SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Huttig Building Products, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
448451 10 4
(CUSIP Number)
Toby S. Myerson, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
(212) 373-3033
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
December 16, 1999
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e) or 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following
box [ ].
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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CUSIP No. 448451 10 4
1. Name of Reporting Person:
I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person:
The Rugby Group PLC
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group: (a) [ ]
(b) [X]
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds: OO
5. Check box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to
Items 2(d) or 2(e): [ ]
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization: England and Wales
7. Sole Voting Power: 0
Number of
Shares 8. Shared Voting Power: 6,546,424
Beneficially
Owned By
Each 9. Sole Dispositive Power: 0
Reporting
Person
With 10. Shared Dispositive Power: 6,546,424
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by the Reporting Person:
6,546,424
12. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:
[ ]
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 32%
14. Type of Reporting Person: CO
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Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This statement relates to shares of Common Stock, par value $.01
per share (the "Stock"), of Huttig Building Products, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Huttig" or the "Issuer"). The principal executive offices of the
Issuer are located at 14500 South Outer Forty Road, Suite 400, Chesterfield, MO
63017.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
(a) This statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, by The Rugby Group PLC, a company registered in England and Wales under
company number 206971 ("Rugby" or the "Reporting Person"). As described in the
Schedule 13D filed by RMC Group p.l.c. ("RMC") on December 22, 1999 and as
described below in Item 4, Rugby shares its voting and dispositive power with
RMC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales with
registered number 249776.
(b) The business address of Rugby is Crown House, Rugby, CV21 2DT
United Kingdom. The business address of RMC is RMC House, Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey, TW20 8TD United Kingdom.
The name, business address, present principal occupation and
citizenship of each director and executive officer of Rugby are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
Name Business Address Present Principal Occupation Citizenship
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Robert Martin Gourlay The Rugby Group PLC Chairman British
Crown House
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
Antony Romer Beevor The Rugby Group PLC Non-Executive Director British
Crown House
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
Michael Thomas Davies The Rugby Group PLC Non-Executive Director British
Crown House
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Business Address Present Principal Occupation Citizenship
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Peter Michael Johnson The Rugby Group PLC Chief Executive and Director British
Crown House
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
Peter Charles Crowley The Rugby Group PLC Executive Director, Australian
Crown House Cement & Lime
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
David Alan Harding The Rugby Group PLC Finance Director British
Crown House
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
Roger Michael Sharp The Rugby Group PLC Corporate Development British
Crown House Director
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
Philip Bernard Griffin- The Rugby Group PLC Company Secretary British
Smith Crown House
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2DT
United Kingdom
</TABLE>
RMC has informed Rugby that the name, business address, present
principal occupation and citizenship of each director and executive officer of
RMC are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
Name Business Address Present Principal Occupation Citizenship
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Christopher Hampson RMC Group p.l.c., Chairman (Non- British
RMC House executive)
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Peter Lance Young RMC Group p.l.c., Group Chief Executive British
RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Stuart Richmond Walker RMC Group p.l.c., Deputy Group Chief British
RMC House Executive
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Robert Ernest RMC Group p.l.c., Finance Director British
Lambourne RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Jurgen Himstedt Readymix AG fur Executive Director German
Beteiligungen,
Readymix-Haus,
Daniel-Goldbach-Strasse 25,
D-40 880
Ratingen, Germany
Alan Sidney James RMC Industries Executive Director British
Durant Corporation,
One Decatur Town Centre,
15 Ponce de Leon Ave.,
Ste. 450,
Decatur, Georgia 30030
Gerard Letourneau RMC Euro SAS, Executive Director French
2 Rue du Verseau,
Silic 423, 94583 Rungis,
Cedex, France
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Business Address Present Principal Occupation Citizenship
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Michael Anthony RMC Group p.l.c., Executive Director British
Robertshaw RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
David Richard Swinson RMC Group p.l.c., Executive Director British
RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Sir David Neil RMC Group p.l.c., Non-Executive Director British
Macfarlane RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Francis Alastair Lavie RMC Group p.l.c., Non-Executive Director British
Robinson RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Karlheinz RMC Group p.l.c., Non-Executive Director German
Rosener RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
Sir James Keith Stuart RMC Group p.l.c., Non-Executive Director British
RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Business Address Present Principal Occupation Citizenship
- ---- ---------------- ---------------------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Michael David RMC Group p.l.c., Group Secretary British
Hampson RMC House
Coldharbour Lane,
Thorpe, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 8TD
United Kingdom
</TABLE>
(c) The principal business of Rugby is the cement and lime
business. RMC is in the business of producing ready-mixed concrete and, in
addition, has major positions in the production of aggregates, concrete products
and cement.
(d) Rugby has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
Rugby has been informed by RMC that RMC has not, during the last five years,
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar
misdemeanors).
(e) Rugby has not, during the last five years, been a party to a
civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction
and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or
final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation
with respect to such laws. Rugby has been informed by RMC that RMC has not,
during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding
was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future
violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) The citizenship of all the natural persons identified in this
Item 2 has been described above in subsection (b) of this Item 2.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Rugby did not use any funds (including funds or other consideration
borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of acquiring, holding, trading or
voting the Stock) to purchase the Stock. Rugby contributed to the Issuer all of
the shares of Rugby USA, Inc., a Georgia corporation and Rugby's wholly-owned
subsidiary ("Rugby USA"), in exchange for 32% of the Stock of the Issuer. In
connection with this exchange, the Issuer made a cash payment to Rugby of $32
million in respect of indebtedness owed by Rugby USA to Rugby. See also Item 4
below. RMC did not use any funds to purchase the Stock. See Item 4 below.
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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of October 19,
1999 (the "Share Exchange Agreement"), among Rugby, Crane Co., a Delaware
corporation ("Crane"), and the Issuer, the Issuer was spun off to Crane's
stockholders as a new public company that is now known as "Huttig Building
Products, Inc." After the spin-off, Rugby transferred to the Issuer all of the
outstanding capital stock of Rugby USA in exchange for newly issued Stock of the
Issuer equal to 32% of the outstanding Stock of the Issuer. As contemplated by
the Share Exchange Agreement, the Issuer made a cash payment (which was financed
by the Issuer through Bank One, NA) to Rugby of $32 million in respect of
indebtedness owed by Rugby USA to Rugby. The Share Exchange Agreement closed on
December 16, 1999 (the "Closing Date").
The purpose of the Share Exchange Agreement is to combine the
businesses of Rugby USA and Huttig and, in the case of Rugby, to make an
investment in the combined businesses.
Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, the Issuer increased the
number of directors on its Board of Directors (the "Issuer Board") to nine and
amended its By-laws to appoint Stephen C. Brown (formerly President of Rugby
USA) as Chief Operating Officer of the Issuer. Rugby and the Issuer also entered
into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 16, 1999 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), which provides, inter alia, that Rugby is entitled to
designate for nomination by the Issuer Board three, two or one director(s) of
the Issuer; provided, that, Rugby holds at least 30%, 20% and 10%, respectively,
of the Stock of the Issuer which was received by Rugby pursuant to the Share
Exchange Agreement. Rugby has designated three nominees to the Issuer Board.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Rugby has the right
to require the Issuer to file, no later than four months after the Closing Date,
a registration statement on Form S-1 covering either the sale, in an
underwritten offering, of at least 50% of the Stock received pursuant to the
Share Exchange Agreement, or the distribution of all the Stock so received in
return for exchangeable debt securities of Rugby. The Issuer shall use all
reasonable efforts to have such registration statement on Form S-1 declared
effective not later than six months after the Closing Date. Pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, Rugby has additional shelf registration and
incidental registration rights.
As of the date hereof, Rugby intends to sell up to 50% of the Stock
received pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, within six months of the
Closing Date, by exercising its rights under the Registration Rights Agreement.
Depending on future evaluations of the business prospects of the Issuer and upon
other developments, including, but not limited to, general economic and business
conditions and money market and stock market conditions, Rugby may determine to
further decrease its equity interest in the Issuer by disposing of all or a
portion of its holdings.
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In connection with the spin-off of the Issuer, the Issuer
designated 250,000 shares of its 5,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock,
par value $.01 per share, as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the
"Series A Preferred"). The Issuer issued the Series A Preferred pursuant to a
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 6, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), between
the Issuer and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as Rights Agent. The
Rights Agreement will be triggered 10 days following a public announcement that
a person or group of affiliated or associated persons have acquired beneficial
ownership of 20% of more of the Issuer's outstanding stock (an "Acquiring
Person") or 10 business days following the commencement of, or announcement of
an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer which would result in any
person becoming an Acquiring Person. The definition of Acquiring Person as set
forth in the Rights Agreement excludes the Issuer, certain Crane charitable
funds and Rugby; provided, that, in the case of Rugby only, Rugby does not own
(with de minimis exceptions) any of the Issuer's Stock other than the Stock
acquired pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement.
On November 8, 1999, the directors of Rugby unanimously recommended
to Rugby shareholders to accept the cash offer from RMC for all of the issued
and to be issued share capital of Rugby. On November 17, 1999, RMC made its
offer to the shareholders of Rugby. RMC is a widely held public company listed
on the London Stock Exchange. Currently, RMC owns 29.9% of the outstanding
shares of Rugby. However, because of pending regulatory approvals in the United
States, RMC is unlikely to be able to complete its acquisition of Rugby until
early 2000.
Except as set forth in this Item 4, Rugby has no present plans or
proposals that relate to or that would result in any of the actions specified in
clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D of the Act. Except as set
forth in this Item 4, RMC has informed Rugby that RMC has no present plans or
proposals that relate to or that would result in any of the actions specified in
clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D of the Act.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) As of the date hereof, Rugby beneficially owns 6,546,424 shares
of the Stock or 32% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Stock of the
Issuer. As of the date hereof, RMC beneficially owns 6,546,424 shares of the
Stock or 32% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Stock of the Issuer, as
described above in Item 4. None of (i) the executive officers and directors of
Rugby or (ii) to the best of Rugby's knowledge, the executive officers and
directors of RMC beneficially owns any Stock.
(b) Rugby beneficially owns 6,546,424 shares of Stock with shared
voting power and beneficially owns 6,546,424 shares of Stock with shared
dispositive power. As described above in Item 4, Rugby shares its voting and
dispositive power with RMC.
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(c) Other than the transactions described in Item 4 and Item 5,
Rugby has not effected any transaction in shares of the Stock during the past 60
days. RMC has informed Rugby that, other than the transactions described in Item
4 and Item 5, RMC has not effected any transaction in shares of the Stock during
the past 60 days.
(d) No person other than Rugby is known to have the right to
receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds
from the sale of, the Stock, except the rights of RMC as described in Item 4
above.
(e) Not Applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
See Item 4.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit 1 -- Share Exchange Agreement, including Annex 1, Annex 2,
Annex 3, Annex 4, Annex 5A and Annex 5B.
Exhibit 2 -- Registration Rights Agreement.
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
DATED: December 22, 1999
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
By: /s/ James J. Jordan
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James J. Jordan
Solicitor
Group Legal Manager
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EXECUTION COPY
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SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
Among
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
CRANE CO.
and
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
Dated as of October 19, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 3
1.1 Certain Definitions 3
ARTICLE 2 THE TRANSACTIONS 6
2.1 Preliminary Actions 6
2.2 Share Exchange 6
2.3 Simultaneous Transactions 7
2.4 Closing 7
2.5 Deliveries at the Closing 7
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND THE COMPANY 9
3.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries 9
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws 9
3.3 Capitalization 10
3.4 Authority 11
3.5 No Conflict 11
3.6 Required Filings and Consents 11
3.7 Permits; Compliance with Law 12
3.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements 13
3.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 14
3.10 Employee Benefits 15
3.11 Employment and Labor Matters 16
3.12 Contracts; Debt 17
3.13 Litigation 17
3.14 Environmental Matters 17
3.15 Intellectual Property 17
3.16 Taxes 19
3.17 Brokers 19
3.18 Certain Statutes 20
3.19 Vote Required 20
3.20 Investment 20
3.21 No Existing Discussions 20
3.22 Title to Assets 20
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RUBY 21
4.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries 21
4.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws 22
4.3 Capitalization 22
4.4 Authority 22
4.5 No Conflict 23
4.6 Required Filings and Consents 24
4.7 Permits; Compliance with Law 24
4.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements 24
4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 25
4.10 Employee Benefits 26
4.11 Employment and Labor Matters 27
4.12 Contracts; Debt 28
4.13 Litigation 28
4.14 Environmental Matters 28
4.15 Intellectual Property 28
4.16 Taxes 29
4.17 Brokers 29
4.18 Certain Statutes 30
4.19 Vote Required 30
4.20 Investment 30
4.21 No Existing Discussions 30
4.22 Title to Assets 30
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS 31
5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company 31
5.2 Conduct of Business of Rugby USA 33
5.3 Other Actions 36
5.4 Notification of Certain Matters 36
5.5 SEC Filings 36
5.6 Stockholders' Meeting 38
5.7 Access to Information; Confidentiality 38
5.8 Employee Benefits Matters 38
5.9 Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and Insurance 39
5.10 Reasonable Best Efforts 40
5.11 Consents; Filings; Further Action 40
5.12 Company Rights Plan 41
5.13 Public Announcements 41
5.14 Stock Exchange Listing 42
5.15 Expenses 42
5.16 Retention of Records; Cooperation in Litigation 42
5.17 Corporate Name 42
5.18 Intercompany Agreements 43
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5.19 Officers and Directors of the Company 43
5.20 Exclusivity 43
5.21 Best Efforts 44
5.22 Tax Payment 44
5.23 Return Filing and Preparation 44
5.24 Tax Refunds 44
ARTICLE 6 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 44
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Obligation of Parent
to Consummate the Spin-Off 44
6.2 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company and Rugby 45
6.3 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Rugby 46
6.4 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company 47
ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION 47
7.1 By Rugby 47
7.2 By Parent 48
7.3 Notice of Claim 48
7.4 Third Party Claims 48
7.5 Subrogation 49
7.6 Offset 49
ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION 49
8.1 Termination 49
8.2 Effect of Termination 51
8.3 Expenses Following Certain Termination Events 51
ARTICLE 9 BOARD ACTIONS 52
9.1 Rugby Board Actions 52
9.2 Parent Board Actions 52
ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS 53
10.1 Survival 53
10.2 Waiver 53
10.3 Assignment 54
10.4 Notices 55
10.5 Governing Law, Venue and Waiver of Jury Trial 55
10.6 Further Assurances 56
10.7 Severability 56
10.8 Counterparts 56
10.9 Construction 56
10.10 Entire Agreement; Amendment 56
10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries 57
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A Crane Fund Letter Agreement
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Exhibit B Form of Registration Rights Agreement
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Exhibit C Form of Transition Services Agreement
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Exhibit D Form of Company Rights Plan
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Exhibit E Form of Distribution Agreement
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Exhibit F Form of Tax Allocation Agreement
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Exhibit G Form of Employee Matters Agreement
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ANNEXES
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Annex 1 Excluded Assets and Liabilities of Rugby USA
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Annex 2 Manner of disposition of Excluded Assets and Liabilities
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Annex 3 List of persons for purposes of determining Knowledge
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Annex 4 Terms and conditions of Company's use of the "Rugby Building
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Annex 5A Certain liabilities of Rugby USA
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Annex 5B Certain liabilities of the Company
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Index of Additional Defined Terms
Terms Sections
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Acquisitions Facility Recital (h)
Acquisition Funding Amount 1.1
Acquisition Notes Recital (c)
Acquisition Notes Repayment Recital (c)
Additional SEC Documents 5.5(a)
Affiliate 1.1
Agreement Preamble
Amendment 5.5(a)
Benefit Plan 3.10(a)
Blue Sky Laws 3.6
Business Day 1.1
Circular 5.6
Claim 3.13
Claim Note 7.3(b)
Closing 2.4
Closing Date 2.4
Code 1.1
Company Preamble
Company Acquisition 3.21
Company Acquisition Proposal 5.20
Company Affiliate 3.10(a)
Company Common Stock Recital (b)
Company Critical Computer Systems 3.15(d)
Company Disclosure Letter Article 3-Preamble
Company Employees 3.10(a)
Company Intellectual Property 3.15(b)
Company Parties 7.1
Company Party 7.1
Company Permits 3.7
Company Plan 3.10(a)
Company Plans 3.10(a)
Company Restricted Stock 3.3(b)
Company Rights 3.3(b)
Company Rights Plan 3.3(a)
Company Stock Plan 3.3(b)
Company Subsidiaries 3.1(a)
Company Year 2000 Plan 3.15(d)
Confidentiality Agreement 5.7(b)
Contract 3.5(a)
Debt Financing 1.1
Election Period 7.4(a)
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Environmental Claim 3.14
Environmental Compliance Costs 1.1
Environmental Laws 1.1
ERISA 3.10(a)
Exchange Recital (b)
Exchange Act 1.1
Excluded Assets and Liabilities Recital (e)
Expenses 8.3(a)
Financing Commitments 1.1
Form 10 3.8(a)
GAAP 3.8(b)
Governmental Authority 1.1
HSR Act 3.6
Indemnified Party 7.3(a)
Indemnified Parties 5.9(a)
Indemnifying Party 7.3(a)
Intellectual Property 3.15(a)
Junior Preferred Stock 3.3(a)
Knowledge 1.1
Law 3.5(a)
Leases 3.22
Letter Agreement Recital (i)
Liens 3.3(c)
Loss 1.1
Mark Annex 4
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA 4.1(a)
Material Adverse Effect on the Company 3.1(a)
Multiemployer Plan 3.10(d)
New Company Shares 2.2
Parent Preamble
Parent Board 9.2
Parent Cash Amount 1.1
Parent Cash Repayment 2.1(g)
Parent Common Stock 3.3(a)
Parent Financial Advisor 3.17
Parent Note Recital (c)
Parent Note Repayment Recital (c)
Parent Preferred Stock 3.3(a)
Parties Preamble
Party Preamble
Person 1.1
Preliminary Actions 2.1(h)
Records 5.16(a)
Registration Rights Agreement Recital (i)
Representatives 5.7(a)
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Requisite Rugby Vote 4.4
Rugby Preamble
Rugby Board 5.6
Rugby Cash Amount 1.1
Rugby Cash Distribution 2.1(e)
Rugby Disclosure Letter Article 4-Preamble
Rugby Financial Advisors 4.17
Rugby Intercompany Amount 1.1
Rugby Note Recital (d)
Rugby Note Repayment Recital (d)
Rugby Shareholders Meeting 5.6
Rugby Tax Amount 1.1
Rugby USA Recital(b)
Rugby USA Acquisition 4.21
Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal 5.20
Rugby USA Affiliate 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Common Stock Recital (b)
Rugby USA Credit Line Balance 2.1(h)
Rugby USA Critical Computer Systems 4.15(c)
Rugby USA Employees 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Intellectual Property 4.15
Rugby USA Permits 4.7
Rugby USA Plan 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Plans 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Receivable Elimination Recital (f)
Rugby USA Shares 2.2
Rugby USA Subsidiaries 4.1(a)
Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan 4.15(c)
SEC 3.8(a)
Securities Act 1.1
SLB 4 5.5(a)
Spin-Off Recital (a)
Spin-Off Agreements 7.2
Spin-Off Ruling 1.1
Software 3.15(a)
Subsidiary 1.1
Superior Company Acquisition 9.2
Superior Rugby USA Acquisition 9.1
Takeover Statue 3.18
Tax 1.1
Taxes 1.1
Tax Sharing Agreement Amounts 1.1
Technology 3.15(a)
Term Annex 4
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Termination Date 8.1(c)
Territory Annex 4
Third Party Claim 7.4(a)
Transition Services Agreement Recital (i)
Total Cash Amount 1.1
Working Capital Facility Recital (h)
Year 2000 Compliant 3.15(d)
Year 2000 Compliance 3.15(d)
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SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
THIS SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of
this 19th day of October, 1999 among The Rugby Group PLC, a company registered
in England and Wales under company number 206971, and having its registered
office at Crown House, Rugby, CV212DT England ("Rugby"), Crane Co., a Delaware
corporation ("Parent"), and Huttig Building Products, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Company").
Rugby, Parent and the Company are referred to collectively herein as the
"Parties" and individually as a "Party."
