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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30, 1999
ACUSON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 94-2784998
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization) 1-10088 Number
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1220 Charleston Road
Mountain View, CA 94039
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 969-9112
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On September 15, 1999, Acuson Corporation ("Acuson"), a Delaware
corporation entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the
"Reorganization Agreement") with Ecton, Inc. ("Ecton") and Echo Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acuson ("Merger
Sub"). The description contained in this Item 5 of the transactions
contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Reorganization Agreement, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit 10.3 to Acuson's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 16, 1999.
The Reorganization Agreement contemplates that, subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions set forth therein, including the approval and
adoption of the Reorganization Agreement by the requisite vote of Ecton's
shareholders, Ecton would be merged into Merger Sub. As a result of the merger
of Ecton into Merger Sub (the "Merger"), Ecton would become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Acuson. The Merger is intended to be a tax-free reorganization
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is intended to be
accounted for as a purchase.
Pursuant to the terms of the Reorganization Agreement, Acuson was to
acquire 100% of all of the outstanding securities of Ecton in exchange for
shares of Acuson common stock having a value as of the date of the
Reorganization Agreement equal to $23 million (the "Closing Date Stock
Consideration"). In addition, the Reorganization Agreement provides that up to
$17 million is to be payable to Ecton shareholders in either shares of Acuson
common stock and/or cash (the "Post-Closing Payments") depending on the gross
profits attributable to the sale or license of Ecton's products achieved by
Ecton through each of the four calendar years beginning on January 1st of 2000
and ending on December 31, 2003.
On November 30, 1999, Acuson, Ecton and Merger Sub entered into Amendment
No. 1 to the Reorganization Agreement (the "Amendment"). The Amendment provides
that, in addition to the Closing Date Stock Consideration, upon the closing of
the Merger, Acuson will pay Ecton shareholders an aggregate of $4 million in
cash. The Amendment also contemplates that the payment of Post-Closing Payments
to Ecton shareholders be based on the gross profits attributable to the sale or
license of Ecton's products achieved by Ecton through June 30, 2004, and that
the post-closing payment years upon which such calculations are to be made will
be modified to be the twelve month period beginning on July 1 in a specified
calendar year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year. The
description contained in this Item 5 of the transactions contemplated by the
Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibit
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Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of
November 30, 1999, among Acuson, Merger Sub and Ecton.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Acuson Corporation
Dated: December 2, 1999
By: /s/Charles H. Dearborn
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Charles H. Dearborn
Vice President of Human Resources
and Legal Affairs, General Counsel and
Secretary
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
This Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization
(the "Amendment") is made and entered into as of November 30, 1999, by and among
Acuson Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"); Echo Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"); and
Ecton, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (the "Company").
Recitals
A. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company entered into that certain Agreement
and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of September 15, 1999 (the
"Reorganization Agreement") which contemplates the merger of the Company into
Merger Sub (the "Merger") on the terms described therein.
B. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to amend the Reorganization
Agreement in the manner set forth below.
C. Terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the meanings given
to them in the Reorganization Agreement.
Agreement
The parties to this Amendment agree as follows:
1. Applicable Fraction. The "Applicable Fraction" referred to in Section
1.5 of the Reorganization Agreement shall be rounded to five decimal
points.
2. Additional Merger Consideration. In addition to the conversion of
shares of Company Common Stock into Parent Common Stock as described in
Section 1.5 of the Reorganization Agreement, Parent shall pay to each
Merger Shareholder, by delivering to the Shareholders' Agent on behalf
of each Merger Shareholder, a check in an amount determined by
multiplying $4,000,000 (the "Closing Cash Consideration") by such
Merger Shareholder's Percentage Interest (as defined in Section 1.6 of
the Reorganization Agreement). In no event shall Parent be required to
pay to the Merger Shareholders under this Section 2 more than an
aggregate of $4,000,000 in cash (such Closing Cash Consideration being
in addition to the shares of Parent Common Stock referred to in the
first sentence of this Section 2.) Assuming that on or before the fifth
business day prior to the Closing, the Company provides to Parent (a) a
schedule reasonably satisfactory to Parent setting forth opposite the
name of each Merger Shareholder (i) the dollar
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amount of any cash to be received by such Merger Shareholder pursuant
to this Section 2; (ii) any amounts that Parent should withhold from
the dollar amount otherwise payable pursuant to this Section 2 with
respect to the exercise of any , Company Options or warrants to
purchase shares of Company Common Stock; and (iii) the net amount
payable to such Merger Shareholder pursuant to this Section 2, and (b)
such other documents reasonably requested by Parent, the checks
referred to in this Section 2 shall be delivered to the Shareholders'
Agent for the benefit of the Merger Shareholders on the Closing Date
promptly after the Closing. If the documents required to be delivered
by the Company pursuant to the previous sentence are not delivered as
specified, Parent shall use its best efforts to deliver the checks
referred to in this Section 2 to the Shareholders' Agent for the
benefit of the Merger Shareholders as soon as possible after the
Closing, but in no event later than five days after such documents are
delivered.
