Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT OF SALE AND PURCHASE
between
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
and
AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
dated as of June 22, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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2
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SECTION 1.2. Share Exchange
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2
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SECTION 1.3. Closing Date Capital
Adjustment
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3
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SECTION 2.2. Deliverables
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7
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TD
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SECTION 3.1. Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification
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7
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SECTION 3.2. Capitalization; Voting
Rights
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8
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SECTION 3.3. Subsidiaries
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SECTION 3.4. Authorization; Binding
Obligations
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SECTION 3.6. Financial Statements
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SECTION 3.7. Information Supplied
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SECTION 3.8. Certain Agreements
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SECTION 3.10. Title to Properties and Assets;
Liens, Condition, Etc
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SECTION 3.11. Intellectual Property
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SECTION 3.12. Compliance with Laws and Other
Instruments; Consents and Approvals
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SECTION 3.14. Tax Matters
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SECTION 3.15. Benefit Plans
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SECTION 3.16. Agreements with
Regulators
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SECTION 3.17. Undisclosed Liabilities
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SECTION 3.18. Environmental Liability
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SECTION 3.19. Transactions with
Affiliates
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SECTION 3.20. No Broker or Finders
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SECTION 3.22. Accounting Controls
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SECTION 3.23. Interest Rate Risk Management
Instruments
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SECTION 3.24. Labor and Employment
Matters
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
AMERITRADE
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SECTION 4.1. Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification
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SECTION 4.2. Capitalization; Voting
Rights
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SECTION 4.3. Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.4. Authorization; Binding
Obligations
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SECTION 4.6. Financial Statements
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SECTION 4.7. SEC Documents
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SECTION 4.8. Information Supplied
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SECTION 4.9. Certain Agreements
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SECTION 4.11. Title to Properties and Assets;
Liens, Condition, Etc
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SECTION 4.12. Intellectual Property
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SECTION 4.13. Compliance with Laws and Other
Instruments; Consents and Approvals
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SECTION 4.15. Tax Matters
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SECTION 4.16. Benefit Plans
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SECTION 4.17. Agreements with
Regulators
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SECTION 4.18. Undisclosed Liabilities
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SECTION 4.19. Environmental Liability
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SECTION 4.20. Transactions with
Affiliates
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SECTION 4.21. No Broker or Finders
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SECTION 4.22. Vote Required
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SECTION 4.24. Accounting Controls
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SECTION 4.25. Interest Rate Risk Management
Instruments
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SECTION 4.26. Labor and Employment
Matters
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SECTION 5.1. Conduct of Business of Waterhouse
Prior to the Closing
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SECTION 5.2. Conduct of Business of Ameritrade
Prior to the Closing
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49
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SECTION 5.3. Ameritrade Stockholders’
Meeting
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53
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SECTION 5.4. No Solicitations
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SECTION 5.5. Legal Conditions
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57
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SECTION 5.6. Employee Benefit Plans
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SECTION 5.7. Intercompany Matters
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SECTION 5.8. Financing and Other Actions for
Special Dividend
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SECTION 5.9. Fees and Expenses
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SECTION 5.10. Notification of Certain
Matters
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SECTION 5.11. Preparation of the SEC Proxy
Statement
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SECTION 5.12. Access to Information
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SECTION 5.13. Governance of
Ameritrade
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66
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SECTION 5.14. Reorganization
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SECTION 5.15. Completion of Ameritrade Canada
Transaction
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SECTION 5.16. Tax Matters
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SECTION 5.17. Sweep Account Services
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SECTION 5.18. No Solicitations by TD
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SECTION 5.19. Waterhouse 2004 Audited
Financials
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SECTION 5.20. Outsourcing Agreement; Website
Matters
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SECTION 5.21. Canadian Call Centre
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SECTION 5.22. Ameritrade Bank
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SECTION 5.23. Available Capital
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SECTION 5.24. Accounting Adjustment
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SECTION 5.25. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
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SECTION 6.1. Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligations
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72
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SECTION 6.2. Conditions to Obligation of
Ameritrade
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SECTION 6.3. Conditions to Obligation of
TD
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TERMINATION; AMENDMENT; WAIVER
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SECTION 7.2. Effect of Termination
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76
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SECTION 7.4. Extension; Waiver
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77
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SECTION 8.2. Indemnification by TD
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78
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SECTION 8.3. Indemnification by
Ameritrade
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80
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SECTION 8.4. Indemnification
Procedures
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SECTION 9.1. Other Definitions
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83
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SECTION 9.2. Governing Law; Consent to
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 9.3. Successors and Assigns; Third Party
Beneficiaries
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SECTION 9.4. Interpretation
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SECTION 9.5. Counterparts
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SECTION 9.6. Entire Agreement
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89
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SECTION 9.7. Severability
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90
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SECTION 9.8. Other Remedies; Specific
Performance
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90
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90
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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77
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55
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84
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84
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62
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40
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2
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Ameritrade Canada Purchase Agreement
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2
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Ameritrade Canadian Damages
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79
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Ameritrade Closing Date Balance Sheet
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3
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Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule
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3
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35
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37
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Ameritrade International Benefit Plan
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41
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35
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36
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Ameritrade Pre-Closing Taxes
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84
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Ameritrade Preferred Stock
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27
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Ameritrade Recommendation
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53
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Ameritrade Required Votes
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44
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Ameritrade Restated Bylaws
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84
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Ameritrade Restated Charter
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84
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31
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Ameritrade Stock Issuance
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84
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Ameritrade Stock Option Plans
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27
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Ameritrade Stockholders’
Meeting
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12
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58
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69
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21
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84
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84
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4
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84
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Capital Markets Financial Statements
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11
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2
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70
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70
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Change in Ameritrade Recommendation
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53
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81
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6
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6
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Closing Date Balance Sheets
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3
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Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value
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84
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20
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1
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57
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Confidentiality Agreement
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55
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84
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4
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78
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79
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29
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58
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85
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24
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21
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85
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2
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85
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55
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Existing Stockholders Agreement
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30
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85
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5
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5
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85
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85
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10
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85
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24
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10
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Indemnified Ameritrade Entities
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78
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80
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85
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85
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19
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Master Services Agreement
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63
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85
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Money Market Deposit Account
Agreement
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2
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28
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86
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86
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86
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NISC Financial Statements
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11
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86
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Original Services Agreement
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69
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86
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86
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Post Tender Ownership Percentage
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86
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67
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Registration Rights Agreement
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1
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1
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Reorganization Gain Amount
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66
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66
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Reorganization Tax Liability
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67
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54
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Requisite Regulatory Approvals
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72
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20
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86
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86
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10
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86
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86
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50
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Special Dividend Indebtedness
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86
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67
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Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book
Value
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87
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87
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87
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80
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76
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81
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10
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Trademark License Agreement
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2
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88
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Waterhouse 2003 Financial Statements
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11
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Waterhouse 2004 Financial Statements
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11
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Waterhouse 2005 and 2006 Bonus
Program
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61
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21
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Waterhouse Business Financial
Statements
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12
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Waterhouse Closing Date Balance Sheet
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3
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88
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15
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Waterhouse Financial Statements
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12
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Waterhouse International Benefit Plan
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22
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Waterhouse Investor Services Financial
Statements
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11
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15
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17
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Waterhouse Pre-Closing Taxes
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88
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Waterhouse Quarterly Financial
Statements
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11
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Waterhouse Severance Plan
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Waterhouse Tangible Net Worth
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Exhibit A — Stockholders
Agreement
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Exhibit B — Amended and Restated
Registration Rights Agreement
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Exhibit C — Voting
Agreement
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Exhibit D — Ameritrade Canada
Purchase Agreement
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Exhibit E — Form of Trademark License
Agreement
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Exhibit F — Form of Amended and
Restated Bylaws of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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Exhibit G — Form of Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ameritrade Holding
Corporation
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Exhibit H –– Form of Money
Market Deposit Account Agreement
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Exhibit I –– Form of Services
Agreement
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AGREEMENT OF SALE AND PURCHASE
THIS
AGREEMENT OF SALE AND PURCHASE (as amended, supplemented, restated
or otherwise modified from time to time, this “
Agreement ”) is entered into as of
June 22, 2005 between The Toronto-Dominion Bank, a Canadian
chartered bank (“ TD ”), and Ameritrade
Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“
Ameritrade ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
as of the date hereof, TD is the beneficial and record owner of all
of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock,
par value $0.01 per share of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Waterhouse ”), which
shares may be exchanged for a new class of common stock of
Waterhouse and/or transferred to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of TD in
connection with the Reorganization described below;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of each of Ameritrade and TD has approved
and declared advisable this Agreement and has determined that it is
in the best interests of the stockholders of such corporation to
consummate the transactions provided for herein in which, among
other things, Ameritrade shall purchase from TD all of the capital
stock of Waterhouse (the “ Share Purchase
”) and TD will receive, in consideration for all of the
capital stock of Waterhouse, a number of shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of Ameritrade (the “ Common
Stock ”) as specified in this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
prior to or concurrent with the completion of the Share Purchase,
Waterhouse will complete the steps set forth in Section 5.14
of the TD Disclosure Schedule (the “
Reorganization ”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
(i) Ameritrade, TD, J. Joe Ricketts and the related parties
whose names are set forth on the signature pages of the
Stockholders Agreement referred to below (collectively, together
with J. Joe Ricketts, the “ R Parties ”)
are entering into a stockholders agreement in the form attached as
Exhibit A hereto (as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Stockholders Agreement ”), which, in part, is
effective as of the date hereof and, in part, will become effective
as of the Closing; (ii) Ameritrade, TD, the R Parties and the
stockholders identified therein as the “ SLP
Parties ” and the “ TA Parties
” are entering into an amended and restated registration
rights agreement in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Registration Rights Agreement
”), which will become effective as of the Closing;
(iii) TD, the R Parties, the SLP Parties and the TA Parties
are entering into a voting agreement in the form attached as
Exhibit C hereto (as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Voting
Agreement ”) relating to, among other things, the
agreement by the R Parties, the SLP Parties and the TA Parties to
vote the shares of Common Stock held by them in favor of the
approval of the Ameritrade Stock Issuance, the Ameritrade Restated
Charter and any Additional Proposals; (iv) Ameritrade, TD, Datek
Online Holdings Corp. and TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. (“
Waterhouse Canada ”) are entering into a stock
purchase agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto
relating to the purchase by TD of the capital stock of Ameritrade
Canada, Inc.,
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an Ontario corporation (“
Ameritrade Canada ”) (as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Ameritrade Canada Purchase Agreement ”);
(v) Ameritrade and TD are entering into a trademark license
agreement in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Trademark License Agreement
”) which will become effective as of the Closing, relating to
the use by Ameritrade of certain trademarks owned by TD;
(vi) TD Waterhouse Bank, N.A., TD Waterhouse Investor
Services, Inc., National Investor Services Corp., TD and Ameritrade
shall enter into a Money Market Deposit Account Agreement
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H hereto (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Money Market Deposit Account
Agreement ”) on the Closing Date; and
(vii) Ameritrade, TD Asset Management USA Inc., TD Waterhouse
Investor Services, Inc. and National Investor Services Corp. shall
enter into a mutual fund services agreement substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit I hereto (as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Services Agreement ”) on the Closing
Date;
WHEREAS,
it is contemplated that prior to the Closing, Ameritrade will
declare and pay, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, a one-time special cash dividend in respect of the
Common Stock; and
WHEREAS,
following the Closing, TD (and J. Joe Ricketts, if he elects to
participate) will commence a tender offer pursuant to which TD (and
J. Joe Ricketts, if he elects to participate) will offer to acquire
additional shares of Common Stock, as provided in the Stockholders
Agreement (the “ Tender Offer
”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
THE PURCHASE AND SALE
SECTION
1.1. General . On the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, TD shall sell, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver to Ameritrade, and Ameritrade shall
purchase from TD, all of the then-outstanding shares of Waterhouse
Common Stock, representing all of the capital stock of
Waterhouse.
