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Exhibit 2.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND
AMONG
GLOBAL BPO SERVICES
CORP.
RIVER ACQUISITION
SUBSIDIARY CORP.
AND
STREAM HOLDINGS
CORPORATION
DATED AS OF JUNE 2,
2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1
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Definitions |
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2 |
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| ARTICLE II |
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THE
MERGER |
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13 |
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2.1
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The
Merger |
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13 |
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2.2
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Company |
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13 |
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2.3
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By-laws
of the Surviving Company |
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13 |
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2.4
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Directors
and Officers |
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14 |
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2.5
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Conversion |
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14 |
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2.6
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Stock
Option and Other Plans |
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2.7
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Delivery
of Funds; Surrender of Certificates |
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2.8
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No
Further Rights of Transfer |
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2.9
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Stockholders’ Representative |
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2.10
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Purchase
Price Adjustment |
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2.11
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Closing |
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20 |
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2.12
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Further
Assurances |
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20 |
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2.13
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No
Liability |
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2.14
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Withholding Rights; Deductions from Consideration |
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20 |
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| ARTICLE III |
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CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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3.1
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Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the
Merger |
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3.2
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Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the
Company |
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3.3
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Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and the
Merger Subsidiary |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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COVENANTS
RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
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4.1
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Conduct
of Business of the Company Pending the Merger |
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4.2
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Conduct
of Business of the Parent Pending the Merger |
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4.3
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Operational Matters |
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28 |
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4.4
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Affiliate
Contracts |
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28 |
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4.5
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Preservation of Records; Audit Assistance |
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28 |
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| ARTICLE
V |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
COMPANY |
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29 |
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5.1
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Organization and Power; Investments |
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5.2
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Authorization |
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29 |
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5.3
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Capitalization |
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30 |
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5.4
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No
Breach |
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30 |
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5.5
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Financial
Statements. |
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30 |
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5.6
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Absence
of Certain Developments |
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31 |
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5.7
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Title to
Assets |
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5.8
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Contracts
and Commitments |
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32 |
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5.9
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Affiliate
Transactions |
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5.10
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Proxy
Statement |
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5.11
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Proceedings |
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34 |
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5.12
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Compliance with Laws |
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5.13
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Environmental Matters |
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5.14
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Tax
Matters |
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5.15
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Proprietary Rights |
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5.16
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Brokerage |
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5.17
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Real
Property Leases |
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39 |
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5.18
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Governmental Licenses and Permits |
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39 |
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5.19
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Employees |
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40 |
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5.20
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Employee
Benefit Plans |
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40 |
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5.21
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Insurance |
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42 |
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5.22
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Information Regarding Directors and Officers |
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43 |
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5.23
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Books and
Records |
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43 |
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5.24
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Condition
of Assets |
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43 |
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5.25
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Accounts
Receivable |
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5.26
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Inventory |
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5.27
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Confidentiality Agreement |
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5.28
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Investigation; No Additional Representations |
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5.29
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Full
Disclosure |
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44 |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT |
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6.1
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Organization and Power; Investments |
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6.2
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Authorization |
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44 |
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6.3
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Capitalization |
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6.4
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No
Breach |
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6.5
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements |
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6.6
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Absence
of Certain Developments |
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6.7
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Title to
Assets |
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48 |
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6.8
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Contracts
and Commitments |
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6.9
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Affiliate
Transactions |
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6.10
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Proxy
Statement |
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6.11
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Proceedings |
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6.12
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Compliance with Laws |
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6.13
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Environmental Matters |
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6.14
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Proprietary Rights |
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50 |
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6.15
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Brokerage |
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6.16
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Trust
Fund. |
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6.17
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Investment Company Act |
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6.18
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Confidentiality Agreement |
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6.19
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Investigation; No Additional Representations; No Reliance,
etc |
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6.20
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Full
Disclosure |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MERGER SUBSIDIARY |
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7.1
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Organization and Power; Reporting |
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7.2
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Authorization |
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7.3
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Non-Contravention |
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7.4
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No
Business Activities |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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8.1
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Preparation of Proxy Statement |
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8.2
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Access to
Information: Confidentiality |
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8.3
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts |
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8.4
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HSR
Act |
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8.5
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Notification of Certain Matters |
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8.6
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Public
Announcements and Investor Presentations |
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8.7
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Transfer
Taxes |
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8.8
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Trust
Fund Closing Confirmation |
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8.9
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No
Securities Transaction |
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8.10
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Employee
Matters. |
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8.11
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Assumption of Company Indebtedness |
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8.12
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Schedules
Bring Down |
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8.13
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Exclusivity |
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| ARTICLE
IX |
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POST
CLOSING COVENANTS |
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9.1
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General |
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| ARTICLE
X |
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TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT |
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10.1
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Termination |
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10.2
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Effect of
Termination |
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10.3
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Trust
Fund Waiver |
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10.4
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Fees and
Expenses |
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| ARTICLE
XI |
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REMEDIES
FOR BREACH OF AGREEMENT |
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11.1
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties |
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11.2
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Indemnification |
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11.3
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Third
Party Claims |
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| ARTICLE XII |
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TAX
MATTERS |
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12.1
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Preparation and Filing of Returns |
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12.2
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Controversies |
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12.3
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Notification |
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12.4
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Amended
Returns |
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12.5
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Apportionment of Taxes |
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12.6
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Indemnification for Taxes |
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12.7
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Refunds |
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70 |
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12.8
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Carrybacks |
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12.9
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Post-Closing Access and Cooperation |
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12.10
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Section
338 Election |
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12.11
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Tax
Treatment of Indemnity Payments |
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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13.1
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Amendment
and Waiver |
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13.2
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Notices |
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71 |
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13.3
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Assignment |
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72 |
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13.4
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Severability |
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13.5
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No Strict
Construction |
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13.6
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Captions |
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72 |
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13.7
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No Third
Party Beneficiaries |
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72 |
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13.8
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Complete
Agreement |
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13.9
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Counterparts |
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13.10
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Governing
Law and Jurisdiction |
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13.11
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Injunctive Relief |
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73 |
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13.12
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Consent
to Jurisdiction; Service of Process |
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73 |
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13.13
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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73 |
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13.14
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Non-Recourse |
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13.15
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Schedules |
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Exhibit List
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| Exhibit 2.7(c) |
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Escrow
Agreement |
| Exhibit 3.2(c)(iii) |
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Parent’s Officer’s Certificate |
| Exhibit 3.2(c)(iv) |
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Parent’s and Merger Subsidiary’s Secretary’s
Certificate |
| Exhibit 3.3(c)(i) |
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Company’s Officer’s Certificate |
| Exhibit 3.3(c)(ii) |
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Company’s Secretary’s Certificate |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (together with all schedules and
exhibits hereto, this “ Agreement ”) is dated as
of June 2, 2008 by and among GLOBAL BPO SERVICES CORP., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Parent ”), RIVER
ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY CORP., a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Parent (the “ Merger
Subsidiary ”), and STREAM HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ” and together
with all of its Subsidiaries, the “ Company ”).
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 1.1 hereof.
The parties hereto have
previously entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of January 27, 2008 (the “Prior
Agreement”), and this Agreement amends and restates the Prior
Agreement in its entirety.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Parent has
formed the Merger Subsidiary for the purpose of merging it with and
into Holdings, with Holdings continuing as the Surviving Company
and as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent;
WHEREAS, the respective
boards of directors of the Parent, the Merger Subsidiary and
Holdings have, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, (a) determined that the merger of the
Merger Subsidiary with and into Holdings, as set forth below (the
“ Merger ”), is fair to, and in the best
interest of, the Parent, the Merger Subsidiary and Holdings, as the
case may be, and their respective stockholders, and declared that
the Merger is advisable, (b) authorized and approved this
Agreement, the Merger and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and (c) recommended acceptance of the
Merger and approval of this Agreement by its respective
stockholders, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation
Law, as amended (the “ DGCL ”);
WHEREAS, the holders of a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of Holdings (“ Holdings Common
Stock ”) intend, following the execution of this
Agreement, to approve and adopt the Merger on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the execution by
Holdings of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, in accordance with the DGCL, and will deliver
evidence of such approval to the Parent;
WHEREAS, the Parent, in its
capacity as sole stockholder of the Merger Subsidiary, intends,
following the execution of this Agreement, on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, to approve and adopt
the Merger, the execution by the Merger Subsidiary of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
WHEREAS, the Parent desires
to provide Holdings certain protections to mitigate its damages in
the event that the Parent fails to consummate the Merger;
and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to
Holdings to agree to certain changes to the Prior Agreement,
(a) Parent has entered into the Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement and the
Redemption Agreement with the parties
thereto, (b) the holders of the Affiliate Warrants have agreed
to sell all of the Affiliate Warrants to the initial purchaser of
the Preferred Stock pursuant to the Warrant Purchase Agreement and
(c) Parent has agreed to conduct the Tender Offer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants,
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, the
parties, intending to be legally bound, agree that the Prior
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions
. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
set forth below.
“ Adjustment
Statement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(c) hereof.
“ Affiliate
” of any particular Person means (a) any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person, whether directly or indirectly, through Contract,
ownership, or otherwise, (b) any director, officer, partner or
similar individual of such Person, and (c) any Person
beneficially owning more than ten percent (10%) of the voting
securities of such Person.
“ Affiliated
Group ” means an affiliated group as defined in
Section 1504 of the Code (or any analogous combined,
consolidated or unitary group defined under any income Tax Law) of
which the Company is or has been a member.
