AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
SAINT ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO.,
INC.
Dated as of January 19,
2007
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ARTICLE I.
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THE MERGER
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The
Merger
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Closing
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Effective
Time
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Organizational
Documents
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Directors and
Officers of Surviving Corporation
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ARTICLE II.
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EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL
STOCK
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Effect of the
Merger on Capital Stock
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Surrender of
Certificates
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Adjustments to
Prevent Dilution
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Treatment of
Stock Options and Other Equity Based Awards
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Timing of
Equity Rollover
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ARTICLE III.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
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Organization;
Power; Qualification
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Corporate
Authorization; Enforceability
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Capitalization;
Options
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Subsidiaries
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Governmental
Authorizations
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Non-Contravention
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Voting
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Financial
Reports and SEC Documents
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Absence of
Certain Changes
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Litigation
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Contracts
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Benefit
Plans
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Labor
Relations
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Taxes
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Environmental
Liability
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Title to Real
Properties
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Permits;
Compliance with Laws
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Intellectual
Property
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Takeover
Statutes; Company Rights Agreement; Company Certificate
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Information
Supplied
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Opinion of
Financial Advisor
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Brokers and
Finders
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Insurance
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ARTICLE IV.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGERCO
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Organization
and Power
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Corporate
Authorization
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Enforceability
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Governmental
Authorizations
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Non-Contravention
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Information
Supplied
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Financing
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Equity Rollover
Commitments
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Ownership and
Interim Operations of MergerCo and Parent
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Guarantee
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ARTICLE V.
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COVENANTS
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Conduct of
Business of the Company
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Activities of
the Parties
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Access to
Information; Confidentiality
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No
Solicitation
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Notices of
Certain Events
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Proxy Material;
Stockholder Meeting
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Employee
Benefits Plans
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Directors’ and Officers’
Indemnification and Insurance
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Further
Assurances; Regulatory Approvals
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Public
Announcements
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Cessation of
NASDAQ Quotation; Exchange Act Deregistration
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Fees and
Expenses
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Debt
Financing
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Rule 16b-3
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Stockholder
Litigation
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ARTICLE VI.
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CONDITIONS
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Conditions to
Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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Conditions to
Obligations of Parent and MergerCo
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Conditions to
Obligation of the Company
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ARTICLE VII.
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TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER
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Termination by
Mutual Consent
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Termination by
Either Parent or the Company
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Termination by
Parent
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Termination by
the Company
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Effect of
Termination
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Fees Following
Termination
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Amendment
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Extension;
Waiver
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ARTICLE VIII.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Certain
Definitions
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Interpretation
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Survival
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Governing
Law
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Submission to
Jurisdiction
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Notices
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Entire
Agreement
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No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Severability
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Rules of
Construction
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Assignment
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Limited
Specific Performance
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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Release
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement
”) is entered into as of January 19, 2007, by and among
Saint Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Parent”),
Saint Acquisition Corporation, a Nevada corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent (“ MergerCo ”), and
Swift Transportation Co., Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”).
WHEREAS,
the parties intend that MergerCo be merged with and into the
Company, with the Company surviving the Merger (as defined herein)
as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
in the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, each share of Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock
”), other than Excluded Shares (as defined herein) will be
converted into the right to receive $31.55 per share in
cash;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Company, acting upon the unanimous
recommendation of the Special Committee, has unanimously (excluding
Jerry Moyes) (i) determined that the Merger is fair to and in
the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (other than
the Contributing Stockholders (as defined below)), and declared it
advisable to enter into this Agreement, (ii) adopted this Agreement
and approved the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein and (iii) resolved to recommend
that the stockholders of the Company approve this
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Boards of Directors of Parent and MergerCo have unanimously
approved this Agreement and declared it advisable for Parent and
MergerCo to enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Equity Rollover Commitments (as defined herein)
entered into as of the date of this Agreement, certain existing
stockholders of the Company (the “ Contributing
Stockholders ”) have committed to contribute Shares (as
defined herein) and certain other assets to Parent immediately
prior to the Effective Time in exchange for shares of capital stock
of Parent;
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, as a condition
and inducement to the Company’s willingness to enter into
this Agreement, the Company, the Contributing Stockholders and
certain Affiliates of the Contributing Stockholders have entered
into a voting agreement (the “ Voting Agreement
”);
WHEREAS,
the Company has amended the Rights Agreement, dated as of
July 18, 2006, to render such agreement inapplicable to this
Agreement, the Merger and other agreements entered into, and
actions taken, in connection herewith (including, but not limited
to, the Equity Rollover Commitments and the Voting
Agreement);
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent is
delivering to the Company a Guarantee of Jerry Moyes, dated as of
the date hereof, with respect to matters set forth
therein;
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and also to prescribe
certain conditions to the Merger.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in
this Agreement, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree
as follows:
Section 1.1
The Merger . On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the Nevada Revised
Statutes (the “ NRS ”), at the Effective Time,
(a) MergerCo will merge with and into the Company (the “
Merger ”), (b) the separate corporate existence
of MergerCo will cease and the Company will continue its corporate
existence under Nevada law as the surviving corporation in the
Merger (the “ Surviving Corporation ”), and the
separate corporate existence of the Company, with all of its
rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises, shall
continue unaffected by the Merger. The Merger will have the effects
set forth in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the
NRS.
Section 1.2
Closing . Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the
Company and Parent, the closing of the Merger (the “
Closing ”) will take place at the offices of Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Four Times Square, New York,
New York 10036, at 10:00 a.m. local time as promptly as
practicable, but not later than the tenth Business Day following
the day on which the last condition set forth in Article VI is
satisfied or, if permissible, waived (other than those conditions
that by their nature are to be satisfied by actions taken at the
Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those
conditions) (the “ Closing Date ”).
Section 1.3
Effective Time . Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, as promptly as practicable following the Closing, the
Company and MergerCo will cause articles of merger (“
Articles of Merger ”) to be executed, acknowledged and
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada in
accordance with Section 92A.200 of the NRS. The Merger will
become effective at such time as the Articles of Merger have been
duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada or at
such later date or time as may be agreed by MergerCo and the
Company in writing and specified in the Articles of Merger in
accordance with the NRS (the effective time of the Merger being
hereinafter referred to as the “ Effective Time
”).
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Section 1.4
Organizational Documents .
