SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
WABASH NATIONAL
CORPORATION
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2. Closing, Delivery and Payment
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Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of the
Securities
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Section 2.2 Closing; Payment of Purchase
Price
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3. Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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Section 3.1 Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification
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Section 3.2 Authorization
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Section 3.3 No Conflict, Breach, Violation
or Default
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Section 3.4 Capitalization
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Section 3.5 Valid Issuance
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Section 3.7 SEC Matters; Form S-3
Eligibility; Private Placement
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Section 3.8 Financial Statements
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Section 3.9 No Material Adverse
Change
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Section 3.10 Compliance With
Laws
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Section 3.11 Customers and
Suppliers
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Section 3.12 Material Contracts
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Section 3.15 Employee Benefits
Matters
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Section 3.16 Labor Matters
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Section 3.17 Intellectual
Property
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Section 3.18 Environmental
Matters
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Section 3.19 Insurance Coverage
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Section 3.20 Product Recalls, Liability and
Warranty
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Section 3.21 Internal Controls
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Section 3.22 Transactions with
Affiliates
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Section 3.23 Acknowledgement Regarding the
Investor’s Purchase of Securities
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Section 3.24 Brokers and Finders
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Section 3.25 Change of Control
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4. Representations and Warranties of the
Investor
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Section 4.1 Organization and
Existence
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Section 4.2 Authorization
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Section 4.3 No Conflict, Breach, Violation
or Default
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Section 4.4 Purchase Entirely for Own
Account
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Section 4.5 Investment
Experience
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Section 4.6 Restricted
Securities
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Section 4.8 Accredited Investor
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Section 4.9 Sufficient Funds
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Section 4.10 Brokers and Finders
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5. Conditions to the Closing
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Section 5.1 Conditions to the
Investor’s Obligations at the Closing
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Section 5.2 Conditions to Obligations of
the Company at the Closing
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6. Covenants and Agreements of the Company and
the Investor
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Section 6.1 Certain Pre-Closing
Covenants
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Section 6.2 No Conflicting
Agreements
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Section 6.5 No Solicitation of Competing
Proposal or Changes of Recommendation
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Section 6.6 Listing of Underlying Shares
and Related Matters
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Section 6.8 Disclosure;
Publicity
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Section 6.9 Use of Proceeds
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Section 6.10 Exchange Act
Filings
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Section 6.11 Compliance with
Laws
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7. Survival and Indemnification
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Section 7.2 Indemnification
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Section 8.1 Termination Events
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Section 8.2 Effect of
Termination
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Section 8.3 Termination Fee; Reimbursement
of Expenses
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Section 9.1 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 9.2 Counterparts; Facsimiles or
Emails
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Section 9.3 Titles and Subtitles
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Section 9.6 Amendments and
Waivers
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Section 9.7 Specific Performance
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Section 9.9 No Strict
Construction
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Section 9.10 Entire Agreement
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Section 9.11 Section Headings;
Construction
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Section 9.12 Schedules and
Exhibits
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Section 9.13 Further Assurances
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Section 9.14 Governing Law; Consent to
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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Capitalization
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Subsidiaries
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Preemptive
Rights
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Company
Awards
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Adjustments
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Poison
Pill
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SEC Filing
Extensions
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Compliance With
Listing and Maintenance Requirements
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Financial
Statements
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Material
Adverse Change
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Compliance With
Laws
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Customers and
Suppliers
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Material
Contracts
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Owned Real
Property
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Leased Real
Property
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Welfare Benefit
Obligations
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Acceleration of
Payments
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Section 409(A) Matters
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List of
Benefits, Compensation Plans or Agreements
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Collective
Bargaining Agreements
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Employment
Claims
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Citizenship of
Employees
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Plant Closings
and Layoffs
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Intellectual
Property Matters
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Company
Intellectual Property
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Intellectual
Property Infringement
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Environmental
Matters
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Product
Recalls, Liability and Warranty
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Brokers and
Finders
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Change of
Control
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Form of
Warrant
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Investor Rights
Agreement
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Series E
Certificate of Designation
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Series F
Certificate of Designation
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Series G
Certificate of Designation
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Form of Opinion
of Company Counsel
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SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) is made as of July 17, 2009 by and between Wabash
National Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and Trailer Investments, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “ Investor ”).
Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
Section 1 .
WHEREAS, the
Investor wishes to purchase from the Company, and the Company
wishes to sell and issue to the Investor, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
(i) 20,000 shares of the Company’s Series E
Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, having the
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set forth in the
Series E Certificate of Designation (together with any
securities into which such shares may be reclassified, the “
Series E Preferred ”), at a per share purchase
price equal to $1,000 per share, (ii) 5,000 shares of the
Company’s Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, having the rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions set forth in the Series F Certificate of
Designation (together with any securities into which such shares
may be reclassified, the “ Series F Preferred
”), at a per share purchase price equal to $1,000 per share,
(iii) 10,000 shares of the Company’s Series G Redeemable
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, having the rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions set forth in the
Series G Certificate of Designation (together with any
securities into which such shares may be reclassified, the “
Series G Preferred ” and, together with the
Series E Preferred and the Series F Preferred, the
“ Shares ”), at a per share purchase price equal
to $1,000 per share and (iv) a warrant to purchase up to the
number of shares of Common Stock equal to 44.21% (and subject to
increase to 49.99% in the event the Company is unable to utilize
its current net operating losses as a result of certain ownership
changes) of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
(including shares of restricted stock) as of immediately prior to
the Closing on a fully-diluted basis (but excluding the Out of the
Money Options for the purpose of such calculation), in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “
Warrant ”);
WHEREAS,
contemporaneously with the sale of the Series E Preferred, the
Series F Preferred, the Series G Preferred and the
Warrant, the parties hereto will execute and deliver an Investor
Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the “ Investor Rights Agreement
”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide
certain registration rights, Board representation rights,
preemptive rights and other rights to the Investor;
WHEREAS, the
Company has obtained the approval from the NYSE for the
consummation of the Transactions (including the issuance of the
Securities) without the approval of the Company’s
stockholders in reliance on Section 312.05 of the NYSE Listed
Company Manual (the “ NYSE Approval ”);
and
WHEREAS, the Board
(at a meeting duly called and held) has unanimously approved this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the Transactions, on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, in
accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law
(“DGCL”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions . In addition to those terms defined above and
elsewhere in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
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Action ” means any action, suit, investigation,
proceeding, litigation, arbitration, mediation, audit, charge,
hearing, order, claim or complaint (whether civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or informal).
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common
Control with, such Person.
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Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
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Applicable Period ” means the period beginning on the
date hereof and ending ten calendar days after the Mailing
Date.
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Board ” means the board of directors of the
Company.
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Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, on which banks in New York, New York are open for the
general transaction of business.
“
By-laws ” means the amended and restated bylaws of the
Company, as amended from time to time.
“
Certificates of Designation ” means, collectively, the
Series E Certificate of Designation, the Series F
Certificate of Designation and the Series G Certificate of
Designation.
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Change of Recommendation ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.5(e) .
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Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale
of the Shares and the Warrant pursuant to Section 2.1
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Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1 .
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COBRA ” means Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of
ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code, and any similar state
law.
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Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the rulings and regulations
thereunder.
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Commission ” means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Common Stock ” means, collectively, the shares of the
Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
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Company ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
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Company Awards ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4(d) .
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Company Counsel ” means Hogan & Hartson LLP,
counsel to the Company.
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Company Options ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4(d) .
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Company Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.17(b) .
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Company Recommendation ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2 .
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Company Systems ” means the computer systems,
including the software, firmware, hardware, networks, interfaces,
platforms and related systems owned or used by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the conduct of its business.
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Company’s Knowledge ” and “ Known to
the Company ” and phrases of similar import mean the
actual knowledge after due inquiry, but without independent
investigation, of the individuals identified as executive officers
in any SEC Filing made during the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2009.
“
Competing Proposal ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.5(g).
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Confidential Information ” means material trade
secrets, confidential information and know-how (including ideas,
formulae, compositions, processes, procedures and techniques,
research and development information, computer program code,
performance specifications, support documentation, drawings,
specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, pricing and
cost information, and customer and supplier lists and related
information).
“
Control ” (including the terms
“Controlling,” “Controlled by” or
“under common Control with”) means the possession,
direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
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Control Effects ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.25 .
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Credit Agreement ” means the Company’s Second
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
March 6, 2007 (as amended prior to the date
hereof).
“
Credit Agreement Amendment ” means an amendment to the
Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company and
the various other parties named therein.
“
Dealer Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.12(a).
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DGCL ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals
hereto.
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Disclosure Schedules ” has the meaning set forth in
the introduction to Section 3 .
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Employee Benefit Plan ” means each “employee
benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and
each other benefit or compensation plan, program, agreement or
arrangement maintained, sponsored, contributed or required to be
contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with
respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any
current or potential liability or obligation.
“
Environmental Laws ” means all applicable federal,
state, local and foreign statutes, regulations, ordinances and
similar provisions having the force or effect of law, all judicial
and administrative orders and determinations and all common law
concerning public health and safety, worker health and safety, or
pollution or protection of the environment.
“
ERISA ” means the United States Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rulings and
regulations thereunder.
“
Evaluation Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.21 .
“
Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“
Expenses ” means all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses (including all such fees and expenses of counsel,
accountants, experts and consultants to a party hereto and its
affiliates).
“
Foreign Benefit Plan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.15(m) .
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GAAP ” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any domestic (federal,
state, municipal or local) or foreign or multinational government
or governmental, regulatory, political, judicial or quasi-judicial
or administrative subdivision, department, authority, entity,
agency, commission, board, bureau, court, or
instrumentality.
“
Improvements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.14(d) .
“
Inactive Subsidiary ” means any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the Company that has no current operations and does
not hold any assets or property.
“
Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, all
obligations (including all obligations for principal, interest,
premiums, penalties, fees, and breakage costs) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries (i) in respect of indebtedness for money
borrowed (whether current, short-term or long-term, secured or
unsecured, and including all overdrafts and negative cash balances)
and indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other
similar instruments for the payment of which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is responsible or liable; (ii) issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, all
conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other
accrued current liabilities arising in the Ordinary Course of
Business); (iii) under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP; (iv) secured by a Lien
against
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any of its
property or assets; (v) for bankers’ acceptances or
similar credit transactions issued for the account of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) under any currency or
interest rate swap, hedge or similar protection device;
(vii) under any letters of credit, performance bonds or surety
obligations; (viii) under any capital debts, deferred
maintenance capital expenditures, distributions payable or income
taxes payable; and (ix) in respect of all obligations of other
Persons of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(viii) the payment of which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as
obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including guarantees of
such obligations.
“
Indemnified Person ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2 .
“
Infringe ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.17(c) .
“
Intellectual Property ” means all of the following in
any jurisdiction throughout the world, and all corresponding
rights, presently or hereafter existing, whether arising by
operation of law, contract, license or otherwise: (i) patents,
industrial designs, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or
not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); together
with all improvements thereto, and all reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part, revisions, divisionals, extensions, and
reexaminations in connection with any of the foregoing; (ii)
trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate
names, designs, logos, slogans, Internet domain names, and all
other indicia of origin, together with all goodwill associated with
each of the foregoing (collectively, “ Marks ”);
(iii) all works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable),
copyrights and copyrightable works, mask works, database rights and
moral rights; (iv) registrations, applications and renewals
for any of the foregoing; (v) software (including source code,
executable code, systems, tools, firmware, data, data bases and
documentation therefor); (vi) Confidential Information;
(vii) all other proprietary and intellectual property rights;
and (viii) all copies and tangible embodiments or descriptions
of any of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium).
“
Interested Person ” means any officer or director of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any member of the
family of any officer or director of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“
Investment Representations ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.2(a) .
“
Investor ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
“
Investor Directors ” has the meaning given such term
in the Investor Rights Agreement.
“
IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
“
Latest 10-K ” means the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Company filed with the Commission on April 14,
2009.
“
Law ” means any federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign, international, multinational, or other administrative
order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law,
regulation, statute or treaty.
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Leased Real Property ” means all leasehold or
subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy any land,
buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures or other interest in
real property held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in
each case providing for annual rentals of $10,000 or
more.
“
Leases ” means all leases, subleases, licenses,
concessions and other agreements (written or oral) pursuant to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds any Leased Real
Property.
“
Letter of Intent ” means that certain Letter of
Intent, dated as of June 10, 2009, by and between the Company
and LMI.
“
License Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.12(a) .
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, deed of
trust, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, charge
or other security interest or encumbrance securing obligations for
the payment of money.
“
LMI ” means Lincolnshire Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“
Losses ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2 .
“
Mailing Date ” means the date on which the letter to
stockholders of the Company referred to in Section 6.4 has
been mailed.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, change,
condition, development, circumstance, effect, factor or occurrence
that individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably
be likely to have a material and adverse effect (i) on the
business, operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole
or (ii) on the ability of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to perform its obligations under, or to consummate the
Transactions; provided that none of the following shall be deemed
to constitute a Material Adverse Effect: (A) changes in
conditions in the U.S. or global economy or capital or financial
markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates,
(B) the announcement or performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the Transactions, (C) changes or proposed
changes in GAAP (or authoritative interpretations thereof);
(D) changes in the market price or trading volume of the
Common Stock, (E) the failure by the Company to meet analyst
projections or internal or industry projections, (F) changes
in general legal, tax, regulatory, political or business conditions
that, in each case, generally affect the geographic regions or
industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their
business, (G) acts of war, armed hostilities, sabotage or
terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war,
armed hostilities, sabotage or terrorism threatened or underway as
of the date of this Agreement, (H) earthquakes, hurricanes or other
natural disasters, and (I) any action taken by the Company or
its Subsidiaries at the request or with the consent of the
Investor, but only to the extent any change or effect of the type
described in (A), (C) or (F) through (G) above does
not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as compared to other persons or
participants in the industries in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries conduct their business and that operate in the
geographic regions affected by such effect, event, development or
change.
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“
Material Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.12(b) .
“
Nondisclosure Agreement ” means that certain
Nondisclosure Agreement between the Company and LMI dated
April 22, 2009.
“
NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“
NYSE Approval ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals hereto.
“
Order ” means any award, decision, injunction,
judgment, order, ruling, subpoena, or verdict entered, issued,
made, or rendered by any court, administrative agency, or other
Governmental Authority or by any arbitrator.
“
Ordinary Course of Business ” means the ordinary
course of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
currently conducted, consistent with past custom and practice of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (including with respect to
quantity, quality and frequency).
“
Out-of-the-Money Options ” means the Company Options
existing as of the date hereof with an exercise price in excess of
$0.54, which have the right on such date to convert to 2,195,442
shares of Common Stock.
