SHARE AND PUBLICATION RIGHTS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY,
INC.
SHARE AND PUBLICATION RIGHTS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Share and
Publication Rights Purchase Agreement is entered into as of
February 28, 2006, by and among PRTC Directories, Inc., a
Puerto Rico corporation (“ PRTCD ”), Puerto Rico
Telephone Company, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation (“
PRTC ”; each of PRTCD and PRTC, a “
Seller ”), and CII Acquisition Corp., a Puerto Rico
corporation (“ Buyer ”; and, together with
Sellers, the “ Parties ”).
WHEREAS, PRTCD
owns 40% of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital
of Caribe Information Investments Incorporated, a Puerto Rico
corporation (the “ Company ”);
WHEREAS, PRTCD
desires to sell, and Buyer desires to purchase, all of the shares
in the Company owned by PRTCD, for the consideration and on the
terms and conditions described herein;
WHEREAS, PRTC is a
party to the Amendment and Restatement of Directory Publishing
Agreement dated April 21, 1999 (the “ Publishing
Agreement ”) between PRTC and Axesa Informacion
Incorporado y Compañia S. en C. (now known as Verizon
Information Services – Puerto Rico Inc., S. en C. and
referred to herein as “ VIS-PR ”), a partnership
in which the Company is a partner;
WHEREAS, in
connection with Buyer’s purchase of PRTCD’s shares in
the Company, the Publishing Agreement will be amended and restated
in its entirety, and Buyer desires to purchase, and PRTC desires to
sell, certain rights of PRTC to receive payments pursuant to the
Publishing Agreement as so amended and restated, for the
consideration and on the terms and conditions described herein;
and
WHEREAS, Verizon
International Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
VIHI ”), GTE Holdings (Puerto Rico) LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ GTEPR ”), and Buyer
are entering into that certain Share Purchase Agreement of even
date herewith (the “ Verizon Share Purchase Agreement
”) with respect to the purchase by Buyer of, among other
things, all of GTEPR’s interest in the Company.
In consideration
of the mutual promises contained herein and intending to be legally
bound, the Parties agree as follows:
1.1
Definitions . For all purposes of this Agreement and the
Exhibits and Disclosure Schedules delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, and except as otherwise expressly provided, the
following definitions shall apply:
“
Action ” means any action, complaint, petition,
arbitration, investigation, suit or other proceeding before any
Governmental Entity.
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person,
a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” means the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or
otherwise.
“
Agreement ” means this Agreement, as amended or
supplemented, together with all Exhibits and Disclosure Schedules
attached hereto or expressly incorporated herein by
reference.
“ Amended
Publishing Agreement ” shall mean the Second Amendment
and Restatement of Publishing Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B, to be entered into as of the Closing between
PRTC and VIS-PR.
“
Applicable Competition Law ” means the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(United States of America).
“
Approval ” means any approval, authorization, consent,
qualification or registration, or any extension, modification,
amendment or waiver of any of the foregoing, required to be
obtained from, or any notice, statement or other communication
required to be filed with or delivered to, any Governmental
Entity.
“
Assignment ” means the Revenue Share Assignment and
Assumption Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A,
to be entered into as of the Closing between Buyer and
PRTC.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws and equitable
principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights
generally.
“ Billing
and Collection Agreement ” means the Billing and
Collection Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C,
to be entered into as of the Closing between PRTC and
VIS-PR.
“
Business ” means, solely for the purposes of this
Agreement, the business of (i) publishing and providing
telephone directory products and services primarily in Puerto Rico
consisting principally of searchable (e.g., by alphabet letter or
category) multiple telephone listings and classified advertisements
primarily of persons located in Puerto Rico, that are directed by
the Company or Company Subsidiaries to end users primarily in
Puerto Rico in tangible media (e.g., paper directories, CD-ROM) or
electronic media (e.g., Internet), (ii) the Infovoz service,
(iii) producing the following specialty publication products:
(A) the “Business Register” business-to-business
directory, (B) tourist guides for Puerto Rico presently
published by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, (C) the
“Guia Movil” tourist guide directories,
(D) community directories for high-value shoppers in Puerto
Rico presently published by the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries and (E) directories for membership organizations
and specialized industries, and (iv) ancillary directories or
publishing products in tangible media presently published by the
Company or Company Subsidiaries.
