Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
SNOWBIRD ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
and
OMNITURE, INC.
Dated as of September 15, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE OFFER
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2
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1.1
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The Offer
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2
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1.2
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Company Actions
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5
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1.3
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Directors
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1.4
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Top-Up Option
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ARTICLE II THE MERGER
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9
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2.1
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The Merger
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9
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2.2
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Closing; Effective Time
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9
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2.3
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Effects of the Merger
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9
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2.4
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Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
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10
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2.5
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Directors and Officers
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10
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2.6
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Stockholders Meeting
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10
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2.7
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Merger Without Stockholder Action
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11
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ARTICLE III EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK;
EXCHANGE OF SHARES
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12
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3.1
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Conversion of Capital Stock
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12
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3.2
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Exchange of Certificates
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3.3
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Appraisal Rights
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3.4
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Treatment of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock and other Equity Awards
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15
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3.5
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Additional Benefits Matters
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
PURCHASER
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4.1
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Corporate Organization
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4.2
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Authority
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4.3
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Consents and Approvals
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4.4
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Brokers Fees
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4.5
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Legal Proceedings
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4.6
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Available Funds
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20
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4.7
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Certain Compensation Arrangements
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21
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4.8
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Offer Documents; Proxy Statement;
Parent Information
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4.9
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No Other Representations or Warranties
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
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5.1
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Corporate Organization
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5.2
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Capitalization
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5.3
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Authority
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5.4
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No Violation; Required Filings and Consents
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5.5
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Financial Statements
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5.6
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Brokers Fees
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5.7
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events
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26
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5.8
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Legal Proceedings
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27
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5.9
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Reports
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5.10
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Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
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5.11
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Permits; Compliance with Applicable Laws and Reporting Requirements
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5.12
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Taxes and Tax Returns
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29
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5.13
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Employee Benefit Programs
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5.14
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Labor and Employment Matters
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5.15
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Material Contracts
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5.16
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Properties
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5.17
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Environmental Liability
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5.18
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State Takeover Laws; Required Stockholder Vote
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5.19
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Intellectual Property
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5.20
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Insurance
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5.21
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Customers
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5.22
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Privacy
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5.23
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Opinion of Financial Advisor
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5.24
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Schedule 14D-9; Proxy Statement; Company Information
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5.25
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No Other Representations or Warranties
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5.26
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Definition of Companys Knowledge
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
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6.1
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Conduct of Business Pending the Effective Time
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6.2
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Certain Tax Matters
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ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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7.1
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Third Party Consents and Regulatory Approvals
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7.2
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No Solicitation
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7.3
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Access to Information
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7.4
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Employment and Benefit Matters
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7.5
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Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance
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7.6
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Additional Agreements
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7.7
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Advice of Changes
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7.8
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Publicity
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7.9
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Rule 16b-3 Actions
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7.10
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Rule 14d-10 Matters
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7.11
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State Takeover Laws
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ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CONSUMMATION OF
THE MERGER
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8.1
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Conditions
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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9.1
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Termination
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9.2
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Effect of Termination
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9.3
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Amendment
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9.4
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Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements
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10.2
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Expenses
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10.3
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Notices
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10.4
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Interpretation
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10.5
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Counterparts
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10.6
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Entire Agreement
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10.7
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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10.8
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Severability
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10.9
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Assignment; Reliance of Other Parties
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10.10
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Specific Performance
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10.11
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Definitions
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER (the Agreement), dated as of September 15,
2009, by and among Adobe Systems Incorporated,
a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (Parent), Snowbird Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Purchaser), and Omniture, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (Company).
WHEREAS, the boards of directors of each of
Parent, Purchaser and Company have approved the acquisition of Company by
Parent on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Agreement, and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Purchaser shall (and Parent has
agreed to cause Purchaser to) commence a tender offer (the Offer) to
purchase all of Companys issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.001
per share (Company Common Stock), at a price per share of $21.50 net
to the Company Stockholders in cash (such amount or any greater amount per
share paid pursuant to the Offer being hereafter referred to as the Offer
Price);
WHEREAS, following consummation of the Offer,
upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Purchaser will be merged with
and into Company, with Company as the surviving corporation (the Merger
and, with the Offer, the Transaction), whereby each issued and
outstanding share of Company Common Stock not owned directly or indirectly by
Parent, Purchaser or the Company will be converted into the right to receive the
Offer Price in cash;
WHEREAS, the Company Board has unanimously (A) (i) determined
that this Agreement, the Offer and the Merger are advisable and in the best
interests of Company and the Company Stockholders, (ii) approved the Offer
and the Merger and approved and declared advisable this Agreement, each in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)
and (B) resolved and agreed to recommend that the Company Stockholders
accept the Offer, tender their shares of Company Common Stock into the Offer,
and if required by applicable Law, adopt this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as an inducement and condition to
Parent entering into this Agreement, certain Company Stockholders and the
directors of Company are entering into tender and stockholder support
agreements (collectively, the Support Agreements) with Parent and
Purchaser simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, whereby, among
other things, such stockholders have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth therein, to tender the shares of Company Common Stock held
by such stockholders (in their individual capacities) in the Offer and to
support the actions necessary to consummate the Merger;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and as a material inducement to Parents
willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain employees of Company are
countersigning and delivering to Parent offer letters previously delivered to
such employees by Parent;
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WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and as a material inducement to Parents
willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain employees of the Company are
executing and delivering to Parent non-competition agreements; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to make certain
representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the Transaction
and to prescribe certain conditions to the Transaction.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants, representations,
warranties and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE OFFER
1.1 The Offer.
(a) Provided that this Agreement shall
not have been terminated in accordance with Article IX hereof, and
provided that Company has fulfilled its obligation to provide information to
Parent and Purchaser as contemplated by Section 1.1(c) and is prepared to file
the Schedule 14D-9 contemporaneously with or immediately following filing by
Parent and Purchaser of the Offer Documents with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC), subject to there being no statute, rule,
regulation, legislation of, or order, decree, judgment, injunction or ruling
by, a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enjoining, restraining,
making illegal, or otherwise prohibiting the commencement of the Offer, as
promptly as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than seven (7) Business
Days) after the date of this Agreement, Purchaser shall (and Parent shall cause
Purchaser to) commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 of the Exchange
Act) an offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Company Common Stock at the
Offer Price. Each of Parent and Purchaser
shall use its reasonable best efforts to consummate the Offer, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof. Subject to
the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement and to the satisfaction
or waiver of the Tender Offer Conditions, Purchaser shall, and Parent shall
cause Purchaser to, promptly after the expiration of the Offer, accept for
payment and pay for (after giving effect to any required withholding Tax
pursuant to Section 1.1(f)), all shares of Company Common Stock
validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn (the time and date of
acceptance for payment, the Acceptance Date).
(b) Purchaser reserves the right to
waive, in whole or in part, any Tender Offer Condition or modify the terms of
the Offer; provided, however, that without the prior written
consent of Company, or except as contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser
shall not, and Parent shall not permit Purchaser to, other than in accordance
with Section 1.1(e), decrease the Offer Price or change the form of
consideration payable in the Offer, waive or amend the Minimum Condition,
decrease the number of shares of Company Common Stock sought to be purchased in
the Offer, extend the Offer other than in a manner pursuant to, and in
accordance with, this Section 1.1(b), impose additional conditions
to the Offer, amend any of the Tender Offers Condition, in a manner that
broadens such conditions or amend any other term of the Offer in any manner
adverse to the Company Stockholders. The
Offer shall remain open until 12:00 midnight, New York City, New York time, on
the date that is twenty (20) Business Days
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after the commencement
(determined pursuant to Rule 14d-1(g)(3) under the Exchange Act) of
the Offer (the Expiration Date), unless Purchaser shall have extended
the period of time for which the Offer is open pursuant to, and in accordance
with, the succeeding sentence, in which event the term Expiration Date shall
mean the latest time and date as the Offer, as so extended, may expire. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to
the contrary set forth in this Agreement, (i) Purchaser shall (and Parent
shall cause Purchaser to) extend the Offer for any period required by any rule,
regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or its staff or the Nasdaq
that is applicable to the Offer and (ii) in the event that any of Tender
Offer Conditions are not satisfied or waived as of any then-scheduled
Expiration Date, Purchaser shall extend the Offer for successive extension periods
of ten (10) Business Days; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence,
in no event shall Purchaser be required to extend the Offer beyond the Outside
Date. Purchaser may provide for a
subsequent offering period (within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 under the
Exchange Act), and one or more consecutive extensions thereof, after the
Expiration Date in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of not more than twenty
(20) Business Days in the aggregate.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Offer,
Purchaser shall (and Parent shall cause Purchaser to) accept for payment, and
promptly pay for, all shares of Company Common Stock validly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to such subsequent offering period. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall
affect any termination rights of the parties in Article IX. Purchaser shall not terminate the Offer prior
to any scheduled Expiration Date without the prior written consent of the
Company except in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1.
(c) On the date of commencement of the
Offer, Parent and Purchaser shall (i) file or cause to be filed with the
SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with all amendments
and supplements thereto, the Schedule TO) with respect to the
Offer which shall contain the offer to purchase and related letter of
transmittal and summary advertisement and other ancillary documents and
instruments required thereby pursuant to which the Offer will be made
(collectively with any supplements or amendments thereto, the Offer
Documents), and (ii) use their respective reasonable best efforts to
cause the Offer Documents to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as and
to the extent required by the Exchange Act.
Parent and Purchaser shall cause the Offering Documents to comply in all
material respects with the Exchange Act and all other requirements of Law. Company and its counsel shall be given a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Offer Documents prior to
their filing with the SEC, and Parent and Purchaser shall give reasonable and
good faith consideration to any comments made by Company and its counsel. Parent and Purchaser agree to provide Company
with (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral,
that may be received from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Offer
Documents promptly after receipt thereof and prior to responding thereto, and (ii) a
reasonable opportunity to provide comments on that response (to which
reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given) and to participate in
such response, including by participating in any discussions with the SEC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with
any action by Parent or Purchaser in response to or as a result of any action
by Company or the Company Board permitted by Section 7.2(e), Parent and
Purchaser shall not be required to provide Company the opportunity to review or
comment on (or include comments proposed by Company in any provision of) the
Offer Documents, or any amendment or supplement thereto, with respect to such
action, the reasons for such actions or any additional information reasonably
related to such actions. If at any time
prior to the
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Effective Time, any
information relating to the Offer, the Merger, Company, Parent, Purchaser or
any of their respective Affiliates, is discovered by Company or Parent which
should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Offer Documents, so
that the Offer Documents shall not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the party that
discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party, and an
appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be filed
with the SEC and disseminated to the Company Stockholders, as and to the extent
required by applicable Law or any applicable rule or regulation of any
stock exchange. Company shall furnish to
Parent and Purchaser all information concerning Company required by the
Exchange Act to be set forth in the Offer Documents.
(d) Parent shall provide or cause to be
provided to Purchaser on a timely basis the funds necessary to pay for any
shares of Company Common Stock that Purchaser becomes obligated to purchase
pursuant to the Offer and shall cause Purchaser to fulfill its obligations
under this Agreement.
(e) The Offer Price shall be adjusted
appropriately to reflect the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split,
stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities
convertible into Company Common Stock), cash dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other
like change with respect to the Company Common Stock occurring on or after the
date hereof and prior to the date of acceptance of any particular shares
tendered in the Offer or any subsequent offering period provided for by Parent
and the Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.1(b). In addition, if the aggregate of (without
duplication) (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding, plus (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of outstanding derivative securities, including
warrants and other convertible or exchangeable securities or rights to purchase
Company Common Stock, plus (iii) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock (x) issuable upon the exercise of Company Stock Options, (y) subject
to Company SARs and (z) subject to Company RSUs, all as of September 11,
2009, exceeds 91,855,809, then Parent and Purchaser may reduce the Offer Price
by an amount not to exceed the product of (A) the Offer Price immediately
before such reduction, multiplied by (B) the quotient of (i) such
excess, divided by (ii)(A) 91,855,809 plus (B) the amount of such excess
(such reduction in the Offer Price, a Capitalization Adjustment). The Company agrees that upon a Capitalization
Adjustment, the Company Board shall reaffirm the Company Recommendations giving
effect to such Capitalization Adjustment, and the Company Board shall not
effect an Adverse Recommendation Change as a result of such Capitalization
Adjustment. Each of Parent, Purchaser
and Company shall amend and supplement the Offer Documents and Schedule 14D-9
as promptly as practicable to reflect such Capitalization Adjustment.
(f) Each of Purchaser and the Paying
Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Offer Price to any
holder of a Certificate or a Book-Entry Share, as the case may be, such amounts
as it reasonably determines that it is required to deduct and withhold with respect
to the making of such payment under the Code, or any other applicable provision
of Law. To the extent that amounts are
so withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority
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by Purchaser or the
Paying Agent, as the case may be, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of
the Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made by Purchaser or the Paying Agent, as the
case may be.
(g) In the event that this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, Purchaser shall (and Parent
shall cause Purchaser to) promptly (and in any event within twenty four (24)
hours of such termination), irrevocably and unconditionally terminate the Offer
made pursuant to this Agreement.
1.2 Company
Actions.
(a) Company, after affording Parent a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, (a) shall file with
the SEC and mail to the Company Stockholders on the date of the filing by
Parent and Purchaser of the Offer Documents (provided that such filing shall
not take place prior to the seventh (7th)
Business Day after the date of this Agreement without Companys consent), a Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (together with any amendments or supplements
thereto, the Schedule 14D-9) reflecting, subject to Section 7.2,
the recommendation of the Company Board that the Company Stockholders tender
their shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer and (b) shall
disseminate the Schedule 14D-9 as required by Rule 14d-9 promulgated
under the Exchange Act. The
Schedule 14D-9 will set forth, and Company hereby represents, that the
Company Board has unanimously, at a meeting duly called and held at which a
quorum was present throughout, (i) determined that the Transaction, and each of
the Offer and the Merger, is advisable and in the best interests of Company and
the Company Stockholders, (ii) approved the Offer, the Merger and this
Agreement in accordance with the DGCL, (iii) recommended acceptance of the
Offer and adoption of this Agreement by the Company Stockholders if such
adoption is required by applicable Laws (the Company Recommendations),
and (iv) taken all other action necessary to render Section 203 of
the DGCL inapplicable to each of the Offer and the Merger; provided, however,
that the Company Recommendations may be withdrawn, modified or amended only
prior to the acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant
to the Offer and in any case only to the extent permitted by Section 7.2. Company hereby consents to the inclusion in
the Offer Documents of the Company Recommendations to the extent that the
Company Recommendation is not withheld, withdrawn, amended or modified in
accordance with Section 7.2.
Company shall include in its entirety in the Schedule 14D-9, and
will use all reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents to permit the
inclusion in its entirety of, the fairness opinion of Companys Financial
Advisor delivered to the Company Board in connection with the Transaction. Company shall cause the Schedule 14D-9 to
comply in all material respects with the Exchange Act and all other
requirements of Law. If at any time
prior to the Acceptance Date, any information relating to the Offer, the
Merger, Company, Parent, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates, is
discovered by Company or Parent which should be set forth in an amendment or
supplement to the Schedule 14D-9 so that the Schedule 14D-9 shall not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the
other party, and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such
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information shall be filed
with the SEC and disseminated to the Company Stockholders, as and to the extent
required by applicable Law or any applicable rule or regulation of any
stock exchange. Parent, Purchaser and
their counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on
the Schedule 14D-9 prior to its filing with the SEC, and Company shall
give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Parent,
Purchaser or their counsel. Company
agrees to provide Parent and Purchaser with (i) any comments or other
communications, whether written or oral, that may be received from the SEC or
its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after receipt
thereof and prior to responding thereto, and (ii) a reasonable opportunity
to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith
consideration shall be given) and to participate in such response, including by
participating in any discussions with the SEC.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any actions by the
Company or Company Board permitted by Section 7.2(e), the Company
shall not be required to provide Parent the opportunity to review or comment on
(or include comments proposed by Parent in any provision of) the Schedule
14D-9, and any amendment or supplement thereto, with respect to such actions,
the reasons for such actions or any additional information reasonably related
to such actions. Each of Parent and
Purchaser shall furnish to the Company all information concerning Parent and
Purchaser required by the Exchange Act to be set forth in the
Schedule 14D-9.
(b) In connection with the Offer, Company
will promptly furnish Purchaser with mailing labels, security position
listings, non-objecting beneficial owner lists and any available listing or
computer list containing the names and addresses of the record holders of the
shares of Company Common Stock as of the most recent practicable date, and
shall furnish Purchaser with such additional available information and such
other assistance as Purchaser or its agents may reasonably request in
communicating the Offer to, and soliciting tenders of shares of Company Common
Stock from, Companys record and beneficial stockholders.
(c) Subject to the requirements of
applicable Laws, and except for such steps as are necessary to disseminate the
Offer Documents to consummate the Offer as contemplated hereby and any other
documents necessary to consummate the Merger as contemplated hereby, Parent,
Purchaser and their Representatives, shall keep confidential any information
provided by or on behalf of Company pursuant to Section 1.2(b) and
use all such information only in connection with the Offer and the Merger as
contemplated herein and, should the Offer terminate or if this Agreement shall
be terminated, will promptly deliver and cause their Representatives to deliver
to the Company (and delete electronic copies of) all copies, summaries and
extracts of such information then in their possession or control.
1.3 Directors.
(a) Subject to compliance with applicable
Laws, promptly upon acceptance for payment of such number of shares of Company
Common Stock as represents at least a majority of the then-outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer and from time to time thereafter,
Purchaser shall be entitled to designate such number of directors, rounded up
to the next whole number, on the Company Board as is equal to the product of (x) the
total number of directors on the Company Board (determined after giving effect
to the election of any additional directors pursuant to this Section 1.3)
multiplied by (y) the percentage that the
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aggregate number of
shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates bears to the total number of shares of Company Common Stock then
outstanding, and Company shall, upon request of Purchaser, promptly take all
actions necessary to cause Purchasers designees to be so elected (including,
if necessary, seeking the resignations of one or more existing directors or
increasing the size of the Company Board) in compliance with applicable Law; provided,
however, that Purchaser shall be entitled to designate at least a
majority of the directors on the Company Board (as long as Purchaser and its
Affiliates beneficially own a majority of the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock); provided further that prior to the Effective Time, the Company
Board shall always have at least two members who are not officers, directors,
employees or designees of Parent or Purchaser or any of their Affiliates (Purchaser
Insiders). If the number of
directors who are not Purchaser Insiders is reduced below two prior to the Effective
Time, the remaining director who is not a Purchaser Insider shall be entitled
to designate a Person to fill such vacancy who is not a Purchaser Insider and
who shall be a director not deemed to be a Purchaser Insider for all purposes
of this Agreement, and Company shall cause such designee to be appointed to the
Company Board. If, notwithstanding
compliance with the foregoing provisions, the number of directors who are not
Purchaser Insiders is reduced to zero, then the other directors on the Company
Board shall designate and appoint to the Company Board two directors who are
not officers, directors, employees or otherwise affiliated with Purchaser or
Parent (other than as a result of such designation).
(b) Companys obligations to appoint
Purchasers designees to the Company Board shall be subject to Section 14(f) of
the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 thereunder. Company shall promptly take all actions
required pursuant to such Section and Rule in order to fulfill its
obligations under this Section 1.3, and shall include in the
Schedule 14D-9 such information with respect to Company and its officers
and directors as is required under such Section and Rule in order to
fulfill its obligations under this Section 1.3. Parent will supply to Company any information
with respect to itself and its Affiliates required by such Section and
Rule.
(c) Following the election or appointment
of Purchasers designees pursuant to this Section 1.3 and prior to
the Effective Time, any amendment or termination of this Agreement by Company,
any extension by Company of the time for the performance of any of the obligations
or other acts of Parent or Purchaser hereunder, any waiver or enforcement of
any of Companys rights or any of the obligations of Parent or Purchaser
hereunder will require the consent of, or be taken at the direction of, a
majority of the directors of Company then in office who are not Purchaser
Insiders (or the approval or direction of the sole director if there shall only
be one director then in office who is not a Purchaser Insider). Following the election or appointment of
Parents designees pursuant to this Section 1.3 and prior to the
Effective Time, any actions with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement
by Company shall be effected only by the action of a majority of the directors
of Company then in office who are not Purchaser Insiders (or the action of the
sole director if there shall only be one director then in office who is not a
Purchaser Insider), and such authorization shall constitute the authorization
of the Company Board and no other action on the part of Company, including any
action by any other director of Company, shall be required to authorize any
such action.
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(d) Promptly after the Acceptance Date,
Company shall take all action necessary to elect to be treated as a controlled
company as defined by Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5615(c) and make all
necessary filings and disclosures associated with such status.
1.4 Top-Up Option.
(a) Company hereby grants to Purchaser an
irrevocable option (the Top-Up Option), exercisable only on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Section 1.4, to purchase at a
price per share equal to the Offer Price paid in the Offer up to that number of
newly issued shares of Company Common Stock (the Top-Up Shares) equal
to the lowest number of shares of Company Common Stock that, when added to the
number of shares of Company Common Stock directly or indirectly owned by Parent
or Purchaser at the time of exercise of the Top-Up Option, shall constitute one
share more than 90% of the sum of the following: (A) the total number of
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of
the Top-Up Shares plus (B) the total number of shares of Company Common
Stock that are issuable within the ten (10) Business Days after the
issuance of the Top-Up Shares upon the vesting, conversion or exercise of all
derivative securities, including Company Compensatory Awards, warrants,
options, convertible or exchangeable securities or other rights to acquire
Company Common Stock, regardless of the conversion or exercise price or other
terms and conditions thereof; provided, however, (A) the
Top-Up Option shall not be exercisable for a number of shares of Company Common
Stock in excess of the sum of the shares of Company Common Stock authorized,
unissued and not reserved for Company Compensatory Awards or held by the
Company at the time of exercise of the Top-Up Option; provided, further,
however, that the Top-Up Option shall not be exercisable unless,
immediately after such exercise and the issuance of shares of Company Common
Stock pursuant thereto, the Short Form Threshold would be reached. Upon Parents request, Company shall use reasonable
best efforts to cause its transfer agent to certify in writing to Parent the
number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding as of
immediately prior to the exercise of the Top-Up Option and after giving effect
to the issuance of the Top-Up Shares.