SECTION
1.2. Share Exchange . In exchange for the shares of
Waterhouse Common Stock transferred to Ameritrade at the Closing,
Ameritrade shall, at the Closing, (i) issue and deliver to TD
193,600,000 validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock (the “ Exchange Consideration
”) and (ii) pay to TD, by bank check or wire transfer to
an account designated by TD at least two Business Days prior to the
Closing, cash in the amount of $20,000 (the “ Cash
Consideration ”); provided , however ,
that if at any time between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Ameritrade shall pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock,
subdivide, split or combine the then-outstanding shares of Common
Stock or issue additional shares of Common Stock by
reclassification of its shares of Common Stock, then
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the number of shares of Common
Stock constituting the Exchange Consideration shall be the product
of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock constituting the
Exchange Consideration immediately prior to the occurrence of such
event multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after, and the denominator of which shall be the number
of such shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before, the
occurrence of such event, and the resulting product shall from and
after the date of such event be the Exchange Consideration, subject
to further adjustment in accordance with this sentence in the event
of any subsequent such dividend, subdivision, split, combination or
reclassification.
SECTION
1.3. Closing Date Capital Adjustment .
(a) Within
60 days after the Closing Date, Ameritrade will prepare and
deliver to TD the information set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii) below:
(i) for Waterhouse
and the Business Subsidiaries, a consolidated balance sheet as of
the Closing Date (the “ Waterhouse Closing Date Balance
Sheet ”). The Waterhouse Closing Date Balance Sheet
shall (A) be prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to the
exceptions described below and in Section 1.3(a)(i)(A) of the
disclosure schedule delivered by TD to Ameritrade concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ TD
Disclosure Schedule ”)), applied on a basis
consistent with the preparation of the Waterhouse 2004 Financial
Statements, (B) reflect the Reorganization, (C) reflect the
accruals set forth in Section 1.3(a)(i)(C) of the TD Disclosure
Schedule and (D) be accompanied by a statement showing
Waterhouse’s Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value and
Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, in each case based
on the Waterhouse Closing Date Balance Sheet. TD will assist and
cooperate with Ameritrade in the preparation of the Waterhouse
Closing Date Balance Sheet, including by providing Ameritrade with
reasonable access to any relevant personnel, books and records
related to Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries that are in
TD’s possession.
(ii) for
Ameritrade and its Subsidiaries, a consolidated balance sheet as of
the Closing Date (the “ Ameritrade Closing Date Balance
Sheet ” and, together with the Waterhouse Closing
Date Balance Sheet, the “ Closing Date Balance
Sheets ”). The Ameritrade Closing Date Balance Sheet
shall (A) be prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to the
exceptions described below and in Section 1.3(a)(ii)(A) of the
disclosure schedule delivered by Ameritrade to TD concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “
Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule ”)), applied on
a basis consistent with the preparation of the most recent audited
financial statements of Ameritrade included in the Ameritrade SEC
Documents filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement,
(B) reflect the payment or accrual of any Special Dividend
(including any Special Dividend with a record date prior to the
Closing that will be paid following the Closing) up to an amount
equal to the product of $1.00 and the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock actually outstanding as of the record date of any such
Special Dividend (and not reflect the payment of any portion of the
Special Dividend in excess of such amount), (C)
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not
reflect any Special Dividend Indebtedness (or any proceeds received
therefrom), except to the extent such Special Dividend Indebtedness
exceeds an amount equal to the product of $4.00 and the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding as of the
record date of the Special Dividend, in which case the amount of
such excess shall be reflected (but such amount shall in no event
duplicate any accrual already reflected in (B) above),
(D) reflect the adjustments set forth on
Section 1.3(a)(ii)(D) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule
and (E) be accompanied by a statement showing
Ameritrade’s Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value and
Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, in each case based
on the Ameritrade Closing Date Balance Sheet. The calculations of
Ameritrade’s and Waterhouse’s respective Closing Date
Net Tangible Book Values and Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible
Book Values which accompany the Closing Date Balance Sheets are
referred to collectively herein as the “
Calculations .”
(b) Following
the delivery by Ameritrade to TD of the Closing Date Balance Sheets
and the Calculations, TD shall have a period of 30 days in
which to review the Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
Calculations. TD and its accountants shall be provided with
reasonable access to the work papers of Ameritrade and its
accountants and to the books and records of Ameritrade and its
Subsidiaries and Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries in
connection with such review. In the event that TD determines that
either of the Closing Date Balance Sheets and/or any of the
Calculations have not been prepared in compliance with the
applicable requirements of Section 1.3(a) (taking into account
(i) the various enumerated items in Section 1.3(a)(i)(A)
through (C), in the case of the Waterhouse Closing Date Balance
Sheet, (ii) the various enumerated items in
Section 1.3(a)(ii)(A) through (D), in the case of the
Ameritrade’s Closing Date Balance Sheet, and (iii) the
defined terms contained therein), TD shall, on or before the last
day of such 30-day period, inform Ameritrade in writing of such
determination (the “ TD Objection ”),
setting forth in reasonable detail a specific description of the
basis of the TD Objection, the adjustments to the applicable
Closing Date Balance Sheets which TD believes should be made, and,
if different from Ameritrade’s calculation thereof,
TD’s calculation of the Calculations, and TD shall be deemed
to have accepted any items not specifically disputed in the TD
Objection. Failure to so notify Ameritrade shall constitute
acceptance and approval of Ameritrade’s preparation of the
Closing Date Balance Sheets and the Calculations.
(c) Ameritrade
shall then have 30 days following the date it receives the TD
Objection to review and respond to the TD Objection, during which
period Ameritrade and TD shall negotiate in good faith to resolve
the TD Objection. If Ameritrade and TD are unable to resolve all of
their disagreements with respect to the determination of the
foregoing items by the 30th day following the date on which
Ameritrade receives the TD Objection, after having used their good
faith efforts to reach a resolution, then TD and Ameritrade shall
each submit the name of an accounting firm that is nationally
recognized in the United States (other than the current independent
auditors of either TD or Ameritrade), and Ameritrade and TD shall
mutually select one firm from these two firms (such selected firm,
the “ CPA Firm ”), who shall, acting as
experts in accounting, determine on a basis consistent with the
applicable requirements of Section 1.3(a) (taking into account
(i) the various enumerated items in
Section 1.3(a)(i)(A)
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through (C), in the case of the
Waterhouse Closing Date Balance Sheet, (ii) the various
enumerated items in Section 1.3(a)(ii)(A) through (D), in the
case of the Ameritrade Closing Date Balance Sheet, and
(iii) in each case the applicable defined terms contained in
Section 1.3(a)), and only with respect to the specific
remaining accounting-related differences so submitted, whether and
to what extent either of the Closing Date Balance Sheets and/or any
of the Calculations require adjustment. Each of TD and Ameritrade
shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and
representatives to, provide full cooperation to the CPA Firm.
Ameritrade and TD shall request the CPA Firm to use all reasonable
efforts to render its determination within 45 days following
submission of such matters to the CPA Firm. The CPA Firm’s
determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Ameritrade and
TD and shall be deemed a final arbitration award that is
enforceable pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sec.
1 et seq. Ameritrade and TD shall make reasonably available to the
CPA Firm all relevant books and records, any work papers (including
those of the parties’ respective accountants, to the extent
applicable) and supporting documentation relating to the Closing
Date Balance Sheets and the Calculations, and all other items
reasonably requested by the CPA Firm. The “ Final
Statement ” of each of Waterhouse and Ameritrade
shall mean, with respect to Waterhouse, the Waterhouse Closing Date
Balance Sheet and the calculations of Waterhouse’s Closing
Date Net Tangible Book Value and Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible
Book Value, and with respect to Ameritrade, the Ameritrade Closing
Date Balance Sheet and the calculations of Ameritrade’s
Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value and Targeted Closing Date Net
Tangible Book Value, in each case (i) as submitted by
Ameritrade pursuant to Section 1.3(a) in the event that
(A) no TD Objection is delivered to Ameritrade during the
initial 30-day period specified above or (B) Ameritrade and TD
so agree, (ii) as adjusted in accordance with the TD
Objection, in the event that (A) Ameritrade does not respond
to the TD Objection during the 30-day period specified above
following receipt by Ameritrade of the TD Objection or
(B) Ameritrade and TD so agree, (iii) as adjusted in
accordance with the agreement of Ameritrade and TD, if Ameritrade
and TD so agree during the 30-day period following receipt by
Ameritrade of the TD Objection, or (iv) as adjusted by the CPA
Firm, if it has been submitted to the CPA Firm for review, together
with any other modifications to the applicable Closing Date Balance
Sheet or Calculations agreed upon by Ameritrade and TD. All fees
and expenses of the CPA Firm shall be shared equally by Ameritrade
and TD.
(d) If
Waterhouse’s Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, as set
forth in Waterhouse’s Final Statement, is less than its
Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, TD shall pay to
Ameritrade as a contribution to capital an amount in cash equal to
the sum of (i) the excess of Waterhouse’s Targeted
Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value over its Closing Date Net
Tangible Book Value, each as set forth in Waterhouse’s Final
Statement, plus (ii) an amount calculated as if interest were
payable on the amount paid under clause (i), computed at the daily
effective Fed funds rate as published by the Federal Reserve (based
on a 365-day year) (the “ Fed Funds Rate
”) for the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the
date of such payment, in immediately available funds no later than
the sixtieth (60 th )
day following the date on which Waterhouse’s Final Statement
is determined pursuant to Section 1.3(c) above. If
Waterhouse’s Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, as set
forth in Waterhouse’s Final Statement, is greater than its
Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, Ameritrade shall pay
TD an amount in cash as additional consideration equal to the sum
of (x) the excess of Waterhouse’s Closing Date Net
Tangible Book Value over its Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible
Book Value, as set forth
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in Waterhouse’s Final
Statement, plus (y) an amount calculated as if interest were
payable on the amount paid under clause (x), computed at the Fed
Funds Rate for the period from the Closing Date to but excluding
the date of such payment, in immediately available funds no later
than the sixtieth (60 th )
day following the date on which Waterhouse’s Final Statement
is determined pursuant to Section 1.3(c) above.
(e) If
Ameritrade’s Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, as set
forth in Ameritrade’s Final Statement, is less than its
Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, Ameritrade shall pay
to TD an amount in cash as additional consideration equal to the
sum of (i) (x) the quotient of (A) the excess of
Ameritrade’s Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value
over its Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, each as set forth in
Ameritrade’s Final Statement, divided by (B) 1
minus TD’s Ownership Percentage (expressed as a decimal)
minus (y) the excess amount described in clause
(A) above plus (ii) an amount calculated as if interest
were payable on the amount paid under clause (i), computed at the
Fed Funds Rate for the period from the Closing Date to but
excluding the date of such payment, in immediately available funds
no later than the sixtieth (60 th )
day following the date on which Ameritrade’s Final Statement
is determined pursuant to Section 1.3(c) above. If
Ameritrade’s Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, as set
forth in Ameritrade’s Final Statement, is greater than its
Targeted Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value, TD shall pay to
Ameritrade as a capital contribution an amount in cash equal to the
sum of (I)(x) the quotient of (aa) the excess of Ameritrade’s
Closing Date Net Tangible Book Value over its Targeted Closing Date
Net Tangible Book Value, as set forth in Ameritrade’s Final
Statement, divided by (bb) 1 minus the Ownership Percentage
(expressed as a decimal) minus (y) the excess amount described
in clause (aa) above plus (II) an amount calculated as if
interest were payable on the amount paid under clause (I), computed
at the Fed Funds Rate for the period from the Closing Date to but
excluding the date of such payment, in immediately available funds
no later than the sixtieth (60 th )
day following the date on which Ameritrade’s Final Statement
is determined pursuant to Section 1.3(c) above.
