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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 2000
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-28236 94-3123544
(Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
7151 GATEWAY BLVD.
NEWARK, CALIFORNIA 94560
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (510) 739-2400
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THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT
INVOLVE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION BY INVISION
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION ("INVISION"), OF INOVEC, INC., AN
OREGON CORPORATION ("INOVEC"), INCLUDING: RISKS RELATING TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT
INTEGRATION OF THE OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTS AND EMPLOYEES OF INVISION
AND INOVEC MIGHT NOT OCCUR AS ANTICIPATED; THAT THE BENEFITS EXPECTED TO RESULT
FROM THE MERGER DESCRIBED BELOW MIGHT NOT OCCUR AS ANTICIPATED; AND THAT
MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION MIGHT BE DIVERTED FROM DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
ACTUAL RESULTS AND DEVELOPMENTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE DESCRIBED IN
THIS CURRENT REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INVISION AND RISKS RELATING TO
INVESTING IN INVISION, REFER TO INVISION'S MOST RECENT REPORTS ON FORM 10-K AND
FORM 10-Q.
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On February 23, InVision acquired Inovec by the merger (the "Merger") of
Inovec with and into InVision Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of InVision ("Merger Sub"), with Merger Sub surviving
the merger. Following the merger Inovec ceased to exist and Merger Sub changed
its name to Inovec, Inc. The acquisition was accomplished pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of February 23, 2000,
among InVision, Merger Sub, Inovec and Andrew Nowak, Ala Bazzaz, Jeff Franklin
and Kerry Wilson (the "Shareholders") who together represent the holders of all
of outstanding stock (the "Reorganization Agreement").
In connection with the Merger, InVision purchased all of the oustanding
stock of Inovec for $2,425,000 in cash and $2,775,000 in InVision common stock,
par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), payable over the next two years. In
addition, the Reorganization Agreement provides that Shareholders will be paid
up to an additional $1,400,000 in cash and Common Stock over the next two years
based on the achievement of certain performance milestones. The number of shares
of Common Stock to be issued on each payment date will be determined separately
based on the average weighted closing market price per share of Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market for the ten trading days before and including the
share price calculation date (defined below) and the ten trading days
thereafter, as published in the Wall Street Journal. If there are any days in
this period in which the Nasdaq National Market is open for trading but Common
Stock is not traded, such days are omitted from the calculation and an
additional day or days is added to the time period as necessary to achieve an
actual twenty trading day average. The fixed payments made or to be made under
the Reorganization Agreement are as follows:
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February 23, 2000 $2,425,000 in cash
$ 575,000 in Common Stock*
June 30, 2000 $ 517,000 in Common Stock
March 31, 2001 $ 667,000 in Common Stock
March 31, 2002 $1,016,000 in Common Stock
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*122,029 shares of Common Stock will be issued in respect of this payment based
on an average 20-day weighted price of $4.71188 per share.
Contingent payments, if earned, will be based upon the performance of Inovec
as of December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001. The performance goals and
amounts paid in respect of these goals, if achieved, are set forth in Section
1.7 of the Reorganization Agreement attached hereto as an exhibit. Each
payment, if made, will be paid half in cash and half in Common Stock. The
share price calculation dates for these payments are March 31, 2001 and March
31, 2002, respectively. All shares issued under the terms of the
Reorganization Agreement will be unregistered. All shares issued after the
first installment (share price calculation date of February 23, 2000) are
subject to the terms of the Escrow Agreement among InVision, Merger Sub, the
Shareholders and Greater Bay Trust Company, dated February 23, 2000 attached
hereto as an exhibit.
The Merger is intended to be a tax-free reorganization under the Internal
Revenue Code. It is accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and
effective January 1, 2000.
Inovec is a leading manufacturer of advanced optimization equipment based
on laser and optical scanning technology for increasing the yield of the forest
products industry. Based in Eugene, Oregon, it has more than 600 laser scanners
and other optimization equipment installed in over 300 sawmills worldwide.
Inovec's 1999 revenues were approximately $8 million.
A copy of the press release announcing the consummation of the Merger is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. Description
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of
February 23, 2000, among InVision Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, InVision Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
Inovec, Inc., an Oregon corporation.
2.2 Form of Escrow Agreement between InVision, Merger Sub, the Shareholders and
Greater Bay Trust Company, dated February 23, 2000.
4.1 Reference is made to Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2.
99.1 Press release announcing the execution of the Reorganization
Agreement and consummation of the Merger.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: May 16, 2000 By: /s/ Sergio Magistri
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Sergio Magistri
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
among:
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation;
INVISION ACQUISITION CORP.,
a Delaware corporation;
INOVEC INC.,
an Oregon corporation;
and
SHAREHOLDERS OF INOVEC INC.
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Dated February 23, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION......................................................................1
1.1 Merger of the Company into Merger Sub...........................................................1
1.2 Effect of the Merger............................................................................1
1.3 Closing; Effective Time.........................................................................1
1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers....................................2
1.5 Transfer of Shares..............................................................................2
1.6 Amount Payable at Closing.......................................................................2
1.7 Earn-Out Payments...............................................................................3
1.8 Conversion of Shares............................................................................6
1.9 Closing of the Company's Transfer Books.........................................................7
1.10 Exchange of Certificates........................................................................7
1.11 Tax Consequences................................................................................8
1.12 Accounting Treatment............................................................................8
1.13 Further Action..................................................................................8
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
SHAREHOLDERS....................................................................................8
2.1 Due Organization; No Subsidiaries; Etc..........................................................9
2.2 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Records...................................................9
2.3 Capitalization, Etc............................................................................10
2.4 Financial Statements...........................................................................10
2.5 Absence of Changes.............................................................................11
2.6 Title to Assets................................................................................13
2.7 Bank Accounts; Receivables.....................................................................13
2.8 Equipment; Leasehold...........................................................................14
2.9 Proprietary Assets.............................................................................14
2.10 Contracts......................................................................................15
2.11 Liabilities....................................................................................18
2.12 Compliance with Legal Requirements.............................................................18
2.13 Governmental Authorizations....................................................................18
2.14 Tax Matters....................................................................................19
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2.15 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans......................................................20
2.16 Environmental Matters..........................................................................22
2.17 Insurance......................................................................................23
2.18 Related Party Transactions.....................................................................23
2.19 Legal Proceedings; Orders......................................................................24
2.20 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.........................................................24
2.21 Non-Contravention; Consents....................................................................24
2.22 Full Disclosure................................................................................25
2.23 Tax Treatment of Merger........................................................................25
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB........................................26
3.1 SEC Filings; Financial Statements..............................................................26
3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.........................................................26
3.3 Valid Issuance.................................................................................27
SECTION 4. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS..........................................27
4.1 Access and Investigation.......................................................................27
4.2 Operation of the Company's Business............................................................27
4.3 Notification; Updates to Disclosure Schedule...................................................29
4.4 No Negotiation.................................................................................30
4.5 Appointment of Purchaser Representative.......................................................30
4.6 Restricted Securities and Investment Intent....................................................30
4.7 Company Shareholders' Approval.................................................................31
4.8 Rule 145 Restrictions on Resale................................................................31
SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES............................................................31
5.1 Filings and Consents...........................................................................31
5.2 Public Announcements...........................................................................31
5.3 Purchase Accounting............................................................................32
5.4 Best Efforts...................................................................................32
5.5 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.......................................................................32
5.6 Employment and Noncompetition Agreements.......................................................32
5.7 FIRPTA Matters.................................................................................32
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5.8 Release........................................................................................32
5.9 Termination of Employee Plans..................................................................32
5.10 Continued SEC Filings..........................................................................32
5.11 Registration Rights............................................................................33
5.12 No Merger of Plans.............................................................................33
5.13 Insurance Maintenance, Additions and Renewal...................................................33
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB...................................34
6.1 Accuracy of Representations....................................................................34
6.2 Performance of Covenants.......................................................................34
6.3 Shareholder Approval...........................................................................34
6.4 Consents.......................................................................................34
6.5 Agreements and Documents.......................................................................34
6.6 Securities Compliance..........................................................................35
6.7 Listing........................................................................................35
6.8 No Restraints..................................................................................35
6.9 No Legal Proceedings...........................................................................35
6.10 Employees......................................................................................35
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.............................................36
7.1 Accuracy of Representations....................................................................36
7.2 Performance of Covenants.......................................................................36
7.3 Opinion of Counsel.............................................................................36
7.4 Listing........................................................................................36
7.5 No Restraints..................................................................................36
SECTION 8. TERMINATION....................................................................................36
8.1 Termination Events.............................................................................36
8.2 Termination Procedures.........................................................................37
8.3 Effect of Termination..........................................................................37
SECTION 9 INDEMNIFICATION, ETC...........................................................................37
9.1 Survival of Representations, Etc...............................................................37
9.2 Indemnification by Shareholders................................................................38
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9.3 Threshold; Cap.................................................................................39
9.4 No Contribution................................................................................39
9.5 Interest.......................................................................................40
9.6 Procedures.....................................................................................40
9.7 Defense of Third Party Claims..................................................................41
9.8 Exercise of Remedies by Indemnitees Other Than Parent..........................................41
9.9 Right Of Offset................................................................................41
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.......................................................................41
10.1 Shareholders' Agent............................................................................41
10.2 Further Assurances.............................................................................42
10.3 Fees and Expenses..............................................................................42
10.4 Attorneys' Fees................................................................................42
10.5 Notices........................................................................................42
10.6 Confidentiality................................................................................43
10.7 Time of the Essence............................................................................43
10.8 Headings.......................................................................................43
10.9 Counterparts...................................................................................43
10.10 Governing Law..................................................................................43
10.11 Successors and Assigns.........................................................................43
10.12 Remedies Cumulative; Specific Performance......................................................44
10.13 Waiver.........................................................................................44
10.14 Amendments.....................................................................................44
10.15 Severability...................................................................................44
10.16 Parties in Interest............................................................................44
10.17 Entire Agreement...............................................................................44
10.18 Construction...................................................................................45
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Certain definitions
Exhibit B - Directors and officers of Surviving Corporation
Exhibit C - Deleted
Exhibit D - Persons to Sign Employment and Noncompetition Agreements
Exhibit E - Form of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement
Exhibit F - Form of Release
Exhibit G - Form of Legal Opinion of Hershner, Hunter, Andrews, Neill &
Smith, LLP
Exhibit H - Form of tax opinion of Wetzel, DeFranz & Sandor
Exhibit I - Escrow Agreement
Exhibit J - Key Management Personnel
Exhibit K - Certain Employees
Exhibit L - Form of Legal Opinion of Ater Wynne LLP
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION ("Agreement") is
made and entered into on February 23, 2000, to be effective as of January 1,
2000, by and among: INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Parent"); INVISION ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"); INOVEC, INC., an Oregon corporation
(the "Company"); and Andrew Nowak, Ala Bazzaz, Jeff Franklin, and Kerry Wilson
(the "Shareholders"). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are
defined in Exhibit A.
RECITALS
A. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger of
Company into the Merger Sub in accordance with this Agreement and the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "Merger"). Upon consummation of the Merger, Company
will cease to exist.
B. It is intended that the Merger qualify as a tax-free reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). For accounting purposes, it is intended that purchase
rules of accounting be applied to the Merger.
C. This Agreement has been approved by the respective boards of
directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company.
D. The Shareholders own a total of 1,896,460 shares of the Class A
Common Stock (with no par value) of the Company ("Company Common Stock"),
constituting all of the outstanding stock of the Company.
AGREEMENT
The parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION
1.1 MERGER OF THE COMPANY INTO MERGER SUB. Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time
(as defined in Section 1.3), the Company shall be merged with and into Merger
Sub, and the separate existence of Company shall cease. Merger Sub will
continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the "Surviving
Corporation"). Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably grants Andrew Nowak and
Ala Bazzaz their proxy, to be exercised jointly or severally, to vote such
Shareholder's shares in favor of the Merger.
1.2 EFFECT OF THE MERGER. The Merger shall have the effects set
forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
1.3 CLOSING; EFFECTIVE TIME. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place
at the offices of Hershner, Hunter, Andrews, Neill & Smith LLP, 180 East 11th
Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97440 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on
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February 23, 2000, or at such other time and date during the period within
twenty (20) days thereafter as Parent may designate upon not less than five
days' prior notice to the Company (the "Scheduled Closing Time"). (The date
on which the Closing actually takes place is referred to in this Agreement as
the "Closing Date.")Contemporaneously with or as promptly as practicable
after the Closing, a properly executed agreement of merger conforming to the
requirements of Section 252 of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall be
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Merger shall
become effective at the time such agreement of merger is filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Effective Time").
1.4 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS; DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS. Unless otherwise determined by Parent and the Company prior to the
Effective Time:
(a) the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation shall be the same as the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect on the date of
this Agreement;
(b) the directors and officers of the Surviving
Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be the
individuals identified on Exhibit B.
1.5 TRANSFER OF SHARES. At the Closing, the Shareholders shall
tender, assign, transfer and deliver the Company Common Stock to Parent,
subject to Section 1.10, and the Parent shall acquire the Company Common
Stock from the Shareholders, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
1.6 AMOUNT PAYABLE AT CLOSING.
(a) The aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Shareholders
pursuant to Section 1.8 (the "Amount Payable") shall be as set forth in this
Section 1.6 and Section 1.7. Each of the Shareholders shall be entitled to
receive that portion of each installment of the Amount Payable that is
determined by multiplying the amount of cash or number of shares to be issued
by the number of shares of Company Common Stock owned by that Shareholder at
the Effective Time and dividing the product by the total number of shares of
Company Common Stock issued and outstanding at the Effective Time.
(b) The first installment of the Amount Payable shall be paid (i)
by delivery of Parent's corporate check in the amount of $2,425,000 on the
Closing Date plus (ii) by issuance and delivery of $575,000 of Parent's
Common Stock ("Parent Stock") within twenty (20) days after the Closing Date.
The number of shares of Parent Stock to be issued shall be determined by
dividing $575,000 by the price per share defined in Section 1.6(d). For
purposes of this Agreement, the $2,425,000 shall be deemed to be received by
the Shareholders at the Effective Time, even if the Effective Time does not
take place contemporaneously with the Closing. The parties understand and
agree that the amount of $50,000 of the first installment Amount Payable
shall constitute consideration to Shareholders for certain covenants not to
compete and not to solicit set forth in Exhibit E hereof, which amount shall
be allocable as follows: $26,000 to Andrew Nowak, $8,000 to Ala Bazzaz,
$8,000 to Jeff Franklin and $8,000 to Kerry Wilson.
(c) Subsequent installments of the Amount Payable shall be paid
in accordance with Section 1.7.
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(d) The price per share of the Parent Stock to be issued pursuant
to this Agreement shall be determined separately with respect to each
delivery of Parent Common Stock under this Agreement and shall be based on
the weighted average closing market price per share of Parent Stock on the
Nasdaq National Market for the ten trading days prior to and including and
the ten trading days following the Share Price Calculation Date, as published
in the WALL STREET JOURNAL. If there are any days in this period in which the
Nasdaq National Market is open for trading but Parent Stock is not traded,
such days shall be omitted from the calculation and an additional day or days
added to the time period as necessary to achieve an actual 20 trading day
average.
(e) "Share Price Calculation Date" shall mean (a) with respect to
the shares issuable under Section 1.6(b), the Closing Date; and (b) with
respect to the Earn-Out Payments provided for in Section 1.7, the dates
specified in each of subsections (a), (b) and (c).
1.7 EARN-OUT PAYMENTS. In addition to the first installment of
the Amount Payable set forth in Section 1.6, additional payments shall be
made to the Shareholders as set forth in this Section 1.7, subject to the
conditions set forth herein. The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 1.7
are referred to as the "Earn-Out Payments."
(a) The first installment of the Earn-Out Payments shall be in
the amount of $517,000 worth of Parent Stock, which shall be delivered not
later than July 20, 2000, using a Share Price Calculation Date of June 30,
2000.
(b) The second installment of the Earn-Out Payments shall be an
amount equal to the sum of (i) $667,000 worth of Parent Stock, plus (ii) the
Second Installment Contingent Amount, which shall be paid one-half in cash
and one-half in shares of Parent Stock. The Second Installment Contingent
Amount shall be paid if and only if Company Net Sales for the calendar year
ending December 31, 2000, equal or exceed $9,570,000 and EBITDA as a
percentage of Company Net Sales during such calendar year equals or exceeds
eight percent (8%). If the Second Installment Contingent Amount is earned, it
shall be in the amount of $350,000 plus $1.00 for each $9.11 by which Company
Net Sales during the calendar year ending December 31, 2000, exceed
$9,570,000, but in any event the Second Installment Contingent Amount shall
not exceed $700,000. The Parent Stock issuable in the second installment of
the Earn-Out Payments shall be delivered not later than April 20, 2001, using
a Share Price Calculation Date of March 31, 2001. The cash portion of the
second installment, if earned, shall be paid on March 31, 2001.