“
Business Day ” means a day (excluding Saturday and
Sunday) on which banks generally
are open for
the transaction of business in New York, New York.
“
Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.
“ Caribe
Shareholders Agreement ” means the Shareholders Agreement
dated April 21, 1999, among GTEPR, PRTCD and the
Company.
“
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(a) .
“ Closing
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(b) .
“
Commercial Agreements ” means the Amended Publishing
Agreement, the Billing and Collection Agreement, the List License
Agreement and the PRTC Trademark License Agreement.
“
Commitment Letters ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(f) .
“
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals
hereto.
“ Company
Subsidiary ” means any of VISPRI and VIS-PR.
“
Contract ” means any binding written or oral
agreement, arrangement, purchase and sale order, note, bond,
mortgage, commitment, franchise, indemnity, indenture or
lease.
“
Disclosure Schedules ” means the Disclosure Schedules
dated the date of this Agreement and delivered contemporaneously
herewith or on or before the Closing Date relating to this
Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
“
Governmental Entity ” means any government or any
agency, bureau, board, commission, court, department, official,
tribunal or other instrumentality of any government, whether
federal, state, commonwealth, provincial, territorial or local,
domestic or foreign, that has, in each case, jurisdiction over the
matter in question.
“
GTEPR ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals
hereto.
“ GTEPR
Shares ” means all of the issued and outstanding shares
in the capital stock of the Company owned by GTEPR.
“
Guaranteed Contract ” means any Contract, agreement or
commitment of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as to which
Verizon or any Affiliate of Verizon (other than the Company or any
Company Subsidiary) (i) may be held liable for any breach or
nonperformance by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or
(ii) has provided any collateral security, performance
guaranty, letter of credit or other form of security for
performance by the Company or Company Subsidiary.
“
Indemnifiable Claim ” means any claim of an
Indemnifiable Loss for or against which any party is entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement.
“
Indemnifiable Loss ” means any cost, damage,
disbursement, expense, liability, loss, deficiency, penalty or
settlement, including reasonable legal, accounting and other
professional fees and expenses and amounts paid in settlement, that
are actually imposed on or otherwise actually incurred or suffered
by the specified Person.
“
Indemnified Party ” means the party entitled to
indemnification hereunder.
“
Indemnifying Party ” means the party obligated to
provide indemnification hereunder.
“ Law
” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute,
law, regulation or Order.
“
Lien ” means any claim, indenture, easement, covenant,
option, lien, pledge, charge, mortgage, hypothecation, deed of
trust, security interest or other encumbrance (whether on voting,
sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), except for any
restrictions on transfer generally arising under any applicable
Securities Law.
“ List
License Agreement ” means the List License Agreement in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, to be entered into as
of the Closing between PRTC and VIS-PR.
“
Order ” means any binding and enforceable decree,
award, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, assessment or writ
issued by a Governmental Entity.
“
Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.
“
Person ” means an association, a corporation, an
individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, an
unlimited liability company, a limited liability partnership, a
trust or any other entity or organization.
“
Pre-Closing Covenants ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.4 .
“
PRTC ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.
“
PRTCD ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.
“ PRTC
Trademark License Agreement ” means the Trademark License
Agreement to be entered into at Closing between PRTC and
VIS-PR.
“
Publication Rights ” means the entitlement to receive,
and all economic interest in, the Revenue Share Participant’s
share of Directory Advertising Revenues, as shall be provided in
Section 9.1 of the Amended Publishing Agreement, for the
period beginning with the month in which the Closing Date occurs
(prorated based on the number of days in such month following the
Closing Date), together with all other rights of the Revenue Share
Participant under the Amended Publishing Agreement and the Billing
and Collection Agreement.
