.368 3. However, no party
hereto makes any representations or warranties regarding the tax
treatment of the First Merger or the Second Merger, or any of the
tax consequences relating to the First Merger or the Second Merger,
this Agreement, or any of the other transactions or agreements
contemplated hereby. Each party hereto acknowledges that it is
relying solely on its own tax advisors in
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connection with the First Merger and the Second Merger, this
Agreement and the other transactions and agreements contemplated
hereby.
1.13 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 LLC with full
right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, Parent and the
Surviving LLC and the officers and directors of Parent and the
Surviving LLC 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
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject to such exceptions as are
specifically disclosed in the disclosure schedule dated as of the
date hereof (each of which disclosures, in order to be effective,
shall clearly reference the appropriate section and, if applicable,
subsection of this Article II to which it relates and
each of which disclosures shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into the representations and warranties made in this
Article II; provided, however, that any
information disclosed under any section of the disclosure schedule
shall be deemed disclosed and incorporated into any other section
of the disclosure schedule where it is reasonably apparent that
such disclosure, without reference to extrinsic documentation, is
relevant to such other section) delivered by the Company to Parent
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “
Disclosure Schedule ”) the Company hereby represents
and warrants to Parent, Sub and NewLLC on the date hereof and as of
the Effective Time, as follows:
2.1 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. 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,
except where the failure to so qualify would not be material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 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 any amendment
to any of the Charter Documents.
(b)
Section 2. 1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists
the directors and officers of the Company as of the date hereof,
separately noting which of such directors and officers has any
rights to indemnification from the Company and the scope and
duration of such rights.
(c)
Section 2. 1(c) of the Disclosure Schedule lists
every state or foreign jurisdiction in which the Company has
Employees or facilities.
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2.2 Company Capital
Structure
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000
shares of Common Stock, of which 13,022,538 are issued and
outstanding, 17,200,000 shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding, 4,480,000
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, all of which
are issued and outstanding, 1,288,660 shares of Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and
outstanding and 1,882,353 shares of Series D Convertible
Junior Preferred Stock, 1,853,388 of which are issued and
outstanding. The Company Series A Preferred Stock, the Company
Series B Preferred Stock, the Company Series C Preferred
Stock and the Company Series D Preferred Stock are 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 2. 2(a)(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule. The Company Capital Stock is held by the Persons and in
the amounts set forth in Section 2. 2(a)(i) of
the Disclosure Schedule which further sets forth each such
Person’s (a) address, (b) the number of shares of
Company Capital Stock held by such Person (including whether such
shares are Company Common Stock, Company Series A Preferred
Stock, the Company Series B Preferred Stock, the Company
Series C Preferred Stock or the Company Series D
Preferred Stock), (c) the respective certificate number(s)
representing such shares, (d) the liquidation preference and
conversion ratio applicable to each share of Company Preferred
Stock, and (e) the date of acquisition of 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, except as set forth in Section 2.
2(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule. All outstanding shares
of Company Capital Stock and Company Options have been issued or
repurchased (in the case of shares that were outstanding and
repurchased by the Company or any Stockholder of the Company) 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 of the Company) in accordance with any
right of first refusal or similar right or limitation, including
those in the Charter Documents. No Stockholder has exercised any
right of redemption, if any, provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation with respect to shares of the Company Preferred
Stock, and the Company has not received notice that any Stockholder
intends to exercise such rights. There are no declared or accrued
but unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Capital
Stock. No shares of Company Capital Stock are unvested. For
purposes of this Agreement, a share of Company Capital Stock shall
be deemed “unvested” if such share is not vested or is
subject to a risk of forfeiture or other condition under any
applicable stock restriction agreement or other agreement with the
Company. The Company has no other capital stock authorized, issued
or outstanding.
(b) Except
for the Plan, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
ever 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 4,000,000 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 Plan, of which (i) 3,566,000 shares
are issuable, as of the date hereof, upon the exercise of
outstanding, unexercised options granted under the Plan,
(ii) 62,687 shares have been issued upon the exercise of
options granted under the Plan and remain outstanding as of the
date hereof and (iii) 371,313 shares remain available for
future grant. As of the date hereof, no shares of Company Common
Stock are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding Company Options
that have not been issued under the Plan. Section 2.
2(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth for each
outstanding
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Company
Option the name of the holder of such option, the type of entity of
such holder, and any ultimate parent entity of such holder, if not
an individual, the domicile address of such holder, the number of
shares of Company Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of such
option, the exercise price of such option, the date of grant of
such option, the vesting schedule for such option, 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
complete description of any such acceleration provisions), whether
such option was issued under the Plan and whether such option is a
nonstatutory option or intended to qualify as an incentive stock
option as defined in Section 422 of the Code. The terms of the
Plan and the applicable agreements for each Company Option permit
the assumption or substitution of options to purchase Parent Common
Stock as provided in this Agreement, without the consent or
approval of the holders of such securities, the Stockholders or
otherwise and without any acceleration of the exercise schedules or
vesting provisions in effect for such Company Options. True and
complete copies of all agreements and instruments relating to or
issued under the Plan 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.