“ Affiliate
Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3 hereof.
“ Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ AMEX ”
means the American Stock Exchange.
“ Approved Capital
Expenditures ” means capital expenditures
(a) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice that are not more than $500,000 per fiscal
quarter in excess of the Company’s budgeted amounts for such
quarter as set forth in the Budget, (b) for call center sites
as set forth in the Budget that are not reasonably expected to
both (i) cost more than $4,000,000, and (ii) have
an expected payback of more than two (2) years, or
(c) approved by the Parent, which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
“ Assets ”
means all assets owned or utilized by the Company including,
without limitation, Leased Real Property, Personal Property,
inventory, accounts receivables, goodwill, Proprietary Rights and
any asset listed on the Financial Statements or any subsequently
delivered balance sheet of the Company prior to the
Closing.
“ Audited Financial
Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5(a) .
“ Budget ”
means the Company’s budget attached hereto as Schedule
1.1(b) hereto.
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“ Business
” means Holdings and its Subsidiaries’ business of
providing global technical support and customer service outsourcing
as of the date of the Prior Agreement.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
“ Certificate
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)
hereof.
“ Certificate of
Merger ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(a) hereof.
“ Closing
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11
hereof.
“ Closing Date
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11
hereof.
“ Closing Date
Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(b) hereof.
“ Closing Date
Working Capital ” of the Company means the following from
the Closing Date Balance Sheet: (a) the sum of (i) cash
and cash equivalents (but only to the extent not swept out of the
Company’s bank accounts on the Closing Date and not included
in calculating the Purchase Price), (ii) accounts receivable,
net of reserves, (iii) prepaid expenses, and (iv) other
current assets, less (b) the sum of (i) accounts
payable, (ii) liabilities for Taxes, net of the Transaction
Tax Benefits, and (iii) other accrued expenses (excluding
deferred income Taxes, and the Retained Litigation); provided that
Closing Date Working Capital shall not include the Company’s
Transaction Fees deducted from the Purchase Price at Closing and
shall not include Closing Indebtedness.
“ Closing Fee
Statement ” means a certificate furnished by the Company
to the Parent at least two (2) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date, setting forth the amount of the Working Capital
Holdback, the Company Transaction Fees, the Closing Indebtedness,
the Approved Capital Expenditures, and each other item required to
calculate the Purchase Price and the consideration to be paid to
each holder of Shares and Optionholder.
“ Closing
Indebtedness ” means, as of the Closing Date, the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company, including, but not
limited to, any prepayment penalties, early termination fees, bank
fees and related expenses payable by the Company in connection with
the repayment or assumption by the Parent of any Indebtedness of
the Company.
“ COBRA ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20(d)
hereof.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Company
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Company Disclosure
Schedules ” has the meaning set forth in Article V
hereof.
“ Company
Employee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.10 hereof.
“ Company Plans
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20(a)
hereof.
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“ Company
Records ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5 hereof.
“ Company SEC
Fees ” means (a) all filing, edgarizing, printing,
legal, accounting, consulting, and other out of pocket fees
relating to the filing of the Proxy Statement and other SEC matters
incurred by the Company prior to the Closing up to $400,000 and
(b) all amounts incurred by the Company, with the
Parent’s consent, prior to the Closing Date in connection
with bringing the Company into compliance with Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Company
Transaction Fees ” means all (a) fees, costs and
expenses payable by the Company relating to any fee agreements with
H.I.G. Capital LLC and its Affiliates, including without
limitation, any accrued, but unpaid management fees;
(b) investment banking, broker, legal, accounting or
consulting fees, costs and expenses in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the sale of the
Company; (c) transactional bonuses that become due as a result
of the Merger and are actually paid or accrued by virtue of
obligations created by the Company or its Affiliates prior to the
Closing Date; (d) premiums for any tail insurance policy that
the Company elects to purchase for the directors and officers of
the Company prior to the Closing Date; and (e) one-half of the
HSR Act filing fees; provided that, for purposes of clarification,
Company Transaction Fees shall not include Company SEC
Fees.
“ Confidentiality
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.27 hereof.
“ Contested
Adjustment Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(c) hereof.
“ Contested
Adjustments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(c) hereof.
“ Contracts
” means with respect to any Person, all agreements,
contracts, commitments, franchises, understandings, arrangements,
licenses, mortgages, promissory notes, deeds of trust, indentures,
and leases, whether written or oral, to which such Person is a
party and which are legally binding.
“ Conversion
Payments ” means any funds paid to holders of IPO Shares
who shall have demanded that the Parent convert their IPO Shares
into cash pursuant to the Parent Charter.
“ Disagreed
Changes ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1 hereof.
“ DGCL ”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Draft Return
” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1
hereof.
“ EBITDA ”
means earnings before interest, income Taxes, depreciation and
amortization, calculated in accordance with GAAP, but excluding:
Company Transaction Fees; Company SEC Fees; fees and expenses
relating to the Company’s relocation of its Mumbai South
India facility (including, but not limited to, fees and expenses
paid or payable to Linn Ventures for such relocation); fees and
expenses relating to the Company’s closing of its St. John
facility; stock-based non-cash compensation; and any payments made
in connection with earnout payments made to Zia Shiekh, Vineet
Mittal and Wasim Shiekh during fiscal 2007 or 2008.
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“ Effective Time
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)
hereof.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means all applicable Laws concerning the pollution
or protection of the environment or the use, generation,
transportation, storage, treatment, processing, disposal or release
of Hazardous Substances, as the foregoing are enacted and in effect
on the Closing Date, including, without limitation, the Federal
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, the Federal Clean Air Act, as
amended, the Federal Clean Water Act, as amended, the Federal
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as
amended, regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency,
regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and regulations of any
state or local department of natural resources or other
environmental protection agency.
“ Escrow Agent
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c)
hereof.
“ Escrow
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(c) hereof.
“ Escrow Cash
” means ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in cash if the
Closing occurs on or before August 31, 2008, and twelve
million dollars ($12,000,000) in cash if the Closing occurs after
August 31, 2008 and the Purchase Price has been increased by
twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) pursuant to clause (c)(iii) of
the definition of Purchase Price.
“ Escrow Fund
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c)
hereof.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ Estimated Closing
Date Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(a) hereof.
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Financial
Statements ” means the Audited Financial Statements and
the Unaudited Financial Statements.
“ Fully Diluted
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(c) hereof.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied with past practices, in the United States as of the date
hereof.
“ Governmental
Agency ” means any court, tribunal, administrative agency
or commission, taxing authority or other governmental or regulatory
authority, domestic or foreign, of competent jurisdiction of any
country, state, province or any political subdivisions
thereof.
“ Governmental
Licenses ” means all permits, licenses, franchises,
orders, registrations, certificates, variances, approvals and other
authorizations obtained from any Governmental Agency.
“ Hazardous
Substances ” means any flammables, explosives, radon,
radioactive materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum
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products, methane, hazardous materials,
hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, pollutants or
contaminants or related materials regulated under, or as defined in
any Environmental Law.
“ Holdings
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Holdings Common
Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ HSR Act
” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Indebtedness
” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without
duplication: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed
money; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments (including, without
limitation, any shareholder notes or deferred purchase price
obligations (other than accounts payable) issued or entered into in
connection with any acquisition undertaken by such Person);
(c) all obligations of such Person under any capitalized
lease; (d) all obligations in respect of letters of credit
issued for the account of such Person (other than letters of credit
securing obligations relating to the Company’s Leased Real
Property to the extent not drawn on the Closing Date); and
(e) any accrued interest, prepayment premiums, breakage fees,
penalties or similar amounts related to any of the
foregoing.
“ Indemnitee
” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a)
hereof.
“ Indemnitor
” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a)
hereof.
“ Independent
Accountant ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(c) hereof.
“ India Earnout
Payments” means the cash earnout amounts payable upon the
achievement of certain performance criteria, if any, to Zia
Shiekh, Vineet Mittal and Wasim Shiekh pursuant to agreements
to be entered into by and between the Company and each of Zia
Shiekh, Vineet Mittal and Wasim Shiekh on or prior to the Closing
Date and payable after the Closing Date.
“ IPO ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3
hereof.
“ IPO Shares
” means the 31,250,000 shares of Parent Common Stock issued
in the Parent’s initial public offering completed on
October 23, 2007.
“ IPO Warrants
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3
hereof.
“ Knowledge
” means (a) in the case of the Parent or the Merger
Subsidiary, the actual knowledge of R. Scott Murray, Charles F.
Kane, Sheila Flaherty and Lloyd Linnell, and (b) in the case
of the Company, the actual knowledge of the Company’s chief
executive officer, Toni Portmann, chief financial officer, Tom
Andrus, Jeff Evert, Mark Beattie, Harry Jackson, Zia Shiekh, Rick
Blumsack, Bob Mercer, and/or Laurie Brashear.
“ Law ” or
“ Laws ” means any and all federal, state, local
or foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations,
common law and Orders.
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“ Leased Real
Property ” means all of the right, title and interest of
the Company under all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and
other agreements (written or oral), pursuant to which the Company
holds a leasehold or sub-leasehold estate in, or is granted the
right to use or occupy, any land, buildings, improvements, fixtures
or other interest in real property that is used in the operation of
the Business or leased by the Company.
“ Leases ”
means those leases and subleases of the Leased Real Property set
forth on Schedule 5.17(a) hereto.