RECITALS
a. The Board of Directors of each of Parent and the Company have
determined that it is in the best interests of Parent, the Company and Parent's
stockholders that, subject to the receipt of a Spin-Off Ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service, and the satisfaction of certain other conditions precedent,
Parent declare and make a dividend to its stockholders consisting of all of the
outstanding common stock of the Company, such that the Company will become a
separate publicly-held corporation owned directly by the stockholders of Parent
to whom such dividend is made (the "Spin-Off").
b. The Board of Directors of each of the Company and Rugby have
determined that it is in the best interest of their respective corporations and
stockholders that, subject to satisfaction of the terms and conditions specified
in this Agreement, following the Spin-Off, Rugby contribute to the Company all
of the outstanding Class A Common Shares, Class B Common Shares and Class C
Common Shares, each having a par value of $50.00 per share (collectively, the
"Rugby USA Common Stock") of Rugby's wholly-owned subsidiary, Rugby USA, Inc., a
Georgia corporation ("Rugby USA"), and in exchange therefor, the Company issue
to Rugby a number of new shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.01
per share ("Company Common Stock") as will constitute, after giving effect to
such issuance, 32% of the issued and outstanding Company Common Stock,
excluding, for purposes of calculating the 32%, the Company Restricted Stock (as
defined below) (such transactions being referred to, collectively, as the
"Exchange").
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c. Prior to completion of the Spin-Off, the Company will issue (i) a
promissory note (the "Parent Note") to Parent in a principal amount equal to the
Parent Cash Amount, in exchange for cancellation of a like principal amount
outstanding under the Company's existing note in favor of Parent, and (ii) from
time to time one or more promissory notes (the "Acquisition Notes") in the
respective principal amounts of advances made by Parent to the Company to fund
asset acquisitions by the Company (but not to exceed an aggregate principal
amount of $15 million). Upon and simultaneous with the Exchange, the Company
shall repay to Parent all amounts then owing under the Parent Note (the "Parent
Note Repayment") and the Acquisition Notes (the "Acquisition Notes Repayment"),
which amounts shall be in full satisfaction of all obligations with respect to
all outstanding intercompany indebtedness owed by the Company to Parent.
d. Prior to completion of the Exchange, Rugby USA will declare and make
a distribution to Rugby consisting of a promissory note (the "Rugby Note"),
payable by Rugby USA to Rugby, in a principal amount equal to the Rugby Cash
Amount. Upon and simultaneous with completion of the Exchange, the Company
shall, on behalf of Rugby USA (which then will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company), repay all amounts then owing under the Rugby Note to Rugby, which
amount shall be in full satisfaction of all obligations with respect to
intercompany indebtedness owed by Rugby USA to Rugby (the "Rugby Note
Repayment").
e. Prior to and as a condition to completion of the Exchange, Rugby
shall cause Rugby USA to dispose of the assets and liabilities described on
Annex 1 attached hereto (the "Excluded Assets and Liabilities") in a manner
described on Annex 2 attached hereto.
f. Prior to completion of the Exchange, Rugby shall take all necessary
actions to effect the elimination of the Rugby USA receivable from Rugby of up
to $9.0 million in respect of the proceeds of the sale by Rugby USA of the stock
of Pioneer Plastics Corporation without affecting the net cash balances of Rugby
USA (the "Rugby USA Receivable Elimination").
g. On the day prior to the Spin-Off, the Company will make the Parent
Cash Repayment (as defined below). On the day prior to the Closing Date, Rugby
USA will make the Rugby Cash Distribution (as defined below).
h. Prior to completion of the Spin-Off, the Company shall use its best
efforts to arrange financing reasonably satisfactory to Rugby with banks or
other financing sources to provide at Closing (i) a working capital facility of
$30 million or such other amount as the Board of Directors of the Company shall
determine to be necessary or desirable for the Company (the "Working Capital
Facility"), (ii) an acquisitions facility of $20 million or such other amount as
the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine to be necessary or
desirable for the Company, but not less than the Acquisition Funding Amount (as
defined
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below) (the "Acquisitions Facility"), and (iii) a credit facility or other
credit arrangements to fund the Parent Note Repayment and the Rugby Note
Repayment.
i. Simultaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Parties, Rugby and the Crane Fund are entering into a letter agreement
regarding certain matters relating to the governance of the Company (the "Letter
Agreement"), which shall become effective only upon the completion of the
Exchange A copy of the Letter Agreement is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit
A. At the Closing, Rugby and the Company shall enter into a Registration Rights
Agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit B. At the Closing, Rugby and the Company shall enter into a
Transition Services Agreement (the "Transition Services Agreement") in the form
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual
representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
used in this Agreement shall, solely for purposes of this Agreement, the Annexes
attached hereto, the Company Disclosure Letter and the Rugby USA Disclosure
Letter, have the meanings ascribed to them in this Article 1. Capitalized terms
defined elsewhere in this Agreement, in such Annexes and in such disclosure
letters are set forth in an "Index of Defined Terms" immediately following the
Table of Contents.
"Acquisition Funding Amount" shall mean an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of funds (but not to exceed $15 million), if any, provided to
the Company by Parent by intercompany loan to fund certain asset acquisitions by
the Company.
"Affiliate" shall mean with respect to any Person, any other Person
which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under a common
control with, such Person. The term "control" (including the terms "controlled
by" and "under common control with") as used in the preceding sentence means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a day on which banks in
the State of New York or in the United Kingdom are authorized or obligated to be
closed.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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"Debt Financing" shall mean the Working Capital Facility, the
Acquisitions Facility and the financing for the Total Cash Amount.
"Environmental Compliance Costs" means any Losses necessary to cause a
company's operations, real property, assets, equipment or facilities to be in
compliance with any and all requirements of Environmental Laws or principles of
common law relating to pollution, protection of the environment or health and
safety.
"Environmental Laws" means all Laws relating to pollution, protection
of the environment, responsibility for investigation or remediation of
contamination or damage to natural resources or health and safety.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Financing Commitments" shall mean commitments of banks or other
financing sources reasonably acceptable to the Parent and Rugby to provide the
Debt Financing.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean, collectively, the United States,
the United Kingdom, the European Union, any state, county, city, local,
provincial or other United States, United Kingdom, European Union or other
foreign political subdivision or any agency, commission, authority, tribunal,
court or instrumentality of any of the foregoing or any self-regulatory body.
"Knowledge" means, with respect to any Party, the actual knowledge of
the individuals listed under the name of such Party on Annex 3 attached hereto.
"Loss" shall mean, collectively, all debts, liabilities, losses,
penalties, fines, assessments, settlements, judgments, costs (including, but not
limited to, remediation costs) and expenses.
"Parent Cash Amount" shall mean an amount equal to 68% of the Total
Cash Amount.
"Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, entity, public body or
Governmental Authority.
"Rugby Cash Amount" shall mean an amount equal to 32% of the Total Cash
Amount.
"Rugby Tax Amount" shall mean Rugby USA's estimated U.S. federal and
state income taxes (within the meaning of Code Section 6655 and all similar
state statutes and
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determined without regard to Code Section 338(h)(13)) for the period beginning
January 1, 1999 and ending on the Closing Date.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and rules promulgated thereunder.
"Spin-Off Ruling" shall mean a letter ruling from the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent in its reasonable
judgment, substantially to the effect that the Spin-Off will be treated as a
tax-free distribution by Parent under section 355 of the Code.
"Subsidiary" of a specified Person shall mean any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other legal entity of
which the specified Person (either alone and/or through and/or together with any
other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the stock or
other equity or partnership interests the holders of which are generally
entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing
body of such legal entity or of which the specified Person controls the
management.
"Tax" or "Taxes" means any and all taxes, duties, levies, imposts, or
withholdings of any nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, income,
franchise, gross receipts, sales, rental, use, turnover, value added, property
(tangible or intangible), windfall profit, goods and services, excise and stamp
taxes), together with any and all assessments, penalties, fines, additions and
interest relating thereto, imposed by any taxing authority (domestic or
foreign).
"Tax Sharing Agreement Amounts" shall mean amounts, other than amounts
being contested in good faith, required to paid on or before the date of this
Agreement with respect to Taxes as a result of any tax sharing agreement or
similar arrangement.
"Total Cash Amount" shall mean the maximum amount of Company financing
(i) that is determined by Parent, when taken in combination with the Working
Capital Facility and the Acquisitions Facility, to be consistent with a rating
of not less than NAIC-2 for the Company's indebtedness and (ii) that is in fact
available to be drawn down by the Company simultaneous with completion of the
Exchange. It is the expectation of the Parties, but not a condition to the
transactions contemplated hereunder, that the Total Cash Amount will be at least
$100 million. The Parties also expressly acknowledge that the Total Cash Amount
contemplated in the Financing Commitments may differ from the actual Total Cash
Amount included in the Debt Financing at the Closing.
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ARTICLE 2
THE TRANSACTIONS
2.1 Preliminary Actions. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement, prior to the consummation of the Exchange, the following
actions shall be taken:
(a) The Company shall obtain the Financing Commitments.
(b) Parent shall cause the Company to issue the Parent Note.
(c) Rugby shall cause Rugby USA to declare and make a
distribution to Rugby consisting of the Rugby Note.
(d) Rugby shall, and shall cause Rugby USA to, complete the
disposition of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities in the manner set forth on
Annex 2 to this Agreement.
(e) Rugby shall effect the Rugby USA Receivable Elimination.
(f) As promptly as practicable (but in no event more than five
business days) following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set
forth in Section 6.1, Parent shall establish a record date for purposes of
determining the stockholders of Parent entitled to receive the Company Common
Stock in the Spin-Off, declare the dividend of the Company Common Stock, notify
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. of such declaration and fix a date agreed to
by Rugby upon which the Spin-Off will be consummated.
(g) On the day prior to the date on which the Spin-Off is
consummated, the Company will repay to Parent (the "Parent Cash Repayment") in
reduction of outstanding intercompany indebtedness the Company's net cash
balance on hand at the close of the business on such date.
(h) On the day prior to the date on which the Exchange is
consummated, Rugby USA will (i) make a distribution (the "Rugby Cash
Distribution") to Rugby of Rugby USA's net cash balance on hand at the close of
business on such date less any amount outstanding at such time under Rugby USA's
existing third party working capital line of credit (the "Rugby USA Credit Line
Balance"), and (ii) repay the Rugby USA Credit Line Balance.
The actions contemplated by this Section 2.1 of this Agreement shall be
collectively referred to herein as the "Preliminary Actions."
2.2 Share Exchange. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, as soon as practicable following the consummation of the
Spin-Off and
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simultaneous with the consummation of the transactions described in Section 2.3,
(a) Rugby shall transfer and assign to the Company, free and clear of all Liens,
all of its right, title and interest in and to all issued and outstanding shares
of Rugby USA Common Stock (the "Rugby USA Shares") and (b) Rugby shall subscribe
for and the Company shall issue to Rugby, free and clear of all Liens, a number
of shares of Company Common Stock that, after giving effect to the Exchange
constitutes 32% of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
excluding, for purposes of calculating the 32%, the Company Restricted Stock
(the "New Company Shares"), together with one Company Right for each New Company
Share issued to Rugby.
2.3 Simultaneous Transactions. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, simultaneous with the consummation of the Exchange, the
following transactions shall be consummated:
(a) The Company shall consummate the Debt Financing.
(b) The Company shall make the Parent Note Repayment and the
Acquisition Notes Repayment by paying to Parent, by wire transfer pursuant to
written wire transfer instructions provided to the Company by Parent, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to the Parent Cash Amount plus the
Acquisition Funding Amount and thereupon the Parent Note and the Acquisition
Notes, having been fully satisfied, shall be canceled and all obligations
thereunder extinguished.
(c) The Company shall make the Rugby Note Repayment by paying to
Rugby, by wire transfer pursuant to written wire transfer instructions provided
to the Company by Rugby, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to the
Rugby Cash Amount and thereupon the Rugby Note, having been fully satisfied,
shall be canceled and all obligations thereunder extinguished.
2.4 Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by Sections
2.2 and 2.3 of this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the day following the day on which the Spin-Off is
consummated, or at such other time as the Parties shall agree in writing. The
date upon which the Closing occurs shall be referred to herein as the "Closing
Date."
2.5 Deliveries at the Closing.
(a) At the Closing, Rugby will, or will cause Rugby USA to,
deliver to the Company:
(i) written evidence satisfactory to Parent and the Company,
in their reasonable judgment, of the consummation of the Preliminary Actions to
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be completed by Rugby or Rugby USA, as contemplated by Section 2.1 (with a copy
to Parent);
(ii) the certificate of an executive officer of Rugby
required to be delivered to the Company and Parent by Rugby pursuant to Section
6.4 of this Agreement (with a copy to Parent);
(iii) stock certificates representing all of the Rugby USA
Shares endorsed in blank or accompanied by one or more duly executed stock
powers;
(iv) the Rugby Note, marked to indicate that it has been
canceled; and
(v) a copy, executed by a duly authorized officer of Rugby,
of each of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement.
(b) At the Closing, the Company and Parent will deliver to Rugby:
(i) written evidence satisfactory to Rugby, in its
reasonable judgment, of the consummation of the Spin-Off and the other
Preliminary Actions to be completed by Parent or the Company, as contemplated by
Section 2.1;
(ii) the certificates of executive officers of each of the
Company and Parent required to be delivered to Rugby by the Company and Parent,
respectively, pursuant to Section 6.3 of this Agreement;
(iii) in respect of the Company only, stock certificates
representing all of the New Company Shares, issued in the name of Rugby;
(iv) in respect of the Company only, by wire transfer, as
specified in Section 2.3(c), the Rugby Note Repayment;
(v) the Parent Note and the Acquisition Notes, if any, each
marked to indicate that it has been canceled; and
(vi) in respect of the Company only, a copy, executed by a
duly authorized officer of the Company, of each of the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.
(c) At the Closing, the Company will deliver to Parent by wire
transfer, as specified in Section 2.3(b), the Parent Note Repayment and the
Acquisition Notes Repayment.
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ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND THE COMPANY
Each of Parent and the Company hereby represents and warrants to Rugby
as follows, subject and except with respect to the matters set forth in the
disclosure letter delivered by Parent and the Company to Rugby on the date
hereof (the "Company Disclosure Letter") and, provided that the disclosures made
on any section of the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to any
representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made with respect to any other
representation or warranty requiring the same or similar disclosure to the
extent that the relevance of such disclosure to other representations and
warranties is evident from the face of the applicable section of the Company
Disclosure Letter:
3.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Parent and the Company and each Subsidiary of the
Company (collectively, the "Company Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and
is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite
power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or
licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect on the Company" means any change in or
effect on the business, assets, properties, results of operations or financial
condition of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is or could reasonably
be expected to be materially adverse to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or that could reasonably be expected to
materially impair the ability of Parent or the Company to perform in any
material respect their respective obligations under this Agreement or, with
respect to the Company or the Registration Rights Agreement or consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or, with respect to the Company, thereby.
(b) The Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and
correct list of all of the Company Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary holds any equity interest in any Person other than the
Company Subsidiaries so listed.
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. The copies of each of
Parent's and the Company's certificate of incorporation and by-laws, each as
amended through the date of this Agreement, which, in the case of Parent, are
incorporated by reference in Parent's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1998 and which, in the case of the Company, have been
previously delivered by Parent or the Company to Rugby, are
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complete and correct copies of those documents. The respective certificates of
incorporation and by-laws of Parent and the Company and all comparable corporate
organizational documents of the Company Subsidiaries are in full force and
effect. Neither Parent nor the Company is in violation of any of the provisions
of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws.
3.3 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i)
50,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $.01 per share, of which 200,000 shares will be designated as
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock ("Junior Preferred Stock") and
will be reserved for issuance in connection with the Rights Agreement (the
"Company Rights Plan"), to be entered into between the Company and the rights
agent thereunder prior to the Spin-Off. As of the date of this Agreement, (A)
1,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of
which shares are owned beneficially and of record by Parent and (B) no shares of
preferred stock were issued or outstanding. Except as described above in this
Section 3.3(a) there are no shares of capital stock of the Company authorized,
issued or outstanding. The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of
200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Parent Common
Stock"), and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share
("Parent Preferred Stock"). On October 15, 1999, 66,396,862 shares of Parent
Common Stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of Parent Preferred Stock
were issued or outstanding. The Company has and will have as of the time of the
Spin-Off and the Closing, a sufficient number of authorized shares to consummate
the Spin-Off and the Exchange.
(b) Upon consummation of the Spin-Off, restricted shares of
Parent Common Stock held by employees of the Company will be canceled and
replaced by restricted shares of Company Common Stock of equivalent value (the
"Company Restricted Stock") granted under a stock option and restricted stock
plan to be adopted by the Company ("Company Stock Plan"). Except as specifically
contemplated by this Agreement and except for (i) the Company Restricted Stock
referred to above and options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock
aggregating not more than 4% of the outstanding Company Common Stock immediately
following the Exchange to be granted to employees of the Company pursuant to the
Company Stock Plan on or about the Closing Date and (ii) the rights to purchase
shares of Junior Preferred Stock (the "Company Rights") to be issued in
connection with the Company Rights Plan to the Company's shareholders upon
consummation of the Spin-Off and to Rugby in connection with the Exchange, there
are no options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights,
redemption rights, repurchase rights or other rights, agreements, arrangements
or commitments of any character to which the Company or Parent is a party or by
which the Company or Parent is bound relating to the issued or unissued capital
stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or obligating Parent or the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock
of, or other equity interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The
Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, (x) the
number of shares of restricted Parent Common Stock outstanding and held by
employees of the Company, (y) the
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vesting schedule for such shares and (z) the conversion formula for issuing
Company Restricted Stock in replacement of such shares. None of the Company
Stock Options which are subject to vesting will vest as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) All New Company Shares, upon issuance to Rugby at Closing,
will be free and clear of all security interests, liens, claims, pledges,
options, rights of first refusal, agreements, limitations on voting rights,
charges and other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever (collectively, "Liens"),
except as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, and will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be subject
to preemptive rights. The New Company Shares will, after giving effect to the
Spin-Off and the Exchange, constitute 32% of the issued and outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock, excluding, for purposes of calculating the 32%,
Restricted Company Stock. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of
Parent, the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or acquire
any shares of Company Common Stock or any capital stock of any Company
Subsidiary. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights and each such share owned by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary is free and clear of all Liens.
3.4 Authority. Each of Parent and the Company has all necessary
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, in the
case of the Company, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement and, in the
case of the Company, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement and to consummate the Spin-Off, the Exchange and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement (if it is a party thereto) and the Transition Services Agreement (if
it is a party thereto). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
and the Company and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement by the Company and the consummation by Parent and the Company
of the transactions contemplated hereby and, in the case of the Company, thereby
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or the Company are necessary
to authorize this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement or to consummate such transactions, except that
the Spin-Off has not been declared by the Board of Directors of Parent. This
Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Parent,
and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable
against Parent in accordance with its terms.
3.5 No Conflict.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and
the Company, and of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement
by Parent and the Company
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and of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement
by the Company will not:
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of Parent's or
the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any equivalent
organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary;
(ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations
and other actions described in Section 3.6 have been obtained and all filings
and obligations described in Section 3.6 have been made, conflict with or
violate any foreign or domestic law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree ("Law") applicable to Parent, the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Parent, the Company or
any Company Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected, except for any such
conflicts or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company; or
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an
event which with or without notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any
property or asset of Parent, the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, commitment, lease,
license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation (collectively,
"Contract") to which Parent, the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or
by which any of them or their assets or properties is or may be bound or
affected, except for such breaches, defaults or other occurrences which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and
complete list of Contracts to which Parent, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party or by which they or their assets or properties is or may
be bound or affected under which consents or waivers are or may be required
prior to consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
failure of which to be obtained, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.6 Required Filings and Consents. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company or Parent, and the Registration Rights Agreement and
the Transition Services Agreement by the Company, do not, and the performance of
this Agreement by the Company or Parent, and of the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement by the Company, will not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Authority, except (i) for applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act, applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
applicable requirements of state securities or "blue sky" laws ("Blue Sky
Laws"), the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as
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amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "HSR Act"),
and receipt of the Spin-Off Ruling and (ii) where failure to obtain such
consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.7 Permits; Compliance with Law. Each of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates,
approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for the Company or
any Company Subsidiary to own, lease and operate its properties or to carry on
its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "Company Permits"),
except where the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of
the Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, and, as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of
any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of Parent or the
Company, threatened, except where the failure to have, or the suspension or
cancellation of, any of the Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate,
has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is
in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected or (ii) any
Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The Registration Statement on Form 10 filed by the Company
under the Exchange Act in connection with the Spin-Off (the "Form 10"), as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (together with each other
filing made or to be made by Parent, with respect to the Spin-Off, or by the
Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on or prior to the Closing), including any
financial statements or schedules included or incorporated therein by reference,
(i) complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Form 10
(and the requirements of the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act applicable
to each such other document) and (ii) other than information provided by Rugby
or Rugby USA for inclusion in the Form 10, does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Upon completion of the
Spin-Off and the Exchange, Parent and the Company shall have made all filings
required to be made in connection therewith pursuant to the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, other than a Form 8-K relating to the Spin-Off and the Form
8-K to be filed in connection with consummation of the Exchange, which shall be
filed at the times required by Form 8-K under the Exchange Act.
