Exhibit
2.1
ACQUISITION
AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS
LTD.
SIGMA DESIGNS,
INC.
SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS
AND
CARMEL V.C. 2 LTD. AND TAMIR
FISHMAN VENTURES MANAGEMENT II LTD.,
AS THE HOLDER
REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2009
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Article
I
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Definitions
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8
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Section
1.01
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Certain
Definitions.
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8
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Section
1.02
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Definitional
and Interpretative Provisions.
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18
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Article
II
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Description of
the Transaction
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19
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Section
2.01
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The
Transaction.
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19
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Section
2.02
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Additional
Parties.
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19
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Section
2.03
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Equityholders
Entitlement; Distribution.
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21
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Section
2.04
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[Reserved].
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28
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Section
2.05
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Escrow
Fund.
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28
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Section
2.06
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Non Executing
Shareholders' Deposit.
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28
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Section
2.07
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Holder
Representative Reimbursement Amount.
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29
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Section
2.08
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Consideration
Charts.
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29
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Section
2.09
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Legend
Requirement.
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30
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Section
2.10
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Closing of the
Company’s Share Registry.
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31
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Section
2.11
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Withholding
Rights.
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31
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Section
2.12
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Treatment of
Company Options.
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33
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Section
2.13
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Closing.
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34
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Article
III
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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35
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Section
3.01
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Corporate
Existence and Power.
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35
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Section
3.02
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Corporate
Authorization.
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36
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Section
3.03
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Governmental
Authorizations; Governmental Grants.
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37
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Section
3.04
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Non-Contravention.
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38
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Section
3.05
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Capitalization;
Subsidiaries.
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39
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Section
3.06
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Financial
Statements.
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41
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Section
3.07
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Absence of
Certain Changes.
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42
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Section
3.08
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No Undisclosed
Liabilities.
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44
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Section
3.09
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Material
Contracts.
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45
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Section
3.10
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Compliance with
Applicable Law.
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47
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Section
3.11
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Litigation.
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48
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Section
3.12
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Properties.
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48
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Section
3.13
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Inventory.
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49
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Section
3.14
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Products and
Services.
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50
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Section
3.15
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Customers and
Suppliers.
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50
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Section
3.16
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Intellectual
Property.
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50
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Section
3.17
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Insurance
Coverage.
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54
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Section
3.18
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Tax
Matters.
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55
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Section
3.19
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Employees and
Employee Benefit Plans.
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58
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Section
3.20
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Environmental
Matters.
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63
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Section
3.21
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Affiliate
Transactions.
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63
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Section
3.22
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Finders’
Fees.
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63
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Section
3.23
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Bank
Accounts.
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63
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Section
3.24
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Shareholder
Vote Required.
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64
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Section
3.25
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Company
Transaction Expense.
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64
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Section
3.26
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Full
Disclosure.
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64
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Section
3.27
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Disclaimer of
Other Representations and Warranties.
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64
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Article
IV
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Representations
and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders
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64
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Section
4.01
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Title to
Company Shares.
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64
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Section
4.02
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Authority;
Binding Nature of Agreements.
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65
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Section
4.03
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Non-Contravention; Consents.
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65
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Section
4.04
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Capacity of
Selling Shareholder.
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66
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Section
4.05
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Securities
Laws.
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66
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Section
4.06
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Tax Withholding
Information.
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68
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Section
4.07
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Disclosure.
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68
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Section
4.08
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Finder’s
Fees.
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68
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Article
V
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Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser
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68
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Section
5.01
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Corporate
Existence and Power.
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69
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Section
5.02
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Corporate
Authorization.
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69
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Section
5.03
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Governmental
Authorization.
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69
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Section
5.04
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Non-Contravention.
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69
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Section
5.05
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SEC Filings;
Financial Statements.
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69
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Section
5.06
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Valid
Issuance.
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71
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Section
5.07
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Litigation.
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71
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Section
5.08
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Compliance with
Applicable Law.
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71
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Section
5.09
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Financial
Capacity.
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71
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Section
5.10
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Finders’
Fees.
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72
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Section
5.11
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Disclaimer of
Other Representations and Warranties.
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72
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Article
VI
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Covenants of
the PARTIES
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72
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Section
6.01
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Conduct of
Business.
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72
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Section
6.02
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No
Solicitation; Other Offers.
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75
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Section
6.03
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Access to
Information.
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75
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Section
6.04
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Employee
Plans.
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76
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Section
6.05
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Notices of
Certain Events.
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76
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Section
6.06
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Insurance.
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77
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Section
6.07
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Company
Debt.
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77
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Section
6.08
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Company
Warrants.
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77
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Section
6.09
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Restriction on
Transfer.
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77
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Section
6.10
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Transactional
Agreements.
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77
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Section
6.11
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Alternative
Transaction Form.
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78
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Section
6.12
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Company
Shareholders Meeting.
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78
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Article
VII
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Additional
Covenants of the Parties
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78
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Section
7.01
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Commercially
Reasonable Efforts.
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78
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Section
7.02
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Confidentiality; Public
Announcements.
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81
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Section
7.03
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Form
S-3.
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81
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Section
7.04
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Form
S-8.
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84
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Section
7.05
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Bonus/
Retention Pool.
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85
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Section
7.06
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Employee
Benefits; Other Employment Matters.
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86
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Section
7.07
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Indemnification
of Officers and Directors.
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86
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Section
7.08
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Nasdaq.
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87
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Section
7.09
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Israeli
Securities Law.
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87
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Section
7.10
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Parachute
Payments.
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87
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Section
7.11
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Communications
with Employees.
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87
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Section
7.12
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Resignation of
Directors.
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87
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Section
7.13
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Option
Acknowledgment Agreements.
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87
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Article
VIII
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Tax
Matters
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88
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Section
8.01
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Tax
Returns.
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88
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Section
8.02
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Cooperation.
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89
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Section
8.03
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Tax
Contests.
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89
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Section
8.04
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Transfer
Taxes.
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89
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Article
IX
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Conditions to
the transactions
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89
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Section
9.01
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Each Party.
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90
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Section
9.02
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Purchaser.
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90
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Section
9.03
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Conditions to
the Obligations of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders.
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92
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Article
X
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Termination
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93
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Section
10.01
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Termination.
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93
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Section
10.02
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Effect of
Termination.
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94
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Article
XI
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Indemnification
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94
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Section
11.01
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Survival of
Representations.
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94
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Section
11.02
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Indemnification
by Participating Rights Holders.
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96
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Section
11.03
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Claims and
Procedures.
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98
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Section
11.04
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Defense of
Third-Party Claims.
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101
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Section
11.05
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No
Contribution.
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101
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Section
11.06
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Exercise of
Remedies by Indemnitees Other Than Purchaser.
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101
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Section
11.07
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Tax
Impact.
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102
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Section
11.08
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Sole and
Exclusive Remedy.
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102
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Section
11.09
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Additional
Provisions.
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102
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Article
XII
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Holder
RepresentativeS
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103
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Section
12.01
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Appointment of
Holder Representatives; Power and Authority.
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103
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Section
12.02
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Reimbursement.
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104
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Section
12.03
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Release from
Liability; Indemnification.
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105
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Article
XIII
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Miscellaneous
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105
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Section
13.01
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Notices.
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105
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Section
13.02
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Remedies;
Specific Performance.
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107
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Section
13.03
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Amendments and
Waivers.
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107
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Section
13.04
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Expenses.
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107
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Section
13.05
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Disclosure
Schedule References.
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107
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Section
13.06
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Binding Effect;
Benefit; Assignment.
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108
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Section
13.07
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Governing
Law.
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108
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Section
13.08
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Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Jury Trial.
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108
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Section
13.09
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
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108
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Section
13.10
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Entire
Agreement.
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109
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Section
13.11
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Attorneys’ Fees.
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109
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Section
13.12
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Severability.
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109
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Applicable
Securities Compliance Definitions
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Non-Executing
Shareholders
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Shareholder’s Voting and Support
Agreement
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List of
Principal Shareholders
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Form of Letter
of Acknowledgment
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Form of
Non-competition Agreement
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List of
Designated Employees
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Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart
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Consideration
Allocation Certificate
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Form of Written
Declaration of Loss or Destruction of Share Certificate
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Form of Share
Transfer Deeds
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Form of Options
Acknowledgement Agreement
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Company Closing
Certificate
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Selling
Shareholder’s Certificate
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Purchaser
Closing Certificate
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Form of Legal
Opinion of Shenhav & Co. Law Offices, counsel to
Company
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Form of Legal
Opinion of Herzog, Fox and Neeman, counsel to Company
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Form of Legal
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel to
Purchaser
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Form of Paying
Agent Agreement
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Form of
Resignation of Directors
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Form of Selling
Shareholder Questionnaire
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Form of
Assignment of Inventions Agreement
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Letter of
Appointment of Directors
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Company
Disclosure Schedule
ACQUISITION
AGREEMENT
THIS ACQUISITION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of October 12, 2009, is entered
into by and among CopperGate Communications Ltd., a limited
liability company under the laws of Israel (the
“Company”), Sigma Designs, Inc., a California
corporation (“ Purchaser ”), Carmel V.C. 2 Ltd.
and Tamir Fishman Ventures Management II Ltd., as the Holder
Representatives, and each of the Persons identified on Exhibit
A (the “ Executing Shareholders
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties intend, subject to the
terms and conditions herein, to effect an acquisition by Purchaser,
directly, or indirectly through a wholly owned Israeli subsidiary
of Purchaser (the “ Acquisition Subsidiary ”),
of all of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company,
whether by way of a share purchase of all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of the Company or by way of a merger of
Acquisition Subsidiary with the Company, as more fully described
hereinbelow;
WHEREAS, the parties intend that, subject to the
terms and conditions herein, Purchaser or the Acquisition
Subsidiary shall purchase from the Selling Shareholders, and the
Selling Shareholders shall sell, transfer assign or convey to
Purchaser or the Acquisition Subsidiary, all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Executing Shareholders collectively
hold and own at least 95% of the issued and outstanding Company
Shares;
WHEREAS, the Company will take reasonable
commercial efforts to cause this Agreement to be executed prior to
the Closing by the holders of Company Shares who did not execute
this Agreement at the date hereof and who are listed in Exhibit
B of this Agreement (the “ Non-Executing
Shareholders ”) (collectively with the Executing
Shareholders the “ Selling Shareholders ”) and
in such case the Company will amend Exhibit A or Exhibit
B ;
WHEREAS, the Company will take reasonable
commercial efforts to cause the Company Warrantholders to exercise
their Warrants and execute this Agreement (and in such case the
Company will amend Exhibit A or Exhibit B ) or will
terminate their rights pursuant to such securities (unless such
securities by their terms are terminated at the Closing), as
further contemplated herein;
WHEREAS, Purchaser shall have certain
indemnification rights against the Equityholders, as further set
forth in this Agreement, and will deposit with the Escrow Agent the
Escrow Fund otherwise payable by Purchaser to the Participating
Rights Holders to be held in accordance with the provisions of an
escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
(the “ Escrow Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, certain Executing Shareholders listed
in Exhibit E (the “ Principal Shareholders
”) and holding at least ninety percent (90%) of the issued
and outstanding Company Shares are executing and delivering to
Purchaser a lockup agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F (the “ Lockup Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Key Employees listed in Schedule
1 are executing and delivering a Letter of Acknowledgment in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and a non-competition
agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (each, a
“ Non-competition Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, Purchaser has agreed to establish a
Retention Pool for certain Designated Employees listed in
Exhibit I as further described in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company
(the “ Company Board of Directors ”) has
carefully considered the terms of this Agreement and has determined
that the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Transactions, are fair and in the best
interests of, and are advisable to, the Company and the
Equityholders, and the Company Board of Directors unanimously
recommended that the Selling Shareholders vote for the approval of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and will be
submitting the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance of the transaction contemplated hereby to the Selling
Shareholders for their approval and adoption in accordance with the
Company’s Charter Documents and the Israeli Companies Law
(the “ Shareholders Meeting ”).
WHEREAS, following such recommendation of the
Company Board of Directors certain Executing Shareholders holding
an aggregate of more than ninety percent (90%) of the issued and
outstanding Company Shares signed a Shareholder’s Voting and
Support Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
.
WHEREAS, the board of directors of Purchaser has
carefully considered the terms of this Agreement and has determined
that the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Transactions, are fair and in the best
interests of, and are advisable to, the Purchaser and
Purchaser’s shareholders.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound,
the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01
Certain Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the following meanings:
“ Acquired Companies ” means,
collectively, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.
“ Acquisition Proposal ”
means, other than the Transactions or any alternative transaction
proposed by Purchaser, any offer, proposal or inquiry relating to,
or any Person’s indication of interest in, (i) the sale,
license, disposition or acquisition of all or a material portion of
the business or assets of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole,
(ii) the issuance, disposition or acquisition of (a) any shares or
other equity security of any Acquired Company (other than in
connection with the exercise or conversion of any Company Preferred
Shares, Company Option or Company Warrant), (b) any subscription,
option, call, warrant, preemptive right, right of first refusal or
any other right (whether or not exercisable) to acquire any shares
or other equity security of any Acquired Company (other than the
grant of Company Options to newly hired employees of the Company in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices), or
(c) any security, instrument or obligation that is or may become
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares or other equity
security of any Acquired Company or (iii) any merger,
consolidation, business combination, reorganization or similar
transaction involving any Acquired Company.
“ Acquisition Transaction ”
means any transaction or series of transactions
involving:
(i) the
sale, license or disposition of all or a material portion of any
Acquired Company’s business or assets;
(ii) the
issuance, disposition or acquisition of: (i) any capital stock or
other equity security of an Acquired Company; (ii) any option,
call, warrant or right (whether or not immediately exercisable) to
acquire any capital stock, unit or other equity security of an
Acquired Company; or (iii) any security, instrument or obligation
that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any
capital stock, unit or other equity security of an Acquired
Company; or
(iii) any
merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization or
similar transaction involving an Acquired Company.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such
Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,”
when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of
voting securities or by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled by” have
correlative meanings to the foregoing.
“ Aggregate Consideration Shares
” or "Consideration Shares" the lesser of (a) the Base
Line Number of Consideration Shares and (b) the Maximum
Consideration Shares (as of the date of the execution of this
Agreement 5,085,736).
“ Aggregate Consideration Value
” means (i) the Aggregate Consideration Shares multiplied by
the Closing SD Share Price, plus (ii) the Closing Cash
Consideration, minus the Vested Option Adjustment
Amount.
“ Applicable Law ” means,
with respect to any Person, any Israeli, U.S. federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign or other law (including common law),
statutes, regulations, written regulatory guidance, directives,
constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule,
regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, request or
other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied
by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to
such Person, as amended unless expressly specified
otherwise.
“ Average SD Share Price ”
means $14.986 per each Consideration Share.
“ Balance Sheet ” means the
reviewed balance sheet of the Company as of June 30,
2009.