The Top-Up Option shall be exercisable only once at any time following
the Acceptance Date and prior to the earlier to occur of (a) the Effective
Time and (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its
terms.
(b) The parties shall cooperate to ensure
that the issuance and delivery of the Top-Up Shares comply with all applicable
Law, including compliance with an applicable exemption from registration of the
Top-Up Shares under the Securities Act.
If Purchaser wishes to exercise the Top-Up Option, Purchaser shall give
Company one (1) Business Day prior written notice, specifying (i) the
number of shares of Company Common Stock directly or indirectly owned by Parent
or Purchaser at the time of such notice and (ii) a place and a time for
the closing of such purchase. Company
shall, as soon as practicable following receipt of such notice, deliver written
notice to Purchaser specifying, based on the information provided by Purchaser
in its notice, the number of Top-Up Shares.
At the closing of the purchase of Top-Up Shares (A), the purchase price
owed by Purchaser to Company therefor shall be paid to Company (i) in
cash, by wire transfer or cashiers check, (ii) by issuance by Purchaser
to Company of a promissory note, bearing 3.5% per annum simple interest, due
thirty (30) days after the Effective
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Time or (iii) a combination thereof, and with such other terms
reasonably satisfactory to Company and Purchaser, and (B) Company shall
cause to be issued and delivered to Purchaser a certificate or certificates
representing the Top-Up Shares or, if Company does not then have certificated
shares of Company Common Stock, the applicable number of Book-Entry Shares.
(c) Parent and Purchaser acknowledge that the
shares of Company Common Stock that Purchaser may acquire upon exercise of the
Top-Up Option will not be registered under the Securities Act and will be
issued in reliance upon an exemption thereunder for transactions not involving
a public offering. Parent and Purchaser
represent and warrant to Company that Purchaser is, or will be upon the
purchase of the Top-Up Shares, an accredited investor, as defined in
Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Purchaser agrees that the Top-Up Option and
the Top-Up Shares to be acquired upon exercise of the Top-Up Option are being
and will be acquired by Purchaser for the purpose of investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof (within the
meaning of the Securities Act). Any
certificates evidencing Top-Up Shares may include any legends required by
applicable securities laws.
ARTICLE II THE MERGER
2.1 The Merger.
Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII, and in accordance with
the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Purchaser shall merge with and into
Company. Company shall continue as the
surviving corporation (the Surviving Corporation), and the separate
corporate existence of Company, with all its rights, privileges, immunities,
powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the Merger. Upon consummation of the Merger, the separate
corporate existence of Purchaser shall terminate.
2.2 Closing; Effective Time.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the closing of the Merger (the Closing) will take place at the Menlo
Park, California offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, unless another place
is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto, at 10:00 a.m., local time,
on a date (the date upon which the Closing occurs, the Closing Date)
specified by the parties, which shall be no later than two (2) Business
Days after the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Law) of the latest
to occur of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (other than those
conditions that relate to action to be taken at the Closing), unless this
Agreement has been theretofore terminated pursuant to its terms or unless
extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
On the Closing Date, the Company shall file with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the Certificate of Merger), and the parties shall make
all other filings or recordings required by the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective (the Effective
Time) upon such filing.
2.3 Effects of the Merger.
At and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have
the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the appropriate provisions of
the DGCL. Without limiting the
generality of
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the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights, privileges, powers and
franchises, and be subject to all of the restrictions, disabilities and duties
of Company and Purchaser, as provided under Section 259 of the DGCL.
2.4 Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, the
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Surviving Corporation shall be
amended to be identical to the form attached hereto as Exhibit B
(which shall contain such provisions as are necessary to give full effect to
the exculpation and indemnification provided for in Section 7.5),
and as so amended shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until thereafter amended as provided therein and in accordance with
applicable Law (the Surviving Corporation Charter). From and after the Effective Time, the
Bylaws, as amended, of Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, shall be amended and restated to be identical to the Bylaws of Purchaser
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (which shall contain such
provisions as are necessary to give full effect to the exculpation and
indemnification provided for in Section 7.5), and as so amended
shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter amended as
provided therein and in accordance with applicable Law (the Surviving
Corporation Bylaws).
2.5 Directors and Officers.
(a) From and after the Effective Time, the
directors of Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the
directors of the Surviving Corporation, until their successors shall have been
duly elected, appointed or qualified or until their earlier death, resignation
or removal in accordance with the Surviving Corporation Charter and the
Surviving Corporation Bylaws.
(b) From and after the Effective Time, the
officers of Company at the Effective Time shall be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation, until their successors shall have been duly elected,
appointed or qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in
accordance with the Surviving Corporation Charter and the Surviving Corporation
Bylaws.
2.6 Stockholders Meeting.
(a) If the adoption of this Agreement by the
Company Stockholders is required by applicable Law in order to consummate the
Merger, Company, acting through the Company Board, shall, in accordance with
applicable Law:
(i) duly set a record date for, call, give
notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the Special
Meeting) as soon as practicable following the acceptance for payment of
and payment for shares of Company Common Stock by Purchaser pursuant to the
Offer and the expiration of any subsequent offering period pursuant to Section 1.1(b) for
the sole purpose of obtaining the approval of the Company Stockholders of the
adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL;
(ii) prepare and file with the SEC a
preliminary proxy statement for the Special Meeting relating to this Agreement;
provided that Parent, Purchaser and their counsel
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shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the
preliminary proxy statement prior to its filing with the SEC, and Company shall
give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Parent,
Purchaser or their counsel, and use its reasonable efforts (x) to obtain
and furnish the information required to be included by the SEC in the Proxy
Statement and, after consultation with Parent, to respond promptly to any
comments made by the SEC with respect to the preliminary proxy statement and
cause a definitive proxy statement (the Proxy Statement) to be mailed
to its stockholders, and (y) to obtain the necessary adoption of this
Agreement by its stockholders;
(iii) subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company Board,
include in the Proxy Statement the Company Recommendations that the Company
Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement; and
(iv) include in the Proxy Statement the
opinion of Companys Financial Advisor referred to in Section 5.23.
(b) If at any time prior to the Special Meeting,
any information relating to the Merger, Company, Parent, Purchaser or any of
their respective Affiliates, is discovered by Company or Parent which should be
set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that the
Proxy Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall
promptly notify the other party, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to
the Proxy Statement shall be filed with the SEC and disseminated to the Company
Stockholders, as and to the extent required by applicable Law.
(c) Parent shall furnish all information
concerning Parent and Purchaser as the Company may reasonable request in
connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy
Statement. Each of Parent and Purchaser
agrees that it will vote, or cause to be voted, all of the shares of Company
Common Stock then owned by it or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of the
approval of the Merger and adoption and approval of this Agreement.
2.7 Merger Without
Stockholder Action.
Notwithstanding Section 2.6, in the event
that Purchaser shall hold at least 90% of the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock pursuant to the Offer or otherwise (the Short
Form Threshold), subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
parties hereto agree to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the
Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after Purchaser obtains the
Short Form Threshold without a meeting of stockholders of Company, in
accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL.
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ARTICLE III EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK;
EXCHANGE OF SHARES
3.1 Conversion of Capital
Stock.
As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of any party hereto or of the holder of any
shares of the capital stock of Company or capital stock of Purchaser:
(a) Capital Stock of Purchaser. Each share of the common stock, $0.0001 par
value per share, of Purchaser (the Purchaser Common Stock), issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, $0.0001 par
value per share of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) Cancellation of Certain Stock. All shares of Company Common Stock that are
owned by Company or by any wholly owned Subsidiary of Company, and any shares
of Company Common Stock owned by Parent or Purchaser or by any wholly owned
Subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist and no consideration shall be
delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Company Common Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (x) shares
to be cancelled in accordance with Section 3.1(b) and
(y) Dissenting Shares) shall be automatically converted into the right to
receive an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the Offer Price per share
(the Merger Consideration). As
of the Effective Time, all such shares of Company Common Stock, when converted
as provided in this Section 3.1(c), shall no longer be outstanding
and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each holder
of a certificate (each, a Certificate and collectively, the Certificates)
or book-entry share (each, a Book-Entry Share and collectively, the Book-Entry
Shares) representing any such shares of Company Common Stock shall cease
to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger
Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share in
accordance with Section 3.2.
(d) The Merger Consideration shall be
adjusted appropriately to reflect the effect of any stock split, reverse stock
split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities
convertible into Company Common Stock), cash dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other
like change with respect to the Company Common Stock occurring on or after the
date hereof and prior to the Effective Time.
3.2 Exchange of
Certificates.
The procedures for exchanging outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock for the Merger Consideration are as follows:
(a) Paying Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall
(i) designate, or cause to be designated, a bank or trust company that is
reasonably acceptable to Company (the Paying Agent) and
(ii) enter into a paying agent agreement, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Company, with such Paying Agent to act as agent for the payment
of the Merger Consideration. Promptly
after the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with
the Paying Agent funds in an amount sufficient to make the payments
contemplated by Section 3.1 in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Section 3.2(b) (such funds, the
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Exchange Fund). In the
event the Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to make all such payments, Parent
shall promptly deposit, or cause to be deposited, additional funds with the
Paying Agent in an amount that is equal to the deficiency in the amount of
funds required to make such payments.
The Paying Agent shall make payments of the aggregate Merger Consideration
out of the Exchange Fund in accordance with this Agreement. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any
other purpose.
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as reasonably practicable after the
Effective Time, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying
Agent to promptly mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry
Shares which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock whose shares were converted pursuant to Section 3.1(c) into
the right to receive the Merger Consideration, (i) a letter of transmittal
(which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and
title to the Certificates, shall pass only upon delivery of the Certificates
(or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof pursuant to Section 3.2(h) hereof)
to the Paying Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as
Parent and Company may mutually agree or the Paying Agent may reasonably
specify), and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger
Consideration. Upon surrender of a
Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, for cancellation to the Paying
Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly completed and validly
executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents
as may reasonably be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such
Certificate or such Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange
therefor cash equal to the Merger Consideration payable in respect of the
shares of Company Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate or
such Book-Entry Share, and the Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered
shall immediately be cancelled. In the
event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock which is not
registered in the transfer records of Company, payment may be made to a Person
other than the Person in whose name the Certificate or Book-Entry Share so
surrendered is registered, if such Certificate or such Book-Entry Share is
presented to the Paying Agent, accompanied by all documents reasonably required
to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence that any applicable stock
transfer taxes have been paid. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.2, each Certificate
or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, shall be deemed at any time after the
Effective Time to represent only the right to receive, upon such surrender the
Merger Consideration. No interest shall
be paid or accrue on any cash payable upon surrender of any Certificate or
Book-Entry Share.
(c) No Further Ownership Rights in Company
Common Stock. The Merger Consideration
delivered upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates (or affidavit of loss
in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, in accordance with the
terms hereof shall be deemed to have been delivered (and paid) in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock,
and from and after the Effective Time the stock transfer books of Company shall
be closed and thereafter, there shall be no further registration of transfers
on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of
Company Common Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time. If, after the Effective Time,
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation or
the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as
provided in this Article III.
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(d) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains
undistributed to the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares six
(6) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, upon
demand, and any holder of a Certificate or a Book-Entry Share who has not
previously complied with this Section 3.2 prior to the end of such
six (6) month period shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of
its claim for the Merger Consideration.
(e) No Liability. To the extent permitted by applicable Law,
none of Parent, Purchaser, Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying
Agent or any of their respective Affiliates shall be liable to any Person in
respect of Merger Consideration properly delivered to a public official
pursuant to the requirements of any applicable abandoned property, escheat or
similar Law.
(f) Investment of Exchange Fund. The Paying Agent shall invest any cash
included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by Parent; provided, however,
that such investments shall be in obligations of or guaranteed by the U.S. or
any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit
of the U.S., in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poors Corporation,
respectively, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or
bankers acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion
(based on the most recent financial statements of such bank that are then
publicly available); provided, further, however, that no
gain or loss thereon or income or loss generated thereby shall affect the
amounts payable by Parent and Purchaser to Company Stockholders pursuant to
this Article III. Any net profit
resulting from, or interest or income produced by, such investments, shall be
placed in the Exchange Fund and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable to
Company Stockholders shall be payable to Parent.
(g) Withholding Rights. Each of Parent, the Surviving Corporation and
the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger
Consideration, or consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to
any holder of a Certificate, a Book-Entry Share or a Company Stock Option, as
the case may be, such amounts as it reasonably determines that it is required
to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the
Code, or any other applicable provision of Law.
To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid to the appropriate
Governmental Authority by the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the Paying
Agent, as the case may be, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated
for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Certificate,
Book-Entry Share, or Company Stock Option, as applicable, in respect of which
such deduction and withholding was made by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or
the Paying Agent, as the case may be.
(h) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by
the Surviving Corporation or the Payment Agent the posting by such Person of a bond
in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate,
the Paying Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate, the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant
to this Agreement.
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3.3 Appraisal Rights.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, any shares (the Dissenting Shares) of
Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and that are held by Company Stockholders who, in accordance
with Section 262 of the DGCL (the Appraisal Rights Provisions),
(i) have not voted in favor of adopting this Agreement, (ii) shall
have demanded properly in writing appraisal for such shares, (iii) have
otherwise complied in all respects with the Appraisal Rights Provisions, and
(iv) have not effectively withdrawn, lost or failed to perfect their rights
to appraisal (the Dissenting Stockholders), will not be converted into
the Merger Consideration, but at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, shall be cancelled
and shall cease to exist and shall represent the right to receive only those
rights provided under the Appraisal Rights Provisions; provided, however,
that all shares of Company Common Stock held by Company Stockholders who shall
have failed to perfect or who effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their
rights to appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock under the Appraisal
Rights Provisions shall thereupon be deemed to have been cancelled and to have
been converted, as of the Effective Time, into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration relating thereto, without interest, in the manner provided in Sections 3.1
and 3.2.
(b) Company shall give Parent and Purchaser
prompt notice of any demands received by Company for the exercise of appraisal
rights with respect to shares of Company Common Stock, and Parent shall have
the right to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to
such demands subject, prior to the Effective Time, to consultation with
Company. Company shall not, except with
the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any
such demands.
3.4 Treatment of Options,
SARs, Restricted Stock and other Equity Awards.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 3.4(a) or
in Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, on the
Acceptance Date and without any action on the part of the holders thereof,
Parent shall cause each Company Stock Option, Company SAR, Company RSU and
other equity-based award granted under the Company Specified Plans and
denominated in shares of Company Common Stock that is not a Company Restricted
Stock Award (each such award, a Company Specified Plan Award) that is
outstanding as of immediately prior to the Acceptance Date, whether or not then
vested or exercisable, to be assumed by Parent and converted automatically on
the Acceptance Date into an option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock
unit award or other equity-based award, as the case may be, denominated in shares
of Parent Common Stock and which will have the same terms and conditions as
those of the related Company Specified Plan Award except that (i) the
number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each such award shall be
determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject
to such Company Specified Plan Award as of immediately prior to the Acceptance
Date by a fraction (the Specified Award Exchange Ratio), the numerator
of which is the Offer Price and the denominator of which is the closing price
of Parent Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on the Acceptance
Date (rounded
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down to the nearest whole share) and (ii) if applicable, the
exercise or purchase price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded upwards to
the nearest whole cent) shall equal (x) the per share exercise or purchase
price for the shares of Company Common Stock otherwise purchasable pursuant to
such Company Specified Plan Award as of immediately prior to the Acceptance
Date divided by (y) the Specified Award Exchange Ratio; provided, however,
that in no case shall the exchange of a Company Stock Option be performed in a
manner that is not in compliance with the adjustment requirements of Section 409A
of the Code; provided, further, that in the case of any assumed
Company Stock Option to which Section 421 of the Code applies by reason of
its qualification under Section 422 of the Code, the per share exercise
price of the option, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to
such option and the terms and conditions of exercise of such option shall be
determined in order to comply with Section 424 of the Code and satisfy the
requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.424-1. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, unless determined otherwise by Parent and notice is provided to
the Company at least twenty (20) days prior to the Acceptance Date, each
Company Specified Plan Award that is held by a person who is not an employee
of, or a consultant to, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as of the
Acceptance Date (the Cashed Out Specified Plan Awards) shall not be
assumed by Parent pursuant to this Section 3.4 and shall, as of
immediately prior to the Acceptance Date, be cancelled, extinguished and
automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to
the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of
Company Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise or settlement of such
Cashed Out Specified Plan Award immediately prior to the Acceptance Date and
(y) the Offer Price less any per share exercise price of such Cashed Out
Specified Plan Award. In the event any
Cashed Out Specified Plan Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code,
the payment of the amount of cash with respect thereto shall be delayed to the
extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
(b) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.4(b) or
in Section 3.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, at the
Effective Time and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, the
Surviving Corporation shall cause each Company Stock Option, Company SAR,
Company RSU and other equity-based award granted under any Company Stock Option
Plan other than the Company Specified Plans (each, a Company Remaining Plan)
and denominated in shares of Company Common Stock that is not a Company
Restricted Stock Award (each such award, a Company Remaining Plan Award,
and any such award or any Company Specified Plan Award being referred to herein
as a Company Compensatory Award) that is outstanding as of immediately
prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then vested or exercisable, to be
assumed by Parent and converted automatically at the Effective Time into an
option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock unit award or other
equity-based award, as the case may be, denominated in shares of Parent Common
Stock and which will have the same terms and conditions as those of the related
Company Remaining Plan Award except that (i) the number of shares of
Parent Common Stock subject to each such award shall be determined by
multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such
Company Remaining Plan Award as of immediately prior to the Effective Time by a
fraction (the Remaining Plan Award Exchange Ratio), the numerator of
which is the per share Merger Consideration and the denominator of which is the
average closing price of Parent Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market
for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the Closing Date
(rounded down to the nearest whole share) and (ii) if applicable, the
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exercise or purchase price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded
upwards to the nearest whole cent) shall equal (x) the per share exercise
or purchase price for the shares of Company Common Stock otherwise purchasable
pursuant to such Company Remaining Plan Award as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time divided by (y) the Remaining Plan Award Exchange Ratio; provided,
however, that in no case shall the exchange of a Company Stock Option be
performed in a manner that is not in compliance with the adjustment
requirements of Section 409A of the Code; provided, further,
that in the case of any assumed Company Stock Option to which Section 421
of the Code applies by reason of its qualification under Section 422 of
the Code, the per share exercise price of the option, the number of shares of
Parent Common Stock subject to such option and the terms and conditions of
exercise of such option shall be determined in order to comply with
Section 424 of the Code and satisfy the requirements of
Section 424(a) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.424-1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless
determined otherwise by Parent and notice is provided to the Company at least
twenty (20) days prior to the Effective Time, each Company Remaining Plan Award
that is held by a person who is not an employee of, or a consultant to, the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as of the Effective Time (the Cashed
Out Remaining Plan Awards, and together with the Cashed Out Specified Plan
Awards, Cashed Out Compensatory Awards) shall not be assumed by Parent
pursuant to this Section 3.4 and shall, as of immediately prior to
the Effective Time, be cancelled, extinguished and automatically converted into
the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock
that were issuable upon exercise or settlement of such Cashed Out Remaining
Plan Award immediately prior to the Effective Time and (y) the per share
Merger Consideration less any per share exercise price of such Cashed Out
Remaining Plan Award. In the event any
Cashed Out Remaining Plan Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code,
the payment of the amount of cash with respect thereto shall be delayed to the
extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
(c) At the Effective Time by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, each Company
Restricted Stock Award shall automatically be cancelled, and each share of
Company Common Stock subject to a Company Restricted Stock Award shall be
converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the per share
Merger Consideration (Unvested Cash), which shall be subject to, and
payable to the holder of such Company Restricted Stock Award, in accordance
with the vesting schedule applicable to such Company Restricted Stock Award as
in effect immediately prior to Effective Time.
(d) Parent shall take such actions as are
necessary for the assumption and conversion of the Company Compensatory Awards
pursuant to this Section 3.4 including the reservation, issuance
and listing of Parent Common Stock as is necessary to effectuate the
transactions contemplated by this Section 3.4. As soon as reasonably practicable after the
Acceptance Date (with respect to any holder of a Company Specified Plan Award)
or the Effective Time (with respect to any holder of a Company Specified Plan
Award), Parent shall deliver to each holder of any such Company Compensatory
Award an appropriate notice setting forth such holders rights pursuant to such
Company Compensatory Award. Parent shall (i) prepare and file with the SEC
a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the shares of Parent
Common Stock issuable upon exercise or vesting of the assumed Company Specified
Plan Awards promptly following the Acceptance Date (and in no event later than
five (5) Business
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Days thereafter) and (ii) prepare and file with the SEC a
registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the shares of Parent
Common Stock issuable upon exercise or vesting of the assumed Company Remaining
Plan Awards promptly following the Effective Time (and in no event later than
five (5) Business Days thereafter), and, with respect to each of clause
(i) and (ii), shall maintain the effectiveness of each such registration
statement thereafter for so long as any such Company Compensatory Awards remain
outstanding.
(e) Prior to the Acceptance Date, the 2006
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP) shall be terminated. The rights of participants in the ESPP with
respect to any offering period then underway under the ESPP shall be determined
by treating a Business Day to be determined by Company that is prior to the
Acceptance Date as the last day of such offering period and by making such
other pro-rata adjustments as may be necessary to reflect the shortened
offering period but otherwise treating such shortened offering period as a
fully effective and completed offering period for all purposes under such
ESPP. Prior to the Acceptance Date, the
Company shall take all actions (including, if appropriate, amending the terms
of such the ESPP) that are necessary to give effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Section 3.4(e).
(f) Subject to Parents compliance with the
preceding provisions of this Section 3.4, the parties agree that,
(i) following the Acceptance Date no holder of a Company Specified Plan
Award or any participant in any Company Specified Plan shall have any right
hereunder to acquire any Equity Interest (including any phantom stock or stock
appreciation rights) in the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving
Corporation, and (ii) following the Effective Time, no holder of a Company
Remaining Plan Award or any participant in any Company Remaining Plan, or other
Company Plan or employee benefit arrangement of the Company or under any
employment agreement shall have any right hereunder to acquire any Equity
Interest (including any phantom stock or stock appreciation rights) in the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation.