“
Owned Real Property ” means all land, together with
all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located
thereon, and all easements and other rights and interests
appurtenant thereto, owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and used in the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted.
“
Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning given such
term in the Credit Agreement, as amended by the Credit Agreement
Amendment.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust,
association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole
proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority
or other form of entity not specifically listed in this
definition.
“
Preferred Shares ” means, collectively, the
Series E Preferred, the Series F Preferred and the
Series G Preferred.
“
Purchase Price ” means the sum of (i) the
Series E Purchase Price, (ii) the Series F Purchase
Price and (iii) the Series G Purchase Price.
“
Real Property ” means, collectively, the Owned Real
Property and the Leased Real Property.
“
Recall ” shall mean recall, rework, retrofit, removal,
correction and/or post-sale general consumer warning, in each case
instituted at the direction or request of, or pursuant to an
agreement with, any Governmental Authority.
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“
Recent Company Filings ” means, collectively, the
Latest 10-K and the reports, schedules, forms, statements and other
documents filed by the Company under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (in each case other than risk factors and similarly
cautionary and forward looking disclosure under the headings
“Risk Factors,” “Forward Looking
Statements” or “Future Operating Results”) since
the filing date of the Latest 10-K but on or prior to the date that
is five days prior to the date hereof.
“
Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in
the Investor Rights Agreement.
“
Representatives ” means, with respect to any person,
its officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants,
controlled affiliates, legal counsel, advisors, agents and other
representatives of it and its subsidiaries and
Affiliates.
“
SEC Filings ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7(a) .
“
Securities ” means, collectively, the Shares, the
Warrant and the Warrant Shares.
“
Securities Act ” means the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“
Series E Certificate of Designation ” means the
Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences, Privileges and
Restrictions of Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock of the
Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
.
“
Series E Preferred ” has the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
“
Series E Purchase Price ” means $20,000,000
(Twenty Million Dollars).
“
Series F Certificate of Designation ” means the
Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences, Privileges and
Restrictions of Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock of the
Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
.
“
Series F Preferred ” has the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
“
Series F Purchase Price ” means $5,000,000 (Five
Million Dollars).
“
Series G Certificate of Designation ” means the
Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences, Privileges and
Restrictions of Series G Redeemable Preferred Stock of the
Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E
.
“
Series G Preferred ” has the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
“
Series G Purchase Price ” means $10,000,000 (Ten
Million Dollars)
“
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“
Stockholder Rights Plan ” means the Rights Agreement
between the Company and National City Bank as Rights Agent dated
December 28, 2005, as amended.
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“
Subsidiary ,” when used with respect to any Person,
means any other Person of which (i) in the case of a
corporation, at least (A) a majority of the equity and
(B) a majority of the voting interests are owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, by any
one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person and one or
more of its Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of any Person
other than a corporation, such first Person, one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or such first Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries (A) owns a majority of the equity interests
thereof and (B) has the power to elect or direct the election
of a majority of the members of the governing body
thereof.
“
Superior Proposal ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.5(h).
“
Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means
(i) any federal, state, local, or non-U.S. income, gross
receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including
taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs duties, capital
stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or
similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, sales, use, transfer, escheat (or similar), registration,
value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax
of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or
addition thereto, whether disputed or not. (ii) any liability
for or in respect of the payment of any amount of a type described
in clause (i) of this definition as a result of being a member
of an affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary or other group
for Tax purposes; or (iii) any liability for or in respect of
the payment of any amount described in clauses (i) or
(ii) of this definition as a transferee or successor, by
contract or otherwise.
“
Termination Fee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.3(a) .
“
Trading Market ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3 .
“
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the
Certificates of Designation, the Warrant, and the Investor Rights
Agreement.
“
Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents.
“
Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of any of the
following events: (i) a Change of Recommendation; or
(ii) there shall have been a breach or violation of any of the
provisions set forth in Section 6.4 or
Section 6.5 .
“
WARN Act ” means the United States Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar
foreign, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.
“
Warrant ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“
Warrant Shares ” means the shares of the
Company’s Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrant (including additional shares of the Company’s Common
Stock issuable under the Warrant in the event the Company is unable
to utilize its current net operating losses as a result of certain
ownership changes) in accordance with the terms thereof.
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2.
Closing, Delivery and Payment .
Section 2.1
Purchase and Sale of the Securities . Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement, on the third Business
Day immediately after all of the closing conditions set forth in
Section 5 (other than those that are satisfied at the
Closing itself) have been satisfied or, if permissible, waived, or
on such other date as the Investor and the Company may mutually
agree in writing (such date, the “ Closing Date
”), the Investor shall purchase, and the Company shall sell
and issue to the Investor, the Preferred Shares and the Warrant in
exchange for the Purchase Price as specified in
Section 2.2(a) below.
Section 2.2
Closing; Payment of Purchase Price .
(i) At
the Closing, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered,
to the Investor each of the following:
(A) evidence
satisfactory to the Investor of the due filing and acceptance of
each of the Certificates of Designation with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware;
(B) certificates
evidencing the Series E Preferred, the Series F Preferred
and the Series G Preferred, each registered in the name of the
Investor;
(C) the Warrant,
registered in the name of the Investor and duly executed by the
Company;
(D) a legal
opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F attached hereto;
(E) the Investor
Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(F) a separate
indemnification agreement in form and substance to be reasonably
agreed to by the Company and the Investor, each duly executed by
the Company, with each of the Investor’s nominees to the
Board pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, which
indemnification agreement shall become effective upon such nominee
becoming a member of the Board;
(G) a certified
copy of the By-laws, as amended to increase the size of the Board
in accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement;
(H) evidence
satisfactory to the Investor of the appointment of the Investor
Directors to the Board effective as of the Closing;
(I) evidence
satisfactory to the Investors that the Company has taken the
actions described in Section 3.4 (g) .
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(J) a certified
copy of the Credit Agreement Amendment, duly executed by each party
thereto; and
(K) a certificate,
executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the
Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board
approving the Transactions and the issuance of the Preferred Shares
and the Warrant, certifying the then current versions of the
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company and
certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing
the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the
Company.
(ii) At
the Closing, the Investor shall deliver, or cause to be delivered,
to the Company each of the following:
(A) the Purchase
Price by wire transfer to the Company’s account as specified
in writing by the Company to the Investor not less than two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(B) the Warrant,
duly executed by the Investor; and
(C) the Investor
Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Investor.
(b) The
Closing shall occur at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 601
Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022, or such other location
as the parties shall mutually agree.
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, subject to the exceptions
provided in the schedules to this Agreement furnished by the
Company to the Investor with this Agreement, with specific
references in such schedules to the Sections hereof to which such
exceptions relate (collectively, the “ Disclosure
Schedules ”):
Section 3.1
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, other than any Inactive Subsidiary,
is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, as applicable, and has all
requisite power and authority to carry on its business as currently
conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, and to own and
use its properties. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its
respective certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws,
limited partnership agreement, or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or its ownership or leasing of property makes such qualification
necessary unless the failure to so qualify has not had and could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Action has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking,
limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.
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Section 3.2
Authorization . The Board (at a meeting duly called and
held) has unanimously approved this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents, the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including
the issuance of the Securities, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the DGCL
(collectively, the “ Company Recommendation ”).
The Company has full power and authority and all requisite action
has been taken on the part of the Company, its officers, directors
and stockholders necessary for (a) the authorization,
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, (b) the
authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company
hereunder and thereunder, and (c) the authorization, issuance
(or reservation for issuance) and delivery of the Securities. No
vote of stockholders will be needed for the consummation of the
Transactions (including the issuance of the Securities). This
Agreement constitutes, and the other Transaction Documents will
constitute when executed and delivered, the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of
general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’
rights generally.
Section 3.3
No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default . The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the
Company and the issuance and sale of the Securities will not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under,
(a) the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or the
Company’s By-laws, both as in effect on the Closing (true and
complete copies of which have been made available to the Investor
through the Commission’s EDGAR system, other than as
contemplated by Section 2.2 ), or (b)(i) any statute,
rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective assets or properties, where such conflict, breach,
violation or default has been or could be material to the Company
and its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any Material Contract to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
their respective assets or properties is subject.
Section 3.4
Capitalization. Schedule 3.4(a) sets forth:
(i) the authorized capital stock of the Company; (ii) the
number of shares of capital stock of the Company issued and
outstanding; (iii) the number of shares of capital stock
issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s
various option and incentive plans; and (iv) the number of
shares of capital stock issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant
to securities (other than the Warrant) exercisable for, or
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of
the Company.
(b) All
of the Company’s Subsidiaries are listed on
Schedule 3.4(b) hereto. Except as set forth in
Section 3.4(b) , the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of
each Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien other than Liens granted
for the benefit of the lenders providing loans under the Credit
Agreement. Other than as listed on Schedule 3.4(b) ,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, directly or
indirectly, capital stock or other equity interests of any other
Person.
(c) All
of the issued and outstanding equity securities of each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid,
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nonassessable
and free of preemptive rights and were issued in full compliance
with applicable state and federal securities Laws and any rights of
third parties. Except as described on Schedule 3.4(c) ,
no Person is entitled to preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal, rights of participation or similar statutory or
contractual rights with respect to any securities of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. Except as described on
Schedule 3.4(c) , there are no outstanding warrants,
options, convertible securities, stock appreciation rights, phantom
stock, profits interests, economic interests, participation
interests or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any
character under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or
may be obligated to issue any securities of any kind and, except as
contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is currently in negotiations for the issuance of any
equity securities of any kind. Except as described on
Schedule 3.4(c) and except for the Investor Rights
Agreement, there are no voting agreements, buy-sell agreements,
option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of
any kind among the Company and any other Person relating to the
securities of the Company. Except as provided in the Investor
Rights Agreement or as described on Schedule 3.4(c) ,
no Person has the right to require the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to effect the registration under the Securities Act of
any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether
on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for its own
account or for the account of any other Person or under any other
circumstance.
(d)
Schedule 3.4(d) lists all of the Company’s
stock-related plans, including options plans, equity incentive
plans and any “phantom” or tracking stock incentive
plans. The Company has reserved 3,254,874 shares of Common Stock
for issuance under such plans, of which awards with respect to
3,147,685 shares (collectively, “ Company Awards
”) are outstanding. Of the Company Awards, awards with
respect to 2,195,442 shares of Common Stock are in the form of
stock options (the “ Company Options ”), and
awards with respect to 952,243 shares of Common Stock are in the
form of restricted stock awards. Schedule 3.4(d)
accurately sets forth, with respect to each Company Award
outstanding (whether vested or unvested), as of the date hereof:
(i) the name of the holder of such Company Award; (ii) the
total number of shares of Common Stock that are subject to such
Company Award and the number of shares of Common Stock with respect
to which such Company Award is immediately exercisable;
(iii) if applicable to the Company Award, the exercise price
per share of Common Stock purchasable under such Company Award and
the vesting schedule and expiration date for such Company Award;
and (iv) the number of such Company Awards that will be
exercisable on the Closing Date, either by reason of the Company
Award vesting schedule, or by reason of the
Transactions.
(e) Except
as described on Schedule 3.4(e) , the issuance and sale
of the Securities hereunder will not obligate the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to issue shares of Common Stock or other
securities, or provide any contractual benefit or protection, to
any Person other than the Investor and will not result in the
adjustment of the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of
any outstanding security of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(f) Except
as described on Schedule 3.4(f) , the Company does not
have outstanding stockholder purchase rights or “poison
pill” or any similar arrangement in effect giving any Person
the right to purchase any equity interest in the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries upon the occurrence of certain events.
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(g) The
Company has taken all action necessary to exempt the Transactions
and any subsequent purchase of securities of the Company by the
Investor and its Affiliates from the operation of the Stockholder
Rights Plan.
(h) As
of the Closing Date, the Warrant Shares will represent 49.99% of
the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including shares
of restricted stock) as of immediately prior to the Closing on a
fully-diluted basis (but excluding the Out-of-the-Money Options for
these purposes).
Section 3.5
Valid Issuance . The Shares have been duly and validly
authorized and, when issued and paid for pursuant to this
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and shall be free and clear of all Liens, except for restrictions
on transfer imposed by applicable securities Laws and except for
those created by the Investor. The Warrant has been duly and
validly authorized. Upon the due exercise of the Warrant, the
Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and free and clear of all Liens, except for restrictions on
transfer imposed by applicable securities Laws and except for those
created by the Investor. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant, free and clear of
all Liens, except for restrictions on transfer imposed by
applicable securities Laws and except for those created by the
Investor.
Section 3.6
Consents . The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and
sale of the Securities do not require the consent of, action by or
in respect of, or filing with, any Person, Governmental Authority,
other than filings that have been made pursuant to applicable state
securities Laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state
and federal securities Laws which the Company undertakes to file
within the required time periods. Subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in
Section 4 hereof, the Company has taken all action
necessary to exempt the execution of the Transaction Documents, the
issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the
other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents from
the provisions of any stockholder rights plan or other
“poison pill” arrangement, any anti-takeover, business
combination or control share Law or statute binding on the Company
or to which the Company or any of its assets and properties may be
subject and any provision of the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws that is or could reasonably be expected to
become applicable to the Investor as a result of the Transactions,
including the issuance of the Securities and the ownership,
disposition or voting of the Securities by the Investor or the
exercise of any right granted to the Investor pursuant to this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
Section 3.7
SEC Matters; Form S-3 Eligibility; Private Placement
.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.7(a) , the Company has filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof
for the last five years (the foregoing materials as filed by the
Company being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC
Filings ”) on a timely basis or has filed a Notification
of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 (which notification of late filing is
disclosed on Schedule 3.7(a) ) and has filed any
such
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SEC Filings
prior to the expiration of the applicable grace period associated
with the filing of such notification of late filing.
(b) At
the time of filing thereof, the SEC Filings complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC
Filings, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) The
Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for
confidential treatment of information.
(d) The
Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the
Securities or the receipt of the exercise price for the exercise of
the Warrant, will not be an “investment company” within
the meaning of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer
identified in Rule 144(i)(1) under the Securities Act.
(e) The
Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to,
or which to the Company’s Knowledge is likely to have the
effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under
the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that
the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The
Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all
applicable NYSE continued listing requirements. Except as described
on Schedule 3.7(e) , there are no proceedings pending
or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the
Company relating to the continued listing of the Common Stock on
the NYSE and the Company has not received any notice of, nor to the
Company’s Knowledge is there any basis for, the delisting of
the Common Stock from the NYSE.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any
general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are
used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of
any of the Securities.
