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Exhibit 2.2
EQUITY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND
AMONG
COMVERGE GIANTS,
INC.,
A DELAWARE
CORPORATION,
COMVERGE,
INC.,
A DELAWARE
CORPORATION,
KEITH
HARTMAN,
AN INDIVIDUAL AND EQUITY
HOLDER IN THE PURCHASED ENTITIES
AND
LORI
HARTMAN,
AN INDIVIDUAL AND EQUITY
HOLDER IN THE PURCHASED ENTITIES
Dated September 29,
2007
EQUITY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This EQUITY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of September 29, 2007, by and among Comverge,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent
”), Comverge Giants, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Buyer
”), Keith Hartman, an individual and equity holder in the
Purchased Entities (as defined below), and Lori Hartman, an
individual and equity holder in the Purchased Entities (Keith
Hartman and Lori Hartman are together referred to herein as “
Sellers ”). Parent, Buyer and Sellers may be
referred to hereinafter each as a “ Party
” or collectively as the “ Parties
.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS , Parent
wishes to acquire the Purchased Entities pursuant to the purchase
of all of the equity ownership in the Purchased Entities and has
newly formed Buyer for the sole purpose of effecting such a
transaction on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein; and
WHEREAS , Sellers
desire to sell all of the issued and outstanding equity interests
in the Purchased Entities for the consideration as set forth
herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration
of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and
covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound, the
Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms .
Unless otherwise defined, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the following meanings:
“ 2007 EBITDA
Performance Metric ” means $2,047,500.
“ 2007 Revenue
Performance Metric ” means $9,125,000.
“ 2008 EBITDA
Performance Metric ” means $3,500,000.
“ 2008 Revenue
Performance Metric ” means $13,200,000.
“ Action
” means any action, appeal, petition, plea, charge,
complaint, claim, suit, litigation, arbitration, mediation,
hearing, inquiry, investigation or similar event, occurrence or
proceeding.
“
Affiliate ” with respect to any specified
Person, means a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such specified Person.
“
Agreement ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Applicable Tax
Law ” shall mean any Law of any Governmental Entity
relating to Taxes, including regulations and other official
pronouncements of such jurisdiction charged with interpreting such
laws that have the force of law.
“ Balance
Sheet ” is defined in Section 4.6.
“
Business ” shall mean the entire business and
operations of the Purchased Entities, taken as a whole.
“ Business
Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday,
or a day on which the banking institutions of the State of New
Jersey are authorized or required by law to be closed.
“
Buyer” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Closing
” is defined in Section 2.2.
“Closing Balance
Sheet” means the consolidated balance sheet for the
Purchased Entities as of the Closing Date.
“ Closing Cash
Consideration ” means $9,000,000, adjusted as
follows, if applicable: (i) decreased by the amount by which
the Closing Date Debt exceeds $1,500,000 or (ii) increased by
the amount by which $1,500,000 exceeds the Closing Date
Debt.
“ Closing
Consideration ” is defined in
Section 2.3(a).
“ Closing
Date ” is defined in Section 2.2.
“ Closing
Date Debt ” means all indebtedness of the
Purchased Entities for borrowed money outstanding on the Closing
Date.
“ Closing Stock
Consideration ” is defined in
Section 2.4(b)(iii).
“ Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Consent
” means any consent, approval, notification, waiver, or other
similar action required pursuant to a Contract or Law.
“Contingent Cash
Consideration” means the additional cash available to
be earned by Sellers pursuant to Section 2.6.
“ Contingent
Share Consideration ” means 204,777 shares of Parent
Common Stock.
“
Contract ” means any contract, agreement,
license, lease, arrangement, commitment, letter of intent,
memorandum of understanding, promise, obligation, right or
instrument, whether written or oral, to which any of the Purchased
Entities or any subsidiary thereto is a party or to which any of
their assets are legally bound.
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“ Copyleft
License ” means any license that requires, as a
condition of use, modification and/or distribution of Copyleft
Materials: (i) in the case of Software, the such Software be
made available or distributed in a form other than binary (e.g.,
source code form), (ii) that such Copyleft Materials be
licensed for the purpose of preparing derivative works,
(iii) that such Copyleft Materials be licensed under terms
that allow products or services of any of the Purchased Entities or
portions thereof or interfaces therefor to be reverse engineered,
reverse assembled or disassembled (other than by operation of law),
or (iv) that such Copyleft Materials be redistributable at no
license fee. Copyleft Licenses include without limitation the GNU
General Public License, the GNU Lesser General Public License, the
Mozilla Public License, the Common Development and Distribution
License, the Eclipse Public License, and all Creative Commons
“sharealike” licenses.
“ Copyleft
Materials ” means any Software or content (subject to
a Copyleft License) incorporated into, derived from, used, or
distributed with such Software.
“
Copyrights ” means all copyrights in both
published works and unpublished works including any registrations
and applications therefor and whether registered or
unregistered.
“ Current
Assets ” shall mean the consolidated current assets
of the Purchased Entities as of the Closing as reflected on the
Closing Balance Sheet, determined in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently with the Purchased Entities’ past practices as
reflected in the Financial Statements furnished to Parent pursuant
to Section 4.6.
“ Current
Liabilities ” shall mean the consolidated current
liabilities of the Purchased Entities as of the Closing as
reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet, determined in accordance
with GAAP applied consistently with the Purchased Entities’
past practices as reflected in the Financial Statements furnished
to Parent pursuant to Section 4.6, but not including the
current portion of the Closing Date Debt.