“ Balance Sheet Date ” means
June 30, 2009.
“ Base Line Number of Consideration
Shares ” means 5,338,316 shares of Purchaser’s
Shares.
“ Business Day ” means a day,
other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in San Francisco, California, USA or Tel Aviv, Israel are
authorized or required by Applicable Law to close.
“ Cash ” means cash
(including short or long term bank deposits) and Cash Equivalents
determined in accordance with GAAP and calculated net of issued but
uncleared checks and drafts and shall include checks, wire
transfers and drafts deposited or available for deposit.
“ Cash Equivalents ” means
investment securities with original maturities (calculated as of
the Closing Date) of 12 months or less, including all funds held in
money market or similar accounts, including interest accrued
thereon as of the Closing.
“ Closing Cash Consideration
” means (i) $80,000,000 plus (ii) the Vested Options
Adjustment Amount, plus (iii) the Share Adjustment Amount (as of
the date of execution an amount equal to $3,785,164)
plus (iv) an amount equal to the
Company Cash minus an amount equal to the Company Debt
minus the Company Transaction Expenses set forth in the
Company Transaction Certificate.
“ Closing Consideration Shares
” means the Aggregate Consideration Shares minus the number
of Phantom Shares minus the number of Purchaser's Equity Awards
(i.e. the total number of Consideration Shares issued at the
Closing to the Selling Shareholders in connection with the
Transaction contemplated hereby).
“ Closing SD Share Price ”
means the average closing price of a Purchaser’s Share on the
Nasdaq Global Select Market for the 30-day trading period in which
the last day will be the third Business Date prior to the Closing
Date.
“ Code ” means the United
States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Company Cash ” means the
aggregate amount of all Cash of the Acquired Companies as of the
close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing
Date.
“ Company Debt ” means both
the current and long-term portions of any amount owed by any of the
Acquired Companies (including all outstanding principal, prepayment
premiums, penalties and similar amounts, if any, and accrued but
unpaid interest, fees and expenses related thereto) in respect of
borrowed money from third parties (e.g. excluding any inter-company
financing arrangements) from third parties.
“ Company Disclosure Schedule
” means the disclosure schedule dated the date of this
Agreement regarding this Agreement that has been delivered by the
Company to Purchaser.
“ Company IP ” means any and
all Intellectual Property Rights owned by any Acquired
Company.
“ Company IP Contract ” means
any Contract to which any Acquired Company is party
or by which any Acquired Company is bound, that
contains any sale, assignment or license of, or covenant not to
assert or enforce, or release of, any Intellectual Property Right,
including any Company IP.
“ Company Material Adverse Effect
” Any event, change, development or state of facts having a
material adverse effect on the business, assets, Company IP,
liabilities, operations, results of operations or financial
condition of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole;
provided , however , that no (i) event,
change, development or state of facts relating to the economy or
financing or capital markets in general or resulting from
industry-wide developments in the semiconductor or IPTV industries
or generally affecting geographical areas in which any of the
Acquired Companies conducts its business (but only to the extent
such events, changes, developments or states of facts do not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a disproportionate impact on
the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, relative to
other Persons in the semiconductor industry or in such applicable
geographical areas in which any of the Acquired Companies conducts
its business), (ii) event, change, development or state of facts
directly related to the announcement, execution, performance or
pendency of this Agreement and the Transactions, including the
impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with
customers, suppliers, distributors or partners, or resulting
shortfalls or declines in revenue, margins or profitability (iii)
change in accounting requirements in accordance with GAAP, (iv) any
natural disaster or any acts of military action or war (whether or
not declared), sabotage, terrorism or any escalation or worsening
thereof, occurring or commenced after the date of this Agreement
(but only to the extent such disaster or acts do not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a disproportionate impact on the Acquired
Companies, taken as a whole, relative to other
Persons similarly affected by such disaster or acts), (v) changes
in Applicable Law; or (vi) actions by Purchaser, Company or any of
the Equityholders required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement
(including the consummation of the Transactions), shall be deemed,
each individually, to constitute a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
“ Company Option ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.12(a) hereof.
“ Company Optionholder ”
means a holder of a Company Option.
“ Company Option Plan ” means
the Company’s 2000 Israel Share Incentive Plan, the
Company’s 2003 Share Option Plan and the 2007 U.S. Appendix
thereto, each as amended from time to time.
“ Company Ordinary Shares ”
means the ordinary shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.10
each.
“ Company Ordinary A Shares ”
means the ordinary A shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.10
each.
“ Company Preferred Shares ”
means the preferred shares of the Company, including the Preferred
A-1 Shares, the Preferred A-3 Shares, the Preferred B Shares, the
Preferred C Shares and the Preferred D Shares.
“ Company Product ” means
each product developed, manufactured, marketed, licensed by, sold,
performed, offered, distributed or otherwise made available,
currently or previously, by or on behalf of any Acquired Company,
including any product currently or previously under development by
any Acquired Company, and any and all services currently or
previously provided by or for any Acquired Company with respect to
such Company Products or provided as a separate service
“ Company Shares ” means
collectively, the Company Ordinary Shares, the Company Ordinary A
Shares and the Company Preferred Shares.
“ Company Trade Secrets ”
means all Trade Secrets owned by any Acquired Company.
“ Company Transaction Expenses
” means the total amount of fees, costs and expenses of any
nature that is payable by any Acquired Company to outside legal
counsel and any financial advisor, accountant or other Person who
performed services for or on behalf of any Acquired Company, or who
is otherwise entitled to any compensation from any Acquired
Company, in connection with this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and not paid prior to
the Closing.
“ Company Warrantholder ”
means a holder of a Company Warrant.
“ Company Warrants ” means
each warrant or other contractual right to purchase or acquire
Company Shares other than Company Options.
“ Consent ” means any
approval, consent, ratification or permission.
“ Consideration Allocation
Certificate ” means a spreadsheet that shall be delivered
to the Purchaser 3 days prior to the Closing Date and shall set
forth, as of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the Closing,
the following factual information relating to each Equityholder:
(i) the names of all of the holders of Company Shares and holders
of Vested Company Options, their street addresses, e-mail address,
telephone number, Israeli identification numbers (if available),
bank information (the respective bank name and number, the branch
name, number and address, swift number and account number); (ii)
the number (and class) of Company Shares held by each holder of
Company Shares; (iii) the number of Vested Company Options and
Unvested Company Options held by each Company Optionholder and the
number of underlying Company Shares into which the Vested Company
Options are exercisable assuming a cashless exercise of such Vested
Company Options; (iv) a calculation of the Closing Cash
Consideration and the portion payable to each Selling Shareholder
and each holder of Vested Company Options; (v) a calculation of the
number of Closing Consideration Shares, Phantom Shares and
Purchaser's Equity Awards each Equityholder is entitled to receive
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (vi) the Cash Component of
the Escrow Fund and the Share Component of the Escrow Fund to be
delivered to the Escrow Agent and a calculation of each
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest; and (vii) the Rep
Reimbursement Amount, and (viii) the calculation of each
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest in the Rep
Reimbursement Amount and in the Escrow Fund.
“ Contract ” means any
oral or written contract, agreement, understanding, undertaking,
indenture, note, or bond pursuant to which an Acquired Company is a
party.
“ Damages ” include any
direct liability, loss, damage, injury, claim, demand, settlement,
judgment, award, fine, penalty, fee (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees), charge, cost (including reasonable costs of
investigation) or expense of any nature.
“ Designated Employees ”
means the Persons identified on Exhibit I .
“ Environmental Laws ” means
any Applicable Law or any agreement with any Governmental Authority
or other Person, relating to human health and safety, the
environment or to Hazardous Substances.
“ Environmental Permits ”
means all permits, licenses, franchises, certificates, approvals
and other similar authorizations of Governmental Authorities
relating to or required by Environmental Laws and affecting, or
relating in any way to, the business of the Acquired Companies as
currently conducted.
“ Equityholders ” means the
Selling Shareholders, the Company Warrantholders and the Company
Optionholders.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” of any
entity means any other entity which, together with such entity,
would be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ Escrow Agent ” means UBank
Trust Company Ltd.
“ Escrow Fund ” means (i)
with respect to holders of issued and outstanding Company Shares
immediately prior to the Closing, an amount in US$ equal to 10% of
the Closing Cash Consideration and that number of Purchaser’s
Shares equal to 10% of the Closing Share Consideration payable to
all such holders pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) with respect
to holders of issued and outstanding Vested Company Options
immediately prior to the Closing, an amount in US$ equal to 10% of
the Closing Cash Consideration payable to all such holders pursuant
to this Agreement.
“ Estimated Consideration Allocation
Chart ” means a spreadsheet that shall be dated as of the
date of this Agreement and shall set forth the following factual
information relating to each Equityholder: (i) the names of the
Equityholder; (ii) the number (and class) of Company Shares held by
each holder of Company Shares; (iii) the number of Vested Options
and Unvested Options held by each Company Optionholder, the
exercise price of such options, the number of underlying Company
Shares into which the Vested Options are exercisable assuming a
cashless exercise of the Vested Options (iv) the number of Company
Warrants held by each Company Warrantholder and the number (and
class) of Company Shares the Company Warrants may be exercised into
(based both on a cash and a cashless exercise, such cashless
exercise calculation to be based on the Per Share Ordinary Amount;
(v) an estimation of the Company Cash and the Closing Cash
Consideration and the portion payable to each Selling Shareholder
and each holder of Vested Company Options; (vi) a calculation of
the number of Closing Consideration Shares, Phantom Shares and
Purchaser's Equity Awards each Equityholder is entitled to receive
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (vii) the Cash Component
of the Escrow Fund and the Share Component of the Escrow Fund to be
delivered to the Escrow Agent and a calculation of each
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest; (viii) the Rep
Reimbursement Amount; and (ix) the calculation of each
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest in the Rep
Reimbursement Amount and in the Escrow Fund.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently
applied throughout the respective periods covered.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any: (i) nation, state, commonwealth, province,
territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of
any nature; (ii) Israeli, U.S. federal, state, local,
municipal, foreign or other government; (including any governmental
division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality,
official, organization, unit, body or Person and any court or other
tribunal).
“Governmental
Authorization” means any permit, license, certificate,
franchise, permission, clearance, registration, qualification or
authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by
or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Grant
” means any grant, incentive,
subsidy, award, participation, exemption, status, cost sharing
arrangement, reimbursement arrangement or other benefit, relief or
privilege provided or made available by or on behalf of or under
the authority of the Chief Scientist, the Investment Center, the
State of Israel, the BIRD Foundation and other bi- or
multi-national grant programs for research and development, the
European Union, the Fund for Encouragement of Marketing Activities
of the Israeli Government or any other Governmental
Authority.
“ Hazardous Substances ”
means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or chemical or any toxic,
radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous
substance, waste or material, or any substance, waste or material
having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing
characteristics, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products
and other hydrocarbons, and any substance, waste or material
regulated under any Environmental Law.
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” means all of the following forms of intellectual property
rights arising under the laws of Israeli, United States or any
other jurisdiction with respect thereto: (i) any and all classes
and types of patents, utility models and design patents
and applications for these classes and types of patent
rights and all disclosures relating thereto (and any patents that
issue as a result of those patent applications), and any renewals,
reissues, reexaminations, extensions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions and substitutions relating to any
of the patents and patent applications, as well as all related
foreign patent and patent applications that are counterparts to
such patents and patent applications, (ii) trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names, whether
registered or unregistered, and the goodwill associated therewith,
together with any registrations, applications for registration,
renewals and extensions thereof, (iii) copyrights and rights under
copyrights (including software), whether registered or
unregistered, including moral rights and any other rights in works
of authorship, and any registrations and applications for
registration thereof, (iv) mask work rights and registrations and
applications for registration thereof, (v) rights in databases and
data collections (including knowledge databases, customer lists and
customer databases), whether registered or unregistered, and any
applications for registration therefor, (vi) Trade Secrets, (vii)
URL and domain name registrations and (viii) all claims, causes of
action and rights to sue or recover and claim damages arising out
of or related to the past, present or future infringement or
misappropriation of any of the foregoing.
“ Investment Center ” means
the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade
and Labor established under the Israel Law for the Encouragement of
Capital Investments, 1959.
“ IRS ” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISA ” means the Israeli
Securities Authority.
“ Israeli Code ” means the
Income Tax Ordinance of Israel New Version, 1961, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Israeli Companies Law ”
means the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, as amended and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Israel Securities Law ”
means the Israel Securities Law, 1968, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ ITA ” means the Israel Tax
Authority established pursuant to the Israeli Code.
“ Key Employees ” means the
Persons identified on Schedule 1 .
“ Knowledge ” means, (i) with
respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of each of the Key
Employees and any knowledge that each of such individuals should
have obtained after reasonable inquiry in the course of the
performance of their respective duties on behalf of any Acquired
Companies; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 3.16
below, reasonable inquiry shall not include a “freedom to
operate” study, and, (ii) with respect to the Purchaser, the
actual knowledge of each of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of Purchaser and any knowledge that each of such
individuals should have obtained after reasonable inquiry in the
course of the performance of their respective duties on behalf of
the Purchaser, and (iii) with respect to each Selling Shareholder
that is not an individual, the Chief Executive Officer (in case of
a company), or General Partner (in case of a partnership), of such
Selling Shareholders and any knowledge that each of such
individuals should have obtained after reasonable inquiry in the
course of the performance of their respective duties on behalf
of the relevant Selling Shareholder.
“ Lien ” means, with respect
to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest, encumbrance or other adverse claim of any kind
in respect of such property or asset. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any
property or asset that it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement
relating to such property or asset.
“ Maximum Consideration Shares
” means the lesser of (i) 5,085,736 shares of
Purchaser’s Shares, or (ii) such number of Purchaser's Shares
representing 19.0% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Purchaser immediately prior to the Closing (as provided by
Purchaser to the Company by a certificate signed by the Chief
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing).
“ OCS ” means the Office of
the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Labor.
“ Open Source Software ”
means any software code that is either (a) distributed under a
license approved by the Open Source Initiative, (b)
described as “free software” or “open source
software,” or (c) otherwise distributed in source code form
under terms requiring as a condition of use, modification and/or
distribution of such software that other software incorporated
into, derived from or distributed with such software (1) be
disclosed or distributed in source code form, (2) be licensed for
the purpose of making derivative works, (3) be redistributable at
no charge, (4) licensed under terms that allow such software or
portions thereof or interfaces therefor to be reverse engineered,
reverse assembled or disassembled (other than as provided under
Applicable Law), or (5) grants to any third party any rights to or
immunities under any Intellectual Property Rights (other than as
provided under Applicable Law). Open Source Software includes
software code licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU
Lesser General Public License, Mozilla Public License, Apache
License, BSD License, MIT License, Artistic License, Common
Development and Distribution License, Common Public License,
Eclipse Public License, and similar licenses.