(c) The third installment of the Earn-Out Payments shall be an
amount equal to the sum of (i) $1,016,000 worth of Parent Stock, plus (ii)
the Third Installment Contingent Amount, which shall be paid one-half in cash
and one-half in shares of Parent Stock. The Third Installment Contingent
Amount shall be paid if and only if Company Net Sales for the calendar year
ending December 31, 2001, equal or exceed $10,527,000 and EBITDA as a
percentage of Company Net Sales during such calendar year equals or exceeds
eight percent (8%). If the Third Installment Contingent Amount is earned, it
shall be in the amount of $350,000 plus $1.00 for each $22.78 by which
Company Net Sales during the calendar year ending December 31, 2001, exceed
$10,527,000, but in any event the Third Installment Contingent Amount shall
not exceed $700,000. The Parent Stock issuable in the third installment of
the Earn-Out Payments shall be
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delivered not later than April 20, 2002,using a Share Price Calculation Date
of March 31, 2002. The cash portion of the third installment, if earned,
shall be paid on March 31, 2002.
(d) Each of Ala Bazzaz, Jeff Franklin and Kerry Wilson agree that
the Parent Stock issued under this Section 1.7 will secure and serve as
collateral for their performance of and fulfillment of certain obligations
under the Employment and Non-competition Agreements referenced in Section
6.5(a) of this Agreement with such payments to be made to the Escrow Agent
under the Escrow Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit I.
(e) The following terms shall have the following meanings for
purposes of this Section 1.7:
(i) "Company Net Sales" shall mean the actual revenue of
the Surviving Corporation realized during the calendar year in question,
applying the revenue recognition rules of the Company as in effect during the
fiscal year ending March 31, 1999 and the nine months ending December 31,
1999, plus an amount equal to (a) 150% of the base salary of Surviving
Corporation engineering personnel who are requested by Parent to assist in
Parent development projects, including without limitation the modification of
CT scanners to suit the needs of the lumber industry, calculated on the basis
of the portion of time spent by such engineers on such Parent matters, less
any reimbursements provided by Parent in respect of such personnel costs,
plus (b) fifteen percent (15%) of any revenue recognized by Parent or an
affiliate of Parent other than the Surviving Corporation during the relevant
calendar year from the sale or lease of products (but not services) to the
lumber industry. For the sake of clarity, the parties have agreed that no
revenue credit will be given, or penalty imposed, by reason of the efforts of
personnel of the Surviving Corporation to assist Parent, or the efforts of
Parent personnel to assist the Surviving Corporation.
(ii) "EBITDA" means Company Net Sales (as determined
under Section 1.7(e)(i) of this Agreement), (A) less the cost of goods sold
and associated period costs applicable to the sale or license of Surviving
Corporation's products during such calendar year, including reserves for
warranty and credit risk, together with selling, general and administrative
expenses, as well as all other operating expenses other than depreciation and
amortization; provided, for such purposes, all expenses related to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder shall be excluded,
including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and accounting fees
incurred in connection with negotiation and execution of this Agreement; (B)
before taking into account interest expense, amounts payable and accruals
with respect to federal, state and local income taxes; and (C) before taking
into account any depreciation or amortization expense of the Surviving
Corporation.
(f) Parent and affiliates shall maintain separate records of
account upon which all transactions involving the Company's products will be
entered and shall prepare quarterly and annual financial statements of the
Parent and affiliates, including the Surviving Corporation. Within sixty (60)
days of the end of each of calendar year 2000 and 2001, either Ala Bazzaz or
another Shareholder then employed by the Surviving Corporation and designated
by the Shareholders' Agent shall prepare and deliver to the Parent a schedule
detailing the calculation of EBITDA and Company Net Sales for such calendar
year, the calculation of the Earn-Out Payments in respect thereof, and a copy
of the financial statements of the Surviving Corporation for such period (an
"Earn-Out Statement"). The Earn-Out Statement and the underlying
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financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the targets for Company Net Sales
and EBITDA to be used to determine eligibility for the and amount of Earn-Out
Payments as described in subsections (b) and (c) above have been established,
in part, by utilizing forecasts prepared by the Company which contain certain
assumptions based on the Company's historical expenses and costs. These
forecasts do not anticipate the imposition by the Parent of additional
expenses and costs to the Company in the form of intercompany charges which
are materially inconsistent with those historical expenses and costs. The
parties agree that any such intercompany charges shall be determined by
mutual agreement. The Shareholders' Agent shall enjoy the right to request
that Parent prepare and deliver the Earn-Out Statement in the event Ala
Bazzaz is no longer employed by the Surviving Corporation. If the Company has
prepared the Earn-Out Statement, the Shareholders' Agent shall have the right
to examine the records of the Surviving Corporation relating to the Earn-Out
Statements to confirm the accuracy of the same, provided that the
Shareholders' Agent agrees to hold all information contained in such records
in strict confidence and to use such information only for purposes of making
calculations under this Section 1.7. In the event the Shareholders' Agent
shall disagree in any respect with Parent's determination of the Earn-Out
Payments payable for any period, the Shareholders' Agent shall notify Parent
within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Earn-Out Statement specifying
the areas of disagreement. In the event of disagreement, Parent shall pay any
agreed amounts on the regularly scheduled payment date. If Parent and the
Shareholders' Agent are unable to resolve all such disagreements within
thirty (30) days after such notice by the Shareholders' Agent, then the
dispute shall be resolved by a mutually agreed accounting firm which has not
been retained in the past five years by Parent, Surviving Corporation, or any
Shareholder (the "Independent Accounting Firm"). The determination of the
Independent Accounting Firm shall be in accordance with the provisions hereof
and shall be made as promptly as practicable but in any event within sixty
(60) days after the submission thereto and shall be binding and conclusive on
the parties hereto. All expenses relating to the engagement of the
Independent Accounting Firm (the "Audit") shall be borne by the Shareholders
unless the amount determined by the Independent Accounting Firm to be payable
in the Second Installment Contingent Amount or the Third Installment
Contingent Amount, whichever is the subject of the Audit, is at least 5%
greater than the amount of the Second Installment Contingent Amount or the
Third Installment Contingent Amount proposed by Parent immediately prior to
the submission of such dispute to the Independent Accounting Firm, in which
case the Parent shall pay the costs of the Audit. Parent shall pay the
Shareholders any supplemental Earn-Out Payment determined to be payable as a
result of the Audit within ten (10) business days after such additional
amount is conclusively determined pursuant to this Section. Any supplemental
payment in shares of Parent Common Stock shall be valued on the basis of the
Share Price Calculation Date originally applicable to such payment.
(g) Parent's obligation to make Earn-Out Payments under this
Section 1.7 shall be subject to any right of setoff that the Parent may be
entitled to exercise (pursuant to Section 9.9 or otherwise); provided, no
right of set-off may be exercised, unless at least twenty (20) days' notice
of the proposed exercise ("Set Off Notice") is given to the Shareholders. If
a Setoff Notice is given and the Shareholders' Representative objects to such
setoff, the payment will be placed in escrow under the Escrow Agreement until
the rights of the parties to such payment have been finally determined in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
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(h) In order to give effect to this Section 1.7, the product
lines of the Surviving Corporation shall not be integrated with the product
lines of Parent prior to December 31, 2001. However, it is understood that
Parent and Ala Bazzaz or such other Shareholder appointed by Shareholders'
Agent will work cooperatively on the development of Parent products for sale
to the lumber industry, that, subject to the mutual agreement of the parties,
the Surviving Corporation will allocate engineers for the development of such
products, and that the companies will engage in joint sales and marketing
activities; provided, the Surviving Corporation's products will continue to
be marketed primarily under the Company's trademarks, including the "Inovec"
trademark, through December 31, 2001. If there is a merger of the Surviving
Corporation with Parent or an affiliate of Parent prior to December 31, 2001,
the operations of the Company shall be maintained in a manner sufficiently
separate to enable the calculation of amounts due under this Section 1.7.
(i) In order to protect the Earn-Out Payments provided for herein:
(i) Parent agrees to provide the Surviving Corporation with
such working capital and permit Surviving Corporation to engage and retain
such personnel prior to December 31, 2001, as is reasonably necessary to
support the Surviving Corporation's business during such period subject to
adjustments for industry and economic conditions; and
(ii) During such period, Parent will not charge the Surviving
Corporation with Parent's corporate overhead or require the Surviving
Corporation to pay any dividend, redeem any stock, or make a loan to Parent
or its affiliates.
(j) No rights or interests of any Shareholder under this Section
1.7 may be assigned, transferred to otherwise disposed of, in whole or in
part, except by will or descent.
(k) In the event that Parent either (i) merges or consolidates
Merger Sub with a corporation other than Parent or an affiliate of Parent,
other than a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change Merger
Sub's state of incorporation or (ii) sells, transfers or engages in another
disposition of all of the stock of Merger Sub or all or substantially all of
the assets of Merger Sub, Parent shall pay to Shareholders the minimum
Earn-Out Payments for any period set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section if such merger, consolidation, sale, transfer or other disposition is
effective or closed prior to the last day the period for which Company Net
Sales and EBITDA are calculated in such clauses. For purposes of clause (a),
this date shall be deemed to be June 20, 2000; for purposes of clause (b),
March 31, 2001; and for purposes of clause (c), March 31, 2002. For purposes
of this clause (k), the aggregate minimum Earn-Out Payment for clause (a) is
$517,000, for clause (b) $1,017,000 and for clause (c) $1,366,000. Such
payments shall be made in Parent Stock and cash contemplated in such clauses.
1.8 CONVERSION OF SHARES.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action
on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any shareholder of the
Company, each share of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be canceled and shall be converted into the right to
receive the amounts set forth in Sections 1.6 and 1.7.
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1.9 CLOSING OF THE COMPANY'S TRANSFER BOOKS. At the Effective Time,
holders of certificates representing shares of the Company's capital stock
that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to
have any rights as shareholders of the Company, and the stock transfer books
of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of such capital
stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further
transfer of any such shares of the Company's capital stock shall be made on
such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after the Effective
Time, a valid certificate previously representing any of such shares of the
Company's capital stock (a "Company Stock Certificate") is presented to the
Surviving Corporation or Parent, such Company Stock Certificate shall be
canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Section 1.10.
1.10 EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) At the Closing, all outstanding Company Stock Certificates
shall be delivered to Parent for exchange, together with a duly executed
letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required
by Parent. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate to Parent for
exchange, the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor (i) a Parent corporate check as set forth in
Section 1.6(b) and (ii) twenty (20) days after the Closing, a certificate
representing the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock that such
holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.
Thereafter, each Shareholders who surrendered a Company Stock Certificate at
the Closing shall be entitled to receive payments as set forth in Section
1.7, subject to the conditions thereof. Each Company Stock Certificate shall
be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to
receive upon such surrender a certificate representing shares of Parent
Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common
Stock) and cash payments as contemplated by this Section 1. If any Company
Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in
its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of any
certificate representing Parent Common Stock or payment of any cash
hereunder, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock
Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a bond (in
such sum as Parent may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any claim that
may be made against Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such
Company Stock Certificate.
(b) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with
respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time
shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate
with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, and no
cash payment in lieu of any fractional share shall be paid to any such
holder, until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate in
accordance with this Section 1.10 (at which time such holder shall be
entitled to receive all such dividends and distributions and such cash
payment).
(c) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued
in connection with the Merger, and no certificates for any such fractional
shares shall be issued. In lieu of such fractional shares, any holder of
capital stock of the Company who would otherwise be entitled to receive a
fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional
shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such holder) shall, upon surrender
of such holder's Company Stock Certificate(s), be paid in cash the dollar
amount (rounded to the nearest
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whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying such fraction by the
value per share of the Parent Common Stock determined pursuant to Section
1.6(d).
(d) Unless a Form W-9 reasonably acceptable to the Parent has
been supplied to Parent prior to any payment hereunder, Parent and the
Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any
consideration payable or otherwise deliverable to any holder or former holder
of capital stock of the Company pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as
Parent or the Surviving Corporation may be required to deduct or withhold
therefrom under the Code or under any provision of state, local or foreign
tax law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts
shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to
the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(e) Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable
to any holder or former holder of capital stock of the Company for any shares
of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto),
or for any cash amounts, delivered to any public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
1.11 TAX CONSEQUENCES. The parties to this Agreement hereby adopt this
Agreement as a "plan of reorganization" within the meaning of Sections
1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations. It is
the Company's intention that the Merger qualify as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368 of the Code. If the Shareholders determine after
the Closing that the Merger does not qualify as such a reorganization, the
Shareholders' Agent shall notify Parent in writing at any time prior to the
final payment due under Section 1.7 and Parent will have the right, but not
the obligation, to (i) change the form of consideration from Parent Stock to
cash for any and all payments not yet made to Shareholders, and (ii) change
the tax characterization of the Merger.
1.12 ACCOUNTING TREATMENT. For accounting purposes, the Merger is
intended to be governed by the purchase rules of accounting.
1.13 FURTHER ACTION. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any
further action is determined by Parent to be necessary or desirable to carry
out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation or
Parent with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and
property of Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and directors of the
Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized (in the name of
Merger Sub, in the name of the Company and otherwise) to take such action.
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS
As supplemented and modified by Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
the Shareholders jointly and severally represent and warrant, to and for the
benefit of the Indemnitees, as follows; provided, that unless otherwise
provided or qualified herein, each Shareholder is making representations and
warranties as to the personal facts and circumstances of that Shareholder and
as to the Company without qualification, but only making representations and
warranties regarding the personal facts and circumstances of any other
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Shareholder as to the representing Shareholder's actual knowledge regarding
the other Shareholder:
2.1 DUE ORGANIZATION; NO SUBSIDIARIES; ETC.
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Oregon and has all necessary power
and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its
business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own and use its assets in the
manner in which its assets are currently owned and used; and (iii) to perform
its obligations under all Company Contracts.
(b) Except as set forth in Part 2.1 of the Disclosure Schedule,
the Company has not conducted any business under or otherwise used, for any
purpose or in any jurisdiction, any fictitious name, assumed name, trade name
or other name, other than the name "INOVEC, INC."
(c) The Company is not and has not been required to be qualified,
authorized, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction other than the jurisdictions identified in Part 2.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule, except where the failure to be so qualified, authorized,
registered or licensed has not had and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. The Company is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each of the jurisdictions identified in Part 2.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule.
(d) Part 2.1 of the Disclosure Schedule accurately sets forth (i)
the names of the members of the Company's board of directors, (ii) the names
of the members of each committee of the Company's board of directors, and
(iii) the names and titles of the Company's officers.
(e) The Company does not own any controlling interest in any
Entity and, except for the equity interests identified in Part 2.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has never owned, beneficially or otherwise,
any shares or other securities of, or any direct or indirect equity interest
in, any Entity. The Company has not agreed and is not obligated to make any
future investment in or capital contribution to any Entity. The Company has
not guaranteed and is not responsible or liable for any obligation of any of
the Entities in which it owns or has owned any equity interest.
2.2 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS; RECORDS.
The Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of: (1) the
Company's articles of incorporation and bylaws, including all amendments
thereto; (2) the stock records of the Company; and (3) except as set forth in
Part 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, the minutes and other records of the
meetings and other proceedings (including any actions taken by written
consent or otherwise without a meeting) of the shareholders of the Company,
the board of directors of the Company and all committees of the board of
directors of the Company. There have been no formal meetings or other
proceedings of the shareholders of the Company, the board of directors of the
Company or any committee of the board of directors of the Company that are
not fully reflected in such minutes or other records. There has not been any
violation of any of the provisions of the Company's articles of incorporation
or bylaws, and the Company has not taken any action that is inconsistent in
any material respect with any resolution adopted by the Company's
shareholders,
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the Company's board of directors or any committee of the Company's board of
directors. The books of account, stock records, minute books and other records
of the Company are accurate, up-to-date and complete in all material respects,
and have been maintained in accordance with prudent business practices.
2.3 CAPITALIZATION, ETC.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: (i)
4,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 1,896,460 shares have been issued
and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement; and (ii) no shares of
Preferred Stock. All of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have
been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and
non-assessable. Such shares are held beneficially and of record by the
persons identified on Part 2.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(b) The Company has no shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under a Stock Plan and there are no: (i) outstanding subscriptions, options,
calls, warrants or rights (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire
any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company; (ii)
outstanding securities, instruments or obligations that are or may become
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other
securities of the Company; (iii) Contracts under which the Company or any
Shareholder is or may become obligated to sell, otherwise issue, purchase of
redeem any shares of its capital stock or any other securities; or (iv) to
the best of the knowledge of the Company and the Shareholders, conditions or
circumstances that may give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a
claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or
receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company.
(c) All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been issued
and granted in compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and other
applicable Legal Requirements, and (ii) all requirements set forth in
applicable Contracts.
(d) Except as set forth in Part 2.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company has never repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Company. All securities so
reacquired by the Company were reacquired in compliance with (i) the
applicable provisions of Oregon law and all other applicable Legal
Requirements, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable restricted
stock purchase agreements and other applicable Contracts.