“
Customers ” is defined
Section 4.20.
“ Damages
” shall mean any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage or
expense, including interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys,
accountants and experts fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket
costs of investigation and defense incurred as a result thereof,
net of any insurance proceeds or payments from other responsible
third parties.
“ EBITDA
” is defined in Section 2.6(e)(i).
“
Employees ” is defined in
Section 4.13.
“ Employee
Benefit Plans ” means all employee benefit plans or
arrangements of any kind, including bonus, deferred compensation,
incentive compensation, equity compensation, equity purchase,
equity option, equity appreciation rights, restricted equity,
severance or termination pay, fringe benefit, vacation, scholarship
or tuition reimbursement, dependent care assistance,
hospitalization, medical, life or other insurance, immigration
assistance, salary continuation, employee loan or loan guarantee,
split dollar arrangement, supplemental unemployment benefits,
profit-sharing, savings, pension, retirement, or supplemental
retirement plan, program, agreement or arrangement, and any other
employee benefit plan, agreement,
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arrangement, or commitment maintained by
any Purchased Entity or an ERISA Affiliate that covers any employee
or former employee of any Purchased Entity or an ERISA Affiliate
(or beneficiary or dependent of either the employee or former
employee), whether or not a plan described in Section 3(3) of
ERISA.
“
Encumbrance ” means any mortgage, security
interest, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any
kind, easement, covenant, community property interest, equitable
interest, right of first refusal, or restriction of any kind,
including any restriction on use, voting, transfer, receipt of
income, or exercise of any other general attribute of ownership,
but does not include Permitted Liens.
“ Environmental
Law ” is defined in
Section 4.18(d)(ii).
“ ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any entity that is (or at any
relevant time was) a member of a “controlled group”
with, or otherwise required to be aggregated with, any Purchased
Entity as set forth in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Code.
“ Escrow
Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as escrow agent
under the Escrow Agreement.
“ Escrow
Agreement ” means the Escrow Agreement, substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , to be entered
into at or prior to Closing by and among Parent, Buyer, Sellers and
the Escrow Agent.
“ Escrowed
Consideration ” is defined in
Section 2.5.
“Escrowed
Excess” is defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Escrowed
Deficiency” is defined in
Section 2.4(a).
“Estimated Excess
Working Capital” is defined in
Section 2.4(a)
“Estimated Net
Working Capital” is defined in
Section 2.4(a).
“Estimated
Working Capital Adjustment” is defined in
Section 2.4(a).
“Estimated
Working Capital Deficiency” is defined in
Section 2.4(a)
“ Exchange
Act ” is defined in Section 2.6(g).
“ Financial
Statements ” is defined in
Section 4.6.
“ Final Closing
Financial Data ” is defined in
Section 2.4(b).
“Final Excess
Working Capital” is defined in
Section 2.4(d)(i).
“Final Working
Capital Deficiency” is defined in
Section 2.4(d)(ii).
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“ Final Working
Capital Determination ” is defined in
Section 2.4(d).
“ Final Working
Capital Notice ” is defined in
Section 2.4(e).
“ GAAP
” means United States generally accepted accounting
principles, applied on a consistent basis in accordance with past
practice.
“ Governmental
Entity ” means any legislature, agency, bureau,
branch, department, division, commission, court, tribunal,
magistrate, justice, multi-national organization,
quasi-governmental body, or other similar recognized organization
or body of any federal, state, county, municipal, local, or foreign
government or other similar recognized organization or body
exercising similar powers or authority.
“ Hartman
” is defined in Section 2.6(e)(i).
“ Hazardous
Materials ” is defined in
Section 4.18(d)(i).
“ Indemnification
Notice ” is defined in
Section 6.2(c).
“ Indemnified
Party ” is defined in Section 6.2(c).
“ Indemnifying
Party ” is defined in Section 6.2(c).
“ Indemnity
Period ” is defined in Section 6.1.
“ Intellectual
Property ” means any Marks, Patents, Copyrights,
Trade Secrets or rights, licenses and other claims that any Person
may have to claim ownership, authorship or invention, to use, to
object to or prevent the modification of, to withdraw from
circulation or control the publication or distribution of any
Marks, Patents, Copyrights, or Trade Secrets.
“Knowledge” with respect to the
Purchased Entities, shall mean, after reasonable inquiry, the
actual knowledge of Keith Hartman.
“ Law
” means any law (statutory, common, or otherwise),
constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule,
regulation, executive order, or other similar authority enacted,
adopted, promulgated, or applied by any Governmental Entity, each
as amended and now in effect.
“ Licensed
Intellectual Property ” is defined in
Section 4.12(a).
“ Marks
” means all fictitious business names, trading names,
corporate names, registered and unregistered trademarks, service
marks, designs and general intangibles of like nature and
applications, together with all goodwill related to the
foregoing.
“ Material
Adverse Change (or Effect) ” means any change,
effect, event, occurrence, state of facts or development that is
materially adverse to the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, properties, assets, liabilities, rights, obligations or
operations of the Purchased Entities; provided ,
however , that none of the following shall be deemed, either
alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following
shall be taken into account in determining whether there
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has been or will be, a Material Adverse
Effect: (a) any adverse change, effect, event, occurrence,
state of facts or development to the extent attributable to the
announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; (b) any adverse change, effect, event, occurrence,
state of facts or development attributable to conditions affecting
the U.S. economy as a whole that do not disproportionately affect
the Purchased Entities; (c) any adverse change, effect, event,
occurrence, state of facts or development resulting from
(i) compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action
required by, this Agreement, (ii) actions required to be taken
under applicable laws, rules, regulations, or agreements,
(iii) something expressly consented to in writing by Parent,
(iv) the acts or omissions of, or on behalf of, Parent,
(v) acts of war, terrorism, or other similar conflict that do
not disproportionately affect the Purchased Entities, or
(vi) any Permitted Lien.