“ Liability
” means, with respect to any Person, any liability, debt,
guarantee, loss, cost, expense, fine, penalty, or damage of any
kind, whether known, unknown, asserted, accrued, unaccrued,
liquidated or unliquidated, or whether due or to become
due.
“ Lien ”
means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, lien, easement, charge, or similar
encumbrance.
“ Losses ”
means all actions, suits, proceedings, hearings, investigations,
charges, complaints, claims, demands, injunctions, judgments,
orders, decrees, rulings, damages, dues, penalties, fines, costs,
amounts paid in settlement, obligations, Taxes, Liens, losses,
expenses, and fees, including court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to the defense thereof;
provided that Losses shall not include speculative, consequential,
punitive or special damages unless required by a Governmental
Agency to be paid to a third party or paid to a third party as part
of a settlement approved by an Indemnitor.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means, when used in connection with a Person,
any event, circumstance, change, occurrence or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate, is materially adverse to the
business or financial condition of the Person, taken as a whole
with all of its Subsidiaries; provided , however ,
that no such event, circumstance, change, occurrence, or effect
will be deemed (either alone or in combination) to constitute, nor
will be taken into account in determining whether there has been or
may be, a Material Adverse Effect to the extent that it arises out
of or relates to: (a) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or another jurisdiction in
which such Person has operations, the declaration by the United
States or another jurisdiction in which such Person has operations
of a national emergency or war (whether or not declared) or the
occurrence of any other calamity or crisis, including an act of
terrorism; (b) a natural disaster or any other natural
occurrence beyond the control of the Person; (c) the
announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby if
such event, circumstance, change, occurrence or effect would not
have occurred but for such announcement or pendency; (d) any
change in accounting requirements or principles imposed upon the
Company or any change in applicable Laws or the interpretation
thereof; (e) any action required by this Agreement;
(f) any action of the Company between the date hereof and the
Closing that requires the consent of the Parent pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement if the Parent consents to the taking of
such action; or (g) any adverse change in the global contact
center industry to the extent such deterioration does not have a
disproportionate adverse effect on the Company as compared to all
the other Persons engaged in the same business taken as a
whole.
“ Material
Contracts ” means those Contracts of the Company required
to be identified as Material Contracts on Schedule 5.8(a)
hereto.
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“ Merger ”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Merger
Subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Order ”
means, with respect to any Person, any award, decision, decree,
injunction, judgment, order or ruling of a Governmental Agency of
competent jurisdiction directed to and naming such
Person.
“ Option ”
means any options, subscriptions, warrants, rights, profit
participation or other arrangements, or convertible or exchangeable
securities by which any Person has the right to purchase capital
stock, or any security convertible or exchangeable into capital
stock, of another Person or by which a Person is bound to issue
capital stock.
“ Optionholder
” means a holder of Vested Options of Holdings.
“ Overlap Period
” means the taxable year or period beginning on or before and
ending after the Closing Date.
“ Parent ”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Parent Alternative
Transaction ” means the consummation of a “
Business Combination ” (as defined in the Parent
Charter as in effect on the date hereof) that would permit or cause
the assets in the Trust Account to be distributable to the Parent
or its designee.
“ Parent Charter
” means the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Parent as amended from time to time, including
without limitation the certificate of designation for the Preferred
Stock.
“ Parent
Contracts ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.8(a) hereof.
“ Parent Common
Stock ” means the common stock of the Parent, par value
$.001 per share, whose price is quoted on AMEX under the ticker
symbol “OOO.”
“ Parent Disclosure
Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Article VI
hereof.
“ Parent SEC
Reports ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.5(a) hereof.
“ Parent
Stockholders Meeting ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1(e) hereof.
“ Parent Units
” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and
warrants to purchase such common stock with an exercise price of
$6.00 per share, of the Parent, whose price is quoted on AMEX under
the ticker symbol “OOO.U”
“ Parent
Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3 hereof, whose price is quoted on AMEX under
the ticker symbol “OOO.WS.”
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.
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“ Permitted
Liens ” means (a) any liens for Taxes not yet due or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and for which an adequate reserve is made;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar Liens;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance, and other social security
legislation; and (d) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions
and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of
business which, in the aggregate, are not material in amount and
which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or interfere with the use thereof; and
(e) Liens reflected on the financial statements of such
Person.
“ Person ”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited
liability company, entity or Governmental Entity (whether federal,
state, county, city or otherwise and including, without limitation,
any instrumentality, division, agency or department
thereof).
“ Personal
Property ” means all tangible personal property owned or
used by the Company in the conduct of the Business, including,
without limitation, all furniture, computer hardware, equipment,
vehicles, and fixtures that are not affixed to real property,
wherever located.
“ Pre-Closing
Period ” means all taxable years or periods ending on or
before the Closing Date and, with respect to the Overlap Period,
the portion of such period ending on the Closing Date.
“ Preferred
Stock ” means the Parent’s Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share.
“ Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement ” means that certain preferred stock
purchase agreement among the Parent and the purchasers named
therein, dated as of June 2, 2008.
“ Prior
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Proceeding
” means any claim, action, arbitration, audit, lawsuit,
investigation, litigation or suit (whether civil, criminal or
administrative).
“ Pro Rata Basis
” means the allocation among the holders of Shares and Vested
Options pursuant to a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of Shares and shares of common stock represented by Vested
Options held by such Person and the denominator of which is the
number of Fully Diluted Shares.
“ Proprietary
Rights ” means: (a) all inventions (whether
patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice),
all improvements thereto and all foreign and domestic patents,
patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all
reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals,
revisions, extensions and reexaminations thereof; (b) all
foreign and domestic trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos
and trade names (including without limitation, all applications and
registrations therefor) and all goodwill associated therewith;
(c) all foreign and domestic copyrightable works, all foreign
and domestic copyrights and all foreign and domestic applications,
registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (d) all
trade secrets and confidential business information (including
customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information and
business and marketing plans and proposals); and (e) all
copies and tangible embodiments thereof in whatever form or
medium.
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“ Prospectus
” means the final prospectus of the Parent, dated
October 18, 2007, as filed under the Securities
Act.
“ Proxy
Statement ” means that certain proxy statement on
Schedule 14A, filed by Parent on February 12, 2008, as
amended.
“ Purchase Price
” means the amount equal to Two Hundred Million Dollars
($200,000,000) (a) plus the aggregate exercise price
payable upon exercise of all Vested Options, (b) plus
or minus the purchase price adjustments in
Section 2.10(a) hereto, (c) plus
(i) in the event that (A) the Closing Date is after
July 31, 2008, (B) the Company’s EBITDA for the
seven months ended July 31, 2008 exceeds $15,045,000, and
(C) the Company’s revenue for the seven months ended
July 31, 2008 exceeds $268,949,000, $5,000,000, plus
(ii) in the event that the Closing Date is after
August 15, 2008, $5,000,000, plus (iii) in the
event that (A) the Closing Date is after August 31, 2008,
(B) the Company’s EBITDA for the eight months ended
August 31, 2008 exceeds $17,499,000, and (C) the
Company’s revenues for the eight months ended August 31,
2008 exceeds $309,041,000, $20,000,000, and plus
(iv) in the event that (A) the Closing Date is after
September 30, 2008, (B) the Company’s EBITDA for
the nine months ended September 30, 2008 exceeds $20,619,000,
and (C) the Company’s revenue for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 exceeds $351,116,000, $10,000,000,
(d) plus an amount equal to 75% of the Company’s
Approved Capital Expenditures made during the period beginning
July 1, 2008 and ending on the Closing Date, (e)
minus Closing Indebtedness, (f) minus any
Company Transaction Fees, (g) minus the Working
Capital Holdback; provided that if the Parent is otherwise ready,
willing and able to file the third amendment to the Proxy Statement
after June 13, 2008 but the Parent is delayed in doing so and
the Company’s failure (whether or not within the
Company’s control) to deliver its financial statements
required to be disclosed therein is the sole cause of such delay,
the dates set forth in Sections (c)(i)(A) , (c)(ii) ,
(c)(iii)(A) and (c)(iv)(A) of this definition shall
be extended (x) one (1) Business Day for each Business
Day that the Company’s failure to deliver the unaudited
financial statements for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, which
shall be suitable for filing with the SEC, after June 13, 2008
is the sole cause of the delay in filing the third amendment to the
Proxy Statement, plus (y) three (3) Business
Days.
“ Redemption
Agreement ” means that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated May 13, 2008, by and among, Parent, Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc. and Robert W. Baird & Co.
“ Retained
Litigation ” means any Proceeding initiated by the
Stockholders’ Representative against Solectron or by
Solectron (whether or not actual litigation has been commenced by
either party) reasonably relating to working capital or
Solectron’s representations regarding financial statements
and/or indebtedness pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase
Agreement by and among Solectron Corporation, Stream International,
Inc., Stream New York, Inc., Stream International (Bermuda) Ltd.,
Solectron Global Services Italy S.R.L. and Call Center Holdings,
Inc., dated as of March 7, 2004, as amended.
“ Return ”
means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund,
information return or other document (including any related or
supporting schedule, statement or information) filed or required to
be filed in connection with the determination, assessment or
collection of any Tax.
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“ SEC ”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Settlement Amount
Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(c) .
“ Settlement
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(d) .