(g) Assuming
the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties
set forth in Section 4 , neither the Company nor any of
its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that
would cause the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby to
be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
any applicable shareholder approval provision of any Trading
Market. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder do not
contravene the rules and regulations of any Trading
Market.
(h) Assuming
the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties
set forth in Section 4 , no registration under the
Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the
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Securities to
the Investor as contemplated hereby or the issuance of the Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.
Section 3.8
Financial Statements . The financial statements included in
the SEC Filings, together with the related notes and schedules
thereto, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements, together with the related notes and schedules thereto,
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
dates shown and its consolidated results of operations and cash
flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have
been prepared in conformity with GAAP (except as may be disclosed
therein or in the notes thereto, and, in the case of quarterly
financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange
Act). Except as reflected or reserved against in the consolidated
balance sheets (or the notes thereto) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries included in the Recent Company Filings or as described
on Schedule 3.8 , in each case with reasonable
specificity and detail, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, known or unknown,
contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business, since the date of such financial statements
(none of which is liability for breach of warranty, tort or
infringement or a claim or lawsuit for an environmental
liability).
Section 3.9
No Material Adverse Change .
(a) Since
December 31, 2008, except as reflected or reserved against in
the consolidated balance sheets (or the notes thereto) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries included in the Recent Company Filings
or as described on Schedule 3.9(a) , there has not
been:
(i) any
change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial condition
or operating results of the Company and its Subsidiaries from that
reflected in the financial statements included in the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Commission on May 13, 2009, except for changes in the Ordinary
Course of Business which, individually or in the aggregate, have
not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(ii) any
declaration or payment of any dividend, or any authorization or
payment of any distribution, on any of the capital stock of the
Company, or any redemption or repurchase of any securities of the
Company;
(iii) any
damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance,
to any physical assets or properties of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, in each case, in excess of $250,000 individually or
$1,000,000 in the aggregate;
(iv) any
waiver, not in the Ordinary Course of Business, by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries of a material right or of a material
Indebtedness owed to it;
(v) any
satisfaction or discharge of any Lien other than any Permitted Lien
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the Ordinary
Course of Business and which is not material to the assets,
properties, financial condition, operating results or business
of
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the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (as such business is presently
conducted or currently proposed to be conducted);
(vi) (A) except
as contemplated by Section 2.2(a)(i)(G) , any change or
amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws or the comparable organizational documents of any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries, or (B) any material change to
any Material Contract;
(vii) any
labor union organizing activities or material labor difficulties
with respect to employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(viii) any
material transaction entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(ix) the
loss of the services of any employee of the Company whose annual
compensation is $150,000 or greater, or material change in the
composition or duties of the senior management of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; or
(x) any
sale, assignment, transfer, license, loss, lapse or other
disposition of, or failure to maintain, enforce or protect, any
material Company Intellectual Property.
(b) Except
for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement,
no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their
respective businesses, properties, operations or financial
condition that, in each case, would be required to be disclosed by
the Company under applicable securities Laws, whether prior to the
date of this Agreement or with the passage of time, at the time
this representation is made that has not been publicly
disclosed.
Section 3.10
Compliance With Laws . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.10 :
(a) each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied with all
applicable Laws relating to the business currently conducted by the
Company and each such Subsidiary in all material respects and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received during
the last thirty-six months any notice or communication from any
Governmental Authority of any alleged, actual or potential material
violation of or failure to comply with any Laws;
(b) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any of their respective current or former directors,
officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has: (i) directly or
indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
payments to any governmental officials, government employees or
campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) established or
maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or
other assets; (iv) made any false or fictitious entries on the
books and records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(v) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any
nature;
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(c) the
Company has not, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no Person
acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities,
(ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid
or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting
another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other
than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid
to BB&T in connection with the placement of the
Securities;
(d) each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries possesses all material
certificates, licenses, authorities or permits issued by
appropriate Governmental Authorities necessary or reasonably
required to conduct the business now operated by it or as currently
proposed to be operated by it, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
license, authority or permit;
(e) there
are no Actions pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which are
reasonably likely to result in liability for the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any director
or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, exceeding
$250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, other than
product liability cases set forth on Schedule 3.10(e)
;
(f) there
is no Action pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened that adversely affects or questions the legality,
propriety or enforceability of the Transactions; and
(g) (i) there
is no Order to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
of the assets owned or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, is subject; (ii) each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects and is in
compliance in all material respects with all of the terms and
requirements of each Order listed on Schedule 3.10 and each
Order to which it is or has been subject to; and (iii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or
other communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental
Authority or any other Person regarding any actual or potential
violation of, or failure to comply with, any term or requirement of
any Order.
Section 3.11
Customers and Suppliers . Schedule 3.11 sets
forth (a) the top twenty customers of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, based on annual revenues for
2008 and (b) the top twenty suppliers of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, based on annual expenditures
for 2008. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11 ,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received in
writing any notice that any such customer or supplier intends to,
and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such customer or supplier
has any intention to, cancel or otherwise materially and adversely
modify its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or limit its usage or sale of the products or services provided by
or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries either as a result of
the Transactions or otherwise other than (i) reductions in volume
relating to the general economic conditions or
(ii) limitations on extension of trade credit.
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Section 3.12
Material Contracts .
(a)
Schedule 3.12(a) lists all agreements, contracts,
plans, leases, arrangements or commitments, whether written or
oral, of the following types to which either the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or subject:
(i) Leases,
in each case providing for annual rentals of $10,000 or
more;
(ii) any
contract with any third party requiring a capital expenditure by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 in any
calendar year;
(iii) any
contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services,
equipment or other assets from any supplier required to be set
forth on Schedule 3.11 ;
(iv) any
sales, distribution or other similar agreement providing for the
sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, or pursuant to
which in the last twelve months the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries sold, materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment
or other assets for a purchase price of $25,000,000 or more, in the
aggregate;
(v) except
for any arrangements contained in agreements that are of the type
of agreements responsive to Section 3.12(a)(xv) , any
contract involving any joint venture, partnership, strategic
alliance, or stockholders’ agreement, or any material
co-marketing, co-promotion, co-packaging, joint development or
similar arrangement;
(vi) any
contract (including any letter of intent, other than the Letter of
Intent) involving the future disposition or acquisition of assets
or properties, or any merger, consolidation or similar business
combination transaction, whether or not enforceable other than
sales of the Company’s products in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(vii) any
contract involving Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000;
(viii) any
collective bargaining agreement or other contract with any labor
organization or any bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement or
any other form of deferred compensation plan or any stock purchase,
stock option or similar plan or practice, or any severance
agreement or arrangement;
(ix) any
employment or agreement with an executive officer;
(x) any
contract relating to the acquisition, transfer, use, franchise,
reselling, development, sharing or license of any material
technology or any Intellectual Property right with aggregate annual
payments under such contract in excess of $500,000;
(xi) any
licenses and sublicenses and consent, royalty or other agreements
concerning Intellectual Property which are material to the Company
and its Subsidiaries and to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of
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their assets
are bound (other than mass-marketed software with a replacement
cost and/or annual license fee of less than $50,000) (collectively,
“ License Agreements ”);
(xii) any
contract or agreement with any Governmental Authority;
(xiii) any
contract involving Tax sharing arrangements;
(xiv) any
contract involving any resolution or settlement of any actual or
threatened litigation, arbitration, claim or other dispute with the
aggregate payment set forth in such contract in excess of
$100,000;
(xv) any
agency, dealer, sales representative or other similar agreement
entered into or in effect within the twelve months prior to the
date of this Agreement (the “ Dealer Contracts
”);
(xvi) any
contract or other document that limits the freedom of any Company
to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any
area or which would so limit the freedom of any Company after the
Closing Date;
(xvii) any
contract or commitment with or for the benefit of any Interested
Person; or
(xviii) any
other agreement, the termination of which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each
agreement set forth on, or required to be set forth on,
Schedule 3.12(a) (each, a “ Material
Contract ”) is in full force and effect and, except as
set forth on Schedule 3.12(a) , there exists no
(i) default or event of default by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party
to such Material Contract with respect to any material term or
provision of such Material Contract or (ii) event, occurrence,
condition or act (including the consummation of the Transactions)
which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or the
happening of any other event or condition, would become a default
or event of default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or,
to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party thereto, with
respect to any material term or provision of such Material
Contract. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12(a) ,
each Material Contract is in full force and effect and is valid,
binding and enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance
with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and similar Laws of general application relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
The Company has provided the Investor with true and complete
copies, including all amendments, of each Material Contract, and in
the case of any oral Material Contract, a written summary of the
material terms of such Material Contract; provided, that, with
respect to the Dealer Contracts, the Company has provided standard
forms of contracts and all Dealer Contracts are in a form
substantially similar to one of such standard forms of
contract.
(a) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely prepared and filed
all Tax returns required to have been filed by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries with all
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appropriate
Governmental Authorities and timely paid all Taxes shown thereon or
otherwise owed by it. The charges, accruals and reserves on the
books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Taxes for
all fiscal periods are adequate, and there are no unpaid
assessments against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the
assessment of any additional Taxes, penalties or interest for any
fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing
authority. All Taxes and other assessments and levies that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to withhold or to
collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid
to the proper Governmental Authority or third party when due. There
are no Tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or property. There
are no outstanding Tax sharing agreements or other such
arrangements between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or
other Person.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement, or plan that has resulted or
would result, separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of any
“excess parachute payment” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code (or any corresponding provision of
state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law). Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has been a United States real property holding
corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the
Code during the applicable period specified in
Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries (A) has been a member of an affiliated
group filing a consolidated federal income Tax return (other than a
group the common parent of which was the Company) or (B) has
any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries) under U.S. Treas. Reg. § 1.1502-6
(or any similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. law), as a
transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(c) The
unpaid Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries (A) did not,
as of March 31, 2009, exceed the reserve for Tax liability
(rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect
timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the
face of the Company’s balance sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto) for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, as set forth in
the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the same
period and (B) will not exceed that reserve as adjusted for
the passage of time through the Closing in accordance with the past
practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries in filing their Tax
returns.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include
any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from,
taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending
after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) change in method
of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the
Closing Date, (ii) “closing agreement” as described in
Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar
provision of state, local, or non-U.S. income Tax law) executed on
or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) intercompany transactions
or any excess loss account described in the U.S. Treasury
Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any
corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S.
income Tax law), (iv) installment sale or open transaction
disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date or (v) prepaid
amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
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(e) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed stock of
another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person,
in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in
whole or in part by Section 355 or 361 of the Code.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been a party to
any “listed transaction,” as defined in
Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Code and U.S. Treas. Reg. §
1.6011-4(b)(2).
(a)
Schedule 3.14(a) sets forth the address and description
of each Owned Real Property. With respect to each Owned Real
Property: (i) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries (as the
case may be) has good and marketable indefeasible fee simple title
to such Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Liens except
Permitted Liens, (ii) except as set forth on Schedule
3.14(a) , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or
occupy such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof and
(iii) there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer
or rights of first refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or
any portion thereof or interest therein. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or option to
purchase any real property or interest therein.
(b)
Schedule 3.14(b) sets forth the address of each Leased
Real Property. The Company has delivered to the Investor a true and
complete copy of each Lease listed on Schedule 3.12(a)(i)
.
(c) The
Real Property comprises all of the material real property used, or
currently proposed to be used in, and all real property necessary
for, the business and operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(d) All
buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures, building systems and
equipment, and all components thereof, included in the Real
Property (the “ Improvements ”) are in good
condition and repair and sufficient for the operation of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (normal wear and tear
excepted). There are no facts or conditions affecting any of the
Improvements which could, individually or in the aggregate,
interfere in any material respect with the use or occupancy of the
Improvements or any portion thereof in the operation of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(e) The
Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, a
valid license to use, or a valid leasehold interest in, free and
clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), the tangible
personal property material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, except for tangible personal property disposed of in
the Ordinary Course of Business. The tangible personal property of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has been
maintained in accordance with normal industry practice, is in good
operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear),
and is suitable in all material respects for the purposes for which
it is presently used or currently proposed to be used.
(f) The
assets, property and rights (whether real or personal, tangible or
intangible) owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries, or
which they otherwise have
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the right to
use, constitute all of the material assets, properties and rights
owned, leased or legitimately held for use in connection with the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and are sufficient for
the continued conduct of such business as currently
conducted.
Section 3.15
Employee Benefits Matters.
(a)
Schedule 3.15(a) contains a true, correct and complete
list of all Employee Benefit Plans.
(b) Each
Employee Benefit Plan (and each related trust, insurance contract,
or fund) has been maintained, funded and administered in material
compliance with its terms and with the applicable requirements of
ERISA, the Code, and other applicable Laws.
(c) All
required reports and descriptions (including but not limited to IRS
Form 5500 annual reports, summary annual reports, and summary
plan descriptions, as applicable) have been timely filed or
distributed with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan in
accordance with the requirements of the Code, ERISA, and other
applicable Laws.
(d) With
respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, all contributions (including
all employer contributions and employee salary reduction
contributions), distributions, reimbursements, and premium payments
that are due have been made and all contributions, distributions,
reimbursements and premium payments for any period ending on or
before the Closing that are not yet due have been made or properly
accrued.
(e) Each
Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of
a “qualified plan” under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and to the
Company’s Knowledge, nothing has occurred that could
adversely affect the qualification of such Employee Benefit
Plan.
(f) With
respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, the Company has delivered to
the Investor true, correct and complete copies of the plan
documents and summary plan descriptions, the most recent
determination letter received from the IRS, the most recent IRS
Form 5500 annual report (with applicable attachments) as
filed, and all related trust agreements, insurance contracts, and
other funding arrangements that implement each Employee Benefit
Plan.
(g) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries maintains, sponsors,
contributes to, has any obligation to contribute to, or has any
current or potential liability or obligation under or with respect
to (i) a “defined benefit plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA), (ii) a
“multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of
Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code), or
(iii) a “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA, or (iv) a “multiple
employer welfare arrangement” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(40) of ERISA). The Company and its Subsidiaries have
no current or potential liability or obligation by reason of at any
time being treated as a single employer under Section 414 of
the Code with any other Person.
(h) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.15(h) , the Company and its
Subsidiaries do not have any current or potential liability or
obligation with respect to the provision of
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post-retirement
or post-termination medical, health, or life insurance or other
welfare type benefits for any Person. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have complied and are in compliance with the
requirements of COBRA.
(i) There
have been no prohibited transactions (as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) and no
breach of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA) with respect
to any Employee Benefit Plan. No action, suit, claim, proceeding,
audit, hearing, or investigation with respect to any Employee
Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) is pending or
threatened, and there is no basis for any such action, suit, claim,
proceeding, audit, hearing, or investigation.