“ Material
Contract ” means any Contract required to be
disclosed on Schedule 4.11 .
“ Maximum 2008
EBITDA Performance Metric ” means
$4,500,000.
“ Maximum 2008
Revenue Performance Metric ” means
$15,000,000.
“ Maximum Target
Net Working Capital ” means $2,150,000.
“ Metric
Notice ” is defined in
Section 2.6(g).
“ Metric Dispute
Notice ” is defined in
Section 2.6(h).
“ Minimum Target
Net Working Capital ” means $1,650,000.
“ Net Working
Capital ” shall mean Current Assets minus Current
Liabilities.
“ Neutral
Auditor ” is defined in
Section 2.4(c).
“ Note
” is defined in Section 2.3(a)(ii).
“ Note
Consideration ” is defined in
Section 2.3(b)(ii).
“ Notice Delivery
Date ” is defined in Section 2.6(g).
“ Objection
Notice ” is defined in
Section 6.2(c).
“ Open Source
License ” means any license meeting the Open Source
Definition (as promulgated by the Open Source Initiative) or the
Free Software Definition (as promulgated by the Free Software
Foundation), or any substantially similar type of license,
including but not limited to any license approved by the Open
Source Initiative, or any Creative Commons License. For avoidance
of doubt, Open Source Licenses include without limitation Copyleft
Licenses.
“ Open Source
Materials ” means any Software or content subject to
an Open Source License.
“ Operating
Covenant ” is defined in
Section 2.6(f).
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“ Order
” means any order, ruling, decision, verdict, decree, writ,
subpoena, mandate, precept, command, directive, consent, approval,
award, judgment, injunction, or other similar determination or
finding by, before, or under the supervision of any Governmental
Entity, arbitrator or mediator.
“ Ordinary Course
of Business ” means, with respect to any Person, that
Person’s ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice (including with respect to quantity, quality
and frequency).
“ Organizational
Documents ” means, as applicable, the articles of
incorporation, certificate of incorporation, charter, bylaws,
articles of formation, regulations, operating agreement,
certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, and all
other similar documents, instruments or certificates executed,
adopted, or filed in connection with the creation, formation, or
organization of a non-natural Person, including any amendments
thereto.
“ Owned
Intellectual Property ” is defined in
Section 4.12(a).
“ Parent
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Parent Balance
Sheet ” is defined in Section 3.7(b).
“ Parent Common
Stock ” means the Common Stock of Parent, $0.001 par
value per share.
“ Parent
Indemnified Party ” is defined in
Section 6.2(a).
“ Parent SEC
Reports ” is defined in
Section 3.7(a).
“
Party/Parties ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Patents
” means all (A) patents and patent applications and any
continuations, continuations in part, renewals and applications
therefor, and (B) any inventions and discoveries that may be
patentable.
“ Permit
” means any permit, license, certificate, approval, consent,
notice, waiver, franchise, registration, filing, accreditation, or
other similar authorization required by any Law or Governmental
Entity.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means (i) Encumbrances for taxes,
assessments, governmental charges, or claims which are not yet due
and payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
Actions, (ii) statutory liens of landlords and
warehousemen’s, carriers’, mechanics’,
suppliers’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, or other
like liens (including Contractual landlords’ liens) arising
in the Ordinary Course of Business or with respect to amounts not
yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
Actions; (iii) liens incurred or deposits made in the Ordinary
Course of Business in connection with workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other similar types of social security,
(iv) Encumbrances reflected in the Balance Sheet,
(v) Encumbrances consisting of zoning or planning
restrictions, easements, permits and other restrictions or
limitations on the use of real property or irregularities in title
thereto which
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do not materially detract from the value
of, or impair the use of, such property by any of the Purchased
Entities or any of a subsidiary thereto in the operation of its
respective business, and (vi) Encumbrances that arise in the
Ordinary Course of Business and do not, individually or in the
aggregate, materially detract from the value of or impair ownership
or use of the property to which they apply by any Purchased
Entity.
“ Person
” means any individual, partnership, limited liability
company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust,
entity, joint venture, labor organization, unincorporated
organization, or Governmental Entity.
“ PES
Intellectual Property ” is defined in
Section 4.12(a).
“ PES
Software ” is defined in
Section 4.12(d).
“ PES
Subsidiary ” means Public Energy Solutions NY, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Post-closing
Objection Notice ” is defined in Section
2.4(b).
“ Pre-Closing
Portion ” is defined in
Section 5.7(b).
“ Purchased
Entities ” means Public Energy Solutions, LLC, a New
Jersey limited liability company; Public Electric, Inc., a New
Jersey corporation; PES NY, LLC, a New York limited liability
company; all of the subsidiaries of the foregoing entities; and the
predecessors of the foregoing entities.
“ Purchased
Equity ” means all of the issued and outstanding
equity interests in each of Public Energy Solutions, LLC, Public
Electric, Inc. and PES NY, LLC.
“ PWC
Costs ” is defined in Section 5.9.