(c) Except
for the Company Preferred Stock and Company Options, there are no
options, warrants, calls, rights, convertible securities,
commitments or agreements of any character, written or oral, to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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
equity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether payable
in equity, cash or otherwise). Except as contemplated hereby, there
are no voting trusts, proxies, or other agreements or
understandings with respect to the voting stock of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in
Section 2. 2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule,
there are no agreements to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries 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 Mergers, Parent will be the sole
record and beneficial holder of all issued and outstanding 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.
(d)
Section 2. 2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth the outstanding principal, accrued interest and applicable
rate of interest of all outstanding loans from the Company to any
Stockholder.
(e) The
allocation of the Merger Consideration set forth in
Section 1. 6(b) hereof is consistent with the
certificate of incorporation of the Company as amended as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(f) The
information contained in Section 2. 2(a)(i) of
the Disclosure Schedule will be complete and correct as of the
Closing Date.
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2.3 Subsidiaries
.
(a)
Section 2. 3(a) of the 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.
(b)
Section 2. 3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists
each corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which the
Company owns or has owned, 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 ”).
(c) Each
Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization.
(d) Each
Subsidiary has the corporate power to own its properties and to
carry on its business as currently conducted.
(e) Each
Subsidiary 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, except where the failure to so qualify
would not be material to the Subsidiary. A true and correct copy of
each Subsidiary’s organizational documents, each as amended
to date and in full force and effect on the date hereof, has been
delivered to Parent.
(f)
Section 2. 3(f) of the Disclosure Schedule lists
the directors and officers of each Subsidiary as of the date of
this Agreement.
(g) Except
as set forth in Section 2. 3(g) of the
Disclosure Schedule, no Subsidiary has conducted its business under
any other name.
(h) All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
owned of record and beneficially by the Company. All outstanding
shares of stock of each Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive
rights created by statute, the charter documents or bylaws of such
Subsidiary, 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 any Subsidiary is a party or by which any
Subsidiary 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 of such
Subsidiary or obligating such 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, other than
agreements between the Company and any Subsidiary.
2.4 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
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contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery by the
Company of this Agreement and any Related Agreements to which the
Company is a party and the consummation by the Company 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 the 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 and the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Stockholders. The vote
required to approve this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Stockholders is set forth in
Section 2.4 of the Disclosure Schedule. This Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby 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, constitute the valid and binding obligations of
the Company enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
2.5 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 first refusal, 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
organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries, as amended,
(ii) assuming that all consents, approvals and other
authorizations described in Section 2.5 of the
Disclosure Schedule have been obtained and that all filings and
other actions described in Section 2.5 of the
Disclosure Schedule have been made or taken, any material mortgage,
indenture, lease (including, without limitation, all Lease
Agreements), contract, covenant, plan, insurance policy or other
agreement, instrument or commitment, permit, concession, franchise
or license (each a “ Contract ” and collectively
the “ Contracts ”) to which the Company is a
party or by which any of its properties or assets (whether tangible
or intangible) are bound, or (iii) any material judgment,
order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets (whether tangible or
intangible), except with respect to clauses (ii) and
(iii) for any such Conflicts that would not individually or in
the aggregate prevent or materially delay consummation of the First
Merger or Second Merger or otherwise prevent or materially delay
the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement or
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Section 2.5 of the
Disclosure Schedule sets forth all necessary notices, consents,
waivers and approvals as are required under any Contracts in
connection with the First Merger or Second Merger, or for any such
Contract to remain in full force and effect without limitation,
modification or alteration after the Effective Time and after the
effective time of the Second Merger so as to preserve all rights
of, and benefits to, the Company and its Subsidiaries under such
Contracts from and after the Effective Time. The terms and
conditions of the Contracts do not require the payment of any
additional amounts or consideration as a result of the consummation
of the Mergers, other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
would otherwise be required to pay pursuant to the terms of such
Contracts had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not
occurred.