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(b) The consolidated balance sheets of the Company included or
incorporated by reference in the Form 10 (and, if applicable, in each such other
document referred to in Section 3.8(a)) (including the related notes and
schedules) fairly presented or will fairly present, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates set forth in
that consolidated balance sheet. The consolidated statements of income and of
cash flows of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Form 10
(and, if applicable, in each such other document referred to in Section 3.8(a))
(including any related notes and schedules) fairly presented or will fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated results of operations and
cash flows, as the case may be, of the Company for the periods set forth in
those consolidated statements of income and of cash flows (subject, in the case
of unaudited quarterly statements, to notes and normal year-end audit
adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in
conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
(except, in the case of unaudited quarterly information, as permitted by Form
10-Q) consistently applied throughout the periods indicated.
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company at September 30, 1999 set forth in the Form 10,
including the related notes, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be reflected on a balance
sheet or in the related notes prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for
liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since
September 30, 1999, that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted
and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company.
3.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since September 30, 1999, the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses only in the
ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice and, since such
date, except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the Spin-Off, any increase in the Parent Receivable and the
Parent Receivable Repayment there has not been:
(a) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(b) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect
to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by it or any Company
Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance, which damage, destruction or
loss, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(c) any material change by the Company in its or any Company
Subsidiary's accounting methods, principles or practices; or
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(d) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
distribution in respect of shares of Company Common Stock or any redemption,
purchase or other acquisition of any of the Company's securities.
3.10 Employee Benefits.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary or Parent or
any other trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that would be
considered a single employer with any of the foregoing pursuant to Section
414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code (a "Company Affiliate") maintains or
contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or has any direct or
indirect liability, whether contingent or otherwise, under any Benefit Plan, in
which any employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (the "Company
Employees") participate or accrue or have accrued any rights (individually, a
"Company Plan," and collectively, the "Company Plans"). The term "Benefit Plan"
shall mean any plan, program, arrangement, agreement or commitment which is an
employment, consulting or deferred compensation agreement, or an executive
compensation, incentive bonus or other bonus, employee pension, profit-sharing,
savings, retirement, stock option, stock purchase, severance pay, life, health,
disability or accident insurance plan, or vacation, or other employee benefit
plan, program, arrangement, agreement or commitment, including, without
limitation, any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate maintains or
contributes to, or has within the preceding six years maintained or contributed
to, or has had during such period the obligation to maintain or contribute to,
or may have any liability that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company with respect to, any Company Plan subject
to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or any "multiple employer plan"
within the meaning of the Code or ERISA.
(c) With respect to each Company Plan, and except as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (A)
all payments due from the Company or any Company Affiliate to date have been
made when due and all amounts properly accrued to date or as of the date of
Closing as liabilities of the Company which have not been paid have been
properly recorded on the books of the Company; and (B) no event has occurred in
connection with which the Company or any Company Affiliate or any Company Plan,
directly or indirectly, could be subject to any material liability under ERISA,
the Code or any other law, regulation or governmental order applicable to any
Company Plan, including, without limitation, Section 406, 409, 502(i), 502(l) or
4069 of ERISA, or Section 4971, 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(d) Section 3.10(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a
true and complete list of each multiemployer plan (as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a "Multiemployer Plan") to which the Company or any
Company Affiliate has now or in the past six years has had any liability or
obligation to contribute, and (A) none of the Company or any Company Affiliates
have incurred any withdrawal liability under Title IV of
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ERISA which remains unsatisfied as of the date hereof, and (B) to the Company's
knowledge, no such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent (as
defined in Sections 4241 and 4245 of ERISA, respectively).
(e) With respect to each Company Plan, and except as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company,
(A) the Company and each Company Affiliate has complied with, and each such
Company Plan conforms in form and operation to, all applicable laws and
regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code; (B) each such
Company Plan which is an "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA) and intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to such qualification, its related trust has been determined to be
exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and nothing has occurred
since the date of such letter that has or is likely to adversely affect such
qualification or exemption; and (C) there are no actions, suits or claims
pending (other than routine claims for benefits) or threatened with respect to
such Company Plan or against the assets of such Company Plan.
(f) With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has made
available to Rugby a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent no
such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent
applicable: (A) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (B) the
most recent IRS determination letter, if applicable; (C) any summary plan
description, if applicable, and for the most recent year (x) the Form 5500 and
attached schedules, (y) audited financial statement and (z) actuarial valuation
reports.
(g) The completion of the transactions contemplated herein will
not entitle any Company Employee or former employee to any payments or provide
any acceleration of payments or provide any other rights to any Company Employee
or former employee, whether or not such payment would constitute a parachute
payment within the meaning of Code Section 280G.
3.11 Employment and Labor Matters.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate is a party to
any collective bargaining agreements and there are no labor unions or other
organizations representing, purporting to represent, or attempting to represent,
any Company Employee. There are no strikes or lockouts affecting the Company
with respect to any collective bargaining units representing any Company
Employee.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate has violated
any provision of federal or state law or any governmental rule or regulation, or
any order, decree, judgment or arbitration award of any court, arbitrator or any
government agency regarding the terms and conditions of employment of employees,
former employees or prospective employees or other labor related matters,
including, without limitation, laws, rules, regulations, orders, rulings,
decrees, judgments and awards relating to discrimination,
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fair labor standards and occupational health and safety, wrongful discharge or
violation of the personal rights of employees, former employees or prospective
employees where the violation has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.12 Contracts; Debt. Except for the Contracts listed in Section 3.12
of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract that is material to the
business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is in violation of or in default under (nor does there exist any
condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause
such a violation of or default under) any Contract to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties or assets is or may be bound or affected,
except for violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have
not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Other than (x) the indebtedness to be incurred by
the Company in the Debt Financing, (y) the Parent Receivable and (z) after
giving effect to the Exchange, the Rugby Note, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries will as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, have no outstanding indebtedness for borrowed
money.
3.13 Litigation. There is no suit, claim, action, proceeding or
investigation (collectively, "Claim") pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company or Parent, threatened against Parent, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the
aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. None of Parent, the Company and any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree
which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.14 Environmental Matters. Except as has not resulted in and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company,
(i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there is no Claim pursuant to
Environmental Laws or principles of common law relating to pollution, protection
of the environment, responsibility for investigation or remediation of
contamination or damage to natural resources or health and safety (an
"Environmental Claim") pending or threatened against the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries; (iii) there is no civil, criminal or administrative
judgment or notice of violation outstanding against the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries pursuant to Environmental Laws or principles of common law
relating to pollution, protection of the environment, responsibility for
investigation or remediation of contamination or damage to natural resources or
health and safety; and (iv) there are no past or present events, conditions,
circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions or plans which may
prevent compliance of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries with
Environmental Laws, or which have given rise to or could reasonably be expected
to give rise to an Environmental Claim against the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries or to Environmental Compliance Costs incurred by the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries.
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3.15 Intellectual Property.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, "Intellectual Property" means
all of the following as they exist in all jurisdictions throughout the world:
(i) patents, patent applications, and other patent rights; (ii) trademarks,
service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, Internet domain names,
designs, logos, or corporate names, whether registered or unregistered, and all
registrations and applications for registration thereof; (iii) copyrights,
including all renewals and extensions, copyright registrations and applications
for registration, and non-registered copyrights; (iv) trade secrets, concepts,
ideas, designs, research, processes, procedures, techniques, methods, know-how,
data, mask works, discoveries, inventions, modifications, extensions,
improvements, and other proprietary rights (whether or not patentable or subject
to copyright, mask work, or trade secret protection) (collectively,
"Technology"); and (v) computer software programs, including all source code,
object code, and documentation related thereto (the "Software").
(b) The Company owns, free and clear of all Liens, or has the
unrestricted right to use, sell, or license, all Intellectual Property necessary
to operate the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as it is
currently conducted ("Company Intellectual Property"), except where the absence
of ownership, free and clear of all Liens, or of such rights, individually or in
the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(c) None of Parent, the Company and any Company Subsidiary has
been, during the three years preceding the date of this Agreement, a party to
any Claim, nor, to the knowledge of Parent or the Company, is any Claim
threatened, that challenges the validity, enforceability, ownership, or right to
use, sell, or license any Company Intellectual Property, except for Claims that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. To the Knowledge
of Parent and the Company, no third party is infringing upon any Company
Intellectual Property, except for infringements that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(d) As part of the Company's Year 2000 project, the Company has
established a written plan concerning the Year 2000 Compliance of all Company
Critical Computer Systems (the "Company Year 2000 Plan"), details of which have
been disclosed to Rugby. The Company Year 2000 Plan was established with the
intention that the Company Critical Computer Systems would, before, on and
following January 1, 2000, be Year 2000 Compliant in all material respects. To
date the Company has implemented the Company Year 2000 Plan (insofar as it
relates to the Company Critical Computer Systems) with reasonable skill and care
and to the Knowledge of Parent and the Company there is no reason or
circumstance why the Company Year 2000 Plan may not be fully implemented in all
material respects prior to January 1, 2000; provided, that (i) the Company and
each of the Company Subsidiaries undertakes the action which is anticipated of
it under the Company Year 2000 Plan
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after the date hereof in a timely manner and with reasonable skill and care, and
(ii) no warranty is given that the Company Critical Computer Systems will be
Year 2000 Compliant. For the purposes of this Agreement:
(x) "Year 2000 Compliant" means that neither performance nor
functionality is or will be affected by dates prior to,
during or after the year 2000 and in particular (but without
limitation):
(A) no value for current date causes or will cause any
interruption in operation;
(B) date-based functionability behaves and will behave
consistently for dates prior to, during and after the
year 2000;
(C) in all interfaces and data storage, the century in any
date is and will be specified either explicitly or by
unambiguous algorithms or inferencing rules; and
(D) the year 2000 is and will be recognized as a leap year;
and
(E) "Year 2000 Compliance" shall be construed accordingly;
and
(y) "Company Critical Computer Systems" means all computer
systems used by the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary,
the failure of which reasonably could be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.16 Taxes. Except to the extent that failure to do so, individually or
in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have filed all Tax returns and reports to be filed by them and have
paid, or established adequate reserves for, all Taxes and Tax Sharing Agreement
Amounts required to be paid by them. Except as, individually or in the
aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no deficiencies for any Taxes have been
proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company or any Company Subsidiaries,
and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are pending.
3.17 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker other than Warburg
Dillon Read (the "Parent Financial Advisor") is entitled to any brokerage,
finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
Parent or the Company. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company or
Parent has made available to Rugby a complete and correct copy of all agreements
between Parent or the Company and the Parent Financial Advisor under
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which the Parent Financial Advisor would be entitled to any payment relating to
such transactions.
3.18 Certain Statutes. The Board of Directors of the Company has taken
or will take all appropriate and necessary actions to ensure that the
restrictions on business combinations in Section 203 of the GCL will not have
any effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No "fair price,"
"moratorium," "control share acquisition" or other similar state or federal
anti-takeover statute or regulation (each a "Takeover Statute") is, as of the
date of this Agreement, applicable to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.19 Vote Required. No vote of the holders of any class or series of
the Company's, Parent's or any Subsidiary of Parent's capital stock (other than
the declaration by the Board of Directors of Crane International Holdings, Inc.,
the sole stockholder of the Company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, of
the dividend of the Company Common Stock to Parent) is necessary to approve this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby.
3.20 Investment. The Company is not acquiring the Rugby USA Shares with
a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the
meaning of the Securities Act. The Company, together with its directors and
executive officers and advisors, is familiar with investments of the nature of
the Rugby USA Shares, understands that this investment involves substantial
risks, has adequately investigated Rugby USA and has substantial knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters such that it is capable of
evaluating, and has evaluated, the merits and risk inherent in acquiring the
Rugby USA Shares, and is able to bear the economic risks of such investment.
3.21 No Existing Discussions. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor
the Company is engaged, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or
negotiations with any other party with respect to any direct or indirect
acquisition or purchase of any material portion of the assets of the Company
(other than sales of assets of the Company in the ordinary course of business)
or any class of equity securities of the Company (other than issuances of
securities under the Company Stock Plan), other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (a "Company Acquisition").
3.22 Title to Assets. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good
and marketable title to its properties and assets (other than property as to
which it is a lessee) except for such defects in title that, individually or in
the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth a true and complete list of all real property owned by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary and all leases ("Leases") of real property by the Company or
any Company Subsidiary including, in the cases of Leases, the name of the
lessor, the date of the Lease and each amendment to the Lease, if any, and the
aggregate annual rental or other amounts payable under each Lease. All such
Leases are in full force and effect and are the valid and binding obligations of
the Company in accordance with their
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respective terms, and no default or failure to be in full force and effect and
the valid and binding obligation of the Company exists thereunder, except where
the existence of such default or failure, individually or in the aggregate, has
not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RUBY
Rugby hereby represents and warrants to Parent and the Company as
follows, subject and except with respect to the matters set forth in the
disclosure letter delivered by Rugby to Parent and the Company on the date
hereof (the "Rugby Disclosure Letter") and, provided that the disclosures made
on any section of the Rugby Disclosure Letter with respect to any representation
or warranty shall be deemed to be made with respect to any other representation
or warranty requiring the same or similar disclosure to the extent that the
relevance of such disclosure to other representations and warranties is evident
from the face of the applicable section of the Rugby Disclosure Letter:
4.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Rugby, Rugby USA, and each subsidiary of Rugby USA
(collectively, the "Rugby USA Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite power
and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate
its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each
of Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do
business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of
the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business
makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be
so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. For purposes of this Agreement, "Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA" means any change in or effect on the business,
assets, properties, results of operations or financial condition of Rugby USA or
any Rugby USA Subsidiary, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, that is or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to
Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, other than with respect to the
Excluded Assets and Liabilities, taken as a whole, or that could reasonably be
expected to materially impair the ability of Rugby to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(b) The Rugby Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and correct
list of all of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries. Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA
Subsidiary holds any equity interest in any person other than the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries so listed.
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4.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. The copies of Rugby USA's
articles of incorporation and by-laws and of Rugby's articles of association and
memorandum of association, each as amended through the date of this Agreement,
that have previously been delivered to Parent or the Company by Rugby are
complete and correct copies of those documents. The comparable corporate
organizational documents of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries are in full force and
effect. Rugby USA is not in violation of any of the provisions of its articles
of incorporation or by-laws.
4.3 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Rugby USA consists of (i)
1,000,000 Class A Common Shares, par value $50.00 per share, (ii) 10,000,000
Class B Common Shares, par value $50.00 per share, and (iii) 10,000,000 Class C
Common Shares, par value $50.00 per share. As of the date of this Agreement, (A)
10 Class A Common Shares, (B) 500,000 Class B Common Shares and (C) 625,000
Class C Common Shares were issued and outstanding, all of which were validly
issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights
and all of which are owned beneficially and of record by Rugby.
(b) Except as provided for pursuant to this Agreement, there are
no options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption
rights, repurchase rights or other rights, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any character to which Rugby or Rugby USA is a party or by which
Rugby or Rugby USA is bound relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of
Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary or obligating Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity
interests in, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary.
(c) All Rugby USA Shares, upon transfer and assignment to the
Company as provided in Section 2.2(a), will be free and clear of all Liens and
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will
not be subject to preemptive rights. Except as specifically set forth in this
Agreement, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Rugby, Rugby USA
or any Rugby USA Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
shares of Rugby USA Common Stock or any capital stock of any Rugby USA
Subsidiary. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Rugby USA Subsidiary
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights and each such share owned by Rugby USA or a Rugby USA
Subsidiary is free and clear of all Liens.
4.4 Authority. Rugby has all necessary corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement and
to consummate the Exchange and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement. The execution and delivery of this
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Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement by Rugby and the consummation by Rugby of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action other than the passing by Rugby's shareholders at an
Extraordinary General Meeting of such holders as is required by the applicable
rules and regulations of the London Stock Exchange (the "Requisite Rugby Vote")
and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Rugby are necessary to
authorize this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement or to consummate such transactions, other than the Requisite
Rugby Vote. This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and
delivered by Rugby and each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Rugby, enforceable against Rugby in accordance with its terms.
4.5 No Conflict.
(a) Assuming the Requisite Rugby Vote is obtained, the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement by Rugby does not, and the performance of this
Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement by Rugby will not:
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the memorandum
or articles of association of Rugby, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of
Rugby USA or any equivalent organizational documents of any Rugby USA
Subsidiary;
(ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations
and other actions described in Section 4.6 have been obtained and all filings
and obligations described in Section 4.6 have been made, conflict with or
violate any foreign or domestic Law applicable to Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby
USA Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Rugby, Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected, except for any such
conflicts or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA; or
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an
event which with or without notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any
property or asset of Rugby, Rugby USA, or any Rugby USA Subsidiary under any
Contract to which Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary is a party or by
which any of them or their assets or properties is or may be bound or affected,
except for such breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or
in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
(b) The Rugby Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete
list of Contracts to which Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary is a
party or by which they or their assets or properties is or may be bound or
affected under which consents
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or waivers are or may be required prior to consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the failure of which to be obtained,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.6 Required Filings and Consents. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement by Rugby does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement by Rugby
will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing
with or notification to, any Governmental Authority except (i) for the
pre-merger notification requirements of the HSR Act and the applicable
requirements (including obtaining the Requisite Rugby Vote) of the London Stock
Exchange and (ii) where failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.7 Permits; Compliance with Law. Each of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates,
approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for Rugby USA or
any Rugby USA Subsidiary to own, lease and operate its properties or to carry on
its business, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, as
it is now being conducted (collectively, the "Rugby USA Permits"), except where
the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of the Rugby USA
Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, and,
as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any of the
Rugby USA Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of Rugby, threatened, except
where the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of the
Rugby USA Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Subsidiary is in conflict with, or in
default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected or (ii) any Rugby USA Permits, except
for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) None of the information to be supplied by Rugby or Rugby USA
for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form 10 (or any other
document required to be filed with the SEC in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement) will, at the time such document becomes
effective, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated in such document, or necessary in order to
make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
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(b) The consolidated balance sheets of Rugby USA to be included
in the Form 10 (and, if applicable, in each such other document referred to in
Section 4.8(a)) (including the related notes and schedules) will fairly present,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Rugby USA,
other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, as of the dates
set forth in such consolidated balance sheets. The consolidated statements of
income and of cash flows of Rugby USA to be included in the Form 10 (and, if
applicable, in each such other document referred to in Section 4.8(a))
(including any related notes and schedules) will fairly present, in all material
respects, the consolidated results of operations and cash flows, as the case may
be, of Rugby USA, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, for the periods set forth in those consolidated statements of
income and of cash flows (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly
statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be
material in amount or effect), in each case in conformity with GAAP (except, in
the case of unaudited quarterly information, as permitted by Form 10-Q)
consistently applied throughout the periods indicated.
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth on the consolidated
balance sheet of Rugby USA, dated September 30, 1999, to be set forth in the
Form 10, including the related notes, neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA
Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be reflected on a
balance sheet or in the related notes prepared in accordance with GAAP, except
for liabilities that are a part of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, for
liabilities that may arise in connection with the sale of the assets comprising
Rugby USA's Augusta branch, for the Rugby Note, and for liabilities or
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since September 30, 1999
that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since September 30, 1999,
except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses, other than the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past
practice and, since such date, except for the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the distribution of the Rugby Note,
the Rugby Cash Distribution, the Rugby Note Repayment, the sale, if consummated,
of Rugby USA's Augusta branch and the Exchange, and except with respect to the
Excluded Assets and Liabilities, there has not been:
(a) any Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA;
(b) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect
to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance, which damage,
destruction or loss, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA;
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(c) any material change by Rugby USA in its or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary's accounting methods, principles or practices; or
(d) other than the transactions described in Section 2.1, any
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect
of Rugby USA Shares or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of
Rugby USA's securities.