“ Phantom Shares ” means
Purchaser's Shares that would have been issued to the holders of
Vested Company Options as further described in Section 2.03(b)
below.
“ Paying Agent ” means UBank
Trust Company Ltd.
“ Participating Rights Holder
” means holder of Company Shares and holder of Vested Company
Options.
“ Participating Rights Holder’s
Interest ” means the percentage interest of each
Participating Rights Holder in the Escrow Fund (calculated pursuant
to the formula set forth in Section 2.05(c) below) and in the Rep
Reimbursement Amount.
“ Person ” means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, trust or other entity or organization, including a
Governmental Authority.
“ Pre-Closing Tax Period ”
means (i) any Tax period ending before the Closing Date and (ii)
with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such period
ending at the close of business on the day prior to the Closing
Date.
“ Preferred A-1 Shares ”
means the Preferred A-1 Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.01 each.
“ Preferred A-3 Shares ”
means the Preferred A-3 Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.01 each.
“ Preferred B Shares ” means
the Preferred B Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.01 each.
“ Preferred C Shares ” means
the Preferred C Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.01 each.
“ Preferred D Shares ” means
the Preferred D Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.01
each.
“ Proceeding ” means any
action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate
proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation
commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise
involving, any court or other Governmental Authority or any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
"Purchaser's Equity Awards" shall have the
meaning as set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“ Purchaser Indemnitees ”
means the following Persons: (i) Purchaser; (ii) the Acquired
Companies; (iii) the respective Representatives of the Persons
referred to in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)”
above; and (iv) the respective successors and assigns of the
Persons referred to in clauses “(i),”
“(ii)” and “(iii)” above.
“ Purchaser Material Adverse Effect
” means any event, change, development or state of facts
having a material adverse effect on the business, assets,
liabilities, operations or financial condition of Purchaser, taken
as a whole; provided , however , that
no (i) event, change, development or state of facts relating to the
economy or financing or capital markets in general, or resulting
from industry-wide developments in the semiconductor or IPTV
industries or generally affecting geographical areas in which
Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries conducts its business (but
only to the extent such events, changes, developments or states of
facts do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
disproportionate impact on Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, relative to other Persons in the
semiconductor industry or in such applicable geographical areas in
which Purchaser conducts its business), (ii) event, change,
development or state of facts directly related to the announcement,
execution, performance or pendency of this Agreement and the
Transactions, including the impact thereof on relationships,
contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors
or partners, or resulting shortfalls or declines in revenue,
margins or profitability (iii) change in accounting requirements in
accordance with GAAP, (iv) a any natural disaster or any acts of
military action or war (whether or not declared), sabotage,
terrorism or any escalation or worsening thereof, occurring or
commenced after the date of this Agreement (but only to the extent
such disaster or acts do not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a disproportionate impact on Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other
Persons similarly affected by such disaster or acts), (v) changes
in Applicable Law; or (vi) actions by Purchaser, Company or any of
the Equityholders required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement
(including the consummation of the Transactions), shall be deemed,
each individually, to constitute a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
“ Purchaser’s Share(s)
” means shares of Purchaser’s common stock, no par
value.
“ Registered IP ” means all
Company IP with respect to which any registration, application,
certificate, filing or other document has been issued by, filed
with, or recorded by, any private, state, government or other
public or quasi-public legal authority in connection with the
protection of Intellectual Property Rights, including patents,
domain names, registered copyrights (including registered mask
works), and registered trademarks and all applications for any of
the foregoing.
“ Representatives ” means a
Person’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys,
accountants, advisors, investment bankers and other representatives
(and in case of a partnership, its general partner).
“ SEC ” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Share Adjustment Amount ”
means, if the Maximum Consideration Shares is lower than the
B ase Line Number of Consideration Shares, an amount equal
to the product of (i) the Average SD Share Price multiplied by (ii)
the difference of Base Line Number of Consideration Shares minus
the Maximum Consideration Shares (as of the date of execution of
this Agreement $3,785,164 calculated by multiplying 252,580 shares
of Purchaser's Shares multiplied by the Average SD Share Price). If
the Maximum Consideration Shares is not lower than the Base Line
Number of Consideration Shares, then the Share Adjustment Amount
shall be zero.
“ Specified Representations
” means the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.05, Section 4.01 and Section
4.02, and the information and calculations set forth on the
Consideration Allocation Certificate.
“ Straddle Period ” means any
Tax period beginning before the Closing Date and ending on or after
the Closing Date.
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions are at any time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person.
“ Tax ” means any and all
taxes, including (i) any net income, gross income, gross receipts,
branch profits, sales, use, value added, transfer, franchise,
profits, license, registration, documentary, conveyancing, gains,
withholding, national insurance ( ‘bituach leumi
’), national health insurance ( ‘bituach
briyut’ ) and other payroll taxes, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental or
windfall profit, custom duty, escheat or other tax, governmental
fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever,
together with any interest, inflation linkage ( ‘hefreshei
hatzmada ’), penalty, addition to tax or additional
amount imposed by any governmental authority responsible for the
imposition of any such tax (Israeli, United States (federal, state
or local) or foreign).
“ Tax Contest ” means any
audit (by any Governmental Authority), other administrative
proceeding or inquiry or judicial proceeding involving
Taxes.
“ Tax Return ” means any
return, report, declaration, claim for refund, information return
(including schedules thereto, other attachments thereto, amendments
thereof) filed or required to be filed with any Tax authority in
connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any
Tax, or the administration of any laws, regulations or
administrative requirements relating to any Tax.
“ Technology ” means all
tangible or intangible embodiments of the Company IP owned by any
Acquired Company which are incorporated in any Company
Products.
“ Trade Secrets ” means all
inventions (whether or not patentable) and improvements thereto,
know-how, research and development information, business plans,
specifications, designs, processes, process libraries, technical
data, customer data, financial information, pricing and cost
information, bills of material, or other confidential information
exclusively owned by a Person, including any formula, pattern,
compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that
(i) provides an actual or potential independent economic value from
not being generally known to and not being readily ascertainable
by, other Persons, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are
reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy and for
which those efforts resulted in a reasonable belief that sufficient
secrecy was maintained.
“ Transactional Agreements ”
means this Agreement, the Company Closing Certificate, the
Consideration Allocation Certificate, the Transaction Expenses
Certificate, the Closing Cash Certificate, the Selling Shareholder
Certificate, the Escrow Agreement, the Lockup Agreements, the
Option Acknowledgment Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the
Non-competition Agreements and the Letter of
Acknowledgment.
“ Transactions ” means the
purchase of the Company Shares by Purchaser, the payment for the
termination or waiver of Company Warrants, the exchange of Vested
Company Options for cash, the assumption of Unvested Company
Options, and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“ Trustee ” means Tamir
Fishman Trusts 2004 Ltd. appointed by the Company for the purpose
of the Company’s “Section 102 Plan”.
“ Vested Options Adjustment Amount
” means an amount equal to total number of Phantom Shares
multiplied by the Closing SD Share Price.
Section
1.02
Definitional and Interpretative Provisions .
(a) The
words “hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of like import used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement.
(b) The
captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and
shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.
References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(c) All
Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are
hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set
forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or
Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning
as defined in this Agreement.
(d) Any
singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the
plural, and any plural term the singular.
(e) Whenever
the words “include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by
those words or words of like import.
(f) All
references to time shall refer to New York City time. The word
“extent” in the phrase “to the extent”
means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and
such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.
(g) The
use of the word “or” shall not, necessarily, be
exclusive.
(h) Any
rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(i) Any
agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein, or in any
agreement or instrument that is referred to herein, means such
agreement or instrument as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented. Other terms may be defined elsewhere in the text of
this Agreement and shall have the meaning indicated throughout this
Agreement.
(j) The
term “foreign” when used with respect to Applicable Law
or a Governmental Authority shall refer to all jurisdictions other
than Israel or the United States.
(k) The
term “Dollar”, “$”, or USD shall refer to
the currency of the United States of America. When such reference
is made and the actual liability or payment is set in Israeli New
Shekels, for purpose of this Agreement, the representative rate of
exchange published by the Bank of Israel on the day prior to the
day on which the calculation is made, unless otherwise specified
herein.
ARTICLE II
DESCRIPTION OF THE
TRANSACTION
Section
2.01
The Transaction .
(a)
Sale and Purchase of Shares . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing: (i) the Selling
Shareholders, severally and not jointly, shall sell, assign,
transfer and deliver the Company Shares to Purchaser, and Purchaser
shall purchase the Company Shares from the Selling Shareholders;
(ii) Company Warrants outstanding as of the Closing Date will be
waived or terminated; (iii) the Purchaser shall exchange all Vested
Company Options for cash and (iv) the Purchaser shall assume the
Unvested Company Options in exchange for the Purchaser's Equity
Awards in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and subject
to adjustments and withholdings as set forth in this
Agreement.
(b)
Shareholder’s Voting and Support Agreement . At or
prior to the date hereof, Executing Shareholders holding at least
ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding Company Shares
executed a Shareholder’s Voting and Support Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “
Shareholder’s Voting and Support Agreement
”). The Company shall use reasonable commercial
efforts to cause each other Executing Shareholder to execute a
Shareholder’s Voting and Support Agreement.
Section
2.02
Additional Parties .
(a)
Execution of Agreement by Additional Parties . Promptly
after the date of execution of this Agreement and for as long as
this Agreement is not duly terminated, the Company shall take
reasonable commercial efforts to obtain from all Non-Executing
Shareholders, a counter signature on this Agreement under which
each such Non-Executing Shareholder becomes bound by and subject to
the provisions of this Agreement as an Executing Shareholder. The
Company agrees to communicate promptly to the Purchaser any update
to the Company’s efforts to obtain a counter signature on
this Agreement from a Non-Executing Shareholder or any material
communication with any Non-Executing Shareholder regarding the
execution of this Agreement by such Non-Executing
Shareholder. At any time on or before the Closing,
Purchaser, the Company and the Holder Representatives may amend
Exhibit A , without the consent of the Executing
Shareholders, to include as parties any Equityholders of the
Company not listed on Exhibit A on the date of this
Agreement, including all Non-Executing Shareholders as well as
Company Warrantholders and holders of Vested Company Options who
exercised their respective Company Warrants or Company Options.
Such additional Equityholders shall be deemed to be “Selling
Shareholders” for all purposes of this Agreement, and any
Company Ordinary Shares, Company Ordinary A Shares or Company
Preferred Shares owned by such shareholders shall be deemed to be
“Company Shares”.
(b)
Section 341 of the Israeli Companies Law; Bring Along
.
(1) By
executing this Agreement, the Executing Shareholders, who
collectively hold at least 95% of the issued and outstanding share
capital of the Company, have, and are deemed to have, accepted an
offer by Purchaser to purchase their shares in accordance with the
terms set forth in this Agreement, in accordance with Section 341
of the Israeli Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s
Articles of Association.
(2) This
Agreement shall be deemed, for the purpose of Section 341(a) of the
Israeli Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s
Articles of Association to constitute (i) an offer by Purchaser for
the purchase of all issued and outstanding share capital of the
Company which is conditioned upon the sale of all of the
outstanding share capital of the Company and (ii) an acceptance of
such offer by all Executing Shareholders who have duly executed
this Agreement initially or pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i)
above.
(3) Promptly
(but in any event within two (2) Business Days) following the date
of this Agreement, Purchaser will, in accordance with Section
341(a) of the Israeli Companies Law and Article 50.1 of the
Company’s Articles of Association, provide a written notice
in the form to be agreed upon by Purchaser and the Company, (the
“ Bring-Along Notice ”) to each Non-Executing
Shareholder that has not duly executed and delivered this Agreement
or countersigned this Agreement in accordance with Section
2.2(a)(i) setting forth the information required by Section 341(a)
of the Israeli Companies Law and Article 50.1 of the
Company’s Articles of Association and stating that
Purchaser’s requirement to purchase such Non-Executing
Shareholder’s Company Shares under the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. The Company shall assist Purchaser to dispatch
the Bring-Along Notice to each Non-Executing Shareholder. Purchaser
and Company shall fully coordinate any correspondence to which each
may be a party which concerns the Bring-Along Notice. Purchaser and
the Company shall take such other actions as may be commercially
reasonably appropriate in order to complete the transfer of all of
the outstanding Company Shares pursuant to Section 341 of the
Israeli Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s
Articles of Association and under the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including in making all reasonable filings and taking
such other reasonable action which is necessary or desirable to
effect the Transactions with respect to all the securities of the
Company outstanding as of the Closing in compliance with
Section 341 of the Israeli Companies Law and Article 50 of the
Company’s Articles of Association. After satisfactory
completion of the necessary procedures under Section 341 of the
Israeli Companies Law and Article 50.1 of the Company’s
Articles of Association, and provided that no injunction against
the Transactions was issued by a court of competent jurisdiction
that was not subsequently removed, at the Closing the Company shall
register Purchaser as owner of all the shares of the Company held
by all Non-Executing Shareholders as of the Closing against
delivery by Purchaser to the Company of the portion of the Closing
Cash Consideration and the number of the Closing Consideration
Shares payable or issuable, as the case may be, with respect to the
Company Shares held by the Non-Executing Shareholders, less such
Non-Executing Shareholder’s portion of the Escrow Fund to be
held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, and paid to the Non-Executing
Shareholders following the Closing.
(4) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, following the execution of this
Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, if the Company shall issue
any shares pursuant to the exercise of any Company Options, Company
Warrants or any other convertible securities, then the Company
shall promptly: (i) inform Purchaser of such an issuance, and (ii)
amend Exhibit B so that such Person will be deemed, for
purposes of this Agreement a Non-Executing Shareholder; and (iii)
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from such holder of
Company Shares, a counter signature on this Agreement under which
he, she or it becomes bound by and subject to the provisions of
this Agreement as an Executing Shareholder (and amend Exhibit
A accordingly); and (iv) if such a Person does not execute this
Agreement, assist Purchaser, to the extent necessary, in the
dispatch of a Bring-Along Notice to such new Non-Executing
Shareholders such that said notice will cover all issued and
outstanding share capital of the Company.
(5) For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Selling
Shareholder” shall include all Non-Executing Shareholders and
each such Non-Executing Shareholder shall be deemed to be subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except to the extent
that doing so would be inconsistent with the provisions of Section
341 of the Israeli Companies Law.
(6) For
the sake of clarity, Purchaser may elect, in its sole discretion,
no later than five (5) Business Days after the alternative
transaction deadline date as set forth in Section 6.11 below, the
alternative transaction form under Section 6.11 hereof, in lieu of
the bring-along contemplated under this Section 2.02(b), and is not
deemed for any purposes whatsoever to be bound to consummate the
acquisition of the Company by way of said bring-along
provisions.
(c)
Company Warrants . At the Closing, the outstanding Company
Warrants will either be terminated or exercised into Company
Shares. The number of and class of Company Shares each
Warrantholder will be entitled to receive upon exercise or
termination of such Warrants (calculated on a cashless basis) shall
be set forth in the Estimated Consideration Allocation Chart and
the Consideration Allocation Certificate. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Selling Shareholder” shall include
all holders of Company Warrants.