“ Registered
Intellectual Property ” shall mean all United States
and foreign Patents, registered Marks, registered Copyrights, and
applications therefor, including continuation, divisional, and
continuation in part, and reissue Patents, registered Marks, and
registered Copyrights, if any, owned by any Purchased
Entity.
“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights
Agreement of Parent, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B .
“ Release
” is defined in Section 4.18(d)(iii).
“ Restricted
Parent Common Stock ” means shares of Parent Common
Stock that will be subject, pursuant to appropriate restriction
agreements (as determined by Parent), to vesting in four equal
annual installments over the four-year period following issuance to
the management or employee recipient thereof.
“ Revenue
” is defined in Section 2.6(d)(ii).
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“ SEC
” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Sellers’
Closing Documents ” is defined in
Section 4.2
“
Software ” means any and all (i) computer
programs, including any and all software implementations of
algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or
object code; (ii) testing, validation, verification and
quality assurance materials; (iii) databases, conversion,
interpreters and compilations, including any and all data and
collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise;
(iv) descriptions, schematics, flow-charts and other work
product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the
foregoing; (v) software development processes, practices,
methods and policies recorded in permanent form, relating to any of
the foregoing; (vi) performance metrics, sightings, bug and
feature lists, build, release and change control manifests recorded
in permanent form, relating to any of the foregoing; and
(vii) documentation, including user manuals, web materials,
and architectural and design specifications and training materials,
relating to any of the foregoing.
“ Straddle
Period ” is defined in
Section 5.7(a).
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person:
(a) any corporation of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of all classes of capital stock (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors
is owned by such Person directly or through one or more other
Subsidiaries of such Person and (b) any Person other than a
corporation of which at least a 50% of the equity interests
(however designated) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of the governing body,
partners, managers or others that will control the management of
such entity is owned by such Person directly or through one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person.
“ Tax
” means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross
receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including
taxes under Code Section 59A), customs, ad valorem, duties,
capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security,
unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales,
use, transfer, 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.
“ Tax
Authority ” shall mean, with respect to any Tax, the
governmental entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes
such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of
such Taxes for such entity or subdivision.
“ Tax
Return ” means any return, declaration, report, claim
for refund or information return or statement relating to any Taxes
required to be filed with any Governmental Entity, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
“ Trade
Secrets ” means all know-how, trade secrets,
confidential information, customer lists, Software, databases,
works of authorship, mask works, technical information, data,
process technology, plans, drawings, blue prints, know-how,
proprietary processes, formulae, algorithms, models, user
interfaces, inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, techniques,
methods, methodologies and, with respect to all of the foregoing,
related confidential data or information.
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“Working Capital
Notice” is defined in Section 2.4(b).
1.2 Accounting Terms .
Any accounting terms used in this Agreement shall, unless otherwise
specifically provided, have the meanings customarily given to them
in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE 2.
SALE AND TRANSFER OF
PURCHASED EQUITY; CLOSING
2.1 Transfer of Purchased
Equity . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at the Closing, Sellers will sell and transfer the Purchased Equity
to Buyer, and Buyer will purchase the Purchased Equity from
Sellers.
2.2 Closing . The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Equity provided
for in this Agreement (the “ Closing ”)
shall take place at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at the offices of
Parent at 120 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 190, East Hanover, NJ 07936,
no later than the next Business Day after all of the conditions to
the obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby have been satisfied or waived (other than those
conditions that, by their terms, are to be satisfied or waived on
the Closing Date), or such other date, time or place as shall be
agreed to in writing by the Parties (the “ Closing
Date ”). If the parties elect to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby at a time when it is no longer
practicable to complete on the Closing Date the delivery of the any
portion of the aggregate consideration consisting of cash or Parent
Common Stock to be delivered at Closing, the Parties hereby agree
that Buyer shall instruct its financial institution to commence a
wire transfer of any such cash consideration to the Sellers,
Closing Date Debt holder or Escrow Agent, as applicable, at the
earliest possible time following the Closing and to instruct the
transfer agent for the Common Stock of Parent to issue such Parent
Common Stock consideration at the earliest possible time following
the Closing; and if Buyer fails to do so within three business days
of the Closing Date, Buyer shall be deemed to be in material breach
of this Agreement and Sellers shall be entitled to elect rescission
of this Agreement or Buyer’s specific performance of such
obligations.
2.3 Aggregate
Consideration for the Purchased Equity . At the Closing,
pursuant to this Agreement, Buyer shall purchase the Purchased
Equity from Sellers for the following aggregate
consideration:
(a) The consideration paid by
Buyer to Sellers for the Purchased Equity at the Closing (the
“ Closing Consideration ”) will consist
of the following:
(i) the Closing Cash
Consideration, as adjusted pursuant to
Section 2.4(a);
(ii) Convertible Subordinated
Promissory Notes issued by Buyer and guaranteed by Parent in the
aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “ Note
Consideration ”), in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the “ Note ”)
convertible into Parent Common Stock as provided therein;
and
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(iii) 34,129 shares of Common
Stock of Parent (the “ Closing Stock
Consideration ”).
(b) In addition to the
Closing Consideration, Sellers shall have the opportunity to earn
additional consideration as set forth in
Section 2.6.
(c) No fraction of a share of
Parent Common Stock will be issued, and no certificate or scrip for
any such fractional shares will be issued. In the event that a
portion of the consideration that a Seller would otherwise be
entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement includes a fraction
of a share of Parent Common Stock, such fractional interest shall
be rounded down to the next whole number of shares of Parent Common
Stock.