2.4 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
(a) The Company has delivered to Parent the following financial
statements and notes (collectively, the "Company Financial Statements"):
(i) The audited balance sheets of the Company as of March
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related audited income statements, statements
of shareholders' equity and statements of cash flows of the Company for
the years then ended, together with the notes thereto and the unqualified
report and opinion of Jones & Roth, P.C. relating thereto; and
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(ii) the audited balance sheet of the Company as of
December 31, 1999 (the "Audited Balance Sheet"), and the related audited
income statement, statement of shareholders' equity and statement of cash
flows of the Company for the nine months then ended, together with the
notes thereto and the unqualified report and opinion of Jones & Roth, P.C.
relating thereto.
(b) The Company Financial Statements are accurate and complete in
all material respects and present fairly the financial position of the
Company as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and
(in the case of the financial statements referred to in Section 2.4(a)(i))
cash flows of the Company for the periods covered thereby. The Company
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
covered (except that the financial statements referred to in Section
2.4(a)(ii) do not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring
year-end audit adjustments, which will not, individually or in the aggregate,
be material in magnitude).
2.5 ABSENCE OF CHANGES. Except as set forth in Part 2.5 of the
Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 1999:
(a) there has not been any material adverse change in the
Company's business, condition, assets, liabilities, operations, financial
performance or prospects, and, to the actual knowledge of the Company and
the Shareholders, no event has occurred that will, or could reasonably be
expected to, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(b) there has not been any material loss, damage or destruction
to, or any material interruption in the use of, any of the Company's assets
(whether or not covered by insurance);
(c) the Company has not declared, accrued, set aside or paid any
dividend or made any other distribution in respect of any shares of capital
stock, and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares
of capital stock or other securities;
(d) the Company has not sold, issued or authorized the issuance
of, or redeemed or otherwise canceled, (i) any capital stock or other
security (except for Company Common Stock issued upon the exercise of
outstanding Company Options), (ii) any option or right to acquire any
capital stock or any other security, or (iii) any instrument convertible
into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security;
(e) the Company has not amended or waived any of its rights
under, or permitted the acceleration of vesting under any Stock Plan, (ii)
any provision of any agreement evidencing any outstanding Company Option,
or (iii) any restricted stock purchase agreement;
(f) there has been no amendment to the Company's articles of
incorporation or bylaws, and the Company has not effected or been a party
to any Acquisition
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Transaction, recapitalization,reclassification of shares, stock split,
reverse stock split or similar transaction;
(g) the Company has not formed any subsidiary or acquired any
equity interest or other interest in any other Entity;
(h) the Company has not made any capital expenditure which, when
added to all other capital expenditures made on behalf of the Company,
exceeds $30,000;
(i) the Company has not (i) entered into or permitted any of the
assets owned or used by it to become bound by any Contract that is or would
constitute a Material Contract (as defined in Section 2.10(a)) that is not
listed under Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule, or (ii) amended or
prematurely terminated, or waived any material right or remedy under, any
such Contract;
(j) excluding the sale of Company products under contracts listed
or excluded from listing under Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule and
purchase of inventory and raw materials for Company products in the
ordinary course of business and in historically customary quantities
(collectively "Transfer Exceptions"), the Company has not (i) acquired,
leased or licensed any right or other asset from any other Person, (ii)
sold or otherwise disposed of, or leased or licensed, any right or other
asset to any other Person, or (iii) waived or relinquished any right,
except for immaterial rights or other immaterial assets acquired, leased,
licensed or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with the Company's past practices;
(k) except for write-offs in accordance with the Company's
historical write-off practices or against the Company's historically
established bad debt reserves, the Company has not written off as
uncollectible, or established any extraordinary reserve with respect to,
any account receivable or other indebtedness;
(l) the Company has not made any pledge of any of its assets or
otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any Encumbrance,
except for pledges of immaterial assets made in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with the Company's past practices;
(m) the Company has not (i) lent money to any Person (other than
pursuant to routine travel advances made to employees in the ordinary
course of business), or (ii) incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness for
borrowed money;
(n) the Company has not (i) established or adopted any Employee
Benefit Plan, (ii) paid any bonus or made any profit-sharing or similar
payment to, or increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions,
fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of
its directors, officers or employees, other than normal cost of living and
merit increases related to an employee's annual review and consistent with
past practices ("Annual Increases") or (iii) hired any new employee whose
aggregate annual compensation is expected to exceed $50,000;
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(o) the Company has not changed any of its methods of accounting
or accounting practices in any respect;
(p) the Company has not made any Tax election;
(q) the Company has not commenced or settled any Legal Proceeding;
(r) the Company has not entered into any material transaction or
taken any other material action outside the ordinary course of business or
inconsistent with its past practices; and
(s) the Company has not agreed or committed to take any of the
actions referred to in clauses "(c)" through "(r)" above.
2.6 TITLE TO ASSETS.
(a) The Company owns, and has good, valid and marketable title
to, all assets purported to be owned by it, including: (i) all assets
reflected on the Audited Interim Balance Sheet; (ii) all assets referred to
in Parts 2.1, 2.7(b) and 2.9 of the Disclosure Schedule and all of the
Company's rights under the Contracts identified in Part 2.10 of the
Disclosure Schedule; and (iii) all other assets reflected in the Company's
books and records as being owned by the Company. Except as set forth in Part
2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule, all of said assets are owned by the Company
free and clear of any liens or other Encumbrances, except for (x) any lien
for current taxes not yet due and payable, and (y) minor liens that have
arisen in the ordinary course of business and that do not (in any case or in
the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets subject
thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company.
(b) Part 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies all assets
that are material to the business of the Company and that are being leased or
licensed to the Company.
2.7 BANK ACCOUNTS; RECEIVABLES.
(a) Part 2.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedule provides accurate
information with respect to each account maintained by or for the benefit of
the Company at any bank or other financial institution.
(b) Part 2.7(b) of the Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate
and complete breakdown and aging of all accounts receivable, notes receivable
and other receivables of the Company as of December 31, 1999. Except as set
forth in Part 2.7(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all existing accounts
receivable of the Company (including those accounts receivable reflected on
the Audited Balance Sheet that have not yet been collected and those accounts
receivable that have arisen since December 31, 1999 and have not yet been
collected) (i) represent valid obligations of customers of the Company
arising from bona fide transactions entered into in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) are current and will be collected in full when due, without
any counterclaim or set off (net of an allowance for doubtful accounts not to
exceed $102,500 in the aggregate).
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2.8 EQUIPMENT; LEASEHOLD.
(a) All material items of equipment and other tangible assets
owned by or leased to the Company are adequate for the uses to which they are
being put, are in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted)
and are adequate for the conduct of the Company's business in the manner in
which such business is currently being conducted.
(b) The Company does not own any real property or any interest in
real property, including without limitation any options to purchase or lease
real property, except for the leasehold created under the real property
leases identified in Part 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule.
2.9 PROPRIETARY ASSETS.
(a) Part 2.9(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with
respect to each Company Proprietary Asset registered with any Governmental
Body or for which an application has been filed with any Governmental Body,
(i) a brief description of such Proprietary Asset, and (ii) the names of the
jurisdictions covered by the applicable registration or application. Part
2.9(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies and provides a brief
description of all other Company Proprietary Assets owned by the Company.
Part 2.9(a)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies and provides a brief
description of each Proprietary Asset licensed to the Company by any Person
(except for any Proprietary Asset that is licensed to the Company under any
third party software license generally available to the public at a cost of
less than $10,000), and identifies the license agreement under which such
Proprietary Asset is being licensed to the Company. Except as set forth in
Part 2.9(a)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has good, valid and
marketable title to all of the Company Proprietary Assets identified in Parts
2.9(a)(i) and 2.9(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of all
liens and other Encumbrances, and has a valid right to use all Proprietary
Assets identified in Part 2.9(a)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule. Except as
set forth in Part 2.9(a)(v) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not
obligated to make any payment to any Person for the use of any Company
Proprietary Asset. Except as set forth in Part 2.9(a)(vi) of the Disclosure
Schedule, the Company has not developed jointly with any other Person any
Company Proprietary Asset with respect to which such other Person has any
rights.
(b) The Company has taken all measures and precautions necessary
to protect and maintain the confidentiality and secrecy of all Company
Proprietary Assets (except Company Proprietary Assets whose value would be
unimpaired by public disclosure) and otherwise to maintain and protect the
value of all Company Proprietary Assets. Except as set forth in Part 2.9(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule or object code licensed to customers on a
nonexclusive basis in the ordinary course of business, the Company has not
(other than pursuant to license agreements identified in Part 2.10 of the
Disclosure Schedule) disclosed or delivered to any Person, or permitted the
disclosure or delivery to any Person of, (i) the source code, or any portion
or aspect of the source code, of any Company Proprietary Asset, or (ii) the
object code, or any portion or aspect of the object code, of any Company
Proprietary Asset.
(c) None of the Company Proprietary Assets infringes or conflicts
with any Proprietary Asset owned or used by any other Person. The Company is
not infringing, misappropriating or making any unlawful use of, and the
Company has not at any time infringed,
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misappropriated or made any unlawful use of, or received any notice or other
communication (in writing or otherwise) of any actual, alleged, possible or
potential infringement, misappropriation or unlawful use of, any Proprietary
Asset owned or used by any other Person. To the best of the knowledge of the
Company and the Shareholders, no other Person is infringing, misappropriating
or making any unlawful use of, and no Proprietary Asset owned or used by any
other Person infringes or conflicts with, any Company Proprietary Asset.
(d) Except as set forth in Part 2.9(d) of the Disclosure
Schedule: (i) each Company Proprietary Asset conforms in all material
respects with any specification, documentation, performance standard,
representation or statement made or provided with respect thereto by or on
behalf of the Company; (ii) there has not been any claim by any customer or
other Person alleging that any Company Proprietary Asset (including each
version thereof that has ever been licensed or otherwise made available by
the Company to any Person) does not conform in all material respects with any
specification, documentation, performance standard, representation or
statement made or provided by or on behalf of the Company, and, to the best
of the knowledge of the Company and the Shareholders, there is no basis for
any such claim; and (iii) no customer has failed to pay the final contract
payment due following completion and installation of the Company's products.
To the Company's actual knowledge and based on its past warranty claims, the
Company has established adequate reserves on the Audited Interim Balance
Sheet to cover all costs associated with any obligations that the Company may
have with respect to the correction or repair of programming errors or other
defects in the Company Proprietary Assets.
(e) The Company Proprietary Assets constitute all the Proprietary
Assets necessary to enable the Company to conduct its business in the manner
in which such business has been and is being conducted. Except as set forth
in Part 2.9(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) the Company has not licensed
any of the Company Proprietary Assets to any Person on an exclusive basis,
and (ii) the Company has not entered into any covenant not to compete or
Contract limiting its ability to exploit fully any of its Proprietary Assets
or to transact business in any market or geographical area or with any Person.
(f) Except as set forth in Part 2.9(f) of the Disclosure
Schedule, (i) all current and former employees of the Company have executed
and delivered to the Company an agreement (containing no exceptions to or
exclusions from the scope of its coverage) that is substantially identical to
the form of Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement
previously delivered to Parent, and (ii) all current and former consultants
and independent contractors to the Company have executed and delivered to the
Company an agreement (containing no exceptions to or exclusions from the
scope of its coverage) that is substantially identical to the form of
Consultant Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement
previously delivered to Parent.
2.10 CONTRACTS.
(a) Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies:
(i) each Company Contract relating to the employment of, or the
performance of services by, any employee, consultant or independent
contractor;
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(ii) each Company Contract relating to the acquisition,
transfer, use, development, sharing or license of any technology or any
Proprietary Asset;
(iii) each Company Contract imposing any restriction on the
Company's right or ability (A) to compete with any other Person, (B) to
acquire any product or other asset or any services from any other Person,
to sell any product or other asset to or perform any services for any
other Person or to transact business or deal in any other manner with any
other Person, or (C) develop or distribute any technology;
(iv) each Company Contract creating or involving any agency
relationship, distribution arrangement or franchise relationship;
(v) each Company Contract relating to the acquisition, issuance
or transfer of any securities;
(vi) each Company Contract relating to the creation of any
Encumbrance with respect to any asset of the Company;
(vii) each Company Contract involving or incorporating any
guaranty, any pledge, any performance or completion bond, any indemnity
or any surety arrangement, excluding bids which were delivered more than
90 days from the date hereof unless such bid remains open by its terms and
excluding Company Contracts which have been paid in full and with respect
to which no claims to further performance by Company have been asserted
by a party thereto or no further performance is required by the Company
thereunder;
(viii) each Company Contract creating or relating to any
partnership or joint venture or any sharing of revenues, profits, losses,
costs or liabilities;
(ix) each Company Contract relating to the purchase or sale of
any product or other asset by or to, or the performance of any services
by or for, any Related Party (as defined in Section 2.18);
(x) each Company Contract constituting or relating to a
Government Contract or Government Bid;
(xi) any other Company Contract that was entered into outside
the ordinary course of business or was inconsistent with the Company's
past practices;
(xii) any other Company Contract that has a term of more than
60 days and that may not be terminated by the Company (without penalty)
within 60 days after the delivery of a termination notice by the Company,
excluding Company Purchase Orders for goods and services in an amount not
exceeding $20,000 per Purchase Order; and
(xiii) unless expressly excluded in clauses (i) through (xii)
above, any other Company Contract that contemplates or involves (A) the
payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount or having
a value in excess of $10,000 in the
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aggregate, or (B) the performance of services having a value in excess of
$10,000 in the aggregate.
(Contracts in the respective categories described in clauses "(i)" through
"(xiii)" above are referred to in this Agreement as "Material Contracts.")
(b) The Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete
copies of all written Contracts identified in Part 2.10 of the Disclosure
Schedule, including all amendments thereto. Part 2.10 of the Disclosure
Schedule provides an accurate description of the terms of each Company
Contract that is not in written form. Each Contract identified in Part 2.10
of the Disclosure Schedule is valid and in full force and effect, and, to the
actual knowledge of the Company and the Shareholders, is enforceable by the
Company in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors, and
(ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other
equitable remedies.
(c) Except as set forth in Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) the Company has not violated or breached, or committed
any default under, any Company Contract, and, to actual knowledge of the
Company and the Shareholders, no other Person has violated or breached,
or committed any default under, any Company Contract;
(ii) to the actual knowledge of the Company and the
Shareholders, 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, (A) result in a violation or breach of any of
the provisions of any Company Contract, (B) give any Person the right to
declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Company Contract, (C)
give any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or performance of any
Company Contract, or (D) give any Person the right to cancel, terminate
or modify any Company Contract;
(iii) since December 31, 1996, the Company has not received
any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible
violation or breach of, or default under, any Company Contract; and
(iv) the Company has not waived any of its material rights
under any Material Contract.
(d) No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the
terms of any Company Contract to renegotiate, any amount paid or payable to
the Company under any Material Contract or any other material term or
provision of any Material Contract.
(e) The Contracts identified in Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule
collectively constitute all of the Contracts necessary to enable the Company
to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently
being conducted.
(f) Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies and provides a
brief description of each proposed Contract as to which any bid, offer,
award, written proposal, term
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sheet or similar document has been submitted and remained open as of or after
December 31, 1999.
(g) Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate
description and breakdown of the Company's backlog under Company Contracts.
(h) Except as set forth in Part 2.10(h) of the Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) the Company has not had any determination of
noncompliance, entered into any consent order or undertaken any internal
investigation relating directly or indirectly to any Government Contract
or Government Bid;
(ii) the Company has complied in all material respects
with all Legal Requirements with respect to all Government Contracts and
Government Bids; and
(iii) the Company is not and will not be required to make
any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from,
any Governmental Body under or in connection with any Government Contract
or Government Bid as a result of or by virtue of (A) the execution,
delivery of performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements
referred to in this Agreement, or (B) the consummation of the Merger or
any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.11 LIABILITIES. The Company has no accrued, contingent or other
liabilities of any nature, either matured or unmatured (whether or not required
to be reflected in financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and whether due or to become due), except for: (a)
liabilities identified as such in the "liabilities" column of the Audited
Balance Sheet; (b) liabilities accounts payable or accrued salaries that have
been incurred by the Company since December 31, 1999 in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with the Company's past practices; (c) liabilities under
the Company Contracts identified in Part 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule, to the
extent the nature and magnitude of such liabilities can be specifically
ascertained by reference to the text of such Company Contracts; (d) the
liabilities identified in Part 2.11 of the Disclosure Schedule; and (e) expenses
related to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement as provided in
Section 10.3.
2.12 COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. The Company is, and has at all
times since December 31, 1996 been, in compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements, except where the failure to comply with such Legal Requirements
has not had and will not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Except
as set forth in Part 2.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 1996,
the Company has not received any notice or other communication from any
Governmental Body or other party regarding any actual or possible violation of,
or failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement.