(j) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.15(j) , the Transactions
will not cause the acceleration of vesting in, or payment of, any
benefits or compensation under any Employee Benefit Plan and will
not otherwise accelerate or increase any material liability or
obligation under any Employee Benefit Plan.
(k) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have, for purposes of each Employee
Benefit Plan, in all material respects correctly classified those
individuals performing services for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as common law employees, leased employees, independent
contractors or agents.
(l) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.15(l) , since
October 3, 2004, no Company has (i) granted to any Person an
interest in a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (as defined
in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) which interest has been or,
upon the lapse of a substantial risk of forfeiture with respect to
such interest, will be subject to the tax imposed by Section
409A(a)(1)(B) or (b)(4)(A) of the Code, or (ii) modified the
terms of any nonqualified deferred compensation plan in a manner
that could cause an interest previously granted under such plan to
become subject to the tax imposed by Section 409A(a)(1)(B) or
(b)(4) of the Code, in either case assuming that any amendments to
any such nonqualified deferred compensation plan will be timely
made in order to bring such plan into compliance with
Section 409A of the Code by the end of any amendment period
provided under regulations promulgated under Section 409A of
the Code.
(m)
Schedule 3.15(m) sets forth a list of each benefit or
compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement maintained,
sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation for Persons located
outside the United States (each, a “ Foreign Benefit
Plan ”). Each Foreign Benefit Plan has been maintained,
funded and administered in material compliance with its terms and
the requirements of applicable Laws, and no Foreign Benefit Plan
has any unfunded or underfunded liabilities.
Section 3.16
Labor Matters .
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.16(a) , neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any
collective bargaining agreements or other agreements with labor
organizations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
violated in any material respect any Laws, Orders or contract
terms, affecting the collective
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bargaining
rights of employees, labor organizations or any Laws or Orders
affecting employment discrimination, equal opportunity employment,
or employees’ health, safety, welfare, wages and
hours.
(b) (i) There
are no material labor disputes existing, or to the Company’s
Knowledge, threatened, involving strikes, slow downs, work
stoppages, job actions, disputes, lockouts or any other disruptions
of or by the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
employees, and no such material disputes have occurred within the
past three years, (ii) there are no unfair labor practice
charges or complaints, or representation petitions pending or, to
the Company’s Knowledge, threatened before the National Labor
Relations Board or any other federal, state or local labor
commission relating to the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ employees, and no such charges, complaints or
petitions have been filed against the Company within the past three
years, (iii) no demand for recognition or certification
heretofore made by any labor organization or group of employees is
pending with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iv) to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no union
organizing efforts underway or threatened and no such efforts have
occurred within the past five years; and (v) to the
Company’s Knowledge, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
enjoys good labor and employee relations with its employees and
labor organizations.
(c) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries is, and at all times has been,
in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws
respecting employment (including Laws relating to classification of
employees and independent contractors) and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, and
immigration and naturalization. Except as described on
Schedule 3.16(c) , there are no claims pending against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission or any other administrative body or in any
court asserting any violation of Title VII of the United States
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the United States Age Discrimination Act
of 1967, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 or 1983, or any other federal,
state or local law, statute or ordinance barring discrimination in
employment.
(d) Except
as specified on Schedule 3.16(d) , to the
Company’s Knowledge, each of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a Person who is either a United
States citizen or a permanent resident entitled to work in the
United States. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
any liability for the improper classification by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of any employees as independent contractors or
leased employees prior to the Closing.
(e) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.16(e) , within the past
three years, the Company has not implemented any plant closing or
layoff of employees that could result in a violation of the WARN
Act.
Section 3.17
Intellectual Property .
(a)
Schedule 3.17(a) contains a complete and accurate list
of all of the following that are owned, used or held for use by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and material to the Company and
its Subsidiaries: (i) patented or registered Intellectual
Property (including Internet domain names), (ii) pending
patent applications or applications for
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registration of
other Intellectual Property, (iii) all software (other than
mass-marketed software with a replacement cost and/or annual
license fee of less than $50,000), (iv) trade or corporate
names, material unregistered Marks, (v) unregistered
copyrights, and (vi) any material other Intellectual Property.
The Company Intellectual Property is currently in compliance with
all legal requirements (including timely filings, proofs and
payments of fees) and is valid, subsisting and enforceable. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.71(a) , no Company
Intellectual Property is now involved in any cancellation, action,
opposition proceeding, or other dispute, litigation or proceeding,
and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no such action is
threatened. No patent contained in the Company Intellectual
Property is now involved in any interference, reissue, re
examination or opposition proceeding and no such patent has been
misused. No loss of any of the Company Intellectual Property is
reasonably foreseeable.
(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.17(b) , the Company and its
Subsidiaries exclusively own and possess all right, title and
interest in and to, or have the valid right to use pursuant to an
enforceable written license, all of the Intellectual Property that
is material to the conduct of the Company’s and each of its
Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or
as currently proposed to be conducted (together with all material
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, collectively, the “ Company Intellectual
Property ”), including for the ownership, maintenance and
operation of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
material properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens other
than Permitted Liens, adverse claims or obligations to license such
Intellectual Property, other than the License Agreements. The
Company and/or its Subsidiaries have a valid and enforceable right
to use all third party Intellectual Property material to the
respective businesses of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(c) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have not materially infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise impaired or conflicted with, and the
conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
businesses as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be
conducted does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise impair or
conflict with (collectively, “ Infringe ”) any
Intellectual Property or other rights of any third party, and the
Company and its Subsidiaries are not aware of any facts which
indicate a likelihood of any of the foregoing. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have not materially violated, and the conduct of the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses does not
materially violate, any confidentiality obligation owed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a third party. The Company
and its Subsidiaries have not received any threats or notices
regarding any of the foregoing (including any demands or offers to
license any Intellectual Property from any other Person). Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.17(c) , to the Company’s
Knowledge, the Company Intellectual Property is not being Infringed
by any third party. There is no litigation, claim or Order that was
either made within the past six years or is presently pending or
outstanding or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or
imminent, that seeks to limit or challenge or that concerns the
ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Company
Intellectual Property and the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ use of any Intellectual Property and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no valid basis for the same.
The Company Intellectual Property is not subject to any outstanding
consent, settlement, decree, Order, injunction, judgment or ruling
restricting the use thereof.
(d) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
other Transaction Documents will not result in the alteration,
loss, impairment of or restriction
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on the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership or
right to use any of the Company Intellectual Property or any
material Company Systems, and all of the Company Intellectual
Property and material Company Systems shall be owned or available
for use by the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately after the
Closing on terms and conditions identical to those under which the
Company and its Subsidiaries owned or used the Company Intellectual
Property and the material Company Systems immediately prior to the
Closing.
(e) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all actions necessary to
protect, maintain and enforce the Company Intellectual Property.
Within the past 5 years, all employees, consultants and
independent contractors who have had access to Confidential
Information which is necessary for or used in the conduct of the
Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as
currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted has
executed an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such
Confidential Information and has executed appropriate agreements
that are substantially consistent with the Company’s standard
forms thereof. Except under written confidentiality obligations,
there has been no disclosure of any of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ Confidential Information to any third
party.
(f) In
the last eighteen months, there have been no failures, breakdowns,
continued substandard performance or other adverse events affecting
any Company Systems that have caused or could reasonably be
expected to result in the substantial disruption or interruption in
the conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
businesses.
Section 3.18
Environmental Matters . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.18 :
(a) Within
the last five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have at all
times complied and are in compliance, in all material respects,
with all Environmental Laws, which compliance has included
obtaining and complying with all permits, licenses and other
authorizations required pursuant to Environmental Laws for the
occupation of their facilities and the operation of their
business.
(b) Within
the last five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not
received any written or oral notice, report, order or directive
regarding any actual or alleged material violation of, or any
material liability (contingent or otherwise) or material
investigatory, remedial or corrective obligation under,
Environmental Laws with respect to their business or their
facilities.
(c) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have not treated, stored, disposed of,
arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported, handled,
released, or exposed any Person to, any substance, or owned or
operated any property or facility which is contaminated by any
substance, in each case so as to give rise to any material
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or material investigatory,
remedial or corrective obligations, pursuant to any Environmental
Laws.
(d) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have not, either expressly or by
operation of law, assumed, undertaken, or provided an indemnity
with respect to any material liability (contingent or otherwise) or
material investigatory, remedial or corrective obligation of any
other Person relating to Environmental Laws.
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(e) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their
respective predecessors or Affiliates, has manufactured, sold,
marketed, installed or distributed products or items containing
asbestos or other hazardous materials and none of the foregoing
Persons have any material liability (contingent or otherwise) with
respect to the presence or alleged presence of hazardous materials
in any product or item, or at or upon any property or
facility.
(f) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have furnished to the Investor true
and correct copies of all environmental audits, reports and
assessments and all other documents materially bearing on material
environmental, health or safety liabilities relating to the past or
current operations, properties or facilities of their business
(including their facilities), in each case which are in their
possession or under their actual control.
Section 3.19
Insurance Coverage . Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries maintains in full force and effect insurance coverage,
by insurers of recognized financial responsibility, that is
customary for comparably situated companies for the business being
conducted and properties owned or leased by each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, and the Company reasonably believes such
insurance coverage to be adequate against all liabilities, claims
and risks against which it is customary for comparably situated
companies to insure. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
Section 3.20
Product Recalls, Liability and Warranty . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.20 :
(a) For
the last three years, no products developed, manufactured,
marketed, distributed or sold by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have been subject to a Recall by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, has any of
such products been subject to a Recall by any third party retained
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any distributor or
wholesaler of such products or been subject to any Recall mandated
or recommended by a Governmental Authority.
(b) To
the Companies’ Knowledge, the reserve for warranty claims set
forth on the face of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ consolidated balance sheet (rather than in any
notes thereto) for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, as set
forth in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
same period, as adjusted for the passage of time through the
Closing is sufficient to cover all such claims.
Section 3.21
Internal Controls . The Company is in material compliance
with the provisions of the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, as amended, currently applicable to the Company. The Company
and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(a) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations,
(b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (c) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (d) the recorded accountability
for assets is
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compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has
established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a 14 and 15d 14) for the Company and its
Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its
Subsidiaries is made known to the certifying officers by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which the
Company’s most recently filed period report under the
Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such
date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company
presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on
their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ internal controls (as such term is
defined in Item 308 of Regulation S-K) or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, in other factors that could
significantly affect the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ internal controls. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries maintains and will continue to maintain a standard
system of accounting established and administered in accordance
with GAAP and the applicable requirements of the Exchange
Act.
Section 3.22
Transactions with Affiliates . Except as described with
reasonable specificity in the Recent Company Filings or as
disclosed on Schedule 3.22 , none of the officers or
directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge,
none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
as holders of stock options and/or warrants, and for services as
employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of
services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
officer, director or such employee or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner.
Section 3.23
Acknowledgement Regarding the Investor’s Purchase of
Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges
that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and
any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or
agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the
Investor’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further
represents to the Investor that the Company’s decision to
enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has
been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company and its
representatives.
Section 3.24
Brokers and Finders . No Person will have, as a result of
the Transactions, any valid right, interest or claim against or
upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Investor for any
commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement
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or
understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other
than as described on Schedule 3.24 .
Section 3.25
Change of Control . The consummation of the Transactions and
the issuance of the Securities (including the issuance of the
Warrant Shares) will not result in a “Change of
Control,” a “Company Transaction” or a similar
term (as such terms are defined in each of the Credit Agreement,
the Executive Employment Agreement, dated June 28, 2002,
between the Company and Richard J. Giromini, as currently in form,
the Company’s incentive or severance plans, or any Material
Contract) (the effects described by any of the foregoing, the
“ Control Effects ”). Other than as disclosed in
Schedule 3.25 , there are no arrangements or contracts
that upon the occurrence of a Control Effect or in connection
therewith (including through the passage of time) provide
(a) for any benefits (including bonus, severance, acceleration
of options or other benefits, or other payments) or (ii) for
the right to consent to a Change Effect or (b) for
termination, acceleration, right to call a default or termination,
or modification of any Material Contract.
Section 3.26
Disclosure . All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the
Company to the Investor regarding the Company, its business and the
Transactions, including the representations and warranties of the
Company in, and the Disclosure Schedules to, this Agreement, is
true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has fully
and accurately disclosed any and all material adverse changes in
the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business,
operations, assets, liquidity, liabilities and condition (financial
or otherwise) that occurred between December 31, 2008 and the
date hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor
is not making and has not made any representations or warranties
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than
those specifically set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Investor . The
Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date (unless a representation or
warranty is made as of a particular date, in which case such date
shall apply), that:
Section 4.1
Organization and Existence . The Investor is a duly
organized limited liability company, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and
has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to
invest in the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 4.2
Authorization . The Investor has full power and authority
and all limited liability company action has been taken on the part
of the Investor, its officers, directors and members necessary for
(a) the authorization, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents and (b) the authorization of the
performance of all obligations of the Investor hereunder and
thereunder. This Agreement constitutes, and the other Transaction
Documents to which the Investor is a party will constitute when
executed and delivered, the valid and legally binding obligation of
the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
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moratorium and
similar Laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally.
Section 4.3
No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default . The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the
Investor and its investment in the Securities will not conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a) the
Investor’s certificate of formation or the Investor’s
operating agreement, or (b)(i) any statute, rule, regulation or
order of any Governmental Authority or any court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Investor, any of its
affiliates or any of their respective assets or properties, where
such conflict, breach, violation or default has been or could be
material to the Investor, or (ii) any material agreement or
instrument to which the Investor is a party or by which the
Investor is bound or to which any of its assets or properties is
subject.
Section 4.4
Purchase Entirely for Own Account . The Securities to be
received by the Investor hereunder will be acquired for the
Investor’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with
a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in
violation of the Securities Act, and the Investor has no present
intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise
distributing the same in violation of the Securities Act without
prejudice, however, to the Investor’s right at all times to
sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities Laws.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or
warranty by the Investor to hold the Securities for any period of
time. The Investor is not a broker dealer registered with the
Commission under the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a
business that would require it to be so registered.
Section 4.5
Investment Experience . The Investor acknowledges that it
can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in
the Securities and has such knowledge and experience in financial
or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the investment contemplated hereby.
Section 4.6
Restricted Securities . The Investor understands that the
Securities are characterized as “restricted securities”
under the United States federal securities Laws inasmuch as they
are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving
a public offering and that under such Laws and applicable
regulations such securities may be resold without registration
under the Securities Act only in certain limited
circumstances.