“ Severance
Payments ” means severance or termination payments
actually paid to any of the individuals set forth on Schedule
1.1(c) hereto in connection with the termination of
such individual’s employment with the Company within six
months after the Closing Date pursuant to agreements or
arrangements with such individual in effect on the
Closing Date.
“ Share ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c)
hereof.
“ Shortfall
Underage ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(b)(ii) .
“
Stockholders’ Representative ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a) hereof.
“ Stock Plans
” means any stock option or stock-based compensation plan of
Holdings.
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, association or other business entity of which
(a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of
shares of stock entitled (regardless of whether, at the time, stock
of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a
partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of
the partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at
the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person
or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof.
“ Surplus
Shortfall ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(b)(i) .
“ Survival
Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.1 hereof.
“ Surviving
Company ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(b) hereof.
“ Tax ”
means any foreign, federal, state or local income, gross receipts,
franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, add-on minimum, sales,
use, transfer, real property gains, registration, value added,
excise, natural resources, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
windfall profit, environmental, customs, duties, real property,
personal property, capital stock, social security, unemployment,
disability, payroll, license, employee or other withholding, or
other tax, of any kind whatsoever, including any interest,
penalties, fines or additions thereto or additional amounts in
respect of any of the foregoing.
“ Tender Offer
” means a tender offer by Parent to buy up to 20,625,001 of
the IPO Shares for $8.00 per share.
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“ Transaction Tax
Benefit ” means the Tax benefit actually realized by the
Company or the Parent for the taxable year in which the Closing
occurs that is attributable to the vesting or exercise in such
taxable year of any option or other compensatory instrument and the
expenses of the Company incurred in connection with the
consummation of the Merger set forth on Schedule 1.1
hereto. For purposes of this Agreement the parties hereto agree
that to the extent deductible in or prior to the taxable year such
amount is paid or incurred, the items set forth on Schedule
1.1 hereto shall be deemed to have occurred in the Pre-Closing
Period for purposes of (i) Section 12.6 of this
Agreement (for purposes of determining the amount of Pre-Closing
Taxes, if any) (ii) for purposes of determining whether
representations related to Taxes are true and correct, and
(iii) if paid or incurred prior to the Settlement Date, for
purposes of Closing Date Working Capital.
“ Trust Account
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16(a)
hereof.
“ Trust
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.16(a) hereof.
“ Trust Fund
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16(a)
hereof.
“ Trustee
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16(a)
hereof.
“ Trust Claims
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3
hereof.
“ Unaudited
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5(a) hereof.
“ Underwriter
Options ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3 hereof.
“ Vested Options
” means all in-the-money Options of Holdings which by their
terms are exercisable or become exercisable at the Effective
Time.
“ WARN ”
means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as
amended.
“ Warrant Purchase
Agreement ” means that certain warrant purchase
agreement, dated as of June 2, 2008, by and among the owners
of the Affiliate Warrants and the purchaser named
therein.
“ Working Capital
Holdback ” means an amount determined by the
Stockholders’ Representative, in its sole discretion, which
shall not be less than $2,000,000, no later than two
(2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date to pay amounts
payable to the Parent pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(i)
hereof, if any.
“ Working Capital
Shortfall ” means the amount by which the Company’s
Closing Date Working Capital is less than $54,000,000; provided
that there will be no adjustment if such amount is less than
$1,500,000.
“ Working Capital
Surplus ” means the amount by which the Company’s
Closing Date Working Capital exceeds $54,000,000; provided that
there will be no adjustment if such amount is less than
$1,500,000.
“ 2007 Financial
Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5(a) .
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ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
2.1 The Merger
.
(a) Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the
Merger Subsidiary and Holdings shall duly prepare, execute and
acknowledge a certificate of merger (the “ Certificate of
Merger ”) in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL
that shall be filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware at
such time and in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL. The
Merger shall become effective upon the filing of the Certificate of
Merger (or at such later time set forth in the Certificate of
Merger as shall be agreed to by the Merger Subsidiary and
Holdings). The date and time when the Merger shall become effective
is hereinafter referred to as the “ Effective Time
.”
(b) On the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance
with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, the Merger Subsidiary shall
be merged with and into Holdings, and the separate corporate
existence of the Merger Subsidiary shall cease, and Holdings shall
continue as the Surviving Company under the DGCL (the “
Surviving Company ”).
(c) From and after the
Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in
Section 259(a) of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the
properties, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises
of Holdings and the Merger Subsidiary shall vest in the Surviving
Company, and all debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of
Holdings and the Merger Subsidiary shall become debts, liabilities,
obligations and duties of the Surviving Company.
2.2 Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Company . At the Effective
Time and without any further action on the part of Holdings or the
Merger Subsidiary, the certificate of incorporation of the Merger
Subsidiary, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Company
as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in accordance with
applicable Law.
2.3 By-laws of the
Surviving Company . At the Effective Time and without any
further action on the part of Holdings or the Merger Subsidiary,
the by-laws of the Merger Subsidiary, as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall be the by-laws of the Surviving
Company as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in accordance
with applicable Law.
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2.4 Directors and
Officers . At the Effective Time, the directors of the
Merger Subsidiary immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
the directors of the Surviving Company, each of such directors to
hold office subject to the applicable provisions of the certificate
of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Company. At the
Effective Time, the officers of Holdings immediately prior to the
Effective Time and the Persons listed on Schedule 2.4 hereto
shall be officers of the Surviving Company, each of such officers
to hold office subject to the applicable provisions of the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving
Company.
2.5 Conversion
. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Merger Subsidiary and Holdings shall, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the respective holders thereof,
be converted or cancelled, as the case may be, as
follows:
(a) At the Effective Time,
each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Merger Subsidiary shall be converted into one share of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving
Company.
(b) Each share of Holdings
Common Stock owned by Holdings as treasury stock shall be cancelled
and retired and shall cease to exist at the Effective Time, and no
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Each share of Holdings
Common Stock (other than shares to be cancelled in accordance with
Section 2.5(b) hereof) (a “ Share ”)
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be converted at the Effective Time into (i) the right to
receive an amount of cash equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (A) the Purchase Price minus the Escrow
Cash by (B) the sum of (1) the number of Shares
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
plus (2) the number of shares of Holdings Common Stock
subject to Vested Options (the “ Fully Diluted Shares
”) and (ii) the contingent and deferred right to receive
(A) the portion of the Escrow Fund attributable to such Share
as provided in the Escrow Agreement and (B) the portion of the
proceeds received by the Company from the Retained Litigation and
the unpaid portion of the Working Capital Holdback set aside by the
Stockholders’ Representative pursuant to
Section 2.7(d) attributable to such Share, determined
on a Pro Rata Basis.
(d) Each Vested Option shall
be converted at the Effective Time into (i) the right to
receive, in respect of each share of Holdings Common Stock subject
to such Vested Option, an amount of cash, if any, equal to
(A) the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the
Purchase Price minus the Escrow Cash by (2) the
Fully Diluted Shares, minus (B) the exercise price
payable upon exercise in full of such Vested Option and
(ii) the contingent and deferred right to receive (A) the
portion of the Escrow Fund attributable to such Vested Option as
provided in the Escrow Agreement and (B) the portion of the
proceeds received by the Company from the Retained Litigation and
the unpaid portion of the Working Capital Holdback set aside by the
Stockholders’ Representative pursuant to
Section 2.7(d) attributable to such Vested Option,
determined on a Pro Rata Basis.
(e) Each Option of Holdings
that is not a Vested Option shall be cancelled at the Effective
Time.
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2.6 Stock Option and
Other Plans . Prior to the Effective Time, the board of
directors of Holdings shall terminate, as of the Effective Time,
the Stock Plans and any other plan, program or arrangement
providing for the issuance or grant of any other interest in
respect of the capital stock of the Company. At the Effective Time,
each Option shall no longer be exercisable for the purchase of
shares of capital stock of Holdings, but each Vested Option shall
entitle the holder thereof, in cancellation and settlement
therefor, to the consideration set forth in
Section 2.5(d) hereof.
2.7 Delivery of Funds;
Surrender of Certificates .
(a) On the Closing Date, the
Parent, upon surrender by each stockholder of Holdings of the
certificate(s), if any, (each, a “ Certificate
”) that, or a lost certificate affidavit, immediately prior
to the Effective Time, representing the Shares held by such
stockholder and a letter of transmittal provided by the Company and
reasonably acceptable to the Parent, shall, contemporaneously with
the filing of the Certificate of Merger, wire transfer (or by check
for amounts below $25,000 or if such stockholder shall not have
provided wire transfer instructions) in immediately available funds
to each such stockholder in exchange therefor upon the Closing the
cash amount due such stockholder in accordance with
Section 2.5(c)(i) hereof. Each stockholder of Holdings
shall designate a bank account to the Parent to receive such funds
not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing
Date. In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
holder of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate and an
agreement to indemnify the Parent and its Affiliates in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Parent, the Parent shall pay the
amount to which such stockholder is otherwise entitled pursuant to
this Section 2.7(a) . No interest shall be payable on
any cash deliverable upon the exchange of any Holdings Common Stock
or Vested Options.
(b) On the Closing Date,
subject to Section 2.14 hereof, the Parent, upon
surrender by each Optionholder to Holdings of the Option agreement
that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented the
Options held by such Optionholder, shall, contemporaneously with
the filing of the Certificate of Merger, pay by wire transfer (or
by check for amounts below $25,000 or if such Optionholder shall
not have provided wire transfer instructions) to each Optionholder
in exchange therefor an amount in immediately available funds equal
to the cash amount due such Optionholder in accordance with
Section 2.5(d) hereof by wire transfer to an account
designated in writing to the Parent by such Optionholder not later
than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing
Date.