“
Publication Rights Purchase Price ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.2(b) .
“
Publishing Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals hereto.
“ Revenue
Share Obligations ” means PRTC’s obligations to
comply with certain
restrictions
and to perform certain obligations solely in its capacity as
Revenue Share Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Amended Publishing Agreement and the Billing and
Collection Agreement.
“
Securities Commissions ” means the applicable
securities commission or securities regulatory authority in the
United States of America (including Puerto Rico).
“
Securities Laws ” means the applicable securities laws
of the United States of America and Puerto Rico, and the respective
regulations and rules made thereunder together with all applicable
policy statements, blanket orders and rulings of the Securities
Commissions.
“
Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.
“
Settlement Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3(e).
“
Shares ” means all the issued and outstanding shares
in the capital of the Company owned by PRTCD.
“ Shares
Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(b) .
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
Person in which such Person has a direct or indirect equity or
ownership interest in excess of 50%.
“ Tax
” or “ Taxes ” includes (i) any and
all taxes, duties, fees, imposts, levies and other charges of any
kind whatsoever imposed by any Governmental Entity, together with
any and all interest, penalties, surcharges, fines, additions to
tax or other additional amounts imposed in respect thereof,
including those levied on, or measured by, or referred to as
income, gross receipts, profits, capital, transfer, land transfer,
sales, goods and services, ad valorem, use, value-added, excise,
stamp, withholding, business, franchising, property (both real and
personal), payroll, employee withholding, employment, occupation,
health, social service, environmental, alternative, add-on,
minimum, education, and social security taxes, all surtaxes, all
customs duties and import and export taxes, all license, franchise
and registration fees and taxes, all unemployment or employment
insurance, workers’ compensation, health insurance, and
government pension plan premiums, and other obligations of the same
or of a similar nature of any of the foregoing and (ii) any
liability for amounts described in clause (i) under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign Law).
“ Tax
Returns ” means all returns, reports, forms,
declarations, schedules and information statements (including
amendments thereto) required to be filed with any Governmental
Entity relating to Taxes.
“ Taxing
Authority ” means any domestic or foreign government,
whether federal, provincial, state, commonwealth, territorial,
local, regional, municipal or other political jurisdiction, and any
agency, court, tribunal, board, commission, bureau, or other
instrumentality, insofar as it exercises a legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative power or function of or pertaining to
government.
“ U.S.
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Verizon ” means Verizon Communications Inc.
“ Verizon
Share Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals hereto. “VIHI” has the meaning set forth
in the Recitals hereto.
“
VIS-PR ” means Verizon Information Services –
Puerto Rico Inc., S. en C., a Puerto Rico limited
partnership.
“ VIS-PR
Partnership Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated
Deed of Mercantile Limited Partnership dated May 31, 2001,
among VISPRI, the Company and World.
“
VISPRI ” means Verizon Information Services –
Puerto Rico, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation.
“ VISPRI
Shareholders Agreement ” means the Shareholders Agreement
dated as of April 21, 1999, among the Company and
World.
“
World ” means World Directories, Inc., formerly known
as VNU World Directories, Inc .
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE; CLOSING
2.1 Purchase and Sale of Shares .
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth,
PRTCD agrees to sell all the Shares, free and clear of all Liens
(except for those Liens set forth in the Caribe Shareholders
Agreement, the VIS-PR Partnership Agreement and the VISPRI
Shareholders Agreement), and to deliver the certificates evidencing
the Shares, to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase the Shares from
PRTCD, for the consideration hereinafter set forth.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the purchase price
for the Shares shall be an amount equal to U.S.$23,000,000 (the
“ Shares Purchase Price ”), such Shares Purchase
Price to be payable without any withholding or deduction for Taxes
(except as otherwise provided for in Section 11.17). Any
payments under this Section 2.1(b) made on the Closing Date
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
United States Dollars on the Closing Date to an account or accounts
designated by PRTCD to Buyer at least one Business Day prior to the
Closing Date.