2.6 Consents . Except
as set forth in Section 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule,
no consent, notice, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with any court,
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tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other federal,
state, county, local or other foreign governmental authority,
instrumentality, agency or commission, or regional or international
organization (each, a “ Governmental Entity ”)
or any third party, including a party to any agreement with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (so as not to trigger any
Conflict), is required by, or with respect to, the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement and any Related Agreement to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
except for (i) such consents, notices, waivers, approvals,
orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as
may be required under applicable securities laws, (ii) the
filing of the Notification and Report Forms with the United States
Federal Trade Commission (“ FTC ”) and the
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice
(“ DOJ ”) required by the HSR Act and the
expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under
the HSR Act and such consents, waivers, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be
required under U.S. or foreign laws or regulations applicable to
mergers or acquisitions involving foreign parties, (iv) the
filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware, (v) the filing of a certificate of
merger with respect to the Second Merger with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and (vi) the adoption of this
Agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by the Stockholders.
2.7 Company Financial
Statements . Section 2.7 of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth the Company’s (i) audited
consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2007, and the
related consolidated statements of income, cash flow and
stockholders’ equity for the twelve (12) month period
then ended (the “ Year-End Financials ”),
(ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of
October 31, 2007, and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of income, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for
the nine (9) month period then ended, (iii) the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2008 (the “
Current Balance Sheet Date ”), and the related
unaudited consolidated statements of income, cash flow and
stockholders’ equity for the twelve (12) month period
then ended, and (iv) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet
as of March 31, 2008, and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of income, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for
the two (2) month period then ended ((ii), (iii) and
(iv), 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 Interim Financials do
not contain footnotes and other presentation items that may be
required by GAAP). The Financials present fairly 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
Current Balance Sheet Date is referred to hereinafter as the
“ Current Balance Sheet .” The Company has not
had any disagreement (as such term is defined in Item 304 of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act) with any
of its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any
of its past three full fiscal years or during the current fiscal
year-to-date. The books and records of the Company and each
Subsidiary have been, and are being maintained in all material
respects in accordance with applicable legal and accounting
requirements and the Financials are consistent with such books and
records. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party
to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture,
off-balance sheet partnership or any similar Contract relating to
any transaction or relationship between or among the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated
affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose
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limited
purpose Person on the other hand, or any “off-balance sheet
arrangement” (as defined in Item 303(a) of
Regulation S-K of the SEC). As of the Closing Date, the
Closing Financials (x) will be true and correct in all
material respects and will have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
indicated, and (y) will 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.
2.8 Internal Controls .
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has established and
maintains, adheres to and enforces a system of internal accounting
controls which management of the Company believes, without having
conducted an evaluation of such controls, are effective in
providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in
accordance with GAAP (including the Financials), including policies
and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records
that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect, in all
material respects, the transactions and dispositions of the assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and
that receipts and expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries
are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations
of management and the Board of Directors of the Company and
(iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition use or disposition of
the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. To the
Company’s Knowledge and except as set forth on
Section 2.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any Employee thereof, or the
Company’s independent auditors has identified or been made
aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness since
February 1, 2008 in the system of internal accounting controls
utilized by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) any fraud
or other wrongdoing that involves the Company’s management or
other Employees who have a role in the preparation of financial
statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the
Company and its Subsidiaries or (iii) any claim or allegation
regarding any of the foregoing.
2.9 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense,
claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of any type, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or other (whether
or not required to be reflected in financial statements in
accordance with GAAP) in excess of $50,000 individually or $100,000
in the aggregate, except for those which (i) have been
reflected in the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company as of the Current Balance Sheet Date, (ii) have arisen
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices
since the Current Balance Sheet Date, (iii) are Third Party
Expenses, or (iv) are liabilities or obligations incurred in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.10 No Changes . From
April 10, 2008 through the date hereof, (a) the business
of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has been conducted in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(b) there has not been any event, change, development or set
of circumstances that has had or would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect; and (c) except as set forth on Section 2.
10(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there has not been any
action or event, nor any authorization, commitment or agreement by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any action
or event, that if taken or if it occurred after the date hereof
would be prohibited by Section 4.1 hereof.
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2.11 Accounts
Receivable .
(a) The
Company has made available to Parent a list of all accounts
receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Current
Balance Sheet Date, together with an aging schedule indicating a
range of days elapsed since invoice.
(b) All
of the accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries
arose in the ordinary course of business, are carried at values
determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied to the
Company’s Knowledge, are not subject to any valid set-off or
counterclaim, do not represent obligations for goods sold on
consignment, on approval or on a sale-or-return basis or subject to
any other repurchase or return arrangement. Except for Silicon
Valley Bank, no person has any Lien on any accounts receivable of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and no request or agreement for
deduction or discount has been made with respect to any accounts
receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices.
2.12 Tax Matters
.