(a)
Articles of Incorporation . At the Effective Time, the
articles of incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and restated as of
the Effective Time to be in the form of (except with respect to the
name of the Company) the articles of incorporation of MergerCo as
in effect immediately prior to Effective Time and as so amended
shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation, until thereafter amended as provided therein or by
applicable Law.
(b)
Bylaws . At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company,
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be
amended and restated to be in the form of (except with respect to
the name of the Company) the bylaws of MergerCo, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time and as so amended shall be
the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter amended
as provided therein or by applicable Law.
Section 1.5
Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation . The
directors of MergerCo and officers of the Company (other than those
who MergerCo determines shall not remain as officers of the
Surviving Corporation or those who submit their resignations as of
or after the Effective Date) immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors and
officers of the Surviving Corporation until their successors have
been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier
death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL
STOCK
Section 2.1
Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock . At the Effective
Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part
of MergerCo or the Company or the holder of any capital stock of
MergerCo or the Company:
(a)
Cancellation of Certain Common Stock . Each share of Common
Stock that is owned by the Company (as treasury stock or
otherwise), Parent or MergerCo or any of their direct or indirect
wholly owned Subsidiaries (other than Shares held on behalf of
third parties) will be cancelled automatically and will cease to
exist, and no consideration will be delivered in exchange therefor
(each such Share, an “ Excluded Share ” and such
Shares collectively, the “ Excluded Shares
”).
(b)
Conversion of Common Stock . Each share of Common Stock
(each, a “ Share ” and collectively, the “
Shares ”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (other than Excluded Shares) will be converted
into the right to receive $31.55 in cash, without interest (the
“ Merger Consideration ”).
(c)
Cancellation of Shares . At the Effective Time, all Shares
will no longer be outstanding and all Shares will be cancelled and
will cease to exist, and each
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holder of a
certificate formerly representing any such Shares (each, a “
Certificate ”) will cease to have any rights with
respect thereto, except (in the case of Shares other than Excluded
Shares) the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without
interest, in accordance with Section 2.2.
(d)
Conversion of MergerCo Capital Stock . Each share of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of MergerCo issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be
converted into one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.001
per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(e)
No Dissenters’ Rights . Pursuant to
Section 92A.390 of the NRS, no dissenters’ rights or
rights of appraisal will apply in connection with the
Merger.
Section 2.2
Surrender of Certificates . (a) Paying Agent . Prior
to the Effective Time, for the benefit of the holders of Shares
(other than Excluded Shares), Parent will (i) designate, or
cause to be designated, a bank or trust company that is reasonably
acceptable to the Company (the “ Paying Agent ”)
and (ii) enter into a paying agent agreement, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, with such Paying
Agent to act as agent for the payment of the Merger Consideration
in respect of Certificates upon surrender of such Certificates (or
effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in accordance with
this Article II from time to time after the Effective Time.
Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent will deposit, or cause to
be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash in the amount necessary
for the payment of the Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 2.1(b) upon surrender of such Certificates (such cash
being herein referred to as the “ Payment Fund
”). The Payment Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
The Payment Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed
by the Parent; provided , however , that such
investments shall be in obligations of or guaranteed by the United
States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better
by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &
Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or in certificates of
deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances
of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion (based
on the most recent financial statements of such bank which are then
publicly available). Any net profit resulting from, or interest or
income produced by, such investments shall be payable to the
Parent.
(b)
Payment Procedures . As promptly as practicable after the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will instruct the Paying
Agent to mail to each holder of record of Shares (other than
Excluded Shares) a letter of transmittal in customary form as
reasonably agreed by the parties specifying that delivery will be
effected, and risk of loss and title to Certificates will pass,
only upon proper delivery of Certificates (or effective affidavits
of loss in lieu thereof) to the Paying Agent and instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates (or effective
affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in exchange for the Merger
Consideration. Upon the proper surrender of a Certificate (or
effective affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) to the Paying Agent,
together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, duly
executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be requested
by the Paying Agent, the holder of such
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Certificate
will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor cash in the amount
(after giving effect to any required tax withholdings) that such
holder has the right to receive pursuant to this Article II,
and the Certificate so surrendered forthwith will be cancelled. No
interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable upon due
surrender of the Certificates. In the event of a transfer of
ownership of Shares that is not registered in the transfer records
of the Company, cash to be paid upon due surrender of the
Certificate may be paid to such a transferee if the Certificate
formerly representing such Shares is presented to the Paying Agent
accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such
transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes
have been paid or are not applicable.
(c)
Withholding Taxes . The Surviving Corporation and the Paying
Agent will be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts
otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of
Shares or holder of Stock Options or Company RSUs any amounts
required to be deducted and withheld with respect to such payments
under the Code and the rules and Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law.
With respect to any such payment to be made to any Person, to the
extent required by Law, the Parent may withhold from such payment
an amount equal to 10% thereof and pay over such amount to the
Internal Revenue Service if such Person (i) has, at any time
during the shorter of the periods described in section
897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder, beneficially owned more than 5%, taking into account
the constructive ownership rules described in section 897(c)(6)(C)
of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, of the fair
market value of any class of stock of the Company, and
(ii) has not, prior to the time for making such payment,
delivered to the Acquisition Sub a certificate, as contemplated
under and meeting the requirements of section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(i) of
the Treasury Regulations, to the effect that such Person is not a
foreign Person within the meaning of the Code and applicable
Treasury Regulations; provided, however , that Parent shall
not make any withholding pursuant to the foregoing sentence if the
Company has delivered to Parent prior to Closing a statement
described in Treasury Regulations section 1445-2(c)(3) reasonably
acceptable to Parent. With respect to the foregoing sentence, the
Parent shall not be deemed to be in default of any of its
obligations under this Agreement by virtue of having withheld such
amount and the amount so withheld shall be deemed to have been paid
to such Person for all purposes under this Agreement. Any amounts
so deducted and withheld will be timely paid to the applicable Tax
authority and will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid to the holder of the Shares or holders of Stock
Options or Company RSUs, as the case may be, in respect of which
such deduction and withholding was made.
(d)
No Further Transfers . After the Effective Time, there will
be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of
Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time other than to settle transfers of Shares that occurred prior
to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates
are presented to the Paying Agent, they will be cancelled and
exchanged for the Merger Consideration as provided in this
Article II.