Section
2.03
Equityholders Entitlement; Distribution .
Out of the Aggregate Consideration, each
Equityholder shall be entitled to receive the following:
(a)
Selling Shareholders . Each Selling Shareholder shall be
entitled to receive:
(1) At
the Closing - the product of the Per Share Series C Amount
multiplied by the total number of Series C Preferred Shares held by
such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date, plus the
product of the Per Share Series B Amount multiplied by the number
of Series B Preferred Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on
the Closing Date, plus the product of the Per Share Series
A-3 Amount multiplied by the total number of Series A-3 Preferred
Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date,
plus the product of the Per Share Series A-1 Amount
multiplied by the total number of Series A-1 Preferred Shares held
by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date, plus the
product of the Per Share Series Ordinary A Amount multiplied by the
total number of Series Ordinary A Shares held by such Selling
Shareholder on the Closing Date (the sum of this
subsection 2.03(a)(1) – for each Selling Shareholder
shall be referred to herein as the “ Selling
Shareholder’s Preferred Amount ” and for the
aggregate amount of all Selling Shareholder's Preferred Amount, the
“ Preference Amount ”);
For purpose of this Agreement; the “
Per Share Series C Amount ” means an amount equal to
$ 1.5299 per share of Series C Preferred Shares; the “
Per Share Series B Amount ” means an amount equal to
$ 1.08946 per share of Series B Preferred Shares; the “
Per Share Series A-3 Amount ” means an amount equal to
$ 1.08946 per share of Series A-3 Preferred Shares; the
“ Per Share Series A-1 Amount ” means an amount
equal to $ 13.6542 per share of Series A-1 Preferred Shares;
and the “ Per Share Series Ordinary A Amount ”
means an amount equal to $ 3.6316095 per share of Series
Ordinary A Shares;; plus in each such per share amount above (other
than the Ordinary A Shares) the amount of interest accrued and
applicable to each such Company Shares calculated as of November
30, 2009, as set forth in the Consideration Allocation Spreadsheet.
The Preference Amount shall be $35,344,209.
(2) At
the Closing - the product of the Per Share Ordinary Amount
multiplied by the sum of (i) the total number of Ordinary Shares
held by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date, plus (ii) the
total number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all
Series Ordinary A Shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares, Series A-3
Preferred Shares, Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred
Shares held by such Shareholder on the Closing Date, as set forth
opposite the name of such Shareholder on the Consideration
Allocation Certificate.
The Per Share Ordinary Amount will be calculated
as follows:
(i) The
Aggregate Consideration Value minus the Preference Amount shall be
referred to herein as the “ Aggregate Participating
Amount ”.
(ii) The
quotient obtained by dividing the Aggregate Participating Amount by
the " Fully Diluted Equity Securities " (which is equal to
the total number of Participating Shares plus the total number of
Vested Company Options which are outstanding as of the Closing Date
plus the total number of Company Ordinary Shares that are subject
to the Unvested Company Option assumed by Purchaser pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement), shall be defined as the " Per Share FD
Amount ".
(iii) The
“ Participating Rights Holders Participating
Amount” shall be equal to the Aggregate Participating
Amount minus the product obtained by multiplying the Unvested
Company Options by the Per Share FD Amount (i.e., the Value of
Unvested Company Options”).
(iv) The
quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Participating Rights Holders
Participating Amount plus the Aggregate Exercise Amount, by (B) the
Participating Shares plus the total number of Vested Company
Options, shall be defined as the “ Per Share Ordinary
Amount ”. In this Agreement, the “ Aggregate
Exercise Amount ” shall mean the amount which would have
been obtained if the total number of Vested Company Options had
been exercised in full into Company Shares. For clarification
purposes, the Aggregate Exercise Amount will not be actually paid
by the holders of Vested Company Options, nor will it be added to
the Closing Cash Consideration, but rather used for calculation
purposes only in order to determine the Per Share Ordinary
Amount.
The total number of shares held by each Selling
Shareholder and which are referred to in subsection 2.03(a)(2)(i)
and 2.03(a)(2)(ii) above shall be referred to as the “
Selling Shareholder’s Participating Shares ” and
for all Selling Shareholders the “ Participating
Shares ”; The amount or value each Selling Shareholder
shall be entitled to receive pursuant to this
subsection 2.03(a)(2) shall be referred to as the “
Selling Shareholder’s Participating Amount ” and
for all Selling Shareholders the “Shareholders
Participating Amount ”.
The total amount each Selling Shareholder will
be entitled to receive shall be equal to such Selling
Shareholder’s Participating Amount plus such Selling
Shareholder’s Preferred Amount, if any (the “
Selling Shareholder’s Closing Payment Amount ”),
subject to the provisions of Section 2.5 and Article XI
below.
The “ Closing Payment Value ”
means an amount equal to the Aggregate Consideration Value minus
the Value of Unvested Company Options.
The quotient obtained by dividing (i) (A) the
Value of the Closing Consideration Shares plus (B) the Value of the
Phantom Shares, by (ii) the Closing Payment Value will be referred
to herein as the “ Equity Portion ”; and the
quotient obtained by dividing (i) Closing Cash Consideration minus
the Vested Options Adjustment Amount, by (ii) the Closing Payment
Value shall be referred to herein as the “ Cash
Portion ”. In this Agreement the “ Value of the
Closing Consideration Shares ” means an amount equal to
the Closing SD Share Price multiplied by the total number of
Closing Consideration Shares; and the " Value of the Phantom
Shares " means an amount equal to the Closing SD Share Price
multiplied by the total number of Phantom Shares.
The proportion between the Closing Consideration
Shares and the Closing Cash Consideration each Selling Shareholder
will be entitled to receive at the Closing, will be based on the
ratio between the Cash Portion and the Equity Portion (the “
Distribution Ratio ”).
The number of Closing Consideration Shares each
Selling Shareholder will be entitled to receive shall be equal to
such Selling Shareholder’s Closing Payment Amount multiplied
by a fraction the numerator of which is equal to the Equity Portion
and the denominator is equal to the Closing SD Share
Price.
The number of Closing Consideration Shares and
the portion of the Cash Consideration each Selling Shareholders
will be entitled to receive at the Closing shall be set forth in
the Consideration Allocation Certificate.
(b)
Holder’s of Vested Company Options :
(1) At
the Closing, each holder of a Vested Company Option, by virtue of
the Transactions without any action on the part of the holder,
shall be entitled to receive in exchange for such Vested Company
Option an amount in cash equal to the product of Per Share Ordinary
Amount multiplied by the total number of Ordinary Shares issuable
upon a cashless exercise (i.e. using the Per Share Ordinary Amount)
of such Optionholder’s Vested Company Option (“
Optionholder’s Closing Payment Amount
”).
The Purchaser's Shares that all holders of
Vested Company Options would have been entitled to receive, if such
Optionholders had exercised their Vested Company Options into
Company Shares (on a cashless basis) is defined as the " Phantom
Shares ". The number of Phantom Shares each holder of Vested
Company Options would have been entitled to receive if such
Optionholder would have exercised his, her or its Vested Company
Options, shall be equal to such Optionholder’s Closing
Payment Amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is
equal to the Equity Portion and the denominator is equal to the
Closing SD Share Price.
For clarification purposes (i) the Phantom
Shares are not issuable and will not be issued to the holders of
Vested Company Options and in lieu of such Phantom Shares such
holders of Vested Company Options will be entitled to receive an
amount in cash equal to such Optionholder's respective number of
Phantom Shares multiplied by the Closing SD Share Price; and (ii)
the total amount payable to all holders of Vested Company Options
pursuant to this sub-section shall be equal to the Vested Options
Adjustment Amount.
(2) Payments
made to each holder of Vested Company Options will be made to the
Trustee through the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.10
below;
(3) The
amount of Cash Consideration each holder of Vested Company Options
will be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
shall be set forth in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(c)
Holder’s of Unvested Company Option
(1) At
the Closing, Purchaser shall assume the unvested portion of each
Company Option outstanding as of the Closing Date (the “
Unvested Company Options ”). Each Unvested Company
Option will be exercisable (or will become exercisable in
accordance with its terms) for that number of whole Consideration
Shares equal to the number of Company Ordinary Shares that were
subject to the Unvested portion of such Company Option immediately
prior to the Closing Date multiplied by the ratio of the Per Share
FD Amount to the Closing SD Share Price (such ratio, the “
Option Ratio ”), rounded down to the nearest whole
number of Consideration Shares (and the per share exercise price
for the Consideration Shares issuable upon exercise of such assumed
Unvested Company Option will be equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing the exercise price per Company Ordinary Share at which
such Unvested Company Option was exercisable immediately prior to
the Closing Date by the Option Ratio, rounded up to the nearest
whole cent). The “ Value of Unvested Company Options
” shall mean the product obtained by multiplying the Unvested
Company Options by the Per Share FD Amount.
(2)
The number of Consideration Shares issuable pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) shall be referred to as the “
Purchaser’s Equity Awards ”. The
number of Purchaser's Equity Awards each holder of Unvested Company
Options will be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, shall be set forth in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(d)
Company Warrantholders .
(1) The
Company Warrants outstanding at the Closing will either be
terminated or exercised into Company Shares immediately prior to
the Closing.
(2) The
number of and class of Company Shares each Warrantholder will be
entitled to receive upon exercise or termination of such Warrants
as well as the number Closing Consideration Shares and the portion
of the Cash Consideration each holder Warrantholder will be
entitled to receive at the Closing upon the cashless exercise of
such Warrants, shall be set forth in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(3) For
clarification purposes the parties acknowledge that for purposes of
this Section 2.03 and the calculation of the amount distributed to
each Equityholder, the Warrantholders will deemed to be, and are
treated as, Selling Shareholders (and the formulas set forth above
should include the number of Company Shares issuable upon a
cashless exercise of such Warrants).
(e)
Clarifications; Mechanics . Anything to the contrary
notwithstanding:
(1) Out
of the total number of Closing Consideration Shares, ninety percent
(90%) shall be issued to the Selling Shareholders and the balance
of ten percent (10%) will be issued for the benefit of the Selling
Shareholders yet set aside in the Escrow Fund (the " Share
Component of the Escrow Fund ") as further described in this
Section 2 and subject to forfeiture in accordance with Article XI.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no
event will the total number of Consideration Shares issued or
issuable by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, including all
Closing Consideration Shares and all Purchaser's Equity Awards,
equal more than the Maximum Consideration Shares.
(2) Out
of the Closing Cash Consideration payable at Closing, Purchaser
shall extend to the Escrow Agent: (i) an amount in cash equal to
ten percent (10%) of the Closing Cash Consideration (the " Cash
Component of the Escrow Fund "); and (ii) an amount in cash
equal to $200,000 as the Rep Reimbursement Amount - as further
described in this Section 2, and the balance of Closing Cash
Consideration will be paid to the Participating Rights Holders in
accordance with the terms hereof. In addition, and with respect to
each Participating Rights Holder, severally and not jointly,
Purchaser may deduct any withholding amounts as further described
in this Section 2.
(3) The
Purchaser or any of its Representatives shall not be responsible
for the determination of the Aggregate Consideration allocation.
The Aggregate Consideration allocation will be presented in the
Consideration Allocation Certificate, which will be deemed a
Specified Representation of the Company. The Company also
represents that the information and calculations set forth in the
Consideration Allocation Certificate shall be made in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Company’s Articles of Association, and other relevant
existing contractual arrangements among the Company, the holders of
Company Shares, Company Optionholders and Company Warrantholders.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, Purchaser shall be
entitled to rely entirely upon the Consideration Allocation
Certificate in connection with making the payments pursuant to this
Agreement and neither the Holder Representatives nor any
Equityholder shall be entitled to make any claim in respect of the
allocation of the payments made by Purchaser to or for the benefit
of any Equityholders to the extent that the payments are made in a
manner consistent with the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(4) The
Purchaser will make the payments pursuant this Agreement with the
assistance of a Payment Agent. Purchaser shall cause, and be
responsible for, the Payment Agent, to make the payment of the
Closing Cash Consideration to the holders of Company Shares and
Vested Company Options in accordance with the provisions set forth
in this Agreement and the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(5) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no fractions of
a cent will be payable hereunder and any amounts payable hereunder
shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent and no fractional
shares shall be issued hereunder and any fractional shares shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole share.
(6) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and subject to the
potential additional payment pursuant to the terms of Section 7.05
hereof, the aggregate maximum consideration that Purchaser shall be
required to pay to all of the Equityholders pursuant to this
Agreement shall in no event exceed an aggregate value of
$160,000,000 plus the amount of Company Cash held by the Company on
the Closing Date, with all shares of Purchaser’s Shares
issued or to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
deemed to have, for the purpose of this sub-section 2.03(e)(6)
only, a stipulated value of the Average SD Share Price, minus the
amount of Company Debt on the Closing Date minus the Company
Transaction Expenses set forth in the Transaction Expenses
Certificate.
(f)
WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS .
(1) Effective
for all purposes as of the date hereof, each Executing Shareholder
acknowledges and agrees on behalf of itself and each of its agents,
trustees, beneficiaries, directors, officers, affiliates,
subsidiaries, estate, successors and assigns (each, a “
Releasing Party ”) that each hereby releases and
forever discharges the Company, each Equityholder and the Purchaser
(each a “ Beneficiary ”) and each of such
Beneficiary’s respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, representatives, agents, members,
stockholders, successors, predecessors and assigns (each, a “
Released Party ” and collectively, the “
Released Parties ”) from any and all Equityholder
Claims such Releasing Party may have or assert it has against any
of the Released Parties, from the beginning of time through the
time of the Closing and following the Closing, in each case whether
known or unknown, or whether or not the facts that could give rise
to or support a Claim are known or should have been known. In this
Agreement an “ Equityholder Claim ” shall mean:
(i) any claim or right to receive any Company Shares other
than the Company Shares set forth opposite his, her or its name in
the Estimated Consideration Allocation Chart (other than as a
result of an exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding as of
immediately prior to the Closing by any Executing Shareholder who
is a Company Warrantholder); (ii) any claim or right to receive any
portion of the Cash Consideration, Consideration Shares
or any other form, amount or value of consideration payable or
issuable to any Equityholder pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, other than as specifically set forth in the
Consideration Allocation Certificate (subject to any changes
contemplated in this Agreement – e.g. as a result of changes
in the Company Cash, Company Debt, the vesting of any Unvested
Company Option or the exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding
as of immediately prior to the Closing by any Company
Warrantholder) and applicable to such Executing Shareholder; or
(iii) any claim with respect to the authority to enter into the
Transactions and the enforceability of the Transactions.