2.2 Purchase and Sale of Publication Rights
.
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, PRTC
agrees to sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Buyer, free
and clear of any and all Liens, and Buyer agrees to purchase from
PRTC, all of the Publication Rights for the consideration
hereinafter set forth.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the purchase price
for the Publication Rights shall be an amount equal to
U.S.$167,000,000 (the “ Publication Rights Purchase
Price ”), such Publication Rights Purchase Price to be
payable without any
withholding or
deduction for Taxes (except as otherwise provided for in
Section 11.17). In addition to payment of the Publication
Rights Purchase Price, Buyer shall assume the Revenue Share
Obligations. Any payments under this Section 2.2(b) made on
the Closing Date shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds in United States Dollars on the Closing Date to an
account or accounts designated by PRTC to Buyer at least one
Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
(a) Unless
this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to ARTICLE IX,
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall take place at
a closing (the “ Closing ”) to be held at the
offices of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Times Square Tower, 7
Times Square, New York, NY 10036, or at such other location as may
be agreed upon in writing by Sellers and Buyer.
(b) The
Closing shall take place at 10:00 a.m. on (i) the third
Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contained in
ARTICLE VII (other than conditions which, by their nature,
are to be satisfied on the Closing Date), or (ii) such later
date as requested by Buyer, provided that such date shall not be
later than March 31, 2006, or (iii) on such other date as
may be agreed upon in writing by Buyer and Sellers (the date on
which the Closing occurs is herein referred to as the “
Closing Date ”).
(c) All
proceedings to be taken and all documents to be executed and
delivered by all Parties at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement
and the Verizon Share Purchase Agreement shall be taken and
executed simultaneously, and no proceedings shall be taken nor any
documents executed or delivered until all have been taken, executed
and delivered. The Parties hereby agree and acknowledge that none
of the Shares, the GTEPR Shares or the VIS-DR Shares (as defined in
the Verizon Share Purchase Agreement) shall be released to Buyer or
any of its assignees, nor shall the Publication Rights be assigned
to Buyer or any of its assignees, until Sellers have confirmed, to
their reasonable satisfaction, that (i) the Shares Purchase
Price has been received by PRTCD, (ii) the Publication Rights
Purchase Price has been received by PRTC, and (iii) the cash
payments for the Purchase Price (as defined in the Verizon Share
Purchase Agreement) for the GTEPR Shares and the VIS-DR Shares
pursuant to the Verizon Share Purchase Agreement have been received
by GTEPR and VIHI.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of Sellers .
Except as otherwise indicated on the Disclosure Schedules hereto,
Sellers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date as follows:
(a)
Organization and Related Matters; Shares; Publication Rights
.
(1) Each Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation. Each Seller has all
necessary
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement, the Assignment and the Commercial Agreements to which it
is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, as
applicable.
(2) PRTCD owns, beneficially and of record, 400 shares of
voting common stock of the Company, free and clear of any Lien
other than as provided for in the Caribe Shareholders Agreement,
the VIS-PR Partnership Agreement and the VISPRI Shareholders
Agreement. Except as contemplated hereby, there are no outstanding
Contracts of PRTCD to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or
affecting the voting rights of, or requiring the registration for
sale of, any Shares. All of the Shares are duly authorized, validly
issued and outstanding and are fully paid and nonassessable. Other
than the preemptive rights provided for in the Caribe Shareholders
Agreement, there are no preemptive rights in respect of the
Shares.
(3) PRTC owns all of the Publication Rights, free and clear of
any Lien.