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(e)
Termination of Payment Fund . Any portion of the Payment
Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of the Certificates
one year after the Effective Time will be delivered to the
Surviving Corporation, on demand, and any holder of a Certificate
who has not theretofore complied with this Article II will
thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of
his or her claims for Merger Consideration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, none of Parent, the Company, the Surviving Corporation,
the Paying Agent or any other Person will be liable to any former
holder of Shares for any amount delivered to a public official
pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
Laws.
(f)
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event any
Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate
to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving
Corporation, the posting by such Person of a bond in customary
amount and upon such terms as the Surviving Corporation may
determine are necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be
made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent
will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate the Merger Consideration pursuant to this
Agreement.
Section 2.3
Adjustments to Prevent Dilution . In the event that the
Company changes the number of Shares, or securities convertible or
exchangeable into or exercisable for Shares, issued and outstanding
prior to the Effective Time as a result of a reclassification,
stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or
distribution, recapitalization, merger, subdivision, issuer tender
or exchange offer, or other similar transaction, the Merger
Consideration will be equitably adjusted to reflect such change;
provided that nothing herein shall be construed to permit
the Company to take any action with respect to its securities that
is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.4
Treatment of Stock Options and Other Equity Based Awards .
(a) Each option to purchase Shares, whether or not vested
(collectively, the “ Stock Options ”),
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the
Company Benefit Plans will at the Effective Time be cancelled and
the holder of such Stock Option, in full settlement of such Stock
Option, will be entitled to receive from the Surviving Corporation
an amount (subject to any applicable withholding tax) in cash equal
to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of the Merger
Consideration over the exercise price per Share of such Stock
Option multiplied by (y) the number of Shares subject to such
Stock Option (with the aggregate amount of such payment rounded up
to the nearest whole cent). The holders of Stock Options will have
no further rights in respect of any Stock Options from and after
the Effective Time.
(b) As
of the Effective Time, each Company RSU, whether or not vested,
that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be
cancelled and extinguished, and the holder thereof will be entitled
to receive from the Surviving Corporation in respect of each such
RSU an amount (subject to any applicable withholding tax) in cash
equal to the Merger Consideration, without interest.
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(c) The
Company shall take all actions with respect to the Company Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the “ Company ESPP ”),
including, if appropriate, amending the terms of the Company ESPP,
that are necessary to (i) cause the ending date of the
Offering Period (as such term is defined in the Company ESPP) under
the Company ESPP that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement
to occur on or before the last trading day prior to the Effective
Time, if the Effective Time is prior to the end of such Offering
Period, (ii) cause all then-existing offerings under the
Company ESPP to terminate immediately following the purchase on the
earlier of the last trading day prior to the Effective Time or the
ending date of the Offering Period that is in effect as of the date
of this Agreement (such earlier date, the “ Final Purchase
Date ”), (iii) suspend all future offerings that
would otherwise commence under the Company ESPP following the Final
Purchase Date and (iv) cease all further payroll deductions
under the Company ESPP effective as of the Final Purchase Date. On
the Final Purchase Date, the Company shall apply the funds credited
as of such date under the Company ESPP within each
participant’s payroll withholding account to the purchase of
whole shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms
of the Company ESPP, which shares shall be treated in the manner
described in Section 2.1.
(d) Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company will adopt such resolutions and
will take such other actions including, without limitation,
adopting any plan amendments and obtaining any required consents,
as shall be required to effectuate the actions contemplated by this
Section 2.4, without paying any consideration or incurring any
debts or obligations on behalf of the Company or the Surviving
Corporation.
Section 2.5
Timing of Equity Rollover . For the avoidance of doubt, the
parties acknowledge and agree that the contribution of Shares and
certain other assets to Parent pursuant to the Equity Rollover
Commitments shall be deemed to occur immediately prior to the
Effective Time and prior to any other event described
above.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
Except
as set forth in the letter (the “ Company Disclosure
Letter ”) delivered by the Company to Parent and MergerCo
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (it being
understood that any matter disclosed in any section of the Company
Disclosure Letter will be deemed to be disclosed in any other
section of the Company Disclosure Letter to the extent that it is
reasonably apparent from the face of such disclosure that such
disclosure is applicable to such other section) or as and to the
extent set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed on or after
December 31, 2005 and prior to the date of this Agreement, the
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and MergerCo as
follows:
Section 3.1
Organization; Power; Qualification . The Company and each of
its Material Subsidiaries is a corporation or other legal entity
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the
extent such concept is legally recognized)
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under the Laws
of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and its
Material Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate or other
organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its
assets and to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and licensed to do
business as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in
good standing (to the extent such concept is legally recognized) in
each jurisdiction where the character of the assets and properties
owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes
such qualification or license necessary, except where the failure
to be so qualified or licensed or in good standing would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
The Company has previously delivered to Parent a complete and
correct copy of each of its articles of incorporation and bylaws in
each case as amended (if so amended) to the date of this Agreement,
and has delivered the articles of incorporation and bylaws (or
similar organizational documents) of each of its Material
Subsidiaries, in each case as amended (if so amended) to the date
of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary
is in violation of its organizational or governing documents in any
material respect.
Section 3.2
Corporate Authorization; Enforceability . (a) The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and,
subject to adoption of this Agreement by the Requisite Company
Vote, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “
Company Board ”), acting upon the unanimous
recommendation of the Special Committee, at a duly held meeting has
unanimously (excluding Jerry Moyes) (i) determined that the
Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders (other than the Contributing Stockholders), and
declared it advisable to enter into this Agreement with Parent and
MergerCo, (ii) adopted this Agreement and approved the Merger
(as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein and (iii) resolved to recommend that the
stockholders of the Company approve this Agreement (including the
recommendation of the Special Committee, the “ Company
Board Recommendation ”) and directed that such matter be
submitted for consideration of the stockholders of the Company at
the Company Stockholders Meeting. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company, subject to the Requisite Company
Vote.