(2) Each
Executing Shareholder hereby confirms,
acknowledges, represents and warrants that he, she or
it: (A) (i) is the holder of the number of Company Shares set forth
opposite his, her or its name in the Estimated Consideration
Allocation Chart; (ii) other than the number and class of Company
Shares set forth opposite his, her or its name in the Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart, is not entitled to any
additional Company Shares (other than as a result of an
exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding as of immediately prior
to the Closing by any Executing Shareholder who is a Company
Warrantholder) or any other form of equity securities
including, shares, options, warrants or any other convertible
security, or right to acquire shares, options or warrants of or any
other convertible security into share capital of the Company; (iii)
waives any right to receive any additional Company Shares (as a
result of any anti-dilution rights, preemptive rights, conversion
rights (of any of the Company Shares which are outstanding as of
the date hereof or any Company Shares he, she or it may have been
entitled to receive as a result of the conversion of any
convertible loan agreement or any other convertible instrument that
was issued by the Company), rights of first offer, co-sale and
no-sale rights, any other participation, first refusal or similar
rights, any adjustment of the conversion price of any preferred
share whatsoever) or otherwise), except for any additional Company
Shares issued as a result of an exercise of any Company Warrant
outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing by any Company
Warrantholder; (iv) fully, finally, irrevocably and
forever waives any right to convert any of its Company Shares
into any other class or series of Company Shares presently and
through the Closing; and (B) (i) examined the Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart and is entitled only to the
distribution set forth in such a chart (subject to any changes
contemplated in this Agreement – e.g. as a result of changes
in the Company Cash, Company Debt, the vesting of any Unvested
Company Option or the exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding
as of immediately prior to the Closing by any Company
Warrantholder); (ii) waives any right to receive consideration
other than as set forth in the Consideration Allocation Certificate
(including, without limitation, for any interest payments, the
method of determination of the Preference Amount and the Aggregate
Participating Amount, the method of calculation of any of the
values set forth in this Agreement or the method of determination
of the Participating Rights Holder's Interest,, any preferential
amount, any amount resulting from the conversion of shares any
other rights of any nature under the Articles of Association, or
any Shareholders Agreement, which the Executing Shareholders and/or
its successors and assignees ever had, now have or hereafter can,
shall or may have, at any time, due to actions or events that
occurred prior to Closing which do not conform or are not
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the consideration
attributed to such Executing Shareholders in the Consideration
Allocation Certificate); (C) hereby terminates and waives any
rights, powers and privileges such Executing Shareholder has or may
have pursuant to any Shareholders Agreement (which for purposes of
this Agreement will be defined as any investors rights agreement,
registration rights agreement or shareholders agreement entered
into by such Executing Shareholders with respect to the Company) or
any right to make a claim or demand for any discrepancy between any
Shareholders Agreement, share purchase agreement or convertible
loan agreement such Executing Shareholder and the provisions of
this Agreement and his, her or its entitlement pursuant to such
agreements; (D) for as long as this Agreement is in force agrees
not to sell, transfer, assign or convert any of its Company Shares,
or subject such Company Shares to any Liens, except pursuant to a
transfer request of Company Shares provided to the Company and
Purchaser prior to the date hereof; and (E) has not heretofore
assigned or transferred, or purported to have assigned or
transferred, to any corporation (or any other legal entity) or
person whatsoever, any claim, debt, liability, demand, obligation,
cost, expense, action or cause of action herein
released.
(3) Each
Executing Shareholder hereby acknowledges that such Executing
Shareholder is familiar with Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the
State of California (“ Section 1542 ”), which
provides as follows:
A GENERAL
RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW
OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING
THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY
AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
Effective for all purposes as of the date
hereof, each Executing Shareholder waives and relinquishes on
behalf of each Releasing Party any rights and benefits which such
Releasing Party may have under Section 1542 or any similar statute
or common law principle of any jurisdiction. Each
Executing Shareholder acknowledges that such Executing Shareholder
may hereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those
which such Executing Shareholder now knows or believes to be true
with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, but it is
such Executing Shareholder’s intention to fully and finally
and forever settle and release any and all matters, disputes and
differences, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, which do
now exist or may exist or heretofore have existed between any
Releasing Party and any Released Party with respect to the subject
matter of this Agreement. In furtherance of this
intention, the releases herein shall be and remain in effect as
full and complete general releases notwithstanding the discovery or
existence of any such additional or different facts.
(4) Each
Executing Shareholder, on behalf of each Releasing Party, further
covenants and agrees that such Releasing Party has not heretofore
sold, transferred, hypothecated, conveyed or assigned, and shall
not hereafter sue any Released Party upon, any Equityholder Claim
released under this Section 2.03(f), and that each Releasing Party
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties against any
loss or liability on account of any actions brought by such
Releasing Party or such Releasing Party’s assigns or
prosecuted on behalf of such Releasing Party and relating to any
Equityholder Claim released under this Section 2.03(f).
(5) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 2.03(f), the foregoing releases and
covenants shall not apply to any claims (a) relating to
Purchaser’s failure to pay the Closing Cash Consideration, to
issue the Consideration Shares or any other payments in accordance
with this Agreement; (b) relating to Purchaser’s failure to
perform any of its obligations, undertakings or covenants set forth
in this Agreement (including, without limitation the filing of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and indemnification obligations)
or any of the Transactional Agreements; (c) relating to any
employment payment, including salary, bonuses, accrued vacation,
any other employee compensation and/or benefits, and unreimbursed
expenses or any of the amounts set forth in Section 7.05 (
Bonus/ Retention Pool ), (d) relating to or arising from any
commercial relationship such Executing Shareholder may have with
any of the Released Parties; and (e) for indemnity by officers,
employees and directors of the Company in their capacity as such in
accordance with Section 7.07 below.
(6) Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the foregoing release is
conditioned upon the consummation of the Closing and shall become
null and void, and shall have no effect whatsoever, without any
action on the part of any person or entity, upon termination of
this Agreement in accordance with its terms; and (ii) should any
provision of this release be found, held, declared, determined, or
deemed by any court of competent jurisdiction to be void, illegal,
invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or
controlling law, the legality, validity, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not be affected and the illegal, invalid,
or unenforceable provision will be deemed not to be a part of this
Release.
Section
2.04
[Reserved] .
Section
2.05
Escrow Fund .
(a)
Escrow Deposit . At the Closing, Purchaser shall issue and
deliver to the Escrow Agent, as the escrow agent under the Escrow
Agreement, the Cash Component of the Escrow Fund in US dollars in
immediately available funds and shall deliver the Share Component
of the Escrow Fund constituting the Escrow Fund to be held by the
Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement
and released from the Escrow Fund pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. For all purposes of the Escrow
Fund, including the calculation of any payment to Purchasers for
Damages in accordance with Article XI below, the value of each
Consideration Share held in the Escrow Fund shall be calculated
using the Average SD Share Price. The “ Value of the
Escrow Fund ” shall be equal to the product of the
aggregate Share Component of the Escrow Fund multiplied by the
Average SD Share Price, plus the aggregate Cash Component of the
Escrow Fund.
(b) Any
amount paid from the Escrow Fund to Purchaser in accordance with
Article XI shall be paid to Purchaser in (i) cash and (ii) a number
of Consideration Shares, in proportion to the ratio between the
Cash Component of the Escrow Fund and the Share Component of the
Escrow Fund, assuming a value for each such Consideration Share
equal to the Average SD Share Price.
(c)
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest . Each
Participating Rights Holder portion in the Escrow Fund shall be
calculated as the quotient obtained by dividing each Participating
Rights Holder's Cash Component of the Escrow Fund, plus such
Participating Rights Holder's Share Component of the Escrow Fund,
if any (calculated based on the Average SD Share Price), by the
Value of the Escrow Fund Each Participating Rights
Holder’s Interest in the Escrow Fund and the number of
Consideration Shares and the portion of the Cash Consideration set
aside in Escrow Fund, shall be set forth in the Consideration
Allocation Certificate.
(d) Any
amount distributed out of the Escrow Fund shall be allocated to
each Participating Rights Holder according to such Participating
Rights Holder's Interest in the Escrow Fund (it being understood
that the Share Component of the Escrow Fund shall be distributed
only to the Selling Shareholders, and in accordance with the
aforementioned such Participating Rights Holder's
Interest.
Section 2.06
Non Executing Shareholders' Deposit .
(a) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Purchaser
elects to exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice
under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, Purchaser shall
transfer to the Paying Agent the appropriate portion out of the
Closing Consideration Shares and the Closing Cash Consideration
payable under this Agreement to all Non Executing Shareholders,
subject to any applicable amount to remain in the Escrow Fund in
accordance with Section 2.05 (the “ Non-Executing
Shareholder’s Deposit ”). Such amounts will be held
by the Paying Agent in trust for and to the benefit of each such
Non Executing Shareholders, until such Non Executing Shareholder
shall have become an Execution Shareholder hereunder by executing
and delivering to Purchaser this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to be executed by it and otherwise delivering
to Purchaser all other deliveries called for herein. As soon as
practicable thereafter, the Paying Agent shall transfer to such Non
Executing Shareholder who has become an Executing Shareholder his,
her or its appropriate portion held in such assets and funds. The
foregoing shall also apply, mutatis mutandis , to the
appropriate portion of any sums released from the Escrow Agent in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement. Should a
Non-Executing Shareholder not execute the aforementioned within
three months of the Bring-Along Notice, then the Purchaser may
direct the Paying Agent to transfer such Non-Executing
Shareholder’s Deposit to the Company. Thereafter,
such Non-Executing Shareholder shall look only to the Company for
the Non-Executing Shareholder’s Deposit.
Section
2.07
Holder Representative Reimbursement Amount .
A portion of the Closing Cash Consideration
otherwise payable to the Participating Rights Holders equal to
$200,000 (the “ Rep Reimbursement Amount ”),
shall not be paid at the Closing to the Participating Rights
Holders, but shall instead be deposited with the Escrow Agent, to
be used by the Holder Representatives for the payment of expenses
incurred by each of the Holder Representatives in performing his
duties pursuant to this Agreement. The portion of the Closing Cash
Consideration to be contributed on behalf of each Participating
Rights Holder hereunder to the Rep Reimbursement Amount shall be
based on the Participating Rights Holder’s Interest. The Rep
Reimbursement Amount shall in no manner affect or impact the amount
of the Escrow Fund. In the event that the Holder Representatives
have not used the entire Rep Reimbursement Amount at such time as
the termination of the Escrow Period, any remaining amount shall be
distributed by the Escrow Agent to the Participation Rights Holders
pro rata to their respective Participating Rights Holder’s
Interests. The Rep Reimbursement Amount, or any portion thereof,
will be distributed to the Participating Rights Holders in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and such
distribution shall be based on the Participating Rights Holder's
Interest. If the Rep Reimbursement Amount shall be
insufficient to reimburse each of the Holder Representatives’
expenses in accordance with this Agreement, then upon written
request of the Holder Representatives, each Participating Rights
Holder shall make a payment of its respective share of such
additional expenses to the Holder Representatives, based on such
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest; provided, however,
that any additional payment by each Participating Rights Holder
shall not impact any of the obligations of each Participating
Rights Holder pursuant to Article XI below.
Section
2.08
Consideration Charts .
(a)
Estimated Consideration Allocation Chart . Prior to the date
hereof, the Company provided the Purchaser and the Holder
Representatives with the Estimated Consideration Allocation Chart
(attached hereto as Exhibit K ) illustrating the respective
distribution of the consideration at Closing Date based on certain
hypothetical assumptions and conditions. The Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart is not intended in any way to set
forth the amounts that will actually be payable to the
Equityholders pursuant to this Agreement, and is merely an
illustration of how to calculate the amount due to each
Equityholder based on the methodology set forth above.
(b)
Consideration Allocation Certificate . Not later than three
(3) Business Days before the Closing, the Company shall deliver to
Purchaser and the Holder Representatives a certificate of the
Company (the “ Estimated Company Pre-Closing
Certificate ”) executed on its behalf by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company that sets forth in reasonable
detail the Company’s estimate of the Closing Cash, together
with copies of the Company bank statements supporting such
estimation (“ Estimated Closing Cash ”). The
Estimated Company Pre-Closing Certificate will be amended and
delivered to Purchaser one (1) Business Day before the Closing, to
reflect any changes in the Closing Cash. The adjusted certificate
will be referred to herein as the “ Closing Cash
Certificate ”. The amounts set forth in the Closing Cash
Certificate shall be incorporated in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate. The Closing Cash Certificate shall be executed by the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company
and shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty of the
Company with respect to the amount of Cash held by the Company at
Closing. The Consideration Allocation Certificate, as adjusted to
reflect the Closing Cash Certificate (the “ Consideration
Allocation Certificate ”) shall be delivered together
with the Closing Cash Certificate and shall be executed by the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
and by the Holder Representatives, and shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty of the Company and each of the Selling
Shareholders with respect to his, her or its entitlement to
distribution hereunder. In no event shall Purchaser be required to
make any payments pursuant to this Agreement unless and until the
Consideration Allocation Certificate has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the Holder Representatives. Purchaser
shall be entitled to rely entirely upon the Consideration
Allocation Certificate in connection with making the payments
pursuant to this Agreement and neither the Holder Representatives
nor any Equityholder shall be entitled to make any claim in respect
of the allocation of the payments made by Purchaser to or for the
benefit of any Equityholders to the extent that the payments are
made in a manner consistent with the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(c)
Recapitalization . If between the date of this Agreement and
the Closing, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares or
Preferred Shares is changed into a different number of shares
or into a different class, by reason of any share dividend,
subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split-up,
combination, exchange of shares, or the like, the
per Company Share, and per Company Option amounts set out in
this Agreement will be correspondingly adjusted to reflect such
change, such that the Aggregate Consideration shall not be
increased or reduced as a result of any such action.
Section
2.09
Legend Requirement .
(a)
Securities Act . Each certificate representing the Closing
Consideration Shares shall (unless otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Agreement) be imprinted with a legend
substantially similar to the following (in addition to any legend
required under applicable securities laws or as provided elsewhere
in this Agreement):
For Regulation D Investors:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE
BEEN ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN
ACCORDANCE THEREWITH, PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. THE ISSUER OF
THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY
PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, NO HEDGING
TRANSACTION MAY BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO THESE SECURITIES
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ACT.”
For Regulation S Investors:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE
BEEN ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN
ACCORDANCE THEREWITH, PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. THE ISSUER OF
THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY
PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, NO HEDGING
TRANSACTION MAY BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO THESE SECURITIES
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ACT.”