2.4 Net Working Capital
Adjustment .
(a) One Business Day prior to
the Closing, Sellers shall deliver to Parent and Buyer the Closing
Balance Sheet and a calculation of the Net Working Capital as of
the Closing (the “ Estimated Net Working
Capital ”). If the Estimated Net Working Capital
exceeds the Maximum Target Net Working Capital (such excess, the
“ Estimated Excess Working Capital ”),
then Parent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent at the Closing an
amount (the “ Escrowed Excess ”) in cash
equal to 80% of the Estimated Excess Working Capital; or if the
Estimated Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date is less than
the Minimum Target Net Working Capital (such deficiency, the
“ Estimated Working Capital Deficiency
”), then Parent, shall reduce the payment of the Closing Cash
Consideration by an amount of cash (the “ Escrowed
Deficiency ”) equal to the 80% of the Estimated
Working Capital Deficiency and deliver such amount to the Escrow
Agent at the Closing with a notice indicating whether the cash
delivered represents an Escrowed Excess or an Escrowed Deficiency.
The Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrowed Excess or the Escrowed
Deficiency, as applicable, until directed to disburse such funds
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and
Section 2.4(e).
(b) From and after the
Closing Date, Parent and Buyer shall cooperate with Sellers and
their authorized representatives so that Sellers may review the
Final Closing Financial Data (as defined below) and all worksheets
and other information used in the preparation thereof. Within 60
calendar days after the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver, or
cause Buyer to deliver, to Sellers and the Escrow Agent a notice
(the “ Working Capital Notice ”) of
Parent’s determination of the Net Working Capital as of the
Closing, including whether a Final Excess Working Capital or Final
Working Capital Deficiency (each as defined below) exists, based
upon the final financial statements of the Purchased Entities as of
and for the period ending at the Closing, including a balance sheet
and the related statements of income and cash flows for the period
then ended, and including any liabilities of the Purchased Entities
remaining following the 46th day after Closing with respect to the
matters set forth in Section 5.5 or arising following the
Closing Date with respect to the matters set forth in
Section 5.6 (collectively, the “ Final Closing
Financial Data ”). After receipt of the Working
Capital Notice, Sellers shall have 30 calendar days to review the
Final Closing Financial Data. If, prior to the expiration of such
30-day review period following delivery of the Working Capital
Notice, Sellers do not notify Parent and the Escrow Agent of their
objection to the Final Closing Financial Data (the “
Post-closing Objection Notice ” ), the
Working Capital Notice and the Final Closing Financial
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Data as delivered by Parent
shall be final, binding and conclusive with respect to the
existence of either a Final Excess Working Capital or Final Working
Capital Deficiency (as applicable).
(c) If Sellers deliver a
Post-closing Objection Notice, Parent and Sellers shall, within 30
calendar days (or such longer period as the parties may agree in
writing) following such notice, attempt to resolve their
differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts
shall be final, binding and conclusive. If, at the conclusion of
such period, any amounts remain in dispute, then Parent and Sellers
shall engage Deloitte & Touche LLC, or such other mutually
agreed upon nationally recognized accounting firm (the “
Neutral Auditor ”), to resolve such dispute.
Parent and Sellers each agree to execute, if requested by the
Neutral Auditor, a reasonable engagement letter, including
customary indemnities, in connection with any dispute under this
Section. Parent and Sellers shall each pay the percentage of the
amount of the fees and expenses of the Neutral Auditor equal to
(x) the aggregate amount of the disputed matters submitted to
the Neutral Auditor pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) that are
not settled in favor of such Party (as finally determined by the
Neutral Auditor), divided by (y) the aggregate amount of all
disputed matters submitted to the Neutral Auditor pursuant to this
Section 2.4(c). The Neutral Auditor shall act as an arbitrator
to determine those issues still in dispute and only as to whether
such amounts were arrived at in conformity with this Agreement. The
Neutral Auditor’s determination shall be made within 45 days
of its engagement, shall be set forth in a written statement
delivered to Parent and Sellers and shall be final, binding and
conclusive upon Parent and Sellers, and a declaratory judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction may be entered in accordance
therewith.
(d) At such time as the
amount of the Final Closing Financial Data is deemed final, binding
and conclusive (the “ Final Working Capital
Determination ”), either by (i) the expiration
of 30 calendar days from receipt by Sellers of the Final Closing
Financial Data without the delivery of a Post-closing Objection
Notice or (ii) the mutual agreement or determination by the
Neutral Auditor, then:
(i) if the Final Working
Capital Determination exceeds the Maximum Target Net Working
Capital (such excess, the “ Final Excess Working
Capital ”), then the Escrow Agent shall deliver to
Sellers as additional Consideration, pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement, an amount in cash equal to the lesser of (A) the
Escrowed Excess and (B) the Final Excess Working Capital, and
if the Final Excess Working Capital exceeds the Escrowed Excess,
then within five business days Parent or Buyer shall pay to Sellers
an additional amount of cash equal to such excess; or
(ii) if the Final Working
Capital Determination is less than the Minimum Target Net Working
Capital (such deficiency, the Final Working Capital
Deficiency ”), then the Escrow Agent shall deliver to
Parent, pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, an amount of cash equal
to the lesser of (A) the Escrowed Deficiency the Final Working
Capital Deficiency, and if Final Working Capital Deficiency exceeds
the Escrowed Deficiency, then Seller shall pay to the Parent an
additional amount of cash equal to such excess; or
(iii) if there is neither a
Final Excess Working Capital nor Final Working Capital Deficiency
(as indicated by the Final Working Capital Notice, as defined in
Section 2.4(e) below), the Escrow Agent shall deliver the
Escrowed Excess or Escrowed
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Deficiency (1) to Parent
if the notice accompanying the delivery of the escrowed cash
indicated an Estimated Excess Working Capital or (2) to the
Sellers if the notice accompanying the delivery of the escrowed
cash indicated an Estimated Working Capital Deficiency.