(c) On the Closing Date, the
Parent shall deliver to, and each of the stockholders of Holdings
and Optionholders shall be deemed to have received and deposited
with, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent
(the “ Escrow Agent ”) pursuant to the escrow
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.7(c) hereto
(the “ Escrow Agreement ”) the Escrow Cash
(together with interest and other income thereon, the “
Escrow Fund ”). The Escrow Fund shall be held during
the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the later
of (i) the date that the Parent’s Independent auditor
issues its opinion on the Parent’s financial statements for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008; or (ii) the
date which is twelve (12) months from the Closing Date, but in
any event not later than July 27, 2009. The Escrow Fund shall
be disbursed solely for the purposes, and in accordance with the
terms, of the Escrow Agreement. Following the termination of the
Escrow Agreement pursuant to its terms, any undisbursed
portion
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of the Escrow Fund shall be paid to the
stockholders and Optionholders of Holdings pro rata based
upon the number of Shares and shares of Holdings Common Stock
subject to Vested Options held by a Person relative to the number
of Fully Diluted Shares.
(d) On the Closing Date, the
Parent shall pay to the Stockholders’ Representative the
Working Capital Holdback by wire transfer in immediately available
funds. The Stockholders’ Representative shall hold the
Working Capital Holdback and shall pay to the Parent in accordance
with Section 2.10 hereof any amount that may become
payable to the Parent pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(i)
hereof. On or prior to the fifth (5th) day after the
Settlement Date, the Stockholders’ Representative shall pay
to the holders of Shares on a Pro Rata Basis the amount of the
Working Capital Holdback not paid to the Parent pursuant to
Section 2.10(b)(i) hereof and shall remit to the Parent
the gross amount payable to the Optionholders, of which the Parent
shall pay to each Optionholder its portion thereof, net of
applicable Tax withholding.
(e) On the Closing Date the
Parent shall use the Company Transaction Fees to pay the underlying
obligations to the Persons who are owed in connection
therewith.
2.8 No Further Rights
of Transfer . At and after the Effective Time, each
stockholder of Holdings shall cease to have any rights as a
stockholder of Holdings, except as otherwise required by applicable
Law and except for the right of each stockholder of Holdings to
surrender his or her Certificate or lost Certificate affidavit in
exchange for payment of the applicable amount pursuant to
Section 2.7(a) hereof, and no transfer of Shares shall
be made on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Company. At
the Effective Time, the stock ledger of Holdings with respect to
the Shares shall be closed.
2.9 Stockholders’
Representative .
(a) By approving this
Agreement, the stockholders and Optionholders of Holdings hereby
appoint H.I.G. Call Center II, Inc., a Cayman Island company, and
its permitted successors, as the agent for and on behalf of the
stockholders of Holdings (the “ Stockholders’
Representative ”) to give and receive notices and
communications, to authorize delivery to the Parent of Escrow Cash
from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of indemnification claims by
the Parent, to withhold the Working Capital Holdback and settle and
pay the Purchase Price adjustments in Section 2.10 , to
object to such deliveries, negotiate, enter into settlements and
compromises of, and comply with Orders of courts with respect to
such claims (including third party claims), and to take all actions
necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders’
Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. Such agency
may be changed from time to time upon not less than ten
(10) days’ prior written notice, executed by the
Stockholders’ Representative to the Parent. No bond shall be
required of the Stockholders’ Representative, and the
Stockholders’ Representative shall receive no compensation
for its services. Notices or communications to or from the
Stockholders’ Representative shall constitute notice to or
from the Company and each of the stockholders and Optionholders of
Holdings.
(b) The Stockholders’
Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted
hereunder as Stockholders’ Representative while acting in
good faith and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of
counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The
stockholders and Optionholders of Holdings shall severally
indemnify the Stockholders’ Representative and hold it, its
officers, directors, employees and agents harmless against
any
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Losses, Liability, or expense incurred
without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Stockholders’ Representative and arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties
hereunder.
(c) A decision, act, consent
or instruction of the Stockholders’ Representative shall
constitute a decision of all the stockholders and Optionholders of
Holdings for whom Escrow Cash is otherwise payable to them is
deposited in escrow and shall be final, binding, and conclusive
upon each such stockholder and Optionholder, and the Parent may
rely upon any decision, act, consent, or instruction of the
Stockholders’ Representative as being the decision, act,
consent or instruction of each and every such stockholder and
Optionholder. The Stockholders’ Representative shall have the
right to consent to the use of the Escrow Fund to settle any claims
made hereunder.
(d) H.I.G. Call Center II,
Inc. may resign as the Stockholders’ Representative and
appoint a successor Stockholders’ Representative in its sole
discretion at any time by giving five days’ prior written
notice of such resignation to the Parent, which notice shall
include the name of the successor Stockholders’
Representative. Such successor Stockholders’ Representative
shall become the Stockholders’ Representative and H.I.G. Call
Center II, Inc. shall be discharged from its duties hereunder upon
the resignation date specified in such notice.
2.10 Purchase Price
Adjustment .
(a) Pre-Closing
Adjustments . At least three (3) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date, the chief financial officer of the Company shall
prepare and deliver to the Parent an estimated balance sheet and an
estimated calculation of the Closing Date Working Capital for the
Company as of the Closing Date, prepared in accordance with GAAP
utilizing the same GAAP methodology and assumptions as was used in
preparing the Financial Statements (the “ Estimated
Closing Date Balance Sheet ”). If the Estimated Closing
Date Balance Sheet shows a Working Capital Shortfall, the Purchase
Price shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of such Working
Capital Shortfall. If the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet
shows a Working Capital Surplus, the Purchase Price shall be
increased by the aggregate amount of such Working Capital
Surplus.
(b) Post-Closing
Adjustments . Within sixty (60) days following the Closing
Date, the Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to prepare and
deliver to the Stockholders’ Representative an unaudited
balance sheet for the Company (the “ Closing Date Balance
Sheet ”) and a calculation of the Closing Date Working
Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date, which
shall be prepared by the Surviving Company in accordance with GAAP
utilizing the same GAAP methodology and assumptions as was used in
preparing the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet (to the extent
consistent with those used in preparing the Financial Statements).
The Parent shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Surviving Company’s accountants to, provide the
Stockholders’ Representative with reasonable access to all
books, records, work papers and other documents and data as was
used to prepare the Closing Date Balance Sheet. The
Stockholders’ Representative shall have the right to dispute
the Closing Date Balance Sheet (and any items therein) and the
Closing Date Working Capital calculations and make any proposed
adjustments thereto as provided in Section 2.10(c)
hereof.
(i) If it is determined
(A) there is a Working Capital Surplus based on the Closing
Date Balance Sheet less than the estimated Working Capital Surplus
calculated
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under
Section 2.10(a) (the “ Surplus Shortfall
”), or (B) there is a Working Capital Shortfall based on
the Closing Date Balance Sheet, either (I) in excess of the
estimated Working Capital Shortfall calculated under
Section 2.10(a) or (II) if there was an estimated
Working Capital Surplus calculated under
Section 2.10(a) , the Stockholders’
Representative shall pay to the Surviving Company on the Settlement
Date from the Working Capital Holdback either (1) the Surplus
Shortfall, (2) in the case of
Section 2.10(b)(i)(B)(I) , the excess Working Capital
Shortfall, or (3) in the case of
Section 2.10(b)(i)(B)(II), the Working Capital Shortfall
plus any estimated Working Capital Surplus added to the
Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.10(a)
hereof.
(ii) If it is determined
(A) there is a Working Capital Shortfall based on the Closing
Date Balance Sheet less than the estimated Working Capital
Shortfall calculated under Section 2.10(a) (the “
Shortfall Underage ”), or (B) there is a Working
Capital Surplus based on the Closing Date Balance Sheet either
(I) in excess of the estimated Working Capital Surplus
calculated under Section 2.10(a) or (II) if there was
an estimated Working Capital Shortfall calculated under
Section 2.10(a) , the Parent shall pay to the
Stockholders’ Representative (to be distributed to
Holdings’ stockholders and the Optionholders immediately
prior to the Effective Time on a Pro Rata Basis) either
(1) the Shortfall Underage, (2) in the case of
Section 2.10(b)(ii)(B)(I) , the excess Working Capital
Surplus, or (3) in the case of
Section 2.10(b)(ii)(B)(II) , the Working Capital
Surplus plus any estimated Working Capital Shortfall
deducted from the Purchase Price pursuant to
Section 2.10(a) hereof.
(iii) In the event any amount
due to a party under this Section 2.10 is not paid on
the Settlement Date, the payor shall pay interest on such amounts
at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, which shall accrue
from the Closing Date to the date of actual payment.
All amounts paid by the
Stockholders’ Representative to the stockholders and
Optionholders of Holdings pursuant to this
Section 2.10(b) shall be paid on a Pro Rata
Basis.