For all Principal Shareholders:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT DATED
OCTOBER 12, 2009 BY AND AMONG SIGMA DESIGNS, INC., COPPERGATE
COMMUNICATIONS LTD., AND CARMEL V.C. 2 LTD. AND TAMIR FISHMAN
VENTURES MANAGEMENT II LTD., AS THE HOLDER REPRESENTATIVES, AND
EACH PERSON IDENTIFIED ON EXHIBIT A-1 THERETO (THE
“ACQUISITION AGREEMENT”) AND ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS (THE “LOCK-UP RESTRICTIONS”) ON TRANSFER
SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 12, 2009, IN FAVOR
OF SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. THE LOCK-UP RESTRICTIONS SHALL
EXPIRE AS TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) OF THE TOTAL SECURITIES
ISSUED TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO THE
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT ON THE LATER OF (I) THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING THE FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, RELEASE OR FILING OF
EARNINGS OF SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. FOLLOWING THE CLOSING DATE OF SIGMA
DESIGNS, INC.’S ACQUISITION OF COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS
LTD., OR (II) THE DATE ON WHICH THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT
TO WHICH THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE
REGISTERED FOR RESALE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
IS DECLARED EFFECTIVE (SUCH LATER DATE, THE “INITIAL RELEASE
DATE”). THEREAFTER, AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT (25%) OF THE TOTAL SECURITIES ISSUED TO THE HOLDER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT WILL BE RELEASED
FROM THE LOCK-UP RESTRICTIONS ON EACH OF THE 60TH, 120TH AND 180TH
DAY FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RELEASE DATE.”
(b)
Blue Sky Laws . In addition, certificates representing the
Closing Consideration Shares may contain any legend required by the
blue sky laws of any jurisdiction to the extent such laws are
applicable to the sale of the Closing Consideration Shares
hereunder.
Section
2.10
Closing of the Company’s Share Registry
.
At the Closing Date, holders of certificates
representing Company Shares that were outstanding immediately prior
to the Closing Date shall cease to have any rights as shareholders
of the Company, and the share registry of the Company shall be
closed with respect to all shares outstanding immediately prior to
the Closing Date. No further transfer of any such Company Shares
shall be made on such share registry after the Closing
Date.
Section
2.11
Withholding Rights .
(a)
Right to Withhold . Each of Purchaser, the Paying Agent, the
Escrow Agent and the Company shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable to
any Equityholder, former Equityholder or other Person pursuant to
this Agreement such amounts as Purchaser, the Paying Agent, the
Escrow Agent or the Company, as the case may be, are required to
deduct or withhold therefrom under the Code, the Israeli Code, or
any Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the
extent that such amounts are so withheld by Purchaser, the Paying
Agent, the Escrow Agent or the Company, as the case may be, (i)
such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom or to which
such amounts would otherwise have been paid in respect of whom such
deduction and withholding was made by Purchaser, the Escrow Agent
or the Company, (ii) such withheld amounts shall be remitted by
Purchaser, the Escrow Agent or the Company, to the applicable
Governmental Authority, and (iii) Purchaser, the Escrow Agent or
the Company, as applicable, shall promptly provide to the
Equityholder from which such amounts were withheld written
confirmation of the amount so withheld. To the extent that such
amounts are required to be deducted or withheld by Purchaser, the
Paying Agent, Escrow Agent or Company, such Person shall withhold
such amounts from the Closing Cash Consideration rather than the
Closing Consideration Shares. In the event such amounts required to
be deducted or withheld by Purchaser, the Paying Agent, Escrow
Agent or Company exceed the Closing Cash Consideration, such Person
is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of, on behalf of such
Equityholder, the portion of the Closing Consideration Shares
otherwise deliverable to such Equityholder, to enable Purchaser,
the Paying Agent, Escrow Agent or Company to comply with such
deduction or withholding requirement. Purchaser, Escrow Agent or
Company shall notify the relevant Equityholder that such sale and
withholding or deduction was made and remit to such Equityholder
any balance of the proceeds of such sale not applied to the payment
of taxes less any costs or expenses incurred by Purchaser, the
Paying Agent, Escrow Agent or Company in connection with such
sale.
(b)
Tax Rulings; Withholding Certificates . Without derogating
from the foregoing, Purchaser agrees that:
(1) if
a valid Israeli tax ruling with respect to withholding required in
connection with the Transactions is obtained from the ITA, any
withholding under the Israeli Code with respect to the transactions
covered in such tax ruling will be made in accordance with such tax
ruling;
(2) no
withholding or reduced withholding under the Israeli Code will be
made from any consideration payable hereunder to an Equityholder to
the extent that such holder has provided Purchaser, the Paying
Agent, the Escrow Agent or the Company with an appropriate and
applicable exemption or confirmation of no withholding or a reduced
withholding rate (as applicable) issued by the ITA with respect to
such Equityholder (a “ Qualified Withholding
Certificate ”), prior to the time such payment of
consideration is made;
(3) no
withholding under United States Tax law will be made from any
consideration payable hereunder to a Selling Shareholder that
delivers to Purchaser or the Paying Agent a duly completed Form W-9
or Form W-8, as applicable, unless required under applicable law
for service providers to the Company prior to the Closing or
Purchaser following the Closing.
(4) in
the absence of receipt of a Qualified Withholding Certificate, to
the extent any Tax is withheld by Purchaser or the Company, as the
case may be, in accordance with the provisions hereof and subject
to the prior compliance by the relevant Equityholder with the
conditions of the following sentence, then the party withholding
such amount shall not remit same to the applicable Tax authorities
earlier than one Business Day prior to the last date for such
remittance is required under applicable Tax law with respect to a
certain Equityholder, provided, unless it is provided by said
Equityholder, prior to such date, with a Qualified Withholding
Certificate in respect of such payment, in which case Purchaser
shall withhold in accordance with the provisions of the Qualified
Withholding Certificate and any remaining amount shall be promptly
released to Paying Agent for distribution to the relevant
Equityholder. The party withholding such amount shall not defer
payment to the applicable Tax authorities, unless provided with a
cashier’s check on or prior to the date of the original
payment in such amount as the Purchaser deems adequate to cover for
any deficiencies due to exchange rate fluctuations
Section
2.12
Treatment of Company Options .
(a)
General . Each outstanding option to purchase Company
Ordinary Shares under any Company Option Plan (a “ Company
Option ”) shall entitle its holder to receive the
benefits set forth in this Agreement.
(b)
Unvested Company Options . At the Closing Date, Unvested
Company Options shall be assumed by Purchaser as set forth in this
Section 2. Each Unvested Company Option so assumed by Purchaser
under this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the
same terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Company
Option documents (including any applicable Company Option Plan and
share option agreement or other document evidencing such Company
Option) immediately prior to the Closing Date (including any
repurchase rights or vesting provisions), except that (i) each such
Company Option will be exercisable (or will become exercisable in
accordance with its terms) for that number of Purchaser's Equity
Awards and (ii) the per share exercise price under the assumed
Unvested Company Option for the Purchaser’s Equity Award will
be based on the Option Ratio as set forth above. Each assumed
Unvested Company Option shall continue to vest following the
Closing Date based on the vesting schedule applicable to such
Unvested Company Option as in effect immediately prior to the
Closing Date. The assumption of any Unvested Company Option is
intended to be effected in a manner which is consistent with
Section 424(a) of the Code, and each assumed Unvested Company
Option that qualified as an incentive stock option pursuant to
Section 422 of the Code immediately prior to the Closing Date is
intended to qualify as an incentive stock option immediately after
the Closing Date. The assumption of any Unvested Company Options
granted under the Israeli Code is intended to be effected in a
manner which is consistent with the provisions of the Israeli
Option Tax Pre-Ruling, if obtained. Following the Closing Date,
Purchaser Board of Directors, a committee thereof or such other
committee to which Purchaser Board duly delegates authority shall
succeed to the authority and responsibility of the Company Board of
Directors or any committee thereof with respect to each assumed
Unvested Company Option. The exercise of the assumed Unvested
Company Option and/or sale of underlying shares shall be subject to
the terms of the Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling, if obtained and to
such terms and restrictions, including blackout periods, as are
generally applicable to such exercise and sale of options to
purchase Purchaser's Shares. In the event that any Unvested Company
Option assumed in accordance with this Section 2.12(b) terminates
or otherwise expires following the Closing in accordance with its
terms, the Purchaser's Equity Awards which would have been issued
upon the exercise of such Unvested Company Option shall be, as soon
as practicable following such termination or expiration, granted as
additional options to individuals who were employed by the Company
as of the Closing Date and continue to be employed by the
Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates at the
time of grant, on such terms and to such specific individuals as
will be determined in the discretion of the Purchaser Board of
Directors or any committee thereof to which the Purchaser Board of
Directors delegates its authority, in consultation with management
of the Company.
(c)
Vested Company Options . At the Closing, each holder of a
Vested Company Option, by virtue of the Transactions without any
action on the part of the holder, shall be entitled to receive in
exchange for such Vested Company Option and the cancellation
thereof at the Closing an amount in cash as set forth in Section
2.03 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that any Company Shares or Vested Company Options are held in trust
pursuant to Section 102 of the Israeli Code, the Paying Agent
will make payment of the consideration that such holder of
Company Shares or Vested Company Options is entitled to
receive directly to the “Section 102 Plan” trustee
(the “ Trustee ”), and in accordance with the
provisions of the Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling, if obtained. The
vesting and exercisability of each outstanding Company Option held
by a non-employee director (or consultant) of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, shall accelerate in accordance with the terms of the
Company Option Plan and/or agreement evidencing the Company Option,
and such Company Option shall be canceled at the Closing Date and
shall thereafter constitute Vested Company Options. Prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall use reasonable commercial efforts
to obtain at the earliest practicable date an Options
Acknowledgement Agreement from holders of Vested Company
Options. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, as a condition to receipt of the Optionholder’s
Closing Payment Amount, each such Optionholder shall be required to
execute and deliver to Purchaser an Options Acknowledgement
Agreement.
Section
2.13
Closing .
(a)
Time and Place . The consummation of the Transactions (the
“ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of
Herzog, Fox, Neeman Law Offices, Assia House, 4 Weizman St.,Tel
Aviv, Israel at a time and on a date to be specified by the
parties, which shall be no later than the third Business Day after
the satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions set forth in
Article IX to be satisfied or waived (other than those conditions
that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing), or at
such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in
writing. The date on which the Closing actually takes place is
referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing Date
”.
(b)
Transactions at Closing . At the Closing, the following
transactions shall occur, which transactions shall be deemed to
take place simultaneously, and no transaction shall be deemed to
have been completed or any document delivered until all such
transactions have been completed and all required documents
delivered:
(1) Each
Executing Shareholder shall deliver to Purchaser one or more share
certificates (or a written declaration of loss or destruction in
lieu thereof in the form to be agreed upon by Purchaser and the
Company (and attached hereto as Exhibit M ) accompanied by
duly executed deeds of transfer, in the form to be agreed upon by
Purchaser and the Company (and attached as Exhibit N
).
(2) Each
person who at the time of the Closing is a Company Warrantholder
shall deliver at the Closing to Purchaser a duly executed
termination and waiver agreement in the form reasonably acceptable
to Purchaser.
(3) Purchaser,
each of the Holder Representatives on behalf of himself and each
Participating Rights Holder, and the Escrow Agent shall enter into
the Escrow Agreement.
(4) Purchaser
shall deliver to the Paying Agent for further distribution by the
Paying Agent, upon receipt of a duly executed and completed letter
of transmittal set forth as an exhibit to the Paying Agent
Agreement, to each Participating Rights Holder or the Trustee in
accordance with the Option Tax Ruling, the portion of the Closing
Cash Consideration, if any, payable thereto in accordance with this
Agreement and the information contained in such letter of
transmittal, and shall issue to each Participating Rights Holders
his, her or its portion of Closing Consideration Shares.
(5) Purchaser
shall deliver to the Escrow Agent the Escrow Fund.
(6) If
the Purchaser elects to exercise its rights to provide the
Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement,
Purchaser shall acquire good and valid title, free and clear of any
Liens, to all Company Shares owned by the Non Executing
Shareholders in accordance with Section 341 of the Companies
Law-1999 or any other procedures available under the Company's
articles of association and applicable law, and as of the Closing
Date, Purchaser will own 100% of the issued and outstanding share
capital of the Company (on a fully diluted basis) and, indirectly
through the Company, 100% of the issued and outstanding of the
share capital of the Subsidiary free and clear of any
Lien.
(7) If
Purchaser elects to exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along
Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, the Company
shall register the transfer of all the Company Shares to Purchaser
in the register of shareholders of the Company, and shall provide
Purchaser with a true and correct copy of such updated register of
shareholders reflecting such entry, certified by two directors of
the Company. If Purchaser elects not to exercise its
rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3)
of this Agreement, the Company shall register the transfer of the
Company Shares held by the Executing Shareholders to Purchaser in
the register of shareholders of the Company, and shall provide
Purchaser with a true and correct copy of such updated register of
shareholders reflecting such entry, certified by two directors of
the Company.
(8) If
Purchaser elects to exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along
Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, the Company
shall issue and deliver to Purchaser validly executed share
certificate(s) covering all the Company Shares, issued in the name
of Purchaser. If Purchaser elects not to exercise its
rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3)
of this Agreement, the Company shall issue and deliver to Purchaser
validly executed share certificate(s) covering the Company Shares
previously held by the Executing Shareholders, issued in the name
of Purchaser.
(9) The
Purchaser shall have received an irrevocable Letter of Appointment
of Directors in the form set forth in Exhibit CC , executed
by holders of a majority of the Company Preferred Shares, including
Tamir Fishman Ventures Capital II Ltd., Tamir Fishman Ventures II
L.P., Tamir Fishman Ventures II CEO Fund (U.S.) L.P., Tamir Fishman
Ventures II (Cayman Islands) L.P., Tamir Fishman II (Israel) L.P.,
Tamir Fishman Ventures II CEO Fund L.P. (collectively, “
Tamir Fishman ”), The Challenge Fund II – Etgar
L.P. (the “ Challenge Fund ”) and Carmel
Ventures II L.P. (“ Carmel Ventures ”),
appointing Purchaser’s designees to the Board of Directors of
the Company, effective as of the Closing.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
Subject to Section 13.05, except as set forth in
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents and
warrants to Purchaser:
Section
3.01
Corporate Existence and Power .
(a) The
Company: (i) is a limited liability company duly incorporated and
validly existing under the laws of Israel; (ii) is duly licensed or
qualified to do business and where applicable is in good standing
as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the conduct
of its business or the activities it is engaged makes such
licensing or qualification necessary; and (iii) has all necessary
corporate power and authority: (A) to conduct is business in the
manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (B) to
own, use and distribute its assets in the manner in which its
assets are currently owned, used and distributed; and (C) to
perform its obligations under all Contracts.