4.10 Employee Benefits.
(a) Neither Rugby nor Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Subsidiaries or
any other trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that would be
considered a single employer with any of the foregoing pursuant to Section
414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code (a "Rugby USA Affiliate") maintains or
contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or has any direct or
indirect liability, whether contingent or otherwise, under any Benefit Plan in
which any employees of Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary (the "Rugby USA
Employees") participate or accrue or have accrued any rights (individually, a
"Rugby USA Plan", and collectively, the "Rugby USA Plans").
(b) Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Affiliate maintains or
contributes to, or has within the preceding six years maintained or contributed
to, or has had during such period the obligation to maintain or contribute to,
or may have any liability that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA with respect to, any Rugby USA Plan subject
to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or any "multiple employer plan"
within the meaning of the Code or ERISA.
(c) With respect to each Rugby USA Plan, and except as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, (A)
all payments due from Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Affiliate to date have been
made when due and all amounts properly accrued to date or as of the date of
Closing as liabilities of Rugby USA which have not been paid have been properly
recorded on the books of Rugby USA; and (B) no event has occurred in connection
with which Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Affiliate or any Rugby USA Plan, directly
or indirectly, could be subject to any material liability under ERISA, the Code
or any other law, regulation or governmental order applicable to any Rugby USA
Plan, including, without limitation, Section 406, 409, 502(i), 502(l) or 4069 of
ERISA, or Section 4971, 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(d) Section 4.10(d) of the Rugby Disclosure Letter contains a
true and complete list of each Multiemployer Plan to which Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Affiliate has now or in the past six years has had any liability or
obligation to contribute, and (A) none of Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Affiliate
has incurred any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA which remains
unsatisfied as of the date hereof, and (B) to Rugby's knowledge, no such
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent (as defined in Sections
4241 and 4245 of ERISA, respectively).
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(e) With respect to each Rugby USA Plan, and except as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, (A)
Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Affiliate has complied with, and each such Rugby
USA Plan conforms in form and operation to, all applicable laws and regulations,
including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code; (B) each such Rugby USA Plan
which is an "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA) and intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to
such qualification, its related trust has been determined to be exempt from
taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and nothing has occurred since the
date of such letter that has or is likely to adversely affect such qualification
or exemption; and (C) there are no actions, suits or claims pending (other than
routine claims for benefits) or threatened with respect to such Rugby USA Plan
or against the assets of such Rugby USA Plan.
(f) With respect to each Rugby USA Plan, Rugby has made available
to the Company or Parent a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the
extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent
applicable: (A) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (B) the
most recent IRS determination letter, if applicable; (C) any summary plan
description, if applicable, and for the most recent year (x) the Form 5500 and
attached schedules, (y) audited financial statement and (z) actuarial valuation
reports.
(g) The completion of the transactions contemplated herein will
not entitle any Rugby USA Employee or former employee to any payments or provide
any acceleration of payments or provide any other rights to any Rugby USA
Employee or former employee, whether or not such payment would constitute a
parachute payment within the meaning of Code Section 280G.
4.11 Employment and Labor Matters.
(a) Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Affiliate is a party to
any collective bargaining agreements and there are no labor unions or other
organizations representing, purporting to represent, or attempting to represent,
any Rugby USA Employee. There are no strikes or lockouts affecting Rugby USA
with respect to any collective bargaining units representing any Rugby USA
Employee.
(b) Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Affiliate has violated
any provision of federal or state law or any governmental rule or regulation, or
any order, decree, judgment or arbitration award of any court, arbitrator or any
government agency regarding the terms and conditions of employment of employees,
former employees or prospective employees or other labor related matters,
including, without limitation, laws, rules, regulations, orders, rulings,
decrees, judgments and awards relating to discrimination, fair labor standards
and occupational health and safety, wrongful discharge or violation of the
personal rights of employees, former employees or prospective employees where
the violation
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has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA.
4.12 Contracts; Debt. Except for the Contracts listed in Section 4.12
of the Rugby Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract that is material to the
business, financial condition or results of operations of Rugby USA and the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries (other than the Excluded Assets and Liabilities), taken
as a whole. Neither Rugby nor any Rugby USA Subsidiary is in violation of or in
default under (nor does there exist any condition which with the passage of time
or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or default under) any
Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or
assets is or may be bound or affected, except for violations or defaults that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. Other than the
Rugby Note, Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries will have no outstanding
indebtedness for borrowed money as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.13 Litigation. There is no Claim pending or, to the knowledge of
Rugby, threatened against Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary before
any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted
or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA. None of Rugby, Rugby USA and any Rugby USA Subsidiary is subject to any
outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree which, individually or in the
aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.14 Environmental Matters. Except as has not resulted in and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, (i)
Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there is no Environmental Claim pending
or threatened against Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries; (iii)
there is no civil, criminal or administrative judgment or notice of violation
outstanding against Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries pursuant to
Environmental Laws or principles of common law relating to pollution, protection
of the environment, responsibility for investigation or remediation of
contamination or damage to natural resources or health and safety; and (iv)
there are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, activities,
practices, incidents, actions or plans which may prevent compliance of Rugby USA
or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws, or which have
given rise to or could reasonably be expected to give rise to an Environmental
Claim against Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries or to Environmental
Compliance Costs incurred by Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries.
4.15 Intellectual Property.
(a) Rugby USA owns, free and clear of all Liens, or has the
unrestricted right to use, sell, or license, all Intellectual Property necessary
to operate the business of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries (other than
the business conducted
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with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities) as it is currently
conducted ("Rugby USA Intellectual Property") except where the absence of
ownership, free and clear of all Liens, or of such rights, individually or in
the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
(b) None of Rugby, Rugby USA and any Rugby USA Subsidiary has
been, during the three years preceding the date of this Agreement, a party to
any Claim, nor, to the knowledge of Rugby, is any Claim threatened, that
challenges the validity, enforceability, ownership, or right to use, sell, or
license any Rugby USA Intellectual Property, except for Claims that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. To the knowledge
of Rugby, no third party is infringing upon any Rugby USA Intellectual Property,
except for infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA.
(c) As part of Rugby USA's Year 2000 project, Rugby USA has
established a written plan concerning the Year 2000 Compliance of all Rugby USA
Critical Computer Systems (the "Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan"), details of which
have been disclosed to Parent and the Company. The Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan was
established with the intention that the Rugby Critical Computer Systems would,
before, on and following January 1, 2000, be Year 2000 Compliant in all material
respects. To date Rugby USA has implemented the Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan
(insofar as it relates to the Rugby USA Critical Computer Systems) with
reasonable skill and care and to the Knowledge of Rugby there is no reason or
circumstance why the Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan may not be fully implemented in
all material respects prior to January 1, 2000; provided, that (i) Rugby USA and
each of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries undertakes the action which is anticipated of
it under the Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan after the date hereof in a timely manner
and with reasonable skill and care and (ii) no warranty is given that the Rugby
USA Critical Computer Systems will be Year 2000 Compliant. For the purposes of
this Agreement, "Rugby USA Critical Computer Systems" means all computer systems
used by Rugby USA and/or any Rugby USA Subsidiary, the failure of which
reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA.
4.16 Taxes. Except to the extent that failure to do so, individually or
in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries have filed all Tax returns and reports to be filed by them and have
paid, or established adequate reserves for, all Taxes and Tax Sharing Agreement
Amounts required to be paid by them. Except as, individually or in the
aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, no deficiencies for any Taxes have been
proposed, asserted or assessed against Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary,
and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are pending.
4.17 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker other than
Rothschild Inc. and Schroders (collectively, the "Rugby Financial Advisors") is
entitled to any
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brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than the sale of Rugby USA's
Augusta branch and other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities) based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Rugby or Rugby USA.
Prior to the date of this Agreement, Rugby has made available to the Company or
Parent a complete and correct copy of the relevant portions of all agreements
between Rugby and each Rugby Financial Advisor under which each Rugby Financial
Advisor would be entitled to any payment from Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary relating to such transactions.
4.18 Certain Statutes. No Takeover Statute is, as of the date of this
Agreement, applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.19 Vote Required. The Requisite Rugby Vote is the only vote of the
holders of any class or series of Rugby's capital stock necessary to approve
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.20 Investment. Except as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement, Rugby is not acquiring the New Company Shares with a view to or for
sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the
Securities Act. Rugby, together with its directors and executive officers and
advisors, is familiar with investments of the nature of the New Company Shares,
understands that this investment involves substantial risks, has adequately
investigated the Company and has substantial knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters such that it is capable of evaluating, and has
evaluated, the merits and risk inherent in acquiring the New Company Shares, and
is able to bear the economic risks of such investment.
4.21 No Existing Discussions. As of the date hereof, neither Rugby nor
Rugby USA is engaged, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or negotiations
with any other party with respect to any direct or indirect acquisition or
purchase of any material portion of the assets of Rugby USA (other than sales of
assets of Rugby USA in the ordinary course of business) or any class of equity
securities of Rugby USA, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, the assets comprising Rugby USA's Augusta branch and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a "Rugby USA Acquisition").
4.22 Title to Assets. Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Subsidiary has good
and marketable title to its properties and assets not a part of the Excluded
Assets and Liabilities (other than property as to which it is a lessee) except
for such defects in title that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be excepted to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA. The Rugby Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete
list of all real property owned by Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary and all
Leases by Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary other than those a part of the
Excluded Assets and Liabilities including, in the case of Leases, the name of
the lessor, the date of the Lease and each amendment to the Lease, if any, and
the aggregate annual rental or other amounts payable under each Lease. All such
Leases are in full force and effect and are the valid and binding obligations of
Rugby USA or a Rugby USA
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Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective terms, and
no default or failure to be in full force and effect and the valid and binding
obligation of Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary, as the case may be, exists
thereunder, except where the existence of such default or failure, individually
or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS
5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement, as disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter or with
the prior written consent of Rugby, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing, the
Parent will cause the Company to, and each of Parent and the Company will cause
the Company Subsidiaries to conduct the operations of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries only in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice and Parent and the Company will cause the Company and each Company
Subsidiary to use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact the business
organization of the Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries, to keep
available the services of the present officers and key employees of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries, and to preserve the good will of customers,
suppliers and all other persons having business relationships with the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or disclosed in Section
5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, prior to the Closing, the Company will
not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, and Parent will not permit
any of them to, without the prior written consent of Rugby, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld:
(a) except as contemplated by Section 5.19, adopt any amendment
to the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the comparable
organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary;
(b) except for issuances of capital stock of Company Subsidiaries
to the Company or a wholly owned Company Subsidiary or pursuant to the Company
Stock Plan and for the Spin-Off and the Exchange, issue, reissue, transfer or
sell, or authorize the issuance, reissuance or sale of (i) shares of capital
stock of any class, or securities convertible into capital stock of any class,
or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any convertible securities or
capital stock or (ii) any other securities in respect of, in lieu of, or in
substitution for, shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or property or any combination thereof) in respect
of any class or series of its capital stock other than between the Company and
any wholly owned Company Subsidiary;
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(d) except for any stock split necessary to permit the Company to
complete the Spin-Off and the Exchange, split, combine, subdivide, reclassify or
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, or propose to redeem or purchase or
otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock, or any of its other
securities;
(e) except for (i) increases in salary, wages and benefits of
officers or employees of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in accordance
with past practice, (ii) increases in salary, wages and benefits granted to
officers and employees of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in conjunction
with new hires, promotions or other changes in job status or increases in
salary, wages and benefits to employees of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries pursuant to collective bargaining agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business, increase the compensation or fringe benefits
payable or to become payable to its directors, officers or employees (whether
from the Company or any Company Subsidiaries), or pay any benefit not required
by any existing plan or arrangement (including the granting of stock options,
stock appreciation rights, shares of restricted stock or performance units) or
grant any severance or termination pay to (except pursuant to existing
agreements, plans or policies), or enter into any employment or severance
agreement with, any director, officer or other employee of the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries or establish, adopt, enter into, or amend any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, savings, welfare, deferred compensation,
employment, termination, severance or other employee benefit plan, agreement,
trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any directors,
officers or current or former employees, except in each case to the extent
required by applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement
will be deemed to prohibit the payment of benefits as they become payable;
(f) acquire, sell, lease, license, transfer, pledge, encumber,
grant or dispose of (whether by merger, consolidation, purchase, sale or
otherwise) any assets, including capital stock of Company Subsidiaries (other
than the acquisition and sale of inventory or the disposition of used or excess
equipment and the purchase of raw materials, supplies and equipment, in either
case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or enter
into any material commitment or transaction outside the ordinary course of
business, other than transactions between a wholly owned Company Subsidiary and
the Company or another wholly owned Company Subsidiary and other than
acquisitions of building products warehousing and distribution businesses for
cash consideration having aggregate acquisition consideration payable by the
Company or a Company Subsidiary which does not exceed $15 million;
(g) (i) other than the Debt Financing, the Parent Notes Repayment
and the acquisition of the Rugby Note by acquiring the Rugby USA Shares in the
Exchange, incur, assume or prepay any long-term indebtedness or incur or assume
any short-term indebtedness (including, in either case, by issuance of debt
securities), (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or
responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of
any other person except in the ordinary course of business,
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(iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in,
any other person except in the ordinary course of business and except for loans,
advances, capital contributions or investments between any wholly owned Company
Subsidiary and Company or another wholly owned Company Subsidiary, (iv) change
the terms on which accounts receivable are collected other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice or (v) take any action that is
inconsistent with paying all payables in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; provided, however, that none of the foregoing or
any other provision of this Agreement shall prevent intercompany advances and
repayments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or
advances by Parent to fund acquisitions by the Company as permitted by
subsection (f) of this Section 5.1.
(h) terminate, cancel or request any material change in, or agree
to any material change in any Contract which is material to the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or enter into any Contract which would be
material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in either
case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice; or make or authorize any capital expenditure, other than capital
expenditures that are not, in the aggregate, for any fiscal year, in excess of
150% of the capital expenditures provided for in the Company's budget for the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole for such fiscal year (a
copy of which budget has been provided to Rugby);
(i) take any action with respect to accounting policies or
procedures, other than actions in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice or as required pursuant to applicable Law or GAAP; or
(j) authorize or enter into any formal or informal written or
other agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing.
5.2 Conduct of Business of Rugby USA. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement, as disclosed in Section 5.2 of the Rugby Disclosure Letter or with
the prior written consent of Parent or the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld and except with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing,
Rugby will cause Rugby USA and each of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries to conduct its
operations only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and will cause Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Subsidiary to use their reasonable
best efforts to preserve intact the business organization of Rugby USA and each
of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the present
officers and key employees of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, and to
preserve the good will of customers, suppliers and all other persons having
business relationships with Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise contemplated
by this Agreement or disclosed in Section 5.2 of the Rugby Disclosure Letter and
except with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, prior to the
Closing, Rugby will not permit Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary to, without
the prior written consent of Parent or the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld:
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(a) adopt any amendment to the articles of incorporation or
by-laws of Rugby USA or the comparable organizational documents of any Rugby USA
Subsidiary;
(b) except for issuances of capital stock of Rugby USA
Subsidiaries to Rugby USA or a wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and for the
Exchange, issue, reissue, transfer or sell, or authorize the issuance,
reissuance or sale of (i) additional shares of capital stock of any class, or
securities convertible into capital stock of any class, or any rights, warrants
or options to acquire any convertible securities or capital stock or (ii) any
other securities in respect of, in lieu of, or in substitution for, shares of
Rugby USA Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) except as contemplated by Section 2.1, declare, set aside or
pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or property
or any combination thereof) in respect of any class or series of its capital
stock other than between Rugby USA and any wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary;
(d) split, combine, subdivide, reclassify or redeem (other than
in connection with the transactions described in Section 2.1), purchase or
otherwise acquire, or propose to redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire, any
shares of its capital stock, or any of its other securities;
(e) except for (i) increases in salary, wages and benefits of
officers or employees of Rugby USA or the Rugby USA Subsidiaries in accordance
with past practice, (ii) increases in salary, wages and benefits granted to
officers and employees of Rugby USA or the Rugby USA Subsidiaries in conjunction
with new hires, promotions or other changes in job status or increases in
salary, wages and benefits to employees of Rugby USA or the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries pursuant to collective bargaining agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business, increase the compensation or fringe benefits
payable or to become payable to its directors, officers or employees (whether
from Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiaries), or pay any benefit not required
by any existing plan or arrangement (including the granting of stock options,
stock appreciation rights, shares of restricted stock or performance units) or
grant any severance or termination pay to (except pursuant to existing
agreements, plans or policies), or enter into any employment or severance
agreement with, any director, officer or other employee of Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiaries or establish, adopt, enter into, or amend any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, savings, welfare, deferred compensation,
employment, termination, severance or other employee benefit plan, agreement,
trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any directors,
officers or current or former employees, except in each case to the extent
required by applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement
will be deemed to prohibit the payment of benefits as they become payable or the
establishment of employee benefit plans for Rugby USA Employees connected with
the Excluded Assets and Liabilities as listed on Annex 1 as long as such plan or
plans are substantially similar to plans currently sponsored or maintained by
Rugby USA and/or Rugby USA subsidiaries (collectively, the
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"Current Benefit Plans") and such plan or plans do not increase or otherwise
alter any benefits earned or accrued under the Current Benefit Plans;
(f) except as contemplated by Section 2.1, acquire, sell, lease,
license, transfer, pledge, encumber, grant or dispose of (whether by merger,
consolidation, purchase, sale or otherwise) any assets, including capital stock
of Rugby USA Subsidiaries (other than the acquisition and sale of inventory or
the disposition of used or excess equipment and the purchase of raw materials,
supplies and equipment, in either case in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice) or enter into any material commitment or
transaction outside the ordinary course of business, other than transactions
between a wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and Rugby USA or another wholly
owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and other than the sale of assets comprising Rugby
USA's Augusta branch;
(g) (i) except for incurring obligations under the Rugby Note,
incur, assume or prepay any long-term indebtedness or assume any short-term
indebtedness (including, in either case, by issuance of debt securities), except
that Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries may incur, assume or prepay
indebtedness in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
under existing lines of credit, (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise
become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for
the obligations of any other person except in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in,
any other person except in the ordinary course of business and except for loans,
advances, capital contributions or investments between any wholly owned Rugby
USA Subsidiary and Rugby USA or another wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary, (iv)
change the terms on which accounts receivable are collected other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (v) take any action
inconsistent with paying all payables in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(h) except as contemplated by Section 2.1, terminate, cancel or
request any material change in, or agree to any material change in any Contract
which is material to Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
or enter into any Contract which would be material to Rugby USA and the Rugby
USA Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in either case other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice; or make or authorize any
capital expenditure, other than capital expenditures that are not, in the
aggregate, for any fiscal year, in excess of 150% of the capital expenditures
provided for in Rugby USA's budget for Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries
taken as a whole for such fiscal year (a copy of which budget has been provided
to Parent or the Company);
(i) take any action with respect to accounting policies or
procedures, other than actions in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice or as required pursuant to applicable Law or GAAP; or
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(j) authorize or enter into any formal or informal written or
other agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing.
5.3 Other Actions. During the period from the date hereof to the
Closing, the Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
Subsidiaries to, take any action that would, or that could reasonably be
expected to, result in any of the conditions to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement set forth in Article 6 hereof not being satisfied.