(a)
Definition of Taxes . For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term “ Tax ” or, collectively,
“ Taxes ” shall mean (i) any and all U.S.
federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities,
including taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income,
profits, sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad valorem,
transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment,
excise and property taxes as well as public imposts, fees and
social security charges (including health, unemployment,
workers’ compensation and pension insurance), together with
all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such
amounts, (ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of
the type described in clause (i) of this
Section 2. 12(a) as a result of being a member
of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any
period (including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or
similar arrangement), and (iii) any liability for the payment
of any amounts of the type described in clauses (i) or
(ii) of this Section 2. 12(a) as a result
of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person
or as a result of any obligation under any agreement or arrangement
with any other person with respect to such amounts and including
any liability for taxes of a predecessor or transferor or otherwise
by operation of law.
(b)
Tax Returns and Audits .
(i) Except
as set forth in Section 2. 12(b)(i) of the
Disclosure Schedules, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have
(a) prepared and timely filed all required U.S. federal,
state, local and non-U.S. returns, estimates, information
statements and reports, including attachments and amendments
thereto (“ Returns ”) relating to any and all
Taxes concerning or attributable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective operations and such Returns are
true and correct and have been completed in accordance with
applicable law and (b) timely paid all Taxes they are required
to pay.
(ii) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have paid or withheld with
respect to their respective Employees and other third parties, all
U.S. federal, state and non-U.S. income Taxes and social security
charges and similar fees, Federal Insurance Contribution Act
amounts, Federal Unemployment Tax Act amounts and all other Taxes
required to be withheld or paid, and have timely paid any such
Taxes withheld over to the appropriate authorities.
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(iii) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is delinquent in the
payment of any Tax, or has been delinquent in the payment of any
material Tax, nor is there any Tax deficiency outstanding, assessed
or proposed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor has
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries executed any waiver of any
statute of limitations on or extending the period for the
assessment or collection of any Tax.
(iv) No
audit or other examination of any Return of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is presently in progress, nor has the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries been notified of any request for such an
audit or other examination. No adjustment relating to any Return
filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been proposed
by any Tax authority to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any representative thereof. No claim has ever been made by an
authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries does not file Returns that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
(v) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities for
unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued or reserved on the Current
Balance Sheet, whether asserted or unasserted, contingent or
otherwise, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
incurred any liability for Taxes since the Current Balance Sheet
Date other than in the ordinary course of business. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries have identified all uncertain tax
positions contained in all Returns filed by the Company or its
Subsidiaries and, except as set forth in Section 2.
12(b)(v) of the Disclosure Schedule, have established
adequate reserves and made any appropriate disclosures in the
Financials in accordance with the requirements of Financial
Interpretation No. 48 of FASB Statement No. 109.
(vi) The
Company has made available to Parent or its legal counsel, copies
of all Returns for the Company and its Subsidiaries filed for all
periods since inception.
(vii) There
are (and immediately following the Effective Time there will be) no
Liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
relating to or attributable to Taxes other than Liens for Taxes not
yet due and payable. There is no basis for the assertion of any
claim relating or attributable to Taxes which, if adversely
determined, would result in any Lien on the assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(viii) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (a) ever been a
member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Code
§1504(a)) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return
(other than a group the common parent of which was Company),
(b) ever been a party to any Tax sharing, indemnification or
allocation agreement, nor does the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries owe any amount under any such agreement, (c) any
liability for the Taxes of any Person, under Treasury Regulation
§1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
law, and including any arrangement for group or consortium relief
or similar arrangements), as a transferee or successor, by contract
or agreement, by operation of law or otherwise and (d) ever
been a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement
that could be treated as a partnership for Tax purposes.
(ix)
Section 2. 12(b)(ix) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets forth the following information with respect to the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries: (1) the basis of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries in its assets; (2) the amount of any
net operating loss, net capital loss, unused investment, foreign,
or other Tax credit and the amount of any limitation upon any of
the foregoing; and
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(3) the amount of any deferred gain or loss allocable to the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries arising out of any deferred
intercompany transaction as defined in Treas. Reg. § 1.1502-13
or any similar provision of applicable law.
(x) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been, at any time, a
“United States real property holding corporation”
within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
(xi) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a
“distributing corporation” or a “controlled
corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify
for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code.
(xii) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a
“reportable transaction” as set forth in Treas. Reg.
§1.6011-4(b), including any transaction that is the same or
substantially similar to one of the types of transactions that the
Internal Revenue Service has determined to be a Tax avoidance
transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of
published guidance as a “listed transaction,” as set
forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(xiii) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to Tax in any
country other than its country of incorporation or formation by
virtue of having a permanent establishment, place of business or
source of income in that jurisdiction.