(a) Except
as provided below, certificates evidencing the Securities may bear
the following or any similar legend:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER.”
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(b) If
required by the authorities of any state in connection with the
issuance of sale of the Securities, the legend required by such
state authority.
Section 4.8
Accredited Investor . The Investor is an accredited investor
as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as amended, under
the Securities Act.
Section 4.9
Sufficient Funds . As of the Closing Date, the Investor will
have sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price.
Section 4.10
Brokers and Finders . No Person will have, as a result of
the Transactions, any valid right, interest or claim against or
upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Investor for any
commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the
Investor or any of its Affiliates.
Section 4.11
Disclosure . The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the
Company is not making and has not made any representations or
warranties with respect to the Transactions other than those
specifically set forth in the Transaction Documents.
5.
Conditions to the Closing .
Section 5.1
Conditions to the Investor’s Obligations at the
Closing . The obligation of the Investor to purchase the
Preferred Shares and the Warrant at the Closing is subject to the
fulfillment to the Investor’s satisfaction, on or prior to
the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be
waived by the Investor:
(a) The
representations and warranties made by the Company in this
Agreement qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct on
the as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, except to the
extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of
an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty
shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and the
representations and warranties made by the Company in this
Agreement hereof not qualified as to materiality shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the
Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or
warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date, except that the
representations and warranties in Sections 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5
shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and
the Closing Date. The Company shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations and covenants in this Agreement and in any
of the other Transaction Documents required to be performed by it
on or prior to the Closing Date, except that the Company shall have
performed its obligations under Section 6.1(b) in all
respects.
(b) The
Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits,
approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of
the purchase and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the
other Transactions, all of which shall be in full force and
effect.
(c) No
judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any
court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy
court or judge, or any order of or by any Governmental Authority,
shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have
been
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instituted by
any Governmental Authority, enjoining or preventing the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the
other Transaction Documents.
(d) The
Company NYSE Approval shall not have been withdrawn and shall be in
full force and effect.
(e) Each
of the Investor Directors shall have been duly appointed as
directors of the Company by the Board.
(f) The
Company shall have delivered to the Investor each of the items set
forth in Section 2.2(a)(i) .
(g) The
Credit Agreement Amendment shall have been become effective, shall
be in full force and effect without further amendment, and there
shall be no default or event of default under the Credit
Agreement.
(h) Except
as reflected or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheets
(or the notes thereto) of the Company and its Subsidiaries included
in the Recent Company Filings or as described on
Schedule 3.9(a) , there shall not have occurred a
Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2008.
(i) The number of the Company’s trailers ordered
and built between January 1, 2009 and July 31, 2009 shall not
be less than 9,800.
Section 5.2
Conditions to Obligations of the Company at the Closing .
The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Preferred and
the Warrant at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on or
prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which
may be waived by the Company:
(a) The
representations and warranties made by the Investor in
Section 4 hereof, other than the representations and
warranties contained in Section 4.5 ,
Section 4.6 , Section 4.7 ,
Section 4.8 and Section 4.10 (the “
Investment Representations ”), shall be true and
correct in all material respects on the date hereof and on the
Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been
made on and as of such date. The Investment Representations shall
be true and correct in all respects on the date hereof and on the
Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been
made on and as of said date. The Investor shall have performed in
all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required
to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) No
judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any
court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy
court or judge, or any order of or by any Governmental Authority,
shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been
instituted by any Governmental Authority, enjoining or preventing
the sale of the Preferred Shares.
(c) The
Investor shall have delivered to the Company each of the items set
forth in Section 2.2(a)(ii) .
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6.
Covenants and Agreements of the Company and the Investor
.
Section 6.1
Certain Pre-Closing Covenants .
(a)
Reasonable Best Efforts . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, each party hereto will use its
reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
appropriate actions, to file, or cause to be filed, all documents
and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
advisable to consummate the Transactions, including preparing and
filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to
effect all necessary filings, consents, waivers, approvals,
authorizations, licenses, consents, certificates, registrations,
approvals or other permits of any Governmental Authority or orders
from all Governmental Authorities or other Persons; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries be required to pay any fee, penalty or other
consideration to obtain any consent, approval or waiver required
for the consummation of the Transactions under any
contract.
(b)
Interim Actions . If during the period between the date
hereof and the earlier of the Closing Date and the date this
Agreement is terminated, the Company takes any action
(i) listed in Section 3.9, (ii) that, had the
Preferred Stock been outstanding at such time and the Investor
Rights Agreement been in full force and effect, (A) would have
resulted in a distribution or payment to the holders of the
Preferred Stock, (B) would, or together with other like events
could, have resulted in any adjustments to the terms of the
Preferred Stock, or (C) would have required the prior approval
of or consent by the holders of the Preferred Stock or
(iii) to implement any layoffs that could implement the WARN
Act, then the taking of any such action referred to in clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) of this Section 6.1(b) by the
Company shall require the approval of the Investor.
(c)
Full Access . During the period between the date hereof and
the earlier of the Closing Date or the date this Agreement is
terminated in accordance with Section 8 , the Company
will permit the Investor and its representatives to have reasonable
access at reasonable times to its premises, properties, personnel
and other third parties whose consent is required in order to
consummate the Transactions, and to the books and documents of or
pertaining to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 6.2
No Conflicting Agreements . During the period between the
date hereof and the earlier of the Closing Date or the date this
Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 8 ,
the Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or
make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any
material respect with the Company’s obligations to the
Investor under the Transaction Documents.
Section 6.3
Integration . The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or
solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any
security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that
would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for
purposes of the rules and regulations of any of the following
markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the Pink OTC Markets, the OTC
Bulletin Board, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market
or the New York Stock Exchange (each, a “ Trading
Market ”) such
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that it would
require shareholder approval before the closing of such other
transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the
closing of such subsequent transaction.
Section 6.4
Mailing . As soon as reasonably practicable after the date
hereof (but in any event within three Business Days after the date
hereof), the Company shall mail to the holders of Common Stock the
letter required by Section 312.05 of the NYSE’s Listed
Company Manual in the form previously agreed to by the
Parties.
Section 6.5
No Solicitation of Competing Proposal or Changes of
Recommendation .
(a)
No Solicitation or Changes of Recommendation . From and
after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing
Date or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is properly
terminated pursuant to Section 8.1 , the Company shall
not, and that it shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their
respective Representatives not to, directly or
indirectly:
(i) solicit,
initiate, facilitate or encourage (including by way of providing
information) the making, submission, announcement or completion of
any Competing Proposal or take any action that is intended to lead
to any Competing Proposal;
(ii) furnish
or disclose to any person any non-public information relating to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in response to, in
connection with or to any person who would reasonably be expected
to be interested in making, any Competing Proposal;
(iii) participate
or engage in any discussions or negotiations with any Person with
respect to, or otherwise cooperate with or assist any Person in
connection with, any Competing Proposal;
(iv) support,
adopt, approve, endorse or recommend any Competing
Proposal;
(v) enter
into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, investment
agreement, purchase agreement, merger agreement, acquisition
agreement, option agreement or similar document or any other
Contract relating to any Competing Proposal (other than a
nondisclosure agreement as and to the extent contemplated and
permitted by Section 6.5(d)(1) ); or
(vi) resolve,
propose, disclose any intention or agree to do any of the
foregoing.
(b)
Cessation of Negotiations . The Company shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective
Representatives, to immediately cease any existing solicitations,
discussions or negotiations with any person that has made or
indicated an intention to make, has been invited to make, or has
requested or been provided with non-public information relating to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to, a Competing
Proposal. The Company shall promptly request that each Person who
has executed a confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement with the
Company in connection with such Person’s consideration of
such a Competing Proposal return or destroy all non-public
information furnished to that Person or its Representatives by or
on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(c)
Notice of Competing Proposals and Developments . The Company
shall provide notice to the Investor of the receipt by the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective
Representatives of (i) any Competing Proposal or (ii) any
request for non-public information relating to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries reasonably relating to such a Competing
Proposal, in either case promptly, and in all cases within
twenty-four (24) hours following, receipt thereof, including
all material terms and conditions of such Competing Proposal or
request and the identity of the Person or group making any such
Competing Proposal or request. The Company shall forward to the
Investor copies of all written material (including materials
received by facsimile and electronic communications) received by
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their
respective Representatives relating to any such Competing Proposal
or request promptly, and in all cases within twenty-four
(24) hours following, receipt thereof. The Company shall keep
the Investor informed on a reasonably current basis (and in any
event within twenty-four (24) hours of the occurrence of any
changes, developments, discussions or negotiations), and at any
time upon the request of the Investor from time to time, of the
status and material terms and conditions (including all amendments
or proposed amendments) of any such Competing Proposal or request
and any discussions and negotiations relating thereto, including
furnishing copies of any written inquiries, correspondence and
draft documentation, and written summaries of any material oral
inquiries or discussions. Nothing in this
Section 6.5(c) shall be deemed to expand the scope of
Section 6.5(d) or Section 6.5(e)
.
(d)
Negotiations and Discussions . Notwithstanding the
limitations set forth in Section 6.5(a)(ii) or
Section 6.5(a)(iii) , if (i) the Company receives
an unsolicited, written bona fide Competing Proposal (which
has not been withdrawn) which the Board has reasonably determined
prior to the expiration of the Applicable Period in good faith,
after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and
financial advisors, each of nationally-recognized standing,
(x) constitutes a Superior Proposal or (y) would
reasonably be expected to result, after the taking of any of the
actions referred to in either of clause (A) or (B)
below, in a Superior Proposal; (ii) the Company has not
breached or violated any of the terms of, Section 6.4
or this Section 6.5 ; (iii) the Board shall have
reasonably determined in good faith, after receiving the advice of
the Company’s outside legal advisors of nationally-recognized
standing, that the failure of the Board of Directors to take any
action referred to in clause (A) or (B) below would
constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties under the Laws of the
State of Delaware; (iv) without limiting the obligations of
the Company set forth in Section 6.5(c) , the Company
shall have provided written notice to Investor of the occurrence of
the events contemplated by clause (i) and (iii) of
this Section 6.5(d) and, at least two (2) Business
Days prior to taking any action referred to in clause (A) or
(B) below, the Company shall have notified Investor of its
intention to take those actions referred to in clause (A) or
(B) below specified in such notice, the Company may during
the Applicable Period take the following actions:
(A) furnish
non-public information to the third party making such Competing
Proposal with respect to such Competing Proposal, if, and only if
(1) prior to so furnishing such information, the Company shall
have executed with such third party a confidentiality and
standstill agreement on customary terms and conditions which are in
any event no less favorable to the Company than those contained in
the Nondisclosure Agreement (and which complies with the last
sentence of Section 6.5(f) ), and (2) contemporaneously
with
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furnishing any
non-public information to such person (whether written or oral or
otherwise), the Company furnishes such non-public information to
Investor; and/or
(B) engage
in discussions or negotiations with the third party with respect to
such Competing Proposal.
(e)
Superior Proposals; Change of Recommendation .
Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in
Section 6.5(a)(iv) and the limitations in
Section 6.5(a)(vi) related to the limitations in
Section 6.5(a)(iv), the Board may, prior to the
expiration of the Applicable Period support, adopt, approve,
endorse or recommend the approval or adoption of any Competing
Proposal (any such event, a “ Change of Recommendation
”) to accept a Superior Proposal during the Applicable Period
if: (i) the Company has received an unsolicited, written
bona fide Competing Proposal (which has not been withdrawn
and pursuant to which the person making it continues to be bound)
which the Board has reasonably determined in good faith, after
consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial
advisors, each of nationally-recognized standing, constitutes a
Superior Proposal; (ii) the Company has not breached or
violated (A) any of the terms of Section 6.4 or
this Section 6.5 ; or (B) any of the binding terms
of the Letter of Intent prior to the date of hereof; (iii) the
Board shall have reasonably determined in good faith, after
receiving the advice of the Company’s outside legal advisors,
that the failure of the Board to make a Change of Recommendation
would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the
Company’s stockholders under the Laws of the State of
Delaware; (iv) without limiting the obligations of the Company
set forth in Section 6.5(c) , the Company shall have
provided to the Investor all material terms of the Superior
Proposal and complete copies of all documentation related thereto
and given the Investor at least three (3) Business Days’
prior written notice of its intent to effect a Change of
Recommendation; (v) during the three (3) Business Day period
referred to in clause (iv) above, if requested by the
Investor, the Company shall have negotiated in good faith with the
Investor and its Representatives the terms of possible revisions to
the terms of this Agreement such that such Competing Proposal
contemplated by clause (i) shall no longer constitute a
Superior Proposal; (vi) the Investor shall not have made
during such three (3) Business Day period a bona fide
offer or proposal to revise the terms hereof that (if implemented)
would make the Competing Proposal contemplated by clause (i)
above cease to constitute a Superior Proposal; (vii) the
Company has paid the Termination Fee in accordance with
Section 8.3(a) ; and (viii) simultaneously
with the Change of Recommendation, and notwithstanding the
limitations in Section 6.5(a)(v) and the limitations in
Section 6.5(a)(vi) related to the limitations in
Section 6.5(a)(v) , the Company shall terminate this
Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1(e) and enter
into a binding written agreement to consummate the transaction
contemplated by the Competing Proposal contemplated by clause
(i) above.
(f)
Enforcement of Standstills and Confidentiality Agreements .
The Company shall enforce, and shall not release or permit the
release of any person from, or amend, waive, terminate or modify,
and shall not permit the amendment, waiver, termination or
modification of, any provision of, any nondisclosure,
confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement or provision to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or under
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any rights. The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries or
its or their Representatives to, enter into any nondisclosure or
confidentiality agreement with any person subsequent to the date of
this Agreement, and none of the Company,
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any of its
subsidiaries or any of its or their respective Representatives is
party to any agreement, which prohibits the Company from providing
any information to the Investor.
(g)
Competing Proposal Definition . As used in this Agreement,
“ Competing Proposal ” means any proposal, offer
or inquiry (other than a proposal, offer or inquiry by Investor or
any of its Affiliates or any of its or their respective
Representatives) relating to any transaction or series of related
transactions involving or resulting in: (i) any acquisition or
purchase (including from the Company) by any person or
“group” (as defined in or under Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than fifteen percent
(15%) of the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, or any tender offer or exchange offer
that, if consummated, would result in the person or
“group” (as defined in or under Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act) beneficially owning fifteen percent (15%) or more of
the total outstanding voting securities (including Securities that
are convertible into voting Securities) of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries; (ii) any preferred stock investment in, or
debt financing for, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement
Amendment); (iii) any merger, consolidation, share exchange,
business combination, issuance of securities, acquisition of
securities, recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other
similar transaction involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to which the stockholders of the Company
immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction would
hold less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the equity interests in
the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction immediately
after consummation thereof; (iv) any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of more than fifteen
percent (15%) of the aggregate Assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries (measured by either book or fair market value thereof)
or the aggregate net revenues or net income of the Company and its
subsidiaries; or (v) any liquidation, dissolution,
recapitalization or other significant corporate reorganization of
the Company and/or its subsidiaries.