(e) Promptly following the
Final Working Capital Determination, but not more than five
Business Days therefrom, Parent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a
written notice (the “ Final Working Capital
Notice ”), which shall be signed by Parent and, if a
Post-closing Objection Notice shall have been delivered, either
Seller or the Neutral Auditor, identifying the Excess Working
Capital, the Working Capital Deficiency or the absence of
either.
2.5 Deposit of Escrowed
Consideration . As required by the Escrow Agreement, Parent
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Escrow Agent one or
more stock certificates representing the Contingent Share
Consideration (the “ Escrowed Consideration
”), which shares of Parent Common Stock shall be held by the
Escrow Agent and, as may be reduced pursuant to certain
indemnification obligations of Sellers pursuant to Article 6, and
subsequently released pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Escrow Agreement. For all tax purposes, the Escrowed Consideration
shall be treated as owned by Parent (and its successors) on and
after Closing, so that all dividends and other income earned with
respect to the Escrowed Consideration before release pursuant to
the Escrow Agreement shall be deposited into escrow and considered
for tax purposes to be income of Parent (or its successors), and
the Escrow Agent shall report such interest or other income
consistently therewith. If Parent shall either (i) subdivide,
combine or consummate a similar transaction with respect to the
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or (ii) issue a
dividend with respect to the Parent Common Stock, whether such
dividend consists of cash, shares of capital stock of Parent or
other property, then any cash, additional shares of Parent capital
stock or such other property issued with respect to the Escrowed
Consideration shall be deemed to be part of the Escrowed
Consideration.
2.6 Contingent
Consideration Determination .
(a) Parent has agreed to
place the Contingent Share Consideration into escrow as the
Escrowed Consideration for the contingent benefit of Seller;
provided , however , the parties hereto agree that
the right of Sellers to receive the Contingent Share Consideration
is expressly conditioned on the attainment by the Business of the
metrics as set forth in this Section 2.6 and; provided
, further that the entirety of the Contingent Share
Consideration, including earned Contingent Share Consideration,
shall remain in escrow as Escrowed Consideration until disbursed in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
(b) 2007 Performance
Metrics . If the Business achieves both (x) EBITDA for the
12 months ended December 31, 2007, equal to or greater than
the 2007 EBITDA Performance Metric and (y) Revenue for the 12
months ended December 31, 2007, equal to or greater than the
2007 Revenue Performance Metric, then, (X) the portion of the
Contingent Cash Consideration set forth in paragraph (i) of
this subsection (b) and (Y) subject to any reduction
pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement or the provisions of
Article 6 hereof, the portion of the Contingent Share Consideration
set forth in paragraph (ii) of this subsection (b) below,
and that amount of Restricted Parent Common Stock set forth in
paragraph (iii) of this subsection (b) below, shall each
be deemed earned:
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(i) $850,000 in cash shall be
earned by Sellers;
(ii) 11,945 shares of Parent
Common Stock shall be earned by Sellers, subject to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement and the provisions of Article 6 hereof;
and
(iii) 17,064 shares of
Restricted Parent Common Stock shall be earned, subject to the
provisions of Article 6 hereof, and, following the expiration of
the Indemnity Period, shall be issued to such individuals as
determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of Parent following input from Sellers.
(c) 2008 Performance
Metrics . If the Business achieves both (x) EBITDA for the
12 months ended December 31, 2008, equal to or greater than
the 2008 EBITDA Performance Metric and (y) Revenue for the 12
months ended December 31, 2008, equal to or greater than the
2008 Revenue Performance Metric, then subject to any reduction
pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement or the provisions of
Article 6 hereof, the portion of the Contingent Share Consideration
set forth in paragraph (i) of this subsection (c) below,
and that amount of Restricted Parent Common Stock set forth in
paragraph (ii) of this subsection (c) below, shall each
be deemed earned:
(i) $150,000 in cash shall be
earned by Sellers
(ii) 124,573 shares of Parent
Common Stock shall be earned by Sellers, subject to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement and the provisions of Article 6 hereof;
and
(iii) 17,064 shares of
Restricted Parent Common Stock shall be earned, subject to the
provisions of Article 6 hereof, and, following the expiration of
the Indemnity Period, shall be issued to such individuals as
determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of Parent following input from Sellers.
(d) Maximum 2008
Performance Metrics . If the Business achieves both
(x) EBITDA for the 12 months ended December 31, 2008,
equal to or greater than the Maximum 2008 EBITDA Performance Metric
and (y) Revenue for the 12 months ended December 31,
2008, equal to or greater than the Maximum 2008 Revenue Performance
Metric, then, (X) the portion of the Contingent Cash
Consideration set forth in paragraph (i) of this subsection
(d) and (Y) subject to any reduction pursuant to the
terms of the Escrow Agreement or the provision of Article 6 hereof,
the portion of the Contingent Share Consideration set forth in
paragraph (ii) of this subsection (d) below shall each be
deemed earned:
(i) $2,000,000 in cash shall
be earned by Sellers; and
(ii) 68,259 shares of Parent
Common Stock shall be earned by Sellers, subject to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement and the provisions of Article 6
hereof.