(xiv) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include
any income or gain or exclude any deduction or loss from taxable
income as a result of any (a) change in method of accounting
under Section 481 of the Code prior to the Closing,
(b) closing agreement under Section 7121 of the Code
entered into prior to the Closing, (c) deferred intercompany
gain or excess loss account as of the Closing under Treasury
Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or in each of
items (a), (b), or (c), under any similar provision of applicable
law), (d) installment sale or open transaction disposition
prior to the Closing or (e) receipt of a prepaid amount prior
to Closing.
(xv) The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in full compliance with all terms
and conditions of any Tax exemption, Tax holiday or other Tax
reduction agreement or order (each, a “ Tax Incentive
”) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not have any adverse effect on the continued
validity and effectiveness of any such Tax Incentive.
(xvi) To
the extent required, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
properly reported and/or withheld and remitted on amounts deferred
under any Company nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject
to Section 409A of the Code, in good faith and pursuant to IRS
Notices 2005-1, 2006-100 and 2007-89 for the years 2005, 2006 and
2007.
(c)
Executive Compensation Tax . There is no contract,
agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, including the provisions of this
Agreement, covering any Employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which, individually or collectively, would give rise
to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant
to Sections 280G or 404 of the Code or that would give rise to
an Employee penalty and Company reporting obligations and related
penalties, if any, under Section 409A of the Code.
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2.13 Restrictions on Business
Activities . Except as set forth in
Section 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule there is no
agreement (non-competition or otherwise), commitment, judgment,
injunction, order or decree to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise binding upon the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries which has or may reasonably be expected to
have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of
property (tangible or intangible) by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, the conduct of business by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or otherwise limiting the freedom of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or to
compete with any person. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
entered into any agreement under which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is restricted from selling, licensing, manufacturing
or otherwise distributing any of its technology or products or from
providing services to customers or potential customers or any class
of customers, in any geographic area, during any period of time, or
in any segment of the market.
2.14 Title to Properties;
Absence of Liens and Encumbrances; Condition of Equipment
.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property, nor
has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ever owned any real
property. Section 2. 14(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all real
property currently leased, subleased or licensed by or from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise used or occupied by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Leased Real
Property ”), including the name of the lessor, licensor,
sublessor, master lessor and/or lessee, the date and term of the
lease, license, sublease or other occupancy right and each
amendment thereto and, with respect to any current lease, license,
sublease or other occupancy right, the square footage of the
premises leased thereunder and the aggregate annual rental payable
thereunder.
(b) The
Company has provided Parent true, correct and complete copies of
all leases, lease guaranties, subleases, agreements for the
leasing, use or occupancy of, or otherwise granting a right in or
relating to the Leased Real Property, including all amendments,
terminations and modifications thereof and all consents and waivers
relating thereto (“ Lease Agreements ”); and
there are no other Lease Agreements for real property affecting the
Leased Real Property or to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is bound, other than those identified in Section 2.
14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule. All such Lease Agreements
are in full force and effect and valid and effective in accordance
with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such
Lease Agreements, any existing default, no rentals past due, or
event of default (or event which with notice or lapse of time, or
both, could constitute a default). Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any notice of a default, alleged
failure to perform, or any offset or counterclaim with respect to
any such Lease Agreement, which has not been fully remedied and
withdrawn. There are no other parties occupying, or with a right to
occupy, the Leased Real Property, except as set forth in
Section 2. 14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owe any brokerage
commissions or finders fees with respect to any such Leased Real
Property or would owe any such fees if any existing Lease Agreement
were renewed pursuant to any renewal options contained in such
Lease Agreements.
(c) The
Leased Real Property is sufficient and otherwise suitable for the
conduct of the business as presently conducted.
(d) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and valid title to, or, in
the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests
in, all of its material tangible properties and material
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assets,
real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business,
free and clear of any Liens, except (i) as reflected in the
Current Balance Sheet, (ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable, and (iii) such imperfections of title and
encumbrances, if any, which do not detract from the value or
interfere with the present use of the property subject thereto or
affected thereby. Each Lease Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement of the landlord and the tenant thereunder, and no term or
condition thereof has been modified, amended or waived, except as
described in Section 2.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule
and shown in the copies of the Lease Agreements that have
previously been delivered by the Company to Parent. The Company and
its Subsidiaries have not transferred or assigned any interest in
any such Lease Agreement, nor has the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries subleased or otherwise granted rights of use or
occupancy of any of the premises described therein to any other
Person.
(e)
Section 2. 14(e) of the Disclosure Schedule
lists, as of March 31, 2008, all material items of equipment
(the “ Equipment ”) owned or leased by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and such Equipment is
(i) adequate for the conduct of the business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as currently
contemplated to be conducted, and (ii) in good operating
condition, regularly and properly maintained, subject to normal
wear and tear.
2.15 Intellectual
Property .