(c) Dispute Resolution
Procedures . The Stockholders’ Representative shall have
until thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Closing Date
Working Capital calculation, to review such calculation and propose
any adjustments thereto. All adjustments proposed by the
Stockholders’ Representative shall be set out in detail in a
written statement delivered to the Parent (the “
Adjustment Statement ”) and shall be incorporated into
the Closing Date Balance Sheet, unless the Parent shall object in
writing to such proposed adjustments (the proposed adjustment or
adjustments to which the Parent objects are referred to herein as
the “ Contested Adjustments ” and the
Parent’s objection notice is referred to herein as the
“ Contested Adjustment Notice ”) within ten
(10) days of delivery by the Stockholders’
Representative to the Parent of the Adjustment Statement. If the
Parent delivers a Contested Adjustment Notice to the
Stockholders’ Representative, the Parent and the
Stockholders’ Representative shall attempt in good faith to
resolve their dispute regarding the Contested Adjustments, but if a
final resolution thereof is not obtained within ten
(10) business days after the Parent delivers to the
Stockholders’ Representative such Contested Adjustment
Notice, either the Parent or the Stockholders’ Representative
may retain for the benefit of all the parties hereto
Deloitte & Touche LLP, or if unable or unwilling to serve,
another nationally recognized Independent accounting firm
acceptable to both the Stockholders’ Representative and the
Parent (the “ Independent
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Accountant ”) to resolve
any remaining disputes concerning the Contested Adjustments. If the
Independent Accountant is retained, then the Stockholders’
Representative and the Parent shall each submit to the Independent
Accountant in writing not later than fifteen (15) days after
the Independent Accountant is retained their respective positions
with respect to the Contested Adjustments, together with such
supporting documentation as they deem necessary or as the
Independent Accountant requests. The Independent Accountant shall
not review or take into account any information that is not
submitted within the fifteen (15) day deadline and shall only
make a determination as to the Contested Adjustments and not other
items on the Closing Date Balance Sheet. The Independent
Accountant’s determination of the Contested Adjustments shall
not be higher than the highest amounts or lower than the lowest
amounts proposed by the Parent and the Stockholders’
Representative. The Independent Accountant shall, within thirty
(30) days after receiving the positions of both the
Stockholders’ Representative and the Parent and all
supplementary supporting documentation requested by the Independent
Accountant, but no later than sixty (60) days after being
retained, render its decision as to the Contested Adjustments,
which decision shall be final and binding on, and nonappealable by,
the Stockholders’ Representative and the Parent. The fees and
expenses of the Independent Accountant shall be paid by the party
whose estimate of the Contested Adjustments is furthest from the
Independent Accountant’s calculation of the Contested
Adjustments. The decision of the Independent Accountant shall also
include a certificate of the Independent Accountant setting forth
the final Closing Date Working Capital calculation (the “
Settlement Amount Certificate ”). The Closing Date
Balance Sheet shall be deemed to include all proposed adjustments
not disputed by the Parent and those adjustments accepted or made
by the decision of the Independent Accountant in resolving the
Contested Adjustments.
(d) Settlement . There
shall be a “ Settlement Date ” after the
calculation of the Closing Date Working Capital which shall mean
the following, as applicable:
(i) If the
Stockholders’ Representative accepts the Closing Date Working
Capital calculation, three (3) Business Days after the
Stockholders’ Representative notifies the Parent.
(ii) If the
Stockholders’ Representative has not timely delivered an
Adjustment Statement to the Parent, thirty five (35) days
after the date the Stockholders’ Representative receives the
Closing Date Working Capital calculation;
(iii) If the
Stockholders’ Representative has timely delivered an
Adjustment Statement and the Parent has not timely delivered a
Contested Adjustment Notice, fifteen (15) days after the date
the Parent receives the Adjustment Statement;
(iv) If the
Stockholders’ Representative and the Parent have any disputes
regarding Contested Adjustments and they resolve those disputes in
writing, three (3) Business Days after such
resolution;
(v) Three (3) Business
Days after the Independent Accountant delivers the Settlement
Amount Certificate, if applicable; or
(vi) Such other date as shall
be agreed between the Stockholders’ Representative and the
Parent.
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If the Surviving Company is owed any
amount pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(i) and such amount
exceeds the amount paid by the Stockholders’ Representative
to the Surviving Company from the Working Capital Holdback, the
Parent shall have the right to collect such amount from the Escrow
Fund.
2.11 Closing .
Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been abandoned pursuant
to Article X , and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of
all of the conditions set forth in Article III , the closing
of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall take place
at 10:00 A.M. at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, as soon as
practicable, but in any event, within three (3) Business Days
after the last of the conditions set forth in Article III is
satisfied or waived, other than those conditions that by their
nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the
fulfillment or waiver of those conditions, or at such other date,
time or place as the parties hereto shall agree in writing. Such
date is herein referred to as the “ Closing Date
.”
2.12 Further
Assurances . At and after the Effective Time, the officers
of the Surviving Company shall be authorized to execute and
deliver, in the name and on behalf of Holdings or the Merger
Subsidiary, any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances and
to take and do, in the name and on behalf of Holdings or the Merger
Subsidiary, any other actions and things to vest, perfect or
confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Company any and all
right, title and interest in, to and under any of the rights,
properties or assets acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving
Company as a result of, or in connection with, the
Merger.
2.13 No
Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, none of the Parent, the Surviving Company or any
other party hereto shall be liable for any amount properly paid to
a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate shall not have been
surrendered prior to five years after the Effective Time (or
immediately prior to such earlier date on which any Merger
consideration payable to the holder of such Certificate pursuant to
this Article II would otherwise escheat to or become the property
of any Governmental Entity), any such Merger consideration shall,
to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of
the Surviving Company, free and clear of all claims or interest of
any Person previously entitled thereto.
2.14 Withholding
Rights; Deductions from Consideration . Each of the
Surviving Company and the Parent shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold any Taxes it is required to deduct and withhold under the
Code or any provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Law from
(i) any payment to any employee of the Company under this
Agreement or any other related agreement or with respect to the
exercise or settlement of any Options, or (ii) payment to any
other Person with respect to the Merger. To the extent that amounts
are so withheld or deducted by the Surviving Company or the Parent,
as the case may be, such withheld amounts (to the extent paid over
to the proper taxing authority) shall be treated for all purposes
of this Agreement as having been paid to such Person in respect of
which such deduction and withholding were made by the Surviving
Company or the Parent, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
3.1 Conditions to Each
Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger . The
respective obligations of each of the Parent, the Merger Subsidiary
and the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or waiver on or prior to
the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) No Injunctions or
Restraints, Illegality . (i) No Governmental Agency or
federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Order
(whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is
in effect and which prevents or prohibits the consummation of the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in this
Agreement and (ii) no Governmental Agency shall have
instituted any Proceeding (which remains pending at what would
otherwise be the Closing Date) before any United States court or
other Governmental Agency of competent jurisdiction seeking to
enjoin, restrain or otherwise prohibit consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) Parent Stockholder
Approval . The Parent shall have obtained from its stockholders
in accordance with the DGCL, and the holders of a majority of the
IPO Shares, approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the
transactions contemplated hereby; and the holders of 30% or more of
the IPO Shares shall not have voted against the Merger and
exercised their conversion rights under the Parent Charter to
convert their shares of the Parent Common Stock into a Conversion
Payment from the Trust Fund;
(c) HSR Act. All applicable
waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired without
qualification from the Federal Trade Commission or Department of
Justice.
Any condition specified in this
Section 3.1 may be waived by the Company or the Parent,
as applicable; provided , however , that no such
waiver will be effective unless it is set forth in a writing
executed by the party waiving the condition.
3.2 Additional
Conditions to the Obligations of the Company . The
obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of
the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Representations and
Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and
warranties of the Parent and the Merger Subsidiary, as amended or
supplemented pursuant to Section 8.12 , (A) that
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be
true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date (except
that those representations and warranties that are made as of a
specific date shall be true and correct as of such date), and
(B) that are not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse
Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties that
are made as of a specific date shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such date) and (ii) the Parent shall
not have experienced a Material Adverse Effect that has not been
waived by the Company pursuant to Section 8.12
;
(b) Performance of
Obligations of the Parent and the Merger Subsidiary . The
Parent and the Merger Subsidiary shall have each performed in all
material respects all of the covenants and agreements required to
be performed by them under this Agreement prior to the
Closing;
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(c) Deliverables
.
(i) Purchase Price .
The Parent shall have delivered the Purchase Price, other than the
Escrow Cash, to the stockholders of Holdings and the Optionholders,
subject to the Parent’s right to withhold a portion of the
Purchase Price from a holder of Shares or Optionholder pursuant to
Sections 2.7 and 2.14 hereof.
(ii) Escrow . The
Parent shall have executed the Escrow Agreement and deposited with
the Escrow Agent the Escrow Cash.
(iii) Officers’
Certificates . The Parent shall have delivered to the Company a
certificate from an officer of the Parent in substantially the form
of Exhibit 3.2(c)(iii) hereto, dated as of the Closing
Date, stating that the applicable preconditions specified in
Section 3.2(a) and (b) hereof have been
satisfied;
(iv) Secretary’s
Certificates. The Company shall have received a duly executed
certificate from the Secretary of each of the Parent and the Merger
Subsidiary substantially in the form of
Exhibit 3.2(c)(iv) hereto;
(v) Required Consents.
The Parent shall have delivered copies of all consents, approvals,
releases from and filings with, Governmental Agencies and third
parties set forth on Schedule 6.4 hereto;
and
(d) Form of
Deliverables . The form and substance of all certificates,
instruments, opinions or other documents delivered by or on behalf
of the Parent or the Merger Subsidiary to the Company or the
Stockholders’ Representative under this Agreement shall be
satisfactory in all reasonable respects to the Stockholders’
Representative, the Company, and their counsel.