2.13 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS. Part 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
identifies each material Governmental Authorization held by the Company, and the
Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of all Governmental
Authorizations identified in Part 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule. The
Governmental Authorizations identified in Part 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
are valid and in full force and effect, and collectively constitute all
Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the Company to conduct its
business in the
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manner in which its business is currently being conducted. The
Company is, and at all times since December 31, 1996 has been, in substantial
compliance with the terms and requirements of the respective Governmental
Authorizations identified in Part 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule. Since
December 31, 1996, the Company has not received any notice or other
communication from any Governmental Body regarding (a) any actual or possible
violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any
Governmental Authorization, or (b) any actual or possible revocation,
withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of any
Governmental Authorization.
2.14 TAX MATTERS.
(a) All Tax Returns required to be filed by or on behalf of the
Company with any Governmental Body with respect to any taxable period ending
on or before the Closing Date (the "Company Returns") (i) have been or will
be filed on or before the applicable due date (including any extensions of
such due date), and (ii) have been, or will be when filed, accurately and
completely prepared in all material respects in compliance with all
applicable Legal Requirements. All amounts shown on the Company Returns to be
due on or before the Closing Date have been or will be paid on or before the
Closing Date. The Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete
copies of all Company Returns filed since December 31, 1994 which have been
requested by Parent.
(b) The Company Financial Statements fully accrue all actual and
contingent liabilities for Taxes with respect to all periods through the
dates thereof in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The Company will establish, in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with its past practices, reserves adequate for the payment of all Taxes for
the period from March 31, 1999 through the Closing Date, and the Company will
disclose the dollar amount of such reserves to Parent on or prior to the
Closing Date.
(c) Except as set forth in Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule,
there have been no examinations or audits of any Company Return. The Company
has delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of all audit reports and
similar documents (to which the Company has access) relating to the Company
Returns. Except as set forth in Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule, no
extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any of the Company
Returns has been granted (by the Company or any other Person), and no such
extension or waiver has been requested from the Company.
(d) Except as set forth in Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule,
no claim or Proceeding is pending or has been threatened against or with
respect to the Company in respect of any Tax. There are no unsatisfied
liabilities for Taxes (including liabilities for interest, additions to tax
and penalties thereon and related expenses) with respect to any notice of
deficiency or similar document received by the Company with respect to any
Tax (other than liabilities for Taxes asserted under any such notice of
deficiency or similar document which are being contested in good faith by the
Company and with respect to which adequate reserves for payment have been
established). There are no liens for Taxes upon any of the assets of the
Company except liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable. The Company
has not entered into or become bound by any agreement or consent pursuant to
Section 341(f) of the Code. The Company has not been, and the Company will
not be, required to include any adjustment in taxable income for any tax
period (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 or 263A of the
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Code or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax laws as a result
of transactions or events occurring, or accounting methods employed, prior to
the Closing.
(e) There is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract
covering any employee or independent contractor or former employee or
independent contractor of the Company that, considered individually or
considered collectively with any other such Contracts, will, or could
reasonably be expected to, give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of
any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 280G or Section
162 of the Code. The Company is not, and has never been, a party to or bound
by any tax indemnity agreement, tax sharing agreement, tax allocation
agreement or similar Contract.
2.15 EMPLOYEE AND LABOR MATTERS; BENEFIT PLANS.
(a) Part 2.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each
salary, bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase,
stock option, severance pay, termination pay, hospitalization, medical, life
or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit-sharing,
pension or retirement plan, program or agreement (collectively, the "Plans")
sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the
Company for the benefit of any employee of the Company ("Employee").
(b) Except as set forth in Part 2.15(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule, the Company does not maintain, sponsor or contribute to, and, to
the best of the knowledge of the Company and the Shareholders, has not at any
time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee
pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), whether or not excluded
from coverage under specific Titles or Merger Subtitles of ERISA) for the
benefit of Employees or former Employees (a "Pension Plan").
(c) The Company maintains, sponsors or contributes only to those
employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, whether
or not excluded from coverage under specific Titles or Merger Subtitles of
ERISA) for the benefit of Employees or former Employees which are described
in Part 2.15(c) of the Disclosure Schedule (the "Welfare Plans"), none of
which is a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA).
(d) With respect to each Plan, the Company has delivered to Parent:
(i) an accurate and complete copy of such Plan (including
all amendments thereto);
(ii) an accurate and complete copy of the annual report, if
required under ERISA, with respect to such Plan for the last two years;
(iii) an accurate and complete copy of the most recent summary
plan description, together with each Summary of Material Modifications,
if required under ERISA, with respect to such Plan, and all material
employee communications relating to such Plan;
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(iv) if such Plan is funded through a trust or any third
party funding vehicle, an accurate and complete copy of the trust or
other funding agreement (including all amendments thereto) and accurate
and complete copies the most recent financial statements thereof;
(v) accurate and complete copies of all Contracts
relating to such Plan, including service provider agreements, insurance
contracts, minimum premium contracts, stop-loss agreements, investment
management agreements, subscription and participation agreements and
recordkeeping agreements; and
(vi) an accurate and complete copy of the most recent
determination letter received from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to such Plan (if such Plan is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code).
(e) The Company is not required to be, and, to the best of the
knowledge of the Company and the Shareholders, has never been required to be,
treated as a single employer with any other Person under Section 4001(b)(1)
of ERISA or Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code. The Company has
never been a member of an "affiliated service group" within the meaning of
Section 414(m) of the Code. To the best of the knowledge of the Company and
the Shareholders, the Company has never made a complete or partial withdrawal
from a multiemployer plan, as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA,
resulting in "withdrawal liability," as such term is defined in Section 4201
of ERISA (without regard to subsequent reduction or waiver of such liability
under either Section 4207 or 4208 of ERISA).
(f) The Company does not have any plan or commitment to create
any additional Welfare Plan or any Pension Plan, or to modify or change any
existing Welfare Plan or Pension Plan (other than to comply with applicable
law) in a manner that would affect any Employee.
(g) Except as set forth in Part 2.15(g) of the Disclosure
Schedule, no Welfare Plan provides death, medical or health benefits (whether
or not insured) with respect to any current or former Employee after any such
Employee's termination of service (other than (i) benefit coverage mandated
by applicable law, including coverage provided pursuant to Section 4980B of
the Code, (ii) deferred compensation benefits accrued as liabilities on the
Audited Interim Balance Sheet, and (iii) benefits the full cost of which are
borne by current or former Employees (or the Employees' beneficiaries)).
(h) With respect to each of the Welfare Plans constituting a
group health plan within the meaning of Section 4980B(g)(2) of the Code, the
provisions of Section 4980B of the Code ("COBRA") have been complied with in
all material respects.
(i) Each of the Plans has been operated and administered in all
material respects in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements, including
but not limited to ERISA and the Code.
(j) Each of the Plans intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination from the Internal
Revenue Service, and neither the
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Company nor any of the Shareholders is aware of any reason why any such
determination letter should be revoked.
(k) Except as set forth in Part 2.15(k) of the Disclosure
Schedule, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement,
nor the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, will result in any payment (including any
bonus, golden parachute or severance payment) to any current or former
Employee or director of the Company (whether or not under any Plan), or
materially increase the benefits payable under any Plan, or result in any
acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.
(l) Part 2.15(l) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of
all salaried employees of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, and
correctly reflects, in all material respects, their salaries, any other
compensation payable to them (including compensation payable pursuant to
bonus, deferred compensation or commission arrangements), their dates of
employment and their positions. The Company is not a party to any collective
bargaining contract or other Contract with a labor union involving any of its
Employees. Except as set forth in Part 2.15(l) of the Disclosure Schedule,
all of the Company's employees are "at will" employees.
(m) Part 2.15(m) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each
Employee who is not fully available to perform work because of disability or
other leave and sets forth the basis of such leave and the anticipated date
of return to full service.
(n) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable Legal Requirements and Contracts relating to employment,
employment practices, wages, bonuses and terms and conditions of employment,
including employee compensation matters.
(o) Except as set forth in Part 2.15(o) of the Disclosure
Schedule, the Company has good labor relations, and none of the Shareholders
has any reason to believe that (i) the consummation of the Merger or any of
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will have a material
adverse effect on the Company's labor relations, or (ii) any of the Company's
employees intends to terminate his or her employment with the Company.
2.16 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except for environmental conditions
related to the real property owned or leased by the Company as to which the
Company and the Shareholders have no actual knowledge, the Company is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws,
which compliance includes the possession by the Company of all permits and
other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental
Laws, and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof. The Company has
not received any notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise),
whether from a Governmental Body, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that
alleges that the Company is not in compliance with any Environmental Law,
and, to the best of the knowledge of the Company and Shareholders, there are
no circumstances that may prevent or interfere with the Company's compliance
with any Environmental Law in the future. To the best of the knowledge of the
Company and the Shareholders, no current or prior owner of any property
leased or controlled by the Company has received any notice or other
communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Government Body,
citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that such current or prior
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owner or the Company is not in compliance with any Environmental Law. All
Governmental Authorizations currently held by the Company pursuant to
Environmental Laws are identified in Part 2.16 of the Disclosure
Schedule. (For purposes of this Section 2.16: (i) "Environmental Law" means any
federal, state, local or foreign Legal Requirement relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface
water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any law or
regulation relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of
Materials of Environmental Concern, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Materials of Environmental Concern; and (ii) "Materials of
Environmental Concern" include chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
toxic substances, petroleum and petroleum products and any other substance that
is now or hereafter regulated by any Environmental Law or that is otherwise a
danger to health, reproduction or the environment.)
2.17 INSURANCE. Part 2.17 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies all
insurance policies maintained by, at the expense of or for the benefit of the
Company and identifies any material claims made thereunder which are pending as
of the date hereof, and the Company has delivered to Parent accurate and
complete copies of the insurance policies identified on Part 2.17 of the
Disclosure Schedule. Each of the insurance policies identified in Part 2.17 of
the Disclosure Schedule is in full force and effect. Since December 31, 1996,
the Company has not received any notice or other communication regarding any
actual or possible (a) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy, (b)
refusal of any coverage or rejection of any claim under any insurance policy, or
(c) material adjustment in the amount of the premiums payable with respect to
any insurance policy.
2.18 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. Except as set forth in Part 2.18 of
the Disclosure Schedule: (a) no Related Party has, and no Related Party has at
any time since December 31, 1996 had, any direct or indirect interest in any
material asset used in or otherwise relating to the business of the Company; (b)
no Related Party is currently indebted to the Company and, no Related Party has
at any time since December 31, 1996 been, indebted to the Company in an amount
in excess of $25,000 which amount has not been repaid; (c) since December 31,
1996, no Related Party has entered into, or has had any direct or indirect
financial interest in, any material Contract, transaction or business dealing
involving the Company in excess of $25,000 in any fiscal year; (d) no Related
Party is competing, or has at any time since December 31, 1996 competed,
directly or indirectly, with the Company; and (e) no Related Party has any claim
or right against the Company (other than rights under company Options and rights
to receive compensation for services performed as an employee of the Company).
(For purposes of the Section 2.18 each of the following shall be deemed to be a
"Related Party": (i) each of the Shareholders; (ii) each individual who is, or
who has at any time since December 31, 1996 been, an officer of the Company;
(iii) each member of the immediate family of each of the individuals referred to
in clauses "(i)" and "(ii)" above; and (iv) any trust or other Entity (other
than the Company) in which any one of the individuals referred to in clauses
"(i)", "(ii)" and "(iii)" above holds (or in which more than one of such
individuals collectively hold), beneficially or otherwise, a material voting,
proprietary or equity interest.)
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2.19 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS; ORDERS.
(a) Except as set forth in Part 2.19 of the Disclosure Schedule,
there is no pending Legal Proceeding, and (to the actual knowledge of the
Company and the Shareholders) no Person has threatened to commence any Legal
Proceeding: (i) that involves the Company or any of the assets owned or used
by the Company or any Person whose liability the Company has or may have
retained or assumed, either contractually or by operation of law; or (ii)
that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making
illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the actual knowledge of the
Company and the Shareholders, except as set forth in Part 2.19 of the
Disclosure Schedule, no event has occurred, and no claim, dispute or other
condition or circumstance exists, that will, or that could reasonably be
expected to, give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of any
such Legal Proceeding.
(b) Except as set forth in Part 2.19 of the Disclosure Schedule,
no Legal Proceeding has been commenced since December 31, 1996 and no Legal
Proceeding is pending against the Company.
(c) There is no order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to
which the Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company, is
subject. None of the Shareholders is subject to any order, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree that relates to the Company's business or to any of the
assets owned or used by the Company. To the actual knowledge of the Company
and the Shareholders, no officer or other employee of the Company is subject
to any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree that prohibits such
officer or other employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct,
activity or practice relating to the Company's business.
2.20 AUTHORITY; BINDING NATURE OF AGREEMENT. The Company has the
absolute and unrestricted right, power and authority to enter into and to
perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and its board of directors. This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to (i)
laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of
debtors, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief
and other equitable remedies.
2.21 NON-CONTRAVENTION; CONSENTS. Except as set forth in Part 2.21 of
the Disclosure Schedule, neither (1) the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement or any of the other agreements referred to in this Agreement, nor
(2) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse
of time):
(a) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of (i) any
of the provisions of the Company's articles of incorporation or bylaws, or
(ii) any resolution adopted by the Company's shareholders, the Company's
board of directors or any committee of the Company's board of directors;
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(b) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation
of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to
challenge any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Legal
Requirement or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to
which the Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company,
is subject;
(c) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of
any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the
right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any
Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company or that
otherwise relates to the Company's business or to any of the assets
owned or used by the Company;
(d) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or
breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Company
Contract that is or would constitute a Material Contract, or give any
Person the right to (i) declare a default or exercise any remedy under
any such Company Contract, (ii) accelerate the maturity or performance
of any such Company Contract, or (iii) cancel, terminate or modify any
such Company Contract; or
(e) result in the imposition or creation of any lien or
other Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by
the Company (except for minor liens that will not, in any case or in
the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the assets subject
thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company).
Except as set forth in Part 2.21 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company is
not and will not be required to make any filing with or give any notice to,
or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the other
agreements referred to in this Agreement, or (y) the consummation of the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.22 FULL DISCLOSURE.
(a) This Agreement (including the Disclosure Schedule) does not,
and the Shareholders' Closing Certificate will not, (i) contain any
representation, warranty or information that is false or misleading with
respect to any material fact, or (ii) omit to state any material fact or
necessary in order to make the representations, warranties and information
contained and to be contained herein and therein (in the light of the
circumstances under which such representations, warranties and information
were or will be made or provided) not false or misleading.
(b) Each Shareholder has not made any material false statement or
omitted to provide material information to each other Shareholder necessary
to make the statements made not false or misleading in order to induce each
other Shareholder to enter into this Merger Agreement or the transactions
completed hereby.
2.23 TAX TREATMENT OF MERGER. For federal income tax purposes, the
Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of
the Code and each of Parent,
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Merger Sub and the Company will be a party to the reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368 of the Code.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub jointly and severally represent and warrant to
the Company and the Shareholders as follows:
3.1 SEC FILINGS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
(a) Parent has delivered to the Company accurate and complete
copies (excluding copies of exhibits) of each report, registration
statement (on a form other than Form S-8) and definitive proxy statement
filed by Parent with the SEC between January 1, 1999 and the date of this
Agreement (the "Parent SEC Documents"). As of the time it was filed with the
SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this
Agreement, then on the date of such filing): (i) each of the Parent SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be); and (ii) none
of the Parent SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The consolidated financial statements contained in the
Parent SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with
the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered, except as may be
indicated in the notes to such financial statements and (in the case of
unaudited statements) as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that
unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to
year-end audit adjustments; and (iii) fairly present the consolidated
financial position of Parent and its subsidiaries as of the respective dates
thereof and the consolidated results of operations of Parent and its
subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby.
(c) The Parent SEC Documents do not and, with the Parent Closing
Certificate, will not, (i) contain any representation, warranty or
information that is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or
(ii) omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
representations, warranties and information contained and to be contained
herein and therein (in light of the circumstances under which such
representations, warranties and information were or will be made or provided)
not false or misleading, related to the Parent, Surviving Corporation or
Parent Stock.
3.2 AUTHORITY; BINDING NATURE OF AGREEMENT. Parent and Merger Sub
have the absolute and unrestricted right, power and authority to perform
their obligations under this Agreement; and the execution, delivery and
performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement (including the
contemplated issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger in accordance with
this Agreement) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part
of Parent and Merger Sub and their respective boards of directors. No vote of
Parent's stockholders
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is needed to approve the Merger. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms, subject to (i) laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors, and (ii) rules
of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable
remedies.