(b) This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Parent and MergerCo, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to the
effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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Section 3.3
Capitalization; Options . (a) The Company’s
authorized capital stock consists solely of 200,000,000 shares of
Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”). As of
the close of business on December 31, 2006 (the “
Measurement Date ”), 75,087,143 shares of Common Stock
were issued and outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock were
issued or outstanding. As of the Measurement Date, 25,776,359
Shares were held in the treasury of the Company. No Shares are held
by any Subsidiary of the Company. Since the Measurement Date until
the date of this Agreement, other than in connection with the
issuance of Shares pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options or the
terms of Company RSUs outstanding as of the Measurement Date or
pursuant to the Company ESPP, there has been no change in the
number of outstanding Shares or the number of outstanding Stock
Options or Company RSUs. As of the Measurement Date, 3,422,386
Stock Options to purchase shares of Common Stock were outstanding
with an average exercise price of $19.776, and there were 2,138
Company RSUs outstanding. Except as set forth in this
Section 3.3 and for the shares of Participating Preferred
Stock which have been reserved for issuance upon the exercise of
rights granted under the Company Rights Agreement and the 6,500,000
shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company ESPP, there
are no shares of capital stock or securities or other rights
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for shares of
capital stock of the Company or such securities or other rights
(which term, for purposes of this Agreement, will be deemed to
include “phantom” stock or other commitments that
provide any right to receive value or benefits similar to such
capital stock, securities or other rights) issued, reserved for
issuance or outstanding. Since the Measurement Date through the
date of this Agreement, there have been no issuances of any
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would
have been in breach of Section 5.1 if made after the date of
this Agreement.
(b) All
outstanding Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive
rights.
(c) Except
as set forth in this Section 3.3, there are no outstanding or
authorized (i) options, warrants, preemptive rights, subscriptions,
calls, or other rights, convertible securities, agreements, claims
or commitments of any character obligating the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any shares of capital
stock or other equity interest in, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
such shares or equity interests or (ii) contractual
obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue,
sell, or otherwise transfer to any Person, or to repurchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire from any Person, any Shares, Preferred Stock,
capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, or securities or
other rights convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for
shares of capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company or such securities or other rights.
(d) Other
than the issuance of Shares upon exercise of Stock Options or
pursuant to the terms of Company RSUs, since December 12, 2006
and through the date of this Agreement, the Company has not
declared or paid any dividend or distribution in respect of any of
the Company’s securities, and neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has issued, sold, repurchased, redeemed or otherwise
acquired any of the
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Company’s
securities, and their respective boards of directors have not
authorized any of the foregoing.
(e) Each
Company Benefit Plan providing for the grant of Shares or of awards
denominated in, or otherwise measured by reference to, Shares
(each, a “ Company Stock Award Plan ”) is set
forth (and identified as a Company Stock Award Plan) in
Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company
has provided to Parent or any of its Affiliates correct and
complete copies of all Company Stock Award Plans and all forms of
options and other stock based awards (including award agreements)
issued under such Company Stock Award Plans. All Stock Options have
an exercise price equal to no less than the fair market value of
the underlying Shares on the date of grant; provided that no
representation is made hereunder with respect to Stock Options
issued prior to November 1, 2005.
(f) Section 3.3(f)
of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth all outstanding
indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) other
than borrowings incurred after the date of this Agreement in
compliance with Section 5.1. No indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries contains any restriction upon (i) the
prepayment of any indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) the incurrence of indebtedness by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) the ability of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to grant any Lien on the
properties or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Section 3.4
Subsidiaries . Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure
Letter sets forth a complete and correct list of each of the
Company’s “significant subsidiaries” (as defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the
Securities Act) (such Subsidiaries of the Company, the “
Material Subsidiaries ”). All equity interests of the
Material Subsidiaries held by the Company or any other Subsidiary
are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were not
issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights, purchase
option, call or right of first refusal or similar rights;
provided that no representation is made hereunder with
respect to equity interests issued prior to November 1, 2005
if the issuance thereof is a Moyes-Specific Event. All such equity
interests owned by the Company or another Subsidiary are free and
clear of any Liens or any other limitations or restrictions on such
equity interests (including any limitation or restriction on the
right to vote, pledge or sell or otherwise dispose of such equity
interests).
Section 3.5
Governmental Authorizations . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
do not and will not require any consent, approval or other
authorization of, or filing with or notification to, any
international, national, federal, state, provincial or local
governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency,
commission, court, tribunal, arbitral body, self-regulated entity
or similar body, whether domestic or foreign (each, a “
Governmental Entity ”), other than: (i) the
filing of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Nevada; (ii) applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Exchange Act
”);
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(iii) the
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC ”) of a proxy statement (the “ Company
Proxy Statement ”) relating to the special meeting of the
stockholders of the Company to be held to consider the adoption of
this Agreement (the “ Company Stockholders Meeting
”) and the related Rule 13E-3 Transaction Statement (the
“ Schedule 13E-3 ”); (iv) any filings
required by, and any approvals required under, the rules and
regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (the “
NASDAQ ”); (v) compliance with and filings under
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended (the “ HSR Act ”), and any applicable
non-U.S. competition, antitrust or investment Laws; and
(vi) in such other circumstances where the failure to obtain
such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make
such filings or notifications, would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.6
Non-Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement do not and will not: (i) contravene or conflict
with, or result in any violation or breach of, any provision of the
Company Organizational Documents; (ii) contravene or conflict
with, or result in any violation or breach of, any Laws or Orders
applicable to the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries or by
which any material assets of the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries (“ Company Assets ”) are bound
(assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations, filings and
notifications described in Section 3.5 have been obtained or
made); (iii) result in any violation or breach of or loss of a
benefit under, or constitute a default (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) under, any material Company Contract;
(iv) require any consent, approval or other authorization of,
or filing with or notification to, any Person under any Company
Contract; (v) give rise to any termination, cancellation,
amendment, modification or acceleration of any rights or
obligations under any material Company Contract; or (vi) cause
the creation or imposition of any Liens on any Company Assets,
other than Permitted Liens; except, in the cases of clauses (ii)
— (vi), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.7
Voting . (a) Except as provided in Section 6.1(a),
the Requisite Company Vote is the only vote of the holders of any
class or series of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries necessary (under the Company Organizational Documents,
the NRS or other applicable Laws) to approve and adopt this
Agreement and approve the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated thereby.