(h)
Superior Proposal Definition . As used in this agreement,
“ Superior Proposal ” means an unsolicited,
written bona fide Competing Proposal on terms, after
considering any revisions to the terms hereof proposed by Investor
pursuant to Section 6.5(e)(vi) and any fees payable by the
Company pursuant to Section 8.3(a) ), that (A) are more
favorable from a financial perspective to the Company’s
stockholders (in their capacities as such) than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (B) is capable of being
consummated before the anticipated consummation of the Transactions
or, in the event an unsolicited, written bona fide Competing
Proposal is received by the Company or its Representatives for the
first time later than five days prior to the expiration of the
Applicable Period so long as neither the Person making such
Competing Proposal nor any of such Person’s Affiliates shall
have previously made a Competing Proposal during the Applicable
Period, within five Business Days after the anticipated
consummation of the Transactions; provided , however
, that a Competing Proposal that is subject to the receipt of
financing (either by an express financing condition or other terms
and conditions) cannot constitute a Superior Proposal.
Section 6.6
Listing of Underlying Shares and Related Matters . Promptly
following the date hereof, the Company shall take all action
necessary or reasonably required to cause the Warrant Shares to be
approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on the NYSE no
later than thirty days following the Closing Date. Further, if the
Company applies to have its Common Stock or other securities traded
on any other principal stock exchange or market then it
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shall include
in such application the Warrant Shares and will take such other
action as is necessary to cause such Common Stock to be so listed.
The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue
the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the NYSE and, in
accordance therewith, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing
and other obligations under the by-laws or rules of such market or
exchange, as applicable.
Section 6.7
Notification . Prior to the Closing, the Company will give
prompt written notice to the Investor of any development causing a
breach of any of the representations and warranties in
Section 3 above or any of the covenants to be complied
with by the Company prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement. No disclosure by the Company pursuant to this
Section 6.7 , however, shall be deemed to amend or
supplement the Disclosure Schedules or to prevent or cure any
misrepresentation, breach of warranty, or breach of
covenant.
Section 6.8
Disclosure; Publicity . Except as set forth below, no public
release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be issued by the Company or the Investor without the
prior consent of the Company (in the case of a release or
announcement by the Investor) or the Investor (in the case of a
release or announcement by the Company) (which consents shall not
be unreasonably withheld), conditioned or delayed except as such
release or announcement may be required by Law or the applicable
rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities
market, in which case the Company or the Investor, as the case may
be, shall allow the Investor or the Company, as applicable, to the
extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time
to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such
issuance. The parties hereto agree that a joint press release shall
be issued to announce the execution of this Agreement and the
Transactions and such press release shall be in the form agreed to
by the parties hereto prior to the execution of this
Agreement.
Section 6.9
Use of Proceeds . The net proceeds of the sale of the
Preferred Shares and the Warrant hereunder at the Closing shall be
used by the Company as follows: (a) to fund the
Company’s working capital requirements; (b) to fund
consolidation and efficiency initiatives; (c) to reduce
outstanding balances incurred under the Credit Agreement; and
(d) to fund fees and expenses of the Transactions.
Section 6.10
Exchange Act Filings . Prior to the Closing, the Company
covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to timely file all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act (or to file a Notification of Late
Filing on Form 12b-25 and subsequently file the relevant report
prior to the expiration of the applicable grace period associated
with the filing of such notification of late filing), even if the
Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an
issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the
Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no
longer require or otherwise permit such termination.
Section 6.11
Compliance with Laws
Prior to the
Closing, the Company will comply in all material respects with all
applicable Laws and Orders of all Governmental Authorities
(including all Environmental Laws).
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7.
Survival and Indemnification .
Section 7.1
Survival . The representations and warranties of the
contained in this Agreement (whether or not contained in
Section 3 or Section 4 ) shall survive the
Closing for a period of two years after the Closing Date, except
that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.1 , Section 3.2 ,
Section 3.3 , Section 3.4 , Section
3.5 , Section 3.21 , Section 3.22 ,
Section 3.24 , Section 4.1 ,
Section 4.2, Section 4.3 and
Section 4.10 shall survive indefinitely; (b) the
representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.13 , Section 3.15 and
Section 3.18 shall survive until 90 days after the
end of the applicable statute of limitations; provided ,
that any representation or warranty in respect of which an
indemnity claim is made, and the indemnity with respect thereto,
shall survive the time at which it would otherwise terminate
pursuant to this Section 7.1 if notice of claim shall
have been given to the party against whom such indemnity is sought
prior to such time. All covenants set forth herein shall survive
the Closing indefinitely or, if otherwise specified, in accordance
with their respective terms.
Section 7.2
Indemnification . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Investor and its Affiliates and their respective
directors, officers, members, partners, employees, affiliates and
agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role
of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title), each Person who controls the Investor
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and
Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers,
agents, members, partners, employees, affiliates and agents (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person
holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any
other title) of such controlling person (each, an “
Indemnified Person ”) from and against, without
duplication, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
diminution in value, contingencies and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other
expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or
defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened
and the costs of enforcement thereof) (collectively, “
Losses ”) to which such Indemnified Person may become
subject as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by or to be
performed on the part of the Company under the Transaction
Documents, and (b) any action instituted against an
Indemnified Party, by any third party with respect to any of the
Transactions (unless such action is based upon a breach of the
Investor’s representations, warranties or covenants under the
Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings the
Investor may have with any such stockholder or any violations by
the Investor of state or federal securities Laws or any conduct by
the Investor which constitutes fraud or willful
misconduct).
Section 8.1
Termination Events .
This Agreement and
the obligations of the Company, on the one hand, and the Investor,
on the other hand, to effect the Closing may be terminated at any
time prior to the Closing as follows:
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(a) upon
the mutual written consent of the Company and the
Investor;
(b) by
the Company if any of the conditions set forth in
Section 5.2 shall have become incapable of fulfillment,
and shall not have been waived by the Company; provided ,
however , that the Company shall have given the Investor
written notice, delivered at least ten
(10) calendar
days prior to such termination, stating the Company’s
intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(b) and the basis for such termination and
giving the Investor the opportunity to cure such breach (to the
extent curable) during such period;
(c) by
the Investor if any of the conditions set forth in
Section 5.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment,
and shall not have been waived by the Investor; provided ,
however , that the Investor shall have given the Company
written notice, delivered at least ten (10) calendar days
prior to such termination, stating the Investor’s intention
to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(c) and the basis for such termination and
giving the Investor the opportunity to cure such breach (to the
extent curable) during such period or
(d) by
the Investor if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to
August 31, 2009;
(e) by
the Company, subject to the limitations and procedures set forth in
Section 6.5(e) , in order to effect a Change of
Recommendation to accept a Superior Proposal during the Applicable
Period; or
(f) by
the Investor, upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event.
Any proper
termination of this Agreement pursuant clauses (a), (d),
(e) or (f) to this Section 8.1 shall be effective
immediately upon the delivery of written notice of the terminating
party to the other party or parties hereto, as
applicable;
provided , however , that, except in the case of
clause (a) above, the party seeking to terminate its
obligation to effect the Closing shall not then be in breach of any
of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents if
such breach has resulted in the circumstances giving rise to such
party’s seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the
Closing.
Section 8.2
Effect of Termination .
In the event that
this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with
Section 8.1 , except as provided herein (including
pursuant to Section 8.3 ), each of the parties shall be
relieved of its duties and obligations arising under this Agreement
after the date of such termination and such termination shall be
without liability to the Investor or the Company; provided ,
that no such termination shall relieve any party hereto from
liability for a breach of any of its covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement; provided further , that
the covenants and agreements of the parties set forth in
Section 7 , Section 8 and
Section 9 hereof shall survive any such termination and
shall be enforceable hereunder. The damages recoverable by the
non-breaching party shall include all attorneys’ fees
reasonably incurred by such party in connection with the
Transactions.
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Section 8.3
Termination Fee; Reimbursement of Expenses .
(a)
Termination Fee . The Company shall pay to the Investor a
termination fee equal to $2,000,000 (Two Million Dollars) (the
“ Termination Fee ”) in immediately available
funds in the event that this Agreement is terminated as
follows:
(i) (A) this
Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to
Section 8.1(b) or by the Investor pursuant to
Section 8.1(c) ; (B) from the date of this
Agreement and prior to the termination of this Agreement, any
Competing Proposal or any request for non-public information
relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries reasonably
relating to a Competing Proposal is made known to the Company, any
of its subsidiaries, any of its or their respective
Representatives; (C) following the existence of such Competing
Proposal or request and prior to any such termination, the Company
shall have breached (and not cured after notice thereof) any of its
covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement in any material
respect, which breach shall have materially contributed to the
failure of Closing to occur on or before the termination of this
Agreement; and (D) within eighteen (18) months after such
termination, the Company enters into an agreement relating to a
Competing Proposal or a Competing Proposal is otherwise
consummated;
(ii) this
Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to
Section 8.1(e) ; or
(iii) this
Agreement is terminated by the Investor pursuant to
Section 8.1(f) .
The payment of
the Termination Fee shall be made by the Company to the Investor or
any other Person designated by the Investor and to an account or
accounts designated by the Investor, in the case of (x) clause
(i) , on the first date on which the first to occur of the
execution of the applicable Contract or the consummation of the
applicable Competing Proposal and (y) clause (ii) or
(iii) above, within one (1) Business Day following the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.1(e) or Section 8.1(f) . In no
event shall the Company be required to pay the fee referred to in
this Section 8.3(a) on more than one
occasion.
(b)
Reimbursement of Expenses . The Company shall reimburse
Investor for all Expenses incurred by Investor or its affiliates in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby in immediately available funds in the event that this
Agreement is terminated as follows:
(i) a
Termination Fee is payable pursuant to
Section 8.3(a)(i);
(ii) this
Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to
Section 8.1(e) ; or
(iii) this
Agreement is terminated by Investor pursuant to
Section 8.1(f) .
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The payment for
reimbursement shall be made by the Company to an account or
accounts designated by Investor within two (2) Business Days
following the demand for reimbursement of such Expenses by Investor
and presentment of documentation for such Expenses.
(c)
Acknowledgement . The Company acknowledges that the
agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and that, without these agreements, the Investor would enter into
this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails to pay in full
any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.3 by the date
required, the Company shall, in addition to any amounts otherwise
payable pursuant to this Section 8.3 ,
(i) reimburse Investor for all Expenses incurred by Investor
or its affiliates in collection of such unpaid amounts or
mitigating losses from such failure to pay; and (ii) pay
interest on the amount an any such unpaid amount at the prime rate
of Citibank, N.A. in effect on the date such payment was required
to be made.
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns .
This Agreement may not be assigned by a party hereto without the
prior written consent of the Company or the Investor, as
applicable; provided , however , that the Investor
may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to an
Affiliate without the prior written consent of the Company, after
notice duly given by the Investor to the Company. The provisions of
this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties
hereto. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended
to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their
respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies,
obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement,
except as expressly provided in this Agreement (including in
Section 7.2, in Section 9.6 and in
Section 9.10 ).
Section 9.2
Counterparts; Facsimiles or Emails . This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile
or email with signature attachment, which shall be deemed an
original.
Section 9.3
Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this
Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be
considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
Section 9.4
Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall
be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (a) if
given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given
upon such delivery, (b) if given by telex or telecopier, then
such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of
complete transmittal, (c) if given by mail, then such notice
shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (i) receipt of such
notice by the recipient or (ii) three days after such notice
is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (d) if
given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then
such notice shall be deemed given one Business Day after delivery
to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed to the party to
be
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notified at the
address as follows, or at such other address as such party may
designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other
party:
Wabash National
Corporation
1000 Sagamore Parkway South
Lafayette, Indiana 47905
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Fax: (765) 771-5579
Hogan &
Hartson LLP
111 South Calvert Street
Suite 1600
Baltimore, MD 21202
Attention: Michael J. Silver
Fax: (410) 539-6981
Trailer
Investments, LLC
c/o Lincolnshire Management, Inc.
780 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Michael J. Lyons
Allan
D. L. Weinstein
Fax: (212) 755-5457
Kirkland &
Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Frederick Tanne, P.C.
Srinivas
S. Kaushik
Fax: (212) 446-6460
Section 9.5
Expenses . The parties hereto shall pay their own costs and
expenses in connection herewith, except that the Company shall,
promptly upon request, pay all Expenses of the Investor in an
amount not to exceed $500,000 without the Company’s approval.
Such expenses shall be paid not later than the Closing.
Section 9.6
Amendments and Waivers . Any term of this Agreement may be
amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be
waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of
the Company and the Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this Section
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9.6 shall be binding upon each holder of any
Securities purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding,
each future holder of all such Securities, and the
Company.
Section 9.7
Specific Performance . The Company hereby acknowledges and
agrees that the failure of the Company to perform its agreements
and covenants hereunder, including its failure to take all actions
as are necessary on its part to consummate the Transactions, will
cause irreparable injury to the Investor, for which damages, even
if available, will not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, the
Company hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any
court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of the
Company’s obligations and to the granting by any court of the
remedy of specific performance of its obligations
hereunder.
Section 9.8
Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the
application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance
shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable in any respect, all other
provisions of this Agreement, or the application of such provision
to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has
been held invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect and will in no way be
affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. Upon such determination
that any provision, or the application of any such provision, is
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as possible to
the fullest extent permitted by Law in an acceptable manner to the
end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the
greatest extent possible.
Section 9.9
No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to
express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction
shall be applied against any Person.
Section 9.10
Entire Agreement . This Agreement, including the Exhibits
and the Disclosure Schedules, and the other Transaction Documents
constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereof with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof
(including the Letter of Intent). Subject to the consummation of
the Closing, the Nondisclosure Agreement shall terminate and shall
have no force or effect. LMI shall be a third party beneficiary of
this Agreement with respect to this Section 9.10
.
Section 9.11
Section Headings; Construction . The headings of
Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and
will not affect its construction or interpretation. All references
to “Section” or “Sections” refer to the
corresponding Section or Sections of this Agreement. All words used
in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number
as the circumstances require. Unless otherwise expressly provided,
the word “including” does not limit the preceding words
or terms.
Section 9.12
Schedules and Exhibits .