3.5 Additional Benefits
Matters.
Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to
effect the transactions described in Section 3.4(a) and Section 3.4(c) pursuant
to the terms of the applicable Company Stock Option Plans and agreements evidencing
the Company Stock Options, Company SARs, Company RSUs and Company Restricted
Stock Awards. All amounts payable
pursuant to Section 3.4(a) shall be paid without interest, and
no Unvested Cash or rights to receive any payments (or any payment) pursuant to
Section 3.4(a) or Section 3.4(b) may be
pledged, encumbered, sold, assigned or transferred (including any transfer by
operation of law), by any Person, other than Parent, or be taken or reached by
any legal or equitable process in satisfaction of any liability of such Person,
prior to the distribution to such Person of such payment pursuant to Section 3.4(a) or
Section 3.4(b) in accordance with this Agreement. Any payments made pursuant to Section 3.4(a) or
Section 3.4(b) shall be net of all applicable withholding
taxes that Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, as the case
may be, shall be required or otherwise permitted by applicable law to deduct
and withhold from the relevant Cashed Out Compensatory Award or Unvested Cash
under the Code, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any
provision of applicable state, local or foreign law. To the extent that amounts
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are so withheld by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying
Agent, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid to the holder of the Cashed Out Compensatory Award or Unvested
Cash in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
PURCHASER
Parent and Purchaser hereby jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Company as follows:
4.1 Corporate Organization.
(a) Parent is a Delaware corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in corporate good standing under the laws of
Delaware. Purchaser is a Delaware
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in corporate good standing
under the laws of Delaware.
(b) Purchaser was formed solely for the
purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. All of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of Purchaser is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and is
owned, beneficially and of record, by Parent, free and clear of any
Encumbrance. Except for obligations and
liabilities incurred in connection with its incorporation and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser has not and will not have incurred,
directly or indirectly, any obligations or liabilities or engaged in any
business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any
agreements or arrangements with any Person that would impair in any material
respect the ability of Parent or Purchaser to perform its respective obligations
under this Agreement or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.2 Authority.
Each of Parent and Purchaser has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and perform its obligations
hereunder. The adoption, execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the approval of the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been recommended by, and are duly
and validly authorized by all necessary action of, each of Parent and
Purchaser. Except for the filing of the
Certificate of Merger, no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or
Purchaser are necessary to authorize the adoption, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or to consummate each of the Offer, the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
Parent and Purchaser, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by Company), constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Parent and
Purchaser, enforceable against Parent and Purchaser in accordance with its
terms.
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4.3 Consents and Approvals.
Except (a) for filings, permits, authorizations,
consents, and approvals and for the termination or expiration, as applicable,
of any applicable waiting periods, as may be required under, and other
applicable requirements of, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the HSR Act
and the Antitrust Laws, and state or foreign securities or state Blue Sky
laws, (b) for filing of the Certificate of Merger, and (c) as
otherwise set forth in Section 4.3 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule,
none of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Parent and
Purchaser, the consummation by Parent and Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, or compliance by
Parent and Purchaser with any of the provisions hereof will (i) conflict
with or result in any breach of any provision of the organizational documents
of Parent or Purchaser, (ii) require either Parent or Purchaser to make
any filing with, give any notice to, or obtain any permit, authorization,
consent, or approval of, any Governmental Authority, (iii) result in a
violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation
or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note,
bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or other
instrument or obligation to which Parent and Purchaser, as the case may be, is
a party or by which it or any of their respective properties or assets may be
bound, or (iv) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute,
rule or regulation applicable to Parent and Purchaser or any of their
respective properties or assets, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii),
(iii) and (iv) such filings, notices, permits, authorizations,
consents, approvals, violations, breaches or defaults that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Brokers Fees.
Neither Parent nor Purchaser nor any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents has employed any broker,
finder or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any fees or
commissions in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement except for fees and commissions incurred in connection with the
engagement of Goldman Sachs & Co., and for legal, accounting and other
professional fees payable in connection with the Merger, all of which will be
paid by Parent.
4.5 Legal Proceedings.
There is no claim, suit, action, proceeding or
investigation of any nature pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened,
against Parent, Purchaser or any Subsidiary of Parent challenging the validity
or propriety of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which, if
adversely determined, would, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Available Funds.
Parent has, and at each of the Acceptance Date and the
date of the Effective Time will have, sufficient cash, available lines of
credit or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to pay the
aggregate Offer Price and the aggregate Merger Consideration in full as well as
to make all other required payments payable in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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4.7 Certain Compensation Arrangements.
The parties acknowledge
that certain payments have been made or are to be made and certain benefits
have been granted or are to be granted according to certain employment
compensation, severance and other employee benefit plan(s) to which Parent
is a party (the Parent Arrangement(s)) to certain Company Stockholders
and holders of other securities of Company (the Covered Securityholders). Parent hereby represents and warrants that
all such amounts payable under Parent Arrangement(s) (i) are being
paid or granted as compensation for future services to be performed, or future
services to be refrained from performing, by the Covered Securityholders (and
matters incidental thereto) and (ii) were not, and are not calculated
based on the number of shares tendered or to be tendered into the Offer by the
applicable Covered Securityholder.
Parent also hereby represents and warrants that (i) the adoption,
approval, amendment or modification of each Parent Arrangement since the
discussions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby between Company
and Parent began has been or will be approved as an employment compensation,
severance or other employee benefit arrangement solely by independent directors
of Parent in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under
the Exchange Act and the instructions thereto, and (ii) the safe harbor
provided pursuant to Rule 14d-10(d)(2) is otherwise applicable
thereto as a result of the taking of all necessary actions by the Parent Board,
or the Executive Compensation Committee thereof, to cause such safe harbor to
be applicable to such Parent Arrangements.
A true and complete copy of any resolutions of the Parent Board, or the
Executive Compensation Committee thereof, reflecting any approvals and actions
referred to in the preceding sentence to the extent taken prior to the date of
this Agreement will be provided to the Company within five (5) Business
Days following the execution of this Agreement.
4.8 Offer Documents; Proxy Statement;
Parent Information.
(a) The Offer Documents will comply in
all material respects with the provisions of applicable federal securities laws
and, on the date filed with the SEC and on the date first published, sent or
given to the Company Stockholders, shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no
representation is made by Parent or Purchaser with respect to information
supplied by Company in writing for inclusion in the Offer Documents.
(b) The information relating to Parent,
Purchaser and their respective Affiliates to be contained in the Proxy
Statement (where and to the extent required by applicable Laws to consummate
the Merger), and any other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the
Merger, will not, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company
Stockholders or at the time of the Special Meeting, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not false
or misleading at the time and in light of the circumstances under which such
statement is made.
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4.9 No Other Representations or Warranties.
(a) Except for the representations and
warranties contained in this Article IV, none of Parent, Purchaser or any
other Person on behalf of Parent or Purchaser makes any express or implied
representation or warranty with respect to Parent or Purchaser or with respect
to any other information provided to Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby. None
of Parent or Purchaser or any other Person on behalf of Parent or Purchaser
shall be held liable for damage, liability or loss resulting from the
distribution to Company, or Companys use of, any such information, including
any information, documents, projections, forecasts or other material made
available to Company in expectation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, unless any such information is expressly included in a
representation or warranty contained in this Article IV.
ARTICLE
V -
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
Except as set forth in the
disclosure schedules delivered concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement to Parent and Purchaser (the Company Disclosure Schedule),
which schedules shall identify any exceptions to the representations,
warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement (with reference to the
particular Section to which such information relates; provided that
an item disclosed in any Section shall be deemed to have been disclosed
for each other Section of this Agreement to the extent the relevance of
such disclosure to such other Section of this Agreement is reasonably
apparent), Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Purchaser as
follows:
5.1 Corporate Organization.
(a) Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in corporate good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware. Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate all of its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. Company is duly licensed or
qualified to do business and is in corporate good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or
location of the properties and assets owned, leased or operated by it makes
such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
licensed or qualified and in corporate good standing has not had, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Certificate of Incorporation and the
Bylaws of Company, copies of which have previously been made available to
Parent and Purchaser, are true, correct, and complete copies of such documents
as currently in effect.
(b) Section 5.1(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name and jurisdiction of
organization of each Subsidiary of Company.
Each of Companys Subsidiaries is duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each of Companys Subsidiaries has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate all of its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. Each of Companys
Subsidiaries is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction
in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or
location of the properties and assets owned, leased, or operated by it makes
such licensing or qualification necessary and, if applicable, is in corporate
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except
where the failure to be so licensed or qualified and in good standing has not
had, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c) The articles or certificate of
incorporation and bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of each of
Companys Subsidiaries, copies of which have previously been made available to
Parent and Purchaser, are true, correct, and complete copies of such documents
as currently in effect.
5.2 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of
Company consists of 250,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (the Company
Preferred Stock). At the close of
business on September 11, 2009, there were 77,250,058 shares of Company
Common Stock and no shares of Company Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding. At the close of business on
September 11, there were 245,495 shares of Company Common Stock were
subject to issuance pursuant the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase
Company Common Stock. Company has no
shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock reserved for issuance
other than as described above, as described in Section 5.2(b) below
or as reserved for issuance under the ESPP.
All issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been, and
all shares of Company Common Stock which may be issued pursuant to the exercise
of outstanding Company Stock Options will be when issued in accordance with the
terms thereof, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and
free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership
thereof except as required by Law. There
are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having general voting
rights, or convertible into securities having such rights (Voting Debt),
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries issued and outstanding. Except for the Company Stock Option Plans and
outstanding awards issued thereunder, the ESPP or as reflected in Section 5.2(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, Company does not have and is not bound by any
outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments, rights
agreements or agreements of any character calling for Company to issue, deliver
or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold any shares of Company Common
Stock or Company Preferred Stock or any other Equity Interest or Voting Debt of
Company or any Subsidiary of Company or any securities convertible into,
exchangeable for or representing the right to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise receive any shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock
or any other Equity Interest or Voting Debt of Company or any Subsidiary of
Company or obligating Company or any such Subsidiary to grant, extend or enter
into any such subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments, rights
agreements or any other similar agreements.
(b) Except with respect to Company
Restricted Stock Awards, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of
Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock
of, or other equity interests or Voting Debt in, Company or to provide funds
to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in, any Subsidiary of Company.
Except with respect to Company Restricted Stock Awards, there are no
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding that are subject to vesting over
time or upon the satisfaction of any condition precedent, or which are
otherwise subject to any right or obligation of repurchase or redemption on the
part of Company. No Subsidiary of Company
owns any shares of Company Common Stock.
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(c) As of September 11, 2009, there
were 2,975,965 shares of Company Common Stock reserved and available for grant
under the Company Stock Option Plans. As
of September 11, 2009, Company had outstanding Company Stock Options to
purchase 11,088,592 shares of Company Common Stock, 172,500 shares of Company
Common Stock subject to Company SARs, 2,599,164 shares of Company Common Stock
subject to Company RSUs and 23,560 shares of Company Common Stock subject to
Company Restricted Stock Awards were outstanding and granted under, Company
Stock Option Plans, and in addition, as of September 11, 2009, Company had
1,526,695 shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
ESPP. All of such Company Stock Options,
Company SARs, Company RSUs and Company Restricted Stock Awards have been
granted to service providers of Company and its Subsidiaries (or any
predecessor company) pursuant to the Company Stock Option Plans. Section 5.2(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete list
of each outstanding Company Stock Option, Company SAR, Company RSUs and Company
Restricted Stock Award as of September 11, 2009 and (i) the name of
each holder thereof, (ii) the date of grant, (iii) the portion which
is vested as of such date, (iv) the vesting schedule of such Company Stock
Option, Company SAR, Company RSU or Company Restricted Stock Award, (v) the
exercise or purchase price thereof, if applicable (vi) the Company Stock
Option Plan under which such Company Stock Option, Company SAR, Company RSU or
Company Restricted Stock Award, as the case may be, was granted, (vii) with
respect to a Company Stock Option, the expiration date of such Company Stock
Option, (viii) with respect to a Company Stock Option, whether such
Company Stock Option is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and (ix) with respect
to a Company RSU, whether such Company RSU is subject to Section 409A of
the Code.
(d) All outstanding shares of capital
stock of, or other Equity Interests in, each Subsidiary of Company set forth in
Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule have
been validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly
by Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances.
Other than the Subsidiaries of Company set forth in Section 5.1(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, Company does not directly or indirectly own
any Equity Interests in any other Person except for non-controlling investments
made in the ordinary course of business.
(e) There are no voting trusts or other
agreements to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with respect
to the voting of any shares of Company Common Stock or any capital stock of, or
other equity interest of Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has granted any preemptive rights, anti-dilutive rights or rights of first
refusal or similar rights with respect to its shares of capital stock that are
in effect.
5.3 Authority. Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and perform its obligations hereunder subject
to obtaining the approval of the Company Stockholders to adopt this
Agreement. The adoption, execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the approval of the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
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authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
Company are necessary to authorize the adoption, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, except for the adoption of this Agreement by the Company Stockholders
and the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of the State of
Delaware. As of the date hereof, the
Company Board has unanimously (i) determined and declared that this
Agreement advisable, (ii) approved this Agreement in accordance with the
DGCL, (iii) recommended that the Company Stockholders accept the Offer,
tender their shares of Company Common Stock into the Offer, and if required by
applicable Law, adopt this Agreement and (iv) determined that each member
of the Company Compensation Committee approving any plan, program, agreement,
arrangement, payment or benefit as an Employment Compensation Arrangement in
order to satisfy the non-exclusive safe harbor under Rule 14d-10(d)(2) is
an independent director within the meaning of Rule 5605(a)(2) of
the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Company and
(assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Purchaser)
constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Company, enforceable against
Company in accordance with its terms.
5.4 No Violation; Required Filings and Consents.
Assuming the
adoption of this Agreement by the Company Stockholders and except (a) for
filings, permits, authorizations, consents, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and approvals as may be required under, and other
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the HSR Act
and the Antitrust Laws, and state and foreign securities or state Blue Sky
laws, (b) for filing of the Certificate of Merger, and (c) as
otherwise set forth in Section 5.4 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, none of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by
Company, the consummation by Company of the transactions contemplated hereby,
or compliance by Company with any of the provisions hereof will (i) conflict
with or result in any breach of any provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of Company, (ii) require Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to make any filing with, give any notice to, or obtain any permit,
authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority, (iii) result
in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse
of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination,
modification, cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of any Company Material Contract, or (iv) violate any order,
writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to
Company or any of its properties or assets, excluding from the foregoing
clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) such filings, notices, permits,
authorizations, consents, approvals, violations, breaches, defaults or rights
of termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration or such violations
of any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation that,
would not, individually or in the aggregate, (A) reasonably be expected to
prevent the consummation of the Offer and the Merger or (B) reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
5.5 Financial Statements.
Each
of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any notes
thereto) (the Company Financial Statements) contained in the Company
SEC Reports, (i) has
been prepared from and in accordance with the books and records of Company and
its Subsidiaries in
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all material respects, (ii) has
been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP) applied (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and,
in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q
under the Exchange Act) on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), and (iii) each presents
fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position,
stockholders equity, results of operations and cash flows of Company and the
consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the
respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that have not been and
will not be, individually or in the aggregate, material in magnitude). The balance sheet of the Company dated as of June 30,
2009 contained in the Company SEC Report filed with the SEC on August 6,
2009 is hereinafter referred to as the Company Balance Sheet. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing or of any representation made in Section 5.9, (i) Ernst &
Young LLP has not resigned or been dismissed as independent public accountant
of Company as a result of or in connection with any disagreement with Company
on a matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement
disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, (ii) no executive officer of
Company has failed in any respect to make, without qualification, the certifications
required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
with respect to any form, report or schedule filed by Company with the SEC
since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and (iii) no enforcement
action has been initiated or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened against
Company by the SEC relating to disclosures contained in any Company SEC Report.
5.6 Brokers Fees.
Neither
Company nor any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents has employed
any broker, finder or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any fees
or commissions in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including the Offer and the Merger), except for fees and commissions
incurred in connection with the engagement of Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated (the Companys Financial Advisor) and for legal,
accounting and other professional fees payable in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, all of which will be payable by Company. True, correct and complete copies of all
agreements between Company and the Companys Financial Advisor concerning this
Agreement and the Transaction, including any fee arrangements, have been
previously made available to Parent.
5.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth on the face of the Company SEC Reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC after January 1, 2008 and prior to the date of this Agreement (but
excluding any risk factors or forward-looking statements contained therein), (a) on
the date of the Company Balance Sheet there did not exist a Company Material
Adverse Effect, and (b) since the date of the Company Balance Sheet
through the date of this Agreement (i) Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have conducted its respective business in all material respects in
the ordinary course consistent with their past practices, (ii) there has
not been any change, circumstance or event which has had, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) no
action has been taken by Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, if taken
during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Acceptance Date,
would, unless consented to by Parent, constitute a breach of clauses (a) (r)
(other than clauses (b), (c), (f), (q) and (r)) of Section 6.1.
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5.8 Legal Proceedings.
As of
the date of this Agreement, (a) there is no suit, claim, action,
arbitration, investigation of a Governmental Authority, alternative dispute
resolution action or any other judicial, administrative or arbitral proceeding
pending or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened against Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any executive officer or director of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (in their capacity as such), and (b) neither Company nor any
Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of Company, any executive officer or director
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (in their capacity as such), is subject
to any outstanding order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree of any
Governmental Authority, which, in the case of (a) or (b), (i) would,
individually or in the aggregate, (A) reasonably be expected to prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, or (B) otherwise
prevent or materially delay performance by Company of any of its material
obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) has or would reasonably be
expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in the imposition of any
material liability upon Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the imposition of
any material restriction on the operation of the business of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
5.9 Reports.
(a) Since January 1, 2007 Company
has filed or furnished (as applicable) all forms, reports, registrations,
schedules, statements and other documents, together with any amendments
required to be made with respect thereto, that were and are required to be
filed or furnished (as applicable) under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act
(together with all certifications required pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)) (such documents and any other
documents filed by Company with the SEC, as have been amended since the time of
their filing, collectively, the Company SEC Reports). As of their respective effective dates (in
the case of the Company SEC Reports that are registration statements filed
pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and as of their respective
SEC filing dates (in the case of all other Company SEC Reports), or in each
case, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such
amendment, the Company SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as the case
may be, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the SEC thereunder and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. None of
Companys Subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any forms, reports,
registrations, schedules, statements or other documents with the SEC. As of the date of this Agreement, Company has
made available to Parent and Purchaser true, correct, and complete copies of
all amendments and modifications that have not been filed by Company with the
SEC to all agreements, documents and other instruments that previously had been
filed by Company with the SEC and are currently in effect.
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(b) Company and its Subsidiaries maintain
a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) sufficient
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting. Company and its Subsidiaries (i) maintain
a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
managements general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability;
and (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements
general or specific authorization; and (ii) have implemented and maintain
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that material
information relating to Company, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is
made known to the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of
Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure, and (iii) has disclosed, based on
its most recent evaluation prior to the date hereof, to Companys outside
auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board, (A) any significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses of which Company has knowledge in the
design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting that are
reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Companys ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and (B) any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in Companys internal control over financial reporting.
(c) Except as previously disclosed by Company
to Parent, since January 1, 2007, to Companys knowledge, no Key Employee
or member of the Company Board has received or otherwise had or obtained
knowledge of any substantive complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether
written or oral, of the violation or possible violation of any applicable Laws
of the type described in Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.10 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except
as set forth on the face of the Company SEC Reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC after January 1, 2008 and prior to the date of this Agreement (but
excluding any risk factors or forward-looking statements contained therein),
since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, except for those liabilities that
are reflected or reserved against on the Company Financial Statements,
liabilities or obligations under this Agreement or incurred in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby and for liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, neither Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation or liability (contingent or
otherwise) of a nature required by GAAP to be disclosed on a consolidated
balance sheet of Company, including the notes thereto, that, either alone or
when combined with all similar liabilities, either has had, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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5.11 Permits; Compliance with Applicable Laws and Reporting
Requirements.
Company
and its Subsidiaries hold all permits, licenses, variances, authorizations,
exemptions, orders, registrations and approvals of all Governmental Authorities
which are required for the operation of their respective businesses in all
material respects (the Company Permits), each of the Company Permits
is in full force and effect, and Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in
material compliance with the terms of the Company Permits. Company and its Subsidiaries are and have at
all times since January 1, 2005 been, in material compliance with all
applicable Laws (including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the USA PATRIOT
Act of 2001). To the knowledge of
Company, neither Company not any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their
respective directors, officers, agents, employees or any other Persons acting
with or on their behalf has, (i) violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq., or any other similar applicable Law, (ii) made,
promised or provided, or caused to be made, promised or provided, directly or
indirectly, any payment or thing of value to a foreign or domestic official,
foreign or domestic political party, candidate for office, official of any
public international organization or official of any state-owned entity or any
other person, for the purpose of influencing a decision, inducing an official
to violate their lawful duty, securing any improper advantage, or inducing a
foreign or domestic official to use their influence to affect a governmental
decision, (iii) paid, accepted or received any unlawful contributions,
payments, expenditures, entertainment or gifts, or (iv) violated or
operated in noncompliance with any money laundering law, anti-terrorism law or
regulation, anti-boycott regulations or embargo regulations. The representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 5.11 are not being made with respect to compliance with
privacy and security laws, which matters are addressed in Section 5.22.