3. Post-Closing Payments. The Reorganization Agreement provides that Post-
Closing Payments will be made based on the Gross Profit for the
specified Post-Closing Payment Years (which begin on January 1 in a
year and end of December 31 of that year). The parties agree that all
Post-Closing Payment Years will be modified to be the twelve month
period beginning on July 1 in a specified calendar year and ending on
June 30 of the following calendar year. Accordingly, Section 1.6 of the
Reorganization Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety
with the following:
1.6 Post-Closing Payments
(a) For purposes of this Section 1.6, the following terms have the
meanings set forth below:
(i) "Cause" has the meaning attributed to that term as set forth
in the Employment Agreement in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto;
(ii) "Corporate Event" means (x) a merger, consolidation,
reorganization, sale of securities or similar transaction in which the
stockholders of Parent before such transaction own less than 50% of the
voting stock of the surviving entity (and less than 50% of the voting stock
of the acquiring entity) immediately after such transaction or (y) the sale
or disposition of all or substantially all of Parent's assets;
(iii) "Distribution Date" means the date determined by Parent in
its sole discretion within 90 days after the end of each Post-Closing
Payment Year on which a Post-Closing Payment is scheduled to be made;
(iv) "Good Reason" has the meaning attributed to that term as set
forth in the Employment Agreement in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto;
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(v) "Gross Profit" means, with respect to each Post-Closing
Payment Year, the revenues of Parent (on a consolidated basis) that are
attributable to the sale or license of the Products during such Post-
Closing Payment Year (net of discounts and returns reserves), less the cost
of goods sold and associated period costs applicable to the sale or license
of such products during such Post-Closing Payment Year, including reserves
for warranty, and all other costs associated with manufacturing,
warehousing, installing and shipping the Products (and similar or related
activities), but not including general and administrative expenses and
sales, marketing or product development expenses (it being understood that
all components of "Gross Profit" shall be determined in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as reasonably applied by
Parent);
(vi) the "Percentage Interest" of a particular Merger Shareholder
means the number of shares of Company Common Stock owned by the particular
Merger Shareholder immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by the
Fully Diluted Number of Company Shares;
(vii) "Post-Closing Parent Average Stock Price" means the average
of the closing sale prices of a share of Parent Common Stock as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange for each of the 10 consecutive trading days
ending on the trading day immediately preceding the fifth day prior to the
applicable Distribution Date;
(viii) "Post-Closing Payment" means any payment a Merger
Shareholder may be entitled to receive from Parent pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Section 1.6;
(ix) "Post-Closing Payment Year" means each of the following four
fiscal years: July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; July 1, 2001 through June
30, 2002; July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003; and July 1, 2003 through June
30, 2004.; and
(x) "Products" means all products, product upgrades and
associated peripherals developed by the Company before the Closing Date and
by the Surviving Corporation after the Closing Date, and all service(s)
delivered by the Company or the Surviving Corporation for such products and
product upgrades.
(b) Subject to any right of setoff that Parent may be entitled to
exercise (pursuant to Section 9.3 or otherwise), and subject to the other
provisions of this Section 1.6:
(i) for the purposes of this Section 1.6, the "Threshold Gross
Profit," the "Pay-Out Rate," the "Maximum Pay-Out Amount" and the "Gross
Profit at Maximum Pay-Out" used to determine the Post-Closing Payment for
each Post-Closing Payment Year shall be based on the figures set forth in
Schedule 1.6 (b)(i);
(ii) for each Post-Closing Payment Year, Parent shall pay to each
Merger Shareholder such Merger Shareholder's Percentage Interest of the
amount, if
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greater than zero, determined by multiplying (A) the amount, if any, by
which the Gross Profit for such Post-Closing Payment Year exceeds the
Threshold Gross Profit for such Post-Closing Year as set forth in Section
1.6(b)(i) by (B) the Pay-Out Rate for such Post-Closing Payment Year as set
forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) (it being understood that (A) no Post-Closing
Payment shall be earned in any Post-Closing Payment Year unless the Gross
Profit for such Post-Closing Payment Year exceeds such Post-Closing Year's
Threshold Gross Profit as set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i), and (B) the Post-
Closing Payment for any particular Post-Closing Payment Year shall never
exceed the Maximum Pay-Out Amount (as adjusted in the manner set forth
below) for such Post-Closing Payment Year);
(iii) in the event that the Gross Profit earned in any Post-
Closing Payment Year ended June 30, 2001, June 30, 2002 or June 30, 2003 is
in excess of the Gross Profit at Maximum Pay-Out Amount set forth in