(b)
Authorization; No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and
performance by each Seller of this Agreement, and by PRTC of the
Assignment and the Commercial Agreements, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as applicable,
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of such Seller. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by each Seller. This Agreement constitutes,
and the Assignment and the Commercial Agreements upon execution and
delivery will constitute, a legally valid and binding obligation of
each Seller party thereto enforceable against such Seller in
accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar Laws and equitable principles relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally. Except for any Approvals
required under Applicable Competition Law, the execution, delivery
and performance by each Seller of this Agreement, and by PRTC of
the Assignment and the Commercial Agreements, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as applicable,
will not (i) violate, conflict with, constitute a breach or
default (whether upon lapse of time and/or the occurrence of any
act or event or otherwise) of, or require the consent of any other
Person under, the certificate of incorporation or other charter or
organizational documents or by-laws of such Seller or any material
Contract to which such Seller is a party, (ii) result in the
imposition of any Lien against any material assets or properties of
such Seller, (iii) violate any material Law, or
(iv) require any material Approvals to be obtained.
(c)
Actions . There is no Order or Action pending or, to the
knowledge of each Seller, threatened against such Seller or any of
its Affiliates, that questions the validity of this Agreement, the
Assignment or the Commercial Agreements or any action taken or to
be taken by each Seller in connection herewith or therewith, or
which seeks to enjoin or materially delay or impair the ability of
each Seller to effect the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein or therein.
(d)
Compliance with Law . Each Seller is operating its
businesses in compliance with all applicable Laws, except for
violations of applicable Laws which (i) would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on
the business,
operations, assets or financial condition of such Seller or
(ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on such Seller’s ability to perform this
Agreement, the Assignment or the Commercial Agreements, as
applicable.
(e)
No Brokers or Finders . Except for the fees and commissions
payable to Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting,
which will be the sole responsibility of Sellers, no agent, broker,
finder, or investment or commercial banker, or other Person or firm
engaged by or acting on behalf of either Seller or any of its
Affiliates in connection with the negotiation, execution or
performance of this Agreement, the Assignment, the Commercial
Agreements or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Assignment or the Commercial Agreements is or will be entitled to
any broker’s or finder’s or similar fee or other
commission arising in connection with this Agreement, the
Assignment, the Commercial Agreements or such
transactions.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of Buyer . Buyer
represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date as follows:
(a)
Organization and Related Matters . Buyer is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Buyer has the
necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and the Assignment. Buyer has all necessary
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now being
conducted.
(b)
Authorization; No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Assignment and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by
Buyer have been duly and validly authorized by the Board of
Directors of Buyer and by all other necessary corporate action on
the part of Buyer. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Buyer. This Agreement constitutes, and the Assignment
upon execution and delivery will constitute, a legally valid and
binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in
accordance with its terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws and
equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’
rights generally. Except for any Approvals required under the
Applicable Competition Law, the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the Assignment by Buyer, will not (i)
violate, conflict with, constitute a breach or default (whether
upon lapse of time and/or the occurrence of any act or event or
otherwise) of, or require the consent of any other Person under the
charter documents or by-laws of Buyer or any material contract to
which Buyer is a party, (ii) result in the imposition of any Lien
against any material assets or properties of Buyer, (iii) violate
any material Law, or (iv) require any material Approvals to be
obtained.
(c)
Actions . There is no Order or Action pending or, to the
knowledge of Buyer, threatened against or affecting Buyer that
individually or when aggregated with one or more other Orders or
Actions has or could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on Buyer’s ability to perform this
Agreement.
(d)
Compliance with Law . Buyer is operating its businesses in
compliance with all applicable Laws, except for violations of
applicable Laws which (i) would not,
individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition
of Buyer or (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on Buyer’s ability to perform this
Agreement or the Assignment.
(e)
No Brokers or Finders . No agent, broker, finder or
investment or commercial banker, or other Person or firms engaged
by or acting on behalf of Buyer or its Affiliates in connection
with the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is or will be
entitled to any broker’s or finder’s or similar fees or
other commissions arising in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated herein.