(f) TD
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain (i) net
capital (which amount is set forth in Box 3750 of the applicable
Focus Report) of each of the Business Subsidiaries in excess of
each such Business Subsidiary’s respective Targeted Net
Capital and (ii) Waterhouse Tangible Net Worth in excess of
zero. Ameritrade shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain the net capital (which amount is set forth in Box 3750 of
the applicable Focus Report) of each Subsidiary that is a
registered broker-dealer in excess of its respective Targeted Net
Capital.
ARTICLE II
CLOSING PROCEDURES
SECTION
2.1. Closing . The closing of the Share Purchase (the
“ Closing ”) shall take place on the
third Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions
which by their terms are to be satisfied at Closing), at the
offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, 12 East 49th Street, New York, New York 10017-8203, or
at such other time or place as TD and Ameritrade may mutually agree
(the “ Closing Date ”).
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SECTION
2.2. Deliverables .
(a) At
the Closing, Ameritrade shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
TD the following:
(i) certificates,
registered in such name or names as TD may reasonably request,
evidencing the shares of Common Stock to be issued to TD at the
Closing, free and clear of any Encumbrances;
(ii) the Cash
Consideration;
(iii) the
certificates contemplated by Section 6.3; and
(iv) all other
documents required to be delivered by Ameritrade on or prior to the
Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, including the Money Market
Deposit Account Agreement and the Services Agreement.
(b) At
the Closing, TD shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Ameritrade the following:
(i) the stock
certificates representing all the issued and outstanding shares of
Waterhouse Common Stock, with appropriate stock powers duly
endorsed in blank or accompanied by other duly executed instruments
of transfer, and with all required stock transfer tax stamps
affixed thereto and cancelled, free and clear of all
Encumbrances;
(ii) the
certificates contemplated by Section 6.2; and
(iii) all other
documents required to be delivered by TD on or prior to the Closing
Date pursuant to this Agreement, including the Money Market Deposit
Account Agreement and the Services Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TD
TD
hereby represents and warrants to Ameritrade as follows:
SECTION
3.1. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification .
Waterhouse is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and each of
the Business Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization. Each of Waterhouse and each of the
Business Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on
its business as currently conducted and is duly qualified and in
good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its
properties makes such qualification necessary, other than in such
jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. The
certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Waterhouse and the
Business
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Subsidiaries, copies of which
were previously made available to Ameritrade, are true, complete
and correct as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
SECTION
3.2. Capitalization; Voting Rights . (a) As of the date
of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Waterhouse
consists, and as of the Closing Date (except as contemplated by the
Reorganization), the authorized capital stock of Waterhouse will
consist, of 355,000,000 shares of Waterhouse Common Stock, of which
there are 352,944,959.4 shares outstanding, and 18,000,000 shares
of Class B Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which
there are no shares outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of
Waterhouse Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to
preemptive rights. All of the shares of Waterhouse Common Stock
issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement are owned
by TD, free and clear of any Encumbrance.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 3.2(b) of the TD Disclosure Schedule
and except for the exchangeable preference shares of Waterhouse
Canada, which, prior to or concurrent with the Closing, TD shall
cause to be cancelled or reorganized so as to no longer be
exchangeable into shares of capital stock of Waterhouse or any of
the Business Subsidiaries, or rights to acquire shares of capital
stock of Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries,
(i) there are no options, phantom stock, stock appreciation
rights, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any
character to which Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries
is a party or by which any of the foregoing are bound obligating
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or
sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares
of capital stock of Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries
or obligating Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries to
grant, extend or enter into any such option, phantom stock, stock
appreciation rights, warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement,
(ii) there are no outstanding contractual obligations of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries and (iii) there
are no outstanding securities of any kind convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for the capital stock of Waterhouse or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) No
bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to
vote on any matters on which stockholders may vote (“
Voting Debt ”) of Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries are outstanding.
SECTION
3.3. Subsidiaries . Waterhouse owns, directly or indirectly,
beneficially and of record 100% of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Business Subsidiary. All of the
shares of capital stock of each of the Business Subsidiaries of
Waterhouse have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by Waterhouse free and
clear of any Encumbrance except as otherwise disclosed in
Section 3.3 of the TD Disclosure Schedule. Except for the
Business Subsidiaries and, as of the date of this Agreement, the
Excluded Subsidiaries, Waterhouse does not own, directly or
indirectly, any capital stock, membership
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interest, partnership interest,
joint venture interest or other equity interest in any other Person
for its own account. After giving effect to the Reorganization,
Waterhouse will not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock,
membership interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest
or other equity interest in any other Person for its own account
other than the Business Subsidiaries.
SECTION
3.4. Authorization; Binding Obligations . (a) TD has
all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the
Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party, and each
Subsidiary of TD that is or will be a party to any Transaction
Agreement has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each such
Transaction Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by
TD of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Agreements to
which it is or will be a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of TD and
no other corporate actions by TD are necessary for the execution,
delivery and performance by TD of this Agreement and each of the
Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and the
consummation by TD of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. The execution, delivery and performance by each Subsidiary
of TD of each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of each such Subsidiary and no other corporate actions by such
Subsidiary is necessary for the execution, delivery and performance
by such Subsidiary of each such Transaction Agreement and the
consummation by such Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(b) The
Board of Directors of TD, at a meeting duly called and held, duly
adopted resolutions approving this Agreement, each of the
Transaction Agreements, the Share Purchase and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(c) This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by TD and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by Ameritrade)
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of TD enforceable
against TD in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by
general equity principles.
(d) Each
of the Transaction Agreements to be entered into on the date hereof
has been, and each of the Transaction Agreements to be entered into
after the date hereof, upon such entry will be, duly executed and
delivered by TD (and/or the applicable Subsidiary or Subsidiaries
of TD party thereto) and (assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto) constitutes a valid
and binding obligation of TD (and/or the applicable Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of TD party thereto), enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles.
SECTION
3.5. No Conflict . (a) Except as set forth in
Section 3.5(a) of the TD Disclosure Schedule, the execution
and delivery by TD of this Agreement, the execution and delivery by
TD (and/or the applicable Subsidiary of TD party thereto) of each
of the Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party
does not, and the consummation by TD and/or each such Subsidiary of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, conflict
with, or result in any violation of, or constitute a default (with
or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
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under, or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or the
loss of a material benefit under, or the creation of any
Encumbrance on any assets of Waterhouse or the Business
Subsidiaries (any such conflict, violation, default, right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration, loss or creation, a
“ Violation ”) pursuant to, (i) any
provision of the charter, certificate of incorporation or bylaws or
comparable organizational documents of TD, Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries, (ii) except as to which requisite
waivers or consents have been obtained, and except for the consents
and approvals required under the agreements and instruments listed
in Section 3.5(a) of the TD Disclosure Schedule, any loan or
credit agreement, note, mortgage, indenture, lease or other
agreement, obligation or instrument to which Waterhouse or any
Business Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound, or (iii) any law, permit,
concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute,
ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Waterhouse or any
Business Subsidiary or their respective properties or assets,
assuming the consents, approvals, authorizations or permits and
filings or notifications set forth in Section 3.5(a) of the TD
Disclosure Schedule and paragraph (b) below are duly and
timely obtained or made; other than a Violation, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii), which would not reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on Waterhouse. Section 3.5(a) of the TD Disclosure
Schedule lists all loan or credit agreements, notes, mortgages,
indentures, leases or other agreements, obligations or instruments
(other than the contracts and other agreements set forth in
Section 3.8(a) of the TD Disclosure Schedule) to which
Waterhouse or any Business Subsidiary is a party, or by which any
of their respective properties or assets may be bound, which
require the consent, waiver or approval of a party thereto (other
than Waterhouse or a Business Subsidiary) in connection with the
execution and delivery by TD of this Agreement or the Transaction
Agreements and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Tender Offer), if
the failure to obtain such consent, waiver or approval would be
material to Waterhouse.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 3.5(b) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
no consent, approval, order or authorization of, notice to, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any court, administrative
agency or commission or other governmental authority or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, including any industry
self-regulatory organization (a “ Governmental
Authority ”) or with any Person other than a
Governmental Authority (a “ Third Party
Approval ”), is required by or with respect to TD,
Waterhouse or any Business Subsidiary in connection with the
execution and delivery by TD of this Agreement or any of the
Transaction Agreements, or the consummation by TD of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Tender
Offer), except for (i) the filing by Ameritrade with the SEC
of a proxy statement in definitive form relating to the meeting of
Ameritrade’s stockholders to be held to approve the
Ameritrade Stock Issuance, the Ameritrade Restated Charter and any
Additional Proposal (the “ SEC Proxy Statement
”) and the filing with the SEC by TD of a Schedule TO
and related documents with respect to the Tender Offer,
(ii) notification by Ameritrade to NASDAQ of the proposed
issuance of the Common Stock to TD constituting the Exchange
Consideration, (iii) notices under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “
HSR Act ”) and the expiration of applicable
waiting periods thereunder, (iv) an application for an Advance
Ruling Certificate or no-action letter to the Commissioner of
Competition (Canada) and a pre-merger notification pursuant to the
Competition Act (Canada) and the expiration of applicable waiting
periods thereunder, (v) approval by the Minister of
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Finance (Canada) and the
Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) under the Bank
Act (Canada) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the use by Ameritrade of the “TD” name as contemplated
by the Trademark License Agreement, (vi) notices with and
approvals from the NASD, NYSE and the Canadian securities
regulatory authorities and the other industry self-regulatory
agencies listed in Section 3.5(b) of the TD Disclosure
Schedule, (vii) the filing of the Ameritrade Restated Charter
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware by Ameritrade
and (viii) such other approvals, consents and orders of, and
filings, notices and registrations with, Governmental Authorities
and Third Party Approvals the failure of which to be made or
obtained would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
Waterhouse.
SECTION
3.6. Financial Statements . (a) TD has delivered to
Ameritrade a true, correct and complete copy of each of:
(i) the audited
consolidated balance sheet, statement of income, statement of
retained earnings and statement of cash flow for Waterhouse as of
October 31, 2003 and for the fiscal year then ended (the
“ Waterhouse 2003 Financial Statements
”);
(ii) the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet and statement of income for Waterhouse
(excluding Waterhouse Canada) as of October 31, 2004 and for
the fiscal year then ended (the “ Waterhouse 2004
Financial Statements ”);
(iii) the audited
balance sheets, statements of income, statements of retained
earnings and statements of cash flow for National Investor Services
Corp. as of October 31, 2003 and October 31, 2004 and for
the fiscal years then ended (the “ NISC Financial
Statements ”);
(iv) the audited
balance sheets, statements of income, statements of retained
earnings and statements of cash flow for TD Waterhouse Investor
Services, Inc. as of October 31, 2003 and October 31,
2004 and for the fiscal years then ended (the “
Waterhouse Investor Services Financial Statements
”);
(v) the audited
balance sheets, statements of income, statements of retained
earnings and statements of cash flow for TD Waterhouse Capital
Markets, Inc. as of October 31, 2003 and October 31, 2004
and for the fiscal years then ended (the “ Capital
Markets Financial Statements ”);
(vi) the unaudited
consolidated statements of income for Waterhouse and the Business
Subsidiaries (excluding all Excluded Subsidiaries) for each of the
six calendar quarters beginning with the calendar quarter ended
December 31, 2003 through the calendar quarter ended
March 31, 2005 (the “ Waterhouse Quarterly
Financial Statements ”); and
(vii) the
unaudited consolidated statement of income for Waterhouse and the
Business Subsidiaries (excluding all Excluded Subsidiaries) as of
April 30, 2005 and for the 12 months then ended and the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet for Waterhouse and the
Business Subsidiaries (excluding all Excluded Subsidiaries) as of
April 30, 2005
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(the
“ Waterhouse Business Financial Statements
” and together with the financial statements described in
clauses (i) through (vi) above, the “
Waterhouse Financial Statements ”).