5.4 Notification of Certain Matters. Parent and the Company on the one
hand and Rugby on the other hand shall promptly notify the other of (a) the
occurrence or non-occurrence of any fact or event which could reasonably be
expected (i) to cause any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement
to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect at any time from the date
hereof to the Closing, (ii) to cause any covenant, condition or agreement
hereunder not to be complied with or satisfied in all material respects or (iii)
to result in, in the case of the Company or Parent, a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company and, in the case of Rugby, a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA,
(b) any failure of the Company or Parent on the one hand and Rugby on the other
hand, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or
agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder in any material
respect; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the
representations or warranties of any party or the conditions to the obligations
of any party hereunder, (c) any notice or other material communications from any
Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and (d) the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding that seeks
to prevent or seek damages in respect of, or otherwise relates to, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.5 SEC Filings.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this
Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC an amendment (the
"Amendment") to the Form 10 which, among other things, describes the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and Parent will consult
with Rugby and its advisors in preparing the Amendment and it shall be in form
and substance satisfactory to Rugby in its reasonable judgment. Substantially
contemporaneously with the filing of the Amendment with the SEC, copies of the
Amendment shall be provided to the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Parent, the
Company and Rugby each shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Form
10 to become effective as promptly as practicable. Parent and the Company shall
also prepare and file with the SEC, in consultation with and as reasonably
approved by Rugby, such additional documents as are required to be filed and
circulated to Parent's stockholders in connection with the Spin-Off in order to
satisfy the requirements of SEC Staff Legal Bulletin No. 4 ("SLB 4") regarding
exemption of the Spin-Off from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act (any such other documents the "Additional SEC Documents"). As promptly as
practicable, subject to the requirements of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the
Securities Act, Parent and the Company will cause to be distributed to
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Parent's stockholders the Form 10 as amended by the Amendment (in preliminary
form) and/or the Additional SEC Documents (as the Parties shall jointly
determine, in their reasonable judgment and in compliance with SEC requirements
including those under SLB 4) and shall use their reasonable best efforts to
cause the Spin-Off to meet the other requirements of SLB 4 regarding exemption
of the Spin-Off from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Parent
and the Company shall cause the Form 10 and any Additional SEC Documents to
comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the
rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(b) No additional amendment or supplement to the Form 10 or any
Additional SEC Document will be made without the approval of Rugby, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of Parent and the
Company will advise Rugby, promptly after it receives notice of the time when
the Form 10 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto or to
any Additional SEC Document has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order in
connection with the Spin-Off or of any request by the SEC or the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. for amendment of the Form 10 or any Additional SEC Document or
comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional
information.
(c) The information supplied by Parent and the Company for
inclusion in the Form 10, or any Additional SEC Document, shall not, at (i) the
time the Form 10 or such Additional SEC Document is declared effective, (ii) the
time the Form 10 or such Additional SEC Document is first distributed to the
stockholders of Parent and (iii) the time of the Spin-Off, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time
prior to the time of the Spin-Off, any event or circumstance relating to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors,
should be discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an
amendment or a supplement to the Form 10 or any Additional SEC Document, Parent
and the Company shall promptly inform Rugby. All documents that the Company is
responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby will comply as to form and substance in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act.
(d) The information supplied by Rugby or Rugby USA for inclusion
in the Amendment, any further amendment or supplement to the Form 10 or any
Additional SEC Document shall not, at (i) the time the Form 10 or such
Additional SEC Document is declared effective, (ii) the time the Form 10 or such
Additional SEC Document is first distributed to the stockholders of Parent and
(iii) the time of the Spin-Off, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading. If, at any time prior to
the time of the Spin-Off, any event or circumstance relating to Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be
discovered by Rugby that
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should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Form 10 or any
Additional SEC Document, Rugby shall promptly inform Parent or the Company.
5.6 Stockholders' Meeting. As promptly as practicable following the
satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 6.1(a), Rugby will take all
action necessary to convene an extraordinary general meeting of holders of Rugby
Ordinary Shares for the purpose of considering resolutions to approve the
Exchange and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Rugby
Shareholders Meeting") and will distribute any required circular to such holders
(the "Circular"); provided that Rugby shall not be required to hold the Rugby
Shareholders Meeting unless and until the Financing Commitments have been
received. Subject to Section 9.1, Rugby shall, through its Board of Directors
(the "Rugby Board"), in the Circular, recommend that such holders vote in favor
of the adoption of the Exchange.
5.7 Access to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) Except as required under any confidentiality agreement or
similar agreement or arrangement to which Parent, the Company, Rugby or Rugby
USA or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or under applicable Law
or the regulations or requirements of any securities exchange or quotation
service or other self regulatory organization with whose rules the parties are
required to comply, from the date of this Agreement to the Closing, Parent and
the Company on the one hand (with respect to the Company) and Rugby on the other
hand (with respect to Rugby USA) shall (and shall cause the respective
Subsidiaries of the Company and Rugby USA (as the case may be) to): (i) provide
to the other (and its officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants,
legal counsel, financial advisors, investment bankers, agents and other
representatives (collectively, "Representatives")) access at reasonable times
upon prior notice to the officers, employees, agents, properties, offices and
other facilities of the other and its subsidiaries and to the books and records
thereof; and (ii) furnish promptly such information concerning the business,
properties, Contracts, assets, liabilities, personnel and other aspects of the
other party and its subsidiaries as the other party or its Representatives may
reasonably request. No investigation conducted under this Section 5.7 shall
affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made in this
Agreement.
(b) The Parties shall comply with, and shall cause their
respective Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations
under the Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of July 26, 1999, between Rugby
and the Company, and the related letter from Parent to Rugby, dated as of
September 23, 1999 (such agreement and letter, collectively, the
"Confidentiality Agreement"), with respect to the information disclosed under
this Section 5.7.
5.8 Employee Benefits Matters.
(a) As of the Closing Date, Rugby USA and its subsidiaries shall
cease to be participating employers in the Rugby Group 1995 United States
Savings-Related
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Share Option Scheme, and Rugby shall take, or cause to be taken all such action
as may be necessary to effect such cessation of participation.
(b) With respect to all Rugby USA Employees not connected with
the Excluded Assets and Liabilities as listed on Annex 1, the Company shall
maintain for at least one year following the Closing employee benefit plans
providing benefits that are substantially similar to those it provides the
Company's own employees during such period. The Company shall grant all Rugby
USA Employees credit for all service with Rugby USA or its subsidiaries or their
respective predecessors prior to the Closing for all purposes for which such
service was recognized by Rugby or Rugby USA, and the Company shall waive any
pre-existing condition exclusions. Rugby USA Employees shall be credited with
any deductible and other out-of-pocket expenses paid in the calendar year of the
Closing under Rugby USA's health plans for purposes of the Company's health
plans.
5.9 Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) The Company agrees that all rights to indemnification now
existing in favor of any director or officer of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries (the "Indemnified Parties") as provided in their respective
articles of incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents, in an
agreement between an Indemnified Party and Rugby USA or one of the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries, or otherwise in effect on the date hereof shall survive the
Closing and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of not less
than six years from the Closing Date; provided, that in the event any claim or
claims are asserted or made within such six-year period, all rights to
indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until
final disposition of any and all such claims. The Company also agrees to
indemnify after the Closing all Indemnified Parties to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law with respect to all acts and omissions arising out
of such individuals' services as officers, directors, employees or agents of
Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries or as trustees or fiduciaries of
any plan for the benefit of employees, or otherwise on behalf of, Rugby USA or
any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, occurring prior to the Closing, including the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, in
the event any such Indemnified Party is or becomes involved in any capacity in
any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any matter, including
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, occurring prior to, and
including, the Closing, after the Closing the Company will pay as incurred such
Indemnified Party's reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of
any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith.
(b) The Company shall from and after the Closing cause to be
maintained in effect for not less than six years from the Closing Date the
current policies of the directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained
by Rugby USA; provided, that the Company may substitute therefor policies of at
least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are no less
advantageous and provided that such substitution shall not result in any gaps or
lapses in coverage with respect to matters occurring prior to the Closing Date;
and provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to pay an annual
premium in
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excess of 150% of the last annual premium paid by Rugby USA prior to the date
hereof and if the Company is unable to obtain the insurance required by this
Section 5.9(b) it shall obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for an
annual premium equal to such maximum amount.
(c) The provisions of this Section 5.9 shall be enforceable by
the directors and officers of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries as third
party beneficiaries.
5.10 Reasonable Best Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions
provided in this Agreement and to applicable legal requirements, each of the
Parties agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all action, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the
other Parties in doing, as promptly as practicable, all things necessary, proper
or advisable under applicable Laws to ensure that the conditions set forth in
Article 6 are satisfied and to consummate and make effective the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement including, but not limited to, (a) Parent and the
Company taking all preparatory steps necessary or desirable to consummate the
Spin-Off and the Exchange, including using their reasonable best efforts to
obtain a Spin-Off Ruling and the completion of any required stock splits with
respect to Company Common Stock, (b) Parent and the Company using their best
efforts to ensure consummation, at Closing, of the Debt Financing such that net
proceeds sufficient to make the Rugby Note Repayment, the Parent Note Repayment
and the Acquisition Notes Repayment at Closing are received by the Company in
the Debt Financing, (c) Rugby taking, and causing Rugby USA to take, all
reasonable steps necessary to dispose of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities in
the manner contemplated by Annex 2 and (d) subject to Section 9.1, Rugby using
its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Rugby Shareholder Approval. If at any
time after the Closing any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out
the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution of additional
instruments, the proper officers and directors of each Party to this Agreement
shall take all such necessary action.
5.11 Consents; Filings; Further Action.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, each of
the Parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) obtain from
Governmental Authorities any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals,
authorizations or orders required to be obtained or made by Parent, the Company
or Rugby or any of their subsidiaries in connection with the authorization,
execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) make
all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other submissions either required
or deemed appropriate by each of the parties, with respect to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby required (A) under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and any other applicable federal or Blue Sky Laws, (B) under the
HSR Act, (C) any other applicable Law, and (D) the rules and regulations of the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The Parties shall cooperate and consult with each
other in connection with the making of all such filings, including by providing
copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party and its advisors
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prior to filing, and none of the Parties will file any such document if any of
the other parties shall have reasonably objected to the filing of such document.
No Party to this Agreement shall consent to any voluntary extension of any
statutory deadline or waiting period or to any voluntary delay of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby at the behest of any
Governmental Authority without the consent and agreement of the other Parties to
this Agreement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(b) Each Party hereto shall promptly inform the others of any
material communication from the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of
Justice or any other Governmental Authority regarding any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. If any Party or any Affiliate thereof receives a
request for additional information or documentary material from any such
Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, then such Party will endeavor in good faith to make, or cause to be
made, as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other
Parties, an appropriate response in compliance with such request. Each Party
will advise the other Parties promptly in respect of any understandings,
undertakings or agreements (oral or written) which such Party proposes to make
or enter into with the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice or
any other Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, each Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to resolve such
objections, if any, as may be asserted with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement under any antitrust, competition or trade
regulatory Laws of any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation,
agreeing to sell, hold separate, divest, discontinue or limit, before or after
the Closing, any assets, businesses, or interest in any assets or businesses of
the Company or Rugby USA if requested by such Governmental Authority, so long as
such action would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely impact
the economic or business benefits to the Company or Rugby of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA or a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
5.12 Company Rights Plan. Prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off,
the Company shall take all action necessary to cause to become effective the
Company Rights Plan, which shall be in the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit D.
5.13 Public Announcements. Parent and the Company on the one hand and
Rugby on the other hand shall consult with each other before issuing any press
release or otherwise making any public statements with respect to this Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not issue any such
press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation,
except to the extent required by applicable Law or the requirements of the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the London Stock Exchange, in which case the
issuing party shall use its reasonable best efforts to consult with the other
Parties before issuing any such release or making any such public statement.
5.14 Stock Exchange Listing. The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Company Common Stock to be listed on the New York Stock
Exchange,
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Inc. as of the time of the consummation of the Spin-Off and for the New Company
Shares to be approved for listing thereon, subject to official notice of
issuance, prior to the Closing.
5.15 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3, whether or
not the Exchange is consummated, all Expenses incurred in connection with this
Agreement and the Exchange and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall
be paid by the Party incurring such Expense, except that Expenses incurred in
connection with the filing fee under the HSR Act shall be shared equally by
Parent and Rugby.
5.16 Retention of Records; Cooperation in Litigation.
(a) The Company agrees (i) to hold Rugby USA's material
agreements, documents, books, records and files (including those on computer
disk) ("Records") and not to destroy or dispose of any thereof for a period of
six years from the Closing Date; provided, that if the Company desires to
destroy or dispose of such Records during such period, it will first offer in
writing at least 90 days prior to such destruction or disposition to surrender
them to Rugby and if Rugby does not accept such offer within 60 days after
receipt of such offer, the Company may take such action and (ii) following the
Closing Date to afford Rugby and its accountants and counsel, during normal
business hours, upon reasonable request, at any time, reasonable access to the
Records and to Company or Company Subsidiary employees employed prior to the
Closing by Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary to the extent that such access
may be requested for any legitimate purpose at no cost to Rugby (other than for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses); provided, however, that such access will not
operate to cause the waiver of any attorney-client, work product or like
privilege; provided, further, that in the event of any litigation nothing herein
shall limit either party's rights of discovery under applicable Law.
(b) Following the Closing, and to the extent reasonably necessary
to permit Rugby to defend (including, without limitation, any related
investigation, appeal or settlement) any lawsuit, mediation, enforcement action,
arbitration, administrative hearing or other adjudicative proceeding which
exists at the Closing Date or which is brought thereafter, the Company agrees to
afford Rugby and its accountants and counsel, during normal business hours at no
cost to Rugby other than reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, (i) reasonable
access to all Company employees employed prior to the Closing by Rugby USA and
all witnesses subject to the control or direction of the Company or any of its
Affiliates and (ii) reasonable access to all documents and records within the
custody or subject to the control of the Company relating to Rugby USA;
provided, however, that such access will not operate to cause the waiver of any
attorney-client, work product or like privilege; provided further, that in the
event of any litigation nothing herein shall limit either party's rights of
discovery under applicable Law.
5.17 Corporate Name. For a period of two years from the Closing Date,
the Company will have the nonexclusive right to operate in the United States
under the name "Rugby Building Products," subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in Annex 4 to this Agreement.
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5.18 Intercompany Agreements. Except for any action that would affect
in any respect the transactions provided for in Article 2 and except for the
Distribution Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement and the Employee Matters
Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibits E, F and G,
respectively, with such changes as may be agreed to by Parent and the Company
and (i) in the case of changes which could reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the Company, that are acceptable to Rugby, and (ii) in all
other cases that are reasonably acceptable to Rugby, each of which will be
entered into by Parent and the Company in connection with the Spin-Off
(collectively, the "Spin-Off Agreements"), and except for any arrangement or
agreement that any of the Spin-Off Agreements expressly provide will survive the
Spin-Off, (a) Parent and the Company shall cause the termination, as of the time
the Spin-Off is consummated, of all Contracts and intercompany indebtedness
between Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries) on the one hand and the Company or a Company Subsidiary on the
other hand, other than the Parent Note and the Acquisition Notes and (b) Rugby
shall cause, and shall cause Rugby USA to take all action required to cause, the
termination, as of the Closing, of all Contracts and intercompany indebtedness
between Rugby or any of its affiliates (other than Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries) on the one hand and Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary on the
other hand, other than the Rugby Note and any agreements, arrangements,
commitments or understandings to which any Person other than Rugby, Rugby USA
and their respective Affiliates is a party.
5.19 Officers and Directors of the Company. The Company and Parent, as
sole stockholder of the Company, shall take all action necessary, including the
adoption of appropriate or necessary stockholder resolutions in accordance with
the Delaware General Corporation Law, to ensure that upon the Closing, the Board
of Directors of the Company is composed of nine directors, three of whom shall
be designated by Rugby, as provided for under the Registration Rights Agreement.
Parent and the Company, through its Board of Directors, shall take all action
necessary, including the adoption of appropriate Board of Directors resolutions
in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, to ensure that upon the
Closing, the Chairman of the Board of the Company shall continue to be R. Shell
Evans, the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company shall continue
to be Barry M. Kulpa and the Chief Operating Officer of the Company shall be
Stephen Brown (currently the President of Rugby USA) and in that connection,
Parent and the Company shall cause the by-laws of the Company to be amended, as
necessary, as of the Closing, to make the position of "Chief Operating Officer"
an officer of the Company reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and President
of the Company.
5.20 Exclusivity. Rugby shall not and shall cause Rugby USA not to,
directly or indirectly, and shall use its best efforts to cause its officers,
directors, employees, legal counsel, investment bankers and financial or other
advisers not to, (i) encourage any inquiries or proposals regarding a Rugby USA
Acquisition (a "Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal"), (ii) subject to Section 9.1,
engage in negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide any non-public
information to any Person relating to, any Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or
(iii) subject to Section 9.1, agree to or approve or recommend any Rugby USA
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Acquisition Proposal. Neither Parent nor the Company shall, directly or
indirectly, and shall use its best efforts to cause its officers, directors,
employees, legal counsel, investment bankers and financial or other advisers not
to, (x) encourage any inquiries or proposals regarding a Company Acquisition (a
"Company Acquisition Proposal"), (y) subject to Section 9.2, engage in
negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide any non-public information to
any Person relating to, any Company Acquisition Proposal or (z) subject to
Section 9.2, agree to or approve any Company Acquisition Proposal.
5.21 Best Efforts. Parent and the Company shall use their best efforts
to obtain the Financing Commitments and the Debt Financing, including, for
purposes of this obligation, financing of the Total Cash Amount consistent with
clause (i) of the definition of Total Cash Amount.
5.22 Tax Payment. Rugby shall pay or shall cause Rugby USA to pay to
the IRS, on or before the Closing Date, the Rugby Tax Amount.
5.23 Return Filing and Preparation. The Company shall promptly prepare
all returns or other reports with respect to Taxes required to be filed by or
with respect to Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries for any taxable period
(or portion thereof) ending on the Closing Date and shall present such returns
to Rugby no later than 30 days prior to the due date for such returns.
Thereafter the Company shall timely file such returns or cause such returns to
be timely filed; provided that no such return shall be filed without Rugby's
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
5.24 Tax Refunds. The Company shall promptly pay over to Rugby any Tax
refund received with respect to the assets and operations of Rugby USA and the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries for periods ending on or before the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 6
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Obligation of Parent to Consummate the
Spin-Off. The obligation of Parent to consummate the Spin-Off shall be subject
to the fulfillment (or waiver by Parent in writing) upon or prior to
consummation of the Spin-Off of the following conditions:
(a) Spin-Off Ruling. Parent shall have received a Spin-Off
Ruling;
(b) Form 10. The SEC shall have declared effective the Form 10
(and/or, any Additional SEC Documents filed in compliance with Section 5.5 which
are required to be declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act) and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 (or
any such Additional SEC
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Document) shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
been initiated or threatened by the SEC;
(c) NYSE Listing. The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the Nasdaq
Stock Market, Inc. shall have approved for listing, subject to official notice
of issuance, the shares of Company Common Stock to be transferred to the
stockholders of Parent in the Spin-Off;
(d) No Injunction. No order shall have been entered and shall
have remained in effect in any action or proceeding before any Governmental
Authority that would prohibit or make illegal the consummation of the Spin-Off
or the Exchange;
(e) Rugby Shareholder Approval. The Requisite Rugby Vote shall
have been obtained;
(f) HSR. All applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act shall
have been terminated or expired;
(g) Financing Commitments. Parent shall have received a copy of
the Financing Commitments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Parent; and
(h) Governmental Consents. Any and all consents of Governmental
Authorities, if any, necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall have been obtained, where the failure to obtain such
consents, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or a Material Adverse Effect
on Rugby USA.
6.2 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company and Rugby. The
respective obligations of each of the Company and Rugby to consummate the
Exchange and the Simultaneous Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment
at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) No Injunction. No order shall have been entered and shall
have remained in effect in any action or proceeding before any Governmental
Authority that would prohibit or make illegal the consummation of the Exchange
or the Simultaneous Transactions;
(b) Governmental Consents. Any and all consents of Governmental
Authorities, if any, necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall have been obtained, where the failure to obtain such
consents, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or a Material Adverse Effect
on Rugby USA;
(c) Rugby Shareholder Approval. The Requisite Rugby Vote shall
have been obtained; and
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(d) HSR. All applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act shall
have been terminated or expired.
6.3 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Rugby. The
obligations of Rugby to consummate the Exchange and the Simultaneous
Transactions are also subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in writing by Rugby)
at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties of Parent and the Company contained in Article 3 of this
Agreement shall, to the extent qualified by materiality or material adverse
effect, be true and correct in all respects, in either case, and to the extent
not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties as are made as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects or all material
respects, as the case may be, as of such specified date);
(b) Covenants. All the covenants in this Agreement to be complied
with and performed by Parent or the Company on or before the Closing Date shall
have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;
(c) Officer's Certificate. A certificate to the effect that the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a) and (b) have been fulfilled, dated the
Closing Date and signed by an authorized executive officer of each of Parent and
the Company, on behalf of Parent or the Company (as the case may be), shall have
been delivered to Rugby;
(d) Spin-Off. All of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1
shall have been fulfilled and Parent shall have consummated the Spin-Off;
(e) Ancillary Agreements. The Letter Agreement shall as of the
time of Closing be in full force and effect and enforceable against the Crane
Fund and the Company shall have executed and delivered to Rugby each of the
Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit
B and the Transition Services Agreement in the form attached to this Agreement
as Exhibit C;
(f) NYSE Listing. The Company Common Stock shall be approved for
listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.,
subject to official notice of issuance;
(g) Officers and Directors. As of the Closing (i) the Board of
Directors of the Company shall have nine members of which there shall include
that number of persons designated to serve thereon by Rugby as is, as of its
execution and delivery, required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement
and (ii) Stephen Brown shall have been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the
Company and the by-laws of the Company shall have been amended as specified in
Section 5.19; and
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(h) Financing Commitments. Rugby shall have received a copy of
the Financing Commitments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Rugby.