(a)
Definitions . For all purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
“
Intellectual Property ” shall mean any or all
of the following (i) works of authorship including computer
programs, source code, and executable code, whether embodied in
software, firmware or otherwise, architecture, documentation,
designs, files, records, and data, (ii) inventions (whether or not
patentable), discoveries, improvements, and technology, (iii)
proprietary and confidential information, trade secrets and know
how, (iv) databases, data compilations and collections and
technical data, (v) logos, trade names, trade dress,
trademarks and service marks, (vi) domain names, web addresses
and sites, (vii) tools, methods and processes,
(viii) devices, prototypes, schematics, breadboards, netlists,
maskworks, test methodologies, verilog files, emulation and
simulation reports, test vectors and hardware development tools,
and (ix) any and all instantiations of the foregoing in any
form and embodied in any media.
“
Intellectual Property Rights ” shall mean
worldwide common law and statutory rights associated with
(i) patents and patent applications, (ii) copyrights,
copyright registrations and copyright applications,
“moral” rights and mask work rights, (iii) the
protection of trade and industrial secrets and confidential
information, (iv) other proprietary rights relating to
intangible intellectual property, (v) trademarks, trade names
and service marks, (vi) analogous rights to those set forth
above, and (vii) divisions, continuations, renewals,
reissuances and extensions of the foregoing (as applicable).
“
Company Intellectual Property ” shall mean any
and all Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights that
are owned or purported to be owned by or exclusively licensed to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and all such Company
Intellectual Property are identified in Section 2.
15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
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“
Registered Intellectual Property ” shall mean
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights that have
been registered, filed, certified or otherwise perfected or
recorded with or by any state, government or other public or quasi
public legal authority.
(b)
Section 2. 15(b)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule
(i) lists all Registered Intellectual Property owned or
purported to be owned by, or filed in the name of, the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Company Registered
Intellectual Property ”) and identifies which of such
Company Registered Intellectual Property is material to the
business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as presently
conducted or currently contemplated by the Company to be conducted
(the “ Material Company Registered Intellectual
Property ”) and (ii) lists any proceedings or
actions before any Governmental Entity (including the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (the “ PTO ”) or
equivalent authority anywhere in the world) in which any of the
Company Registered Intellectual Property is involved, including
without limitation any proceedings or actions in which claims are
raised relating to the validity, enforceability, scope, ownership
or infringement of any of the Company Registered Intellectual
Property. Section 2. 15(b)(2) of the Disclosure
Schedule lists all products, technologies and services (including
products, technologies and services currently under development)
owned or purported to be owned, exclusively licensed or offered by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Except
as set forth on Section 2. 15(c)(1) of the
Disclosure Schedule, each item of Company Registered Intellectual
Property is valid and subsisting, and all necessary registration,
maintenance and renewal fees in connection with such Company
Registered Intellectual Property have been paid and all necessary
documents and certificates in connection with such Company
Registered Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant
patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United
States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of maintaining such Registered Intellectual Property.
Except as set forth in Section 2. 15(c)(2) of
the Disclosure Schedule, there are no actions that must be taken by
the Company within 60 days of the Closing Date, including the
payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the
filing of any documents, applications or certificates for the
purposes of maintaining, perfecting or preserving or renewing any
Company Registered Intellectual Property. In each case in which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has acquired any Intellectual
Property Rights from any person, the Company and its Subsidiaries
have obtained a valid and enforceable assignment sufficient to
irrevocably transfer all rights in such Intellectual Property and
the associated Intellectual Property Rights (including the right to
seek past and future damages with respect thereto) to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries and, except as set forth on
Section 2. 15(c)(3) of the Disclosure Schedule,
to the maximum extent provided for by, and in accordance with,
applicable laws and regulations, the Company and its Subsidiaries
have recorded each such assignment with the relevant governmental
authorities, including the PTO, the U.S. Copyright Office, or their
respective equivalents in any relevant foreign jurisdiction, as the
case may be.
(d) All
Company Intellectual Property will be fully transferable, alienable
and/or licensable by Surviving Corporation and/or Parent without
restriction and without payment of any kind to any third
party.
(e) Each
item of Company Intellectual Property, including all Company
Registered Intellectual Property listed in Section 2.
15(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, and all Intellectual
Property licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is
free and clear of any Liens, other than those set
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forth on
Section 2.15(e) of the Disclosure Schedule. The Company
is the exclusive owner or exclusive licensee of all Company
Intellectual Property.
(f) To
the extent that any Intellectual Property that is material to the
business of the Company has been developed or created independently
or jointly by any person other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has,
directly or indirectly, provided consideration for such development
or creation, the Company or its Subsidiaries have a written
agreement with such person with respect thereto, and the Company or
its Subsidiaries thereby have obtained ownership of, and is the
exclusive owner of, all such Intellectual Property therein and
associated Intellectual Property Rights by operation of law or by
valid assignment, and has required the waiver of all moral rights,
except as set forth in Section 2. 15(f) of the
Disclosure Schedule.