(b)
(i) The Waterhouse Financial Statements were prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto
or in Section 3.6(b) of the TD Disclosure
Schedule).
(ii) The
Waterhouse 2003 Financial Statements fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial condition and the results of
operations of Waterhouse and its consolidated Subsidiaries as the
dates and for the period presented.
(iii) The
Waterhouse 2004 Financial Statements fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial condition and the results of
operations of Waterhouse and its consolidated Subsidiaries
(excluding Waterhouse Canada) as of the dates and for the period
presented, except that the Waterhouse 2004 Financial Statements do
not include a statement of retained earnings or a statement of cash
flow.
(iv) The NISC
Financial Statements, the Waterhouse Investor Services Financial
Statements and the Capital Markets Financial Statements fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition and the
results of operations of the applicable Business Subsidiary as the
dates and for the period presented.
(v) The unaudited
statements of income for Waterhouse included in the Waterhouse
Quarterly Financial Statements fairly present in all material
respects the results of operations of Waterhouse and the Business
Subsidiaries (excluding all Excluded Subsidiaries) for the
applicable periods presented, except that the Waterhouse Quarterly
Financial Statements do not include a statement of retained
earnings or a statement of cash flow.
(vi) The
Waterhouse Business Financial Statements fairly present in all
material respects the consolidated financial condition and the
results of operations of Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries
(excluding all Excluded Subsidiaries) for the applicable periods
presented, except that the Waterhouse Business Financial Statements
do not include a statement of retained earnings or a statement of
cash flow.
(c) TD
has made available to Ameritrade copies of all material
documentation relating to the internal controls or other accounting
practices of Waterhouse and each of the Business Subsidiaries with
respect to their respective businesses.
SECTION
3.7. Information Supplied . None of the information supplied
or to be supplied by TD expressly for inclusion in the SEC Proxy
Statement will, at the date of mailing to stockholders of
Ameritrade and at the time of the meeting of stockholders of
Ameritrade (the “ Ameritrade Stockholders’
Meeting ”) to be held in connection with obtaining
the Ameritrade Required Votes (as defined in Section 4.22) and
any Additional Votes (as defined in Section 5.3(b)),
(i) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
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circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or (ii) at the time and in the light
of the circumstances under which it is made, be false or misleading
with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not false or
misleading or necessary to correct any statement in any earlier
communication with respect to the solicitation of a proxy for the
Ameritrade Stockholders’ Meeting which has become false or
misleading.
SECTION
3.8. Certain Agreements . (a) of the TD Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a listing, as of the date hereof, of all of the
following contracts and other agreements, oral or written, to which
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries is a party or by
which Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries or any of
their respective assets or properties is bound:
(i) consulting
agreements not terminable on notice of three months or less and
involving the payment of more than $50,000 per annum;
(ii) agreements
with any employee at the level of senior vice president or above of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries (A) providing
any term of employment, (B) the benefits of which are
contingent, or the terms of which are materially altered, upon the
occurrence of a transaction involving Waterhouse of the nature
contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in connection with
a termination of employment), or (C) providing severance
benefits;
(iii) contracts
and other agreements for the sale or lease (other than where
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries is a lessor) of any
assets or properties (other than in the ordinary course of
business) or for the grant to any Person (other than to Waterhouse
or any of the Business Subsidiaries) of any preferential rights to
purchase any assets or properties;
(iv) contracts and
other agreements relating to the acquisition by Waterhouse or any
of the Business Subsidiaries of any operating business or entity or
any interest therein (other than acquisitions of securities for the
account of or for sale to customers in the ordinary course of
business);
(v) material
contracts and other agreements evidencing outstanding loans to, or
guaranteeing any loans on behalf of, any employee or consultant of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries (other than routine
expense advances consistent with past practice and other than
margin loans extended in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice);
(vi) contracts or
other agreements under which Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries agrees to indemnify any party, other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or to
share a Tax liability of any party;
(vii)
(A) contracts and other agreements containing covenants
restricting Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries from
competing in any line of business or with any Person in any
geographic area or requiring Waterhouse or any of the
Business
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Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business
or binding Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries to any
exclusive business arrangements or licenses, or which require the
referral of any business or business opportunity or require
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries to make available
business opportunities or products or services on a priority, equal
or exclusive basis (including any “preferred provider”
type contracts or other agreements for products and services
offered by Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries to their
customers) and (B) any agreements of such types that could apply to
Ameritrade or any of its Affiliates after the Closing by reason of
the Share Purchase and the consummation of the other transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Agreements;
(viii) any
material contracts or other agreements under which Waterhouse or
any of the Business Subsidiaries have outsourced, or have agreed to
outsource, any of their products, services or employees;
(ix) any material
Intellectual Property licenses (as defined in Section 3.11(a))
to or from any Third Parties, and any joint development
agreements;
(x) any contracts
or agreements governing joint ventures between Waterhouse or any
Business Subsidiary and a third party;
(xi) contracts or
other agreements (other than contracts or other agreements in the
ordinary course of business) relating to the borrowing of money by
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries, or the direct or
indirect guaranty by Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries
of any obligation for, or an agreement by Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries to service, the repayment of borrowed money,
or any other contingent obligations of Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries in respect of indebtedness of any other
Person; and
(xii) any other
material contract or other agreement whether or not made in the
ordinary course of business, including any contract that would be
required to be filed by Waterhouse pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)
of Regulation S-K of the SEC were it subject to the reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
(b) There
have been delivered or made available to Ameritrade true and
complete copies of all of the contracts and other agreements set
forth in Section 3.8(a) of the TD Disclosure Schedule. Except
as set forth in Section 3.8(b) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
each such contract and other agreement is in full force and effect
and constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of
Waterhouse or the Business Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and to
the knowledge of TD, each other party thereto, enforceable in
accordance with its terms. Neither Waterhouse nor any Business
Subsidiary has received any notice, whether written or oral, of
termination or intention to terminate from any other party to such
contract or agreement. None of Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries or (to the knowledge of TD) any other party to any
such contract or agreement is in violation or breach of or default
under any such contract or agreement (or with notice or lapse of
time or both, would be in violation or breach of or default under
any such contract or agreement), which violation, breach, or
default has had or
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would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Waterhouse.
SECTION
3.9. Changes . Except as set forth in Section 3.9 of
the TD Disclosure Schedule, since October 31, 2004, there has
not been any change, or any event involving a prospective change,
in the business, financial condition or results of operations of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries which has had, or
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. Except as set
forth in Section 3.9 of the TD Disclosure Schedule and except
for the transactions relating to the Reorganization, since
April 30, 2005, Waterhouse and each of the Business
Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in the
ordinary course consistent with their past practices and neither
Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries has taken any
action or entered into any transaction, and no event has occurred,
that would have required Ameritrade’s consent pursuant to
Section 5.1 of this Agreement if such action had been taken,
transaction entered into or event had occurred, in each case, after
the date of this Agreement, nor has Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries entered into any agreement, plan or
arrangement to do any of the foregoing.
SECTION
3.10. Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Condition, Etc
. (a) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(a) of the TD
Disclosure Schedule, Waterhouse or one of the Business Subsidiaries
has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets
reflected in the Waterhouse Financial Statements as being owned by
Waterhouse or one of the Business Subsidiaries or acquired after
the date thereof which are material to the business of Waterhouse
and the Business Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (except
properties sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in
the ordinary course of business), free and clear of all
Encumbrances except (i) statutory Encumbrances for Taxes and
other payments not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided,
(ii) liens of tradesmen arising or incurred in the ordinary
course of business, (iii) zoning, building, occupancy and
similar governmental restrictions and (iv) covenants,
easements, rights-of-way and other matters shown on public records,
and such imperfections or irregularities of title, claims or
Encumbrances as do not materially affect the use of the properties
or assets subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise
materially impair business operations at such
properties.
(b) Neither
Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries owns any real
property. Section 3.10(b) of the TD Disclosure Schedule sets forth
a list of all material real property currently leased, subleased or
licensed by or from Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries
or otherwise used or occupied by Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries (the “ Waterhouse Facilities
”). TD has made available to Ameritrade true, correct and
complete copies of all leases, lease guaranties and subleases
relating to the Waterhouse Facilities, including all amendments,
terminations and modifications thereof (the “
Waterhouse Leases ”). Each such Waterhouse
Lease is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of Waterhouse or the Business Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, and to the knowledge of TD, each other party
thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws relating to creditor’s rights’ generally and
by general equitable principles. None of Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries or (to the knowledge of TD) any other party
to such Waterhouse Lease,
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is in material violation or
breach of or default under (or with notice or lapse of time or
both, would be in violation or breach of or default under) any such
Waterhouse Lease.
SECTION
3.11 Intellectual Property . (a) Waterhouse and the
Business Subsidiaries (i) own or have the valid right to use
all the material intellectual property rights, including patents,
inventions, technology, copyrights, software, know-how, trademarks,
service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos, domain names, trade
secrets, data and confidential information (the “
Intellectual Property ”) necessary or used in
their businesses as currently conducted, and as currently planned
to be conducted, in the case of owned Intellectual Property, free
and clear of all Encumbrances (other than pursuant to licenses
relating thereto), (ii) have taken reasonable actions to
protect and maintain the validity and ownership of such
Intellectual Property, and (iii) have not granted to any third
party, by license or otherwise, any material right or interest in
such Intellectual Property.
(b) Section 3.11(b)
of the TD Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all
(i) patents, patent applications, registered trademarks or
service marks and registered copyrights and domain names, and
applications or licenses for registration thereof, that are owned
by Waterhouse or the Business Subsidiaries (excluding, in the case
of Waterhouse, any such applications, registrations and/or licenses
used solely in connection with the business conducted by the
Excluded Subsidiaries) and all such registrations are, to the
knowledge of TD, valid and subsisting, and (ii) material
software and technology owned by Waterhouse or the Business
Subsidiaries (excluding, in the case of Waterhouse, any such
software and technology used solely in connection with the business
conducted by the Excluded Subsidiaries).
(c) TD
has made all reasonable efforts to secure the valid right to use
the TD trademark, service mark, trade dress, trade name and logo in
all jurisdictions in which TD currently conducts its business or
plans to conduct its business. Except as set forth in
Section 3.11(c) of the TD Disclosure Schedule, to the
knowledge of TD, TD’s use of the TD trademark, service mark,
trade dress, trade name and logo has not infringed upon, or
otherwise come into conflict with, any Intellectual Property of any
other Person. Except as set forth in Section 3.11(c) of the TD
Disclosure Schedule, TD has not licensed or granted any third party
any rights to the TD or WATERHOUSE trademarks, service marks, trade
names or logos other than time-limited rights in the ordinary
course of business, the use of which rights is always pursuant to a
written license agreement and is strictly monitored and
controlled.