(e) As used herein, the
following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below:
(i) “
EBITDA ” shall mean Buyer’s earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA shall
be determined in accordance with GAAP applied
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consistently with the
Purchased Entities’ past practices as reflected in the
Financial Statements furnished Parent pursuant to Section 4.6.
EBITDA shall not include (a) any corporate or group expenses,
management fees, corporate overhead or similar items otherwise
allocated to Buyer from time to time, (b) any costs incurred
by Buyer, or allocated to Buyer, in connection with upgrading
Buyer’s accounting/finance function or in any way related to
Sarbanes Oxley related matters, (c) any expense for the costs
of products or services provided to Buyer directly by Parent or any
Affiliate of the Parent to the extent such expense is greater than
the cost of purchasing substantially similar products or services
from an unrelated third party, (d) any expense associated with
any contract, expense or other matter that Buyer is required to
undertake by Parent over the reasonable objection of Keith Hartman
(“ Hartman ”) or the failure of Parent to
approve any action of Buyer reasonably requested by Hartman, and
(e) any expense related to the accrual or payment of
Contingent Consideration under Section 2.6 of this Agreement
or the accrual or issuance of equity compensation under
Section 7.2 of this Agreement. All calculations of EBITDA
contemplated hereby shall be made in a manner consistent with the
terms hereof, and to the greatest extent applicable, in accordance
the accounting principles applied in the audit of the financial
statements of the Purchased Entities performed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers in connection with this transaction,
including the principles of revenue recognition summarized in
Annex A hereto.
(ii) “
Revenue ” shall mean all revenue generated by
Buyer from the sale of goods or services to any Person other than
Parent or an operating division of Parent, plus (A) 50% of the
revenue recorded by Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than
Buyer) when Buyer has facilitated the delivery of that revenue to
each Person, less (B) 50% of the revenue recorded by Buyer
when Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than Buyer) has
facilitated the delivery of that revenue to Buyer; in all cases
related to (A) or (B) as reasonably determined in good
faith. All calculations of Revenue contemplated hereby shall be
made in a manner consistent with the terms hereof, and to the
greatest extent applicable, in accordance the accounting principles
applied in the audit of the financial statements of the Purchased
Entities performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in connection with
this transaction, including the principles of revenue recognition
summarized in Annex A hereto.
(f) Except as otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement, from the Closing Date through
December 31, 2008, Parent shall, or shall cause Buyer to (each
an, “ Operating Covenant ”):
(i) preserve and maintain the
ability to report the financial results of the Business on a
stand-alone basis;
(ii) maintain the books of
account and records of the Business in accordance the accounting
principles applied in the audit of the financial statements of the
Purchased Entities performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in
connection with this transaction, including the principles of
revenue recognition summarized in Annex A hereto;
(iii) conduct the Business
only in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the
same manner as heretofore conducted, except for changes deemed by
Parent to be commercially reasonable under the circumstances and
not made by Parent in bad faith with
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the intent of depriving
Sellers of the benefit of the Contingent Consideration provided for
herein; and
(iv) calculate Revenue to
include revenues on sales of products or services by Parent or its
Affiliates on contracts also bid by Buyer, or would have been bid
by Buyer but for Parent’s instructions not to bid
thereon.
(g) No later than the fifth
Business Day after the earlier of (i) the date Parent files
its annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), on Form 10-K for the year
ended (x) December 31, 2007, with respect to the metrics
set forth in Section 2.6(b) and (y) December 31,
2008, with respect to the metrics set forth in Sections 2.6(c) and
2.6(d), or any successor form promulgated by the SEC, or
(ii) the date such Form 10-K is required to be filed with the
SEC pursuant to the General Instructions to Form 10-K, or any
successor form promulgated by the SEC (such earlier date in each
case being referred to herein as the “ Notice Delivery
Date ”), Parent or Buyer shall send to Sellers and
the Escrow Agent a notice (the “ Metric Notice
”), which notice shall state the actual EBITDA and Revenue
achieved by the Business and the number of shares of the Contingent
Share Consideration earned by Sellers, which shares shall remain
subject to Sellers’ indemnification obligations under Article
6).
(h)(i) Unless Sellers deliver
to Parent and the Escrow Agent written notice of their disagreement
with Parent’s determination of the actual EBITDA and/or
Revenue achieved by the Business within 10 Business Days following
the Notice Delivery Date (a “ Metric Dispute
Notice ”), Parent’s determination of the EBITDA
and Revenue achieved by the Business shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes with respect to the performance metrics
for such period.
(ii) If a Metric Dispute
Notice is delivered to Parent within such 10-Business Day period,
the final determination with respect to the EBITDA and Revenue
achieved by the Business shall be resolved in accordance with
Section 2.6(i).
(i) In the event Sellers
deliver a Metric Dispute Notice to Parent as set forth in
Section 2.6(h) disputing the actual amount of the EBITDA
and/or Revenue achieved by the Business, Parent and Sellers shall
first use diligent good faith efforts to resolve such dispute. If
they are unable to resolve the dispute within 10 Business Days
after delivery of the Metric Dispute Notice, then the dispute shall
be submitted to the Neutral Auditor to determine the appropriate
amounts of the EBITDA and Revenue achieved by the Business. Parent
and Sellers shall instruct the Neutral Auditor to make a decision
as promptly as practicable. A determination by the Neutral Auditor
as to the resolution of any dispute (including all procedural
matters) shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties. A
judgment of the determination made by the Neutral Auditor pursuant
to this subsection may be entered into and enforced by any court
having jurisdiction thereover. Each party shall bear its fees and
expenses with respect to any proceeding under this paragraph, and
the fees and expenses of the Neutral Auditor in connection with the
resolution of disputes pursuant to this subsection shall be shared
equally by Parent and Sellers. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the sole and exclusive remedy and
dispute mechanism available to Sellers relating to the amount and
calculation or payment of the EBITDA and Revenue achieved by the
Business shall be as set forth in this Section 2.6.