(b) There
are no voting trusts, proxies or similar agreements, arrangements
or commitments to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party with respect to the voting of any shares of capital stock of
the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, other than the
Voting Agreement. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
instruments of indebtedness of the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries that have the right to vote, or that are convertible
or exchangeable into or exercisable for securities or other rights
having the right to vote, on any matters on which stockholders of
the Company may vote.
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Section 3.8
Financial Reports and SEC Documents . (a) The Company
has filed or furnished all forms, statements, reports and documents
required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to
the Exchange Act or other federal securities Laws since
November 1, 2005 (the forms, statements, reports and documents
filed or furnished with the SEC since November 1, 2005,
including any amendments thereto, the “ Company SEC
Documents ”). As of their respective dates (except as and
to the extent that such Company SEC Document has been modified or
superseded in any subsequent Company SEC Document filed and
publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement), complied
in all material respects with the applicable requirements of each
of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “
Securities Act ”). As of their respective dates,
except as and to the extent modified or superseded in any
subsequent Company SEC Document filed and publicly available prior
to the date of this Agreement, the Company SEC Documents did not,
or in the case of Company SEC Documents filed after the date of
this Agreement, will not, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
The Company SEC Documents filed or furnished on or prior to the
date of this Agreement included all certificates required to be
included therein pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (“ SOX ”),
and the internal control report and attestation of the
Company’s outside auditors required by Section 404 of
SOX. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved
comments from the SEC in respect to any of the Company SEC
Documents.
(b) Each
of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by
reference into the Company SEC Documents (including the related
notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as of its date, and each of the consolidated statements of
earnings, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows included in or incorporated by reference into the Company SEC
Documents (including any related notes and schedules) fairly
presents in all material respects the earnings, comprehensive
income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, as the case may
be, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods set forth
therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to the
absence of notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will
not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP ”) consistently applied during the periods
involved, except as may be noted therein.
(c) The
management of the Company has (x) implemented disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the
Exchange Act) that are reasonably designed to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief executive officer and
chief financial officer of the Company by others within those
entities, and (y) disclosed, based on its most recent
evaluation, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit
committee of the Company Board (A) all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal controls over financial reporting (as
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defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect in any material respect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data and (B) any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting. Since November 1, 2005, the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the Company’s
periodic reports filed or furnished under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required
time periods. Since November 1, 2005, any material change in
internal control over financial reporting or failure or inadequacy
of disclosure controls required to be disclosed in any Company SEC
Document has been so disclosed.
Section 3.9
Undisclosed Liabilities . Except as and to the extent
disclosed or reserved against on the balance sheet of the Company
dated as of September 30, 2006 (including the notes thereto)
included in the Company SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any
nature, whether known or unknown, absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise and whether due or to become due, that would reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10
Absence of Certain Changes . (a) Since
September 30, 2006, there has not been any Company Material
Adverse Effect or any event, state of facts, circumstance,
development, change or effect that, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Since
September 30, 2006 and through the date of this Agreement, the
Company and each of its Material Subsidiaries have conducted their
business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice,
and there has not been any (i) action or event that, if taken
on or after the date of this Agreement without Parent’s
consent, would violate the provisions of any of
Sections 5.1(a), (b), (c)(i) — (ii), (c)(iv) —
(v), (e), (f) (except with respect to dispositions of assets having
an aggregate value not in excess of $75,000,000 for all such
dispositions), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n)
(except with respect to the Company’s Subsidiaries or former
Subsidiaries) or (ii) agreement or commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
Section 3.11
Litigation . There are no charges complaints, grievances,
claims, actions, suits, demand letters, judicial, administrative or
regulatory proceedings, or hearings, notices of violation, or
investigations before or with any arbitrator or Governmental Entity
(each, a “ Legal Action ”) pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of
its Material Subsidiaries which (a) would reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect if adversely
determined or (b) as of the date of this Agreement, involves a
claim for monetary damages in excess of $1,000,000 or seeks any
relief that would prohibit or materially restrict the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (or following the Effective Time, Surviving
Corporation or any of its Affiliates) from operating their
respective businesses in a manner consistent with past practice,
other than property damage or personal injury and cargo liability
claims resulting from automobile accidents where the
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Company has an
uninsured exposure in excess of $2,000,000. There is no outstanding
Order or settlement agreement against the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries or by which any property, asset or operation
of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries is bound or
affected that would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.12
Contracts . (a) As of the date of this Agreement,
neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party
to or bound by any Contract: (i) which is a “material
contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act) to be
performed in full or in part after the date of this Agreement that
has not been filed or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC
Documents; (ii) which is an employment agreement with any
management employee; (iii) which, upon the consummation of the
Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement,
will (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional acts or
events) result in any payment or benefits (whether of severance
pay, stay bonus or otherwise) becoming due, or the acceleration or
vesting of any rights to any payment or benefits, from Parent,
MergerCo, the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any of their
respective Subsidiaries to any officer, director, consultant or
employee thereof; (iv) which requires remaining payments by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 or
requires provision of services by the Company having a value in
excess of $1,000,000 and is not terminable by the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on notice of six (6) months
or less without penalty other than customer contracts;
(v) which is a dedicated customer contract representing
estimated annual transportation revenue in excess of $15,000,000;
(vi) which materially restrains, limits or impedes the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’, or will
materially restrain, limit or impede the Surviving
Corporation’s, ability to compete with or conduct any
business or any line of business, including geographic limitations
on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ or the
Surviving Corporation’s activities; (vii) between the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of
their respective officers, directors or principals (or any such
Person’s Affiliates) on the other hand other than with Jerry
Moyes, Interstate Equipment Leasing, Inc., SME Industries, Inc., or
any of their Affiliates; (viii) which is a joint venture
agreement, partnership agreement and other similar contract and
agreement involving a sharing of profits and expenses;
(ix) which is an agreement governing the terms of indebtedness
or any other obligation of third parties owed to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, other than receivables arising from the sale
of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, or loans
or advances and expense reimbursements made to employees, drivers
or owner-operators of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, by
the Company or such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; (x) which is an agreement
governing the terms of indebtedness or any other obligation of
third parties owed by or guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; or (xi) which relates to the purchase or lease
of more than 250 trucks or 500 trailers (other than with Interstate
Equipment Leasing, Inc.). Each contract, arrangement, commitment or
understanding of the type described in clauses (i) through
(xi) of this Section 3.12 (a) is referred to herein
as a “ Disclosed Contract ”.