5.12 Taxes and Tax Returns.
(a) Each of Company and its Subsidiaries
has (i) timely filed (or has caused to be timely filed on its behalf)
(after taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all
material Tax Returns required to be filed by it; and (ii) timely paid (or
has caused to be timely paid on its behalf) all material Taxes required to have
been paid by it, except for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established
in accordance with GAAP. All such Tax
Returns were correct and complete is all material respects and were prepared in
substantial compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The most recent financial statements
contained in the Company SEC Reports reflect an adequate reserve (excluding any
reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between
book and Tax income) for all Taxes payable by Company and its Subsidiaries for
all taxable periods and portions thereof through the date of such financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, whether or not shown as being due on any
Tax Returns. Since the date of the most
recent Company SEC Report, neither Company nor any Subsidiary of Company has
incurred any material liability for Taxes outside the ordinary course of
business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice. No
deficiencies for any material amount of Taxes have been proposed, asserted or
assessed against Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, and
no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such material Taxes are
pending. Neither Company no any of its
Subsidiaries has granted any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations
period applicable to any material Tax Return, which period (after giving effect
to such extension or waiver) has not yet expired.
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(b) As
of the date hereof, no examination or audit of any material Tax Return of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any administrative or judicial proceeding
in respect of any material amount of Tax is currently in progress or, to
Companys knowledge, threatened.
(c) No
claim has ever been made in writing at any time in the past five years by an
authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any Subsidiary does not file
Tax Returns that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to
taxation by that jurisdiction.
(d) Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is or has ever been a member of a group
of corporations with which it has filed (or been required to file)
consolidated, affiliated, combined or unitary Tax Returns, other than a group
the common parent of which was Company, (ii) is a party to or bound by any Tax
indemnity, Tax sharing or Tax allocation agreement, or (iii) has liability for
Taxes of any other Person (other than Company and its Subsidiaries) under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local,
or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(e) Each
of Company and its Subsidiaries has timely withheld and paid all material Taxes
required to have been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or
owing to any Company Personnel, creditor, depositor, stockholder, or other
third party, and has complied in all material respects with any applicable
information reporting, filing or similar requirements with respect to any such
payments.
(f) Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any reportable
transaction within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1) or
any other transaction requiring disclosure under analogous provisions of state,
local or foreign Tax Law.
(g) During
the five-year period ending on the date hereof, neither Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries was a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in
a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.
(h) Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is or was a surrogate foreign
corporation within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or is
treated as a U.S. corporation under Section 7874(b) of the Code; or (ii) was
created or organized in the U.S. such that such entity would be taxable in the
U.S. as a domestic entity pursuant to Treasury regulations Section 301.7701-5(a)..
5.13 Employee
Benefit Programs.
(a) Section
5.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a correct and complete
list identifying each Company Plan, other than Foreign Plans (as defined in Section
5.13(j)) set forth in Section 5.13(j) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. Company Plan means
each employee pension benefit plan (the Company Pension Plans), as
such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, employee welfare benefit plan,
as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, and each stock option plan,
restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan, deferred compensation plan, bonus
or incentive plan, each material employment, consulting, severance or other
similar contract, arrangement or policy (it being understood that any contract,
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arrangement or policy providing for severance or the
accelerated vesting of equity awards shall be disclosed hereunder without
respect to materiality), and each other plan, arrangement (written or oral),
program, agreement or commitment providing workers compensation, disability
benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacation benefits, or accident
benefits (including any voluntary employees beneficiary association as
defined in Section 501(c)(9) of the Code providing for the same or other
benefits) which is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate and covers any employee or former employee of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA
has or may reasonably be expected to have any material liability.
(b) Company
has made available to Parent complete and accurate copies of each of the
following with respect to each Company Plan:
(i) current plan document and any amendments thereto and, if such
Company Plan is not in writing, a description of the material terms of such
Company Plan; (ii) current trust agreement or insurance contract (including any
fiduciary liability policy or fidelity bond), if any; (iii) most recent IRS
determination or opinion letter, if any; (iv) the three most recent annual reports
on Form 5500; (v) the two most recent financial and/or actuarial reports, if
any; and (vi) summary plan description, any summary of material modifications
thereto, and any material employee communications.
(c) Each
of the Company Plans, which are maintained or contributed to by Company or any
ERISA Affiliate, has been and is administered in material compliance with its
terms and has been and is in material compliance with the applicable provisions
of ERISA (including the funding and prohibited transactions provisions
thereof), the Code and all other applicable Laws.
(d) No
Company Plan is or was at any time within the preceding six (6) years subject
to Title IV or Part 3 of Title I of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and
neither Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any liability under Title
IV or Part of Title I of ERISA. Each of
the Company Pension Plans that is intended to be a qualified plan within the
meaning of Code Section 401(a) has received a favorable determination or
opinion letter from the IRS or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype
plan. Company has made all contributions
due to date, or such contributions are accrued on the financial statements of
Company, to Company Pension Plans (other than Foreign Plans) required thereunder. Neither Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has,
within the preceding six (6) years, maintained, established, sponsored,
participated in, or contributed to a multiemployer plan within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (a Multiemployer Plan).
(e) Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries provides or has agreed to provide
healthcare to any employees after their employment is terminated (other than as
required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or state health
continuation Laws or applicable foreign Laws).
(f) No
material lawsuits, governmental administrative proceedings, claims (other than
routine claims for benefits) or complaints to, or by, any Person or
Governmental Authority are pending, or to the knowledge of Company, threatened
with respect to any Company Plan (other than Foreign Plans). There is no material written correspondence
between
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the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any
Governmental Authority related to any Company Plan concerning any matter that
would result in any material liability to Parent, Company or any Company Plan.
(g) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to any employment or consulting agreements with any current or former
manager, director, officer or employee which require payment (which payment has
not been made in full as of the date of this Agreement) of cash compensation in
fiscal year 2008 in excess of $250,000.
(h) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to (i) any oral or written agreement with any stockholder, director,
officer or employee of Company or any of its Subsidiaries the benefits of which
are contingent, or the terms of which are materially altered, upon the
occurrence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or
together with any other event); (ii) any agreement or plan binding Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, including any stock option plan, stock appreciation
right plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan or severance benefit
plan, any of the benefits of which shall be increased, or the vesting of the
benefits of which shall be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or together with any
other event); (iii) any agreement, plan or other arrangement with any officer
or employee of Company or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to
give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would be
characterized as an excess parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1)
of the Code; or (iv) any agreement, plan or arrangement with any employee or
officer of Company that is not deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(i) Each
Company Plan that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the
meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated in good faith compliance
since January 1, 2005 and in material compliance since January 1, 2009, in each
case, with Section 409A of the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations and IRS
guidance issued thereunder. No Company
Stock Option is subject to Section 409A of the Code. No payment pursuant to any Company Plan or
other arrangement to any service provider (as such term is defined in Section
409A of the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations and IRS guidance thereunder,
including the grant, vesting or exercise of any Company Stock Option, would
subject any Person to tax pursuant to Section 409A(1) of the Code, whether
pursuant to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or otherwise.
(j) Each Company Plan maintained or contributed to by
Company or its ERISA Affiliates under the law or applicable custom or rule of
the relevant jurisdiction outside of the U.S. (each such plan, a Foreign Plan) is listed in Schedule
5.13(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
As regards each Foreign Plan, (i) such Foreign Plan is in material
compliance with the provisions of the Laws of each jurisdiction in which such
Foreign Plan is maintained, to the extent those Laws are applicable to such
Foreign Plan, (ii) all contributions to, and material payments from, such
Foreign Plan which were required to be made in accordance with the terms of
such Foreign Plan, and, when applicable, the Laws of the jurisdiction in which
such Foreign Plan is maintained, have been timely made, and all such
contributions to such Foreign Plan, and all payments under such Foreign Plan,
for any period ending before the Effective Time that are not yet, but will be,
required to be made, are reflected as an accrued liability on the Company
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Financial Statements (to the
extent required to be reflected as such) or will be offset by insurance, (iii) Company and each ERISA Affiliate has
materially complied with all applicable reporting and notice requirements, and
such Foreign Plan has obtained from the Governmental Authorities having
jurisdiction with respect to such Foreign Plan any required determinations, if
any, that such Foreign Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
Laws of the relevant jurisdiction if such determinations are required in order
to give effect to such Foreign Plan, (iv) such Foreign Plan has been
administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and applicable
Laws, (v) there are no pending investigations by any Governmental Authority
involving such Foreign Plan, and no pending claims (except for claims for
benefits payable in the normal operation of such Foreign Plan), suits or
proceedings against such Foreign Plan or asserting any rights or claims to
benefits under such Foreign Plan, (vi) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not by itself create or otherwise result in
any material liability with respect to such Foreign Plan, and (vii) except
as required by applicable Laws, no condition exists that would prevent Company
from terminating or amending any Foreign Plan at any time for any reason in
accordance with the terms of each such Foreign Plan without the payment of any fees,
costs or expenses (other than the payment of benefits accrued on the Company
Financial Statements and any normal and reasonable expenses typically incurred
in a termination event).
(k) The
parties acknowledge that certain payments have been made or are to be made and
certain benefits have been granted or are to be granted according to employment
compensation, severance and other employee benefit plans of Company, including
the Company Plans (collectively, the Arrangements), to the Covered
Securityholders. Company hereby
represents and warrants that all such amounts payable under the Arrangements (i)
are being paid or granted as compensation for past services performed, future
services to be performed, or future services to be refrained from performing,
by the Covered Securityholders (and matters incidental thereto) and (ii) are
not calculated based on the number of shares tendered or to be tendered into
the Offer by the applicable Covered Securityholder. Company also hereby represents and warrants that
the Company Board or the Compensation Committee thereof (the Company
Compensation Committee) (A) at a meeting duly called and held at which all
members of the Company Compensation Committee were present, duly and
unanimously adopted resolutions approving as an employment compensation,
severance or other employee benefit arrangement within the meaning of Rule 14d-10(d)(1)
under the Exchange Act (an Employment Compensation Arrangement) (1) each
Arrangement presented to the Company Compensation Committee on or prior to the
date hereof, (2) the treatment of the Company Stock Options, Company SARs, and
Company RSUs in accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement, and (3) the
terms of Sections 7.4 and 7.5, which resolutions have not been
rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way, and (B) has taken all other
actions necessary to satisfy the requirements of the non-exclusive safe harbor
under Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the Exchange Act with respect to the foregoing
arrangements
(l) Neither
Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has announced to employees, former employees,
consultants or directors an intention to create, or otherwise created, a
legally binding commitment to adopt any additional benefit plan which is
intended to cover employees of Company or any ERISA Affiliate (with respect to
their relationship with Company) or to amend or modify any existing Company
Plan.
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5.14 Labor
and Employment Matters.
(a) Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with all federal, state, and foreign Laws respecting
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, and
wages and hours, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, the Equal Pay Act of 1967, as amended, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as
amended, and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by those federal
agencies responsible for the administration of such Laws. Other than normal accruals of wages during
regular payroll cycles, there are no arrearages in the payment of wages except
for possible violations or arrearages, which, individually or in the aggregate,
are not and will not be, individually or in the aggregate, material in
magnitude. To Companys knowledge, as of
the date hereof, (i) there are no material audits or investigations pending or
scheduled by any Governmental Authority pertaining to the employment practices
of Company and (ii) no material complaints relating to employment practices of
Company have been filed with any Governmental Authority or submitted in writing
to Company.
(b) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or otherwise bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract
or other written agreement or written understanding with a labor union, works
council, employee representative or labor organization. To the knowledge of Company, neither Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charge, demand, petition or
representation proceeding seeking to compel, require or demand it to bargain
with any labor union, works council, employee representative or labor
organization nor is there pending or threatened, any labor strike or lockout
involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.15 Material
Contracts.
(a) Except
for this Agreement, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to
or is bound by any (i) Contract that is a material contract (as such terms is
defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act other than
those agreements and arrangements described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii)(C) with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries), (ii) any Company Material
Contract that contains any non-compete, exclusivity or sole license provisions
with respect to any line of business or geographic area with respect to Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or, upon consummation of the Transaction, Parent or
its Subsidiaries, or which restricts the conduct of any line of business by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, upon consummation of the Transaction,
Parent or its Subsidiaries, or any geographic area in which Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or, upon consummation of the Transaction, Parent or its
Subsidiaries conducts business, (iii) any Company Material Contract that
contains any most favored nations or most favored customer status, rights of
first or last offer, negotiation or refusal or (iv) any Contract that is a
partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement, unless immaterial to Company
and its Subsidiaries.
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(b) Each
Contract of the type described above in clauses (i) (iv) of Section 5.15(a),
together with each Significant Customer Contract, is referred to herein as a Company
Contract. All of the Company
Contracts are, in all material respects, valid and binding on Company and each
of its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto and, to Companys knowledge, each
other party thereto, as applicable, and are, in all material respects, in full
force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or
other similar Laws relating to creditors rights and general principles of
equity. Neither Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has, and to the knowledge of Company, none of the other parties
thereto have, in any material respect, violated any provision of, or committed
or failed to perform any act, and to the knowledge of the Company, no event or
condition exists, which with or without notice, lapse of time or both would
constitute a material default under the provisions of any Company Contract and
neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any
such material violation, failure to perform or default.
5.16 Properties.
(a) Section
5.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all real property leased
or subleased to or by Company or any of its Subsidiaries. With respect to each lease and sublease for
the properties listed in Section 5.16(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) the
lease or sublease is a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Company or
its Subsidiary, as the case may be, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to creditors rights and
general principles of equity;
(ii) neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of Company, any other
party, is in material default under, any such lease or sublease, and to the
knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge
of Company, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice or the lapse of
time or both, would constitute a material default by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of Company, any other party under such lease
or sublease;
(iii) neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has assigned, transferred, conveyed,
mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest in the leasehold or
subleasehold; and
(iv) Company
and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under such lease
or sublease, and there are no Encumbrances applicable to the real property
subject to such lease or sublease, except for Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) To
the knowledge of Company, Company and its Subsidiaries own good title (or in
the case of leased property, a valid leasehold interest), free and clear of all
Encumbrances to all personal property and other non-real estate assets, in all
cases excluding Intellectual Property Assets, necessary to conduct the business
of Company as currently
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conducted, except with respect to assets other than
Intellectual Property Assets, for (i) Encumbrances reflected in the Company
Financial Statements, (ii) Encumbrances or imperfections of title that do not
materially interfere with the present use of the assets subject thereto or
affected thereby, (iii) Encumbrances for current Taxes not yet due and payable
or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for
which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iv) liens
of landlords and liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and
other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet
due and payable, (v) zoning, entitlement, building and other land use
regulations imposed by Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over the
leased real property which are not violated by the current use and operation
thereof, (vi) covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and other similar matters
of record affecting title to the leased real property which do not materially
impair the occupancy or use of thereof for the purposes for which it is
currently used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (vii) Encumbrances
caused by a third-party owner or lessor of any leased real property
(collectively, Permitted Encumbrances). Company and its Subsidiaries, as lessees,
have the right under valid and subsisting leases to use, possess and control
all personal property leased by Company or its Subsidiaries as now used,
possessed and controlled by Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable.
5.17 Environmental
Liability.
There
are, and have been, no legal, administrative, arbitral or other proceedings,
claims, actions, causes of action, private environmental investigations or
remediation activities or governmental investigations pending or, to Companys
knowledge, threatened, of any nature seeking to impose, or that are reasonably
likely to result in the imposition, on Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
any liability or obligation arising under any Environmental Law, which
liability or obligation has had, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has been, subject to any agreement,
order, judgment, decree, letter or memorandum by or with any Governmental
Authority or third party imposing any liability or obligation under any
Environmental Law that has had, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
5.18 State
Takeover Laws; Required Stockholder Vote.
(a) The
board of directors of Company has approved this Agreement and the Support
Agreements and has taken all other requisite action such that the provisions of
any anti-takeover laws and regulations of any Governmental Authority, including
Section 203 of the DGCL and any provisions of Companys Certificate of
Incorporation relating to special voting requirements for certain business
combinations, will not apply to this Agreement, the Support Agreements or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(b) The
only vote of holders of any class of capital stock of Company that may be
necessary to adopt and approve this Agreement is adoption of this Agreement by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock, voting as a single class, in the event that a vote of Stockholders is
required by applicable Law (any such vote, Company Stockholder Approval).
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5.19 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Section
5.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate
list of all (i) Patents owned by Company or any of its Subsidiaries (Company
Patents), (ii) registered and material unregistered Marks owned by Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (Company Marks), (iii) registered
Copyrights owned by Company or any of its Subsidiaries (Company Copyrights),
(iv) URLs and domain names registered by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
(v) In-Licenses.
(b) Company
or a Subsidiary of Company either (A) owns all rights, title and interest in
and to the Company Intellectual Property Assets, Company Technology and Company
Products (excluding components of Company Products that are licensed to Company
and its Subsidiaries by third parties or
that Company and its Subsidiaries have the right to use), including the
Intellectual Property Assets listed on Section 5.19(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances (except solely
to the extent of non-exclusive licenses granted by Company or a Subsidiary of
Company in connection with the provision or license of Company Products in the
ordinary course of business); or (B) has a valid and enforceable license or right
to use all other Intellectual Property Assets and Technology used in the
conduct of Companys Business or in Company Products, and all such licensed
Intellectual Property Assets and rights to use Technology will not cease to be
valid and enforceable rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by
reason of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or by any
ancillary agreements executed in connection with this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and, all such
Company Intellectual Property Assets, Company Technology and Company
Products will be owned or available for
use by the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries on identical terms and
conditions immediately after Closing without the payment of any additional
amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments that
the Company or its Subsidiaries would otherwise be required to pay had the
Transaction not occurred. The representation contained in this Section 5.19(b) shall
not be construed as a representation regarding the infringement,
misappropriation, violation or any conflict with any Third Party Rights,
provided however that Company and its Subsidiaries acknowledge and agree that
fact(s) giving rise to a breach or alleged breach of this Section 5.19(b) may
also give rise to a breach or alleged breach of Sections 5.19(h) or (i) and
nothing contained in this sentence will limit or affect Parents rights to
pursue claims covered by or exercise remedies with respect to Sections 5.19(h) or
(i).
(c) Company
or a Subsidiary of Company owns or has adequate rights to all Intellectual
Property Assets and Technology incorporated in or bundled with the Company
Products, or used by Company and its Subsidiaries to provide Company
Products. The representation contained
in this Section 5.19(c) shall not be construed as a representation regarding
the infringement, misappropriation, violation or any conflict with any Third
Party Rights, provided however that Company and its Subsidiaries acknowledge
and agree that fact(s) giving rise to a breach or alleged breach of this Section
5.19(c) may also give rise to a breach or alleged breach of Sections 5.19(h) or
(i) and nothing contained in this sentence will limit or affect Parents rights
to pursue claims covered by or exercise remedies with respect to Sections 5.19(h)
or (i).
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(d) Company
or a Subsidiary of Company owns, licenses or otherwise has the right to use all
Intellectual Property Assets and Technology necessary for the conduct of
Companys Business, including to use, manufacture, market, sell, license,
distribute, provide and make available the Company Products. The representation
contained in this Section 5.19(d) shall not be construed as a representation
regarding the infringement, misappropriation, violation or any conflict with
any Third Party Rights, provided however that Company and its Subsidiaries
acknowledge and agree that fact(s) giving rise to a breach or alleged breach of
this Section 5.19(d) may also give rise to a breach or alleged breach of
Sections 5.19(h) or (i) and nothing contained in this sentence will limit or
affect Parents rights to pursue claims covered by or exercise remedies with
respect to Sections 5.19(h) or (i).
(e) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have no obligation to compensate (in an amount
exceeding $150,000 per year) or account to or obtain the consent of any Person
for the use of Company Intellectual Property Assets, Company Technology or
Company Products (excluding components of Company Products that are licensed to
Company and its Subsidiaries by third parties
or that Company and its Subsidiaries have the right to use). Section 5.19(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all In-Licenses under which
Company or its Subsidiaries have an obligation to compensate any Person in an
amount exceeding $150,000 per year.
(f) To
the knowledge of Company, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or
condition exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will or could
reasonably be expected to give any Person the right to declare a default or
exercise any remedy under any of the In-Licenses.
(g) To
the knowledge of Company, all Company Intellectual Property Assets that are
issued by, registered or the subject of an application filed with, as
applicable, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or
in any similar office or agency anywhere in the world (A) have been timely and
duly filed, (B) have been duly maintained and prosecuted (including the payment
of maintenance and related fees), and (C) are not expired, cancelled or abandoned,
except for such issuances, registrations or applications that Company has
permitted to expire or has cancelled or abandoned in its reasonable business
judgment.
(h) As
of the date hereof, there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened,
claims, proceedings or actions against Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) alleging
that the operation of Companys Business or any of the Company Intellectual
Property Assets, Company Technology or Company Products infringes,
misappropriates, violates or otherwise conflicts with the rights of others
under any Intellectual Property Assets (Third Party Rights) or (B) that
otherwise challenge the right of Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to the use or ownership of the Company Intellectual Property Assets,
Company Technology, Company Products or the conduct of the Company
Business. No interference, opposition,
reissue, reexamination, or other proceeding is or has been pending or, to the
Companys knowledge, threatened, in which the scope, validity, or
enforceability of any of the Intellectual Property Assets owned or licensed by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is being or has been, contested or
challenged. None of the Company
Intellectual Property Assets, Company Technology and Company Products are
subject to any outstanding judgment, decree, order, writ,
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award, injunction or determination of an arbitrator or
court or other governmental authority or march in rights affecting the rights
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(i) To
the knowledge of the Company, neither the past or present operation of Companys
Business nor any past or present use of any Company Intellectual Property
Asset, Company Technology or Company Products (excluding components of Company
Products that are licensed to Company and its Subsidiaries by third
parties or that Company and its
Subsidiaries have the right to use) infringes upon, misappropriates, violates
or otherwise conflicts with any Third Party Rights under Patents and Marks;
provided however with respect to claims regarding Patents and Marks made by an
employee or contractor of Company or its Subsidiaries regarding Intellectual
Property Assets or Technology developed, created, conceived or reduced to
practice by such employee in the scope of his employment by Company or its
Subsidiaries, or such contractor while performing services for Company or its
Subsidiaries, the Company shall not be entitled to the benefit of the knowledge
qualifier set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.19(i). Neither the past or present operation of
Companys Business nor any past or present use of any Company Intellectual
Property Asset, Company Technology or Company Products (excluding components of
Company Products that are licensed to Company and its Subsidiaries by third
parties or that Company and its
Subsidiaries have the right to use) infringes upon, misappropriates, violates
or otherwise conflicts with any Third Party Rights (excluding those under
Patents and Marks).