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(j) Following the final
determination of the amount of EBITDA and Revenue achieved by the
Business, as determined pursuant to Sections 2.6(h) and 2.6(i),
Parent shall (A) deliver, within five Business Days, written
notice of such final determination to Sellers and the Escrow Agent,
which notice shall instruct the Escrow Agent to distribute the
Escrowed Consideration pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Escrow Agreement, (B) deliver within five Business Days to
Sellers the portion of the Contingent Cash Consideration earned
hereunder.
2.7 Allocation of
Consideration . The Closing Consideration and the Contingent
Consideration, if any, shall be allocated among Sellers in
proportion to the percentages set forth opposite each of Sellers
name on Schedule 2.7 hereto.
ARTICLE 3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
CONCERNING PARENT AND
BUYER
Parent and Buyer jointly and
severally represent and warrant to Sellers that:
3.1 Entity Status .
Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Buyer is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Parent and Buyer
has the requisite respective power and authority to own or lease
its properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted.
Neither Parent nor Buyer is in breach of any provision of its
respective Organizational Documents. Each of Parent and Buyer is
qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where such
qualification is required, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not be, individually or in the aggregate, material.
There is no pending or threatened Action for the dissolution,
liquidation, insolvency, or rehabilitation of Parent or
Buyer.
3.2 Power and Authority;
Enforceability . Each of Parent and Buyer has the requisite
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, and to
perform and consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent and
Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by each of them of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the
Board of Directors of Parent and Buyer, respectively, and by Parent
as the sole stockholder of Buyer, and no other corporate action on
the part of Parent or Buyer, respectively, is necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery or performance by them of this
Agreement or their consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and, assuming due authorization by Sellers, is
enforceable against, each of Parent and Buyer, except to the extent
that its enforceability may be subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles.
3.3 Consents and
Approvals; No Defaults .
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(a) Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3(a) , no consents or approvals of, or filings or
registrations with, any Governmental Entity or with any third party
are required to be made or obtained by Parent or Buyer in
connection with its respective execution, delivery or performance
of this Agreement except for applicable requirements, if any, in
connection with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and such consents,
approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and
filings as may be required under the antitrust or competition laws
of any foreign country.
(b) Subject to receipt of the
consents and approvals set forth on Schedule 3.3(a) ,
and the making of the filings, referred to in Section 3.3(a),
and the expiration of related waiting periods, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and compliance with the
provisions hereof by Parent and Buyer, do not and will not
(i) result in any breach of the terms, conditions, or
provisions of the Organizational Documents of Parent or Buyer;
(ii) result in a breach of any provisions of, or result in the
creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose)
any Encumbrance under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any contract, Order or Permit to which Parent or Buyer is a
party or by which it or any of its respective properties or assets
may be bound or affected; or (iii) violate any Law or Order
applicable to Parent or Buyer.
3.4 Operations of
Buyer . Buyer was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in
the transactions contemplated herein and neither has engaged in any
business activities or conducted any operations other than in
connection with such transactions.
3.5 Regulatory
Approvals . Neither Parent nor Buyer has taken any action and
has no knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably
likely to materially impede or delay receipt of any consents of a
Governmental Entity necessary in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.6 Capitalization
.
(a) Parent’s authorized
capital stock consists of: 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
$0.001 par value per share, of which 19,516,999 shares of Common
Stock are issued and outstanding, and 15,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, none of which are
issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of
Parent capital stock: (a) have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable, and (b) were
issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
state and federal securities Laws. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.6(a) , there are no options, warrants or other
rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character
relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of Parent or
obligating Parent to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of,
or other equity interests in, Parent. Schedule 3.6(a) sets
forth for each outstanding warrant, the holder, the exercise price
and number of shares for which such outstanding warrant is
exercisable or convertible.
(b) Except for the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 27, 2007,
entered into among Parent and certain of its stockholders, Parent
is not under any contractual obligation to register any of its
presently outstanding securities or any of its securities which may
hereinafter be issued.
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3.7 Parent SEC Reports;
Financial Statements .
(a) Parent has filed all
registration statements, forms, reports and other documents
required to be filed by Parent with the Securities Exchange
Commission since October 5, 2006. All such registration
statements, forms, reports and other documents (including those
that Parent may file after the date hereof until the Closing) are
referred to herein as the “ Parent SEC Reports
.” The Parent SEC Reports (i) were or will be filed on a
timely basis, (ii) at the time filed, were or will be prepared
in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the
case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder
applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and (iii) did not or
will not at the time they were or are filed contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated in such Parent SEC Reports or necessary in
order to make the statements in such Parent SEC Reports, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. No Subsidiary of Parent is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act.
(b) Each of the consolidated
financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes
and schedules) contained or to be contained in the Parent SEC
Reports at the time filed (i) complied or will comply as to
form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect thereto, (ii) were or will be prepared in
accordance with GA
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