(f)
Availability of Funds . Pursuant to that certain
(i) equity commitment letter from Welsh Carson Anderson &
Stowe X, L.P., dated as of the date hereof, and which is in full
force and effect, pursuant to which such entity has agreed, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to make or cause to
be made equity investments directly or indirectly in Buyer in an
aggregate amount of no less than U.S.$227,500,000 and
(ii) mezzanine financing commitment letter from WCAS Capital
Partners IV, L.P., dated as of the date hereof, and which is in
full force and effect, pursuant to which such entity has agreed,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to make or
cause to be made mezzanine financing investments directly or
indirectly in Buyer in an aggregate amount of no less than
U.S.$45,000,000 (such letters referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii), the “ Commitment Letters ”), Buyer will at
the Closing have immediately available funds in cash, which are
sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price pursuant to this
Agreement and the Verizon Share Purchase Agreement, to provide the
Operating Companies (as defined in the Verizon Share Purchase
Agreement) with sufficient working capital and to pay any other
amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement and the Verizon Share
Purchase Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby.
(g)
Investment Representation . Buyer is aware that the Shares
are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act or qualified for
distribution or re-sale to the public under any Securities Laws.
Buyer is an “accredited investor” as defined under the
U.S. Securities Act and possesses such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of its investments hereunder. Buyer is acquiring
the Shares from PRTCD for its own account as principal, for
investment purposes only and not with a view to the distribution
thereof. Buyer agrees that the Shares will not be sold,
transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise
disposed of without compliance in full with all applicable
Securities Laws.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PERIOD PRIOR TO
CLOSING
4.1 Efforts; No Inconsistent Action .
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, Buyer and Sellers shall
cooperate and use their commercially reasonable efforts to take, or
cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all
things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and
make
effective the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to cause the
conditions to each other’s obligation to close the
transactions contemplated hereby as set forth in ARTICLE VII
to be satisfied. In addition, each of Buyer and Sellers will be
given notice of and a reasonable opportunity to participate in
contacts with any Governmental Entity regarding notices and
applications under Applicable Competition Law. Buyer and Sellers
shall cooperate with each other to the extent reasonable in
connection with the foregoing.
(b) In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Buyer and
Sellers have prior to the date hereof made the requisite filing
under the Applicable Competition Law and shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to file similar applications with
any other applicable Governmental Entity whose Approval is required
in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable following
the date hereof. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement,
Buyer shall reimburse Seller or Seller’s applicable Affiliate
for the portion of the filing fee paid by Seller or such Affiliate
with respect to the filing made under the Applicable Competition
Law, and Buyer shall pay any and all application or filing fees
with respect to any and all applications or filings under similar
applications and filings. Buyer and Sellers shall cooperate and use
their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any
Approvals required for the Closing (including through compliance
with the Applicable Competition Law), to respond to any requests
for information from a Governmental Entity, and to contest and
resist any Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or
overturned any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent)
that restricts, prevents or prohibits the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that neither
Buyer nor Sellers nor their respective Affiliates shall be required
to make any material concessions in connection therewith. Buyer
agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
secure clearance under the Applicable Competition Law with respect
to the transactions contemplated hereby, including agreeing to such
non-material amendments of this Agreement, in each case as may be
requested by the relevant Government Entities (according to the
time periods requested by such Government Entities) in order to
facilitate such approval process. To the extent permitted by
applicable Law, Buyer and Sellers shall provide the other the
opportunity to make copies of all material correspondence, filings
or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance
thereof) between such party or its representatives, on the one
hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect
to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except for documents filed or communications or
information which reveal Sellers’ or Buyer’s
negotiating objectives or strategies or purchase price
expectations.