(d) To
the knowledge of TD, neither Waterhouse nor any of the Business
Subsidiaries, nor the operation of their business, has materially
infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise come into conflict
with any Intellectual Property or other proprietary information of
any other Person or constituted unfair competition or trade
practices of the laws of any jurisdiction except as set forth in
Section 3.11(d) of the TD Disclosure Schedule. During the two
years preceding the date of this Agreement except as set forth on
Section 3.11(d) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
(i) neither Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries
has received any written material charge, complaint, claim, demand
or notice alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or other
conflict (including any claim that Waterhouse or any Business
Subsidiary must license or refrain from using any Intellectual
Property or other proprietary information of any other Person), and
(ii) neither Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries
is party to or the subject of any pending or, to the knowledge of
TD, threatened,
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action before or by any
Governmental Authority with respect to any such material
infringement, misappropriation or conflict. To the knowledge of TD,
no other Person has infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise
come into conflict with any Intellectual Property owned by,
licensed to or otherwise used by Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries, except for any such infringement, misappropriation or
other conflict that, individually or in the aggregate has not had
and is not reasonably expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse.
(e) Each
of Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries has taken all
reasonable and necessary steps to protect their material
Intellectual Property and rights thereunder, and, to the knowledge
of TD, no such rights to material Intellectual Property have been
lost or are in jeopardy of being lost as a result of any act or
omission by Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries.
(f) To
the knowledge of TD, no material software used in the business of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries as currently
conducted is, includes or is otherwise derivative of any software
(i) for which the source code is in the public domain, or
(ii) that includes “open source” code or is
licensed pursuant to an “open source” license or under
a similar licensing or distribution model.
SECTION
3.12. Compliance with Laws and Other Instruments; Consents and
Approvals . (a) Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries
hold all permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, authorizations,
registrations, consents, certificates, orders and approvals of all
Governmental Authorities which are material to the operation of the
businesses of Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole (the “ Waterhouse Permits ”).
Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with the terms of the Waterhouse Permits. The
businesses of Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries are not
being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of
any Governmental Authority, except for possible violations which do
not, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. Except
as set forth in Section 3.12(a) of the TD Disclosure Schedule
and except for routine examinations by federal or state
Governmental Authorities charged with the supervision or regulation
of securities brokers or investment advisors, to the knowledge of
TD, (i) no investigation by any Governmental Authority with
respect to Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries is
pending or threatened, other than, in each case, those the outcome
of which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse, and
(ii) no proceedings by any such Governmental Authority are
pending or threatened which seek to revoke or materially limit any
of the Waterhouse Permits. Except as set forth in
Section 3.12(a) of the TD Disclosure Schedule, there is no
material unresolved criticism, violation or exception by any
Governmental Authority with respect to any report, registration or
other statement filed by, or relating to any examinations by any
such Governmental Authority of, Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries.
(b) Waterhouse
and the Business Subsidiaries have timely filed all registrations,
declarations, reports, notices, forms and other filings required to
be filed with the SEC, NASD, NASDAQ, NYSE, any clearing agency or
any other Governmental Authority, and all amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing (the “ Waterhouse
Filings ”), except
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where any failure to file would
not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. The Waterhouse
Filings are in full force and effect and were prepared in all
material respects in accordance with applicable law, and all
material fees and assessments due and payable in connection
therewith have been paid.
(c) Waterhouse
and the Business Subsidiaries and each of their respective officers
and employees who are required to be registered, licensed or
qualified as (x) a broker-dealer or (y) a registered
principal, registered representative, investment adviser
representative, futures commission merchant, insurance agent or
salesperson with the SEC (or in equivalent capacities with the
securities or insurance commission of any other Governmental
Authority) are duly registered as such and such registrations are
in full force and effect, or are in the process of being registered
as such within the time periods required by applicable law, except,
in the case of clause (y), for such failures to be so registered as
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. Waterhouse and
the Business Subsidiaries and each of their respective officers and
employees are in compliance with all applicable federal, state and
foreign laws requiring any such registration, licensing or
qualification, have filed all periodic reports required to be filed
with respect thereto (and all such reports are accurate and
complete in all material respects), and are not subject to any
material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
registered, licensed or qualified, except, in the case of such
registrations, licensing or qualification, reports, liabilities or
disabilities relating to the registrations described in clause
(y) of the preceding sentence, for such failures to be so
registered, licensed or qualified, failures with respect to such
reports and such liabilities or disabilities as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse.
(d) TD
has delivered or made available to Ameritrade a true and complete
copy of the currently effective Forms ADV and BD as filed with the
SEC by each Business Subsidiary, all state and other federal
registration forms, all reports and all material correspondence
filed by Waterhouse and each Business Subsidiary with any
Governmental Authority under the Exchange Act, the Investment
Company Act, the Advisers Act and under similar state statutes
within the last three years. TD shall deliver to Ameritrade true
and complete copies of any such forms and reports as are filed by
Waterhouse and each Business Subsidiary from and after the date
hereof until the Closing. The information contained in such forms
and reports was (or will be, in the case of any forms and reports
filed after the date hereof) complete and accurate in all material
respects as of the time of filing thereof.
(e) Except
as disclosed on Forms ADV or BD filed prior to the date of this
Agreement, none of Waterhouse, any of the Business Subsidiaries or
any of their directors, officers, employees, “associated
persons” (as defined in the Exchange Act) or
“affiliated persons” (as defined in the Investment
Company Act) has been the subject of any disciplinary proceedings
or orders of any Governmental Authority arising under applicable
laws which would be required to be disclosed on Forms ADV or BD. No
such disciplinary proceeding or order is pending or, to the
knowledge of TD, threatened. Except as disclosed on such Forms ADV
or BD filed prior to the date of this Agreement, none of
Waterhouse, any of the Business Subsidiaries or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, associated persons or
affiliated persons, has been permanently enjoined by the order of
any Governmental Authority from engaging or continuing any conduct
or practice in connection with any activity or in connection with
the
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purchase or sale of any security.
Except as disclosed on such Forms ADV or BD filed prior to the date
of this Agreement, none of Waterhouse, any of the Business
Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, associated persons or affiliated persons is or has been
ineligible to serve as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act
(including pursuant to Section 203(e) or (f) thereof) or as a
broker-dealer or an associated person of a broker-dealer under
Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act (including being subject to any
“statutory disqualification” as defined in
Section 3(a)(39) of the Exchange Act), or ineligible to serve
in, or subject to any disqualification which would be the basis for
any limitation on serving in, any of the capacities specified in
Section 9(a) or 9(b) of the Investment Company Act or any
substantially equivalent foreign expulsion, suspension or
disqualification.
(f) Waterhouse
and the Business Subsidiaries have at all times since
December 31, 2001 or their respective dates of formation,
whichever is later, rendered investment advisory services to
investment advisory clients with whom such entity is or was a party
to an investment advisory agreement or similar arrangement in
material compliance with all applicable requirements as to
portfolio composition and portfolio management including, but not
limited to, the terms of such investment advisory agreements,
written instructions from such investment advisory clients,
prospectuses or other offering materials, board of directors or
trustee directives and applicable law. Neither Waterhouse nor any
of the Business Subsidiaries is, or is required to register as, an
“investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act.
(g) Section 3.12(g)
of the TD Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all
securities exchanges, commodities exchanges, boards of trade,
clearing organizations, trade associations and similar
organizations in which Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries holds membership or has been granted trading
privileges.
(h) Section 3.12(h)
of the TD Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to Waterhouse
and the Business Subsidiaries a complete list of all
(i) broker-dealer licenses or registrations and (ii) all
licenses and registrations as an investment adviser under the
Advisers Act or any similar state laws. Except as set forth on
Section 3.12(h) of the TD Disclosure Schedule, neither
Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries is, or is required
to be, registered as a futures commission merchant, commodities
trading adviser, commodity pool operator or introducing broker
under the Commodities Futures Trading Act or any similar state
laws.
(i) Neither
TD nor Waterhouse has received any objections from the NYSE with
respect to the operation of Waterhouse’s FDIC-insured sweep
product in its present form.
SECTION
3.13. Litigation . Except as set forth in Section 3.13
of the TD Disclosure Schedule, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, or investigation in any court or before any
Governmental Authority (“ Litigation ”)
pending, or to TD’s knowledge, currently threatened against
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries which would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. Neither Waterhouse nor any
of the Business Subsidiaries is subject to any injunction, decree,
settlement or other similar equitable relief or judicial judgment
or decision which materially affects the
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conduct of their business or
operations or that of any of their Affiliates (including any Person
who becomes an Affiliate as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement).
SECTION
3.14. Tax Matters . Except as set forth in Section 3.14
of the TD Disclosure Schedule, (a) (i) all material Tax returns,
estimates, statements, reports and forms (collectively, the “
Returns ”) that are required to be filed with
any Taxing Authority on or before the Closing Date with respect to
any Pre-Closing Tax Period by, or with respect to, Waterhouse or
any of the Business Subsidiaries (which, for purposes of this
Section 3.14, shall include the Excluded Subsidiaries, but
only to the extent such Excluded Subsidiaries are included in a
consolidated, unified or combined Return of Waterhouse or any of
the Business Subsidiaries) have been, or will be, timely filed on
or before the Closing Date; (ii) the Returns that have been or
will be filed are true, correct and complete in all material
respects; (iii) Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries have
timely paid or will timely pay all Taxes shown as due and payable
on such Returns; (iv) the charges, accruals or reserves
reflected on the balance sheet included in the Waterhouse Business
Financial Statements are adequate to cover all unpaid material Tax
liabilities of Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries accruing
through April 30, 2005 and except in connection with the
Reorganization, Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries have not
incurred any material Tax since April 30, 2005, except in the
ordinary course of business; and (v) there is no action, suit,
proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now proposed or pending
against or with respect to Waterhouse or the Business Subsidiaries
in respect of any material Tax.
(b) All
material Taxes which Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries are
(or were) required by law to withhold or collect (i) in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party, or
(ii) in connection with any dividends paid in accordance with
Section 5.1(a), or the distribution of the Excluded
Subsidiaries or other assets of Waterhouse pursuant to the
Reorganization, have been duly withheld or collected, and any such
Taxes have been timely paid to the appropriate Taxing Authority to
the extent due and payable.
(c) The
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the
recognition of a material amount of deferred intercompany gain by
Waterhouse or the Business Subsidiaries under the deferred
intercompany transaction rules of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and the
United States Treasury Regulations.
(d) None
of Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries (i) has
entered into an agreement or waiver or been requested to enter into
an agreement or waiver extending any statute of limitations
relating to the assessment, payment or collection of material Taxes
or is contesting a material Tax liability before a court, tribunal
or agency, (ii) has been or will be as of the Closing Date a
“United States real property holding corporation”
within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code, (iii) is a
party to any Tax sharing, allocation, indemnification or similar
agreement, nor owes any amount under any such agreement,
(iv) has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a
distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment
under Section 355 of the Code, or (v) has engaged in a
transaction that is a “reportable transaction” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1) or
that is the same as or substantially similar to one of the types of
transactions that the Internal Revenue Service has determined to be
a tax avoidance transaction and identified by
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notice, regulation, or other form
of published guidance as a listed transaction, as set forth in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2), which is not
fully disclosed on a Return.