(a) All
Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof. Any matter disclosed
pursuant to any Schedule to this
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Agreement (or
any section of any Schedule to this Agreement) whose relevance or
applicability to any representation made elsewhere in this
Agreement or to the information called for by any other Schedule to
this Agreement (or any other section of any Schedule to this
Agreement) is reasonably apparent on its face shall be deemed to be
an exception to such representations and to be disclosed with
respect to all such other Schedules to this Agreement (and all
sections of all Schedules to this Agreement) where it is so
apparent on its face, notwithstanding the omission of a reference
or cross-reference thereto.
(b) Neither
the specification of any dollar amount in any representation or
warranty nor the mere inclusion of any item in a Schedule as an
exception to a representation or warranty shall be deemed an
admission by the Company that such item represents an exception or
material fact, event or circumstance or that such item is
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 9.13
Further Assurances . The parties hereto shall execute and
deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all
such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of
the agreements herein contained.
Section 9.14
Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the internal Laws of the State of Delaware without regard to
the choice of law principles thereof or of any other jurisdiction.
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (unless such court
shall lack subject matter jurisdiction, in which case, in any state
or federal court located in Delaware) for the purpose of any suit,
action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of
process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may
be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same
methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this
Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or
proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party
hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of
any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and
irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT
TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN
CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement or
caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as
of the date first above written.
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WABASH NATIONAL
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Robert J.
Smith
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Name:
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Robert J.
Smith
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Title:
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Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
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TRAILER
INVESTMENTS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Michael J.
Lyons
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Name:
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Michael J.
Lyons
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Title:
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President
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THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH
SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “
SECURITIES ACT ”), (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (III) THE
COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR QUALIFICATION UNDER
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 13 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID
AFTER 5:00 P.M. (EASTERN TIME) ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY (THE
“ EXPIRATION DATE ”) OF [ • ], 2009
(THE “ DATE OF ISSUANCE ”).
WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
[FORM OF] WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, Trailer Investments, LLC (the “
Warrantholder ”), is entitled to purchase, subject to
the provisions of this Warrant, from Wabash National Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), at any
time not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the Expiration
Date, at an exercise price per share equal to $0.01 (such exercise
price, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms
of this Warrant, the “ Warrant Price ”), [
• ] 1 shares (the “ Warrant Shares
”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (“ Common Stock ”). The number of Warrant
Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time as described herein. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Warrant shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company
and the Warrantholder (the “ Purchase Agreement
”).
Section 1.
Registration . The Company shall maintain books for the
transfer and registration of this Warrant. Upon the initial
issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register this
Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.
Section 2.
Transfers . As provided herein, this Warrant may be
transferred to any person or entity but only pursuant to a
registration statement filed under the Securities Act or pursuant
to an exemption from such registration. Subject to such
restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from time to
time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for that
purpose, within five calendar days following the surrender hereof
for transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate
instructions for transfer and a new Warrant shall be issued to the
transferee and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the
Company within such five calendar day period.
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Number of
shares to be equal to 44.21% of the fully diluted Common Stock
immediately following the Closing and taking into account the
issuance of the Warrant Shares, but excluding the outstanding Out
of the Money Options (as defined below).
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Section 3.
Exercise of Warrant . Subject to the provisions hereof, the
Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at
any time prior to the Expiration Date upon surrender of this
Warrant, together with delivery of a duly executed Warrant exercise
form, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A (the
“ Exercise Agreement ”) and payment by wire
transfer of funds (or, in certain circumstances, by cashless
exercise as provided in Section 4 ) of the aggregate Warrant
Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to
the Company during normal business hours on any business day at the
Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the
Warrantholder). The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to
be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s
designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of
business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been
surrendered (or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction
thereof and security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Company has been provided to the Company), the Warrant Price shall
have been paid and the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been
delivered. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall
be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not
exceeding three business days, after this Warrant shall have been
so exercised. The certificates so delivered shall be in such
denominations as may be requested by the Warrantholder and shall be
registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as
shall be designated by the Warrantholder, as specified in the
Exercise Agreement. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only
in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall,
at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates,
deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the right
to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant
shall not then have been exercised. As used herein, “business
day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which
banks in New York, New York are open for the general transaction of
business.
Section 4.
Cashless Exercise . Notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein to the contrary, the Warrantholder may elect to
receive, without payment by the Warrantholder of the aggregate
Warrant Price in respect of the shares of Common Stock to be
acquired, shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal
to the Market Price of all shares of Common Stock that may then be
purchased upon full exercise of this Warrant, less the aggregate
Warrant Price for all such shares, or any specified portion
thereof, by the surrender to the Company of this Warrant (or such
portion of this Warrant being so exercised) together with a Net
Issue Election Notice, in the form annexed hereto as
Appendix B , duly executed, to the Company. Thereupon,
the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder such number of fully
paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is
computed using the following formula:
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X =
the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Warrantholder is
entitled upon such cashless exercise;
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Y =
the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant
for which the Warrantholder has surrendered purchase rights at such
time for
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cashless
exercise (including both shares to be issued to the Warrantholder
and shares as to which the purchase rights are to be canceled as
payment therefor);
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A =
the Market Price of one share of Common Stock as of the date the
net issue election is made; and
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the Warrant Price;
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provided that if X is equal to zero or a negative number,
then the Warrantholder shall not be entitled to receive any Warrant
Shares pursuant to a cashless exercise in accordance with this
Section 4 .
Section 5.
Compliance with Securities Act . Except as provided in the
Purchase Agreement, the Company may cause the legend set forth on
the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant, and
a similar legend on any security issued or issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion
as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary. The
Warrantholder hereby represents and warrants to the Company that
the Warrantholder is acquiring the Warrant and the Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant (collectively, the
“ Securities ”) for investment for its own
account and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with,
any distribution thereof. The Warrantholder acknowledges and
understands that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and may not be
offered, sold, assigned, pledged, transferred or otherwise disposed
of unless (a) such Securities have been registered for sale
pursuant to the Securities Act, (b) such Securities may be
sold pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or (c) the
Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Company that such transfer may lawfully be made without
registration under the Securities Act or qualification under
applicable state securities laws.
Section 6.
Payment of Taxes . The Company will pay any documentary
stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; provided ,
however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for
Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Warrantholder in
respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the
Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate
for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the
same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has
established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that
such tax has been paid. The Warrantholder shall be responsible for
income taxes due under federal, state or other law to the extent
any such tax is due.
Section 7.
Replacement . Upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company (an affidavit of the Warrantholder
shall be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in the case of any
such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Company ( provided that if
the Warrantholder is a financial institution or other institutional
investor, then the Warrantholder’s own agreement shall be
satisfactory; it being understood and agreed that each of Trailer
Investments, LLC and its affiliates shall constitute an
institutional investor for such
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purpose), or,
in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of this Warrant,
the Company shall (at its expense) execute and deliver in lieu of
this Warrant a new Warrant of like kind representing the number of
Warrant Shares represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Warrant and dated the date of such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant.
Section 8.
Reservation of Common Stock; Outstanding Options . The
Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been
reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep
reserved until issued (if necessary), out of the authorized and
unissued shares of Common Stock, the maximum number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by
this Warrant. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that
all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of this Warrant shall
be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant
Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock. The Company represents and
warrants that, as of the Date of Issuance, (a) [ • ]
shares of Common Stock have been issued and remain outstanding, (b)
[ • ] Options (as defined below) have been issued or
granted, and (c) no Convertible Securities (as defined below)
have been issued or remain outstanding.
Section 9.
Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares . In order to prevent
dilution of the rights granted under this Warrant (including on
account of the Out of the Money Options) and to provide for certain
protections in the event the Company is unable to fully utilize its
NOLs, the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as
provided in this Section 9 ; provided that if
more than one subsection of this Section 9 is
applicable to a single event, then the subsection shall be applied
that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall
cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this
Section 9 so as to result in duplication;
provided , further , that, with respect to any
Warrantholder that is not a Trailer Investor (as defined in the
Investor Rights Agreement), no adjustment shall be made pursuant to
Section 9(a), Section 9(b) or
Section 9(e) if, immediately prior to the time at which
such adjustment would otherwise be made, the number of shares of
Common Stock exercisable under this Warrant and any other Warrant
held by the Warrantholder or any of its affiliates is for fewer
than [ • ] 2 shares of Common Stock ( provided ,
however , that such number shall be adjusted from time to
time in the same manner as the number of Warrant Shares subject to
this Warrant is adjusted in accordance with Section 9(c) and
Section 9(d)) . For the avoidance of doubt, the Warrant
Price shall not be subject to adjustment hereunder. For the
purposes of this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings set
forth below:
“ Common
Stock Deemed Outstanding ” means, at any given time, the
number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time,
plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding
pursuant to Section 9(b)(i) and
Section 9(b)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the
Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such
time, but excluding any shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant.
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shares to be equal to 5.0% of the fully diluted Common Stock
immediately following the Closing and taking into account the
issuance of the Warrant Shares, but excluding the outstanding Out
of the Money Options (as defined below).
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“
Convertible Securities ” means any stock or securities
(directly or indirectly) convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock.
“ Fair
Market Value ” means, with respect to any security or
other property, the fair market value of such security or other
property, as jointly determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder, assuming a willing
buyer and willing seller; provided that no minority or illiquidity
discount shall be taken into account and no consideration shall be
given to any restrictions on transfer, or to the existence or
absence of, or any limitations on, voting rights.
“
Liquidity Event ” means, (i) with respect to any
Option (other than awards of Common Stock), the last day of the
fiscal quarter during which such Option is exercised or in respect
of which any liquidity event has occurred, including the cashing
out of such Option or the underlying share of Common Stock, the
payment of any consideration or the exchange or rollover of such
Option (or the underlying share of Common Stock), provided ,
however , that if any of the foregoing occur in connection
with any transaction or a series of related transactions in which
the liquidity for the Warrant or the Warrant Share occurs
substantially contemporaneously, then “Liquidity Event”
shall mean the date on which such transaction or the last portion
of such series of related transactions is consummated, and
(ii) with respect to any Option that is an award of Common
Stock, the date of grant of such Option.
“ Market
Price ” means, as of a particular date (the “
Valuation Date ”), the following: (i) if the
Common Stock is then quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(“ NYSE ”), The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
(“ Nasdaq ”), the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board (the “
Bulletin Board ”) or such similar quotation system or
association (together with the NYSE, Nasdaq and Bulletin Board,
“ Trading Markets ” and each, a “
Trading Market ”), the average of the daily volume
weighted average prices, as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P.,
of one share of Common Stock on a Trading Market for a period of
five trading days consisting of the trading day immediately prior
to the Valuation Date and the four trading days prior to such date;
or (ii) if the Common Stock is not then quoted on a Trading
Market, the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock as of
the Valuation Date, as jointly determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder. If the
Common Stock is not then listed on a Trading Market, then the Board
of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to
an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as
to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company. In the
event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the
Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the Fair Market Value in
respect of clause (ii) above, the Company and the
Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser who is experienced
in such matters. The decision of such appraiser shall be final and
conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally
by the Company and the Warrantholder.
“
Options ” means any rights or options to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities and any awards
of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
“ Out of
the Money Options ” means any Options existing as of the
Signing Date with an exercise in excess of $0.54, which have the
right on such date to convert to 2,195,442 shares of Common Stock.
For the avoidance of doubt, an Out of the Money Option shall
continue to
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remain an Out
of the Money Option after a repricing, exchange or similar action
with respect to such Out of the Money Option.
“ Signing
Date ” means July 17, 2009.
(a)
Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares Issuable upon Exercise of
Warrant .
(i) If
and whenever on or after the Date of Issuance of this Warrant the
Company issues or sells, or in accordance with
Section 9(b) is deemed to have issued or sold, any
shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than (x)
$0.54 (as such amount is proportionately adjusted for stock splits,
stock combinations, stock dividends and recapitalizations affecting
the Common Stock after the Date of Issuance, the “ Base
Price ”) or (y) the Market Price of the Common Stock
determined as of the date of such issue or sale, then immediately
upon such issue or sale the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to whichever of the
following number of Warrant Shares is greater:
(A) the
number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant
determined by multiplying number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon
exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such issue or sale by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the product derived by
multiplying the Base Price of the Common Stock by the number of
shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such
issue or sale, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of
(1) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the Base
Price of the Common Stock determined as of the date of such issue
or sale, plus (2) the consideration, if any, received by the
Company upon such issue or sale; or
(B) the
number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant
determined by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares acquirable
upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such issue or
sale by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the product
derived by multiplying the Market Price of the Common Stock by the
number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately
after such issue or sale, and the denominator of which shall be the
sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by
the Market Price of the Common Stock determined as of the date of
such issuance of sale, plus (2) the consideration, if any,
received by the Company upon such issue or sale.
(ii) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be
required to make any adjustment of the number of Warrant Shares
acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant in the case of the
issuance of (A) securities issued pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement and securities issued upon the exercise or conversion of
those securities, and (B) shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split or other distribution
on shares of Common Stock (but only to the extent that such a
dividend, split or distribution results in an adjustment in the
number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant
pursuant to the other provisions of this Warrant).
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(b)
Effect of Certain Events on Number of Warrant Shares . For
purposes of determining the adjusted number of Warrant Shares
acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant under Section 9(a)
, the following shall be applicable:
(i)
Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or
sells any Options, then upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event
with respect to such Options the number of Warrant Shares
acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased such
that the Warrantholder shall be entitled to acquire upon exercise
of this Warrant the same percentage of the fully diluted Common
Stock (i.e., determined by calculating all convertible instruments
as fully converted) immediately following or contemporaneous with
the occurrence of such Liquidity Event that the Warrantholder
otherwise would have been entitled to acquire upon exercise of this
Warrant immediately prior to the occurrence of such Liquidity Event
(excluding, for purposes of such calculation, the number of Out of
the Money Options outstanding as of the Signing Date). The Company
shall promptly provide the Warrantholder with written notice of the
occurrence of any Liquidity Event. The adjustments set forth in
this paragraph shall also be given effect with respect to any
transaction where the relevant Liquidity Event and liquidity for
the Warrant or the Warrant Shares occurs contemporaneously, in the
same transaction or as part of a series of related
transactions.
(ii)
Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any
manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities, and the price
per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon conversion or
exchange thereof is less than (a) the Base Price in effect
immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale or (b) the
Market Price determined as of such time, then the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be outstanding and to
have been issued and sold by the Company for such price per share.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the “price per share for
which Common Stock is issuable upon conversion or exchange
thereof” is determined by dividing (A) the total amount
received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the
issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum
aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to
the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by
(B) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities. No further adjustment of the number of Warrant Shares
acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made upon the
actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of
such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for
which adjustments of the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon
exercise of this Warrant had been or are to be made pursuant to
other provisions of this Section 9(b) , no further
adjustment of the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise
of this Warrant shall be made by reason of such issue or
sale.