(c) Buyer
and Sellers shall notify and keep each other advised as to
(i) any material communication from any Governmental Entity
regarding any of the transactions contemplated hereby and
(ii) any Action pending and known to such Party or, to its
knowledge, threatened, which challenges the transactions
contemplated hereby. Buyer and Sellers shall not take any action
inconsistent with their obligations under this Agreement that would
materially hinder or delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Prior
to the Closing, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain (and cooperate with the other Party hereto in
obtaining) all consents, permits, authorizations, approvals of, and
exemptions by, any third party necessary for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Commercial
Agreements and the
Assignment (the
“ Third Party Consents ”); provided, however,
that Sellers shall have no obligation to give any guarantee or
other consideration of any nature in connection with the receipt of
any consent, permit, approval, authorization or exemption. If any
of such Third Party Consents have not been obtained prior to the
Closing, Sellers and Buyer shall use commercially reasonable
efforts thereafter to obtain such Third Party Consents for a period
of 120 days following the Closing.
(e) All
documents required to be filed by any of the Parties or any of
their respective Subsidiaries with any Governmental Entity in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will comply in all material respects with the
provisions of applicable Law.
(f) Prior
to the Closing, PRTC shall cooperate with Buyer, at Buyer’s
expense, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a
ruling from the Puerto Rico Treasury Department to the effect that
the Publication Rights Purchase Price to be paid by Buyer to PRTC
in exchange for the assignment of the Publication Rights is
deductible for Puerto Rico income tax purposes ratably over a
period of fifteen (15) years; provided, however, that PRTC
shall have no obligation to (i) give any guaranty, make any
settlement, or give any consideration of any kind or
(ii) ascribe any value to the Publication Rights other than
the value that PRTC has ascribed thereto for purposes of allocating
the consideration to be received by PRTC in respect of the
Publication Rights, and provided further, that Sellers and the
Company shall not be responsible or in any way liable for any
adverse ruling from or failure to obtain a ruling from the Puerto
Rico Treasury Department.
4.2 Commercial Agreements and Assignment . On the Closing
Date, PRTC shall enter into the Assignment, the Amended Publishing
Agreement, the Billing and Collection Agreement, the List License
Agreement and the PRTC Trademark License Agreement.
(a) From
and after the Closing Date, Sellers shall, and shall cause their
respective Affiliates and representatives to, not disclose to any
non-Affiliate (other than any representative owing a
confidentiality obligation to Sellers) confidential information
concerning the Business or the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
It is understood that Sellers shall have no liability hereunder
with respect to the use of any information that (i) is in or,
through no fault of Sellers or any of their Affiliates or
representatives, comes into the public domain, (ii) Sellers or
any of their Affiliates are required to disclose by any Taxing
Authority or by any other Governmental Entity or stock exchange or
(iii) is rightfully obtained by Sellers and any of their
Affiliates from a third party not known by Sellers to be under any
confidentiality obligation to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
(b) In
the event that Sellers or their Affiliates or representatives are
required by any Governmental Entity to disclose any such
information, Sellers shall promptly notify Buyer in writing so that
Buyer may, to the extent practicable, seek a protective order
and/or other motion to prevent or limit the production or
disclosure of such information. If such motion is not sought or is
denied, then the Person required to disclose such information may
disclose only such portion of such information which, based on
advice of such Person’s legal counsel, is required
by
applicable Law
to be disclosed (provided that the Person required to disclose such
information shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve the confidentiality of the remainder of such information).
Sellers shall continue to be bound by their obligations pursuant to
this Section 4.3 for any information that is not
required to be disclosed, or that has been afforded protective
treatment, pursuant to such motion.
4.4 No Negotiations . None of Sellers, the Company or
any Company Subsidiary shall, and each shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees and
agents not to, initiate, solicit, facilitate or encourage, directly
or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal with
respect to, or engage in any negotiations or discussions with, any
Person relating to, or provide to any Person confidential or
non-public information in connection with, any acquisition,
recapitalization, business combination or purchase of all or a
material portion of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or the
Business or the Publication Rights, or cooperate or participate
with any Person in connection with any of the foregoing
activities.
4.5 Infovoz Billing and Collection . Prior to the
Closing, PRTC will negotiate in good faith with VIS-PR and Buyer,
and Buyer will negotiate in good faith, a billing and collection or
similar arrangement between PRTC and VIS-PR relating to the Infovoz
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