6.4 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company. The
obligations of the Company to consummate the Exchange and the Simultaneous
Transactions are also subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in writing by the
Company) at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties of Rugby contained in Article 4 of this Agreement shall, to the
extent qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, be true and correct
in all respects, in either case, and to the extent not so qualified shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except for
such representations and warranties as are made as of a specified date, which
shall be true and correct in all respects or in all material respects, as the
case may be, as of such specified date);
(b) Covenants. All the covenants in this Agreement to be complied
with and performed by Rugby on or before the Closing Date shall have been duly
complied with and performed in all material respects;
(c) Officer's Certificates. A certificate to the effect that the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.4(a) and (b) have been fulfilled, dated the
Closing Date and signed by an authorized executive officer of Rugby, on behalf
of Rugby, shall have been delivered to the Company;
(d) Ancillary Agreements. Rugby shall have executed and delivered
to the Company each of the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached to
this Agreement as Exhibit B and the Transition Services Agreement in the form
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C; and
(e) Rugby Tax Payment. Rugby shall have performed the covenant
set forth in Section 5.22.
ARTICLE 7
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 By Rugby. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 7,
Rugby hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company and its
directors, officers and employees (each a "Company Party" and collectively, the
"Company Parties"), from and against all Claims and Losses asserted against,
imposed upon, or incurred by any Company Party, directly or indirectly, by
reason of, arising out of, or resulting from (a) the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities or (b) the liabilities of Rugby USA described on Annex 5A attached
hereto.
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7.2 By Parent. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 7,
and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Spin-Off Agreements, Parent
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company Parties from and against,
and pay or reimburse, as the case may be, the Company Parties for, all
Indemnifiable Losses (as defined on Annex 5B), as incurred or suffered by any
Company Party based upon, arising out of, relating or otherwise in connection
with the items described on Annex 5B attached hereto. This Section 7.2 and the
Spin-Off Agreements shall be enforceable by Rugby, acting on behalf of the
Company.
7.3 Notice of Claim.
(a) For purposes of this Article 7, the term "Indemnifying Party"
when used in connection with a particular Claim or Loss shall mean the Party
having an obligation to indemnify another Person with respect to such Claim or
Loss pursuant to this Article 7, and the term "Indemnified Party" when used in
connection with a particular Claim or Loss shall mean the Person having the
right to be indemnified with respect to such Claim or Loss by another party
pursuant to this Article 7.
(b) Promptly after any Indemnified Party becomes aware of facts
giving rise to a Claim by it for indemnification pursuant to this Article 7,
such Indemnified Party will provide notice thereof in writing to the
Indemnifying Party (a "Claim Notice") specifying the nature and specific basis
for such Claim and a copy of all papers served with respect to such Claim (if
any). For purposes of this Section 7.3(b), receipt by a party of written notice
of any demand, assertion, claim, action or proceeding (judicial, administrative
or otherwise) by or from any Person other than a Party to this Agreement which
gives rise to a Claim an behalf of such party (including the commencement of any
Tax audit) shall constitute the discovery of facts giving rise to a Claim by it
and shall require prompt notice of the receipt of such matter as provided in the
first sentence of this Section 7.3(b). The failure by an Indemnified Party to
notify an Indemnifying Party shall not be a defense to any indemnification
obligation unless the Indemnifying Party is able to demonstrate that actual and
material prejudice was suffered by the Indemnifying Party as a result of such
failure to notify. Each Claim Notice shall set forth a reasonable description of
the Claim as the Indemnified Party shall then have and shall contain a statement
to the effect that the Indemnified Party giving the notice is making a claim
pursuant to and formal demand for indemnification under this Article 7. The
Claim Notice must set forth the particular provision in this Article 7 and any
related provision in this Agreement pursuant to which such indemnification claim
is made.
7.4 Third Party Claims.
(a) If an Indemnified Party shall have any Claim asserted against
such Indemnified Party by a Person that is not a Party to this Agreement (a
"Third Party Claim"), the Indemnified Party promptly shall transmit to the
Indemnifying Party a Claim Notice relating to such Third Party Claim. Prior to
the expiration of the 45-day period following the Indemnifying Party's receipt
of such notice (the "Election Period"),
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Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party whether the Indemnifying
Party disputes its potential liability to the Indemnified Party under this
Article 7 with respect to such Third Party Claim.
(b) If an Indemnifying Party notifies an Indemnified Party within
the Election Period that the Indemnifying Party does not dispute its potential
liability to the Indemnified Party under this Article 7, the Indemnifying Party
shall assume the defense of the Third Party Claim, at its sole cost and expense,
and shall prosecute such defense diligently to a final conclusion or settle such
Third Party Claim at the discretion of the Indemnifying Party in accordance with
this Section 7.4(b). The Indemnifying Party shall have full control of such
defense and proceedings, including any compromise or settlement thereof;
provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not consent to entry of any
judgment or enter into any settlement (in either case without the written
consent of the Indemnified Party) that does not include as an unconditional term
thereof the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff to the Indemnified Party a
complete and unconditional release from all liability in respect of such claim
or litigation or the effect of which is to permit any injunction, declaratory
judgment, other order or other nonmonetary relief to be entered directly or
indirectly, against any Indemnified Party. If requested by the Indemnifying
Party, the Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate fully with the Indemnifying
Party and its counsel at the Indemnifying Party's expense in contesting any
Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party elects to contest, including,
without limitation, the making of any related counterclaim against the Person
asserting the Third Party Claim or any cross-complaint against any Person. The
Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in, but not control, any
defense or settlement of any Third Party Claim controlled by the Indemnifying
Party pursuant to this Section 7.4(b) and shall bear its own costs and expenses
with respect to any such participation.
7.5 Subrogation. In the event that any Indemnified Party has a right
against a Third Party with respect to any damages, losses, costs or expenses
paid to or on behalf of such Indemnified Party by an Indemnifying Party, then
such Indemnifying Party shall, to the extent of such payment, be subrogated to
the right of such Indemnified Party.
7.6 Offset. Indemnity obligations of any Indemnifying Party shall be
reduced by any Tax deduction, Tax credit or other Tax benefit or any insurance
proceeds realized by any Indemnified Party with respect to any Claim or Loss for
which the Indemnified Party seeks indemnification under this Article 7.
ARTICLE 8
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions
contemplated hereby abandoned as follows:
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(a) by the mutual written consent of Parent and Rugby at any time
prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off and of the Company and Rugby at any
time prior to the Closing;
(b) by any Party if a final, non-appealable order to restrain,
obtain or otherwise prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall have been entered by any Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction;
(c) by any Party if the Closing shall not have occurred on or
before January 31, 2000 (the "Termination Date"); provided, that a Party shall
not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c) if
the failure results primarily from the breach by such Party of any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement (and the
Company and Parent shall be deemed a single Party for purposes of this Section
8.1(c)); and provided further that no Party may terminate this Agreement solely
pursuant to this Section 8.1(c) if, prior to the Termination Date, the Spin-Off
has been declared by the Board of Directors of Parent;
(d) by any Party, if the Requisite Rugby Vote fails to be
obtained at the Rugby Shareholders Meeting, including any adjournment or
postponement thereof;
(e) by Rugby, if any of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2
or 6.3 becomes incapable of being fulfilled before the Termination Date, despite
the exercise by the Parties of their reasonable best efforts to cause such
condition to be fulfilled;
(f) by Parent, if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1
becomes incapable of being fulfilled before the Termination Date, despite the
exercise by the Parties of their reasonable best efforts to cause such condition
to be fulfilled;
(g) by the Company, if any of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6.2 or 6.4 becomes incapable of being fulfilled before the Termination
Date, despite the exercise by the Parties of their reasonable best efforts to
cause such condition to be fulfilled;
(h) by Parent or the Company, if (i) the Rugby Board withdraws,
modifies or changes its approval or recommendation of this Agreement or the
Exchange in a manner adverse to Parent or the Company or shall have resolved to
do so, (ii) the Rugby Board shall have recommended to the stockholders of Rugby
a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or shall have resolved to do so or (iii) Rugby
has entered into a definitive agreement to consummate a Rugby USA Acquisition
Proposal; or
(i) by Rugby, if the Rugby Board shall, following receipt of
written advice of independent legal counsel (who may be Rugby's regularly
engaged independent legal counsel) that failure to so terminate would cause the
Rugby Board to breach its fiduciary duties under applicable Laws or if an
unsolicited proposal for a Superior Rugby USA Acquisition has been made and
Rugby or Rugby USA enters into a definitive agreement to consummate such
Superior Rugby USA Acquisition;
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(j) by Parent or the Company, if (x) the Board of Directors of
Parent determines not to consummate the Spin-Off, (y) an unsolicited proposal
for a Superior Company Acquisition has been made and (z) Parent or the Company
enters into a definitive agreement to consummate such Superior Company
Acquisition; or
(k) by Rugby, if (x) the Board of Directors of Parent resolves
not to consummate the Spin-Off or (y) Parent or the Company has entered into a
definitive agreement to consummate a Superior Company Acquisition.
8.2 Effect of Termination. Except as provided in Section 10.1, in the
event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void, there shall be no liability under this Agreement on
the part of the Parent, the Company or Rugby or any of their respective
Representatives, and all rights and obligations of each Party hereto shall
cease, subject to the remedies of the parties set forth in Section 8.3;
provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve any Party from
liability for the willful breach of any of its representations and warranties or
the breach of any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
8.3 Expenses Following Certain Termination Events.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 8.3, all Expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.15. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Expenses" consist of all out-of-pocket expenses
(including, all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers,
experts and consultants to a Party hereto and its Affiliates) incurred by a
Party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization,
preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements, the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of Form 10,
any Additional SEC Documents, the solicitation of the Requisite Rugby Vote and
the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of documents in connection
therewith and all other matters related to the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) If (i) Parent or the Company terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.1(h), (ii) Rugby terminates this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.1(i) or (iii) Parent, the Company or Rugby terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.1(d) and within six months of termination pursuant to
Section 8.1(d) Rugby shall have entered into an agreement relating to a Rugby
USA Acquisition Proposal, then Rugby shall pay to Parent $5,000,000. If Parent
or the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(j) or Rugby
terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(k), then Parent shall pay to
Rugby $5,000,000.
(c) Each of the Parties agrees that the payments provided for in
Section 8.3(b) shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Parties upon a
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.1(d), 8.1(h), 8.1(i),
8.1(j) and 8.1(k), as the case may be,
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and such remedy shall be limited to the payment stipulated in Section 8.3(b);
provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve any party from
liability for the willful breach of any of its representations and warranties or
the breach of any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
(d) Any payment required to be made pursuant to Section 8.3(b)
shall be made not later than two business days after delivery of demand for
payment by the Party receiving payment to the other Party and shall be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the
Party receiving payment.
ARTICLE 9
BOARD ACTIONS
9.1 Rugby Board Actions. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required by the fiduciary obligations
of the Rugby Board under applicable Law, as determined by the Rugby Board in
good faith based on a written opinion of outside counsel or if the Rugby Board
determines that an unsolicited Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal has been made
which the Rugby Board determines, in good faith, based in part on the written
advice of either Rugby Financial Advisor (or another U.S. or U.K. nationally
recognized investment banking firm), is more favorable to Rugby and its
shareholders than the Exchange from a financial point of view (a "Superior Rugby
USA Acquisition"), Rugby may:
(a) disclose to its shareholders any information required to be
disclosed under applicable Law;
(b) in response to an unsolicited request therefor, participate
in discussions or negotiations with respect to, furnish information with respect
to pursuant to a confidentiality agreement on terms not less favorable to Rugby
USA than the Confidentiality Agreement or otherwise respond to or deal with any
Person in connection with a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or such proposal for
a Superior Rugby USA Acquisition, as the case may be;
(c) approve or recommend (and in connection therewith withdraw or
modify its approval or recommendation of this Agreement and the Exchange) a
Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or such proposal for a Superior Rugby USA
Acquisition, as the case may be, or enter into an agreement with respect to a
Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or such Superior Rugby USA Acquisition, as the
case may be.
9.2 Parent Board Actions. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, if the Board of Directors of Parent (the "Parent
Board") determines that an unsolicited proposal for a Company Acquisition
Proposal has been made which the Parent Board determines, in good faith, based
in part on the written advice of the
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Parent Financial Advisor (or another U.S. nationally recognized investment
banking firm), is more favorable to Parent and its shareholders than the
Spin-Off and the Exchange from a financial point of view (a "Superior Company
Acquisition"), Parent or the Company may:
(a) in response to an unsolicited request therefor, participate
in discussions or negotiations with respect to or furnish information with
respect to pursuant to a confidentiality agreement on terms not less favorable
to the Company than the Confidentiality Agreement or otherwise respond to or
deal with any Person in connection with such Superior Company Acquisition; or
(b) enter into an agreement with respect to such Superior Company
Acquisition.
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Survival. The representations, warranties and agreements in this
Agreement and in any certificate delivered under this Agreement shall terminate
upon the Closing or upon the termination of this Agreement under Section 8.1, as
the case may be, except that the agreements set forth in Sections 2.2, 2.3,
5.7(b), 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18 and Articles 7 and 10
shall survive the Closing, those set forth in Sections 5.7(b), 5.15, 8.2 and 8.3
and Article 10 shall survive termination of this Agreement and those set forth
in Section 5.13 shall survive for a period of one year after termination of this
Agreement. Each Party agrees that, except for the representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement (together with the Company Disclosure Letter and the
Rugby Disclosure Letter), no Party has made any other representations and
warranties, and each Party disclaims any other representations and warranties,
made by itself or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, financial
and legal advisors or other representatives with respect to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
notwithstanding the delivery of disclosure to any other Party or any Party's
Representatives of any documentation or other information with respect to any
one or more of the foregoing.
10.2 Waiver. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither
the failure nor any delay on the part of any Party in exercising any right,
power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, or of any other
right, power or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right,
power or remedy preclude any further or other exercise thereof, or the exercise
of any other right, power or remedy. Except as expressly provided herein, no
waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid unless it is in
writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is sought to be
enforced.
10.3 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations
hereunder shall be assigned or transferred in any way whatsoever by the Parties
hereto except with the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, which
consent such other Parties shall be under no obligation to grant, and any
assignment or attempted assignment without
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such consent shall have no force or effect with respect to the non-assigning
Party. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their successors and permitted
assigns.
10.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and delivered in Person
or sent by United States certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, or by overnight express mail, or by telex, facsimile or
telecopy to the address of such party set forth below. Any such notice shall be
effective upon receipt or three days after placed in the mail, whichever is
earlier.
If to Rugby:
The Rugby Group PLC
Crown House
Rugby CV 212 DT
England
Attention:
Facsimile No.: 011-44-1788-546726
with a copy to:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Attention: Toby S. Myerson, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (212) 757-3990.
If to Parent:
Crane Co.
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
Attention:
Facsimile No.: (203) 363-7295
with a copy to:
Kirkpatrick and Lockhart LLP
1500 Oliver Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Attention: Janice C. Hartman, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (412) 355-6501.
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If to the Company:
Huttig Building Products, Inc.
14500 South Outer Forty Road
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Attention:
Facsimile No.: (314) 216-2601
with a copy to:
Kirkpatrick and Lockhart LLP
1500 Oliver Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Attention: Janice C. Hartman, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (412) 355-6501.
Any Party may, by notice so delivered, change its address for
notice purposes hereunder.
10.5 Governing Law, Venue and Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING ANY CHOICE OF LAW
RULES THAT MAY DIRECT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. The
parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the federal courts of the
United States of America located in the State of New York solely in respect of
the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and of
the documents referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and by those documents, and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the
interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such document, that it
is not subject to this Agreement or that such action, suit or proceeding may not
be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may
not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such document may not be
enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all
claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined
in such a federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court
jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the subject matter of such
dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any
such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 9.5 or in such other
manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service
thereof.
(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH
MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES ANY
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RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH SUCH PARTY
UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH SUCH
PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.6.
10.6 Further Assurances. After the Closing each Party hereto at the
reasonable request of the other Party hereto and without additional
consideration, shall execute and deliver, or shall cause to be executed and
delivered, from time to time, such further certificates, agreements or
instruments of conveyance and transfer, assumption, release and acquittance and
shall take such other action as the other Party hereto may reasonably request,
to consummate or implement the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.7 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if
such invalid, illegal or enforceable provision were omitted. If any provision is
inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall, nevertheless, remain
applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.
10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and which together
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
10.9 Construction. Any section headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only, and shall be given no effect in the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement or any provisions thereof. No provision of
this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against, any Party by reason
of the extent to which any such Party or its counsel participated in the doing
thereof or by reason of the extent to which any such provision is inconsistent
with any prior draft hereof or thereof.
10.10 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, the Ancillary
Agreements, the Company Disclosure Letter, the Rugby Disclosure Letter, the
exhibits and annexes hereto, each of which is deemed to be a part hereof, and
any other agreements, instruments or documents executed and delivered by the
Parties (or their Subsidiaries) pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement
or the Ancillary Agreements, constitute the entire agreement and understanding
between the Parties, and it is understood and agreed that all previous
undertakings, negotiations and agreements between the Parties regarding the
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subject matter hereof are merged herein. This Agreement may not be modified
orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.
10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Sections 5.9
and 7.2, nothing in this Agreement shall provide any benefit to any third party
or entitle any third party to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any
kind, it being the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall not be
construed as a third party beneficiary contract.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed and delivered this
Agreement on the date first written above.
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
By: /s/ D.A. Harding
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Name: D.A. Harding
Title: Group Finance Director
CRANE CO.
By: /s/ R.S. Evans
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Name: R.S. Evans
Title: Chairman & CEO
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
By: /s/ B.J. Kulpa
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Name: B.J. Kulpa
Title: President & CEO
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Annex 1
EXCLUDED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
"Excluded Assets and Liabilities" means the Excluded Assets (as defined
below) and the Excluded Liabilities (as defined below). Capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Share
Exchange Agreement, dated October 19, 1999, among Rugby, Parent and the Company,
to which this Annex 1 is attached.
A. Excluded Assets. "Excluded Assets" means all the right, title and
interest of Rugby, Rugby USA, and any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries in and to
all of the assets, properties, rights and contractual rights directly and
primarily related to or used in each of the Excluded Businesses (as defined
below) of Rugby Building Products, Inc. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Excluded Assets shall include, for each Excluded Business:
1. all furnishings, furniture, fixtures, office supplies,
vehicles, equipment, computers, and other tangible personal property;
2. all accounts receivable and related deposits, security, or
collateral therefor, including recoverable customer deposits;
3. all Rugby USA Intellectual Property, the rights to sue for,
and remedies against, past, present, and future infringements thereof, and the
rights of priority and protection of interests therein under applicable laws;
4. all copies of marketing brochures and materials and other
printed or written materials in any form or medium;
5. all rights under all warranties, representations, and
guarantees made by suppliers, manufacturers, and contractors in connection with
the operation of the Excluded Businesses;
6. all Rugby USA Permits;
7. all Contracts, including without limitation, the Employment
Agreement effective September 1, 1987 with Andy Shier;
8. all books and records, including, without limitation, data
processing records, employment and personnel records, customer lists, files, and
records, advertising and marketing data and records, credit records, records
relating to suppliers and other data;
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9. all credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges, advance
payments, security deposits and prepaid items (and, in each case, security
interests from third parties relating thereto);
10. all goodwill relating to the Excluded Assets and the Excluded
Businesses;
11. all Software and computer databases used by the Excluded
Businesses, whether owned, licensed (subject to applicable restrictions),
leased, or internally developed;
12. all written leases and subleases, including all amendments
and modifications thereto, for the real property location of the Excluded
Businesses;
13. all telephone numbers used in the conduct of the Excluded
Businesses;
14. all raw materials, work in process, and finished goods;
15. all cash; and
16. all accounts, reserves or other assets relating to benefits
for or with respect to any employees or former employees of the Excluded
Businesses (including any beneficiaries of such employees) under any applicable
employee benefit plans, programs, policies or arrangements.