(j) No
Company Personnel or any other Person other than Company or any of its
Subsidiaries owns any rights in or to any Company Intellectual Property Assets,
Company Technology or Company Products (excluding components of Company
Products that are licensed to Company and its Subsidiaries by third
parties or that Company and its
Subsidiaries have the right to use). The
representation contained in this Section 5.19(j) shall not be construed as a
representation regarding the infringement, misappropriation, violation or any
conflict with any Third Party Rights, provided however that Company and its
Subsidiaries acknowledge and agree that fact(s) giving rise to a breach or
alleged breach of this Section 5.19(j) may also give rise to a breach or
alleged breach of Sections 5.19(h) or (i) and nothing contained in this
sentence will limit or affect Parents rights to pursue claims covered by or
exercise remedies with respect to Sections 5.19(h) or (i).
(k) To
the knowledge of Company, there is not, and has not been, any interference
with, infringement upon or misappropriation by any Person of any of the Company
Intellectual Property Assets, Company Technology or Company Products.
(l) Company
and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable
measures to protect the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets owned by
Company or a Subsidiary of Company or used by Company or a Subsidiary of
Company in the operation of Companys Business (the Company Trade Secrets)
and to protect in accordance with the applicable contractual obligations the
confidentiality of all confidential information of Companys and its
Subsidiaries customers or other third parties
possessed or used by Company and its Subsidiaries in the operation of
Companys Business. Without limiting the
foregoing, to the knowledge of Company, no employee, independent contractor or
agent of Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in default or breach of any term
of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement,
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assignment of invention agreement or similar agreement
or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use
or transfer of the Company Intellectual Property Assets, the Company Products
or the Company Technology. Company and
its Subsidiaries have, and enforce, a policy requiring each employee,
independent contractor or agent (including consultants and employees who
contributed to the creation or development of all Company Intellectual Property
Assets, Company Technology and Company Products) to execute proprietary
information, confidentiality and Intellectual Property Assets assignment
agreements substantially in the form heretofore deposited in the electronic
data room, which, by their terms, irrevocably transfer to Company and its
Subsidiaries all rights in and with respect to such Intellectual Property
Assets and, to Companys knowledge all
current and former employees, consultants and independent contractors of Seller
and its Subsidiaries have executed such an agreement.
(m) (A)
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any current or
contingent rights, licenses or interests in or to the Source Code, (B) neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has provided or disclosed, or has the duty
or obligation (whether present, contingent, or otherwise) to provide or
disclose any of the Source Code to any escrow agent or other Person, and (C) no
event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, including the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that (with or without notice or
lapse of time) will result in the delivery, license, or disclosure of any of
the Source Code to any other Person who is not an employee of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(n) No
Software that is subject to a license commonly referred to as an open source,
free software, copyleft, or community source code license (including the GNU
General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, Mozilla Public
License, Common Development and Distribution License, Eclipsys Public License,
Creative Commons licenses, and similar licenses) is combined, distributed, or
used with or as part of the Company Technology or Company Products in a manner
that obligates Company or any of its Subsidiaries to (A) distribute or disclose
in source code form any Company Technology or Company Products, or portion
thereof, (excluding components or portions of Company Products that are not
owned by Company and its Subsidiaries and modifications to such components or
portions made by or for the Company and not owned by Company or its
Subsidiaries), (B) license any Company Technology or Company Products, or
portion thereof, (excluding components or portions of Company Products that are
not owned by Company and its Subsidiaries and modifications to such components
or portions made by or for the Company and not owned by Company or its
Subsidiaries) for the purpose of preparing derivative works, (C) license any
Company Technology or Company Products, or portion thereof, (excluding
components or portions of Company Products that are not owned by Company and
its Subsidiaries and modifications to such components or portions made by or
for the Company and not owned by Company or its Subsidiaries) under terms that
allow such Company Technology or Company Products, or portion thereof or interfaces therefor to be reverse
engineered, reverse assembled, or disassembled (other than by operation of
law), or (D) license or otherwise make available on a royalty free basis any
Company Technology or Company Products,
or portion thereof, (excluding components or portions of Company Products that
are not owned by Company and its Subsidiaries or modifications to such
components or portions made by or for the Company and not owned by Company or its
Subsidiaries). Without limiting the foregoing, no Software
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licensed by or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is licensed pursuant to the GNU Affero General Public License.
(o) Company
and all Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable export control and
embargo and economic sanctions Laws, and Company or the applicable Subsidiary
has obtained all approvals necessary for (A) exporting the Company
Products and related Technology, including
Software, outside the U.S. in accordance with all applicable U.S. export
control regulations, and (B) importing Company Products , Technology and
Software into any country in which such Company Products , Technology and
Software are now sold, licensed or made available for use, and all such export
and import approvals in the U.S. and throughout the world are valid, current,
outstanding and in full force and effect.
(p) No
funding, facilities, or personnel of any governmental entity or educational institution
were used, directly or indirectly, to develop or create, in whole or in part,
any of the Company Intellectual Property Assets, Company Technology or Company
Products (excluding components of Company Products that are licensed to Company
and its Subsidiaries by third parties or
that Company and its Subsidiaries have the right to use).
(q) Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any agreement with any
standards bodies or other entities that would obligate Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to grant licenses or rights to or otherwise impair its control, enforcement of
or use of Company Intellectual Property Assets, the Company Products or the
Company Technology.
(r) The
Company and its Subsidiaries take reasonable steps to implement appropriate
ongoing arrangements for the maintenance, support and disaster recovery of the
IT System except to the extent any such failure to so perform, individually or
in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries take reasonable steps to follow
appropriate procedures to preserve the availability, security and integrity of
the IT System, and the data and information stored on the IT System (including
protecting the IT System from infection by Harmful Code and from access by
unauthorized Persons) except to the extent any such failure to so perform,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(s) For
purposes of this Agreement:
(i) Intellectual
Property Assets means:
(A) All
patents and patent applications of any kind (and any patents that issue as a
result of those patent applications), and any renewals, reissues,
reexaminations, extensions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions and
substitutions relating to any of such patents and patent applications, as well
as all foreign counterparts to such patents and patent applications
(collectively, Patents);
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(B) All
registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade
dress, and the goodwill associated therewith, together with any registrations
and applications for registration thereof
(collectively, Marks);
(C) All
copyrights whether registered or unregistered, in both published and
unpublished works, including all moral rights, including with respect to any of
the foregoing , those in computer programs, manuals and other documentation and
any and all registrations and applications for registration thereof
(collectively, Copyrights);
(D) All
trade secrets and other rights, under
applicable Law, including U.S. state trade secret Laws, in (1) know-how,
and (2) confidential or proprietary information
(collectively, Trade Secrets);
(E) All
rights in databases and data collections (including knowledge databases,
customer lists and customer databases) under the laws of the U.S. or any other
jurisdictions, whether registered or unregistered, and any applications for
registration thereof (collectively, Databases);
(F) All
other proprietary or intellectual property rights now known or hereafter
recognized in any jurisdiction; and
(G) All
claims and causes of action arising out of or related to infringement,
misappropriation or violation of any of the foregoing.
(ii) Companys
Business means the business of Company and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted by Company and its Subsidiaries.
(iii) Company
Intellectual Property Assets means all Intellectual Property Assets owned
by Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Company
Intellectual Property Assets includes Company Patents, Company Marks,
Company Copyrights, Company Trade Secrets and Company Databases.
(iv) Company
Products means all products, Software, applications, services and
documentation currently (A) manufactured, licensed, sold, distributed,
provided, or otherwise made commercially available by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (B) developed, created,
conceived or reduced to practice by Company or any of its Subsidiaries and not
yet made commercially available.
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(v) Company
Technology means all Technology owned by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(vi) IT
System means the information and communications networks and data centers
used by the Company and its Subsidiaries to provide or make available Company
Products to Persons.
(vii) Software
means computer software, programs and databases in any form, including Web
Sites, web content and links, source code, executable code, tools, developers
kits, utilities, graphical user interfaces, menus, images, icons, and forms,
and all versions, updates, corrections, enhancements and modifications thereof,
and all documentation related thereto.
(viii) Source
Code means computer code in human readable language (including all
computer programs written in a high-level computer programming language such as
HTML, VBscript, JavaScript, and SQL) that is necessary to build or modify such
code for any and all Company Products, including all related technical
documentation, programmers notes, build scripts, test scripts, comments and
annotations related thereto.
(ix) Technology
means tangible embodiments of Intellectual Property Assets, whether in
electronic, written or other media, including Software, technical
documentation, specifications, designs, bills of material, build instructions,
test reports, schematics, algorithms, application programming interfaces, user
interfaces, routines, formulae, databases, lab notebooks, processes, samples, studies, or other know-how and other
works of authorship.
(x) In-Licenses
means any contract pursuant to which a third party has granted a license to the
Company or its Subsidiaries to Technology that is incorporated in, provided
with, or otherwise necessary to develop, exploit, support, or maintain the
Company Products including Technology
that the Company or its Subsidiaries provides or makes available to its
customers, but excluding any (A) contract for nonexclusive rights to
commercially-available Technology made available through non-negotiable
agreements (i.e., shrink-wrap and click-through contracts) at a cost of less than $150,000 per year), (B)
contract with an employee or individual (as opposed to company) contractor for
the assignment of, or license to, Intellectual Property Rights or Technology
entered into in the ordinary course of business (e.g., proprietary invention
assignment agreements); (C) confidentiality or nondisclosure contract entered
into in the ordinary course of business; (D) contract that is ancillary to the
purchase or use of equipment or materials (e.g., support and maintenance
contracts); (E) contract for non-customized Technology that is available to the
public at a cost of less than $150,000 per year; (F) contracts for the purchase
or lease of hardware or other equipment; or (G) contracts for Software that is
preconfigured, preinstalled, or embedded on hardware or other equipment.
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5.20 Insurance.
Company
and each of its Subsidiaries maintains insurance with financially responsible
insurers in such amounts and covering such risks as are in accordance with
normal industry practice for companies engaged in businesses similar to those
of Company and its Subsidiaries. All
such insurance policies are in all material respects in full force and effect,
all premiums due and payable thereunder have been paid in all material
respects, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material default
thereunder, and neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any
action or failed to take any action which, with notice or the lapse of time,
would constitute such a material breach or default thereunder or permit
termination or material modification thereof.
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written
notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any such insurance policy
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.21 Customers.
As of
the date of this Agreement, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
knowledge of any outstanding material disputes concerning Company Products with
any customer who, in the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009 was one of the 50
largest sources of revenues for Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, based on amounts paid (each, a Significant Customer). Section 5.21 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of the names of each
Significant Customer. As of the date of
this Agreement, Company has not, to the knowledge of Company, received any
written notice or other formal written communication from any Significant
Customer that such customer will not continue as a customer of Company or any
of its Subsidiaries after Acceptance Date or the Effective Time or that any
such customer intends to terminate or materially modify existing contracts or
arrangements with Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.22 Privacy.
(a) Company
Products.
Each of the Company Products
complies in all material respects with all Privacy and Security Laws when such
Company Products are used for their intended purpose and in accordance with the
terms and conditions upon which the Company makes the Company Products
available.
(b) Information
Security/Internal Policies and Procedures.
Company and its Subsidiaries have
in place and take steps reasonably designed to assure material compliance with
its security policies and procedures, which policies and procedures have been
provided or disclosed to Parent (the Security Policies).
(c) Information
Security/Third Party Storage and Handling/Confidentiality. Company
takes steps reasonably designed to ensure that all material written agreements
with third parties that have access to Personal Data or Customer Data include
requirements with
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respect
to such third partys handling of Personal Data or Customer Data that are
materially consistent with the Security Policies and otherwise sufficient to
meet Companys and its Subsidiaries obligations under Privacy and Security Laws
and Companys other material contractual obligations, including without
limitation any confidentiality obligations. Company is not in material
breach of any material contractual obligation to secure or otherwise safeguard
Personal Data or Customer Data it receives in connection with the provision of
the Company Products.
(d) Information
Security/No Unauthorized Access or Acquisition. Company
has made any notifications to any customer or individual required to be
made by Company by any Privacy and Security Laws arising out of or relating to
any event of access to or acquisition of any Personal Data by an unauthorized
person, including without limitation third parties and Company employees acting
outside of the scope of their authority or authorization in a manner which is
otherwise unlawful.
(e) Privacy
Policy and Practices. True and correct copies of all applicable current internal and customer
or user-facing Company privacy policies (Company Privacy Policies)
have been provided to Parent. To the
knowledge of Company, Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all
material respects with all Privacy and Security Laws in connection with the
sale and use of Company Products.
Company has included in the terms and conditions upon which Company
Products are made available, including material agreements through which
channel partners make available Company Products, requirements that Companys customers make any disclosures or obtain any
consents as may be required for the Company to process Personal Data or
Customer Data in compliance with Privacy and Security Laws. No disclosures made or contained in any
Company Privacy Policy to any customer or, to the knowledge of Company made by
a customer to any user of a Company Product, have been inaccurate or in
violation of any Privacy and Security Laws in any material respect.
(f) Privacy
Practices of Customers Specific to Companys Products and Services. Company and
its Subsidiaries take steps reasonably designed to ensure customers who purchase or use Company Products or services have
a privacy policy on customer websites where Company Products are in use which (i)
notifies visitors to such websites who provide Customer Data intended to be
processed by Company through the use of Company Products that Company Products
may be in use and (ii) provides information on how such visitors can control
processing of Customer Data by Company Products, including any such steps
involving the imposition of contractual terms upon such customers. The Company has no knowledge of any material
Company customers material noncompliance with Privacy and Security Laws and such customers
own posted privacy policies arising out of or relating to the use of
the Company Products by such customers.
(g) Privacy
Practices/No Proceedings. To the
knowledge of the Company, there is no material complaint to or audit,
proceeding, investigation (formal or informal) or material claim currently
pending against, Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its Customers (specific to
the Company Products) by (i) any private party, (ii) the Federal Trade
Commission, or another domestic data protection authority or (iii) any similar
foreign bodies or any other Governmental Entity, with respect to the collection,
use or disclosure of Personal Data or Customer Data.
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(h) For
purposes of this Agreement:
(i) Privacy and Security Laws means laws
regarding collecting, accessing, using, disclosing, electronically
transmitting, securing, sharing, transferring and storing Personal Data or
other tracking of online consumer behaviors including federal, state or foreign
laws or regulations regarding (i) data privacy and information security, (ii) data
breach notification (as applicable), (iii) unfair or deceptive practices and (iv)
trespass, computer crime and other laws governing unauthorized access to or use
of electronic data.
(ii) Customer
Data means any and all information (1)
collected by the Company and its Subsidiaries and by the Companys and its
Subsidiaries customers about visitors to or users of such Companys, Company
Subsidiaries and its and their customers websites(s) which either (a) identifies
such customer or its unique visitors or users, (b) is unique to such customer
or its unique visitors or users or (c) could provide insight into such
customers users or visitors behavior
if analyzed, aggregated or otherwise examined or (2) held, retained or
maintained by the Company, Companys Subsidiaries or its or their customers for purposes of analyzing or
comparing any interaction between third parties and such customers website(s) to
the extent such data is received in accordance with applicable terms and
conditions governing the use and sale of the Company Product through which such
data is collected; and
(iii) Personal
Data means any and all information
(including (A) first and last name; (B) home address; (C) Internet
Protocol address; (D) email address; (E) geographic location; (F) health or
diet information; (G) family members; (H) political beliefs; (I) group
memberships; (J) his or her Social Security Number; (K) account numbers; (L) internet
browsing history; (M) internet purchase history; (N) persistent identifier,
such as a customer number held in a cookie or processor serial number) to the
extent any such information, alone or in combination with other information
processed by Company Products, identifies or is associated with an identified
natural person.
5.23 Opinion
of Financial Advisor.
The
Company Board has received the opinion of Companys Financial Advisor, to the
effect that, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and other matters set
forth therein, as of the date hereof, the Offer Price to be received by the
holders of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement is fair to
the Company Stockholders from a financial point of view, and such opinion has
not been modified or withdrawn.
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5.24 Schedule 14D-9; Proxy Statement; Company Information.
(a) Company represents that the Schedule 14D-9
will comply in all material respects with the provisions of applicable federal
securities Laws and, on the date filed with the SEC and on the date first
published, sent or given to the Company Stockholders, shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that no representation is made by Company with respect to information
supplied by Parent or Purchaser in writing for inclusion in the Schedule 14D-9.
(b) The information relating to Company
and its Subsidiaries to be contained in the Proxy Statement (if any), and any
other documents filed with the SEC in connection herewith, will not, on the
date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company Stockholders or at the
time of the Special Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact,
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not false or misleading at the time and
in light of the circumstances under which such statement is made. The Proxy Statement will comply in all
material respects as to form with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder.
5.25 No Other Representations or Warranties.
Except for the
representations and warranties contained in this Article V, neither Company nor
any other Person on behalf of Company makes any express or implied
representation or warranty with respect to Company or any Subsidiary of Company
or with respect to any other information provided to Parent in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
Neither Company nor any other Person acting on behalf of Company shall
be held liable for any actual or alleged damage, liability or loss resulting
from the distribution to Parent, or Parents use of, any such information,
including any information, documents, projections, forecasts or other material
made available to Parent in certain data rooms or management presentations in
expectation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, unless any such
information is expressly included in a representation or warranty contained in
this Article V.
5.26 Definition of Companys Knowledge.
As used in this
Agreement, the phrase to the knowledge of Company or any similar phrase means
the actual knowledge of the Key Employees.
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS
6.1 Conduct of Business Pending the
Effective Time.
At all times from
the execution of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except as set forth
in Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as expressly
permitted elsewhere in
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this Agreement, Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice
and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, and use
commercially reasonable efforts to, preserve substantially intact its business
organizations and goodwill, keep available the services of its officers and
employees and preserve the relationships with those Persons having business
dealings with Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Furthermore, except as set forth in Section
6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as expressly permitted elsewhere
in this Agreement, Company agrees not to take any of the following actions (and
to cause its Subsidiaries not to take such actions) without the prior written
consent of Parent:
(a) amend its articles of organization,
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, joint venture documents, partnership
agreements or equivalent organizational documents or amend the terms of any
outstanding security of Company;
(b) (i) except upon the exercise of
Company Stock Options or Company SARs or vesting of Company RSUs outstanding as
of the date of this Agreement or pursuant to the ESPP, issue, grant, confer,
award, deliver, sell, pledge, transfer, dispose of or encumber any shares of
capital stock or other equity or voting interests of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable
for or representing the right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise receive
any such shares or interests or any stock appreciation rights, phantom stock
rights, performance units, rights to receive shares of capital stock or other
rights that are linked to the value of the capital stock of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or the value of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any part
thereof; or (ii) effect any stock split, stock combination, stock
reclassification, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
other similar transaction;
(c) (i) except to the extent required
under existing plans or arrangements set forth in Section 5.13(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, or to the extent necessary or desirable to comply
with Section 409A of the Code or any other Laws, increase any compensation or
benefit of, or enter into or amend in any material respect any employment or
severance agreement with (or pay any amounts under any Company Plan not
otherwise due to) any Company Personnel, (ii) grant any bonuses, to any Company
Personnel, (iii) adopt any new Company Plan (including any stock option, stock
benefit or stock purchase plan) or amend or modify any existing Company Plan in
any material respect, or accelerate the vesting of any compensation (including
equity-based awards) for the benefit of any Company Personnel (except as
required by the terms of any Company Plan) or grant or amend in any material
respect any award under any Company Plan (including the grant of any equity or
equity-based or related compensation), (iv) provide any funding for any rabbi
trust or similar arrangement, or take any other action to fund or secure the
payment of any compensation or benefit except as otherwise required by the
terms of the Company Plan, (v) grant to any Company Personnel any right to
receive any severance, change in control, retention, termination or similar
compensation or benefits or increases therein, (vi) hire, or otherwise commence
the employment of, any individual to whom a written offer of employment has not
previously been offered and accepted prior to the date of this Agreement, (vii)
promote or change the position, title or primary work location of any Company
Personnel or (viii) terminate any Key Employee other than for cause (including
misconduct or breach of company policy);
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(d) (i) declare, set aside or pay any
dividend or make any other distribution or payment (whether in cash, stock or
other property or any combination thereof) with respect to any shares of its
capital stock or other equity or voting interests other than dividends or
distributions from a wholly owned Subsidiary of Company to another Subsidiary
of Company or to Company or (ii) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or
otherwise acquire any of the shares of capital stock of, or other equity or
voting interest in, Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any options,
warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such stock or other securities, other
than in connection with (x) tax withholdings and exercise price settlement upon
the exercise of Company Stock Options, Company SARs, and Company RSUs
outstanding on the date of this Agreement, (y) redemption or other acquisition
of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of Company Restricted
Stock Awards outstanding on the date of this Agreement, or (z) repurchases of
unvested shares in connection with the termination of the employment
relationship with any employee or upon the resignation of any director or
consultant, in each case, pursuant to stock option or purchase agreements in
effect on the date hereof;]
(e) (i) transfer, sell, lease, sublease
or license (other than with respect to Intellectual Property Assets,
Technology, Company Intellectual Property Assets or Company Technology) or
otherwise dispose of any material assets or properties of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) mortgage or pledge any of the property or assets of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or subject any such property or assets to
any other Encumbrance (except Permitted Encumbrances), other than, in the case
of both (i) and (ii), in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(f) except in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, (i) modify or amend in a manner that is
adverse to Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or accelerate, terminate or
cancel, or waive, release or assign any of the material terms of, any Company
Material Contract (excluding contracts with respect to capital expenditures,
which are governed by clause (g) below), or grant any right to any Person to
any of the Source Code to any Company Product, (ii) enter into, amend, modify, accelerate any
agreement or arrangement with Persons that are Affiliates or waive or release
any of the material terms thereof, or (iii) enter into, extend or renew any
contract which, if executed prior to the date of this Agreement, would have
been required to be disclosed on Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule; provided that in no event shall Company enter into any procurement
contracts or otherwise make any capital expenditures which require or involve
the payment by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $5,000,000 in the
aggregate per month;
(g) (i) merge with, enter into a
consolidation with or otherwise acquire a material portion of the outstanding
equity interests in any Person or any division or line of business thereof or (ii)
otherwise acquire (including, through leases, subleases and licenses of real
property) any assets, except, in the case of this clause (ii), in the ordinary
course of business; provided that no acquisitions that would reasonably be
expected to prevent, delay, or impede consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be permitted without consent;
(h) make a material write down or write
up the value of any receivables or materially revalue any assets of Company
other than as required by GAAP;
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(i) create, incur or assume any
indebtedness for borrowed money, assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become
liable or responsible (whether, directly, contingently or otherwise) for the
indebtedness of another Person, enter into any agreement to maintain any
financial statement condition of another Person except pursuant to (i) the
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2008, as amended, by and among
Company, each of the lenders party thereto from time to time and Wells Fargo
Foothill, LLC, as Arranger and Administrative Agent (the Credit Facility),
as amended from time to time, and the ancillary documents and subsidiary
guarantees related thereto; (ii) any replacement credit facility on terms not
materially less favorable (including with respect to guarantees by Subsidiaries
and with respect to prepayment penalties, termination fees or similar costs) to
Company than the Credit Facility (provided that prior to or concurrently with
entering into any replacement facility, the Company shall pay all liabilities,
obligations and fees owed under the Credit Facility); (iii) letters of credit
or replacement letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice; (iv) any indebtedness owed to
Company by any of its direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries; or (v) purchase
money debt, capital leases or guarantees in the ordinary course of business not
involving indebtedness of more than $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the
aggregate;
(j) make any material change to any of
its methods, principles or practices of financial accounting currently in
effect other than as required by GAAP as concurred in by its independent
registered accountants;
(k) transfer, license or obtain from any
Person (except as permitted by Section 6.1(k)(ii)) any rights to Intellectual
Property Assets or Technology, or transfer, license or grant to any Person any
rights to any Company Intellectual Property Assets or Company Technology, other
than (i) non-exclusive licenses (excluding Patents) from Company in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice, or (ii) transfer or license
Intellectual Property Assets (excluding Patents) or Technology from any Person
at a cost of less than $150,000 per year;
(l) authorize, recommend, propose or
announce an intention to adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or
dissolution of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(m) announce, implement or effect any
material reduction in labor force, lay-off, early retirement program, severance
program or other program or effort concerning the termination of employment of
employees of Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than routine employee
terminations;
(n) settle, voluntarily pay or discharge
any litigation, investigation or arbitration other than the payment, discharge
or satisfaction of such claims, liabilities or obligations (i) disclosed or
reserved against in the Company Financial Statements included in the Company
SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof in amounts no greater than the
amount reserved with respect to the relevant liability therein or (ii) incurred
in the ordinary course of business since the date of such Company Financial
Statements or (iii) otherwise in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice or in accordance with their terms, of claims not in excess
of $100,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate;
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(o) adopt any shareholder rights plan
(other than any shareholder rights plan that would not prevent, delay or
restrict the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) or otherwise take any
action which would, directly or indirectly, restrict or impair the ability of
Purchaser to vote, or otherwise to exercise the rights and receive the benefits
of a stockholder with respect to, securities of Company acquired or controlled
or to be acquired or controlled by Parent or Purchaser;
(p) take any action to exempt any Person
from, or make any acquisition of securities by any Person not subject to, any
state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation that applies to Company
with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or otherwise, including the
restrictions on business combinations set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL,
except for Parent, Purchaser or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
affiliates, or the acquisition of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to
this Agreement, including the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby;
(q) enter into any agreement, any of the
benefits to any party of which will be increased, or the vesting of the
benefits to any party of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of the
Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(r) make a binding offer to take, take
or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.