(b) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, (i) each Disclosed Contract is valid and binding on
the
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Company and any
of its Material Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, as
applicable, and is in full force and effect, other than any such
Disclosed Contracts that expire or are terminated after the date
hereof in accordance with their terms or amended by agreement with
the counterparty thereto; provided that if any such
Disclosed Contract is so amended in accordance with its terms after
the date hereof (provided such amendment is not prohibited by the
terms of this Agreement), then to the extent the representation and
warranty contained in this sentence is made or deemed made as of
any date that is after the date of such amendment, the reference to
“Disclosed Contract” in the first clause of this
sentence shall be deemed to be a reference to such contract as so
amended, (ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has in
all material respects performed all obligations required to be
performed by it to date under each Disclosed Contract,
(iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no event or
condition which constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or
both, will constitute, a material default on the part of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such Disclosed
Contract and (iv) as of the date hereof, no party has given
notice of any action to terminate, cancel, rescind or procure a
judicial reformation of any Disclosed Contract.
Section 3.13
Benefit Plans .
(a) Section 3.13(a)
of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each of the Benefit Plans,
and separately indicates which of the Benefit Plans are
multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of
ERISA (“ Company Multiemployer Plans ”) and
which of the Benefit Plans are Foreign Plans. Other than Company
Multiemployer Plans, the Company has furnished or made available to
Parent copies of the Benefit Plans and all amendments thereto
together with, where applicable, each Benefit Plan’s most
recent Form 5500, summary plan description and any summaries
of material modifications thereto. Section 3.13(a) of the
Company Disclosure Letter identifies each of the Benefit Plans that
is (i) an ERISA Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code or (ii) a Foreign Plan that
provides for defined benefit pension benefits.
(b) To
the Knowledge of the Company, all Benefit Plans other than Company
Multiemployer Plans (“ Company Benefit Plans ”)
are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA, the Code and
other applicable Laws. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended
to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
that the Benefit Plan is so qualified and all related trusts are
exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of
the Code, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, is aware of any circumstances that reasonably would be
expected to cause the loss of such qualification.
(c) As
of the date hereof, there is no material pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company threatened, litigation relating to the
Company Benefit Plans, other than routine claims for
benefits.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any express commitment
to modify, change or terminate any Company Benefit Plan, other than
with
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respect to a
modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code,
or any other Applicable Law or administrative changes that do not
materially increase the liabilities or obligations under any such
plans.
(e) To
the Company’s Knowledge, no condition exists, and no event
has occurred, with respect to any Company Multiemployer Plan that
could reasonably be expected to present a material risk of a
complete or partial withdrawal under subtitle E of Title IV of
ERISA that could result in any liability of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates in respect of such
Company Multiemployer Plan that could, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, and neither the Company and its Subsidiaries nor
any ERISA Affiliate has, within the preceding six years, withdrawn
in a complete or partial withdrawal from any multiemployer plan (as
defined in section 3(37) of ERISA) or incurred any material
liability under section 4204 of ERISA that has not been satisfied
in full.
(f) No
Company Benefit Plan provides welfare benefits, including death or
medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current
or former employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA
Affiliate after retirement or other termination of service (other
than (i) coverage mandated by applicable Laws, (ii) death
benefits or retirement benefits under any “employee pension
plan,” as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA
or under any analogous Foreign Plan, (iii) deferred
compensation benefits accrued as liabilities on the books of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate, or
(iv) benefits, the full direct cost of which is borne by the
current or former employee (or beneficiary thereof)).
(g) Except
as set forth on Section 3.13(g) of the Company Disclosure
Letter, neither the negotiation and execution of this Agreement nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will,
either alone or in combination with any other event,
(i) entitle any current or former employee, officer,
consultant or director of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any ERISA Affiliate to severance pay or any other similar
termination payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or
vesting, or increase the amount of or otherwise enhance any benefit
due any such employee, officer, consultant or director,
(iii) result in payments under any of the Benefit Plans which
would not be deductible under Section 162(m) or Section 280G
of the Code, or (iv) limit, in any way, the Surviving
Corporation’s ability to amend or terminate any Benefit
Plan.
(h) Except
for Company Multiemployer Plans, at no time in the six year period
preceding the Closing Date has the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any ERISA Affiliate ever, maintained, established, sponsored,
participated in or contributed to any ERISA Plan that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA.
(i) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, (i) each Benefit Plan that is a Foreign Plan and
related trust, if any, complies with and has been administered in
compliance with (A) the Laws of the applicable foreign country
and (B) their terms and the terms of any collective
bargaining, collective labor or works council agreements and, in
each case, neither the Company nor
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any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any governmental
authority questioning or challenging such compliance,
(ii) each Benefit Plan that is a Foreign Plan which, under the
Laws of the applicable foreign country, is required to be
registered or approved by any governmental authority, has been so
registered or approved, and (iii) all contributions to each
Benefit Plan that is a Foreign Plan required to be made by the
Company or its Subsidiaries through the Closing Date have been or
shall be made or, if applicable, shall be accrued in accordance
with country-specific accounting practices.
Section 3.14
Labor Relations . (a) As of the date of this Agreement,
except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending and, to the Knowledge
of the Company, there is no threatened strike, picket, work
stoppage, lockout, work slowdown or other labor dispute affecting
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there have been no such
actions or events since November 1, 2005.
(b) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, there are no unfair labor practice charges or
complaints pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any Material Subsidiary.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by or
in the process of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement or
similar labor agreement with any labor union or labor organization
applicable to the employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, no representation election
petition or application for certification or unit clarification is
pending with the National Labor Relations Board or any Governmental
Entity, and no labor union or labor organization is currently
engaged in or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatening,
organizational efforts with respect to any employees of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) Since
November 1, 2005, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has effectuated (i) a “plant closing”
(as defined in the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and
Notification Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the “ WARN Act ”)),
affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or
operating units within any site of employment or facility of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) a “mass
layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of
employment or facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been affected by any
transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations
sufficient in number to trigger application of any Law similar to
the WARN Act. To the knowledge of the Company, no employee of
either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has suffered an
“employment loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) in the
past ninety (90) days.
Section 3.15
Taxes . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect:
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(a) All
federal Income Tax Returns and all other Tax Returns required to be
filed by or with respect to the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries have been properly prepared and timely filed, and all
such Tax Returns are correct and complete.