Any condition specified in this
Section 3.2 may be waived by the Company;
provided , however , that no such waiver will be
effective unless it is set forth in a writing executed by the
Company.
3.3 Additional
Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and the Merger
Subsidiary . The obligations of the Parent and the Merger
Subsidiary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Representations and
Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and
warranties of the Company, as amended or supplemented pursuant to
Section 8.12 , (A) that are qualified by
materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in
all respects as of the Closing Date (except that those
representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date
shall be true and correct as of such date), and (B) that are
not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect are true
and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as
though then made (except that those representations and warranties
that are made as of a specific date shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of such date); and (ii) the Company
shall not have experienced a Material Adverse Effect that has not
been waived by the Parent pursuant to Section 8.12
;
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(b) Performance of
Obligations of the Company . The Company shall have performed
in all material respects all of the covenants and agreements
required to be performed by it under this Agreement prior to the
Closing;
(c) Deliverables
.
(i) Officer’s
Certificate . The Company shall have delivered to the Parent a
certificate from an officer of the Company in substantially the
form of Exhibit 3.3(c)(i) hereto, dated as of the
Closing Date, stating that the applicable preconditions specified
in Section 3.3(a) and (b) hereof have been
satisfied;
(ii) Secretary’s
Certificate . The Parent shall have received a duly executed
certificate from the Secretary of the Company substantially in the
form of Exhibit 3.3(c)(ii) hereto, which shall include
the amount of the Company’s capital expenditures for the
period beginning July 1, 2008 and ending on the Closing
Date;
(iii) Required
Consents . The Company shall have delivered to the Parent
copies of all consents, approvals and releases from, and filings
with, Governmental Agencies and third parties set forth on
Schedule 5.4 hereto;
(iv) Escrow . The
Stockholders Representative and the Company shall have executed and
delivered to the Parent the Escrow Agreement;
(v) Closing Fee
Statement . The Company shall have delivered to the Parent the
Closing Fee Statement;
(vi) Resignations .
The Company shall have delivered to the Parent the resignations of
all directors of the Company and such directors of its Subsidiaries
as Parent designates in writing at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the Closing Date, effective as of the Effective Time;
and
(vii) FIRPTA. The
Company shall have delivered to the Parent a notice that the shares
of Holdings Common Stock are not “U.S. real property
interests” in accordance with Treasury Regulations under
Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code, together with evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Parent that the Company had provided
notice to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1.897-2(h)(2) of the Treasury
Regulations. If the Parent does not receive the notice described
above prior to the Closing Date this condition shall be deemed to
be satisfied, but each of the Surviving Company and the Parent
shall be permitted to withhold from the payments to be made
pursuant to this Agreement any required withholding Tax under
Section 1445 of the Code.
(d) Form of
Deliverables . The form and substance of all certificates,
instruments, opinions or other documents delivered by or on behalf
of the Stockholders’ Representative or the Company to the
Parent under this Agreement shall be satisfactory in all reasonable
respects to the Parent and its counsel.
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Any condition specified in this
Section 3.3 may be waived by the Parent;
provided , however , that no such waiver shall be
effective unless it is set forth in a writing executed by the
Parent.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS RELATING TO
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
4.1 Conduct of Business
of the Company Pending the Merger . The Company covenants
and agrees that, during the period from the date of the Prior
Agreement to the Effective Time and except as otherwise agreed to
in writing by the Parent or as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, the business of the Company shall be conducted only in,
and the Company shall not take any action except in, the ordinary
course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice
and in compliance with applicable Laws; and the Company shall pay
its debts and Taxes when due or properly accrue therefor, shall pay
or perform other material obligations when due and, except as
expressly contemplated by this Agreement, shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts in a manner consistent with past
practice to (i) preserve intact the business organization of
the Company, (ii) keep available the services of its present
officers and key employees, and (iii) preserve its
relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors,
licensees and others having business dealings with it, all with the
goal of preserving unimpaired its goodwill and ongoing businesses
at the Effective Time. By way of amplification and not limitation,
without the prior written consent of the Parent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Company shall not, between
the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, except as set
forth on Schedule 4.1 hereto, directly or indirectly do, or
commit to do, any of the following:
(a) Amend its certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or equivalent organizational
documents;
(b) Except for the issuance
of Holdings Common Stock upon the exercise of Options outstanding
on the date of the Prior Agreement, issue, deliver, sell, pledge,
dispose of or encumber, or authorize or commit to the issuance,
sale, pledge, disposition or encumbrance of, any shares of capital
stock of any class, or any Options, of the Company;
(c) Declare, set aside, make
or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock,
property or otherwise, other than a cash dividend with respect to
Holdings Common Stock that would not result in Closing Date Working
Capital that is less than $54,000,000 and provided that any such
dividend is net of any Tax payable in respect of repatriating cash
to pay such dividend;
(d) Materially amend the
terms of any material Company Plan to make the terms of such plan
more favorable to its participants or to increase any material
benefit under such plan;
(e) Acquire (by merger,
consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) or execute a
letter of intent to acquire, or allow to become
“probable” as determined pursuant to SEC Regulation
S-X, any acquisition of, any corporation, partnership or other
business organization or division or line of business; provided
that the Parent shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to the
Company’s acquisition of any single site call center if such
call center or acquisition (singly or
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in combination with other acquisitions)
would not require additional financial statements pursuant to SEC
Regulation S-X; provided further that the Parent shall be deemed to
have consented to such acquisition if the Parent does not provide
the Company written notice of its objection thereto within ten
(10) days of the Company providing written notice to the
Parent of its intent to acquire such site;
(f) Transfer, sell, lease,
mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or subject to any Lien any of its
Assets, including the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, except the
granting of Permitted Liens, the sale of equipment and property no
longer used in the operation of the Company’s business and in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(g) Except as may be required
as a result of a change in Law or in generally accepted accounting
or actuarial principles or as required by the SEC, make any adverse
change to the accounting practices or principles or reserving
practices or principles used by it;
(h) Adopt a plan of complete
or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company;
(i) Fail to use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect the
existing insurance policies covering the Company or its properties,
Assets and businesses or comparable replacement
policies;
(j) Make any material new
election or change any material election with respect to Taxes or
settle or compromise any material federal, state, local or foreign
Tax liability;
(k) Reclassify, combine,
split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly
or indirectly, any of the Holdings Common Stock or its Options or
other equity securities;
(l) (i) Assume, guarantee or
endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for,
the obligations of any Person, other than any Subsidiary of the
Company, or (ii) make any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any Person other than
Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(m) Except to the extent
required under this Agreement or pursuant to applicable Law,
increase the salary, compensation or fringe benefits of any of its
directors, officers or employees, except for increases in salary or
wages of officers and employees of the Company in the ordinary
course of business in accordance with past practice or their
employment agreements in effect as of the date of the Prior
Agreement, or grant any severance or termination pay not currently
required to be paid under severance plans in effect as of the date
of the Prior Agreement or enter into, or amend, any employment,
consulting or severance agreement or arrangement with any present
or former director, officer or other employee of the Company, or
establish, adopt, enter into or amend or terminate any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock
option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred
compensation, employment, termination, welfare, severance or other
plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit
of any directors, officers or employees, except for any plan
amendments to comply with Section 409A of the Code (provided
that any such amendments shall not materially increase the cost of
such plan to the Company), or hire any new employee at a rate of
compensation that would exceed $250,000 in any year;
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(n) Grant any license with
respect to Proprietary Rights other than non-exclusive licenses
granted in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Take any action or omit
to take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause any
material Proprietary Rights used or held for use in its business to
become invalidated, abandoned or dedicated to the public
domain;
(p) Enter into any
transaction with, or enter into any agreement, arrangement, or
understanding with any of the Company’s Affiliates that would
result in a Liability or obligation to the Surviving Company after
the Closing;
(q) Close any facility or
office; provided that the Parent shall not unreasonably withhold
its consent to such action; provided further that the Parent shall
be deemed to have consented to such action if the Parent does not
provide the Company written notice of its objection thereto within
ten (10) days of the Company providing written notice to the
Parent of its intent to take such action;
(r) Create, incur or assume,
any Indebtedness (other than under current credit facilities as in
effect on the date hereof and under capital leases in the ordinary
course of business) that would not be terminable at or prior to the
Effective Time;
(s) Reduce the amount of
Indebtedness available under that certain Third Amended and
Restated Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May
2006, as amended through the date hereof (excluding the effect of
the elimination of the HIG guaranty);
(t) Commence any lawsuit,
claim or proceeding (other than the Retained Litigation) with an
amount in controversy in excess of $1,000,000;
(u) Increase compensation to
any employee earning an annual salary in excess of $175,000 (other
than increases in the ordinary course of business that are less
than 5% of such employee’s annual salary);
(v) Commit or make capital
expenditures that would be due and payable after the Closing Date
that are more than $500,000 per fiscal quarter in excess of the
Company’s budgeted amounts for such quarter as set forth in
the Budget;
(w) Commit to provide or make
India Earnout Payments, in the aggregate, in excess of the amount
set forth in Item 6 of Schedule 4.1 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule; or
(x) Take, or offer or propose
to take, or agree to take in writing or otherwise, any of the
actions described in Sections 4.1(a) through 4.1(w)
hereof or any action which would result in any of the conditions
set forth in Article III not being satisfied or would
materially delay the Closing.