SECTION
3.15. Benefit Plans . (a) Section 3.15(a) of the
TD Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of each
material Benefit Plan that is sponsored or is being maintained or
contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by Waterhouse or
any of its current or former ERISA Affiliates (as defined below)
for the benefit of any current, former or retired employee,
consultant or director of Waterhouse or the Business Subsidiaries
and under which Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries has
any present or future liability (the “ Waterhouse
Benefit Plans ”). For purposes of this Agreement,
“ Benefit Plans ” shall mean each
“employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”)), including
“multiemployer plans” (within the meaning of ERISA
Section 3(37)), and all stock purchase, stock option,
severance, employment, change-in-control, fringe benefit,
collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation and
all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or
other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, and whether
formal or informal, oral or written. For purposes of this
Agreement, “ ERISA Affiliate ” shall
mean, with reference to any party to this Agreement, each
Subsidiary of such party and any other person or entity under
common control with such party or any of its Subsidiaries within
the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of
the Code and the regulations thereunder. No Waterhouse Benefit Plan
is a multiemployer plan or is maintained pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement, and neither Waterhouse nor any of its
Business Subsidiaries has any liability under any multiemployer
plan that remains unsatisfied. No Waterhouse Benefit Plan is a
“multiple employer plan” as defined in ERISA or the
Code. No Waterhouse Benefit Plan is an “employee pension
benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code.
(b) With
respect to each material Waterhouse Benefit Plan, TD has delivered
or made available to Ameritrade a current, accurate and complete
copy of each material document embodying such Waterhouse Benefit
Plan (or, to the extent no written document exists, an accurate
description) and, to the extent applicable, (i) any related
trust agreement or other funding instrument; (ii) the most recent
determination letter; (iii) any summary plan description and
other written communications from Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries to any of their respective employees concerning the
extent of the benefits provided under any Waterhouse Benefit Plan;
and (iv) for the two most recent years (A) the
Form 5500 and attached schedules or other annual report,
return, securities registration statement or other filing, if any,
required to be filed with any Governmental Authority;
(B) audited financial statements; (C) actuarial valuation
reports, and (D) all material correspondence to or from any
Governmental Authority relating to any Waterhouse Benefit Plan and
with respect to which Waterhouse has or may have any material
liability.
(c) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse, (i) each
Waterhouse Benefit Plan has been established and administered in
accordance with its terms, and in compliance with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable laws, rules and
regulations; (ii) with respect to any Waterhouse Benefit Plan,
no audits, actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for
benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or threatened, and no
facts or circumstances exist
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which could give rise to any such
audits, actions, suits or claims; (iii) neither Waterhouse nor any
other party has engaged in a prohibited transaction which could
subject Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries to any
taxes, penalties or other liabilities under Code section 4975 or
ERISA sections 409 or 502(i); (iv) all contributions and other
payments required by and due under the terms of each Waterhouse
Benefit Plan have been made; (v) each Waterhouse Benefit Plan
which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Code
Section 401(a) has received a favorable determination letter as to
its qualification and nothing has occurred, whether by action or
failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification;
(vi) no audits, proceedings or administrative actions have
been taken by a Governmental Authority within the past two years
with respect to any Waterhouse Benefit Plan; and (vii) neither
Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries are subject to any
material penalty, tax, excise tax, fine or sanction with respect to
any Waterhouse Benefit Plan.
(d) Except
as set forth on Section 3.15(d) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
as of the date hereof, neither Waterhouse nor any of the Business
Subsidiaries has any plan or commitment to establish any new
material Waterhouse Benefit Plan, to modify any material Waterhouse
Benefit Plan (except to the extent required by applicable law or to
conform any such Waterhouse Benefit Plan to the requirements of any
applicable law), or to adopt or enter into any material Waterhouse
Benefit Plan. No Waterhouse Benefit Plan is a “funded welfare
plan” within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code.
Except as set forth on Section 3.15(d) of the TD Disclosure
Schedule, no Waterhouse Benefit Plan provides health benefits that
are not fully insured through an insurance contract.
(e) Except
as set forth on Section 3.15(e) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
no Waterhouse Benefit Plan provides, or reflects or represents any
liability to provide, post-termination or retiree welfare benefit
coverage to any Waterhouse employee, contractor or director for any
reason, except as may be required by applicable law.
(f) Waterhouse
has made available to Ameritrade, a true, correct and complete
list, as of the date hereof, of the position, salary and date of
hire (without name) of each employee, consultant and director of
Waterhouse and its Business Subsidiaries, as well as the aggregate
bonus goals by employee grouping for the current fiscal
year.
(g) With
respect to each Waterhouse International Benefit Plan, and the
books and records thereof, (i) such plan is in material
compliance with all applicable laws of each applicable
jurisdiction; and (ii) no such plan is or within the last two
calendar years has been the subject of, or has received notice that
it is the subject of, an examination by a government agency or a
participant in a government sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance
or similar program that has had, or would reasonably be expected to
have, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. For purposes of this
Agreement, “ Waterhouse International Benefit
Plan ” means each material Waterhouse Benefit Plan
that, within six years prior to the date hereof, has been adopted
or maintained by Waterhouse or any of its ERISA Affiliates, whether
formally or informally, and with respect to which Waterhouse or any
of the Business Subsidiaries has any liability, for the benefit of
current or former employees, consultants or directors who perform
services outside the United States. The present value of the
accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) attributable to
employees and former employees of Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries or for which Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries is liable under each
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Waterhouse International Benefit
Plan required to be funded under applicable law that provides
pension, retirement, early retirement, profit sharing, deferred
compensation or other similar benefits but excluding welfare
benefits, determined as of December 31, 2004 did not exceed,
in any material respect, the current value of the assets of such
Waterhouse International Benefit Plan allocable to such benefit
liabilities. Section 3.15(g) of the TD Disclosure Schedule
identifies each Waterhouse International Benefit Plan that is not
required to be funded under applicable law and the present value of
accrued benefits liabilities as of December 31, 2004 that are
not accrued, reflected or reserved for in the Waterhouse Financial
Statements or offset by insurance.
(h) Section 3.15(h)
of the TD Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and
complete list of all severance plans, agreements and arrangements
to which Waterhouse or any of its Business Subsidiaries is a party
or by which any of their assets or properties are bound.
(i) Except
as set forth in Section 3.15(i) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
(i) no Waterhouse Benefit Plan exists which provides for an
increase in benefits on or after the Closing Date or could result
in the payment to any current or former employee, consultant or
director of Waterhouse or any of its Business Subsidiaries of any
money or other property or rights or accelerate or Waterhouse
provide any other rights or benefits (including forgiveness of
indebtedness) to any such current or former employee, consultant or
director as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and (ii) there is no contract, plan or arrangement
(written or otherwise) covering any current or former employee,
director or consultant of Waterhouse or any of its Business
Subsidiaries that, individually or collectively, could give rise to
the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to
the terms of Section 280G of the Code or would be subject to
excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
SECTION
3.16. Agreements with Regulators . Except as set forth in
Section 3.16 of the TD Disclosure Schedule, neither Waterhouse
nor any of the Business Subsidiaries is a party to any written
agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or a party to any
commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any
order or directive by, or is a recipient of any extraordinary
supervisory letter from, or has adopted any board resolutions at
the request of, any Governmental Authority which restricts
materially the conduct by Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries
of their businesses, or in any manner relates to their capital
adequacy, credit policies or management, nor has Waterhouse or any
such Business Subsidiary been advised by any Governmental Authority
that it is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering
the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order,
decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding, extraordinary
supervisory letter, commitment letter or similar submission, or any
such board resolutions.
SECTION
3.17. Undisclosed Liabilities . Except (i) as set forth
in Section 3.17 of the TD Disclosure Schedule, (ii) for
those liabilities or obligations that are fully reflected, accrued
or reserved against on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of
Waterhouse at April 30, 2005 included in the Waterhouse
Business Financial Statements, (iii) for liabilities arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement, the Transaction
Agreements or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, (iv) for liabilities or obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since
April 30, 2005 or (v) for liabilities for which
Ameritrade and its Subsidiaries would be indemnified pursuant to
clause (i) of Section
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8.2(a), neither Waterhouse nor
any of the Business Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or
obligation of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued or
contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due) that,
either alone or when combined with all similar liabilities or
obligations, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. Without
limiting the foregoing, from and after the Closing neither
Waterhouse nor any of the Business Subsidiaries shall have any
liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute,
accrued or contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become
due) for or in respect of the Excluded Subsidiaries.
SECTION
3.18. Environmental Liability . Except as set forth in
Section 3.18 of the TD Disclosure Schedule, there are no
legal, administrative, arbitral or other proceedings, claims,
actions, causes of action, private environmental investigations or
remediation activities or governmental investigations of any nature
seeking to impose, or that are reasonably likely to result in the
imposition, on Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries of
any liability or obligation arising under common law standards
relating to environmental protections, human health or safety, or
under any local, state or federal environmental statute,
regulation, code, treaty or ordinance relating to environmental
protection, pollution or exposure of any individual to Hazardous
Materials (as defined below), including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (collectively, the “ Environmental Laws
”), pending or, to the knowledge of TD, threatened, against
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries, which liability or
obligation would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. To the
knowledge of TD, there is no reasonable basis for any such
proceeding, claim, action or governmental investigation that would
impose any liability or obligation that would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on Waterhouse. Except as set forth in
Section 3.18 of the TD Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge
of TD, during or prior to the period of (i) the ownership by
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries of any of their
respective current properties, (ii) the participation by
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries in the management of
any property, or (iii) the holding by Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries of a security interest or other interest in
any property, there were no releases or threatened release of
hazardous, toxic, radioactive or dangerous materials or other
materials regulated under Environmental Laws (collectively “
Hazardous Materials ”) in, on, under or
affecting any such property which would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Waterhouse. Neither Waterhouse nor any of the Business
Subsidiaries is subject to any agreement, order, judgment, decree,
letter or memorandum by or with any Governmental Authority or third
party imposing any material liability or obligation pursuant to or
under any Environmental Law that would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Waterhouse. Notwithstanding the generality of any other
representations and warranties in this Agreement, the
representations and warranties in this Section 3.18 shall be
deemed the only representations and warranties of TD in this
Agreement with respect to matters relating to Environmental Laws or
to Hazardous Materials.
SECTION
3.19. Transactions with Affiliates . Immediately following
the Closing, neither TD nor any of its Subsidiaries (including the
Excluded Subsidiaries but excluding Waterhouse and the Business
Subsidiaries) nor, to the knowledge of TD, any officer
or
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director of TD or any of its
Subsidiaries, will have any direct or indirect interest in any
assets (whether tangible or intangible, including real property and
Intellectual Property) used in or necessary for the conduct of the
business of Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries as conducted
by Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries immediately prior to
the date hereof and immediately prior to the Closing, as reflected
in the Waterhouse Business Financial Statements, except (i) as
set forth in Section 3.19 of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
(ii) as provided in this Agreement and the Transaction
Agreements, (iii) by virtue of TD’s ownership interest
in Ameritrade and (iv) for any such interest to the extent
relating to assets used by Waterhouse in the conduct of the
business of the Excluded Subsidiaries. Except (i) as set forth
in Section 3.19 of the TD Disclosure Schedule, (ii) for
this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements and (iii) for
brokerage accounts and margin loans extended in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice, there are no contracts
or other agreements or arrangements (including with respect to the
provision of services or facilities), whether or not in writing
(including any license, implied license or right to use, easement
or like permission with respect to any assets (whether tangible or
intangible, including real property and Intellectual Property))
between Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and TD or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Waterhouse and
the Business Subsidiaries) or, to the knowledge of TD, any officer
or director of TD or any such Subsidiary, on the other
hand.
SECTION
3.20. No Broker or Finders . Except for Goldman, Sachs &
Co., whose fees and expenses will be paid by TD, neither TD nor any
of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers or
directors has employed any broker or finder or incurred any
liability for any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other
similar commission or fee in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION
3.21. Insurance . (a) Waterhouse and the Business
Subsidiaries maintain insurance policies (or are covered by
insurance policies or self-insurance programs maintained by or on
their behalf by TD) that are customary in scope and amount of
coverage. All of such insurance policies or self-insurance programs
are in full force and effect, and neither Waterhouse nor any of the
Business Subsidiaries is in default in any material respect with
respect to their obligations under any of such insurance policies
or self-insurance programs. All premiums or payments payable under
all such insurance policies for periods prior to and ending on the
date hereof have been duly paid or accrued on the Waterhouse
Financial Statements.