(b) The
Company and its Material Subsidiaries have fully and timely paid,
or are contesting in good faith by appropriate proceedings, all
Taxes (whether or not shown to be due on the Tax Returns) required
to be paid by any of them. The Company and its Material
Subsidiaries have made adequate provision for any Taxes that are
not yet due and payable for all taxable periods, or portions
thereof, ending on or before December 31, 2005 on the most
recent financial statements contained in the Company SEC Documents
to the extent required by GAAP or in the case of foreign entities,
in accordance with generally applicable accounting principles in
the relevant jurisdiction. The charges, accruals and reserves for
Taxes with respect to the Company and its Material Subsidiaries
reflected in the consolidated balance sheet for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2006 are adequate under GAAP to cover the
Tax liabilities accruing through the date thereof.
(c) As
of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding agreements
extending or waiving the statutory period of limitations applicable
to any claim for, or the period for the collection, assessment or
reassessment of, Taxes due from the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries for any taxable period and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, no request for any such waiver or extension is currently
pending.
(d) No
audit or other proceeding by any Governmental Entity is pending or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any
Taxes due from or with respect to the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries.
(e) Neither
the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has been included
in any “consolidated,” “unitary” or
“combined” Tax Return (other than Tax Returns which
include only the Company and any Material Subsidiaries of the
Company) provided for under the laws of the United States, any
foreign jurisdiction or any state or locality for any taxable
period for which the statute of limitations has not
expired.
(f) There
are no Liens on any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries that arose in connection with any failure (or
alleged failure) to pay Taxes, except for Permitted
Liens.
(g) Neither
the Company nor its Material Subsidiaries is the subject of or
bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum,
closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or agreement with
any taxing authority.
(h) Neither
the Company nor its Material Subsidiaries has entered into, has any
liability in respect of, or has any filing obligations with respect
to, any “listed transactions,” as defined in
Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.
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(i) Neither
the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party to any
Tax sharing or similar Tax agreement (other than an agreement
exclusively between or among the Company and its Material
Subsidiaries) pursuant to which it will have any obligation to make
any payments after the Closing Date.
(j) Neither
the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has distributed
stock of another Person or had its stock distributed by another
Person in a transaction that was intended to be governed in whole
or in part by Section 355 or 361 of the Code.
(k) The
Company has provided to Parent or any of its Affiliates correct and
complete copies of all Income Tax Returns filed by the Company or
any of its Material Subsidiaries for Tax years ending in 2005 and
thereafter.
(l) The
representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.15
are the only representations and warranties being made with respect
to any Taxes related in any way to the Company, any of its Material
Subsidiaries or this Agreement or its subject matter, and no other
representation or warranty contained in any other section of this
Agreement shall apply to any such matters and no other
representation or warranty, express or implied, is being made with
respect thereto.
Section 3.16
Environmental Liability . (a) Except for matters that
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, (i) the Company and each of its Material Subsidiaries
have complied with and are in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws and have obtained, and are in compliance with
all Environmental Permits required for their operations as
currently conducted; provided that no representation is made
hereunder with respect to compliance prior to November 1, 2005
if such non-compliance is a Moyes-Specific Event; (ii) there are no
investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, concerning Release of Hazardous Materials or compliance
by the Company with any Environmental Law; and (iii) there are no
Environmental Claims pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries;
(iv) there is no Cleanup planned or being conducted by the
Company or any Material Subsidiary or to the Company’s
Knowledge by any other party on any property owned, leased or
operated by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries; and
(v) the Company has delivered or otherwise made available for
inspection to Parent true, complete and correct copies and results
of any material reports, studies, analyses, tests or monitoring
possessed or initiated by the Company which have been prepared
since November 1, 2005 pertaining to Hazardous Materials in,
on, beneath or adjacent to any property currently owned, operated
or leased by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, or
regarding the Company’s or any of its Material
Subsidiaries’ compliance with applicable Environmental
Laws.
(b) The
representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.16
are the only representations and warranties being made with respect
to compliance with or liability under Environmental Law or
Environmental Permits, or with respect to any Environmental Claim
or environmental, health or safety matter, including
natural
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resources,
related in any way to the Company or this Agreement or its subject
matter, and no other representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement shall apply to any such matters and no other
representation or warranty, express or implied, is being made with
respect thereto.
Section 3.17
Title to Real Properties . To the Knowledge of the Company
as of the date of this Agreement, Section 3.17 of the Company
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and correct list of all real
property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries (the
“Owned Real Property”). The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have good, valid and marketable fee simple title to
all of its Owned Real Property, free and clear of any Liens
(x) created on or after November 1, 2005 and, (y) to
the Knowledge of the Company, created prior to November 1,
2005, in each case other than Permitted Liens and except as would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. There are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal
to purchase the Owned Real Property, or any material portion
thereof or interest therein; provided that no representation
is made hereunder with respect to options or rights of first
refusal granted prior to November 1, 2005 if the grant thereof
is a Moyes-Specific Event. To the Knowledge of the Company as of
the date of this Agreement, Section 3.17 of the Company
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and correct list of all real
property leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries (the
“Leased Property”). The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have good and valid leasehold interests in all Leased
Property, free and clear of any Liens (x) created on or after
November 1, 2005 and, (y) to the Knowledge of the
Company, created prior to November 1, 2005, in each case other
than Permitted Liens and except as would not reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. With respect to all
Leased Property, there is not, under any of such leases, any
existing default by the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, the counterparties thereto, or event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default
by the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, the counterparties thereto, other than any defaults that
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.18
Permits; Compliance with Laws . (a) Each of the Company
and its Material Subsidiaries is in possession of all
authorizations, licenses, consents, certificates, registrations,
approvals, easements, variances, exceptions, orders and other
permits of any Governmental Entity (“ Permits ”)
necessary for it to own, lease, license and operate its properties
and assets or to carry on its business as it is being conducted as
of the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “ Company
Permits ”), and all such Company Permits are in full
force and effect, except where the failure to hold such Company
Permits, or the failure of such Company Permits to be in full force
and effect, would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No
suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, except where such
suspension or cancellation would not reasonably be expected to have
a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Material
Subsidiaries are not in violation or breach of, or default under,
any Company Permit, except where such violation, breach or default
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
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(b) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is,
or since January 1, 2005 has been, in conflict with, or in
default or violation of, any Laws applicable to the Company or such
Subsidiary or by which any of the Company Assets is bound, nor,
since January 1, 2005, has any notice, charge, claim or action
been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or been
filed, commenced, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging any
violation of any Laws; provided that no representation is made
hereunder with respect to (i) conflicts, defaults or violations and
(ii) notices, charges, claims or actions, in each case in
existence prior to November 1, 2005, if the existence thereof
is a Moyes-Specific Event.