3.3 VALID ISSUANCE. Subject to Section 1.5, the Parent Common Stock
to be issued in the Merger will, when issued in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
SECTION 4. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS
4.1 ACCESS AND INVESTIGATION. During the period from the date of this
Agreement through the Effective Time (the "Pre-Closing Period"), the Company
shall, and shall cause its Representatives to: (a) provide Parent and
Parent's Representatives with reasonable access to the Company's
Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax
Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the
Company; and (b) provide Parent and Parent's Representatives with copies of
such existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents
and information relating to the Company, and with such additional financial,
operating and other data and information regarding the Company, as Parent may
reasonably request.
4.2 OPERATION OF THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS. During the Pre-Closing
Period:
(a) the Company shall conduct its business and operations
in the ordinary course and in substantially the same manner as such
business and operations have been conducted prior to the date of this
Agreement;
(b) the Company shall use reasonable efforts to preserve
intact its current business organization, keep available the services
of its current officers and employees and maintain its relations and
good will with all suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors,
employees and other Persons having business relationships with the
Company;
(c) the Company shall keep in full force all insurance
policies identified in Part 2.17 of the Disclosure Schedule;
(d) the Company shall cause its officers to report
regularly (but in no event less frequently than weekly) to Parent
concerning the status of the Company's business;
(e) the Company shall not declare, accrue, set aside or pay
any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of
capital stock, and shall not repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire
any shares of capital stock or other securities (except that the
Company may repurchase Company Common Stock from former employees
pursuant to the terms of existing restricted stock purchase
agreements);
(f) except as provided in the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company shall not sell, issue or authorize the issuance of (i) any
capital stock or other security, (ii) any option or
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right to acquire any capital stock or other security, or (iii) any
instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or
other security;
(g) except as provided in the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company shall not grant, amend or waive any of its rights under, or
permit the acceleration of vesting under, (i) any provision of its
1992 or 1997 Stock Plans, (ii) any provision of any agreement
evidencing any outstanding Company Option, or (iii) any provision of
any restricted stock purchase agreement;
(h) neither the Company nor any of the Shareholders shall
amend or permit the adoption of any amendment to the Company's articles
of incorporation or bylaws, or effect or permit the Company to become a
party to any Acquisition Transaction, recapitalization,
reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar
transaction;
(i) the Company shall not form any subsidiary or acquire
any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity;
(j) the Company shall not make any capital expenditure in
excess of $10,000;
(k) the Company shall not (i) enter into, or permit any of
the assets owned or used by it to become bound by, any Contract that
would constitute a Material Contract, or (ii) amend or prematurely
is or terminate, or waive any material right or remedy under, any such
Contract;
(l) the Company shall not, except for "Transfer
Exceptions," (i) acquire, lease or license any right or other asset
from any other Person, (ii) sell or otherwise dispose of, or lease or
license, any right or other asset to any other Person, or (iii) waive
or relinquish any right, except for assets acquired, leased, licensed
or disposed of by the Company pursuant to Contracts that are not
Material Contracts;
(m) the Company shall not (i) lend money to any Person
(except that the Company may make routine travel advances to employees
in the ordinary course of business and may, consistent with its past
practices, allow employees to acquire Company Common Stock in exchange
for promissory notes upon exercise of Company Options), or (ii) incur
or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money;
(n) the Company shall not (i) establish, adopt or amend any
Employee Benefit Plan, (ii) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing
payment, cash incentive payment or similar payment to, or increase the
amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other
compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers
or employees other than Annual Increases, or (iii) hire any new
employee;
(o) the Company shall not change any of its methods of
accounting or accounting practices in any material respect;
(p) the Company shall not make any Tax election;
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(q) the Company shall not commence or settle any material
Legal Proceeding;
(r) the Company shall not agree or commit to take any of
the actions described in clauses "(e)" through "(q)" above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may take any action described in
clauses "(e)" through "(r)" above if Parent gives its prior written consent to
the taking of such action by the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld (it being understood that Parent's withholding of consent to any action
will not be deemed unreasonable if Parent determines in good faith that the
taking of such action would not be in the best interests of Parent or would not
be in the best interests of the Company).
4.3 NOTIFICATION; UPDATES TO DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period, each party shall promptly
notify the other parties hereto in writing of:
(i) the discovery by the party of any event, condition, fact
or circumstance that occurred or existed on or prior to the date of this
Agreement and that caused or constitutes an inaccuracy in or breach of
any representation or warranty made by a party to this Agreement;
(ii) any event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurs,
arises or exists after the date of this Agreement and that would cause
or constitute an inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or
warranty made by that party or another party hereunder in this Agreement
if (A) such representation or warranty had been made as of the time of
the occurrence, existence or discovery of such event, condition, fact or
circumstance, or (B) such event, condition, fact or circumstance had
occurred, arisen or existed on or prior to the date of this Agreement;
(iii) any breach of any covenant or obligation of a party
hereto; and
(iv) any event, condition, fact or circumstance that would
make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in
Section 6 or Section 7 impossible or unlikely.
(b) If any event, condition, fact or circumstance that is
required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.3(a) requires any change in
the disclosure , or if any such event, condition, fact or circumstance would
require such a change assuming the disclosure were dated as of the date of
the occurrence, existence or discovery of such event, condition, fact or
circumstance, then the updated disclosure, including in the case of the
Company, an update to the Disclosure Schedule specifying such change, shall
be delivered to the other parties hereto. No such update shall be deemed to
supplement or amend the Disclosure Schedule or other disclosure for the
purpose of (i) determining the accuracy of any of the representations and
warranties made by a party to this Agreement, or (ii) determining whether any
of the conditions set forth in Section 6 has been satisfied.
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4.4 NO NEGOTIATION. During the Pre-Closing Period, neither the
Company nor any of the Shareholders shall, directly or indirectly:
(a) solicit or encourage the initiation of any inquiry, proposal
or offer from any Person (other than Parent) relating to a possible
Acquisition Transaction;
(b) participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into
any agreement with, or provide any non-public information to, any Person
(other than Parent) relating to or in connection with a possible Acquisition
Transaction, except in response to an unsolicited written offer that is more
favorable to the Company than the terms of the Merger and only if and to the
extent required for the directors to discharge their fiduciary duties to the
Company as determined by the Company's legal counsel and subject to the
notice requirement set forth below; or
(c) consider, entertain or accept any proposal or offer from any
Person (other than Parent) relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction;
except to the extent such offer is an unsolicited written offer that is more
favorable to the Company than the terms of the Merger and only if and to the
extent required for the directors to discharge their fiduciary duties to the
Company as determined by the Company's legal counsel and subject to the
notice requirement set forth below.
The Company shall promptly, but in any event not later than 48 hours after
receipt, notify Parent in writing of any material inquiry, proposal or offer
relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction that is received by the
Company or any of the Shareholders during the Pre-Closing Period.
4.5 APPOINTMENT OF PURCHASER REPRESENTATIVE. If any Shareholder is
not an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), then
each such Shareholder hereby appoints Andrew Nowak to act as such
Shareholder's purchaser representative, as such term is defined in Rule
501(h) of Regulation D.
4.6 RESTRICTED SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT INTENT. The Company and the
Shareholders acknowledge and agree that the Parent Stock to be issued to the
Shareholders in the Merger will be "Restricted Securities" within the meaning
of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Shareholders will be
receiving the Parent Stock for each such Shareholder's own account only and
not with a view to the sale or distribution of any part or all thereof by
public or private sale or other distribution. Each Shareholder acknowledges
and agrees that they have no present intention of selling, granting any
participation in, or otherwise disposing of the Parent Stock. The Company and
the Shareholders also acknowledge and agree that, except as may be set forth
in Section 5.11 hereof, Parent is under no obligation to register the Parent
Stock to be issued in the Merger. There will be placed on the certificates
evidencing the shares of Parent Stock the following legends, in addition to
any legends required by applicable state securities laws, substantially in
the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
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"ACT"). THEY MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THESE SECURITIES ARE FIRST REGISTERED UNDER
THE ACT OR THE HOLDER FURNISHES THE ISSUER WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER, THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION IS
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT.
4.7 COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS' APPROVAL. The Company shall, in accordance
with the requirements of its articles of incorporation, bylaws and Oregon
law, call and hold a meeting of its shareholders as promptly as practicable
for the purpose of permitting them to consider and to vote upon and approve
the Merger in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the "Company
Shareholders' Meeting") or, in lieu of such meeting and in accordance with
the requirements of its articles of incorporation, bylaws and Oregon law, the
Company may solicit and obtain the unanimous consent of the shareholders of
the Company approving the Merger in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Company shall cause a copy of a the Parent SEC Documents to be
delivered to each shareholder of the Company who is entitled to vote at the
Company Shareholders' Meeting at such time as notice of the meeting is
delivered to such shareholder or a unanimous consent is solicited. Without
limiting the generality or the effect of anything contained in the
Shareholder Agreements being executed and delivered by the Shareholders to
Parent contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Andrew Nowak and Ala Bazzaz shall cause all shares of the capital stock of
the Company that are owned, beneficially or of record, by either of them on
the record date for the Company Shareholders' Meeting or as to which they
have been appointed a proxy, to be voted in favor of the Merger and this
Agreement at such meeting.
4.8 RULE 145 RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE. Each of the Shareholders
acknowledges that he will be deemed an affiliate under Rule 145 and subject
to the restrictions thereof in the resale of Parent Common Stock.
SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
5.1 FILINGS AND CONSENTS. As promptly as practicable after the
execution of this Agreement, each party to this Agreement (a) shall make all
filings (if any) and give all notices (if any) required to be made and given
by such party in connection with the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) shall use all commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain all Consents (if any) required to be obtained (pursuant to
any applicable Legal Requirement or Contract, or otherwise) by such party in
connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company shall (upon request) promptly deliver to Parent a copy
of each such filing made, each such notice given and each such Consent
obtained by the Company during the Pre-Closing Period.
5.2 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. During the Pre-Closing Period, (a) neither
the Company nor any of the Shareholders shall (and the Company shall not
permit any of its Representatives to) issue any press release or make any
public statement regarding this Agreement or the Merger, or regarding any of
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, without Parent's prior
written consent, and (b) Parent will use reasonable efforts to
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consult with the Company prior to issuing any press release or making any
public statement regarding the Merger.
5.3 PURCHASE ACCOUNTING. During the Pre-Closing Period, no party to
this Agreement shall take any action that could reasonably be expected to
have an adverse effect on the ability of Parent to account for the Merger
according to the purchase rules of accounting.
5.4 BEST EFFORTS. During the Pre-Closing Period, (a) the Company and
the Shareholders shall use their best efforts to cause the conditions set
forth in Section 6 to be satisfied on a timely basis, and (b) Parent and
Merger Sub shall use their best efforts to cause the conditions set forth in
Section 7 to be satisfied on a timely basis.
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5.6 EMPLOYMENT AND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENTS. At or prior to the
Closing, each of the Shareholders identified on Exhibit D shall execute and
deliver to the Company and Parent an Employment and Noncompetition Agreement
in the form of Exhibit E. The Company shall use all commercially reasonable
efforts to cause each of the other individuals identified on Exhibit D to
execute and deliver to the Company and Parent, at the Closing, an Employment
and Noncompetition Agreement in the form of Exhibit E.
5.7 FIRPTA MATTERS. At the Closing, (a) the Company shall deliver to
Parent a statement (in such form as may be reasonably requested by counsel to
Parent) conforming to the requirements of Section 1.897 - 2(h)(1)(i) of the
United States Treasury Regulations, and (b) the Company shall deliver to the
Internal Revenue Service the notification required under Section 1.897 -
2(h)(2) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
5.8 RELEASE. At the Closing, each of the Shareholders shall execute
and deliver to the Company a Release in the form of Exhibit F.
5.9 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE PLANS. At the Closing, the Company shall
terminate all incentive and/or bonus plans, and shall ensure that no employee
or former employee of the Company has any rights under any of such Plans and
that any liabilities of the Company under such Plans (including any such
liabilities relating to services performed prior to the Closing) are fully
extinguished at no cost to the Company; provided, notwithstanding anything in
Section 5.9, the Surviving Corporation shall continue the Company's existing
sales commission, variable compensation and profit incentive plans, the
compensation policies for engineering personnel overtime and overnight
compensation, pager compensation policy, until December 31, 2000, unless
Surviving Corporation shall have substituted equivalent or better plans or
the parties to this Agreement have mutually agreed to change such plans,
continue the Company's 401(k) Plan as provided in Section 5.12 or make
Parent's 401(k) Plan available to employees.
5.10 CONTINUED SEC FILINGS. For a period of five years following the
Effective Date, Parent shall continue to file its required reports under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on a timely basis so as to
enable the shares of Parent Common Stock to remain eligible for resale
without registration under Rules 144 and 145. Parent's obligation under this
Section 5.11 shall terminate upon the closing of any transaction which causes
Parent Common Stock not to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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5.11 REGISTRATION RIGHTS. If, during the period commencing on the date
of this Agreement and continuing until March 31, 2003, but without any
obligation to do so, Parent proposes to register (including for this purpose
a registration effected by Parent for shareholders of Parent other than
Shareholders) any of its stock or other securities under the Securities Act
in connection with the public offering of such securities, solely for cash
(other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to
participants in a Parent or Parent-affiliate stock plan or in a business
combination transaction, or a registration on any Form that does not include
substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a
registration statement covering the sale of the Parent Stock by
Shareholders), Parent shall, at such time and at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the filing of a registration statement covering the Parent's
securities, promptly give each Shareholder written notice of such
registration. Upon the written request of each Shareholder given within ten
(10) days after the mailing of such notice by Parent, Parent shall, subject
to the provisions of this Section, use its best efforts to cause to be
registered under the Securities Act all of the Parent Stock that each such
Shareholder has requested to be registered. Parent shall bear all expenses of
any registration hereunder, other than underwriting discounts, commissions
and expenses of Shareholder's counsel, if any. If the proposed offering is
underwritten, Shareholders may participate only if they enter into an
underwriting agreement which will include, among other provisions, customary
indemnification provisions. Parent shall be under no obligation to include
any Parent Stock held by Shareholders in an offering if Parent is informed by
any underwriter of the offering that, in the judgment of such underwriter,
the inclusion of the Shareholder's shares in the offering will be detrimental
to the offering. The Shareholders' rights under this Section 5.11 may be
exercised one time by each Shareholder, provided that no Shareholder whose
election to include shares in a registration is cut back by reason of
underwriter limitations shall be deemed to have waived or exercised his right
to include shares in a future registration of Parent Common Stock in
accordance with this Section 5.11.
5.12 NO MERGER OF PLANS. Parent will cause the continuance of
Company's 401(k) Plan disclosed in Part 2.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule
through June 30, 2002, at which time the Plan assets of the Company's 401(k)
Plan shall be merged with Parent's 401(k) Plan; provided Parent will not
cause the merger of Company's 401(k) Plan with Parent's plan prior to June
30, 2002.
5.13 INSURANCE MAINTENANCE, ADDITIONS AND RENEWAL. Until the
expiration of all representations and warranties of Shareholders in Section 2
hereof as contemplated in Section 9.1 hereof, Parent and Merger Sub shall
maintain all theft, casualty and liability insurance policies, including
without limitation, products liability and similar policies, of Company which
extend coverage for liabilities or damage which are the subject of Section
9.2 hereof at their coverages as of the date hereof; provided, however,
Parent and Merger Sub may substitute insurance with equivalent coverages in
the exercise of their reasonable discretion. Parent and Merger Sub, in
connection with the additions or renewals of any theft, casualty, liability
or other insurance policies of Parent or Merger Sub after the date hereof and
until the expiration of all representations and warranties of Shareholders in
Section 2 hereof as contemplated in Section 9.1 and which policies extend
coverage for liabilities or damages which are the subject of Section 9.2
hereof, shall seek to obtain waivers of subrogation from the insurers;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall obligate Parent and Merger Sub
to obtain
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such waivers if obtaining such waivers shall result in a refusal of the
insurer to insure, any increase in premiums or retainages, or any reduction
in coverages.
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger and
otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the
following conditions:
6.1 ACCURACY OF REPRESENTATIONS. Each of the representations and
warranties made by the Company and the Shareholders in this Agreement and in
each of the other agreements and instruments delivered to Parent in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have
been accurate in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement
(without giving effect to any "Material Adverse Effect" or other materiality
qualifications, or any similar qualifications, contained or incorporated
directly or indirectly in such representations and warranties), and shall be
accurate in all material respects as of the Scheduled Closing Time as if made
at the Scheduled Closing Time (without giving effect to any update to the
Disclosure Schedule, and without giving effect to any "Material Adverse
Effect" or other materiality qualifications, or any similar qualifications,
contained or incorporated directly or indirectly in such representations and
warranties).
6.2 PERFORMANCE OF COVENANTS. All of the covenants and obligations
that the Company and the Shareholders are required to comply with or to
perform at or prior to the Closing shall have been complied with and
performed in all respects.
6.3 SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The principal terms of the Merger shall
have been duly approved by the affirmative vote of 100% of the shares of
Company Common Stock entitled to vote with respect thereto.