(b) Section 3.21(b)
of the TD Disclosure Schedule contains a true and correct list of
all insurance policies for Waterhouse and the Business Subsidiaries
(excluding, in the case of Waterhouse, any such policies relating
solely to the business of the Excluded Subsidiaries) currently in
force and sets forth with respect to each such policy:
(1) lines of coverage, (2) broker/agent and insurer,
(3) policy number, (4) policy period, (5) limits,
(6) SIR/deductible, (7) premium (solely with respect to
insurance policies not arranged by TD) and (8) material claims
reported thereunder.
(c) TD
has provided or made available to Ameritrade copies of the latest
application for insurance, including all attachments and exposure
data, for the Excess SIPC (aka) Account Protection Coverage
line of coverage, to the extent applicable to Waterhouse and the
Business Subsidiaries.
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SECTION
3.22. Accounting Controls . (a) Waterhouse and the
Business Subsidiaries have devised and maintained systems of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurances that (i) all transactions, receipts and
expenditures are executed only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) all
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain proper
accountability for items, (iii) access to their property and
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for items is compared with the actual levels at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences, except with respect to (i) through
(iv) for such failures as would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Waterhouse. Neither Waterhouse nor any of the Business
Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of TD, any director, officer,
employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Waterhouse or
any of the Business Subsidiaries have identified or been made aware
of (x) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal controls over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act)
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Waterhouse’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information or (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role
in Waterhouse’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Each Business Subsidiary has adopted record keeping systems that
comply in all material respects with the requirements of applicable
law (including, in the case of U.S. broker-dealer entities,
Section 17 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder) and the rules of all self-regulatory organizations
having jurisdiction over such Business Subsidiary, and maintains
its records in substantial compliance therewith.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 3.22(b) of the TD Disclosure Schedule,
since October 31, 2002, (x) none of TD Waterhouse, nor,
to the knowledge of TD, any director, officer, employee, auditor,
accountant or representative of TD Waterhouse, or any of the
Business Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained
knowledge of any complaint, allegation or claim, whether written or
oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures,
methodologies or methods of Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries, which if true would have a material impact on the
Waterhouse Financial Statements, and (y) no attorney
representing Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries,
whether or not employed by Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of
securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by
Waterhouse or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents
to the Board of Directors of TD or Waterhouse or any committee
thereof or to any director or officer of TD, Waterhouse or the
Business Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 307 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
SECTION
3.23. Interest Rate Risk Management Instruments .
Immediately prior to the Closing, neither Waterhouse nor any of the
Business Subsidiaries will be a party to any interest rate swaps,
caps, floors and option agreements and other interest rate risk
management arrangements, whether entered into for the account of
Waterhouse or any of the Business Subsidiaries or for the account
of a customer of Waterhouse or any of the Business
Subsidiaries.
SECTION
3.24. Labor and Employment Matters . There are no collective
bargaining or other labor union agreements to which Waterhouse or
any of the Business Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them
is bound. To the knowledge of TD, since June 1,
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2002, neither Waterhouse nor any
of the Business Subsidiaries has encountered any labor union
organizing activity or had any actual or threatened employee
strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns or lockouts, other than any such
events that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Waterhouse.
Except with respect to instances that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on Waterhouse, Waterhouse and each of the Business
Subsidiaries (a) is, and since June 1, 2002, has been in,
compliance with all applicable laws relating to employment and
employment practices, occupational safety and health standards,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and
(b) is not, and since June 1, 2002, has not, engaged in any
unfair labor practice. During the two years preceding the date of
this Agreement, Waterhouse has not received written notice of any
unfair labor practice charge against Waterhouse or any of the
Business Subsidiaries which charge remains pending.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
AMERITRADE
Ameritrade
hereby represents and warrants to TD as follows:
SECTION
4.1. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification .
Ameritrade is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and each of
its Subsidiaries is a corporation or other entity duly organized,
validly existing and (to the extent the concept of good standing is
applicable to such Subsidiary) in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization. Each of
Ameritrade and each of its Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as currently conducted and is duly qualified
and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its
properties makes such qualification necessary, other than in such
jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Ameritrade. The
certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or analogous governing
documents, as applicable) of Ameritrade and its Subsidiaries,
copies of which were previously made available to TD, are true,
complete and correct as in effect on the date of this
Agreement.
SECTION
4.2. Capitalization; Voting Rights . (a) The authorized
capital stock of Ameritrade consists of 650,000,000 shares of
Common Stock and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.01 per share (“ Ameritrade Preferred Stock
”). As of the date of this Agreement, there are 404,258,334
shares of Common Stock outstanding, no shares of Ameritrade
Preferred Stock outstanding and 30,823,526 shares of Common Stock
held in Ameritrade’s treasury. No other shares of Common
Stock or Ameritrade Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding. As
of the date of this Agreement, no shares of Common Stock or
Ameritrade Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance, except for
(i) an aggregate of 52,705,283 shares of Common Stock reserved
for issuance upon the exercise of stock options pursuant to the
Ameritrade 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 1996 Directors
Incentive Plan, the Ameritrade 1998 Stock Option Plan, the
Ameritrade 2001 Stock Incentive Plan and the Ameritrade Executive
Deferred Compensation Program (the “ Ameritrade Stock
Option Plans ”) and (ii) 450,000 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock
options by
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Moishe Zelcer pursuant to the
stock option agreement, dated December 30, 1999, entered into
between Ameritrade and Moishe Zelcer (the “ MZ
Agreement ”). All outstanding shares of Common Stock
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights.
(b) Except
as set forth in (a) above and on Section 4.2(b) of the
Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule, (i) there are no options,
phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments or agreements of any character to which Ameritrade or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is a party or by which any of
the foregoing are bound obligating Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to
be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating Ameritrade or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to grant, extend or enter
into any such option, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights,
warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement, (ii) there are
no outstanding contractual obligations of Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of capital stock of Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries and (iii) there are no outstanding securities of
any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the
capital stock of Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.2(b) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule contains
a list setting forth as of the date of this Agreement the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding stock
options pursuant to the Ameritrade Stock Option Plans and the MZ
Agreement and the aggregate number of such options that are vested
and unvested.
(c) The
shares of Common Stock to be issued to TD at the Closing pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized and when such shares of Common Stock are issued to TD in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, all of such shares
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and will be delivered to TD free and clear of all
Encumbrances (other than pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement and
those placed thereon by or on behalf of TD) and will have the
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set forth in the
Ameritrade Restated Charter.
(d) No
Voting Debt of Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries is
outstanding.
SECTION
4.3. Subsidiaries . Section 4.3 of the Ameritrade
Disclosure Schedule lists all of the Subsidiaries of Ameritrade.
Ameritrade owns, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record
100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each such
Subsidiary. All of the shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries of Ameritrade have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by
Ameritrade or one of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any
Encumbrance except as otherwise disclosed in Section 4.3 of
the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule. Except for the Subsidiaries of
Ameritrade and except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Ameritrade
Disclosure Schedule, Ameritrade does not own, directly or
indirectly, any capital stock, membership interest, partnership
interest, joint venture interest or other equity interest in any
other Person for its own account.
SECTION
4.4. Authorization; Binding Obligations .
(a) Ameritrade has all requisite corporate power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is or
will be a party, and each Subsidiary of Ameritrade that is or will
be a party to any Transaction Agreement has all
requisite
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corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each such
Transaction Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by
Ameritrade of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Agreements
to which it is or will be a party and, subject to obtaining the
Ameritrade Required Votes (as defined in Section 4.22), the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Ameritrade, and, subject to obtaining the Ameritrade
Required Votes, no other corporate actions by Ameritrade are
necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by Ameritrade
of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Agreements to which
it is a party and the consummation by Ameritrade of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution,
delivery and performance by each Subsidiary of Ameritrade of each
of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
each such Subsidiary and no other corporate actions by such
Subsidiary is necessary for the execution, delivery and performance
by such Subsidiary of each such Transaction Agreement and the
consummation by such Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(b) The
Board of Directors of Ameritrade, at a meeting duly called and held
at which all directors were present, duly and unanimously adopted
resolutions (i) approving this Agreement, each of the
Transaction Agreements, the Share Purchase and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the Ameritrade
Restated Charter and the Ameritrade Restated Bylaws,
(ii) determining that this Agreement, the Share Purchase, the
Transaction Agreements and the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby are fair to and in the best interests of
Ameritrade and its stockholders, and (iii) recommending that
Ameritrade’s stockholders approve the Ameritrade Stock
Issuance and the Ameritrade Restated Charter and directing that
such matters be submitted for consideration by Ameritrade’s
stockholders at the Ameritrade Stockholders’
Meeting.
(c) This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Ameritrade and
(assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by TD)
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Ameritrade
enforceable against Ameritrade in accordance with its terms, except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’
rights generally and by general equity principles.
(d) Ameritrade
has taken all necessary corporate action so that the restrictions
on “business combinations” contained in
Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) do not and will
not apply to the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Agreements, or the consummation
of the Share Purchase or any of the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, the actions by
the Board of Directors of Ameritrade referred to in
Section 4.4(b) above constitute approval, for purposes of
Section 203(a)(1) of the DGCL, of (i) this Agreement and
the Transaction Agreements and (ii) the Share Purchase and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Transaction Agreements (including the voting agreements set forth
in the Voting Agreement and the issuance of the Common Stock to TD
constituting the Exchange Consideration). The consummation of the
Share Purchase (including the Ameritrade Stock Issuance)
constitutes a “Qualified M&A Transaction” as such
term is defined in that stockholders agreement, dated as of
April 6, 2002, by and among
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Ameritrade and the stockholders
listed on the schedules thereto (the “ Existing
Stockholders Agreement ”).
(e) Each
of the Transaction Agreements to be entered into on the date hereof
has been, and each of the Transaction Agreements to be entered into
after the date hereof, upon such entry will be, duly executed and
delivered by Ameritrade (and/or the applicable Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of Ameritrade party thereto) and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties
thereto) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Ameritrade
(and/or the applicable Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Ameritrade
party thereto) enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles.