(iii)
Change in Conversion Rate . If the additional consideration,
if any, payable upon the issue, conversion or exchange of any
Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible
Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
changes at any time, the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon
exercise of this Warrant at the time of such change shall be
adjusted immediately to the number of Warrant Shares which would
have been acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant at such time had
such Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such
changed additional consideration or changed
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conversion
rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or
sold. For purposes of this Section 9(b) , if the terms
of any Convertible Security which was outstanding as of the date of
issuance of this Warrant are changed in the manner described in the
immediately preceding sentence, then such Convertible Security and
the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or
exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date
of such change; provided that no such change shall at any
time cause the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of
this Warrant hereunder to be decreased.
(iv)
Treatment of Expired Options and Terminated Convertible
Securities . Upon the expiration of any Option issued or
granted on or following the Date of Issuance or the termination of
any right to convert or exchange any Convertible Securities without
the exercise of such Option or right, the number of Warrant Shares
acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted
immediately to the number of Warrant Shares which would have been
acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of such
expiration or termination had such Option or Convertible
Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such
expiration or termination, never been issued.
(v)
Treatment of Out of the Money Options Outstanding as of the Date
of Issuance . Upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event with
respect to any Out of the Money Option at any time after the
Signing Date, (A) if this Warrant shall not have been
exercised in full, then the number of Warrant Shares acquirable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased such that the
Warrantholder shall be entitled to acquire upon exercise of this
Warrant the same percentage of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately following the occurrence of the Liquidity Event with
respect to such Option that the Warrantholder otherwise would have
been entitled to acquire upon exercise of this Warrant immediately
prior to the occurrence of the Liquidity Event with respect to of
such Option, or (B) if this Warrant shall have been exercised
in full, then the Company shall promptly, and in any event within
three business days, issue and deliver to the Warrantholder the
requisite number of shares of Common Stock such that the
Warrantholder shall own the same percentage of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately following the occurrence of the Liquidity
Event with respect to such Option that the Warrantholder owned
immediately prior to the occurrence of the Liquidity Event with
respect to such Option. The Company shall promptly provide the
Warrantholder with written notice of the occurrence of any
Liquidity Event. The adjustments set forth in this paragraph shall
also be given effect with respect to any transaction where the
relevant Liquidity Event and liquidity for the Warrant or the
Warrant Shares occurs contemporaneously in the same transaction or
as part of a series of related transactions.
(vi)
Calculation of Consideration Received . If any Common Stock
or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been
issued or sold for cash, then the consideration received therefor
shall be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company
therefor. In case any Common Stock or Convertible Securities are
issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of
the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be
the Fair Market Value of such consideration, except where such
consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of
consideration received by the Company shall be the Market Price
thereof as of the date of receipt. In case any Common Stock or
Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the
non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the
Company is the surviving entity the amount of consideration
therefor shall be deemed
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to be the Fair
Market Value of such portion of the net assets and business of the
non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock or
Convertible Securities, as the case may be. In the event that the
Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable
to agree upon the Fair Market Value, the Company and the
Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser who is experienced
in such matters. The decision of such appraiser shall be final and
conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally
by the Company and the Warrantholder.
(vii)
Treasury Shares . The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time does not include shares owned or held
by or for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, and the disposition of any shares so owned or held shall
be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(viii)
Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders
of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock,
Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then
such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or
sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or
sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such
other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of
subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
(c)
Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the Company
at any time subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares,
then the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this
Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision shall be
proportionately increased. If the Company at any time combines (by
reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
then the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be proportionately decreased.
(d)
Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or
Sale . Any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets or other transaction, which in each case is
effected in such a way that the holders of Common Stock are
entitled to receive (either directly or upon subsequent
liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or in
exchange for Common Stock is referred to herein as “
Organic Change .” Prior to the consummation of any
Organic Change, the Company shall make appropriate provision (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Warrantholder) to
insure that the Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to
acquire and receive, in lieu of or addition to (as the case may be)
the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore acquirable and
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant, such shares of stock,
securities or assets as would have been issued or payable in such
Organic Change (if the Warrantholder had exercised this Warrant
immediately prior to such Organic Change) with respect to or in
exchange for the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore
acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant had such
Organic Change not taken place. In any such case, the Company shall
make appropriate provision (in form and substance satisfactory to
the Warrantholder) with respect to the Warrantholder’s rights
and interests to insure that the provisions of this
Section 9 and Sections 10 and 11
hereof shall thereafter be applicable to the Warrant. The Company
shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless
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consummation thereof, the successor entity (if other than the
Company) resulting from consolidation or merger or the entity
purchasing such assets assumes by written instrument (in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Warrantholder), the
obligation to deliver to the Warrantholder such shares of stock,
securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, the Warrantholder may be entitled to acquire.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Warrant to the
contrary, the Warrantholder shall have the right, at its election,
to sell or exchange this Warrant (rather sell or exchange the
Warrant Shares) in connection with any Organic Change that is
structured as a sale or exchange of securities of the Company, and
the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all
actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Warrantholder to
give effect to such election.
(e) Loss
of Existing NOLs : If the Company is unable to fully utilize
its net operating loss carry forward for income tax purposes
(“NOLs”) existing as of the date hereof (which is at
least $117 million) as a result of an ownership change within
the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (an “NOL Event”), the number of Warrant
Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased
on the date the Company becomes aware of the NOL Event by the sum
of (A) a number of shares of Common Stock that the Warrant
would have been initially exercisable for as of the Issuance Date
if the initial number of Warrant Shares represented 49.99% of the
fully diluted shares of Common Stock of the Company on the Issuance
Date including the Warrant Shares (i.e., determined by calculating
all convertible instruments as fully converted but excluding, for
purposes of such calculation, the number of Out of the Money
Options outstanding as of Issuance Date) (such number of additional
shares, the “ Additional NOL Shares ”) and
(B) such additional shares of Common Stock that would have
been issuable under the Warrant with respect to the Additional NOL
Shares pursuant to the adjustments set forth in provision of this
Warrant if such Additional NOL Shares were part of the Warrant
Shares issuable under this Warrant as of the Issuance Date. The
Company shall promptly provide the Warrantholder with written
notice of any NOL Event as soon as practicable after the NOL Event
becomes known to the Company. In the event this Warrant has been
transferred or exercised, the adjustments set forth in this
paragraph shall be made on a pro rata basis among the holders of
the Warrants if none of the Warrants had been exercised, or if any
Warrant has been exercised, taking into account the number of
Warrant Shares held by the holders of the Warrant and the Warrant
Shares. For the avoidance of doubt and in clarification of the
foregoing, to the extent that this Warrant has been exercised, in
whole or in part (the “ Exercised Portion ”),
the holder of this Warrant will be entitled to receive an
additional Warrant to purchase the number of Warrant Shares for
which this Warrant would have been increased with respect to the
Exercised Portion had the Exercised Portion not been exercised
prior to an adjustment for an NOL Event, plus, to the extent that
the Warrant has not been fully exercised, the increase that the
holder of the Warrant would be entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section 9(e) for the portion of the Warrant still outstanding, in
each case, without duplication. The adjustments set forth in this
paragraph shall also be given effect with respect to any
transaction where the loss of the NOLs occurs contemporaneously, in
the same transaction or as part of a series of related
transactions, with a liquidity event for the Warrant or the Warrant
Shares.
(f)
Certain Events . If any event occurs of the type
contemplated by the provisions of this Section 9 but
not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without
limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom
stock rights or other rights with equity
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features), then
the Company’s Board of Directors shall make an appropriate
adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise
of this Warrant so as to protect the rights of the Warrantholder;
provided that no such adjustment shall decrease the number
of Warrant Shares obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to
this Section 9 .
Section 10.
Dividends . If the Company declares or pays any dividend
upon the Common Stock except for a stock dividend payable in shares
of Common Stock (a “ Dividend ”), then the
Company shall pay to the Warrantholder at the time of payment
thereof the Dividend which would have been paid to such
Warrantholder had this Warrant been fully exercised immediately
prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Dividend, or,
if no record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of
Common Stock entitled to such dividends are to be
determined.
Section 11.
Purchase Rights . If at any time the Company grants, issues
or sells any Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock,
warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record
holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase
Rights ”), then the Warrantholder shall be entitled to
acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the
aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have acquired if
such holder had held the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon
complete exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date on
which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such
Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of
which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for
the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
Section 12.
Fractional Interest . The Company shall not be required to
issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant. If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for
the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 12
, be deliverable upon such exercise, then the Company, in lieu of
delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising
Warrantholder an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such
fractional share of Common Stock on the date of
exercise.
Section 13.
Extension of Expiration Date . If (a)(i) the Company fails
to cause any Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities
(as such term is defined in that certain Investor Rights Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and Trailer
Investments, LLC, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time (the “ Investor Rights Agreement
”)) to be declared effective prior to the applicable dates
set forth therein, or (ii) if any of the events specified in
Section 7.1 of the Investor Rights Agreement occurs, and the
Blackout Period (as such term is defined in the Investor Rights
Agreement) (whether alone, or in combination with any other
Blackout Period) continues for more than sixty days in any
twelve-month period, or for more than a total of ninety days, or
(b) the Company fails to provide the notice required by
Section 15(b) within the time periods set forth
therein, then the Expiration Date of this Warrant shall be extended
one day for (1) in the case of clause (a), each day beyond the
sixty day or ninety day limits, as the case may be, that the
Blackout Period continues, or (2) in the case of clause (b),
each day after the ninetieth day prior to the Expiration Date that
the required notice has not yet been provided to the
Warrantholder.
Section 14.
Benefits . Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to
give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and
the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right,
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remedy or
claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder.
Section 15.
Notices to Warrantholder .
(a) Upon the
happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the number of
Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant, the
Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the
Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the
Company, stating the adjusted number of Warrant Shares acquirable
upon exercise of this Warrant resulting from such event and setting
forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts
upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice
to the Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the
legality or validity of the subject adjustment.
(b) At least
ninety but no more than one hundred twenty days prior to the
Expiration Date, the Company shall provide written notice to the
Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the
Company, stating the calendar date upon which the Expiration Date
will occur.
Section 16.
Identity of Transfer Agent . The transfer agent for the
Common Stock is BNY Mellon. Upon the appointment of any subsequent
transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the
Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the
rights of purchase represented by this Warrant, the Company will
mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the name and
address of such transfer agent; provided , however ,
that such notice shall be provided for convenience only and shall
not be required for effectiveness of any such subsequent
appointment.
Section 17.
Further Assurances . Except and to the extent as waived or
consented to by the Warrantholder, the Company shall not by any
action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of
incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms
and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
reasonably required to protect the rights of Warrantholder as set
forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the
par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor
upon such exercise immediately before such increase in par value,
(b) take all such action as may be necessary or reasonably
required in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of
this Warrant, and (c) use all reasonable best efforts to
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be
necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under
this Warrant. Before taking any action which would result in an
adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Company shall use all reasonable best efforts
to obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or
consents thereto, as may be necessary or reasonably required from
any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction
thereof.
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Section 18.
Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or
permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be
deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (a) if given
by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon
such delivery, (b) if given by telex or facsimile, then such
notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of
complete transmittal, (c) if given by mail, then such notice
shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (i) receipt of such
notice by the recipient or (ii) three days after such notice
is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (d) if
given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then
such notice shall be deemed given one business day after delivery
to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed as set forth below,
or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may
designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other
party:
If to the Company,
then to:
Wabash National
Corporation
1000 Sagamore Parkway South
Lafayette, Indiana 47905
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (765) 771-5579
with a copy to
(which shall not constitute notice):
Hogan &
Hartson LLP
111 South Calvert Street
Suite 1600
Baltimore, MD 21202
Attention: Michael J. Silver
Facsimile: (410) 539-6981
If to the
Warrantholder, then to:
Trailer
Investments, Inc.
c/o Lincolnshire Management, Inc.
780 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Michael J. Lyons
Facsimile:
(212) 755-5457
with a copy to
(which shall not constitute notice):
Kirkland &
Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Frederick Tanne, P.C.
Facsimile:
(212) 446-6460
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Section 19.
Registration Rights . The initial Warrantholder is entitled
to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
as provided in the Investor Rights Agreement, and any subsequent
Warrantholder may be entitled to such rights in accordance with the
terms of the Investor Rights Agreement.
Section 20.
Successors . All the covenants and provisions hereof by or
for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the
benefit of its respective successors and assigns
hereunder.
Section 21.
Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference
to the choice of law provisions thereof. The Company and, by
accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New
York located in New York County and the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any
suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of
this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of
process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may
be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same
methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this
Warrant. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the
Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any
such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying
of venue in such court. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant,
the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the
laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in
such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit,
action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in
an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO
REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS
WARRANT AND REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED
SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.
Section 22.
No Rights as Stockholder . Prior to the exercise of this
Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as
a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this
Warrant.
Section 23.
Amendment; Waiver . This Warrant was issued in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement. Any term of this Warrant may be amended or
waived (including the adjustment provisions included in
Section 9 of this Warrant) upon the written consent of
the Company and the Warrantholder.
Section 24.
No Strict Construction . The language used in this Warrant
shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to
express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction
shall be applied against any Person.
Section 25.
Section Headings . The section headings in this Warrant
are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in
no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions
hereof.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO
WARRANT
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as
of the Date of Issuance.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO
WARRANT
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO AS OF THE
DATE OF ISSUANCE BY:
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TRAILER
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APPENDIX A
WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
To: Wabash
National Corporation
The undersigned
hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase
represented by the within Warrant (“ Warrant ”)
for, and to purchase thereunder by the payment of the Warrant Price
and surrender of the Warrant,
shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant Shares ”)
provided for therein, and requests that:
certificates for
the Warrant Shares be issued as follows:
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number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant, then that a new Warrant
for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of
this Warrant be registered in the name of the undersigned
Warrantholder or the undersigned’s assignee as below
indicated and delivered to the address stated below.
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APPENDIX B
WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE
To: Wabash
National Corporation
The undersigned
hereby elects under Section 4 of this Warrant to
surrender the right to purchase [
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requests the issuance of [
] shares of Common Stock. The certificate(s) for the shares
issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name
of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.
[FORM OF] INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
WABASH NATIONAL
CORPORATION
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Article I Certain
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Article II Registration
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