6.4 CONSENTS. All Consents required to be obtained in connection with
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(including the Consents identified in Part 2.21 of the Disclosure Schedule)
shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect.
6.5 AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS. Parent and the Company shall have
received the following agreements and documents, each of which shall be in
full force and effect:
(a) Employment and Non-competition Agreements in the form
of Exhibit E, executed by the individuals identified on Exhibit D;
(b) a Release in the form of Exhibit F, executed by the
Shareholders;
(c) confidential invention and assignment agreements,
reasonably satisfactory in form and content to Parent, executed by
current employees, consultants and independent contractors to the
Company who have not already signed such agreements and are identified
on Part 2.9(f) of the Disclosure Schedule as persons from whom such
agreements will be obtained;
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(d) the statement referred to in Section 5.7(a), executed
by the Company;
(e) an estoppel certificate, dated as of a date not more
than five days prior to the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and
content to Parent, executed by three Lessors of real property to
Company;
(f) a legal opinion of Hershner, Hunter, Andrews, Neill &
Smith, LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit G;
(g) an opinion of Wetzel, DeFranz & Sandor dated as of the
Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, to the effect
that the Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368 of the Code (it being understood that, in rendering such
opinion, such counsel may rely upon the tax representation letter
referred to in Section 5.5);
(h) The Escrow Agreement in the form of Exhibit I shall
have been executed and delivered by Ala Bazzaz, Jeff Franklin, Kerry Wilson
and the Escrow Agent.
6.6 SECURITIES COMPLIANCE. Parent shall have determined, to the
reasonable satisfaction of its legal counsel, that the issuance of shares of
its Common Stock in the Merger is exempt from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable Blue Sky laws.
6.7 LISTING. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the
Merger shall have been approved for listing (subject to notice of issuance)
with the Nasdaq NMS.
6.8 NO RESTRAINTS. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Merger
shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and remain in
effect, and there shall not be any Legal Requirement enacted or deemed
applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger illegal.
6.9 NO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. No Person shall have commenced or
threatened to commence any Legal Proceeding challenging or seeking the
recovery of a material amount of damages in connection with the Merger or
seeking to prohibit or limit the exercise by Parent of any material right
pertaining to its ownership of stock of the Surviving Corporation.
6.10 EMPLOYEES. None of the individuals identified on Exhibit J and no
more than 10 percent (10%) of the individuals identified on Exhibit K shall
have ceased to be employed by, or expressed an intention to terminate their
employment with, the Company.
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SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND SHAREHOLDERS
The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger and otherwise
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the
satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:
7.1 ACCURACY OF REPRESENTATIONS. Each of the representations and
warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in this Agreement shall have been
accurate in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement (without
giving effect to any materiality or similar qualifications contained in such
representations and warranties), and shall be accurate in all material
respects as of the Scheduled Closing Time as if made at the Scheduled Closing
Time (without giving effect to any materiality or similar qualifications
contained in such representations and warranties).
7.2 PERFORMANCE OF COVENANTS. All of the covenants and obligations
that Parent and Merger Sub are required to comply with or to perform at or
prior to the Closing shall have been complied with and performed in all
respects.
7.3 OPINION OF COUNSEL. The Company shall have received a legal
opinion of Ater Wynne LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the
form of Exhibit L.
7.4 LISTING. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the
Merger shall have been approved for listing (subject to notice of issuance)
with the Nasdaq NMS.
7.5 NO RESTRAINTS. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Merger
shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and remain in
effect, and there shall not be any Legal Requirement enacted or deemed
applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger illegal.
SECTION 8. TERMINATION
8.1 TERMINATION EVENTS. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the
Closing:
(a) by Parent if Parent reasonably determines that the
timely satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 6 has become
impossible (other than as a result of any failure on the part of Parent
or Merger Sub to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation of
Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement);
(b) by the Company if the Company reasonably determines
that the timely satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 7
has become impossible (other than as a result of any failure on the
part of the Company or any of the Shareholders to comply with or
perform any covenant or obligation set forth in this Agreement or in
any other agreement or instrument delivered to Parent);
(c) by Parent at or after the Scheduled Closing Time if any
condition set forth in Section 6 has not been satisfied by the
Scheduled Closing Time;
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(d) by the Company at or after the Scheduled Closing Time
if any condition set forth in Section 7 has not been satisfied by the
Scheduled Closing Time;
(e) by Parent if the Closing has not taken place on or
before February 29, 2000 (other than as a result of any failure on the
part of Parent to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation of
Parent set forth in this Agreement);
(f) by the Company if the Closing has not taken place on or
before February 29, 2000 (other than as a result of the failure on the
part of the Company or any of the Shareholders to comply with or
perform any covenant or obligation set forth in this Agreement or in
any other agreement or instrument delivered to Parent); or
(g) by the mutual consent of Parent and the Company.
8.2 TERMINATION PROCEDURES. If Parent wishes to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(a), Section 8.1(c) or Section 8.1(e),
Parent shall deliver to the Company a written notice stating that Parent is
terminating this Agreement and setting forth a brief description of the basis
on which Parent is terminating this Agreement. If the Company wishes to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(b), Section 8.1(d) or
Section 8.1(f), the Company shall deliver to Parent a written notice stating
that the Company is terminating this Agreement and setting forth a brief
description of the basis on which the Company is terminating this Agreement.
8.3 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8.1, all further obligations of the parties under this Agreement
shall terminate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that: (a) neither the Company nor Parent
shall be relieved of any obligation or liability arising from any prior
breach by such party of any provision of this Agreement; (b) the parties
shall, in all events, remain bound by and continue to be subject to the
provisions set forth in Section 10; and (c) the Company shall, in all events,
remain bound by and continue to be subject to Section 5.4.
SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION, ETC.
9.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, ETC.
(a) The representations and warranties made by the Shareholders
(including the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 and the
representations and warranties set forth in the Shareholders' Closing
Certificate) shall survive the Closing and shall expire 24 months after the
Closing Date, except that the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.15 shall survive and expire on that date that the applicable
statutes of limitations shall have run with respect to claims arising under
ERISA or relating to the plans disclosed in Part 2.15 and the representation
and warranty set forth in Section 2.23 shall survive and expire on the later
of December 31, 2003 or such date as the statue of limitation shall have run
with respect to claims for unpaid taxes arising from or with respect to the
Merger; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, at any time prior to the expiration and
after the Closing Date, any Indemnitee (acting in good faith) delivers to any
of the Shareholders a written notice alleging the existence of an inaccuracy
in or a breach of any of the representations and warranties made by the
Shareholders
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(and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such Indemnitee's
belief that such an inaccuracy or breach may exist) and asserting a claim for
recovery under Section 9.2 based on such alleged inaccuracy or breach, then
the claim asserted in such notice shall survive the expiration until such
time as such claim is fully and finally resolved; provided, further, that no
representations or warranties shall survive after February 23, 2010. All
representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub set forth in
Section 3 and the Parent's Closing Certificate shal terminate and expire 24
months after the Closing Date, and any liability of Parent or Merger Sub with
respect to such representations and warranties shall thereupon cease.
(b) The representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of
the Company and the Shareholders, and the rights and remedies that may be
exercised by the Indemnitees, shall not be limited or otherwise affected by
or as a result of any information furnished to, or any investigation made by
or knowledge of, any of the Indemnitees or any of their Representatives.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, each statement or other item
of information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or in any update to the
Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty made
by the Company and the Shareholders in this Agreement.
(d) Nothing in this Section 9 shall affect the covenants and
obligations of the parties hereto in other Sections of the Agreement, other
than Sections 2 and 3.
(e) Nothing in the Agreement shall affect a Shareholder's right
to bring an action for (i) breach of an obligation, or covenant,
representation or warranty (including the covenants in Sections 1.6 or 1.7)
by the Parent or Merger Subsidiary, or except for a breach of a
representation or warranty which has expired under Section 9.1(a) or, (ii) a
claim under federal or state securities laws related to the issuance of the
Parent Common Stock, even if the representation or warranty related thereto
has expired under Section 9.1(a); provided no Shareholder shall enjoy the
right to bring any claim which is the subject of a release of claims provided
by the Shareholder to the Company, Parent or Merger Subsidiary.
9.2 INDEMNIFICATION BY SHAREHOLDERS.
(a) From and after the Effective Time (but subject to Section
9.1(a)), the Shareholders, jointly and severally, shall hold harmless and
indemnify each of the Indemnitees from and against, and shall compensate and
reimburse each of the Indemnitees for, any Damages (after application of any
available insurance proceeds therefor) which are directly or indirectly
suffered or incurred by any of the Indemnitees or to which any of the
Indemnitees may otherwise become subject (regardless of whether or not such
Damages relate to any third-party claim) and which arise from or as a result
of, or are directly or indirectly connected with: (i) any inaccuracy in or
breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Section 2 or in the
Shareholders' Closing Certificate (without giving effect to any "Material
Adverse Effect" or other materiality qualification or any similar
qualification contained or incorporated directly or indirectly in such
representation or warranty, but giving effect to any update to the Disclosure
Schedule delivered by the Company to Parent prior to the Closing); (ii) any
breach of any covenant or obligation of the Company or any of the
Shareholders (including the covenants set forth in Sections 4 and 5); (iii)
any Legal Proceeding relating to any inaccuracy or breach of the
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type referred to in clause "(i)" or "(ii)" above (including any Legal
Proceeding commenced by any Indemnitee for the purpose of enforcing any of
its rights under this Section 9) or (iv) any tax incurred by Parent or Merger
Sub in connection with the Merger (including any tax resulting from the
Merger failing to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Code for any reason); provided, however, that no Indemnitee
shall assert a claim for indemnification against Shareholders with respect to
any amounts of compensation paid to Shareholders by the Company for any
period ending on or before December 31, 1999 or with respect to the
calculation of any such compensation.
(b) The Shareholders acknowledge and agree that, if the Surviving
Corporation suffers, incurs or otherwise becomes subject to any Damages as a
result of or in connection with any inaccuracy in or breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or obligation, then (without limiting any
of the rights of the Surviving Corporation as an Indemnitee) Parent shall
also be deemed, by virtue of its ownership of the stock of the Surviving
Corporation, to have incurred Damages as a result of and in connection with
such inaccuracy or breach.
9.3 THRESHOLD; CAP. The Shareholders shall not be required to make
any indemnification payment pursuant to Section 9.2(a) for any inaccuracy in
or breach of any of their representations and warranties set forth in Section
2 until such time as the total amount of all Damages (including the Damages
arising from such inaccuracy or breach and all other Damages arising from any
other inaccuracies in or breaches of any representations or warranties) that
have been directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by any one or more of
the Indemnitees, or to which any one or more of the Indemnitees has or have
otherwise become subject, exceeds $100,000 in the aggregate and then only to
the extent such Damages exceed $100,000; provided, however, that with respect
to Damages arising from a breach of the warranty set forth in Section 2.23 of
this Agreement, the Shareholders shall be required to make any
indemnification payment pursuant to Section 9.2(a) when such Damages exceed
$1.00. (For example, if the total amount of such Damages were $150,000, then
the Indemnitees shall be entitled to be indemnified against and compensated
and reimbursed in the amount of $50,000.) In no event will the Indemnitees be
obligated to make any indemnification in excess of 60% of the total
consideration received by the Shareholders ("Indemnity Cap"); provided, such
Indemnity Cap shall not apply to any Damages arising from a breach of the
warranty set forth in Section 2.23 of this Agreement and further provided
that the Indemnity Cap shall be increased by the amount of any Damages
related to a breach of a representation or warranty by a Shareholder where
such Shareholder had actual knowledge of the falsity of such representation
or warranty when made or would have had such knowledge if the Shareholder
failed to make inquiry. For purposes of this Section 9.3, the actual
knowledge of each Shareholder arising from inquiry shall be imputed to each
other Shareholder and the inquiry of corporate records and personnel of each
Shareholder shall be imputed to each other Shareholder.
9.4 NO CONTRIBUTION. Each Shareholder waives, and acknowledges and
agrees that he shall not have and shall not exercise or assert (or attempt to
exercise or assert), any right of contribution, right of indemnity or other
right or remedy against the Parent or Surviving Corporation in connection
with any indemnification obligation or any other liability to which he may
become subject under or in connection with this Agreement or the
Shareholders' Closing
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Certificate. Nothing herein shall prevent an agreement among the Shareholders
for contribution among themselves as to liability under this Agreement,
including Section 9.
9.5 INTEREST. Any Shareholder who is required to hold harmless,
indemnify, compensate or reimburse any Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 9
with respect to any Damages shall also be liable to such Indemnitee for
interest on the amount of such Damages (for the period commencing as of the
date on which such Shareholder first received notice of a claim for recovery
by such Indemnitee and ending on the date on which the liability of such
Shareholder to such Indemnitee is fully satisfied by such Shareholder) at a
floating rate equal to the rate of interest publicly announced by Bank of
America, N.T. & S.A. from time to time as its prime, base or reference rate.
9.6 PROCEDURES.
(a) If any Indemnitee asserts a claim for indemnification under
this Section 9, then such Indemnitee shall promptly give written notice of
such claim (a "Claim Notice"), including a copy of such claim and/or process
in all legal pleadings in connection therewith, to the Shareholders' Agent.
Each Claim Notice shall state the amount of the claim and liabilities for
which indemnity is sought (the "Claimed Amount") and the basis for such
claim. Indemnitees shall assert any such claim for indemnification promptly
following the discovery of the facts giving rise to such claim and in no
event more than sixty (60) days after such discovery.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after the delivery of a Claim Notice
to the Shareholders' Agent, the Shareholders' Agent shall give to Parent a
written response (the "Response Notice") in which the Shareholders' Agent
shall either:
(i) agree to the payment in full of the Claimed Amount and pay
by bank cashier's check, wire transfer or transfer of shares of Parent
Stock to the Indemnitee the Claimed Amount;
(ii) agree to the payment of a portion of the Claimed Amount and
pay by bank cashier's check, wire transfer to the Indemnitee such portion
of the Claimed Amount; or
(iii) contest the Claimed Amount.
(c) The Shareholders' Agent may only contest a Claimed Amount
based upon a good faith belief that all or such portion of the Claimed Amount
do not constitute claims for which the Indemnitees are entitled to
indemnification under section 9.2 of the Merger Agreement. If no Response
Notice is delivered by the Shareholders' Agent within such thirty (30) day
period, then the Shareholders' Agent shall be deemed to have agreed that the
full Claimed Amount is due and payable. The Indemnitee shall enjoy the right
to enforce its rights with respect to any unpaid Claimed Amount by resort to
any rights, powers or remedies given to Indemnities by virtue of any statute,
rule of law or hereunder.
(d) Any shares of Parent Stock transferred to any Indemnitee in
payment of a Claimed Amount shall be deemed to have a value per share equal
to the greater of the price per share of such share of Parent Stock as
determined in accordance with Section 1.6(d) hereof on
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the Share Price Calculation Date with respect to the original issuance of
such share or the weighted average closing market price per share of the
Parent Stock on the Nasdaq National Market for the ten (10) trading days
prior to the date of transfer to the Indemnitee.
9.7 DEFENSE OF THIRD PARTY CLAIMS. In the event of the assertion or
commencement by any Person of any claim or Legal Proceeding (whether against
the Surviving Corporation, against Parent or against any other Person) with
respect to which any of the Shareholders may become obligated to hold
harmless, indemnify, compensate or reimburse any Indemnitee pursuant to this
Section 9, Parent shall have the right, at its election, to proceed with the
defense of such claim or Legal Proceeding on its own. If Parent so proceeds
with the defense of any such claim or Legal Proceeding:
(a) all reasonable expenses relating to the defense of such
claim or Legal Proceeding shall be borne and paid exclusively by the
Shareholders;
(b) each Shareholder shall make available to Parent any
documents and materials in his possession or control that may be
necessary to the defense of such claim or Legal Proceeding; and
(c) Parent shall have the right to settle, adjust or
compromise such claim or Legal Proceeding with the consent of the
Shareholders' Agent (as defined in Section 10.1); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Parent shall give the Shareholders' Agent prompt notice of the commencement of
any such Legal Proceeding against Parent or the Surviving Corporation; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any failure on the part of Parent to so notify the Shareholders'
Agent shall not limit any of the obligations of the Designed Shareholders under
this Section 9 (except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the
defense of such Legal Proceeding).
9.8 EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY INDEMNITEES OTHER THAN PARENT. No
Indemnitee (other than Parent or any successor thereto or assign thereof)
shall be permitted to assert any indemnification claim or exercise any other
remedy under this Agreement unless Parent (or any successor thereto or assign
thereof) shall have consented to the assertion of such indemnification claim
or the exercise of such other remedy.