(b) Section
3.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true,
correct and complete list of the Company’s Subsidiaries as of
the date of this Agreement. Each of the Subsidiaries of the Company
(i) has been duly organized, and is validly existing and where
applicable in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization; (ii) is duly licensed or qualified to do business
and is where applicable in good standing as a foreign entity in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the
activities it is engaged makes such licensing or qualification
necessary; and (iii) has all necessary corporate power and
authority: (A) to conduct is business in the manner in which its
business is currently being conducted; (B) to own, use and
distribute its assets in the manner in which its assets are
currently owned, used and distributed; and (C) to perform its
obligations under all Material Contracts. ¬
(c) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of:
(i) the articles of association, certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or equivalent governing documents, including all amendments
thereto, of each Acquired Company (the “ Charter
Documents ”), including all amendments thereto, of each
Acquired Company; (ii) the equity records of each Acquired Company;
and (iii) the minutes of the meetings and other proceedings
(including any actions taken by written consent or otherwise
without a meeting) of the Selling Shareholders of each Acquired
Company, the Company Board of Directors, all committees thereof and
the boards of directors of the Subsidiary, in each case since
January 1, 2006. There has not been any violation of any of the
provisions of the articles of association or bylaws (or equivalent
constituent documents), including all amendments thereto, of each
Acquired Company, as applicable, and no Acquired Company has
taken any action that is inconsistent in any material respect with
any resolution adopted by the Selling Shareholders, the Company
Board of Directors or any committee thereof. The books of accounts,
stock records, minute books and other records of each Acquired
Company are accurate, up-to-date and complete in all material
respects, and have been maintained in accordance with prudent
business practices and all Applicable Law.
(d) Section
3.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately sets forth:
(i) the names of the members of the board of directors (or similar
body) of each Acquired Company; (ii) the names of the members of
each committee of the board of directors (or similar body) of each
Acquired Company; and (iii) the names and titles of the officers of
each Acquired Company.
(e) None
of the Acquired Companies has conducted any business under or
otherwise used, for any purpose or in any jurisdiction, any
fictitious name, assumed name, business name or other name, other
than its respective corporate name as set forth in this
Agreement.
Section
3.02
Corporate Authorization .
(a) The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter
into and to perform its obligations under the Transactional
Agreements to which it is a party in accordance with the respective
terms thereof; and the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transactional Agreements to which it is a party in
accordance with the respective terms thereof have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and the Company Board of Directors. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by all
other parties thereto, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to (i) laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and the relief of debtors, and (ii) rules of law
governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other
equitable remedies. Upon the execution of each of the other
Transactional Agreements at the Closing, each of such other
agreements to which the Company is a party will constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, and will be,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by all other
parties thereto, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its respective terms, subject to (i) laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
the relief of debtors, and (ii) rules of law governing specific
performance, injunctive relief and other equitable
remedies.
(b) At
a meeting duly called and held, the Company Board of Directors has
(i) unanimously determined that this Agreement and the
Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of
the Company’s shareholders and (ii) unanimously approved and
adopted this Agreement and the Transactions.
Section
3.03
Governmental Authorizations; Governmental Grants
.
(a) Section
3.03(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each material
Governmental Authorization held by any Acquired Company, and the
Company has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of
all Governmental Authorizations identified in Section 3.03(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Governmental Authorizations
identified in Schedule 3.03(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
are valid and in full force and effect, and collectively constitute
all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the
Acquired Companies to conduct their respective businesses in the
manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. Each
of the Acquired Companies is, and has at all times been, in
compliance with the terms and requirements of the respective
Governmental Authorizations identified in Schedule 3.03(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, except for any noncompliance with any
such Governmental Authorization that would not cause the Company to
lose a material benefit or incur any material liability. Except as
set forth in Section 3.03(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
none of the Acquired Companies has received any notice or other
communication from any Governmental Authority regarding: (i) any
actual or possible violation of or failure to comply with any term
or requirement of any Governmental Authorization; or (ii) any
actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, termination or modification of any Governmental
Authorization.
(b) Section
3.03(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each
Governmental Grant (including with respect to “approved
enterprise” status) that has been or is provided or available
or applicable to any Acquired Company. Except as set forth on
Section 3.03(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Company has ever received any Governmental Grant. The Company has
delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of: (i) all
applications and related documents and correspondence submitted by
the Company to the Investment Center, the Office of the Chief
Scientist and any other Governmental Authority; and (ii) all
certificates of approval and letters of approval (and supplements
thereto) granted to the Company by the Investment Center, the
Office of the Chief Scientist and any other Governmental Authority.
In each such application submitted by or on behalf of any Acquired
Company, all information required by such application has been
disclosed accurately and completely in all material respects and
any non-material disclosures that are not accurate or complete
would not cause the loss of the Governmental Grant obtained by such
application. Except for undertakings set forth in such letters of
approval and under Applicable Law, there are no undertakings of any
Acquired Company given in connection with any Governmental Grant.
Each Acquired Company is in compliance with the terms, conditions,
requirements and criteria of all Governmental Grants, except for
any noncompliance with such Governmental Grants that would not
cause the Company to lose a material benefit or incur any material
liability and, except as set forth in Section 3.03(b)(iii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, has duly fulfilled all conditions,
undertakings and other obligations relating thereto. Except as set
forth in Section 3.03(b)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
Governmental Authority: (i) has awarded any participation or
provided any support to any Acquired Company; or (ii) is or may
become entitled to receive any royalties or other payments from any
Acquired Company.
(c) Section
3.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect
to each Governmental Grant referred to in Section
3.03 (b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) the total
amount of the benefits received by each Acquired Company under such
Governmental Grant and the total amount of the benefits available
for future use by each Acquired Company under such Governmental
Grant; (ii) the time period in which each Acquired Company
received, or will be entitled to receive, benefits under such
Governmental Grant; and (iii) any Governmental Grant consisting of
a Tax incentive (other than incentives generally available by
operation of law without application or action by any Governmental
Authority). No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition
exists, that would or that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to: (A) the annulment, revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, recapture or modification of any Governmental Grant;
(B) the imposition of any limitation on any Governmental Grant or
any benefit available in connection with any Governmental Grant; or
(C) a requirement that any Acquired Company return or refund any
benefits provided under any Governmental Grant. The consummation of
the Acquisition Transaction pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement: (1) will not adversely affect the ability of any
Acquired Company to obtain the benefit of any Governmental Grant
for the remaining duration thereof or require any recapture of any
previously claimed incentive; and (2) will not result in (x) the
failure of any Acquired Company to comply with any of the terms,
conditions, requirements and criteria of any Governmental Grant or
(y) any claim by any Governmental Authority or other Person that
any Acquired Company is required to return or refund, or that any
Governmental Authority is entitled to recapture, any benefit
provided under any Governmental Grant. Except as set forth in
Section 3.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Consent of
any Governmental Authority or other Person is required to be
obtained prior to the consummation of the Acquisition Transaction
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in order to preserve the
entitlement of any Acquired Company to any Governmental Grant or to
avoid any increase in royalty rates incurred by any Acquired
Company under any such Governmental Grant or other change in the
terms and conditions applicable to any Acquired Company under any
such Governmental Grant. There is no intention to change the terms
of any Governmental Grant, except as may result from generally
applicable changes to the relevant laws and regulations
thereunder.
Section
3.04
Non-Contravention .
Except as set forth in Section 3.04 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither: (1) the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements,
documents or instruments referred to in this Agreement; nor (2) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
any such other agreement, document or instrument, will (with or
without notice or lapse of time):
(a) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of: (i) any of the
provisions of any Charter Documents of any of the Acquired
Companies;
(b) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental
Authority or other Person, subject to the Purchaser’s
representation and warranties set forth in Section 5.04 below being
true and correct, the right to challenge any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or to exercise any remedy or obtain
any relief under, any Applicable Law or any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree to which any of the Acquired
Companies or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired
Companies, is subject;
(c) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or
requirements of, or give any Governmental Authority the right to
revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any
Governmental Authorization that is held by any of the Acquired
Companies or that otherwise relates to any Acquired Company’s
business or to any of the assets owned or used by any Acquired
Company;
(d) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a
default under, any material provision of any Material Contract, or
give any Person the right to: (i) declare a default or exercise any
remedy under any such Material Contract; (ii) accelerate the
maturity or performance of any such Material Contract; or (iii)
cancel, terminate or modify any such Material Contract;
or
(e) result
in the imposition or creation of any Lien upon or with respect to
any asset owned or used by any of the Acquired Companies (except
for minor liens that will not, in any case or in the aggregate,
materially detract from the value of the assets subject thereto or
materially impair the operations of any of the Acquired
Companies).
Except as set forth in Section 3.04 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Companies is and
none of the Acquired Companies will be required to make any filing
with or give any notice to, or to obtain any consent from, any
Person in connection with: (x) the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements
referred to in this Agreement; or (y) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
3.05
Capitalization; Subsidiaries .
(a) The
authorized capital of the Company consists of 30,000,000 Company
Ordinary Shares, 8,040,000 Company Ordinary A Shares, 8,000,000
Preferred A-1 Shares, 4,650,000 Preferred A-3 Shares, 3,158,000
Preferred B Shares, 15,200,000 Preferred C Shares, 1,500,000
Preferred D Shares and 4,500,000 Deferred Shares. As of the date of
this Agreement, there were issued and outstanding 506,540 Company
Ordinary Shares, 229,460 Company Ordinary A Shares, 21,960
Preferred A-1 Shares, 4,645,470 Preferred A-3 Shares, 3,157,800
Preferred B Shares, 9,608,510 Preferred C Shares, zero Preferred D
Shares and 167,620 Deferred Shares, Company Options to purchase an
aggregate of 5,328,425 Company Ordinary Shares (of which options to
purchase an aggregate of 3,729,925 Company Ordinary Shares were
exercisable) and Company Warrants to purchase an aggregate of
281,880 Preferred C Shares. Each Company Ordinary A Share is
convertible at the option of the holder of such Share into the
right to receive one Company Ordinary Share. Each Preferred A-1
Share is convertible into such number of Company Ordinary Shares
received by dividing 136.542 by 15.853. Each Preferred B Share and
each Preferred A-3 Share is convertible at the option of the holder
of such Share into the right to receive one Preferred A-1 Share or
one Company Ordinary A Share. As of the date of this Agreement, the
Company has reserved 184,575 Company Ordinary Shares for future
issuance of Company Options. All of the issued and
outstanding Company Shares have been, and all Company Shares that
may be issued pursuant to any Company Option granted under any
Option Plan or pursuant to Company Warrants will be, when issued in
accordance with the respective terms thereof, duly authorized and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(b) Section
3.05(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and
correct list of each outstanding Company Option to purchase Company
Shares, including the name of the holder, the number of Company
Shares subject to such Company Option, the vested status applicable
thereto as of the date of this Agreement, exercise price per share,
vesting schedule (including the number of vested and unvested
shares as of a date not earlier than five (5) Business Days prior
to date of this Agreement assuming continued employment by such
Optionholders), whether such Company Option is an “incentive
stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code,
the date on which such Company Option expires, and whether the
vesting of such Company Option shall be subject to any acceleration
in connection with the Transactions, and with respect to the
Company Options granted to Israeli taxpayers, whether each such
Company Option was granted pursuant to Section 3(i) of the Israeli
Code, Section 102 of the Israeli Code (prior to June 30, 2003) or
Section 102 of the Israeli Code (on or after June 30, 2003) and the
subsection of Section 102 pursuant to which the Company Option was
granted. With respect to any Company Option granted under a Company
Option Plan, there has been (y) no amendment to such option,
including any amendment to reduce its exercise price per
share, and (z) no cancellation of such option in exchange for
cash or another equity-based award.
(c) Section
3.05(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and
correct list of each outstanding Company Warrant to purchase
Company Shares, including the name of the holder, the number of
Company Shares subject to such Company Warrant, the vested status
applicable thereto as of the date of this Agreement, exercise price
per share, vesting schedule (including the number of vested and
unvested shares as of a date not earlier than five (5) Business
Days prior to date of this Agreement assuming continued employment
by such Optionholders), the date on which such Company Warrant
expires, and whether the vesting of such Company Warrant shall be
subject to any acceleration in connection with the
Transactions.
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.05(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there are no outstanding (i) shares of capital stock of the
Company, (ii) securities, instruments or obligations of the Company
that are or may become convertible into or exchangeable for Company
Shares (iii) subscription, option, call, convertible note, warrant
or rights (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any
Company Shares or other securities of the Company; (iv) Contract
under which the Company is or may become obligate to sell or
otherwise issue any Company Shares or any other securities; or (v)
condition or circumstance that may give rise to or provide a basis
for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such
Person is entitled to acquire or receive any Company Shares or
other securities of the Company.
(e) Section
3.05(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete
and accurate list, by name, of the Company’s Shareholders,
the addresses of the Company Shareholders, the number of Company
Shares owned by such shareholder identified by class and series.
All outstanding Company Shares have been issued and granted in
compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and other
Applicable Law and (ii) all material requirements set forth in
applicable Contracts. None of the outstanding Company Shares were
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. Section
3.05(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identified
each Acquired Company Contract relating to any securities of the
Company that contained any information rights, management rights,
registration rights, financial statement requirements or other
terms that would survive the Closing unless terminated (other than
in accordance with its terms) or amended prior to the
Closing.
(f) At
the Closing, Purchaser will receive good and valid title, free and
clear of any Liens, adverse claims, to all outstanding Company
Shares owned by the Selling Shareholders.
(g) Other
than as set forth in Section 3.05(g) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company has never repurchased, redeemed or otherwise
reacquired any of its shares or other securities and there are no
outstanding rights or obligations of the Company to repurchase or
redeem any of its securities. All shares of capital stock of the
Company ever repurchased or redeemed by the Company were
repurchased or redeemed in compliance with: (i) all applicable
securities laws and other Applicable Law; and (ii) all requirements
set forth in all applicable Charter Documents and
Contracts.
(h) Section
3.05(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each Subsidiary of
the Company. The Company is the sole owner of all of the securities
of each of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3.05(h)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Subsidiary of the Company
has or is bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, commitments, rights agreements or agreements of
any character calling for it to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to
be issued, delivered or sold any of its equity securities or any
securities convertible into, exchangeable for or representing the
right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise receive any such
equity security or obligating such Subsidiary to grant, extend or
enter into any such subscriptions, options, warrants, calls,
commitments, rights agreements or other similar agreements. There
are no outstanding contractual obligations of any Subsidiary of the
Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its
securities or other equity interests. All of the securities of each
of the Subsidiaries of the Company are validly issued, fully paid
(to the extent required under the applicable governing documents)
and nonassessable and, with respect to such shares held directly or
indirectly by the Company, are owned by the Company free and clear
of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. All of the securities of
each of the Subsidiaries (i) have been issued in compliance with
all applicable securities laws and other Applicable Law and all
requirements set forth in applicable Charter Documents and
Contracts; and (ii) were not issued in violation of or subject to
any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities of such Subsidiaries. The Company has not agreed and is
not obligated under any Contract to, directly or indirectly, make
any future investment in or capital contribution or advance to any
Person. Except for preemptive rights held by the Company, there are
no preemptive rights applicable to any shares of any of the
Subsidiaries of the Company. None of the Subsidiaries of the
Company have the right to vote on or approve any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
3.06
Financial Statements .
(a) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser the Company’s audited
consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008
and the related audited consolidated statements of income and cash
flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
and the reviewed but unaudited consolidated interim balance sheet
as of June 30, 2009 and the related reviewed but unaudited
consolidated interim statement of income and cash flows for the six
months ended June 30, 2009 (collectively, the “ Financial
Statements ”).