4.2 Conduct of Business
of the Parent Pending the Merger . The Parent covenants and
agrees that, during the period from the date of the Prior Agreement
to the Effective Time and except as otherwise agreed to in writing
by the Company or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the
Parent shall not except as set forth on Schedule 4.2 hereto,
directly or indirectly:
(a) Amend the Parent Charter,
by-laws or equivalent organizational documents (except to authorize
additional shares of Common Stock at the Closing, provide for the
perpetual existence of the Parent and change the name of the
Parent);
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(b) Except for the issuance
of Options under any of its stock option plans or Parent Common
Stock upon the exercise of Options, issue, deliver, sell, pledge,
dispose of or encumber, or authorize or commit to the issuance,
sale, pledge, disposition or encumbrance of, any shares of capital
stock of any class, or any Options, of the Parent, except as
contemplated by the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement;
(c) Except for Conversion
Payments to stockholders properly perfecting their rights to
receive Conversion Payments and less than 30% of the IPO Shares,
declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution,
payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any
of its capital stock;
(d) Acquire (by merger,
consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets), or submit or
execute a letter of intent to acquire, or allow to become
“probable” as determined pursuant to SEC Regulation
S-X, any acquisition of, any corporation, partnership or other
business organization or division or line of business;
(e) Modify its current
investment policies or investment practices in any material respect
except to accommodate changes in applicable Law or consummate the
Merger;
(f) Transfer, sell, lease,
mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or subject to any Lien (except
Permitted Liens) any of its assets other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(g) Adopt a plan of complete
or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization of the Parent or Merger
Subsidiary;
(h) Reclassify, combine,
split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly
or indirectly, any of its capital stock, or Options, except that
Parent may commence a tender offer in accordance with
Rule 13e-4 of the Exchange Act to purchase from its
stockholders up to 20,625,001 outstanding shares of Parent Common
Stock;
(i) Assume, guarantee or
endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for,
the obligations of any Person, or make any loans, advances or
capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person,
other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(j) Enter into any
transaction with, or enter into any agreement, arrangement, or
understanding with any of the Parent’s Affiliates;
or
(k) Take, or offer or propose
to take, or agree to take in writing or otherwise, any of the
actions described in Sections 4.2 (a) through 4.2
(j) hereof or any action which would result in any of the
conditions set forth in Article III not being satisfied or
would materially delay the Closing.
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4.3 Operational
Matters . From the date of the Prior Agreement until the
Effective Time, at the reasonable request of the Parent, senior
management of the Company shall (a) confer on a periodic basis
with the Parent, (b) report monthly to the Parent on
operational matters and (c) provide the Parent and its
accountants, legal counsel, and other representatives copies of
internal monthly financial statements prepared by the Company
within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month.
The Company shall file or furnish all reports, communications,
announcements, publications and other documents required to be
filed or furnished by it with all Governmental Agencies between the
date of the Prior Agreement and the Effective Time. In addition to
the foregoing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to provide to the Parent the 2007 Financial Statements
prior to March 31, 2008 and the Company’s unaudited
financial statements as reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP for
the first quarter of fiscal 2008 prior to June 13, 2008, or as
soon as possible thereafter in the event that such financial
statements are not delivered by June 13, 2008, and shall
promptly provide to the Parent such other information as reasonably
required by the Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement;
provided, that if the Company has used its commercially reasonable
efforts to provide the 2007 Financial Statements or the unaudited
financial statements for fiscal 2008, the Company’s failure
to meet such deadline shall only result in the deferral of the
dates set forth in the definition of “Purchase Price,”
the August 9, 2008 date set forth in
Section 10.1(c)(ii) and the October 1, 2008 date
set forth in Section 10.1(d) . The Company shall (to
the extent any report, communication, announcement, publication or
other document contains any statement relating to this Agreement or
the Merger, and to the extent permitted by Law) consult with the
Parent for a reasonable time before filing or furnishing any such
report, communication, announcement, publication or other document
and mutually agree upon any such statement and deliver to the
Parent copies of all such reports, communications, announcements,
publications and other documents promptly after the same are filed
or furnished. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give the
Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the
operations of the Company prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the
Effective Time, each of the Company and the Parent shall exercise,
consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
complete control and supervision over its respective businesses and
operations.
4.4 Affiliate
Contracts . Holdings shall terminate all Contracts between
Holdings on the one hand, and the stockholders of Holdings and
their Affiliates on the other hand, on or prior to the Closing
Date, with no further liability or obligation to the Company other
than amounts paid as Company Transaction Fees.
4.5 Preservation of
Records; Audit Assistance . Until the earlier of a period
of seven (7) years after the Closing Date or such other period
required by applicable Law, the Surviving Company shall preserve
and retain, all corporate, accounting, legal, auditing, Tax, human
resources and other books and records of the Company (including any
documents relating to any governmental or non-governmental
Proceedings) (collectively the “ Company Records
”) relating to the conduct of the business and operations of
the Company prior to the Closing Date and shall promptly make all
such books and records available to the Stockholders’
Representative upon reasonable request. During such period, none of
the Parent nor the Surviving Company shall destroy or dispose of or
allow the destruction or disposition of any Company Records,
without first having offered in writing to deliver such Company
Records to the Stockholders’ Representative. The Parent and
the Surviving Company (and their Affiliates) shall be entitled to
dispose of the Company Records if the Stockholders’
Representative shall fail to request copies of such Company Records
within ninety (90) days after receipt of the notice described
in the preceding sentence.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents
and warrants to the Parent and the Merger Subsidiary that the
statements contained in this Article V are true and correct
as of the date of the Prior Agreement except as set forth in the
disclosure schedules delivered by the Company to the Parent and the
Merger Subsidiary (the “ Company Disclosure Schedules
”). The Company Disclosure Schedules were initially as of the
date of the Prior Agreement, except where any schedule specifically
purports to be as of a different date in which case such schedule
shall be as of the date on the schedule. The Company Disclosure
Schedules may be updated pursuant to Section 8.12
hereof, and shall be updated as of the Closing Date. The Company
Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged and cross-referenced to
specific sections in this Article V and shall provide
exceptions to, or otherwise qualify in reasonable detail, only the
specific corresponding section in this Article V , unless
otherwise reasonably apparent that it applies to other
sections.
5.1 Organization and
Power; Investments . Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
is a corporation or company duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
organization. Holdings and its Subsidiaries are each qualified to
do business as foreign entities and are in good standing in the
jurisdictions listed on Schedule 5.1(a) hereto, which
jurisdictions constitute all of the jurisdictions in which the
ownership of properties or the conduct of the Business requires
Holdings or its Subsidiaries to be so qualified except where the
failure to be qualified would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Holdings and its Subsidiaries have all requisite corporate
power and authority to own their assets and carry on their business
as now conducted. Holdings has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
agreements contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The certificate of incorporation and
by-laws or other constituent documents, as applicable, of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries, which have previously been furnished to the
Parent, reflect all amendments thereto and are correct and complete
in all respects. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(b)
hereto, Holdings has no Subsidiaries and neither Holdings nor its
Subsidiaries own or control (directly or indirectly) any
partnership interest, joint venture interest, equity participation
or other security or interest in any Person.
5.2
Authorization . The execution, delivery and
performance by Holdings of this Agreement, the other agreements
contemplated hereby and each of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby have been duly and validly authorized by Holdings
and no other act or proceeding on the part of Holdings, its boards
of directors or stockholders (other than Holdings’
stockholders approval to be delivered on the date hereof) is
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance by
Holdings of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated
hereby or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Holdings and this Agreement constitutes, and the other
agreements contemplated hereby upon execution and delivery by
Holdings will each constitute, a valid and binding obligation of
Holdings, enforceable against Holdings in accordance with its terms
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors rights and
by general equitable principles.
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5.3
Capitalization . Schedule 5.3 hereto
accurately sets forth the authorized and outstanding equity of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and the name and number of shares
held by each stockholder thereof. All of the issued and outstanding
shares of Holdings and its Subsidiaries have been duly authorized,
are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and none were
issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any Person. No
other class of capital stock of Holdings or its Subsidiaries is
authorized or outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.3 hereto, there are no outstanding or authorized Options,
rights, Contracts, Liens, calls, puts, rights to subscribe,
conversion rights or other commitments to which Holdings or its
Subsidiaries is a party or which is binding upon Holdings or its
Subsidiaries providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition
of any of its equity or any rights or interests exercisable
therefor. There are no outstanding or authorized stock
appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to
Holdings or its Subsidiaries. Each stockholder of Holdings has
agreed, pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Amended and Restated
Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2004,
(a) to vote for, consent to and raise no objections to, and
not bring a claim against nor contest the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated hereby and (b) to waive dissenters
rights, appraisal rights and similar rights in connection with the
Merger.
5.4 No Breach .
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.4 hereto and filings under
the HSR Act, the execution, delivery and performance by Holdings of
this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby and the
consummation of each of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby will not (a) violate, result in any breach of,
constitute a default under, result in the termination or
acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate,
terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice under the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other constituent
documents of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, any material Law, any
material Order or any Material Contract to which Holdings or its
Subsidiaries or their respective Assets is bound; (b) result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted
Lien) upon any Assets or any of the equity interests of Holdings or
its Subsidiaries; or (c) require any authorization, consent,
approval, exemption or other action by or notice to any
Governmental Agency or other Person under the provisions of any
material Law, material Order or any Mate
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