Section 3.19
Intellectual Property .
(a) The
Company and its Subsidiaries own, or have the valid right to use
all Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the conduct of
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
currently conducted does not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise
violate any Intellectual Property of any Person, and there has been
no such Claim asserted or threatened in the past two (2) years
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, any other Person, except as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.20
Takeover Statutes; Company Rights Agreement; Company
Certificate . The Board has adopted such resolutions as are
necessary so that the provisions of Section 78.438 of NRS are
rendered inapplicable to the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except for
Section 78.438 of the NRS (which has been rendered
inapplicable), no “moratorium,” “control
share,” “fair price,” or other antitakeover laws
or regulations (together, “ Takeover Laws ”) are
applicable to the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has taken all actions
necessary to (a) amend the Rights Agreement, dated as of
July 18, 2006, between the Company and Mellon Investor
Services LLC (the “ Company Rights Agreement ”)
to render such agreement inapplicable to this Agreement, the Voting
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Voting Agreement, including the making of
commitments pursuant to the Equity Rollover Commitments (the
“ Company Rights Plan Amendment ”),
(b) ensure that (i) none of Jerry Moyes, Parent, MergerCo
nor any “affiliate” or “associate” (each as
defined in the Company Rights Agreement) of Jerry Moyes, Parent or
MergerCo, is an “Acquiring Person” (as defined in the
Company Rights Agreement), (ii) a “Distribution
Date” or a “Stock Acquisition Date” (as such
terms are defined in the Company Rights Agreement) does not occur
and (iii) the rights to purchase Participating Preferred Stock
issued under the Company Rights Agreement do not become
exercisable, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii),
solely by reason of the execution of this Agreement or the Voting
Agreement, the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated by
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this Agreement,
compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the Voting Agreement
or the making of commitments pursuant to the Equity Rollover
Commitments and (c) provide that the “Expiration
Date” (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement) will occur
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Section 3.21
Information Supplied . None of the information included or
incorporated by reference in the Company Proxy Statement, the
Schedule 13E-3 or any other document filed with the SEC in
connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (the “ Other Filings ”) will,
in the case of the Company Proxy Statement, at the date it is first
mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time of the
Company Stockholders Meeting or at the time of any amendment or
supplement thereof, or, in the case of the Schedule 13E-3 or
any Other Filing, at the date it is first mailed to the
Company’s stockholders or at the date it is first filed with
the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;
provided , however , that no representation is made
by the Company with respect to statements made or incorporated by
reference therein based on information supplied by MergerCo, Jerry
Moyes or any of their Affiliates (other than the Company and its
Subsidiaries) in connection with the preparation of the Company
Proxy Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 or the Other Filings for
inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Company Proxy
Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 and the Other Filings that are
filed by the Company will comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
Section 3.22
Opinion of Financial Advisor . Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the
“ Company Financial Advisor ”) has delivered to
the Special Committee and to the Company Board its written opinion
(or oral opinion to be confirmed in writing) to the effect that, as
of the date of this Agreement, the Merger Consideration is fair to
the stockholders of the Company (other than the Contributing
Stockholders) from a financial point of view.
Section 3.23
Brokers and Finders . Other than the Company Financial
Advisor and a single appraisal firm which may be engaged on
customary terms (including a reasonable fee) in connection with the
delivery of a solvency opinion, no broker, finder or investment
banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or
commission in connection with the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.24
Insurance . All material insurance policies of the Company
and its subsidiaries are in full force and effect. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in material breach or
default, and neither the Company not any of its subsidiaries has
taken any action or failed to take any action which, with notice or
the lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or
default, or permit termination or modification of any of the
material insurance policies of the Company and its subsidiaries,
and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with
respect to any such policy. True and complete copies of the
insurance policies or binding
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coverage
letters set forth in Section 3.26 of the Company Disclosure
Letter in effect as of the date of this Agreement have been
provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGERCO
Except
as set forth in the letter (the “ Parent Disclosure
Letter ”) delivered by Parent to the Company concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement (it being understood that any
matter disclosed in any section of the Parent Disclosure Letter
will be deemed to be disclosed in any other section of the Parent
Disclosure Letter to the extent that it is reasonably apparent from
such disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
section), Parent and MergerCo hereby represent and warrant to the
Company as follows:
Section 4.1
Organization and Power . Each of Parent and MergerCo is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of Nevada and has the requisite power
and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties
and to carry on its business as now conducted. Parent and MergerCo
have previously delivered to the Company a complete and correct
copy of each of their respective articles of incorporation and
bylaws, in each case as amended (if so amended) to the date of this
Agreement.
Section 4.2
Corporate Authorization . Each of Parent and MergerCo has
all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and MergerCo
and the consummation by Parent and MergerCo of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent
and MergerCo.
Section 4.3
Enforceability . This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Parent and MergerCo and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of Parent
and MergerCo, enforceable against Parent and MergerCo in accordance
with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency (including all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to the effect of
general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
Section 4.4
Governmental Authorizations . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Parent and MergerCo and the
consummation by Parent and MergerCo of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not require any
consent, approval or other authorization of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Entity other than: (i) the filing
of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State
of Nevada; (ii) applicable requirements of the Exchange
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Act;
(iii) the filing with the SEC of the Company Proxy Statement
and the Schedule 13E-3; (iv) any filings required by, and any
approvals required under, the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ;
(v) compliance with and filings under the HSR Act and any
applicable non-U.S. competition, antitrust or investment Laws; and
(vi) in such other circumstances where the failure to obtain
such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make
such filings or notifications, would not reasonably be expected to
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.5
Non-Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by Parent and MergerCo and the consummation by
Parent and MergerCo of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not:
(i) contravene or
conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, any
provision of the
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