(b) The
Financial Statements (i) have been prepared from the books and
records of the Acquired Companies, (ii) complied as to form in all
respects with applicable accounting requirements with respect
thereto as of their respective dates, (iii) have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited statements,
for the absence of footnotes) applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated
therein or in the notes thereto) and consistent with each other,
and (iv) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial
condition of the Acquired Companies at the dates therein indicated
and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods therein specified
(subject, in the case of unaudited interim period financial
statements, to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments and to
any other adjustments described therein including the notes
thereto).
(c) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the books of account and other
financial records of the Company have been kept accurately in the
ordinary course of business consistent in all material respects
with Applicable Law, the transactions entered therein represent
bona fide transactions, and the revenues, expenses, assets and
liabilities of the Acquired Companies have been properly recorded
therein in all material respects.
(d) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not received any
written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim regarding any
material deficiency in the accounting or auditing practices,
procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or their
respective internal accounting controls, including any complaint,
allegation, assertion or claim that the Company has engaged in
questionable accounting or auditing practices.
(e) To
the Knowledge of the Company: (i) transactions of the Acquired
Companies are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions of the
Acquired Companies are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(f) Section
3.06(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate
reconciliation of all accounts receivable, notes receivable and
other receivables of the Acquired Companies as of the Unaudited
Interim Balance Sheet Date. Except as set forth in
Section 3.06(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all existing
accounts receivable of the Acquired Companies (including those
accounts receivable reflected on the Company Financial Statements
that have not yet been collected and those accounts receivable that
have arisen since the Balance Sheet Date and have not yet been
collected) represent current and valid obligations arising from
bona fide transactions entered into in the ordinary course of
business and not in violation of Applicable Law.
(g) There
are no amounts (including loans, advances or other indebtedness)
owed to any Acquired Company by a director, officer, employee or
shareholder of an Acquired Company (other than travel advances made
in the ordinary course of business.
Section
3.07
Absence of Certain Changes .
Since the Balance Sheet Date, the business of
the Company has been conducted in the ordinary course consistent
with past practices (except for actions taken in connection with
the negotiation of this Agreement and the Transactions) and, except
as set forth in Section 3.07 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there has not been:
(a) any
event, occurrence, development or state of circumstances or facts
that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any
damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or not covered
by insurance) affecting the business or assets of any Acquired
Company in any material manner;
(c) except
as set forth in Section 3.07(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
any amendment of the Charter Documents of any Acquired Company and
none of the Acquired Companies has effected or been a party to any
Acquisition Transaction;
(d) any
splitting, combination or reclassification of any Company Shares or
any equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company or
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution (whether in cash, shares or property or any
combination thereof) in respect of any Company Securities or any
equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company, or redemption,
repurchase or other acquisition or offer to redeem, repurchase, or
otherwise acquire any Company Securities or any equity securities
of any Subsidiary of the Company;
(e) (i)
any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance,
delivery or sale of, any shares of any Company Securities or any
equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company, other than the
issuance of any Company Shares upon the exercise of Company Options
or Company Warrants that are outstanding on the date of this
Agreement in accordance with the terms of those options or warrants
on the date of this Agreement (except for the issuance of Company
Options set forth on Schedule 3.07(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule), or (ii) any amendment or waiver of (in each case,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) any term of any
Company Security or Company Option Plan (including permitting the
accelerated vesting thereunder) (other than an amendment to effect
the provisions of Section 2.11 above and the acceleration of
vesting of Company Options set forth and as described in Section
3.07(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule);
(f) any
incurrence of any capital expenditures or any obligations or
liabilities in respect thereof by any Acquired Company, except for
capital expenditures that do not exceed $50,000 individually or
$100,000 in the aggregate;
(g) any
acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of shares or
assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, by any Acquired
Company of any all of substantially all assets, properties or
securities of any Person;
(h) any
sale, lease or other transfer, or creation or incurrence of any
Lien on, any assets, securities, properties, interests or
businesses of any Acquired Company, other than (i) sales of Company
Products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices or (ii) sales of assets, securities, properties,
interests or businesses with a sale price (including any related
assumed indebtedness) that does not exceed $50,000 individually or
$100,000 in the aggregate;
(i) the
making by any Acquired Company of any loans (other than in the
ordinary course of business), guarantee or capital contributions
to, or investments in, any other Person;
(j) the
creation of any Company Debt or the guarantee by any of the
Acquired Companies of any indebtedness formerly
borrowed;
(k) (i)
the entering into of any Contract that limits or otherwise
restricts in any respect any Acquired Company or any of its
Affiliates or any successor thereto from engaging or competing in
any line of business, in any location or with any Person or (ii)
the entering into, amendment or modification in any material
respect or termination of any Material Contract (as defined in
Section 3.09) or waiver, release or assignment of any material
rights, claims or benefits of any Acquired Company
thereunder;
(l) the
sale, disposition of, transfer or license to any Person of any
rights, including any rights to any Company IP or other assets by
any Acquired Company other than on a non-exclusive basis in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or the
acquisition, lease or license from any Person of any rights
including any Intellectual Property Right or other assets other
than in the ordinary course of business, or the sale, disposition
of, transfer or provision of a copy of the Company’s source
code;
(m) (i)
the grant or increase of any severance or termination pay to (or
amendment of any existing arrangement with) any director, officer,
advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired Company, (ii) any
increase in benefits payable under any existing severance or
termination pay policies or employment agreements, (iii) the
entering into of any employment, deferred compensation or other
similar agreement (or amendment of any such existing agreement)
with any director, officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any
Acquired Company, (iv) the establishment, adoption or amendment
(except as required by Applicable Law) of any collective
bargaining, bonus, commission, profit-sharing, thrift, pension,
retirement, deferred compensation, compensation, share option,
restricted share or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any
director, officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired
Company, (v) any increase in compensation, bonus, commission or
other benefits payable to any director, officer, advisor,
consultant or employee of any Acquired Company, except that in the
case of each of the clauses (iii) and (v), when
reference is made to an advisor, consultant or employee who is not
an officer or director of the Company or a Key Employee, the
foregoing representation will be read with the following
qualification: other than in the ordinary course of business or as
required by any Applicable Law;
(n) any
change in the methods of accounting or accounting practices of any
Acquired Company, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP,
as agreed to by its independent public accountants;
(o) any
settlement, or offer or proposal by any Acquired Company to settle:
(i) any Proceeding or claim involving or against any Acquired
Company, (ii) any Selling Shareholder litigation or dispute against
any Acquired Company or any of its Representatives or (iii) any
Proceeding that relates to the Transactions;
(p) any
Tax election made or materially changed; any claim, notice, audit
report or assessment in respect of Taxes settled or compromised (or
agreement with respect thereto); any Tax Return filed (except as
required by Applicable Law or in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice); any Tax allocation agreement, Tax
sharing agreement, advance pricing agreement, cost sharing
agreement, pre-filing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing
agreement relating to any Tax entered into; any annual Tax
accounting period or method of Tax accounting changed or adopted;
any Tax petition, Tax complaint or administrative Tax appeal filed;
any right to claim a Tax refund surrendered or foregone (which is
reasonably be expected to be material to the Company); or any
extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable
to any Tax claim or assessment consented to, nor has any
application or negotiation for or receipt of a Tax ruling or
arrangement been made by the Company or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any Selling Shareholder or on their behalf, whether or
not in connection with the Transactions, except as explicitly
contemplated in this Agreement;
(q) any
application for or receipt of a Governmental Grant;
(r) any
of the Acquired Companies has written off as uncollectible, or
established any extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account
receivable or other indebtedness in excess of $10,000 with respect
to a single matter, or in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate;
(s) any
of the Acquired Companies has made any pledge of any of its assets
or otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any
Lien, except for pledges of immaterial assets made in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with such Acquired
Company’s past practices;
(t) any
of the Acquired Companies has entered into any material transaction
outside the ordinary course of business; and
(u) any
of the Acquired Companies has commenced any Proceeding;
or
(v) any
agreement or commitment to take any of the actions referred to in
clauses “(c)” through “(u).”
Section
3.08
No Undisclosed Liabilities .
(a) No
Acquired Company has any liabilities or obligations of any kind,
whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or
otherwise, whether or not required to be reflected or reserved in
financial statements in accordance with GAAP and greater than
$50,000 in each individual case, and whether due or to become due,
other than:
(1) liabilities
or obligations reflected in the “liabilities” column of
the Company’s Balance Sheet or in the notes
thereto;
(2) accounts
payable and accrued salaries that have been incurred by the
Acquired Companies since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practice;
(3) the
liabilities identified in Section 3.08 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule; and
(4) liabilities
arising under this Agreement.
(b) Section
3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate and
complete breakdown and aging of: (i) all accounts payable of each
of the Acquired Companies as of the date of this Agreement; and
(ii) all notes payable of each of the Acquired Companies and all
other indebtedness of each of the Acquired Companies as of the date
of this Agreement.
(c) None
of the Acquired Companies has ever effected or otherwise been
involved in any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as
defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Acquired
Companies has ever guaranteed any debt or other obligation of any
other Person.
Section
3.09
Material Contracts .
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.09 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
Acquired Company is a party to or bound by any of the following (a
Contract responsive to any of the following categories being
hereinafter referred to as a “ Material Contract
”):
(1) any
lease of tangible personal property providing for annual payments
in excess of $10,000 individually, or $50,000 in the aggregate when
taken together with all other such leases, except for car leases,
phone leases and similar leases that would not individually exceed
annual payments of $25,000;
(2) any
Contract relating to the acquisition, transfer, use, development,
sharing or license of any Intellectual Property Rights (including
any joint development agreement, technical collaboration agreement
or similar agreement), to or from any of the Acquired Companies
other than any end user license agreements for non-exclusive
“off the shelf”, and “click through”
agreements or similar form of agreements or non-disclosure
agreements entered in the ordinary course of business;
(3) any
Contract imposing any restriction on any Acquired Company’s
right, (A) to compete with any other Person (including granting
exclusive rights or rights of first refusal to license, market,
sell or deliver any of the products or services offered by any
Acquired Company), (B) to acquire any product or other asset or any
services from any other Person, to sell any product or other asset
to or perform any services for any other Person or to transact
business or deal in any other manner with any other Person
(including granting any rights of first refusal), or (C) to
develop, distribute or license Intellectual Property
Rights;
(4) any
Contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services,
equipment or other assets from a “single source”
provider, providing for annual payments by any Acquired Company or
annual payments of $50,000 or more;
(5) any
Contract (including purchaser orders or a series of purchase
orders) for the provision of any Acquired Companies’ products
or services that (i) account for at least 10% of the Acquired
Companies’ aggregate revenues from January 1, 2009 and until
June 30, 2009 as per the Financial Statements or (ii) offers
“most favored nation” pricing guarantees;
(6) any
partnership, joint venture or any sharing of revenues, profits,
losses, costs or liabilities Contract;
(7) any
Contract relating to the consolidation, reorganization, acquisition
or disposition of any business (whether by merger, sale of shares,
sale of assets or otherwise) or any similar transaction to which
any of the Acquired Companies is party;
(8) any
Contract relating to borrowed money;
(9) any
Contract effective as of the Closing Date relating to the
acquisition, issuance or transfer of any securities and the voting
and any other rights or obligations of a shareholder of any of the
Acquired Companies;
(10) any
Contract under which (A) any third party has directly or indirectly
guaranteed any liabilities or obligations of any Acquired Company,
(B) any Acquired Company has directly or indirectly guaranteed
liabilities or obligations of any other third party (in each case
other than endorsements for the purposes of collection in the
ordinary course of business);
(11) any
Contract relating to the creation of any Lien with respect to any
asset of any Acquired Company (other than Permitted
Liens);
(12) any
Contract which contains any provisions requiring any Acquired
Company to indemnify any other party, except in respect of
indemnity in connection with the sale of Company Products in the
ordinary course of business;
(13) any
Contract of any Acquired Company with any Related
Person;
(14) any
employment, severance, retention, guaranteed bonus or other
agreement with any current employee, officer, director, advisor or
consultant of any Acquired Company pursuant to which any Acquired
Company which will result (by its terms) in annual cash
payments by any Acquired Company of more than $50,000 to any such
individual (other than for base salary payments and/or as a result
of the receipt of Closing Cash Consideration and/or
Purchaser’s Equity Awards pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and/or as a result of the receipt of any cash payments
pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof);
(15) each
Contract relating to any liquidation or dissolution of any of the
Acquired Companies;
(16) any
Contract that contemplates or involves: (A) the payment or delivery
of cash or other consideration by any of the Acquired Companies in
an amount or having a value in excess of $50,000 individually, or
$100,000 in the aggregate when taken together with all other
Contracts involving such Person or such Person’s affiliates;
or (B) the performance of services having a value in excess of
$50,000 individually, or $100,000 in the aggregate when taken
together with all other Acquired Company Contracts involving such
Person or such Person’s affiliates, in each case other than
Contracts entered in the ordinary course of business or otherwise
disclosed under Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule;
(17) each
Contract with a Governmental Authority; and
(18) any
other Contract that was entered into outside the ordinary course of
business or was inconsistent with the past practices of any of the
Acquired Companies.
(b) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of
all written Material Contracts identified in Section 3.09(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, including all amendments thereto.
Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule provides an
accurate description of the material terms of each Material
Contract identified in Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule that is not in written form.
(c) Except
as set forth in Section 3.09(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
each Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the
Acquired Company party thereto, and is in full force
and effect, is enforceable by the applicable Acquired Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of
debtors; and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and no Acquired
Company is and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party
thereto is in default or breach in any material respect under the
terms of any such Material Contract, and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition
exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or
would reasonably be expected to, (i) result in a violation or
breach of any of the material provisions of any Material Contract,
(ii) give any Person the right to declare a default or
exercise any remedy under any Material Contract, (iii) give
any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or performance of
any Material Contract, or (iv) give any Person the right to cancel,
terminate or modify any Material Contract. No Acquired
Company has waived any of its material rights under any
Contract.
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.09(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
no Acquired Company has received any written notice or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any other communication regarding any
material violation or breach of, or default under, any Material
Contract.
(e) No
Person is renegotiating any amount paid or payable to any Acquired
Company under any Material Contract or any other material term or
provision of any Material Contract.
(f) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser a complete and accurate copy of
each standard form of customer Contract used by any Acquired
Company, including each standard form of purchase
order. Schedule 3.09(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule accurately identifies each material customer Contract that
deviates in any material respect from the corresponding standard
form agreement delivered to Purchaser.
Section
3.10
Compliance with Applicable Law .
(a) Each
Acquired Company is, and has at all times been, in compliance in
all material respects with and has operated its respective business
and maintained its respective Assets in compliance with all
Applicable Law, excep
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