9.9 RIGHT OF OFFSET. Subject to Section 1.7(g), Parent shall have the
right to offset any amounts due under this Section 9 against payments
remaining to be made by Parent to Shareholders under other provisions of this
Agreement. In the event Parent has made claims under this Article 9 for
indemnification which have not yet been resolved at the time payment is due
to Shareholders under this Agreement, (a) any cash then payable shall be
deposited with the Escrow Agent into an interest-bearing escrow account
pending the resolution of such claim, with interest to accrue to the benefit
of the person or persons who are established to be entitled to the underlying
principal, and (b) any stock then issuable shall be deposited with the Escrow
Agent.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10.1 SHAREHOLDERS' AGENT. The Shareholders hereby irrevocably appoint
Andrew Nowak as their agent for purposes of Section 9 (the "Shareholders'
Agent"), and Andrew Nowak
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hereby accepts his appointment as the Shareholders' Agent. If he or any
successor is unable to serve, the following persons shall serve in the order
listed: Ala Bazzaz, Kerry Wilson and Jeff Franklin. Parent shall be entitled
to deal exclusively with the Shareholders' Agent on all matters relating to
Section 9, and shall be entitled to rely conclusively (without further
evidence of any kind whatsoever) on any document executed or purported to be
executed on behalf of any Shareholder by the Shareholders' Agent, and on any
other action taken or purported to be taken on behalf of any Shareholder by
the Shareholders' Agent, as fully binding upon such Shareholder. Any such
successor shall become the "Shareholders' Agent" for purposes of Section 9
and this Section 10.1. If for any reason there is no Shareholders' Agent at
any time, all references herein to the Shareholders' Agent shall be deemed to
refer to the Shareholders.
10.2 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party hereto shall execute and cause to
be delivered to each other party hereto such instruments and other documents,
and shall take such other actions, as such other party may reasonably request
(prior to, at or after the Closing) for the purpose of carrying out or
evidencing any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.3 FEES AND EXPENSES. Each party to this Agreement shall bear and
pay all fees, costs and expenses (including legal fees and accounting fees)
that have been incurred or that are incurred by such party in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including all fees, costs
and expenses incurred by such party in connection with or by virtue of (a)
the investigation and review conducted by Parent and its Representatives with
respect to the Company's business (and the furnishing of information to
Parent and its Representatives in connection with such investigation and
review), (b) the negotiation, preparation and review of this Agreement
(including the Disclosure Schedule) and all agreements, certificates,
opinions and other instruments and documents delivered or to be delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (c) the
preparation and submission of any filing or notice required to be made or
given in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and the obtaining of any Consent required to be obtained in
connection with any of such transactions, and (d) the consummation of the
Merger; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, to the extent the total amount of all such
fees, costs and expenses incurred by or for the benefit of the Company
(including all such fees, costs and expenses incurred prior to the date of
this Agreement and including the amount of all special bonuses and other
amounts that may become payable to any officers of the Company or other
Persons in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement) exceeds $100,000 in the aggregate, such fees, costs and
expenses shall be borne and paid by the Shareholders and not by the Company.
10.4 ATTORNEYS' FEES. If any action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement is brought
against any party hereto, the prevailing party (at any trial and upon any
appeal) shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and
disbursements (in addition to any other relief to which the prevailing party
may be entitled).
10.5 NOTICES. Any notice or other communication required or permitted
to be delivered to any party under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed properly delivered, given and received when delivered (by
hand, by registered mail, by courier or express delivery service or by
facsimile) to the address or facsimile telephone number set forth beneath
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the name of such party below (or to such other address or facsimile telephone
number as such party shall have specified in a written notice given to the
other parties hereto):
IF TO PARENT:
InVision Technologies, Inc.
7151 Crateway Boulevard
Newark, CA 94560
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
IF TO THE COMPANY:
INOVEC, Inc.
115 Wallis Street
Eugene, OR 97402
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
IF TO ANY OF THE SHAREHOLDERS:
c/o Andrew Nowak
13383 Streamside Court
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035
10.6 CONFIDENTIALITY. Without limiting the generality of anything
contained in Section 5.3, on and at all times after the Closing Date, each
Shareholder shall keep confidential, and shall not use or disclose to any
other Person, any non-public document or other non-public information in such
Shareholder's possession that relates to the business of the Company or
Parent.
10.7 TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
10.8 HEADINGS. The underlined headings contained in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this
Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement.
10.9 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.
10.10 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with, and governed in all respects by, the internal laws of the State of
California (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws).
10.11 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon: the
Company and its successors and assigns (if any); the Shareholders and their
respective personal representatives, executors, administrators, estates,
heirs, successors and assigns (if any); Parent and its successors and assigns
(if any); and Merger Sub and its successors and assigns (if any).
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This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of: the Company; the Company's
shareholders (to the extent set forth in Section 1.5); Parent; Merger Sub;
the other Indemnitees (subject to Section 9.7); and the respective successors
and assigns (if any) of the foregoing. Parent may freely assign any or all of
its rights under this Agreement (including its indemnification rights under
Section 9), in whole or in part, to any other Person without obtaining the
consent or approval of any other party hereto or of any other Person.
10.12 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. The rights and
remedies of the parties hereto shall be cumulative (and not alternative). The
parties to this Agreement agree that, in the event of any breach or threatened
breach by any party to this Agreement of any covenant, obligation or other
provision set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of any other party to this
Agreement, such other party shall be entitled (in addition to any other remedy
that may be available to it) to (a) a decree or order of specific performance or
mandamus to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant, obligation
or other provision, and (b) an injunction restraining such breach or threatened
breach.
10.13 WAIVER.
(a) No failure on the part of any Person to exercise any power,
right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of
any Person in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this
Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or
remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege
or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any
other power, right, privilege or remedy.
(b) No Person shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out
of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this
Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy
is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on
behalf of such Person; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have
any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
10.14 AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered
or supplemented other than by means of a written instrument duly executed and
delivered on behalf of all of the parties hereto.
10.15 SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Agreement,
or the application of any such provision to any Person or set of
circumstances, shall be determined to be invalid, unlawful, void or
unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, and the
application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as
to which it is determined to be invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable,
shall not be impaired or otherwise affected and shall continue to be valid
and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
10.16 PARTIES IN INTEREST. Except for the provisions of Section 9, none
of the provisions of this Agreement is intended to provide any rights or
remedies to any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns (if any).
10.17 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other agreements
referred to herein set forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto
relating to the subject matter hereof and
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thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among or
between any of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement executed on
behalf of Parent on and the Company on July 13, 1999, shall not be superseded
by this Agreement and shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms
until the earlier of (a) the Effective Time, or (b) the date on which such
Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.
10.18 CONSTRUCTION.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context
requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine
gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender
shall include the masculine and feminine genders.
(b) The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the
effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall
not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the words "include" and
"including," and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of
limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without
limitation."
(d) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this
Agreement to "Sections" and "Exhibits" are intended to refer to Sections of
this Agreement and Exhibits to this Agreement.
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The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered as follows:
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Sergio Magistri
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INVISION ACQUISITION CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Sergio Magistri
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INOVEC, INC.,
an Oregon corporation
By: /s/ Ala Bazzaz
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APPOINTMENT OF PROXIES
The undersigned hereby irrevocably appoints Andrew Nowak and Ala
Bazzaz, and each of them, as attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with full
power of substitution, to vote all of the shares of stock of the Company which
the undersigned may be entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders of the
Company (local time), and any and all postponements, continuations, and
adjournments thereof, with all powers that the undersigned would possess if
personally present, in favor of the Merger as set forth in this Agreement, with
discretionary authority as to any and all other matters that may properly come
before the meeting. This appointment cannot be revoked by the personal
attendance of the undersigned at the meeting.
The undersigned have caused this Appointment of Proxies and this
Agreement to be executed and delivered as follows:
SHAREHOLDERS:
By: /s/ Andrew Nowak
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Andrew Nowak
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By: /s/ Ala Bazzaz
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Ala Bazzaz
By: /s/ Kerry Wilson
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Kerry Wilson
By: /s/ Jeff Franklin
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Jeff Franklin
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EXHIBIT A
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit A):
ACQUISITION TRANSACTION. "Acquisition Transaction" shall mean any
transaction involving:
(a) the sale, license, disposition or acquisition of all
or a material portion of the Company's business or assets;
(b) the issuance, disposition or acquisition of (i) any
capital stock or other equity security of the Company (other than
common stock issued to employees of the Company, upon exercise of
Company Options or otherwise, in routine transactions in accordance
with the Company's past practices), (ii) any option, call, warrant or
right (whether or not immediately exercisable) to acquire any capital
stock or other equity security of the Company (other than stock options
granted to employees of the Company in routine transactions in
accordance with the Company's past practices), or (iii) any security,
instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or
exchangeable for any capital stock or other equity security of the
Company; or
(c) any merger, consolidation, business combination,
reorganization or similar transaction involving the Company.
AGREEMENT. "Agreement" shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger
and Reorganization to which this Exhibit A is attached (including the Disclosure
Schedule), as it may be amended from time to time.
COMPANY CONTRACT. "Company Contract" shall mean any Contract: (a) to
which the Company is a party; (b) by which the Company or any of its assets is
or may become bound or under which the Company has, or may become subject to,
any obligation; or (c) under which the Company has or may acquire any right or
interest.
COMPANY PROPRIETARY ASSET. "Company Proprietary Asset" shall mean any
Proprietary Asset owned by or licensed to the Company or otherwise used by the
Company.
CONSENT. "Consent" shall mean any approval, consent, ratification,
permission, waiver or authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
CONTRACT. "Contract" shall mean any written, oral or other agreement,
contract, subcontract, lease, understanding, instrument, note, warranty,
insurance policy, benefit plan or legally binding commitment or undertaking of
any nature.
DAMAGES. "Damages" shall include any loss, damage, injury, decline in
value, lost opportunity, liability, claim, demand, settlement, judgment, award,
fine, penalty, Tax, fee (including reasonable attorneys' fees), charge, cost
(including costs of investigation) or expense
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of any nature. The calculation of "Damages" shall take into account any
monetary benefits that are realized from the item creating such damages.
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE. "Disclosure Schedule" shall mean the schedule
(dated as of the date of the Agreement) delivered to Parent on behalf of the
Company and the Shareholders.
ENCUMBRANCE. "Encumbrance" shall mean any lien, pledge,
hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, claim,
infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right,
community property interest or restriction of any nature (including any
restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of
any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income
derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any
restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of
ownership of any asset).
ENTITY. "Entity" shall mean any corporation (including any
non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any
limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise,
association, organization or entity.
EXCHANGE ACT. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
GOVERNMENT BID. "Government Bid" shall mean any quotation, bid or
proposal submitted to any Governmental Body or any proposed prime contractor
or higher-tier subcontractor of any Governmental Body.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. "Government Contract" shall mean any prime
contract, subcontract, letter contract, purchase order or delivery order
executed or submitted to or on behalf of any Governmental Body or any prime
contractor or higher-tier subcontractor, or under which any Governmental Body
or any such prime contractor or subcontractor otherwise has or may acquire
any right or interest.
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION. "Governmental Authorization" shall mean
any: (a) permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission, clearance,
registration, qualification or authorization issued, granted, given or
otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body
or pursuant to any Legal Requirement; or (b) right under any Contract with
any Governmental Body.
GOVERNMENTAL BODY. "Governmental Body" shall mean any: (a) nation,
state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or
other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign or other government; or (c) governmental or quasi-governmental
authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department,
agency, commission, instrumentality, official, organization, unit, body or
Entity and any court or other tribunal).
INDEMNITEES. "Indemnitees" shall mean the following Persons: (a)
Parent; (b) Parent's current and future affiliates (including the Surviving
Corporation); (c) the respective Representatives of the Persons referred to
in clauses "(a)" and "(b)" above; and (d) the respective
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successors and assigns of the Persons referred to in clauses "(a)", "(b)" and
"(c)" above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Shareholders shall not be deemed to
be "Indemnitees."
INFORMATION STATEMENT. "Information Statement" shall mean such
information as Parent may request Company to distribute, including but not
limited to the Parent SEC Documents.
KNOWLEDGE. "Knowledge" or "actual knowledge" as to the Company shall
mean the actual knowledge of its officers, directors and shareholders after
review of the books and records of the Company. "Knowledge" or "actual
knowledge" as to a Covered Person shall mean that person's actual knowledge,
after inquiry of each other Covered Person and review of the Company's books and
records.
LEGAL PROCEEDING. "Legal Proceeding" shall mean any action, suit,
litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit,
examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or
before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Body or any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
LEGAL REQUIREMENT. "Legal Requirement" shall mean any federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, constitution, principle of
common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling
or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise
put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body.
MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. A violation or other matter will be
deemed to have a "Material Adverse Effect" on the Company if such violation
or other matter (considered together with all other matters that would
constitute exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the
Agreement or in the Shareholders' Closing Certificate but for the presence of
"Material Adverse Effect" or other materiality qualifications, or any similar
qualifications, in such representations and warranties) would have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, condition, assets, liabilities,
operations, financial performance or prospects.
PARENT SEC DOCUMENTS. "Parent SEC Documents" shall mean all reports
on form 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, as well as the definitive proxy statement, filed
by Parent with the SEC during the time period from January 1, 1999, through
the date of the Agreement.
PERSON. "Person" shall mean any individual, Entity or Governmental
Body.
PROPRIETARY ASSET. "Proprietary Asset" shall mean any: (a) patent,
patent application, trademark (whether registered or unregistered), trademark
application, trade name, fictitious business name, service mark (whether
registered or unregistered), service mark application, copyright (whether
registered or unregistered), copyright application, maskwork, maskwork
application, trade secret, know-how, customer list, franchise, system, computer
software, computer program, invention, design, blueprint, engineering drawing,
proprietary product, technology, proprietary right or other intellectual
property right or intangible asset; or (b) right to use or exploit any of the
foregoing.
3.
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REPRESENTATIVES. "Representatives" shall mean officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, advisors and representatives.
SEC. "SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
SECURITIES ACT. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
TAX. "Tax" shall mean any tax (including any income tax, franchise
tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, excise
tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax,
business tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, or corporate tax arising from
failure to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code), levy,
assessment, tariff, duty (including any customs duty), deficiency or fee, and
any related charge or amount (including any fine, penalty or interest),
imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any Governmental
Body.
TAX RETURN. "Tax Return" shall mean any return (including any
information return), report, statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice,
notification, form, election, certificate or other document or information filed
with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any
Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection
or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation
or enforcement of or compliance with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.
4.
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Exhibit 2.2
ESCROW AGREEMENT
PARTIES:
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (Parent)
INVISION ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation, (Merger Sub)
ANDREW NOWAK, ALA BAZZAZ, JEFFREY FRANKLIN and KERRY WILSON, (each, a
Shareholder and collectively the Shareholders)
GREATER BAY TRUST COMPANY (Escrow Agent)
RECITALS:
A. This Agreement is being executed pursuant to an Agreement and Plan
of Merger and Reorganization dated February 23, 2000 (the Merger Agreement),
providing for the acquisition by Parent of Inovec, Inc. (Inovec), pursuant to a
merger of Merger Sub and Inovec (the Merger). Section 1.7 of the Merger
Agreement provides for the payment of certain Earn-Out Payments (as such term is
defined in the Merger Agreement) to the Shareholders in the amounts as
calculated in the Merger Agreement.
B. Shareholders have agreed to indemnify Parent under certain
circumstances as described in Section 9 of the Merger Agreement. Parent has
certain rights to offset amounts due from the Shareholders under the Merger
Agreement against the Earn-Out Payments.
C. In connection with the Merger, each of the Shareholders, except
Andrew Nowak, is entering into an Employment Agreement (collectively, the
Employment Agreements) with Parent and Merger Sub. The Employment Agreements
provide for the payment by a Shareholder to Parent of certain liquidated damages
equal to the amount of installments of the Earn-Out Payments not yet paid upon
termination of a Shareholder's employment for Cause (as defined in the
Employment Agreements) or by a Shareholder's voluntary termination.
D. The parties desire to establish and maintain an escrow fund (the
Escrow Fund) to fund the payment of any amounts which may become due pursuant to
the Employment Agreement or the Merger Agreement.
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AGREEMENTS:
1. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS. On the date Parent is required to deliver each
installment of the Earn-Out Payments (each, an Installment Delivery Date),
Parent shall deliver that number of shares of Parent Stock issuable, registered
in the names of the Shareholders as set forth on the attached EXHIBIT A, and
that amount of cash payable in that installment of the Earn-Out Payments, to the
Escrow Agent as the Escrow Fund. The Escrow Agent will hold the Escrow Fund in
escrow upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. PLEDGE OF PARENT STOCK. Each Shareholder pledges for the benefit
of Parent, and grants Parent a security interest in, the Parent Stock deposited
upon each installment. Each Shareholder has delivered to the Escrow Agent stock
powers endorsed in blank, which may be used with respect to the Parent Stock
registered in that Shareholder's name prior to disbursement of that installment
of Parent Stock to the Shareholder.