(g) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) transferred
ownership of, or granted any exclusive license of or exclusive
right to use, or authorized the retention of any exclusive rights
to use or joint ownership of, any Company Intellectual Property, to
any other person or (ii), except as set forth on
Section 2. 15(g) of the Disclosure Schedule,
permitted the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights in
such Company Intellectual Property to enter into the public
domain.
(h) Other
than (i) the Open Source Software listed in
Section 2. 15(u) of the Disclosure Schedule,
(ii) the licenses set forth on Section 2.
15(i)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule, or (iii) as
otherwise set forth in Section 2. 15(h) of the
Disclosure Schedule, all Intellectual Property that is used in or
necessary to the conduct of Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s business as presently conducted or currently
contemplated by the Company to be conducted by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries was written and created solely by either
(i) employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acting
within the scope of their employment who have validly and
irrevocably assigned all of their rights, including all
Intellectual Property Rights therein, to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) by third parties who have validly and
irrevocably assigned all of their rights, including all
Intellectual Property Rights therein, to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and no third party owns or has any rights to any of
the Company Intellectual Property.
(i) Other
than (i) the Open Source Software listed in
Section 2. 15(u) of the Disclosure Schedule and
(ii) the licenses set forth on Section 2.
15(i)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
Intellectual Property constitutes all of the Intellectual Property
and Intellectual Property Rights that are used in, necessary to or
otherwise would be infringed by the conduct of the business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as it currently is conducted or
currently planned by the Company to be conducted, including the
design, development, manufacture, use, import, marketing, licensing
out and sale of any product, technology or service (including
without limitation products, technology or services currently under
development). Other than the Open Source Software listed in
Section 2.15(u) , Section 2.
15(i)(2) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all third
party software (including without limitation hardware embedded
software) and any other third party Intellectual Property that is
used in or necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries as it currently is conducted or
currently planned by the Company to be conducted, including the
design, development, manufacture, use, import, marketing, licensing
out and sale of any product, technology or service.
Section 2. 15(i)(2) of the Disclosure Schedule
also specifies in general categories how such Intellectual Property
is used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, under what
licenses, and whether there is or has been any failure to comply
with the terms of these licenses (including without limitation any
failure to make timely payments).
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(j) Other
than (i) the Open Source Software listed in
Section 2. 15(u) of the Disclosure Schedule,
(ii) the licenses set forth on Section 2.
15(i)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule and (iii) nonexclusive
licenses and related agreements with respect thereto of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s products to end users
pursuant to written agreements that have been entered into in the
ordinary course of business that do not materially differ in
substance from the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
standard form(s) of end user license and related agreements
including attachments (which is or are included in
Section 2. 15(j) of the Disclosure Schedule),
Section 2. 15(j) of the Disclosure Schedule
lists all material contracts, licenses and agreements to which the
Company is a party with respect to any Company Intellectual
Property or other Intellectual Property.
(k) Except
as set forth on Section 2. 15(k) of the
Disclosure Schedule, no third party that has licensed Intellectual
Property or Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has ownership rights or license rights to
improvements or derivative works made by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in such Intellectual Property that has been licensed
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(l) Other
than (i) the Open Source Software listed in
Section 2. 15(u) of the Disclosure Schedule, and
(ii) other non exclusive licenses and related agreements with
respect thereto of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
products to end users pursuant to written agreements that have been
entered into in the ordinary course of business that do not
materially differ in substance from the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s standard form(s) of end user license including
attachments (which is or are included in Section 2.
15(l) of the Disclosure Schedule), Section 2.
15(l) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all contracts,
licenses and agreements between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and any other person wherein or whereby the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to, or assumed, any obligation
or duty, that is not capped to a maximum amount of liability no
greater than $100,000 or the amounts paid under such agreements, to
warrant, indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise
assume or incur any obligation or liability or provide a right of
rescission with respect to the infringement or misappropriation by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or such other person of the
Intellectual Property Rights of any person other than the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(m) There
are no contracts, licenses or agreements between the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and any other person with respect to Company
Intellectual Property or other Intellectual Property used in and/or
necessary to the conduct of the business as it is currently
conducted or currently planned by the Company to be conducted under
which there is any ongoing or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened action, claim or proceeding or, to the Knowledge of
Company, other dispute regarding the scope of such agreement, or
performance under such agreement including with respect to any
payments to be made or received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries thereunder.