B. Excluded Liabilities. "Excluded Liabilities" shall mean any
liabilities, commitments or obligations of Rugby, Rugby USA, and any of the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries of any kind or nature whatsoever, primarily and directly
attributable to the Excluded Businesses, Rugby USA's Pioneer business or any
other business of Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary previously disposed of or
Rugby USA's Augusta branch if it is disposed of, on or prior to the Closing
Date.
C. Excluded Businesses. "Excluded Businesses" means the businesses of
Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary conducted at each of the locations listed
below:
1. 400 Indeco Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia;
2. 108 Bodwell Street, Avon, Boston, Massachusetts;
3. 3820 North Carnation, Franklin Park, Chicago, Illinois;
4. 4541 Leston Avenue, Dallas, Texas;
5. 2829 Awaawaloa Street, Honolulu, Hawaii;
6. 599 Garden Oaks Boulevard, Houston, Texas;
7. 254 South Kitley, Suite A, Indianapolis, Indiana;
8. 4545 West Diablo, Las Vegas, Nevada;
9. 60 Joseph Street, Moonachie, New Jersey;
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10. 59-18 56th Road, Maspeth, New York;
11. 2345 South 16th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona;
12. 2855 South Reservoir, Pomona, California;
13. 10739 North IH35, San Antonio, Texas;
14. 8655 Production Avenue, San Diego, California;
15. 5501A Airport Boulevard, Tampa, Florida;
16. 1440 South Priest, Suite 103, Tempe, Arizona;
17. 5935 Broadway, Denver, Colorado;
18. 3477 Mercantile, Sacramento, California
19. 26308-12 Corporate Avenue, Hayward, California;
20. 570 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois;
21. 15 Constitution Drive, Bedford, New Hampshire; and
22. 3235 NW 62nd Street, Miami, Florida.
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December 14, 1999
Annex 2 to the Share Exchange Agreement
MANNER OF DISPOSITION OF EXCLUDED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Ruby USA may dispose of1 the Excluded Assets and Liabilities prior to
consummation of the Exchange in either of the following ways:
1. The Excluded Assets and Liabilities would be sold outright to a third party
in an asset purchase and sale transaction (either directly or following
contribution of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities to a newly-formed
entity).
2. Alternatively:
a. Ruby would create a wholly owned British Virgin Islands corporation
("BVI Sub"), to which it would contribute shares of Ruby USA
approximately equal to the value of the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities.
b. Ruby USA would distribute the Excluded Assets and Liabilities to
BVI Sub in exchange for all shares of Ruby USA held by BVI Sub.
Any such transaction shall be effected pursuant to documentation in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent.
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liability as part of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, Ruby will nonetheless
indemnify the Company in respect of such liability, and no such inability to
delegate such liability shall be deemed a violation of any provision of the
Agreement.
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Annex 3
LIST OF PERSONS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING KNOWLEDGE
1. Crane
a. R.S. Evans
b. Augustus I. DuPont
c. David S. Smith
2. Huttig
a. Barry J. Kulpa
b. Greg D. Lambert
3. Rugby
a. David A. Harding
b. Andrew Walker
c. Matthew Topham
d. Stephen Brown
e. Michael Clarke
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Annex 4
TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING USE OF
"RUGBY BUILDING PRODUCTS" NAME
1. Grant of License. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Annex 4, Rugby hereby grants to the Company, and the Company hereby accepts
a royalty-free license that shall be exclusive when used in relation to the
Company lines of business throughout the United States of America (the
"Territory") during the Term (as defined below) to use in connection with the
Company's business the name, service mark and trademark "Rugby Building
Products" (the "Mark"), which, along with any registrations therefor, is owned
by Rugby and which Rugby has the right to license to the Company as provided
herein. For purposes of this Paragraph 1, the term "Company's business" shall
mean the business of the Company as conducted on the date of this Agreement and
"Company lines of business" shall mean the lines of business conducted by the
Company on the date hereof. The Company shall have no right to sublicense any of
the Company's rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
Rugby. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit Rugby or any of its affiliates
from using the Mark for its or their own benefit or from granting a license or
any other right in and to the Mark to any other Person for use in any other
context in the Territory.
(b) The license granted to the Company hereunder is limited to the
right to use the Mark in its full form (i.e., "Rugby Building Products") and the
Company shall have no right to use the name or trademark "Rugby" apart from the
Mark, nor shall the Company have any right to use any derivative or variation of
the Mark which contains the word "Rugby."
2. Term. This Agreement shall remain in effect for a term (the "Term")
commencing as of the date hereof and two (2) years thereafter.
3. Quality Control. The Company agrees that the goods and services
provided, advertised, or marketed with or in connection with the Mark shall be
of a consistent and high standard of quality, commensurate with the prestige of
the Mark as used in connection with the Company's business. Upon the request of
Rugby, the Company shall provide Rugby with samples of brochures, stationery and
other materials bearing the Mark to enable Rugby to evaluate the quality of such
services. The Company shall cooperate fully with Rugby with respect to the
maintenance of the foregoing standards and agrees to promptly make any changes
to the materials bearing the Mark, including, without limitation, advertising or
marketing material, as Rugby reasonably requests in order to achieve compliance
with such standards.
4. Use of the Mark. The Company acknowledges that Rugby owns all legal
right, title and interest in and to the Mark and agrees that all uses of the
Mark (and any goodwill resulting from such uses) shall inure solely to the
benefit of Rugby. The Company hereby assigns to Rugby all rights in and to the
Mark acquired by the Company by operation of law or otherwise as a result of any
such use.
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5. Further Assurances. Rugby and the Company agree to cooperate to the
extent reasonably necessary, each at its own expense, to effect the terms of
this Agreement, including, by way of example and not limitation, executing and
filing all necessary papers in the trademark offices throughout the world,
notifying each other of potential infringements of the Mark, and cooperating in
any litigation concerning the Mark.
6. Termination.
(a) The license granted pursuant to Paragraph 1 above shall be
terminable at the election of Rugby following any material breach of the
provisions of this Annex 4 (including, without limitation, a breach of Paragraph
3 of this Annex 4) that is not cured within thirty (30) days following written
notice from Rugby.
(b) Upon the expiration or termination of the license granted pursuant
to Paragraph 1 of this Annex 4 above, all of the rights of the Company
thereunder shall immediately terminate and automatically revert to Rugby. Upon
such expiration or termination, the Company shall (i) immediately discontinue
all use of the Mark or any variation or simulation thereof and (ii) promptly
deliver to Rugby, destroy or otherwise dispose of (as Rugby in its reasonable
discretion shall direct) all materials bearing or incorporating the Mark. All
costs associated with complying with this Paragraph 6(b) shall be borne by the
Company.
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December 14, 1999
Annex 5A to the Share Exchange Agreement
CERTAIN LIABILITIES OF RUBY USA
1. The liabilities referred to in Section 7.1(b) of the Agreement to which
this Annex is attached shall consist of the Excluded Liabilities, whether
or not actually disposed of, set forth in Annex 1.
2. Any liabilities incurred in connection with any untrue statement of a
material fact made by Rugby USA contained in the Form 10, or any omission
or alleged omission to state in such sections a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3. Any liabilities for taxes incurred by Rugby USA and any Rugby USA
subsidiary arising out of, or in connection with (1) any disposition of the
Excluded Assets and Liabilities, (2) the creation, issuance or repayment of
the Rugby Note, and (3) any amount by which the Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries Taxes due for the period beginning January 1, 1999 and ending
on the Closing Date exceed the Rugby Tax Amount (as defined in the Share
Exchange Agreement dated October 19, 1999 among Rugby, Parent and the
Company, to which this Annex 5A is attached).
4. Any liabilities for bonus compensation, whether long term, short term or
stay-related, paid or payable by Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary with
respect to the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement referenced in
paragraph 3 above or the year ending December 31, 1999.
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Annex 5B
CERTAIN LIABILITIES OF THE COMPANY
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Share Exchange Agreement, dated October 19, 1999, among
Ruby, Parent and the Company, to which this Annex 5B is attached.
Parent agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company Parties
from and against all Indemnifiable Losses (as defined below) asserted against,
imposed upon or incurred by any Company Party, directly or indirectly, by reason
of, arising out of, or resulting from:
1. the businesses of Parent and any subsidiary of Parent and their
respective predecessors (excluding the Company Group and excluding the Building
Products Business), engaged in, at or prior to the date of the Spin-Off, whether
such Indemnifiable Losses are based upon, arise out of or relate to or are
otherwise in connection with events, occurrences, actions, omissions, facts,
circumstances or conditions occurring, existing or asserted before, at or after
the date of the Spin-Off;
2. the assets owned by Parent and any subsidiary of Parent immediately
prior to the date of the Spin-Off, other than those that are used primarily in
or relate primarily to the Building Products Business, and the Liabilities of
Parent or any Parent subsidiary as of the date of the Spin-Off (including,
without limitation, the failure by Parent or any other member of the Parent
Group to pay, perform or otherwise discharge such Liabilities in accordance with
their terms), other than (i) all Liabilities of any member of the Company Group
under any Spin-Off Agreement, (ii) all Liabilities for which any member of the
Company Group is made responsible pursuant to any Spin-Off Agreement and (iii)
all Liabilities based upon, arising out of, relating to or otherwise in
connection with the Building Products Business and the assets that are used
primarily therein or relate primarily thereto, whether based upon, arising out
of, relating to or otherwise in connection with events, actions, occurrences,
omissions, circumstances or conditions occurring, existing or asserted before,
at or after the date of the Spin-Off;
3. any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
made by Parent or any of its affiliates (excluding the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries) contained in the Form 10 or any Additional SEC Document, or any
omission or alleged omission to state in such sections a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; but only in each
case with respect to information relating to the Parent Group provided by Parent
expressly for use in the Form 10;
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4. the breach by any member of the Parent Group of any agreement or
covenant contained in any Spin-Off Agreement which does not by its express terms
expire at the date of the Spin-Off; or
5. the enforcement by the Company Parties of their rights to be
indemnified, defended and held harmless under the Spin-Off Agreements and
Section 7.2 of the Share Exchange Agreement.
For purposes of this Annex 5B only, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Actions" means, with respect to any Person, any actual or threatened or
future action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or
before any Governmental Entity or any claims or other legal matters that have
been or may be asserted by or against, or otherwise affect, such Person.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to Parent, any other Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, Parent; provided, however, that for purposes of
this Annex 5B, following the Spin-Off no member of the Company Group shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of Parent. For purposes of the immediately preceding
sentence, the term "control" (including, with correlating meanings, the terms
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any
Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Building Products Business" means (i) the business engaged in at all times
prior to the Spin-Off by the Company Group of distribution and manufacturing of
doors, windows, millwork and other building products and activities related
thereto, and (ii) Former Businesses managed or operated with any of the
foregoing or operationally or otherwise related to any of the foregoing.
"Company Group" means the Company and its subsidiaries, Rondel's, Inc. and
CIPCO Inc.
"Contracts" means agreements, leases, contracts, memoranda of
understanding, letters of intent, sales orders, purchase orders, open bids and
other commitments and all rights therein and Liabilities thereunder, including,
without limitation, in each case, all amendments, modifications and supplements
thereto and waivers and consents thereunder.
"Former Business" means any corporation, partnership, entity, division,
business unit, business, assets, plants, product line, operations or contract
(including, without limitation, any assets and liabilities comprising the same)
that has been sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of or
divested (in whole or in part) by any member of the Pre-Distribution Group or
the operations, activities or production of which has been discontinued,
abandoned,
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completed or otherwise terminated (in whole or in part) by any member of the
Pre-Distribution Group.
"Governmental Entity" means any government or any court, arbitral tribunal,
administrative agency or commission or other governmental or regulatory
authority or agency, whether Federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or
international.
"Indemnifiable Losses" means any and all losses, Liabilities, claims,
damages, deficiencies, obligations, fines, payments, Taxes, Liens, costs and
expenses, matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued,
liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, whenever arising and whether or
not resulting from Third Party Claims (including, without limitation, the costs
and expenses of any and all Actions; all amounts paid in connection with any
demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto;
interest and penalties recovered by a third party with respect thereto;
out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys', accountants' and other
experts' fees and expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any such Actions or in asserting, preserving or enforcing a
Company Party's rights hereunder; and any losses that may result from the
granting of injunctive relief as a result of any such Actions).
"Liabilities" means any and all claims, debts, liabilities, commitments and
obligations of whatever nature, whether fixed, contingent or absolute, matured
or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or not accrued, known or
unknown, due or to become due, whenever or however arising (including, without
limitation, those arising out of any contract or tort, whether based on
negligence, strict liability or otherwise) and whether or not the same would be
required by generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected as a
liability in financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto, including,
without limitation, all costs and expenses relating thereto and those claims,
debts, liabilities, commitments and obligations arising under any law, rule,
regulation, Action, order or consent decree of any Governmental Entity or any
award of any arbitrator of any kind, and those arising under any Contract.
"Lien" means any lien, security interest, pledge, mortgage, charge,
restriction, claim, retention of title agreement or other encumbrance of
whatever nature.
"Parent Group" means Parent and its Affiliates, whether now or hereafter
existing, other than members of the Company Group.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability entity, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity
(including, without limitation, a Governmental Entity).
"Pre-Distribution Group" means (i) each of Parent, the Parent subsidiaries
existing immediately prior to the Spin-Off (including, without limitation,
members of the Company Group) and the former Crane subsidiaries, (ii) each of
the predecessors of each of the foregoing and (iii) each of the present and
former subsidiaries and other Affiliates of each of the foregoing, and their
predecessors.
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"Taxes" means all forms of taxation, whenever created or imposed, and
whether imposed by a local, municipal, governmental, state, foreign, federal or
other body, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include
income, sales, use, ad valorem, gross receipts, license, value added, franchise,
transfer, recording, withholding, payroll, wage withholding, employment, excise,
occupation, unemployment insurance, social security, business license, business
organization, stamp, environmental, premium and property taxes, together with
any related interest (including the actual interest that would have accrued if
there were no netting of Taxes), penalties and additions to any such tax, or
additional amounts imposed by any governmental or quasi-governmental body
exercising any taxing authority or Tax regulatory authority upon the Parent
Group or the Company Group.
"Third Party Claim" means a claim or demand against the Company by any
Person other than Parent (or an Affiliate thereof) as to which Parent may be
obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Annex 5B.
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
and
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
DATED AS OF
DECEMBER 16, 1999
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
December 16, 1999, between Huttig Building Products, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and The Rugby Group PLC (the "Purchaser"), a company
registered in England and Wales under company number 206971, with reference to
the shares of common stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock") of the Company
acquired on the date hereof by the Purchaser.
1. Certain Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
"Affiliate" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the
Exchange Act.
"Beneficial Ownership" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
"DECS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
"DECS Offering" shall mean an offering of Registrable Securities
exchangeable for debt securities of a Holder.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Holder" shall mean (i) the Purchaser or (ii) any successor to or
transferee of all of the Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by the
Purchaser on the date of such succession or transfer; provided, however,
that no successor or transferee of all such Registrable Securities shall be
deemed to be a Holder under this Agreement unless (a) such Registrable
Securities constitute 10% or more of the Common Stock outstanding at the
date hereof and (b) such successor or transferee agrees in writing to
comply in all respects with the provisions of this Agreement.
"Initial Block" shall mean 3,273,212 Registrable Securities, as
adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends or recapitalizations on or after
the date hereof.
The terms "register", "registered" and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
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"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Shares, but shall not include
any Share (i) that has been registered and disposed of in accordance with a
registration statement covering such security or (ii) that has been
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision
then in effect) under the Securities Act.
"Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with a registration under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees,
printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue
sky fees and expenses, accounting fees incident to or required by any such
registration and all internal expenses of the Company; provided, however,
that Registration Expenses shall not include any Selling Expenses.
"Restricted Securities" shall mean the securities of the Company
required to bear the legend set forth in paragraph (a) of Section 19
hereof.
"Rights Agreement" shall mean the Rights Agreement dated as of
December 6, 1999 between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services,
L.L.C., as rights agent.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling
commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the Shares included in a
registration by the Holder and all fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Holder.
"Shares" shall mean the 6,546,424 shares of Common Stock acquired by
the Purchaser on the date hereof, as adjusted for stock splits, stock
dividends, or recapitalizations on or after the date hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
effecting the registration required by Section 4(a).
"Standstill Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17.
"Underwritten Offering" shall mean a sale of securities of the Company
to an underwriter or underwriters for re-offering to the public, which
shall include a road show and other customary selling efforts.
"Voting Securities" means the Common Stock and any other securities
issued by the Company having the power to vote in the election of directors
of the Company.
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2. Notice of Proposed Transfers. Prior to any proposed sale, assignment,
transfer or pledge of any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a
registration statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed transfer,
the Holder shall give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect
such transfer, sale, assignment or pledge. Each such notice shall describe the
manner and circumstances of the proposed transfer, sale, assignment or pledge in
sufficient detail, and shall be accompanied by a written opinion of legal
counsel who is, and whose legal opinion shall be, reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transfer of
the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the
Securities Act, whereupon the Holder will be entitled to transfer such
Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of its notice to the Company.
The Company will not require such a legal opinion in any transaction that
complies with Rule 144 (other than in cases where applicability of Rule 144(k)
is asserted). Each certificate evidencing the Restricted Securities transferred
as above provided shall bear, except if such transfer is made pursuant to Rule
144, the appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Section 20 below, except
that such certificate shall not bear such restrictive legend if in the opinion
of counsel for the Holder and the Company such legend is not required in order
to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act. The Holder
will cause any proposed purchaser, assignee, transferee or pledgee of Restricted
Securities to agree to take and hold such Restricted Securities subject to the
provisions of this Section 2. The holder of each certificate representing
Restricted Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to comply in all respects
with the provisions of this Section 2.
3. Registration of Initial Block.
(a) If requested in writing by the Purchaser, not later than the 120th
day after the date hereof, the Company shall file a registration statement on
Form S-1(i) covering the sale of at least the Initial Block by the Purchaser in
a firm commitment Underwritten Offering or (ii) covering the distribution of all
of the Registrable Securities in exchange for debt securities of the Purchaser
("DECS"). The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to have such registration
statement declared effective so as to permit the offer and sale of the Initial
Block or the commencement of the DECS Offering, as the case may be, as soon as
practicable on or after the 180th day hereafter and to keep such registration
statement effective (x) in the case of the Underwritten Offering for 60 days or,
if earlier, until the date on which the entire Initial Block has been sold or
(y) in the case of the DECS Offering, for three years or, if earlier, the date
that all the Shares registered for exchange pursuant to the DECS have been so
exchanged..
(b) If the portion, if any, of the Initial Block not sold in the
Underwritten Offering provided for in Section 3(a) constitutes more than 2% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock at the date hereof, the Company shall, if
requested in writing by the Purchaser prior to the twelfth full calendar month
after the date hereof, file as soon as practicable (but no later than 30 days
after the date of such request) a registration statement on Form S-1 covering
the sale by the Purchaser in a firm commitment Underwritten Offering of at least
those Registrable Securities constituting that portion of the Initial Block not
sold in the Underwritten Offering provided in Section 3(a); provided, however,
that the Company may, in its sole and
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absolute discretion, delay the filing of the registration statement under this
Section 3(b) for up to 120 days.
(c) Neither the Company nor any other Company shareholder shall have
the right to include securities in the registration statement filed pursuant to
Section 3(a) or Section 3(b) without the Purchaser's consent. Prior to the
earlier to occur of (i) the sale or other disposition of the entire Initial
Block by the Purchaser and (ii) the second anniversary hereof, the Company will
not cause to be offered or sold in a public offering any newly issued Common
Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock, other than
offers or sales (x) solely to employees or directors, (y) pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment plan or (z) in a business combination transaction meeting the
criteria set forth in the parenthetical included in the following sentence;
provided, however, that no more than $15 million in aggregate offering price of
Common Stock issued in any one business combination transaction shall be
permissible under this subsection (z). Prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the
completion of the Underwritten Offering provided in Section 3(a) and (ii) 270
days from the date of this Agreement, the Company will not cause to be offered
or sold in a private offering in connection with a business combination
transaction (including, without limitation, offers or sales in a business
combination transaction that would otherwise qualify as a private placement of
securities under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and are issued pursuant to a
shelf registration statement on Form S-4 (or any successor form)) any newly
issued Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock.