6.2 Certain Tax Matters.
During the period
from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time:
(a) Company and each of its Subsidiaries
will promptly notify Parent of any suit, claim, action, investigation,
proceeding or audit pending against or with respect to Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of any Tax and will not settle or compromise any such
suit, claim, action, investigation, proceeding or audit or enter into any material
closing agreement that would adversely affect Parents or Companys Tax
liability without Parents prior written consent.
(b) Except as required by applicable Tax
Law or with Parents prior written consent, none of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries will (i) make or change any material Tax election, (ii) file any
material amended Tax Return, (iii) agree to any material adjustment of any Tax
attribute, (iv) change (or make a request to any taxing authority to change)
any of its methods of reporting income or deductions for federal income Tax
purposes, (v) file any claim for a material refund of Taxes, or (vi) consent to
any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any material Tax
claim or assessment that would adversely affect Parents or Companys Tax
liability.
(c) Company and each of its Subsidiaries
will retain all books, documents and records necessary for the preparation of
Tax Returns and reports (including previously filed Tax Returns and reports).
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(d) Company shall deliver to Purchaser on
or prior to the Expiration Date a certificate, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser, duly executed and acknowledged, certifying that
Company has not been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified
in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
7.1 Third Party Consents and Regulatory Approvals.
(a) The parties hereto shall cooperate
with each other and use reasonable best efforts to promptly (i) prepare and
file all necessary documentation, to effect all applications, notices,
petitions and filings as soon as reasonably practicable, to obtain as promptly
as reasonably practicable all permits, consents, approvals, authorizations and
clearances (including under the HSR Act and the Antitrust Laws) of all
Specified Governmental Authorities and other Persons which are necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including each of
the Offer and the Merger), and to comply with the terms and conditions of all
such permits, consents, approvals, authorizations and clearances of all such
third parties and Specified Governmental Authorities, including landlord
consents (ii) without limiting the foregoing, make, or cause to be made, the
applications and filings required to be made under the HSR Act and the
Antitrust Laws as promptly as practicable, and in any event within ten (10) Business
Days after the date hereof; and (iii) defend any lawsuits or other legal
proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Other than pursuant to actions by the Company
or Company Board permitted in Section 7.2(e), the parties further agree
to use reasonable best efforts to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable,
including taking all such further action as reasonably may be necessary to (i) cause
the expiration of the notice periods under the HSR Act and the Antitrust Laws
as promptly as reasonable practicable after the date of this Agreement, (ii) to
comply as promptly as practicable with any request for additional information,
documents or other materials received by Parent, Purchaser or the Company, and (iii)
to resolve such objections, if any, as the United States Federal Trade
Commission, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice,
state antitrust enforcement authorities or competition authorities of any other
nation or other jurisdiction or any other Person may assert under Regulatory
Law with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (iv) to
avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any Law that may be asserted
by any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as expeditiously
possible. The parties agree that the use
of reasonable best efforts by Parent shall not require Parent or Purchaser to
propose, negotiate, commit to or effect, by consent decree, hold separate order
or otherwise, either of the following (each a Burdensome Action) (x) the
sale, license, divestiture or disposition of, or to hold separate, any product
lines, assets or businesses of either party or its Affiliates or (y) any
restrictions or actions that after the Closing Date would limit Parents or its
Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporations) ownership, operation or
freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of its
or its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporations) businesses, product
lines or assets. The parties agree that
the use of reasonable best efforts by either Parent or Purchaser, on the one
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hand, or Company, on the
other hand, shall not require Parent, Purchaser or Company, as the case may be,
or their respective Subsidiaries, to pay any consideration to obtain a consent
or suffer any loss, surrender any right or incur any obligation in connection
therewith. For purposes of this
Agreement, Regulatory Law means the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Antitrust
Act of 1914, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 and all
other federal, state or foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees,
administrative and judicial doctrines and other Laws, including any antitrust,
competition or trade regulation Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit,
restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or
restraint of trade or lessening competition through merger or acquisition.
(b) Subject to and in furtherance of this
Section 7.1, Parent and Company shall have the right to review in
advance, and, to the extent practicable, each will consult the other on, in
each case subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, (i)
in the case of Parent, all the information relating to Company and any of its
Subsidiaries which appear in, and (ii) in the case of Company, all the
information relating to Parent and Purchaser and any of their Subsidiaries
which is required to complete, any filing made with, or written materials
submitted to, any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In
exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties hereto shall act reasonably
and as promptly as reasonably practicable.
The parties hereto agree that they will consult with each other with
respect to the obtaining of all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations
of all third parties and Governmental Authorities necessary or advisable to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each party will
keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the
transactions contemplated herein.
(c) Parent and Company shall (i) promptly
advise each other of (and Parent or Company shall so advise with respect to
communications received by any Affiliate of Parent or Company, as the case may
be) any written or oral communication from any Governmental Authority or third
party whose consent or approval is required for consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) to the extent practicable,
not participate in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental
Authority in respect of any filing, investigation, or inquiry concerning this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless it consults
with the other party in advance, and, to the extent permitted by such
Governmental Authority, gives the other party the opportunity to attend; and (iii)
promptly furnish the other party with copies of all correspondence, filings,
and written communications between them and their Subsidiaries and
Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority or its
respective staff, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that materials may be redacted
(x) to remove references concerning the valuation of the businesses of Company,
(y) as necessary to comply with contractual arrangements, and (z) as necessary
to address reasonable privilege or confidentiality concerns. Neither Parent nor Company shall consent to
any voluntary extension of any statutory deadline or waiting period or to any
voluntary delay of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement at the behest of any Governmental Authority without the consent of
the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(d) Company agrees and acknowledges that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.1, in
connection with any filing or submission required, action to be taken or
commitment to be made by Company, Parent, or any of their respective Subsidiaries
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither Company
nor any of Companys Subsidiaries shall, without Parents prior written consent
agree to any Burdensome Action with respect to Company or its Subsidiaries;
provided that the foregoing shall not relieve any party of its obligations
under this Agreement.
7.2 No
Solicitation.
(a) Upon execution of this Agreement,
Company and its Subsidiaries shall, and Company shall cause its and its
Subsidiaries Representatives to, cease immediately and terminate any and all
existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than
Parent, its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives) conducted
heretofore with respect to, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an
Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall
promptly after the date of this Agreement request in writing each such Person
which has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement relating to an
Acquisition Proposal with or for the benefit of the Company to promptly return
or destroy (which destruction, if provided for in such confidentiality
agreement, shall be certified in writing by such Person to the Company) all
information, documents, and materials relating to an Acquisition Proposal
(including all information relating to the Company or its businesses,
operations or affairs heretofore furnished by the Company or any of its
Representatives to such Person or any of its Representatives in connection with
an Acquisition Proposal) in each case, to the extent provided in, and in
accordance with the terms of, any confidentiality agreement with such
Person. Company shall not release any
Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality, standstill or
similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any such rights, and
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to enforce each such agreement at
the request of Parent.
(b) Except as permitted in this Section
7.2, Company agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and
that it shall cause its and their respective Representatives not to, directly
or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, or knowingly encourage or knowingly
facilitate the submission of any Acquisition Proposal or proposal or offer from
any Person (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries) that Company reasonably
expects to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate in any discussions
or negotiations regarding, or furnish any non-public information to, or
knowingly cooperate in any way with, any Person with the intent to facilitate,
an Acquisition Proposal or proposal or offer from any Person (other than Parent
or its Subsidiaries) that Company reasonably expects to lead to an Acquisition
Proposal, (iii) enter into any agreement, contract, understanding, letter of
intent or similar agreement related to an Acquisition Proposal (other than a
confidentiality agreement as contemplated by Section 7.2(c)), or (iv) approve
or recommend an Acquisition Proposal.
(c) Notwithstanding the limitations set
forth in Section 7.2(b), from the date hereof and prior to the
Acceptance Date, if Company or its Representatives receive an unsolicited bona
fide written Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board determines in good
faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial
advisors, constitutes, or is
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reasonably likely to lead
to, a Superior Proposal, and which Acquisition Proposal did not result from or
arise in connection with a breach of this Section 7.2 and was made after
the date of this Agreement, Company may: (i) furnish information to the Person
making such Acquisition Proposal (a Qualified Bidder) and its Representatives,
and (ii) engage in discussions or negotiations with the Qualified Bidder and
its Representatives with respect to the Acquisition Proposal; provided that (y)
Company first receives from the Qualified Bidder an executed confidentiality
agreement (the confidentiality terms of which are no less favorable to Company
than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement), and (z) concurrently
with furnishing any information regarding the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to, or engaging in discussions or negotiations with, such
Qualified Bidder, Company gives Parent written notice of the identity of such
Qualified Bidder and of Companys intention to furnish information to, or
engage in discussions or negotiations with, such Qualified Bidder and Company
furnishes such information to Parent (to the extent not previously furnished by
Company to Parent).
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section
7.2(e), neither the Company Board nor any committee of the Company Board
may (A) fail to make in the Schedule 14D-9, withdraw, modify, amend or qualify
in any manner adverse to Parent or Purchaser the Company Recommendations, (B) fail
to recommend against acceptance of any tender or exchange offer other than the
Offer for the Company Common Stock within ten (10) Business Days after the
commencement of such offer, or (C) (x) publicly announce such action or (y) publicly
recommend any Acquisition Proposal, it being understood, for the avoidance of
doubt, that neither the approval nor the delivery of a Subsequent Determination
Notice to Parent or Purchaser or public disclosure thereof shall be deemed an
Adverse Recommendation Change (any of the foregoing in clauses (A) through (C),
an Adverse Recommendation Change).
(e) (i) At
any time prior to the Acceptance Date, if (A) there shall occur or arise after
the date of this Agreement a material development that relates to Company and
its Subsidiaries but does not relate to an Acquisition Proposal and is not a
change in the general prospects of Company and its Subsidiaries (an Intervening
Event) and (B) Company did not have knowledge, as of the date of this
Agreement, that there was a reasonable possibility that such Intervening Event
would occur or arise after the date of this Agreement, then the Company Board
may take one or more of the actions prohibited by Sections 7.2(d)(A)
or Section 7.2(d)(C)(x) if the Company Board determines in good faith,
after consultation with Companys outside legal counsel, that the failure to
take such action would result in a breach of the Company Boards fiduciary
obligations under applicable Law.
(ii) At any time prior to the Acceptance
Date, the Company Board may in response to a Superior Proposal (that has not
been withdrawn) that did not result from a breach by Company or any of its Representatives
of this Section 7.2 with respect to the Acquisition Proposal
constituting or resulting in the Superior Proposal, (i) effect an Adverse
Recommendation Change, or (ii) enter into a definitive agreement with respect
to such Superior Proposal (an Acquisition Agreement) and
simultaneously terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.1(g)
if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Companys
outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that failure to do so would
result in a breach of the Company Boards fiduciary obligations under
applicable Law; provided, however, that any such action may only
be taken at a time that is (A) after the fourth
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(4th) Business Day following
delivery to Parent of a written notice from Company that the Company Board
intends to take such action if such proposal remains a Superior Proposal (the Subsequent
Determination Notice), which notice will specify the material terms of the
applicable Superior Proposal and identifying the Person making such Superior
Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any material amendment to such
Superior Proposal, including the financial terms of such Superior Proposal,
shall require the delivery of a new Subsequent Determination Notice and the
commencement of an additional three (3) day waiting period), and (B) at the end
of any such period referred to in clause (A), the Company Board determines in
good faith, after taking into account all amendments or revisions irrevocably
committed to by Parent and after consultation with the Company Boards outside
legal counsel and financial advisors, that such Superior Proposal remains a
Superior Proposal. During any period
referred to in clause (A), Parent shall be entitled to deliver to Company one
or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal, and Company shall give
Parent the opportunity to meet with the Company and its Representatives, and at
Parents request, shall negotiate in good faith regarding the terms of any
possible revisions to the terms of this Agreement.
(f) From and after the execution of this
Agreement, Company shall notify Parent promptly (but in any event no later than
twenty-four (24) hours) of the receipt of any Acquisition Proposal or any,
proposal or expression of interest that the Company reasonably expects to lead
to an Acquisition Proposal (including a summary of the material terms and
conditions thereof, including price, and the identity of the Person making any
Acquisition Proposal). Company shall
promptly (but in any event no later than twenty-four (24) hours) inform Parent
of (i) any modification or proposed modification of any such Acquisition
Proposal or any such, proposal or expression of interest and (ii) any meeting
of the Company Board at which the Company Board is reasonably expected to
consider any Acquisition Proposal.
(g) Subject to compliance with Section
7.2(e), nothing in this Section 7.2 shall be deemed to prohibit
Company from complying with Rule 14e-2, Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of
Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to an Acquisition
Proposal if, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board or a committee of
the Company Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, failing
to take such action would be inconsistent with its obligations under applicable
Law; provided, however, that any statement or disclosure made by or on behalf
of the Company Board (other than a stop, look and listen communication of the
type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, and within the time
period contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f)(3)) shall be deemed to be an Adverse
Recommendation Change unless it is accompanied by a statement of the Company
Board expressly reaffirming the Company Recommendation in connection with such
statement or disclosure.
(h) For purposes of this Agreement, Acquisition
Proposal shall mean any proposal or offer from any Person (other than
Parent or its Subsidiaries) relating to, any direct or indirect acquisition or
purchase, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of (i)(A) assets or
businesses that constitute 15% or more of the revenues, net income or assets of
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) 15% or more of any class
of equity securities of Company, (ii) any tender offer or exchange offer that
if consummated would result in any Person or group (as defined under Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) beneficially
owning 15% or more of any class of equity securities of Company, or (iii) any
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merger, consolidation,
business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, joint
venture, binding share exchange or similar transaction involving Company or any
of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which any Person or group (as defined under Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder), would own (A)
15% or more of any class of equity securities of Company or of any resulting
parent company of Company or (B) businesses or assets that constitute 15% or
more of the revenues, net income or assets of Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(i) For purposes of this Agreement, Superior
Proposal shall mean any bona fide
written Acquisition Proposal (with for these purposes (y) the references to 15%
in clauses (i)(A) and (iii)(B) of the definition of Acquisition Proposal being
treated as references to 50.1% and (z) the references to 15% of any class of
equity securities in clauses (i)(B), (ii) and (iii)(A) being treated as
references to 50.1% of the outstanding Company Common Stock or the outstanding
capital stock of any resulting parent company of Company), which did not result
from or arise in connection with a breach of this Section 7.2, made by a
Person (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) that the Company Board
determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and
financial advisors, is reasonably capable of being consummated, and if
consummated would be more favorable to the Company Stockholders (in their
capacity as such) than the Offer and the Merger from a financial point of view,
taking into account (A) all financial, regulatory, legal and other aspects of
such Acquisition Proposal, including the existence of financing conditions, the
need for financing, the conditionality of any financing commitments and the
likelihood and timing of consummation and (B) any adjustment to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement irrevocably committed to by Parent in response to
such Acquisition Proposal.
7.3 Access
to Information.
(a) Upon reasonable prior notice and
subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use reasonable commercial
efforts to (a) afford to the officers, employees, accountants, counsel and
other Representatives of Parent, reasonable access, during normal business
hours during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective
Time, or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
9.1, to all of its properties, books, contracts, commitments and records
(other than confidential information contained in personnel files to the extent
the disclosure of such information is prohibited by privacy Laws), and subject
to receipt of their accountants consent, their accountants work papers and (b)
furnish Parent and Purchaser on a timely basis with such financial and
operating data and other information with respect to Company and its
Subsidiaries or with respect to actions relating to compliance with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby as Parent and Purchaser may
from time to time reasonably request.
Upon reasonable prior notice and subject to applicable Laws relating to
the exchange of information, Company also shall provide Parent with such access
to the appropriate individuals (including management personnel, attorneys,
accountants and other professionals) for discussion of Companys business,
properties, prospects and personnel as Parent or Purchaser may reasonably
request. Neither Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to or to disclose information
where such access or disclosure would
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contravene any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree, or binding agreement entered into prior to
the date of this Agreement or would reasonably be expected to violate or result
in a loss or impairment of any attorney-client or work product privilege. The parties hereto will use commercially
reasonable efforts to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under
circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply. In furtherance of the foregoing, no
information identifying individual employees or consultants of Company or any
Subsidiary of Company or protected personal information regarding such
employees or consultants will be disclosed under this Agreement (including in
the Company Disclosure Schedule) in respect of employees or consultants that
are employed (or were employed and remain domiciled) in any country that has
enacted legislation implementing the EU Personal Data Privacy Directive or
similar legislation, except to the extent permitted by a contractual
undertaking entered into by Company and Parent regarding maintenance of privacy
of such data in a form reasonably necessary to effect compliance with such
legislation.
(b) With respect to all information
furnished by one party to the other party or its Representatives under this
Agreement, the parties shall comply with, and shall cause their respective
Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations under the
Confidentiality Agreement.
7.4 Employment
and Benefit Matters.
(a) Provision of Benefits. As of and for the twelve (12) month period
immediately following the Effective Time, Parent will either (a) continue
certain Company Plans, (b) permit Company Employees and, as applicable, their
eligible dependents, to participate in the employee benefit plans, programs or
policies (including without limitation any plan intended to qualify within the
meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code and any vacation, sick, per personal time
off plans or programs) of Parent, in each case on terms substantially similar
in the aggregate to those provided to similarly situated employees of Parent,
including with respect to geographical location, or (c) a combination of
clauses (a) and (b). To the extent
Parent elects to have Company Employees and their eligible dependents
participate in its employee benefit plans, program or policies following the
Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to,
treat, and cause the applicable benefit plans in which Company Employees are
entitled to participate to treat, the service of Company Employees with the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or predecessor employers attributable
to any period before the Effective Time as service rendered to Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary of Parent for purposes of eligibility
to participate, vesting and for other appropriate benefits including the
applicability of minimum waiting periods for participation, but excluding
benefit accrual (including minimum pension amount), equity incentive plans and
eligibility for early retirement under any benefit plan of Parent or
eligibility for retiree welfare benefit plans or as would otherwise result in a
duplication of benefits. Without
limiting the foregoing, with respect to Company Employees who are employed by
Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent in the United States, Parent shall cause any
pre-existing conditions or (actively at work or similar) limitations, eligibility
waiting periods, evidence of insurability requirements or required physical
examinations under any health or similar plan of Parent to be waived with
respect to Company Employees and their eligible dependents; provided, however,
that with respect to preexisting conditions, such conditions shall be waived to
the extent waived under the corresponding plan in
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which Company Employees
participated immediately prior to the date Company Employees and their eligible
dependents are transitioned to Parents health or similar plans. With respect to Company Employees who are
employed by Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent in the United States, Parent shall
also cause any deductibles paid by Company Employees under any of Companys or
its Subsidiaries health plans in the plan year in which the Acceptance Date
occurs (or the Closing Date occurs, if the Closing Date occurs in a subsequent
plan year and Company Employees and their eligible dependents are not transitioned
to Parents health or similar plans until such subsequent plan year) to be
credited towards deductibles under the health plans of Parent or any Subsidiary
of Parent. Except as otherwise required
under applicable Laws, Company Employees shall be considered to be employed by
Parent at will and nothing shall be construed to limit the ability of Parent
or the Surviving Corporation to terminate the employment of any such Company
Employee at any time.