SECTION
4.5. No Conflict . (a) Except as set forth in
Section 4.5(a) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule, the
execution and delivery by Ameritrade of this Agreement, the
execution and delivery by Ameritrade (and/or the applicable
Subsidiary of Ameritrade party thereto) of each of the Transaction
Agreements to which it is or will be a party do not, and the
consummation by Ameritrade and/or each such Subsidiary of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in any
Violation pursuant to (i) any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or comparable organizational documents of
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) except as to which
requisite waivers or consents have been obtained, and except for
the consents and approvals required under the agreements and
instruments listed in Section 4.5(a) of the Ameritrade
Disclosure Schedule, any loan or credit agreement, note, mortgage,
indenture, lease or other agreement, obligation or instrument to
which Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
any of their respective properties or assets may be bound, or
(iii) any law, permit, concession, franchise, license,
judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries or
their respective properties or assets, assuming the consents,
approvals, authorizations or permits and filings or notifications
set forth in Section 4.5(a) of the Ameritrade Disclosure
Schedule and paragraph (b) below are duly and timely obtained
or made; other than a Violation, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii), which would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Ameritrade. Section 4.5(a) of the Ameritrade Disclosure
Schedule lists all loans or credit agreements, notes, mortgages,
indentures, leases or other agreements, obligations or instruments
(other than the contracts and other agreements set forth in
Section 4.9 of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule) to which
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which any
of their respective properties or assets may be bound, which
require the consent, waiver, or approval of a party thereto (other
than Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with the
execution and delivery by Ameritrade of this Agreement or the
Transaction Agreements and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Tender
Offer), if the failure to obtain such consent, waiver or approval
would be material to Ameritrade.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 4.5(b) of the Ameritrade Disclosure
Schedule, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, notice
to, or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental
Authority or any Third Party Approval is required by or with
respect to Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with
the execution and delivery by Ameritrade of this Agreement or any
of the Transaction Agreements or the consummation by
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Ameritrade of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Tender Offer),
except for (i) the filing by Ameritrade with the SEC of the
SEC Proxy Statement and the filing by Ameritrade with the SEC of a
Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Tender Offer,
(ii) notification by Ameritrade to NASDAQ of the proposed
issuance of the Common Stock to TD constituting the Exchange
Consideration, (iii) notices under the HSR Act and the expiration
of applicable waiting periods thereunder, (iv) an application
for an Advance Ruling Certificate or no-action letter to the
Commissioner of Competition (Canada) and a pre-merger notification
pursuant to the Competition Act (Canada) and the expiration of
applicable waiting periods thereunder, (v) approval by the
Minister of Finance (Canada) and the Superintendent of Financial
Institutions (Canada) under the Bank Act (Canada) of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the use by
Ameritrade of the “TD” name as contemplated by the
Trademark License Agreement, (vi) notices with and approvals
from the NASD, NYSE and the Canadian securities regulatory
authorities and the other industry self-regulatory agencies listed
in Section 4.5(b) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule,
(vii) the filing of the Ameritrade Restated Charter with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware by Ameritrade and
(viii) such other approvals, consents and orders of, and
filings, notices and registrations with, Governmental Authorities
and Third Party Approvals the failure of which to be made or
obtained would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Ameritrade. Neither
Ameritrade nor any of its Affiliates holds control of (as such term
is defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1841(a)(2) or any successor
provision) any insured depository institution (as such term is
defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1813(c)(2) or any successor
provision).
SECTION
4.6 Financial Statements . The financial statements of
Ameritrade (including any related notes and schedules thereto)
included in the Ameritrade SEC Documents complied as to form, as of
their respective dates of filing with the SEC (or, if amended or
superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of
the date of such subsequent filing), in all material respects with
all applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules
and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be indicated in the notes
thereto, (ii) as may be indicated in Section 4.6 of the
Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule, or (iii) in the case of
unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q, 8-K or any
successor form under the Exchange Act) and fairly present in all
material respects the consolidated financial condition of
Ameritrade and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates
thereof and the consolidated results of operations, changes in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of such companies for the
periods presented.
SECTION
4.7. SEC Documents . Ameritrade has made available to TD a
true and complete copy of each report, schedule, registration
statement and definitive proxy statement filed by Ameritrade with
the SEC (other than reports filed pursuant to Section 13(g) of the
Exchange Act), since June 1, 2002 (as such documents have
since the time of their filing been amended, the “
Ameritrade SEC Documents ”), which are all the
documents (other than preliminary material and reports required
pursuant to Section 13(g) of the Exchange Act) that Ameritrade was
required to file with the SEC since such date. As of their
respective dates of filing with the SEC (except to the extent
amended by an amendment to such Ameritrade SEC Document filed with
the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement and except as set forth
in Section 4.7 of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule), the
Ameritrade SEC Documents (a)
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complied in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and (b) did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Ameritrade has made available to TD
true and complete copies of any comment letters received from the
SEC with respect to any of the Ameritrade SEC Documents. Except as
set forth in Section 4.7 of the Ameritrade Disclosure
Schedule, to the knowledge of Ameritrade, there are no material
unresolved comments from the SEC, whether oral or written, with
respect to any of the Ameritrade SEC Documents. No enforcement
action has been initiated, and no formal or, or to the knowledge of
Ameritrade, informal investigation commenced, against Ameritrade by
the SEC relating to disclosures contained in any of the Ameritrade
SEC Documents. None of Ameritrade’s Subsidiaries is required
to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
SECTION
4.8. Information Supplied . None of the
information supplied or to be supplied by Ameritrade expressly for
inclusion in the SEC Proxy Statement will, at the date of mailing
to stockholders of Ameritrade and at the time of the Ameritrade
Stockholders’ Meeting to be held in connection with obtaining
the Ameritrade Required Votes (as defined in Section 4.22) and
any Additional Votes (as defined in Section 5.3(b)),
(i) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or
(ii) at the time and in the light of the circumstances under
which it is made, be false or misleading with respect to any
material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein not false or misleading or
necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication
with respect to the solicitation of a proxy for the Ameritrade
Stockholders’ Meeting which has become false or misleading.
The SEC Proxy Statement (except for such portions thereof furnished
in writing to Ameritrade by TD or Waterhouse expressly for
inclusion therein, as to which no warranty is made) will comply as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act.
SECTION
4.9. Certain Agreements .
(a) Section 4.9(a) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a listing, as of the date hereof, of all of the
following contracts and other agreements, oral or written, to which
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
assets or properties is bound:
(i) consulting
agreements not terminable on notice of three months or less and
involving the payment of more than $50,000 per annum;
(ii) agreements
with any employee at the level of senior vice president or above of
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries (A) providing any term
of employment, (B) the benefits of which are contingent, or
the terms of which are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a
transaction involving Ameritrade of the nature contemplated by this
Agreement (either alone or in connection with a termination of
employment), or (C) providing severance benefits;
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(iii) contracts
and other agreements for the sale or lease (other than where
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries is a lessor) of any assets or
properties (other than in the ordinary course of business) or for
the grant to any Person (other than to Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries) of any preferential rights to purchase any assets or
properties;
(iv) contracts and
other agreements relating to the acquisition by Ameritrade or any
of its Subsidiaries of any operating business or entity or any
interest therein (other than acquisitions of securities for the
account of or for sale to customers in the ordinary course of
business);
(v) material
contracts and other agreements evidencing outstanding loans to, or
guaranteeing any loans on behalf of, any employee or consultant of
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries (other than routine expense
advances consistent with past practice and other than margin loans
extended in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice);
(vi) contracts or
other agreements under which Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries
agrees to indemnify any party, other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, or to share a Tax liability
of any party;
(vii)
(A) contracts and other agreements containing covenants
restricting Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries from competing in
any line of business or with any Person in any geographic area or
requiring Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any
line of business or binding Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries
to any exclusive business arrangements or licenses, or which
require the referral of any business or business opportunity or
require Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries to make available
business opportunities or products or services on a priority, equal
or exclusive basis (including any “preferred provider”
type contracts or other agreements for products and services
offered by Ameritrade and its Subsidiaries to their customers) and
(B) any agreements of such types that could apply to TD or any
of its Affiliates after the Closing by reason of the Share Purchase
and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby
and by the Transaction Agreements;
(viii) any
material contracts or other agreements under which Ameritrade or
any of its Subsidiaries have outsourced, or have agreed to
outsource, any of their products, services or employees;
(ix) any material
Intellectual Property licenses to or from any third parties, and
any joint development agreements;
(x) any contracts
or agreements governing joint ventures between Ameritrade or any of
its Subsidiaries and a third party;
(xi) contracts or
other agreements (other than contracts or other agreements in the
ordinary course of business) relating to the borrowing of money by
Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries, or the direct or indirect
guaranty by Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries of any obligation
for, or an agreement by Ameritrade or any of its
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Subsidiaries to service, the repayment of
borrowed money, or any other contingent obligations of Ameritrade
or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of indebtedness of any other
Person; and
(xii) any other material contract or other
agreement whether or not made in the ordinary course of business,
including any contract required to be filed by Ameritrade pursuant
to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the
SEC.
(b) There
have been delivered or made available to TD true and complete
copies of all of the contracts and other agreements set forth in
Section 4.9(a) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule. Except
as set forth in Section 4.9(b) of the Ameritrade Disclosure
Schedule, each such contract and other agreement is in full force
and effect and constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation
of Ameritrade or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and to the
knowledge of Ameritrade, each other party thereto, enforceable in
accordance with its terms. Neither Ameritrade nor any Subsidiary of
Ameritrade has received any notice, whether written or oral, of
termination or intention to terminate from any other party to such
contract or agreement. None of Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries or (to the knowledge of Ameritrade) any other party to
any such contract or agreement is in violation or breach of or
default under any such contract or agreement (or with notice or
lapse of time or both, would be in violation or breach of or
default under any such contract or agreement), which violation,
breach, or default has had or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
Ameritrade.
SECTION
4.10. Changes . (a) Except as set forth on
Section 4.10 of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule and except
as disclosed in the Ameritrade SEC Documents filed by Ameritrade
with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement, since
September 24, 2004, there has not been any change, or any
event involving a prospective change, in the business, financial
condition or results of operations of Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries which has had, or would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on Ameritrade. Except as set forth in Section 4.10 of the
Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule and except as disclosed in the
Ameritrade SEC Documents filed by Ameritrade with the SEC prior to
the date of this Agreement, since March 25, 2005, Ameritrade
and each of its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective
businesses in the ordinary course consistent with their past
practices and neither Ameritrade nor any of its Subsidiaries has
taken any action or entered into any transaction, and no event has
occurred, that would have required TD’s consent pursuant to
Section 5.2 of this Agreement if such action had been taken,
transaction entered into or event had occurred, in each case, after
the date of this Agreement, nor has Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries entered into any agreement, plan or arrangement to do
any of the foregoing.
SECTION
4.11. Title to Properties and Assets; Liens,
Condition, Etc . (a) Except as set forth in
Section 4.11 of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule, Ameritrade
or one of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the
properties and assets reflected in the latest audited balance sheet
included in the Ameritrade SEC Documents as being owned by
Ameritrade or one of its Subsidiaries or acquired after the date
thereof which are material to Ameritrade’s business on a
consolidated basis (except properties sold or otherwise disposed of
since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business), free
and clear of all Encumbrances except (i) statutory
Encumbrances for Taxes and other payments not yet due or which are
being contested
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in good faith and for which
adequate reserves have been provided, (ii) liens of tradesmen
arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) zoning, building, occupancy and similar governmental
restrictions and (iv) covenants, easements, rights-of-way and
other matters shown on public records, and such imperfections or
irregularities of title, claims or Encumbrances as do not
materially affect the use of the properties or assets subject
thereto or affected thereby or otherwise materially impair business
operations at such properties.
(b) Neither
Ameritrade nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property.
Section 4.11(b) of the Ameritrade Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a list of all material real property currently leased,
subleased or licensed by or from Ameritrade or any of its
Subsidiaries or otherwise used or occupied by Ameritrade or any of
its Subsidiaries (the “ Ameritrade Facilities
”). Ameritrade has made available to TD true, correct and
complete copies of all leases, lease guaranties and subleases
relating to the Ameritrade Facilities, including all amendments,
terminations and modifications thereof (the “
Ameritrade Leases ”). Each such Ameritrade
Lease is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, and to the knowledge of Ameritrade, each other
party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to creditor’s rights’
generally and by general equitable principles. None of Ameritrade
or any of its Subsidiaries or (to the knowledge of Ameritrade) any
other party to such Ameritrade Lease, is in material violation or
breach of or default under (or with notice or lapse of time or
both, would be in violation or breach of or default under) any such
Ameritrade Lease.
SECTION
4.12. Intellectual Property .
(a) Ameritrade and its Subsidiaries (i) own or have the
valid right to use all material Intellectual Property necessary or
used in their businesses as currently conducted, and as currently
planned to be conducted, in the case of owned Intellectual
Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than pursuant
to licenses rel
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