4. Shelf Registration Statement.
(a) If, after the twelfth full calendar month after the date hereof,
the Company receives from the Holder a written request that the Company effect a
shelf registration with respect to the Registrable Securities, the Company will
within 60 days after such request file with the Commission a registration
statement on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 if Form S-3 is not then available to the
Company) and shall use all reasonable efforts to have such registration
statement declared effective in such form as would permit the sale and
distribution of the Registrable Securities then held by the Holder pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act, and to keep such registration statement
effective until the date the Registrable Securities then Beneficially Owned by
the Holder constitute less than 10% of the then outstanding Common Stock.
(b) Subject to compliance with Section 5 hereof, the Holder shall be
entitled to an aggregate of two Underwritten Offerings and/or DECS Offerings in
connection with a registration under Section 4(a); provided, however, that if
the Company has effected a registration pursuant to Section 3(b) then the Holder
shall be entitled to only one Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering in
connection with a registration under Section 4(a). Otherwise, the distribution
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration under Section 4(a) shall be
effected, from time to time or at one time, only by or through such investment
banking firm or firms (acting as broker, dealer, agent, principal or otherwise)
as may be reasonably acceptable to the Holder and the Company.
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(c) At least five days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a registration under Section 4(a) (other than a sale in an
Underwritten Offering or a DECS Offering), the Holder shall advise the Company
in writing of the terms of its arrangements, if any, with any investment banking
firm or firms agreed upon in accordance with Section 4(b), including the
capacity in which such firm or firms will act, the proposed manner of
distribution of the Registrable Securities and compensation terms.
5. Underwritten Offerings and DECS Offerings.
(a) If the Company receives from the Holder a written notice that the
Holder desires to effect a distribution of a number of Registrable Securities
having a market value on the date of such notice of at least $20,000,000 in an
Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall file with the Commission within 60 days after such
notice (but, in the case of a DECS Offering, not before the date a registration
statement for the debt securities of the Holder is filed) a prospectus
supplement that satisfies the requirements of Rule 424 under the Securities Act
or a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement so as to
permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering or
the offering of such Registrable Securities in a DECS Offering. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to effect an Underwritten
Offering or a DECS Offering under the Shelf Registration Statement:
(i) If, at such time as a notice of an Underwritten Offering or
DECS Offering is delivered to the Company pursuant to this
Section 5(a), (A) the Company has effected (x) a
registration pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 3(b) or an
Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering under the Shelf
Registration Statement within the four month period prior to
its receipt of such notice or (y) three Underwritten
Offerings and/or DECS Offerings (including registrations
pursuant to Section 3(a) and Section 3(b)) or (B) a Holder
has withdrawn a prior request for an Underwritten Offering
or DECS Offering within the four month period prior to the
Company's receipt of such notice. For purposes of Section
4(b) and this subsection (a)(ii), an Underwritten Offering
shall be deemed to be effected upon the sale of any
Registrable Securities therein, a DECS Offering shall be
deemed to be effected upon the sale of any debt securities
for which the Registrable Securities are exchangeable, and
any request for an Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering
that is withdrawn prior to the sale of Registrable
Securities or debt securities therein, as the case may be,
nonetheless shall be deemed to be
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an Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering, as the case may
be;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 60 days prior to
the filing of, and ending on a date 90 days following the
effective date of, a registration statement filed by the
Company as permitted by this Agreement (other than a
registration statement relating to a business combination
transaction, an offering solely to employees or directors or
pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or any other
registration which is not appropriate for the registration
of Shares); or
(iii) For a period of up to 30 days if the Company's Board of
Directors determines that such a delay would be in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders; provided,
however, that no such delay shall occur more than once
within any twelve month period.
(b) The Company and the Company's other shareholders shall have the
right to include shares of Common Stock in any Underwritten Offering effected
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, subject to the provisions of
Section 6.
6. Underwriting. If the Holder proposes to distribute Registrable
Securities registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement by means of
an Underwritten Offering or a DECS Offering, and in connection with a
registration effected pursuant to Section 3, the Company and the Holder (and any
other holder of Common Stock participating in an Underwritten Offering) shall
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting (i) by the Company in
the case of an Underwritten Offering (which managing underwriter(s) each shall
be a nationally recognized investment banking firm reasonably acceptable to the
Holder) or (ii) by the Holder in the case of a DECS Offering (which managing
underwriter(s) each shall be a nationally recognized investment banking firm
reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of
Sections 3, 4 or 5, if the lead managing underwriter advises the Holder and the
Company in writing on or before the date five days prior to the date then
scheduled for such offering that, in its opinion, the amount of Common Stock to
be included in such offering exceeds the amount which can be sold in such
offering without adversely affecting the distribution of the Common Stock being
offered, then such offering will include only the amount of Common Stock that
the lead managing underwriter has so advised can be sold in such offering;
provided, however, that the Company shall be required to include first in an
Underwritten Offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement all
Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Holder.
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7. Incidental Registration.
(a) Notice of Registration. If, at any time or from time to time (x)
prior to the fifth anniversary of the date hereof and (y) after the fifth
anniversary of the date hereof if the Holder is not then eligible to sell
Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, the
Company shall determine to register any of its Common Stock for sale in an
Underwritten Offering, either for its own account or the account of a security
holder or holders (other than the Holder) exercising their respective demand
registration rights as permitted by this Agreement, other than a registration
relating to a business combination transaction or an offering solely to
employees or directors or pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan, the Company
will promptly give to the Holder written notice thereof, and include in such
registration (subject to Section 7(b)) all the Registrable Securities specified
in a written request made by the Holder within ten days after its receipt of
such written notice from the Company. The right of the Holder to have
Registrable Securities included in a registration pursuant to this Section 7(a)
shall be conditioned upon its entering into (together with the Company and the
other holders distributing their securities through such underwriting) an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or
underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company (or by the
shareholders who have demanded such registration). The registration rights
granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7(a) shall be in addition to
the registration rights granted pursuant to the other provisions of this
Agreement.
(b) If the lead managing underwriter of an offering covered by Section
7(a) shall advise the Company in writing (with a copy to the Holder) on or
before the date five days prior to the date then scheduled for such offering
that, in its opinion, the amount of Common Stock (including Registrable
Securities) requested to be included in such registration exceeds the amount
which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the distribution
of the Common Stock being offered, then (i) prior to the earlier to occur of the
second anniversary of this Agreement and the date on which the Registrable
Securities then Beneficially Owned by the Holder constitute less than 10% of the
outstanding Common Stock at the date hereof (the "Threshold Date") the Company
(A) in a registration for its own account, will include in such registration,
first, any shares proposed to be offered by the Company; second, Registrable
Securities requested to be registered by the Holder; and third, the other shares
requested to be included in such registration that the Company is so advised can
be sold in such offering and (B) in a registration for the account of a security
holder or holders other than the Holder exercising its or their respective
demand registration rights to the extent permitted by this Agreement, will
include in such registration, first, any shares requested to be registered by
the requesting security holder or holders; second, any shares (or, in the case
of the Holder, Registrable Securities) proposed to be offered by the Company and
the Holder, allocated evenly between the Company and the Holder; and third, the
other shares requested to be included in such registration that the Company is
so advised can be sold in such offering, allocated, if necessary, pro rata among
the holders thereof requesting such registration on the basis of the number of
the shares Beneficially Owned at the time by the holders requesting inclusion of
their shares and (ii) from and after the Threshold Date, the Company will
include shares of Common Stock (including Registrable Securities) in the same
order of priority set forth in subsection (i) of this Section 7(b), except that
Registrable Securities shall be included in any such registration on a parri
passu basis with any
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holders of Common Stock including shares in such registration by reason of their
exercise of incidental registration rights (allocated, if necessary, pro rata
among the holders (including the Holder) thereof requesting such registration on
the basis of the number of the shares (including Registrable Securities)
Beneficially Owned at the time by the holders (including the Holder) requesting
inclusion of their shares; provided, however, that in the event the Company will
not, by virtue of this paragraph, include in any such registration all of the
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, the Holder
may, upon written notice to the Company given within three days of the time the
Holder first is notified of such matter, reduce the amount of Registrable
Securities it desires to have included in such registration, whereupon only the
Registrable Securities, if any, it desires to have included will be so included.
(c) The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any
registration initiated by it under this Section 7 prior to the effectiveness of
such registration whether or not a Holder has elected to include Registrable
Securities in such registration.
8. Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in
complying with Section 3, Section 4 and Section 7 hereof shall be borne by the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any registration, qualification and
filing fees that relate to Shares in respect of which the Company has previously
paid a registration, qualification or filing fee shall be borne by the Holder.
All Selling Expenses shall be borne by the Holder.
9. Indemnification.
(a) The Company will indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law
the Holder, each of its officers, directors, affiliates, employees, advisors and
agents and each person controlling the Holder within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has been effected
pursuant to this Agreement, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including reasonable costs of
investigation and any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or
alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration
statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, or based on any omission
(or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act or any
other federal, state or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company
in connection with any such registration, and the Company will reimburse the
Holder, each of its officers, directors, affiliates, employees, advisors and
agents and each person controlling the Holder, for any legal and any other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim,
loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Holder or other such person and stated to be specifically for use therein.
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(b) The Holder will, if Shares held by it are included in the
securities as to which such registration is being effected, indemnify the
Company, each of its directors, officers, affiliates, employees, advisors and
agents, each underwriter, if any, of the Company's securities covered by such a
registration statement and each person who controls the Company or such
underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all
claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a
material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering
circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and will reimburse the Company, each
underwriter and such directors, affiliates, officers, employees, advisors,
agents and control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss,
damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged
omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular
or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Holder and stated to be specifically for use
therein; provided, however, that the obligation of the Holder shall be limited
to an amount equal to the net proceeds to the Holder from Shares sold in
connection with such registration.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 9 (the
"Indemnified Party") shall give written notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any
litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying
Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be
approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be
withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such
party's expense, unless (i) the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense
of such action with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party in its
reasonable judgment or (ii) the named parties to any such actions (including any
impleaded parties) have been advised by counsel that either (A) representation
of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party by the same counsel would
otherwise be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct or
(B) there may be one or more legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party
that are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying
Party, in which event the Indemnifying Party shall pay for one counsel (and any
necessary additional local counsel) for the Indemnified Party; and provided
further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided
herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Agreement unless the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an
Indemnifying Party's ability to defend such action. No Indemnifying Party, in
the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of
each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability in respect of such claim or litigation.
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(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint
liability under the Securities Act in any case in which any holder of Shares
exercising rights under this Agreement, or any officer, director, affiliate,
employee, advisors, agent or controlling person of any such holder, makes a
claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 9 but it is determined (by
the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and
the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that
such indemnification may not be enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact
that this Section 9 provides for indemnification in such case, then, the Company
and the Holder will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in
such proportion so that the Holder is responsible for the portion represented by
the percentage that the public offering price of its Shares offered by the
registration statement bears to the public offering price of all securities
offered by such registration statement; and the Company is responsible for the
remaining portion; provided, however, that, in any such case, (A) the Holder
will not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds to
the Holder from the sale of Shares offered by it pursuant to such registration
statement; and (B) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
10. Certain Restrictions.
(a) The Company will not grant registration rights with respect to
Common Stock that become exerciseable prior to the Threshold Date, and the
Company represents and warrants that is has not previously entered into any such
agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company from granting
registration rights that are exercisable from and after the Threshold Date to
any person who becomes an owner of shares of Common Stock after the date hereof
(including granting incidental registration rights with respect to any
Underwritten Offering required to be made hereunder other than pursuant to
Section 3).
(b) If requested by the lead managing underwriter in an Underwritten
Offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company agrees not to
effect any registered sales in the public markets of Common Stock for its own
account (other than registrations relating to a business combination transaction
or an offering solely to employees or directors or pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment plan) during the period commencing on the date the Company receives
a notice from the Holder pursuant to Section 5(a) and continuing until 90 days
after commencement of the Underwritten Offering (or such shorter period as the
lead managing underwriter shall request).
11. Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Agreement to
effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with
respect to such Registrable Securities and use all reasonable efforts to have
such registration statement declared effective.
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(b) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement as may be necessary (i) to update and
keep such registration statement effective as provided in Section 11(a) above,
(ii) to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement and (iii)
to reflect a modification in the manner of distribution of the Registrable
Securities and, to the extent that such distribution is modified to employ an
underwriter, to supplement or amend the registration statement in the manner
required by such underwriter. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
contained herein, the Company shall not be required to disclose in any
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto prepared pursuant to Section 4
or Section 5(a) hereof (x) any confidential information concerning any matter
which is the subject of a notice given under Section 11(f) as to which the
Company has a bona fide interest in withholding disclosure, or (y) historical
financial statements or pro forma financial information required by Regulation
S-X of the Commission in connection with a business acquisition or disposition
prior to the date when such information would otherwise be required to be filed
with the Commission (including extensions pursuant to Item 7(a)(4) of Form 8-K).
(c) Furnish to the Holder such numbers of copies of a prospectus,
including a preliminary prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, in
conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents
as it may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
Registrable Securities owned by it.
(d) Use all reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holder,
provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to
service of process in any such states or jurisdictions unless it is already
subject to such jurisdiction.
(e) In the event of any Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering, enter
into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and
customary form, with the managing underwriter or underwriters of such offering.
The Holder shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an
agreement.
(f) Notify the Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto
is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any
event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
under which the prospectus is used.
(g) Take all such other actions (including, without limitation,
causing representatives of the Company to participate in any "road show" or
"road shows" in connection with an Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering) as
the Holder or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite
or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
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(h) In connection with an Underwritten Offering or DECS Offering,
obtain a "cold comfort" letter from the Company's independent public accountants
in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by
"cold comfort" letters, as the Holder's counsel or the managing underwriter
reasonably request.
(i) Cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each
securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then
listed.
(j) Use reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect
the registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.
12. Information by the Holder. The Holder shall furnish to the Company
such information regarding the Holder, the shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company held by it and the distribution proposed by it as the
Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in
connection with any registration referred to in this Agreement.
13. Securities Law Compliance.
(a) The Holder covenants that it will comply with the Securities Act
and with the Exchange Act with respect to Registrable Securities included in any
registration pursuant to this Agreement, recognizing that under certain
circumstances set forth in Section 11(f) hereof, the Company may notify the
Holder that the registration statement is not then current.
(b) The Holder agrees that, immediately upon receipt of a notification
as referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Section 13, it will refrain from
selling Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement until (i)
subsequently notified by the Company that the Shelf Registration Statement is
current or (ii) receipt of a favorable opinion of counsel as hereinbelow
provided. The Company agrees that it will consult with the Holder following the
giving of any such notification, and that in the event the Holder is of the view
that its securities could be sold in compliance with the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act without disclosure of the nonpublic information which is the
subject of the notification, the parties hereto agree to be bound by an opinion
of counsel reasonably satisfactory both to the Holder and to the Company as to
whether such sales can be made without violation of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act.
14. Standoff Agreement. The Holder agrees that, upon request of the lead
managing underwriter of any Underwritten Offering of the Company's securities,
not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of,
or otherwise dispose of any Shares (other than those included in such
registration), except in a private sale or transfer or pursuant to a tender
offer, without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriter, as
the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 90 days) from the
effective date of such registration as may be requested by the Company or such
lead managing underwriter.
15. Rule 144 Requirements. The Company agrees to:
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(a) comply with the requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities
Act with respect to current public information about the Company;
(b) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
and
(c) furnish to the Holder upon request (i) a written statement by the
Company as to its compliance with the requirements of said Rule 144(c), and the
reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy
of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and (iii) such
other reports and documents of the Company as the Holder may reasonably request
to avail itself of any similar rule or regulation of the Commission allowing
itself to sell any such securities without registration.
16. Board Representation. The Company and the Purchaser acknowledge that
the nine-member Board of Directors of the Company on the date hereof includes
three designees of the Purchaser, and that it is intended that during such time
as the Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser and its
Affiliates constitute at least 30%, 20%, or 10%, respectively, of the then
outstanding Common Stock, the Purchaser shall be entitled to designate for
nomination by the Board of Directors three, two and one director(s),
respectively, and to designate a successor in the case of any vacancy resulting
from the death, resignation or removal of any such designee prior to the
expiration of his or her term.
17. Voting
(a) During the period ending on the date that the Registrable
Securities Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser and its Affiliates constitute
less than 10% of the then outstanding Common Stock (the "Standstill Period"),
the Purchaser shall take such action as may be required so that all Voting
Securities owned by the Purchaser and its Affiliates are voted at any annual or
special meeting of the stockholders of the Company for the Board of Directors'
nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the Company (provided that
the Purchaser shall in any case be permitted to vote for its designees to be
nominated pursuant to Section 16 hereof).
(b) During the Standstill Period, the Purchaser, for itself and its
Affiliates, as holders of Voting Securities, agrees to be present, in person or
by proxy, at all meetings of stockholders of the Company so that all Voting
Securities beneficially owned by them may be counted for the purpose of
determining the presence of a quorum at such meetings.
18. Amendment of Rights Agreement. During the Standstill Period, without
the prior written consent of the Purchaser the Company shall not amend the
Rights Agreement so as to reduce below 20% the level at which a Person (as
defined in the Rights Agreement) shall become an Acquiring Person (as defined in
the Rights Agreement).
19. Notices Under Ancillary Agreements. During the Standstill Period (so
long as one designee of Purchaser is a member of the Company Board of
Directors), the Company shall provide copies to Purchaser of each written notice
sent or received by it under the notice
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provisions of the Distribution Agreement between Crane Co. and the Company dated
December 6, 1999 and the Employee Matters Agreement and Tax Allocation Agreement
each between Crane Co. and the Company dated December 16, 1999.
20. Restrictive Legends.
(a) Each certificate representing Shares or any securities issued in
respect of the Shares upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
merger or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of
Section 2) be stamped with the following legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR
INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL (WHICH MAY BE COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY) REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO IT
STATING THAT SUCH SALE OR TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND
PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT.
(b) Each certificate representing Shares shall also be stamped with
the following legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SHAREHOLDER AND THE
COMPANY WHICH INCLUDES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON SALES OF THE SECURITIES.
COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
(c) The Holder consents to the Company's making a notation on its
records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Shares in order to
implement the restrictions on transfer established in this Agreement. The legend
placed on any certificate pursuant to Section 20(a) and any notations or
instructions with respect to the Shares represented by such certificate will be
promptly removed, and the Company will promptly issue a certificate without such
legend to the Holder (x) if such Shares are registered under the Securities Act
in connection with a sale of such securities and a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act is available, or (y) if the
Holder satisfies the requirements of Rule 144(k) and, where deemed necessary by
the Company in its sole discretion, provides the Company with an opinion of
counsel for the Holder who is, and whose legal opinion shall be, reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the Holder meets the
requirements of Rule 144(k).
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21. Notices, etc. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
delivered (by hand or courier service) with signed confirmation of receipt,
addressed as follows:
if to the Purchaser:
Rugby PLC
Crown House
Rugby
CV212DT
England
Attn: Group Finance Director
with a copy to:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064
Attention: Toby S. Myerson, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (212) 757-3990
if to the Company:
Huttig Building Products, Inc.
Lakeview Center, Suite 400
14500 South Outer Forty Road
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy to: General Counsel
or to such other address of a party of which such party has given notice to the
other parties pursuant to this Section.
22. Nontransferability. It is acknowledged and agreed by the Purchaser
that, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, its rights and benefits
hereunder may not be assigned or transferred to or held for the benefit of any
other person.
23. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws (other than those with respect to choice of law) of the
State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto agrees that all claims in any
action or proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement may be heard
and determined in any Delaware state court or federal court sitting in the State
of Delaware.
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24. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in
the event that any one or more provisions are deemed illegal or unenforceable,
the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
25. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, shall be enforceable
against and shall inure to the benefit of any successor of the Purchaser.
26. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
By: /s/ Barry J. Kulpa
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Barry J. Kulpa
President and Chief Executive Officer
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
By: /s/ James J. Jordan
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Name: James J. Jordan
Title: Solicitor, Group Legal Manager
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