(b) Company Plans. Effective as of the day immediately preceding
the date the Company becomes a member of the same Controlled Group of
Corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code) as Parent, Company
shall terminate each Company Plan that is intended to include a Code Section 401(k)
arrangement maintained by Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a Company
401(k) Plan) (unless Parent provides written notice to the Company at
least five (5) Business Days prior to the date the Company will become a member
of the same Controlled Group of Corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of
the Code) as Parent that a Company 401(k) Plan shall not be terminated). Unless Parent provides any such written
notice to Company, Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such Company
401(k) Plan(s) have been terminated (effective no later than the day
immediately preceding the Closing Date) pursuant to resolutions of the Company
Board. The form and substance of such
resolutions shall be subject to review and approval of Parent, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld. Company also
shall take such other actions in furtherance of terminating such Company Plan(s)
as Parent may reasonably require.
Company shall also make such amendments to the Company 401(k) Plan(s) as
requested by Parent at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Closing
Date. Unless prohibited or limited by
applicable Law, if requested by Parent, Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to effect the timely, accurate and efficient transfer of the
Company Employees to Parents employee benefit plans and programs.
(c) Company Employee Compensation. For a
period of at least one (1) year following the Effective Time, Parent shall, or
shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, compensate each Company Employee with
a base salary or hourly wage no less favorable than the base salary or hourly
wage provided to the Company Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time,
provided that Parent may adjust such base salary or hourly wage to reasonably
reflect any change in responsibilities or based upon such Company Employees
performance following the Effective Time.
(d) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Company and Parent acknowledge and agree that
all provisions contained in this Section 7.4 with respect to employees
are included for the sole benefit of the respective parties and shall not
create any right in any other Person, including any employees, former
employees, any participant in any Company Plan or any beneficiary thereof or
any right to continued employment with Company, Parent or any Subsidiary of
Company or Parent, shall be construed to establish, amend, or modify a Company
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Plan or any other benefit
plan, program, agreement or arrangement nor shall require Company or any
Subsidiary of Company to continue or amend any particular benefit plan after
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for any
employee or former employee of Company or any subsidiary of Company, and any
such plan may be amended or terminated in accordance with its terms and
applicable Law.
7.5 Directors
and Officers Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) Parent and Purchaser agree that any
rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of, and all
limitations on the personal liability of each present and former director,
officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of Company and its Subsidiaries (the Indemnified
Parties and, each, an Indemnified Party) provided for in the
respective organizational documents or in any indemnification agreements in
effect as of the date hereof, shall continue in full force and effect (and with
respect to Company and the Surviving Corporation, shall be reflected in the
applicable organizational documents of such entity), for a period of six (6) years
after the Acceptance Date. During such
period, Parent shall not, nor shall it permit the Surviving Corporation to,
amend, repeal or otherwise modify such provisions for indemnification in any
manner that would affect the rights thereunder of any individual who at any
time on or prior to the Effective Time was a director, officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent of Company or its Subsidiaries in respect of actions or
omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement), unless such modification is required by Law; provided,
however, that in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made
either prior to the Effective Time or within such six-year period, all rights
to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until
disposition of any and all such claims.
Any indemnification agreements with Indemnified Parties in existence on
the date of this Agreement shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation in the
Merger, without any further action, and shall survive the Merger and continue
in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Company
shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Laws, indemnify and
hold harmless, and, after the Effective Time, Parent shall and shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law,
indemnify and hold harmless, each present and former director or officer of
Company and each Subsidiary of Company and each such Person who served at the
request of Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a director, officer, trustee,
partner, fiduciary, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise
(collectively, the Covered Parties) against all costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and settlement amounts paid in connection with any claim,
action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the
Effective Time), whether civil, administrative or investigative, arising out of
or pertaining to any action or omission in their capacities as officers or
directors, in each case occurring before the Effective Time (including the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement).
Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent not inconsistent with the
indemnification or exculpation agreements in place as of the date hereof, in
the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (i) Company
or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall be entitled to control
the defense of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
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investigation, (ii) if
Company or the Surviving Corporation does not elect to control the defense of
such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, the Covered Party shall
be entitled to select counsel for the Covered Party, which counsel shall be
reasonably satisfactory to Company or to the Surviving Corporation, as the case
may be, and Company or the Surviving Corporation shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel promptly after statements therefor are received
(unless Company or the Surviving Corporation shall elect to defend such
action), (iii) the Covered Party shall cooperate in the defense of any such
matter, and (iv) neither Company nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable
for any settlement effected without its written consent (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c) Company shall maintain in effect from
the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time the current directors and
officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company as of the date
of this Agreement (the Policies).
Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation, to maintain in
effect for six (6) years from the Effective Time the Policies (provided that
the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same
coverage containing terms and conditions that are no less favorable) with
respect to matters occurring at or prior to the Effective Time; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to
expend pursuant to this Section 7.5(c) more than an amount per year
equal to 250% of the current annual premiums paid by the Company for the
Policies; provided, however, that, if the annual premiums for the
Policies exceed such amount or in the event of an expiration, termination or
cancellation of such Policies, the Surviving Corporation shall be required to
obtain as much coverage as is possible under substantially similar policies for
such maximum annual amount in aggregate annual premiums. Parent and the Surviving Corporation may
satisfy their obligations under the first sentence of this Section 7.5(c)
by obtaining, at or prior to the Effective Time, a prepaid (or tail)
directors and officers liability insurance policy, in each case, the material
terms of which, including coverage, terms of coverage, amount and
creditworthiness of the issuer, are in effect and are no less favorable to such
directors and officers than the insurance coverage otherwise required under
this Section 7.5(c). In such
event, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall maintain such tail policy
in full force and effect and continue to honor their respective obligations
thereunder, in lieu of all other obligations of Parent and the Surviving
Corporation under the second sentence of this Section 7.5(c) for such
six-year period; provided that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation pay
a premium for such tail policy that in the aggregate exceeds 250%% of the
last annual premium paid by the Company for coverage for the period of twelve
(12) months most recently commenced prior to the date hereof.
(d) The obligations under this Section
7.5 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely
affect any indemnitee to whom this Section 7.5 applies without the
consent of such affected indemnitee (it being expressly agreed that the
indemnitees to whom this Section 7.5 applies shall be third party
beneficiaries of this Section 7.5 and shall be entitled to enforce the
covenants contained herein).
(e) In the event Parent or the Surviving
Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates
with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or
surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers
or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets, then, and in
each such case, to the
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extent necessary, proper
provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent and the
Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, assume the obligations set forth in
this Section 7.5.
7.6 Additional Agreements.
In case at any
time after the Effective Time any further action is necessary or desirable to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation
with full title to all properties, assets, rights, approvals, immunities and
franchises of any of the parties to the Merger, the proper officers and
directors of each party to this Agreement and their respective Subsidiaries
shall take all such necessary action as may be reasonably requested by, and at
the sole expense of, Parent.
7.7 Advice of Changes.
Parent and Company
shall each promptly notify the other party of any change or event (a) having a
Parent Material Adverse Effect or Company Material Adverse Effect, as the case
may be, or (b) which it believes would otherwise be reasonably likely to cause
or constitute a breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants
contained herein; provided, that with respect to the Company, the notice
required by clause (b) shall only be required if as a result of such breach the
conditions set forth in Sections (c) or (d) of Annex I hereto
would not be satisfied; provided further, that with respect to Parent,
the notice required by this clause (b) shall only be required if such breach
result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect; provided, further, however,
that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall not
limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party
receiving such notice.
7.8 Publicity.
Except with
respect to any action taken pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 7.2
or Article IX, so long as this Agreement is in effect, neither Parent nor
Company shall, or shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue or cause the
publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to,
or otherwise make any public statement concerning, the Transaction or this
Agreement without the consent of the other party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, except as follows: (x) such party determines
in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that such action is
required by applicable Law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange or the
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, in which event such party shall endeavor, on a basis
reasonable under the circumstances, to provide a meaningful opportunity to the
other parties to review and comment upon such press release or other
announcement and shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions,
deletions or changes suggested thereto or (y) in connection with any actions by
the Company or Company Board permitted by Section 7.2(e) or in
connection with any actions by Parent in response to or as a result of any
action by Company or the Company Board permitted by Section 7.2(e).
7.9 Rule 16b-3 Actions.
Parent and Company
agree that, in order to most effectively compensate and retain those officers
and directors of Company who are subject to the reporting requirements of Section
16(a)
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of the Exchange Act in connection with the Offer and the Merger, both
prior to and after the Effective Time, it is desirable that such Persons not be
subject to a risk of liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and for that compensatory and retentive purpose
agree to the provisions of this Section 7.9. Promptly after the date hereof and prior to
the Expiration Date, Company shall take all such steps as may be required to
cause any dispositions of shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement by each individual who is subject
to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect
to Company to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, to
the extent permitted by applicable Law.
7.10 Rule
14d-10 Matters.
(a) Company shall provide to Parent
within five (5) Business Days following the execution date of this Agreement a
true and complete copy of any resolutions of the Company Board, or the Company
Compensation Committee, reflecting any approvals and actions referred to in the
last sentence of Section 5.13(k) to the extent taken prior to the date of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, Company and its Subsidiaries will not, after
the date hereof, enter into, establish, amend or modify any plan, program,
agreement or arrangement pursuant to which compensation is paid or payable, or
pursuant to which benefits are provided, in each case to any Company Personnel
unless, prior to such entry into, establishment, amendment or modification, the
Company Compensation Committee shall have taken all such steps as may be
necessary to (i) approve as an Employment Compensation Arrangement each such
plan, program, agreement or arrangement and (ii) satisfy the requirements of
the non-exclusive safe harbor under Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the Exchange Act
with respect to such plan, program, agreement, arrangement, understanding,
payment or benefit.
(b) In the event that, during the period
beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending not less than five (5) days
prior to the Expiration Date, Parent requests that the Company Compensation
Committee consider whether any plan, program, agreement or arrangement that
Parent would like to enter into, establish, amend or modify pursuant to which
compensation is paid or payable, or pursuant to which benefits are provided, in
each case to any Company Personnel (each such plan, program, agreement or
arrangement, a Post-Signing Arrangement), would constitute an
Employment Compensation Arrangement and provides Company with such information
with respect to such Post-Signing Arrangement as Company may reasonably
request, the Company Compensation Committee will promptly, and in any event
prior to the Expiration Date, consider such Post-Signing Arrangement at a
meeting duly called and held. In the
event that, following such consideration, the Company Compensation Committee
determines in good faith that such Post-Signing Arrangement constitutes an
Employment Compensation Arrangement, at such meeting the Company Compensation Committee
shall take all such steps as may be necessary to (i) approve as an Employment
Compensation Arrangement such plan, program, agreement or arrangement and (ii) satisfy
the requirements of the non-exclusive safe harbor under Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under
the Exchange Act with respect to such plan, program, agreement, arrangement,
understanding, payment or benefit.
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(c) At the time of any action by the
Company Compensation Committee described in this Section 7.10, each
member of the Company Compensation Committee shall be an independent director
in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the
Exchange Act.
7.11 State
Takeover Laws.
If any control share acquisition, fair price or
other anti-takeover laws or regulations enacted under state or federal laws
becomes or is deemed to become applicable to the Company, the Offer, the
acquisition of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer, the Top-Up
Option, the Merger, the Support Agreements or any other Transaction, then the
Company Board shall use reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary to
render such statute inapplicable to the foregoing.
ARTICLE VIII
- CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
8.1 Conditions.
The respective obligations of Parent, Purchaser and
Company to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction, at or before
the Effective Time, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Company Stockholder Approval. The Company Stockholder Approval shall have
been obtained, if and to the extent required by the DGCL.
(b) Purchase of Common Shares. Purchaser shall have accepted for payment shares
of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(c) No Injunctions or Restraints;
Illegality. No order, injunction,
judgment, ruling or decree issued by any court or agency of competent
jurisdiction or any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or other
legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger shall
be in effect. No statute, rule,
regulation, order, injunction or decree shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated, deemed applicable to the Merger by any Governmental Authority of
competent jurisdiction or enforced by any Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction which prohibits, or makes illegal, consummation of the Merger.
ARTICLE IX
- TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
9.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated and the Transaction
may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or
after the Company Stockholder Approval:
(a) by mutual written consent of Company
and Parent prior to the Acceptance Date;
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(b) by Parent or Company if the
Acceptance Date shall not have occurred on or before March 15, 2010 (the Outside
Date); provided, however, that Company may not terminate
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) if such
non-occurrence of the Acceptance Date resulted proximately from the breach of
this Agreement by Company, and Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this Section 9.1(b) if such non-occurrence of the
Acceptance Date resulted proximately from the breach of this Agreement by
Parent or Purchaser;
(c) by either Parent or Company if any
Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued a final and
non-appealable order, decree, judgment, injunction or ruling or taken any other
final and non-appealable action, in each case, having the effect of permanently
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the
Transaction prior to the Outside Date; provided that the party seeking to
terminate this Agreement shall have used its reasonable efforts to have such
order, decree, judgment, injunction or ruling lifted if and to the extent
required by Section 7.1;
(d) by Parent prior to the Acceptance
Date, (A) in the event any representation, warranty, covenant or other
agreement contained herein (other than the representations and warranties set
forth in clause (a) or clause (b)(ii) of Section 5.7)
shall have been breached by Company or shall be or shall have become untrue,
which situation in any case (1) would result in any of the events set
forth in clauses (c) or (d) of Annex I to occur and (2) has not
been cured within twenty (20) Business Days following notice by Parent, (B) in
the event the representations and warranties set forth in clause (a) or
clause (b)(ii) of Section 5.7 shall have been breached by
Company or shall be or shall have become untrue, which situation (1) would
result in any of the events set forth in clause (c) of Annex I to occur
and (2) is not cured by the Outside Date, (C) if any order, decree,
judgment, injunction or ruling having the effects referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv) of paragraph (a) of Annex I in connection with the consummation
of the Offer or the Merger shall have become final and nonappealable, or (D) if
Company shall have taken action to have materially and willfully breached Section 7.2;
provided, however, that Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section 9.1(d) if any of the circumstances referred to in
clauses (A) through (C) resulted proximately from the breach of this
Agreement by Parent or Purchaser;
(e) by Company prior to the Acceptance
Date, in the event of a breach by Parent or Purchaser of any representation,
warranty, covenant or other agreement contained herein, or if a representation
or warranty of Parent or Purchaser shall have become untrue, which situation in
any case (1) would result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect and (2) is
not cured within twenty (20) Business Days following notice by Company; provided,
however, that Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(e) if
any of such circumstances resulted proximately from the breach of this
Agreement by Company.
(f) by Parent, if prior to the
Acceptance Date (i) following commencement of the Offer, the Company Board
shall have failed to publicly recommend to the Company Stockholders that they
tender their shares into the Offer or vote in favor of the adoption and
approval of this Agreement, including by failing to put the Company
Recommendation in the Schedule 14D-9, (ii) the Company Board shall
have effected an Adverse Recommendation Change, (iii) the Company Board
shall have approved, or recommended that the Company Stockholders accept or
approve, an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) if a tender or exchange offer
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relating to the Companys
securities shall have been commenced by a Person unaffiliated with Parent and
the Company Board fails, within ten (10) Business Days after such tender
or exchange offer is first published, sent or given, to recommend that the
Company Stockholders not tender their shares of Company Common Stock pursuant
to such tender or exchange offer, (v) the Company Board shall have failed
to reconfirm the Company Recommendation within ten (10) Business Days,
following Parents request to do so, or (vi) the Company Board shall have
resolved to do any of the foregoing (it being agreed that the delivery of a
Subsequent Determination Notice and the determination to so deliver such notice
and public disclosure with respect thereto shall not, by itself, give rise to a
right for Parent to terminate this Agreement); or
(g) by Company, if prior to the
Acceptance Date the Company Board shall have effected an Adverse Recommendation
Change in respect of a Superior Proposal in accordance with Section 7.2,
and simultaneously with such termination (A) is entering into an
Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal and (B) the
Company has paid the Company Termination Amount to Parent pursuant to Section 9.2(b).
9.2 Effect
of Termination.
(a) A party desiring to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 (other than Section 9.1(a))
shall give notice of such termination to the other party or parties hereto. In the event of a termination and abandonment
of this Agreement by either Parent or Company as provided in Section 9.1,
this Agreement shall immediately become void and have no effect, and none of
Parent, Purchaser, Company, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of the
officers or directors of any of them shall have any liability or obligation of
any nature whatsoever hereunder, or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, except that Sections 1.1(g), 1.2(c), 4.4,
5.6, 7.3(b) and 9.2, and Article X and all other
obligations of the parties specifically intended to be performed after the
termination of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, neither Parent nor Company shall be relieved or released from any
liabilities or damages arising out of its willful breach of any provision of
this Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith or any
fraud.
(b) In the event this Agreement is
terminated by:
(i) Parent pursuant to Section 9.1(f);
or
(ii) Company pursuant to Section 9.1(g),
then Company shall make a cash payment to Parent in the amount of $64,000,000 (the Company Termination Amount).
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(c) In the event this Agreement is
terminated by Parent or Company pursuant to Section 9.1(b) and
prior to such termination an Acquisition Proposal shall have been made directly
to the stockholders of Company generally or any Person shall have publicly
announced or publicly confirmed an intention to make an Acquisition Proposal
and prior to such termination shall not have been withdrawn or publicly
denounced and at any time prior to such termination but after disclosure of
such Acquisition Proposal all of the Tender Offer Conditions have been
satisfied or waived on the Business Day preceding an Expiration Date other than
the Minimum Condition, if within twelve (12) months following such termination,
Company shall have entered into a definitive agreement to engage in, a transaction
qualifying as an Acquisition Proposal (with for these purposes (y) the
references to 15% in clauses (i)(A) and (iii)(B) of the definition of
Acquisition Proposal being treated as references to 50.1% and (z) the
references to 15% of any class of equity securities in clauses (i)(B), (ii) and
(iii)(A) being treated as references to 50.1% of the outstanding Company
Common Stock or the outstanding capital stock of any resulting parent company
of Company) with any Person other than Parent or any Affiliate of Parent, which
transaction is subsequently consummated, then Company shall make a cash payment
to Parent of the Company Termination Amount.
(d) If required under this Section 9.2,
the Company Termination Amount shall be paid in immediately available funds to
an account designated by Parent within two (2) Business Days after the
date of the event giving rise to the obligation to make such payment; provided,
however, if the Company Termination Amount is payable as a result of a
termination pursuant to Section 9.1(g), then the Company
Termination Amount shall be payable prior to and as a condition to the
termination. The parties acknowledge and
agree that the provisions for payment of the Company Termination Amount are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and are
included herein in order to induce Parent to enter into this Agreement and to
reimburse Parent for incurring the costs and expenses related to entering into
this Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. If Company fails to pay the
Company Termination Amount and Parent or Purchaser commences a suit which
results in a judgment against Company for the Company Termination Amount or any
portion thereof, then Company shall pay Parent and Purchaser their costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) in connection
with such suit, together with interest on the Company Termination Amount at the
prime rate as quoted on Bloomberg screen (PRIMBB Index) in effect on the date
such payment was required to be made through the date of payment.
9.3 Amendment.
Subject to compliance with applicable Law, this
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time before or after
approval of the matters presented in connection with the Merger to the
stockholders of Company; provided, however, that after the
adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated
hereby by the Company Stockholders, no amendment of this Agreement shall be
made which by Law requires further approval by the stockholders of Company
without obtaining such approval. This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on
behalf of each of the parties hereto.
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9.4 Extension;
Waiver.
At any time prior to the Effective Time, the parties
hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the
performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties
hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties
contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive
compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein; provided,
however, that after the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of
the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company Stockholders, no extension
or waiver of this Agreement or any portion thereof shall be made which by Law
requires further approval by the Company Stockholders without obtaining such
approval. Any agreement on the part of a
party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth
in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or
waiver or failure or delay to insist on strict compliance with an obligation,
covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel
with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.
ARTICLE X
- MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Nonsurvival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
None of the representations or warranties in this
Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall
survive the Acceptance Date and none of the covenants, or agreements in this
Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive
the Effective Time; provided that this Section 10.1 shall not limit
any covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates
performance after the Effective Time or relates to delivery of the Exchange
Fund in full.
10.2 Expenses.
Except as may otherwise be agreed to hereunder or in
other writing by the parties, all legal and other costs and expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
10.3 Notices.
All notices or other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier (providing proof of delivery), by
telecopy (providing confirmation of transmission), or, if provided in
connection with Section 6.1, by email to the respective address set
forth on Schedule 6.1 (providing confirmation of delivery), addressed as follows:
(a) If to Parent or Purchaser, to:
Adobe
Systems Incorporated
345
Park Avenue, MS A17-400
San
Jose, CA 95110-2704
Attn: Stuart Fagin, Associate General Counsel
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Fax:(408)
537-5204
with
required copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
Latham &
Watkins LLP
140
Scott Drive
Menlo
Park, CA 94025
Attn: Glenn P. Nash
Peter
F. Kerman
Fax: (650) 463-2600
(b) If to Company, to:
Omniture, Inc.
550
East Timpanogos Circle
Orem,
Utah 84097
Attn: Chief Legal Officer
Fax: (801) 722-7005
with required
copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional
Corporation
650
Page Mill Road
Palo
Alto, California 94304-105
Attention: Martin W. Korman
Bradley L. Finkelstein
Facsimile
No.: (650) 493-6811
Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional
Corporation
701
Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
Seattle,
WA 98104-7036
Attention: Patrick J. Schultheis
Facsimile
No.: (206) 883-2699
or such other
address as shall be furnished in writing by any party, and any such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date received by the
addressee as provided above; provided that any notice received by
facsimile transmission, email transmission or otherwise at the addressees
location on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m. (addressees local time)
shall be deemed to have been received at 9:00 a.m. (addressees local
time) on the next Business Day.