(n) The
operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as it
is currently conducted, or is currently contemplated by the Company
to be conducted, by the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the
design, development, use, import, branding, advertising, promotion,
marketing, manufacture, licensing out and sale of any product,
technology or service (including products, technology or services
currently under development) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries does not infringe or misappropriate, and will not
infringe or misappropriate, when conducted by Parent and/or
Surviving Corporation in substantially the same manner following
the Closing, any Intellectual Property Rights of any person,
violate any right of any person (including any right to privacy or
publicity), or constitute unfair competition or trade practices
under the laws of any jurisdiction, and, except as set forth
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in
Section 2.15(n) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice from any
person claiming that such operation or any act, any product,
technology or service (including products, technology or services
currently under development) or Intellectual Property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes or misappropriates any
Intellectual Property Rights of any person or constitutes unfair
competition or trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction
(nor does the Company have Knowledge of any basis therefor).
(o) Neither
this Agreement nor the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including the assignment to Parent by operation of law or otherwise
of any contracts or agreements to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, will result in: (i) Parent, any of
its subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation granting to any third
party any right to or with respect to any Intellectual Property
Rights owned by, or licensed to, any of them, (ii) Parent, any
of its subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation, being bound by,
or subject to, any non compete or other material restriction on the
operation or scope of their respective businesses, or
(iii) Parent, any of its subsidiaries or the Surviving
Corporation being obligated to pay any royalties or other material
amounts, or offer any discounts, to any third party in excess of
those payable by, or required to be offered by, any of them,
respectively, in the absence of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(p) To
the Knowledge of the Company, except as set forth on
Section 2. 15(p) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
Person is infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual
Property.
(q) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps that
are required or necessary to protect the Company’s and any
Subsidiary’s rights in confidential information and trade
secrets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or provided by any
other person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Without
limiting the foregoing, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries
have, and enforce, a policy requiring each current and former
employee to execute proprietary information, confidentiality and
assignment agreements substantially in the Company’s standard
form for employees (a copy of which is attached to
Section 2. 15(q)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule
(the “ Employee Proprietary Information Agreement
”)), (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have, and
enforce, a policy requiring each current and former consultant or
contractor to execute a consulting agreement containing proprietary
information, confidentiality and assignment provisions
substantially in the Company’s standard form for consultants
or contractors (a copy of which is attached to
Section 2. 15(q)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule
(the “ Consultant Proprietary Information Agreement
”)) and (iii) except as set forth on
Section 2. 15(q)(iii) of the Disclosure
Schedule, all current and former employees, consultants and
contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have executed
an Employee Proprietary Information Agreement or a Consultant
Proprietary Information Agreement, as appropriate.
(r) Except
as set forth on Section 2. 15(r) of the
Disclosure Schedule, no Company Intellectual Property, Intellectual
Property Rights or service of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree,
order, judgment or settlement agreement or stipulation that
restricts in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or may affect the validity,
use or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property.
(s) To
the Knowledge of the Company, no (i) product, technology,
service or publication of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) material published or distributed by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) conduct or statement of the
Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries constitutes a defamatory statement or material, false
advertising or otherwise violates any law or regulation.
(t)
(i) (a) No
government funding, facilities or resources of a university,
college, other educational institution, research center or
Governmental Entity or funding from third parties (other than
private investors, lenders, and other similar non-governmental
funding sources in the ordinary course of business) was used in the
development of the Company Intellectual Property and (b) no
Governmental Entity, university, college, other educational
institution or research center has any claim or right in or to the
Company Intellectual Property.
(ii) To
the Company’s Knowledge, no current or former employee,
consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries who was involved in, or who contributed to, the
creation or development of any Company Intellectual Property, has
performed services for the government, a university, college or
other educational institution, or a research center, during a
period of time during which such employee, consultant or
independent contractor was also performing services for the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(u)
Section 2. 15(u) of the Disclosure Schedule
lists all software that is distributed as “open source
software” or under a similar licensing or distribution model
(including but not limited to the GNU General Public License (GPL),
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public License
(MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public
License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), the Sun Industry
Standards License (SISL) and the Apache License)
(collectively, “ Open Source Software ”) that
has been used, linked to and/or incorporated into any Company
product or service in any way and describes the manner in which
such Open Source Software was used and/or incorporated (such
description shall include, without limitation, whether (and, if so,
how) the Open Source Software was modified and/or distributed by
the Company and whether (and if so, how) such Open Source Software
was incorporated into and linked in any Company product or
service). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has used and/or
incorporated Open Source Software in any manner that would, as the
business of the Company is currently conducted or currently
contemplated by Company to be conducted, (i) require the
disclosure or distribution in source code form of any Company
Intellectual Property, (ii) require the licensing of any
Company Intellectual Property for the purpose of making derivative
works,
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