EXHIBIT 2.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of
Merger
(this " Amendment ") is made and entered into as of June 8,
2009 by and among Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the " Company "), Hebron LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (" Parent "), Desert Mountain
Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent (" MergerSub ") and David B. Pomeroy,
II, an individual (" Buyer "). Capitalized terms
used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meaning ascribed to such terms in that certain Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated as of May 19, 2009 (the " Merger
Agreement ") by and among Parent, MergerSub, the Company and
with respect to Sections 7.01(c), 7.08, 7.10, 9.03(e) and 9.03(f)
only, Buyer.
Recitals
A. Parent,
MergerSub, the Company and Buyer previously entered into the Merger
Agreement.
B. The
parties to the Merger Agreement intended that all outstanding
awards of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock would
be treated in accordance with the actions and intent of the Company
Board and committees of the Company Board in granting such awards
and in accordance with the instruments governing such outstanding
awards.
C. Parent,
MergerSub, the Company and Buyer now desire to amend the Merger
Agreement as set forth herein to clarify the treatment in the
Merger of outstanding awards of Company Stock Options and Company
Restricted Stock, consistent with the actions and intent of the
Company Board and committees of the Company Board in granting such
awards and consistent with the instruments governing such
outstanding awards.
D. The
Merger Agreement may be amended pursuant to Section 10.04 thereof
by the parties thereto by action taken by their respective boards
of directors (or similar governing body or entity) at any time
prior to the Effective Time.
Agreement
In consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereto agree to amend the Merger Agreement as
follows:
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Treatment of
Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock
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1.1
General . The parties agree and acknowledge
that:
(a) All
Company Stock Options shall accelerate and be fully vested
immediately before the Effective Time; provided, however, the
vesting of the Company Stock Options granted on March 13, 2009
shall accelerate only if the Effective Time occurs after September
9, 2009.
(b) All
Company Restricted Stock shall accelerate and be fully vested
immediately before the Effective Time; provided, however, the (i)
the Company Restricted Stock granted on March 13, 2009 shall
accelerate and be fully vested only if the Effective Time occurs
after September 9, 2009; and (ii) the Company Restricted Stock
granted on May 27, 2009 shall accelerate and be fully vested only
as to the portion of each such award equal to the total number of
shares subject to each such award multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of days between May 27, 2009
and the date of the Effective Time and the denominator of which
shall be 365 (such fraction will in no event exceed
one).
(c) All
Company Stock Options that are unvested at the Effective Time after
giving effect to the treatment set forth in Section 1.1(a) above
shall be cancelled and no longer be exercisable at the Effective
Time without any cash payment being made in respect thereof and
without any other consideration provided to the holder
thereof.
(d) All
Company Restricted Stock that are unvested at the Effective Time
after giving effect to the treatment set forth in Section 1.1(b)
above shall be forfe