10.4 Interpretation.
When a reference is made in this Agreement to
Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes, such reference shall be to a Section of
or Exhibit, Schedule or Annex to this
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Agreement
unless otherwise indicated. The table of
contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement. Whenever the words include,
includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to
be followed by the words without limitation.
The words hereof, hereto, hereby, herein or hereunder and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. The term or is not
exclusive. Documents filed or furnished
with the SEC by a party or included in the electronic data room by a party,
shall be deemed to have been made available to the other party for purposes of
this Agreement. Any capitalized terms
used in any Schedule, Exhibit or Annex, but not otherwise defined therein,
shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. All references to this Agreement shall be
deemed to include references to the plan of merger contained herein (as such
term is used in the DGCL). The initial
applications and filings made pursuant to Section 7.1(a) in
connection with obtaining the expiration or termination of any applicable
waiting period or any clearance, consent or approval under the HSR Act or any
other Antitrust Law shall not be determinative of whether applications or
filings in other jurisdictions for purposes of obtaining the expiration or
termination of any applicable waiting period or clearance, consent or
approval of any other jurisdiction are commercially
reasonably required, as such term is used in Annex I.
10.5 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective
when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the
other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart.
10.6 Entire
Agreement.
This Agreement, together with the Exhibits, Annexes
and Schedules hereto, and any documents delivered by the parties in connection
herewith and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among
the parties hereto, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
10.7 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its rules of
conflict of laws. Each of Parent and
Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
Delaware Court of Chancery, or if no such state court has proper
jurisdiction, then the Federal court of the U.S. located in the State of
Delaware, and appellate courts therefrom, (collectively, the Delaware
Courts) for any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agrees not to commence any
litigation relating thereto except in such courts), waives any objection to the
laying of venue of any such litigation in the Delaware Courts and agrees not to
plead or claim in any Delaware Court that such litigation brought therein has
been brought in any inconvenient forum.
Each of the parties hereto agrees, (a) to the extent such party is
not otherwise subject to service of process in the
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State
of Delaware, to appoint and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as such
partys agent for acceptance of legal process, and (b) that service of
process may also be made on such party by prepaid certified mail with a proof
of mailing receipt validated by U.S. Postal Service constituting evidence of
valid service. Service made pursuant to (a) or
(b) above shall have the same legal force and effect as if served upon
such party personally with the State of Delaware. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY
THIS AGREEMENT.
10.8 Severability.
In the event that any one or more provisions of this
Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement and
the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to substitute a valid,
legal and enforceable provision which, insofar as practicable, implements the
original purposes and intents of this Agreement.
10.9 Assignment;
Reliance of Other Parties.
Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties
hereto in whole or in part (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without
the prior written consent of the other parties and any attempt to make any such
assignment without such consent shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however,
that Purchaser may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any direct or
indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent to the extent Purchaser and/or
Parent, as applicable, agree to remain liable for the performance of such
wholly owned Subsidiary of its obligations hereunder. Except as provided in Section 7.5,
this Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein) is
not intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights
or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
10.10 Specific
Performance.
The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would
occur in the event that the provisions contained in this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise
breached. It is accordingly agreed that
the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, without the
posting of any bond, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions thereof in the Delaware Courts, this
being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity. Except as otherwise provided
herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be
deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by
law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy
will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
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10.11 Definitions.
Except as
otherwise provided herein or as otherwise clearly required by the context, the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings indicated when
used in this Agreement:
Acceptance Date
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.1(a).
Acquisition Agreement
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.2(e).
Acquisition Proposal
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.2(i).
Adverse
Recommendation Change shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
7.2(d).
Affiliate shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by
or under common control with such Person.
As used in this definition, control (including, with its correlative
meanings, controlled by and under common control with) means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agreement shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Antitrust Laws
shall mean, other than the HSR Act, any Law designed to
prohibit, restrict or regulate actions for the purpose or effect of
monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening competition through merger or
acquisition.
Appraisal Rights
Provisions shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.3(a).
Arrangements
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.13(k).
Book-Entry Share
and Book-Entry Shares shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(c).
Business Day
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 14d-1(c)(6) under the Exchange
Act.
Capitalization
Adjustment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(e).
Cashed Out
Compensatory Award shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(a).
Cashed Out Remaining
Plan Awards shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(b).
Cashed Out Specified
Plan Awards shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(a).
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Certificate and Certificates
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1(c).
Certificate of Merger
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2.
Closing shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2.
Closing Date
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2.
Code shall mean
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Company 401(k) Plans
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.4(b).
Company Board
shall mean the board of directors of Company.
Company Common Stock
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Company Compensation
Committee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.13(k).
Company Compensatory
Award shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(a).
Company Contracts
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.15.
Company Copyrights
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(a).
Company Databases
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(a).
Company Disclosure
Schedule shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Article V.
Company Employees
shall mean employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective
Time who remain employed by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or its
Subsidiaries after the Effective Time.
Company Financial
Statements shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.5.
Company Intellectual
Property Assets shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(iii).
Company Marks
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(a).
Company Material
Adverse Effect shall mean, with respect to Company, a change, event,
development, circumstance, state of facts, condition or effect (each, an Effect)
that, individually or when taken together with all other Effects that exist at
the date of determination, has had or is reasonably likely to have, a material
adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations, or
financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
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whole, provided,
however, that none of the following Effects shall be taken into account
in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect; (A)(i)
general changes in the economy or financial markets of the U.S. or any other
region outside of the U.S., (ii) changes in general economic or business
conditions that generally affect industries in which Company and its
Subsidiaries conduct business, (iii) acts of terrorism or sabotage not directed at
Company, war, regional, national or international calamity, military action or
any other similar event or any escalation or worsening thereof after the date
hereof, (iv) any change in GAAP or any change in Laws applicable to the
operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or (v) any
Effect, including loss of customers or employees of Company and its
Subsidiaries, as a result of the announcement or pendency of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; provided that any Effect of a type
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iv) may be taken into account in determining
whether there was a Company Material Adverse Effect to the extent such Effect
affects Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in a materially
disproportionate manner to similarly situated companies, (B) any decline in the
market price, or change in trading volume, of the capital stock of Company or
any failure to meet internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or
earning predictions for any period; provided that the underlying causes
of such decline, change or failure, may be considered in determining whether
there was a Company Material Adverse Effect; or (C) any stockholder class
action litigation, derivative or similar litigation arising out of or in
connection with or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty or
misrepresentation in public disclosure.
Company Material
Contract means the following: (x) any Contract (other than any Contract
with a customer) that is material to the operation of the business of the
Company and (y) any Significant Customer Contract.
Company Patents
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(a).
Company Pension Plans
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.13(a).
Company Permits
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.11.
Company Personnel
shall mean any current or former director, officer, employee, independent
contractor or consultant of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Company Plans
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.13(a).
Company Preferred
Stock shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.2(a).
Company Privacy
Policies shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.22(e).
Company Products
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(iv).
Company
Recommendations shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.2(a).
Company Remaining
Plan shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(b).
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Company Remaining
Plan Award shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(b).
Company Restricted
Stock Award shall mean each award with respect to a share of restricted
Company Common Stock outstanding under any Company Stock Option Plan that is,
at the time of determination, subject to forfeiture or repurchase by the
Company.
Company RSU
shall mean each award of restricted stock units outstanding under any Company
Stock Option Plan or otherwise.
Company SAR
shall mean stock appreciation rights issued under any of Company Stock Options
Plans.
Company SEC Reports
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.9(a).
Company Specified
Plan Award shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(a).
Company Specified
Plans shall mean the Companys 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, the Companys
2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the Companys 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
Company Stockholder
Approval shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.18(b).
Company Stockholders
shall mean the holders of Company Common Stock.
Company Stock Option
shall mean options to purchase Company Common Stock issued under any of Company
Stock Options Plans.
Company
Stock Option Plans shall mean the Companys 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as
amended, the Companys 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, the WebSideStory, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, the WebSideStory, Inc. 2004
Equity Incentive Award Plan, the Avivo Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan,
the WebSideStory, Inc. 2006 Employment Commencement Equity Incentive Award
Plan, the Companys 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, the Companys 2008 Equity
Incentive Plan, the Touch Clarity Limited Enterprise Management Incentives
Share Option Plan 2002, the Touch Clarity Limited 2006 U.S. Stock Plan, and any other stock option, stock incentive
or equity compensation plan or agreement sponsored or maintained by the Company
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company.
Company
Technology shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(v).
Company Termination
Amount shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9.2(b).
Company Trade Secrets
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(b)(xi).
Companys Business
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(ii).
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Companys Financial
Advisor shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.6.
Confidentiality
Agreement shall mean that certain Confidentiality Agreement by and between
Company and Parent dated as of August 2, 2009.
Contract means
any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or
other instrument or obligation to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound.
Copyrights shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(i)(C).
Covered Parties
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.5(b).
Covered
Securityholders shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.7.
Delaware
Courts shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.7.
DGCL shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Dissenting
Stockholders shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.3(a).
Dissenting Shares
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.3(a).
Effective Time
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2.
Employment
Compensation Arrangement shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
5.13(k).
Encumbrances
shall mean all liens, security interests, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations,
easements, covenants, declarations, conditions and restrictions (including
transfer and voting restrictions), defects in or clouds on title and other
encumbrances of every kind and nature (including options, preemptive right,
rights of first offer, negotiation and rights of first refusal), whether
arising by agreement, operation of law or otherwise, in each case, in respect
of any property, whether real or personal, and whether tangible or intangible.
Environmental Law
means any federal, state, foreign or local Law binding on Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective operations or property, including any judicial
or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the
environment, Hazardous Materials or exposure of any Person to Hazardous
Materials including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. sec. 9601 et seq.; the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. sec. 6901 et seq.; the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. sec. 1251 et seq.;
the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 2601 et seq.; the Clean Air
Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 7401 et seq.; Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. sec.
2701 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 300f et seq.; the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. sec. 1801 et seq.; the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. sec. 651 et
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seq., and all
similar or analogous foreign, state, regional or local statutes, secondary and
subordinate legislation, and directives, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Equity Interest
shall mean any option, warrant, call, preemptive right, subscription or other
rights agreement, arrangement or commitment of any kind, including any
stockholder rights plan, relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of a
Person, obligating the Person to issue, transfer or sell or cause to be issued,
transferred or sold any shares of capital stock or, or other equity interest
in, any Person or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for such
shares or equity interests, or obligating the Person to grant, extend or enter
into any such option, warrant, call, subscription or other right, agreement,
arrangement or commitment.
ERISA shall mean
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate
shall mean each Subsidiary of the Company and any other person or entity under
common control with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within the meaning
of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code and
the regulations issued thereunder.
ESPP shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(d).
Exchange Act
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Fund
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.2(a).
Expiration Date
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.1(b).
Final Exercise Date
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(d).
Foreign Plan
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.13(j).
Fully Diluted Basis
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex I.
GAAP shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.5.
Governmental
Authority shall mean any (i) U.S., foreign, federal, state, local or other
government, (ii) governmental commission, board, body, bureau, agency, or other
judicial, regulatory or administrative authority of any nature, including
courts and other judicial bodies, (iii) any self-regulatory body or authority,
and (iv) any instrumentality or entity designed to act for or on behalf of the
foregoing.
Harmful Code
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(b)(xiii).
Hazardous Materials
shall mean any chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances,
petroleum, petroleum products, petroleum derivative, asbestos, toxic mold,
PCBs, radon or other substances regulated by any Environmental Law or that is
otherwise a danger to health, reproduction or the environment.
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HSR Act shall
mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
In-Licenses
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c).
Indemnified Parties
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.5(a).
Intellectual Property
Assets shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(i).
Intervening Event
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(e)(i).
IRS shall mean
the Internal Revenue Service.
Key Employee
shall mean each of the individuals listed in Section 10.11(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
Law shall mean any
federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance or principle of common
law, or any rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, agency
requirement, license or permit of any Governmental Authority.
Marks shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(i)(B).
Merger shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Merger Consideration
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1(c).
Minimum Condition
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex I.
Multiemployer Plan
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.13(d).
Offer shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Offer Documents
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.1(c).
Offer Price
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Outside Date
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9.1(b).
Parent shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Parent Arrangements
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.7.
Parent Common Stock
shall mean the common stock of Parent, par value $0.0001 per share.
Parent Disclosure
Schedule shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Article IV.
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Parent Material
Adverse Effect means, with respect to Parent or Purchaser, an effect,
event or change which would reasonably be expected to prevent the consummation
of the Transaction and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
prevent the ability of Parent or Purchaser to perform its respective
obligations under this Agreement.
Patents shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(i)(A).
Paying Agent
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.2(a).
Permitted
Encumbrances shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.16(b).
Person shall
mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
trust, unincorporated organization or other legal entity, or any Governmental
Authority or political subdivision thereof.
Policies shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.5(c).
Post-Signing
Arrangement shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.10(b).
Privacy and Security
Laws shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.22(h)(i).
Proxy Statement
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6(a).
Purchaser shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Purchaser Common
Stock shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1(a).
Purchaser Insiders
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.3(a).
Qualified Bidder
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.2(c).
Regulatory Law
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1(b).
Remaining Plan Award
Exchange Ratio shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(b).
Representatives
shall mean the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents, investment
bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, brokers, finders,
consultants or representatives of Company, Parent, Purchaser or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.9(a).
Schedule 14D-9
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.2(a).
Schedule TO
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.1(c).
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SEC shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.1(a).
Securities Act shall
mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Policies
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.22(b).
Short-Form Threshold
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.7.
Significant Customer
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.21.
Significant Customer
Contract shall mean any Contract with a Significant Customer.
Software shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(vii).
Source Code
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(viii).
Special Meeting
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6(a).
Specified Award
Exchange Ratio shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(a).
Specified
Governmental Authority shall mean (i) any U.S. federal or state
Governmental Authority, or (ii) any foreign or supranational Governmental
Authority whose clearance, consent or approval is commercially reasonably
required under Antitrust Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
Subsequent
Determination Notice shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
7.2(e).
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries
shall mean, when used with reference to a party, any corporation or other
organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such party or
any other subsidiary of such party is a general partner (excluding partnerships
the general partnership interests of which held by such party or any subsidiary
of such party do not have a majority of the voting interests in such
partnership) or serves in a similar capacity, or, with respect to such
corporation or other organization, at least a majority of the securities or
other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors or others performing similar functions is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such party or by any one or more of its
subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its subsidiaries.
Superior Proposal
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.2(h).
Support Agreements
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Surviving Corporation
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1.
Surviving Corporation
Bylaws shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Surviving Corporation
Charter shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
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Tax shall mean
any and all taxes, customs, duties, tariffs, imposts, charges, deficiencies,
assessments, levies or other like governmental charges, including income, gross
receipts, excise, real or personal property, ad valorem, value added,
estimated, alternative minimum, stamp, sales, withholding, social security,
occupation, use, service, service use, license, net worth, payroll, franchise,
transfer and recording taxes and charges, imposed by the IRS or any other
taxing authority (whether domestic or foreign including any state, county,
local or foreign government or any subdivision or taxing agency thereof
(including a U.S. possession)), whether computed on a separate, consolidated,
unitary, combined or any other basis; and such term shall include any interest,
fines, penalties or additional amounts attributable to, or imposed upon, or
with respect to, any such amounts.
Tax Return shall
mean any report, return, document, declaration, election or other information
or filing required to be supplied to any taxing authority or jurisdiction
(foreign or domestic) with respect to Taxes, including information returns and
any documents with respect to or accompanying payments of estimated Taxes or
requests for the extension of time in which to file any such report, return,
document, declaration or other information.
Technology shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(ix).
Tender Offer
Conditions shall mean the conditions to the Offer set forth in Annex I.
Third Party Rights
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(b)(vii).
Top-Up Option
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.4(a).
Top-Up Shares
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.4(a).
Trade Secrets
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.19(c)(i)(D).
Transaction
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Unvested Cash
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4(b).
U.S. shall mean
the United States of America.
Voting Debt
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.2(a).
Web Sites means
any and all static and dynamic web pages or landing pages available on the
World Wide Web and accessible through Hypertext Transfer Protocol or File
Transfer Protocol by any end user via a host name, domain name, Uniform
Resource Locator, File Transfer Protocol location or other identity suitable
for specifying the location of an electronic data file over a parallel or
distributed computer network or any Internet Protocol-based network, including
without limitation (i) such web pages, landing pages or other pages coded in whole
or in part in Hypertext Markup Language, JavaScript, Perl programming script or
other substantially similar scripts and (ii) any and all (a) plug-ins, add-ons
or other means implemented by an end user to facilitate or allow for the
operation of such pages, (b) widgets, web beacons, clear .gif files and other
means of transmitting discrete data to a remote server associated with
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such pages and (c)
any textual, graphical, audio visual or other digital content associated with
or displayed on such pages.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
Parent, Purchaser and Company have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
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Name: Shantanu
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Title: President
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SNOWBIRD ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
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Name: Mark Garrett
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OMNITURE, INC.
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ANNEX
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CONDITIONS
OF THE OFFER
Notwithstanding any other
provisions of the Offer, but subject to the terms of the Agreement, Parent and
Purchaser shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to any
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14e-1(c) promulgated
under the Exchange Act, pay for, any validly tendered shares of Company Common
Stock, if (i) there shall not be validly tendered and not withdrawn prior
to the Expiration Date for the Offer that number of shares of Company Common
Stock which, when added to any shares of Company Common Stock already owned by
Parent or any of its controlled Subsidiaries, represents at least a majority of
the sum of (A) the total number of outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock on the Expiration Date plus (B) the total number of shares of
Company Common Stock that will be issuable at or prior to the Outside Date upon
the vesting (including vesting solely as a result of the consummation of the
Offer), conversion or exercise of all Company Compensatory Awards and
derivative securities, including warrants, options, convertible or exchangeable
securities or other rights to acquire Company Common Stock, regardless of the
conversion or exercise price or other terms and conditions thereof) (the Minimum
Condition), (ii) any applicable waiting period or clearance, consent
or approval under the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws commercially reasonably
required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
that is required to expire, terminate or be obtained prior to consummation of
the Offer, shall not have expired or been terminated or been obtained without
the imposition of any Burdensome Action prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) at
any time on or after the date of the Agreement and prior to the time of
acceptance for payment for any shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer, any of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing on the
Expiration Date:
(a) there shall be (A) any statute,
rule, regulation, legislation, judgment, order or injunction enacted, enforced,
amended, issued or deemed applicable to the Offer or Merger, by any legislative body, court, government or
governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency of competent
jurisdiction domestic or foreign, other than the application of the waiting
period provisions of the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws to the Offer or to
the Merger, or (B) any suit, action or proceeding shall have been brought
by any Specified Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction against
Parent, Purchaser, Company or their respective Subsidiaries which remains
pending, or any Specified Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction
shall have officially notified Parent, Purchaser or Company of such
Governmental Authoritys intention to commence any such suit, action or
proceeding, and which would, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), directly
or indirectly: (i) make illegal or
otherwise prohibit the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, (ii) require
Purchaser, Parent or Company or their respective Subsidiaries to take or agree
to a Burdensome Action in connection with the consummation of the Offer or the
Merger, (iii) impose material limitations on the ability of Parent or
Purchaser effectively to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of
the shares of Company Common Stock, including the right to vote any shares of
Company Common Stock acquired or owned by Purchaser or Parent pursuant to the
Offer on all matters properly presented to Companys stockholders, or (iv) require
divestiture by Parent or Purchaser of any shares of Company Common Stock; or
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(b) the Agreement shall have been
terminated in accordance with its terms; or
(c) (i) the
representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 5.1(a),
Section 5.2 (excluding any representation as to the number of shares
of Company Common Stock outstanding, or issuable upon exercise, conversion or
exchange of any Company Compensatory Award or other derivative security), Section 5.3(a),
and Section 5.18 of the Agreement (collectively, the Specified
Company Representations), shall not be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Expiration Date with the same force and effect as if
made on and as of such date (other than those representations and warranties
which address matters only as of a particular date, which shall have been true
and correct in all material respects only as of such particular date); provided,
however, that for purposes of determining the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Agreement for
purposes of this paragraph (c)(i), any update of or modification to the Company
Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made after the date of
the Agreement shall be disregarded.
(ii) the representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in the Merger Agreement (other than the Specified Company
Representations), shall not be true in all respects on and as of the Expiration
Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (other
than those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date, which shall address only such date), except for any failure to
be so true and correct which has not had, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that for purposes
of determining the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in the Merger Agreement for purposes of this paragraph
(c)(ii), (y) no effect shall be given to any limitation as to Company Material Adverse Effect set forth in any
such representation or warranty, and (z) any update of or modification to the
Company Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made after the
date of the Agreement shall be disregarded;
(d) Company shall have breached or failed
to perform or comply in any material respect with any obligation, agreement or
covenant required to be performed or complied with by it under the Agreement,
and such breach or failure shall not have been cured;
(e) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Company Material Adverse Effect; or
(f) as of the Expiration Date, Parent
shall not have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the
effect that none of the conditions in paragraphs (c) or (d) of this
Annex I shall have occurred.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of
Parent and Purchaser and, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement,
may be waived by Parent or Purchaser in whole or in part at any time and from
time to time in their sole discretion (except for the Minimum Condition), in
each case, subject to the terms of the Agreement and the applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC. The foregoing conditions shall be in addition to, and
not in limitation of the rights of Parent and Purchaser to extend, terminate
and/or modify the Offer pursuant to the
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terms of the Agreement. The failure by Parent or
Purchaser at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be
deemed a waiver of any such right and each such right shall be deemed an
ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time.
The capitalized terms
used in this Annex I shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement to
which it is annexed.
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