3. PURPOSE OF THE ESCROW FUND. The purpose of the Escrow Fund is (a)
to provide funds for payment of liquidated damages, if any, which may become due
under the Employment Agreements upon termination of a Shareholder's employment
for Cause or a Shareholder's voluntary termination; and (b) to provide funds to
offset any amounts which may become due from the Shareholders pursuant to their
indemnification obligations under the Merger Agreement.
4. DISBURSEMENT OF ESCROW FUND. Each Shareholder, or such
Shareholder's estate, if applicable, shall be entitled to receive his portion
of the most recent installment of the Earn-Out Payments, as determined in
accordance with EXHIBIT A (each, a Pro Rata Installment Payment), if (a) such
Shareholder (other than Andrew Nowak) is employed by Merger Sub on the
Installment Delivery Date, or if Shareholder was not employed by Merger Sub on
the Installment Delivery Date for any reason other than Shareholder's voluntary
termination or termination by Merger Sub for Cause and (b) there are no amounts
payable to Parent from the Shareholders pursuant to the Shareholders'
indemnification obligations under the Merger Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall
disburse the Escrow Fund after each installment of the Earn-Out Payments is
made, as follows:
4.1. INDEMNIFICATION CLAIM.
4.1.1. Parent may assert a claim for indemnification under
Section 9 of the Merger Agreement in accordance with Section 9.6 of the Merger
Agreement (Indemnification Claim) by promptly giving written notice of such
claim (an Indemnification Notice), including a copy of such claim and/or process
and all legal pleadings in connection therewith, to the Shareholders' Agent, as
defined in Section 10.1 of the Merger Agreement, and to the Escrow Agent. Each
Indemnification Notice shall state the amount of the claim and liabilities for
which indemnity is sought (the Claimed Indemnification Amount) and the basis for
such claim. Parent shall assert any such Indemnification Claim promptly
following the discovery of the facts giving rise to such claim and in no event
more than 60 days after such discovery. If the Escrow Agent does not receive an
Indemnification Notice or a Termination Notice (as defined in Section 4.2.1 of
this Agreement) within five business days
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after an Installment Delivery Date, the Escrow Agent shall disburse the
entire Escrow Fund by delivering to each Shareholder his Pro Rata Installment
Payment.
4.1.2. If Parent delivers an Indemnification Notice in
accordance with Section 4.1.1 of this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall retain
that portion of the Escrow Fund equal to the Claimed Indemnification Amount and
disburse the balance of the Escrow Fund, if any, to the Shareholders (subject to
any additional holdbacks required by Section 4.2 hereof). The Shareholders'
Agent shall have 30 days after the date of receipt of the Indemnification Notice
to deliver to Parent a written response (the Response Notice), with a copy to
the Escrow Agent, in which the Shareholders' Agent shall do one of the
following:
(a) agree to the payment in full of the Claimed
Indemnification Amount and request that the Escrow Agent
disburse to Parent the Claimed Indemnification Amount;
(b) agree to the payment of a portion of the Claimed
Indemnification Amount (the Satisfaction Amount) and
request that the Escrow Agent disburse to Parent that
portion of the Claimed Indemnification Amount equal to
the Satisfaction Amount; or
(c) contest the Indemnification Claim. The Shareholders'
Agent may only contest an Indemnification Claim based
upon a good faith belief that all or such portion of
the Claimed Indemnification Amount does not
constitute claims for which Parent is entitled to
indemnification under section 9.2 of the Merger
Agreement.
4.1.3. If no Response Notice is delivered by the Shareholders'
Agent within such 30 day period, then the Shareholders' Agent shall be deemed to
have agreed that the full Claimed Indemnification Amount is due and payable.
Escrow Agent may then disburse the Claimed Indemnification Amount to Parent. In
the case of 4.1.2 (b), if the Escrow Agent does not receive a written notice
from Parent within five business days of Escrow Agent's receipt of the Response
Notice (a Response Denial Notice), Parent shall be deemed to have agreed to
accept the Satisfaction Amount in full satisfaction of the Indemnification Claim
and shall be deemed to have waived all further claims related to such
Indemnification Claim. The Escrow Agent shall disburse the Satisfaction Amount
to Parent and the balance of the Claimed Indemnification Amount to the
Shareholders within five business days thereafter. If Parent delivers a Response
Denial Notice within the time period provided, or if the Shareholders' Agent
delivers the Response Notice described in 4.1.2 (c), the parties shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 4.3 below.
4.2. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT CLAIM.
4.2.1. Parent shall have five business days after each
Installment Delivery Date to deliver a written notice to the Escrow Agent
(Termination Notice), with a copy to Escrow
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Agent, that a Shareholder or Shareholders is not entitled to disbursement of
his Pro Rata Installment Payment due to his voluntary termination of
employment or termination for Cause, naming the Shareholder(s) (each, a
Terminated Shareholder), the amount in dispute (the Termination Amount) and
the basis for such claim. If, within five business days after each
Installment Delivery Date, the Escrow Agent has not received a Termination
Notice or an Indemnification Notice from Parent, the Escrow Agent shall
disburse the entire Escrow Fund by delivering to each Shareholder his Pro
Rata Installment Payment.
4.2.2. If Parent delivers a Termination Notice in accordance
with Section 4.2.1. above, the Escrow Agent shall retain the Termination Amount
and disburse the balance of the Escrow Fund to the Shareholders not named in the
Termination Notice (subject to any additional holdbacks required under Section
4.1 hereof). If the Terminated Shareholder(s) do not deliver a written objection
(Objection) to the Escrow Agent, with a copy to Parent, within ten business days
from the date of the Terminated Shareholder's receipt of a Notice, the Escrow
Agent shall deliver the Disputed Amount to Parent within five business days
thereafter.
4.3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. If a Terminated Shareholder delivers
an Objection, Parent delivers a Response Denial Notice, or Shareholders' Agent
delivers a Response Notice contesting the Indemnification Claim (each a Dispute
Notice), the parties shall have 30 days from the date of the addressee's receipt
of such Dispute Notice to resolve the dispute. Upon resolution, the parties
shall deliver to the Escrow Agent further instructions signed by Parent, Merger
Sub and the Shareholders' Agent (in the case of an Indemnification Claim) or the
Terminated Shareholder(s) (in the case of a Termination Claim), which
instructions shall be binding on all parties. If the parties are unable to reach
such resolution within 30 days, Parent, in the case of an Indemnification Claim,
or the Terminated Shareholder(s), in the case of a Termination Claim, shall have
an additional 30 days to commence legal proceedings and deliver written notice
regarding such commencement to the Escrow Agent. If legal proceedings are
commenced, the Escrow Agent shall retain the Claimed Indemnification Amount or
the Termination Amount, as applicable, until final adjudication of the dispute
by a court of competent jurisdiction or receipt of further written instructions
signed by all parties. The Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrow Fund within
five business days of notification of such final adjudication or instructions.
If legal proceedings are not commenced within the required time frame, Parent
shall be deemed to have agreed that the Shareholders are not liable for the
Claimed Indemnification Amount and to have waived all claims related to such
Indemnification Claim or the Terminated Shareholder(s) shall be deemed to have
agreed to Parent's claim to the Termination Amount and to have waived all claims
related thereto. Accordingly, within five business days thereafter, the Escrow
Agent shall disburse the Claimed Indemnification Amount to the Shareholders
and/or the Termination Amount to Parent.
5. TERM. This Agreement shall continue in effect until disbursement by
Escrow Agent, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, of the final
installment of the Earn-Out Payments payable pursuant to Section 1.7 of the
Merger Agreement.
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6. CONCERNING THE ESCROW AGENT.
6.1. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time by giving notice
to Parent and Shareholders specifying a date when the resignation shall take
effect. Upon such notice, a successor Escrow Agent shall be appointed with
the unanimous consent of Parent and the Shareholder Agent. If Parent and the
Shareholder Agent are unable to agree upon a successor Escrow Agent within 30
days after such notice, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to appoint its
successor. The Escrow Agent shall continue to serve until its successor
accepts the appointment and receives the Escrow Fund. Parent and the
Shareholder Agent shall have the right at any time, upon their mutual
consent, to substitute a new Escrow Agent by giving notice to the Escrow
Agent then acting.
6.2. The Escrow Agent shall perform those duties specifically
set forth in this Agreement and may conclusively rely, and shall be protected
in acting or refraining from acting, on any written notice, instrument or
signature believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties authorized to do so. The Escrow Agent shall
have no responsibility for the contents of any writing contemplated in this
Agreement and may rely on its contents without any liability.
6.3. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken
or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized by this
Agreement or within the rights or powers conferred upon it under this
Agreement, or for action taken or omitted by it in good faith, and in
accordance with advice of counsel (which counsel may be of the Escrow Agent's
own choosing), and shall not be liable for any mistake or fact or error of
judgment or for any acts or omissions of any kind unless caused by willful
misconduct or negligence.
6.4. Each party shall indemnify the Escrow Agent and hold it
harmless from and against all liabilities incurred by the Escrow Agent under
this Agreement as a consequence of that party's action, and the parties shall
jointly indemnify the Escrow Agent and hold it harmless from and against all
liabilities incurred by the Escrow Agent under this Agreement that are not a
consequence of any party's action, except in either case for liabilities
incurred by the Escrow Agent resulting from its own willful misconduct or
negligence.
7. FEES OF ESCROW AGENT. All fees, if any, of the Escrow Agent for
service under this Agreement shall be shared equally among Parent and the
Shareholders.
8. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
8.1. NOTICES. All notices required or permitted under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon
personal delivery to the party notified; or (b) three days after deposit in
the U.S. mail, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested; in either case addressed to the party to be notified at
the address indicated below, or at such other address as that party may
indicate by 10 days' advance written notice to the other party:
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To Shareholders: Andrew Nowak
13383 Streamside Court
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035
Ala Bazzaz
2660 Bowmont Drive
Eugene, OR 97405
Jeffrey Franklin
P.O. Box 396
Junction City, OR 97448
Kerry Wilson
30494 Butte Creek Road
Lebanon, OR 97355
To Parent: InVision Technologies, Inc.
7151 Gateway Boulevard
Newark, CA 94560
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
To Escrow Agent: Greater Bay Trust Company
400 Emerson Street, PO Box 1740
Palo Alto, CA 94301
8.2. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns.
8.3. ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event suit or action is commenced
by any party to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable costs and
attorneys' fees at trial and on any appeal, in addition to the costs and
disbursements allowed by law.
8.4. CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. The rights, powers and remedies of the
parties under this Agreement shall be in addition to all rights, powers and
remedies given to the parties by virtue of any statute or rule of law, or any
other agreement, all of which shall be cumulative and may be exercised
concurrently. Nothing herein shall be construed to require a party to pursue or
exhaust its remedies under this Escrow Agreement as a condition to or
concurrently with the pursuit of any other rights, powers or remedies enjoyed by
a party by virtue of any statute or rule of law. Except as specifically set
forth herein, the rights, powers and remedies arising hereunder shall not be
deemed sole or exclusive.
8.5. WAIVER. Except as specifically set forth herein, any
waiver, forbearance, failure or delay by a party in exercising, or the exercise
or beginning of exercise by a party of, any
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right, power or remedy, simultaneous or later, shall not preclude the
further, simultaneous or later exercise, and every right, power or remedy of
a party shall continue in full force and effect until it is specifically
waived in a writing executed by a party.
8.6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the exhibits
referred to in this Agreement embody the parties' entire agreement and
understanding with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, relating
to matters provided for in this Agreement.
8.7. COUNTERPARTS; EXECUTION BY FACSIMILE. This Agreement may
be executed in more than one counterpart, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which together constitute one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed copy of this Agreement by telecopy, telex or other means
of electronic communication producing a printed copy will be deemed to be an
execution and delivery of this Agreement on the date of such communication by
the parties so delivering such a copy. The party so delivering such a copy via
electronic communication shall deliver an executed original of this Agreement to
the other parties within one week of the date of delivery of the copy sent via
electronic communication.
8.8. TIME OF ESSENCE. Time is of the essence with respect to
all date and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement.
8.9. VALUE OF PARENT STOCK. For purposes of calculating the
number of shares to be disbursed to satisfy claims of Parent hereunder, the
Parent Stock shall be deemed to have a value per share equal to the greater of
the price per share of such Parent Stock as determined in accordance with
Section 1.6(d) of the Merger Agreement on the Share Price Calculation Date with
respect to the original issuance of such share or the weighted average closing
market price per share of the Parent Stock on the NASDAQ National Market for the
ten trading days prior to the date of transfer to Parent.
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8.10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed in all respects by, the intended laws of the State
of California (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws).
DATED: February 23, 2000.
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ Sergio Magistri
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Name: Sergio Magistri
Title: CEO
INVISION ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Sergio Magistri
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Name: Sergio Magistri
Title:
/s/ Andrew Nowak
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Andrew Nowak
/s/ Ala Bazzaz
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Ala Bazzaz
/s/ Jeffrey Franklin
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Jeffrey Franklin
/s/ Kerry Wilson
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Kerry Wilson
GREATER BAY TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Anna Paiva
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Name: Anna Paiva
Title: Assistant Vice President and Trust
Officer
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Exhibit 99.1
[INVISION TECHNOLOGIES LOGO] NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Al Larrenaga
InVision Technologies, Inc.
(510)739-2400
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES ACQUIRES INDUSTRY LEADER
TO FACILITATE ENTRY INTO MULTIBILLION DOLLAR SECTOR
OF FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
(NEWARK, CA), February 24, 2000--InVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:
INVN) announced today that it has acquired privately held Inovec, Inc., of
Eugene, Oregon. Inovec is a leading manufacturer of advanced optimization
equipment for increasing the yield of the forest products industry.
InVision purchased Inovec for approximately $5 million in cash and
stock payable over the next two years. In addition, the purchase agreement
provides that Inovec shareholders will be paid up to an additional $1.4 million
in cash and stock over the next two years based on the achievement of certain
performance milestones. Inovec's 1999 revenues were approximately $8 million.
This acquisition comes on the heels of InVision's creation of WoodVision, a new
division focused on selling equipment utilizing InVision's core CT technology to
the forest products industry.
"The acquisition is another major development in our diversification
growth strategy," said Sergio Magistri, President and Chief Executive Officer of
InVision. "Inovec adds significant marketing and sales expertise in the wood
industry, as well as software engineering experience. Inovec has over 600 laser
scanners and other optimization equipment installed in sawmills worldwide. This
large installed base combined with Inovec's long standing relationships with its
customers will be a tremendous help in introducing InVisions's CT systems into
the wood scanning market."
"We believe that providing the ability of scanning to see inside a log
before processing will change the economics for a major part of the $75 billion
lumber industry," continued Magistri. "Based on information provided by a recent
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independent market study by the Beck Group, a forest products industry
planning and consulting firm, and our analysis, we believe that our
addressable market is in excess of $3 billion and is renewable every seven to
ten years. We expect revenues from wood scanning in 2000."
InVision's unique high speed CT technology creates a three dimensional
image of the log, producing a virtual log which is an exact representation of
the log's internal structure, including all knots, cracks and grade patterns.
Through advanced, proprietary image processing, logs are graded and optimized
for the ideal cutting pattern. This allows the customer to mitigate the impact
of previously unseen defects and maximize the value of a log's yield.
"We are delighted at the opportunity created by our combined
companies," said Alan Bazzaz, Chief Executive Officer of Inovec. "We have a 20
year history of bringing optimization equipment and innovations to the forest
products industry and currently have systems in more than 300 sawmills
worldwide. We believe that InVision's CT technology will be the next major
breakthrough for the industry."
"After having worked with the InVision team for the past year,
including supporting them on the U.S. field tests, we wanted to be a part of
bringing CT technology to the wood industry. Our joint vision is that over time,
the majority of the high grade wood will be processed by a CT scanner, yielding
better value and products to the consumer," added Bazzaz.
InVision Technologies develops, manufactures, markets and supports
explosive detection systems based on advanced Computed Tomography (CT)
technology for civil aviation security. Today, more than 180 FAA-certified CTX
systems have been shipped worldwide to provide the traveling public with the
best security against terrorism available. The company also develops,
manufactures, markets and supports CT-based systems for other applications,
including wood scanning and drug detection. InVision's wholly owned subsidiary,
Quantum Magnetics, develops and commercializes patented and proprietary
technologies. These include, but are not limited to, Quadrupole Resonance (QR)
patents licensed from the Naval Research Laboratory, that are based on
state-of-the-art, low-cost version of magnetic resonance adapted for explosive
detection. Additional information about InVision can be obtained on the
company's web site at http://www.invision-tech.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements including
statements regarding the company's future revenues, profits and growth prospects
relating to its development of products for and entry into the wood industry.
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Investors are cautioned to consider the important risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements in this news release. These risks include risks inherent to the
development and production of new products and new applications; risks
inherent to entering into a new industry with non-government customers; risks
inherent to the acceptance and pricing of new products by such industry;
risks that the market will not develop as expected by the company or that, if
it does, that the company's manufacturing capacity will not be able to keep
up with demand or that competitors will enter the market; and other risks
detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including the most
recent reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K.