Section 1.6(b)(i) for such Post-Closing payment Year, such excess Gross
Profit shall be carried forward to the following Post-Closing Payment Year
and applied to increase the Gross Profit for that following Post-Closing
Payment Year;
(iv) if in the Post-Closing Payment Year ended June 30, 2001 the
Threshold Gross Profit is attained but the Maximum Pay-Out Amount for such
Post-Closing Payment Year is not achieved, then 20% of the difference
between the Maximum Pay-Out Amount for that Post-Closing Payment Year and
the actual Post-Closing Payment for such Post-Closing Payment Year shall be
carried forward to the following Post-Closing Payment Year ended June 30,
2002 (such difference being referred to as the "Year 2000 Carry Forward
Amount"). The Maximum Pay-Out Amount for the following Post-Closing Payment
Year ended June 30, 2002 (the "Year 2001 New Maximum Pay Out") shall be
equal to the Maximum Pay-Out Amount as set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) for
the Post-Closing Payment Year ended June 30, 2002 plus any Year 2000 Carry
Forward Amount, and the Pay-Out Rate for the Post-Closing Year ended June
30, 2002 shall be determined by the following formula:
A / (B-C)
Where "A" is equal to the Year 2001 New Maximum Pay-Out; "B" is the
Gross Profit at Maximum Pay-Out for the Post-Closing Payment Year June
30, 2002 as set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) and "C" is the Threshold
Gross Profit for the Post-Closing Payment Year ended June 30, 2002 as
set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i);
(v) if in either of the Post-Closing Payment Years June 30, 2002
or June 30, 2003 (but not June 30, 2001 or June 30, 2004), the Threshold
Gross Profit is attained but the Maximum Pay-Out Amount for such Post-
Closing Payment Year is not achieved, then 50% of the difference between
the Maximum Pay-Out Amount (including, with respect to the Post-Closing
Payment Year ended June 30, 2002 only, any amount carried forward pursuant
to the terms of Section 1.6(b)(i)) for that Post-Closing Payment Year and
the actual Post-Closing Payment for such Post-Closing Payment Year shall be
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carried forward to the following Post-Closing Payment Year (such difference
being referred to as the "Carry Forward Amount"). The Maximum Pay-Out
Amount for such following Post-Closing Payment Year (the "New Maximum Pay-
Out") shall be equal to the sum of the existing Maximum Pay-Out Amount as
set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) for such following Post-Closing Payment Year
plus any Carry Forward Amount, and the Pay-Out Rate for such following
Post-Closing Payment Year shall be determined by the following formula:
A / (B-C)
Where "A" is equal to the New Maximum Pay-Out for that Post-Closing
Payment Year; "B" is the Gross Profit at Maximum Pay-Out for that
Post-Closing Payment Year as set forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) and "C" is
the Threshold Gross Profit for that Post-Closing Payment Year as set
forth in Section 1.6(b)(i).
(vi) Any Post-Closing Payment required to be made pursuant to this
Section 1.6 shall be made on the Distribution Date; provided, however, that
if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Objection Notice in accordance with
Section 1.6(f), then the Post-Closing Payment with respect to which an
Objection Notice is so delivered shall not be made until the dispute
identified in such Objection Notice is resolved.
(c) Within 75 days after the last day of each Post-Closing Payment
Year, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall: (i) prepare or cause to be
prepared a statement setting forth in detail the Gross Profit of each
Product and its method of calculation (including the dollar amount of costs
of goods sold applicable to each Product), the total Gross Profit with
respect to the Post-Closing Payment Year covered by such statement and any
Post-Closing Payment for the particular Post-Closing Payment Year covered
by such statement (the "Post-Closing Payment Statement"); and (ii) deliver
or cause to be delivered such Post-Closing Payment Statement to the
Shareholders' Agent for and on behalf of the Merger Shareholders.
(d) Parent shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether a
particular Post-Closing Payment shall be payable in cash or in Parent
Common Stock (or in a combination thereof). For any Post-Closing Payment
(or portion thereof) that Parent elects to pay in Parent Common Stock, the
number of shares of Parent Common Stock distributed on the Distribution
Date with respect to such Post-Closing Payment (or portion thereof) shall
be determined by dividing the Post-Closing Payment (or portion thereof)
payable in Parent Common Stock by the Post-Closing Parent Average Stock
Price. The total fair market value of all consideration other than shares
of Parent Common Stock received by shareholders of the Company in the
Merger (including, without limitation, cash paid to Company shareholders
perfecting dissenters' rights, cash paid in lieu of fractional shares, the
payment of the Closing Cash Consideration to the shareholders of the
Company on the Closing Date (and the cash portion of any Post-Closing
Payments)) will be less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate fair
market value of shares of stock of the Company outstanding immediately
prior to the Merger.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
1.6 or elsewhere in this Agreement:
(i) Parent shall not be required to pay/distribute cash and/or
Parent Common Stock pursuant to this Section 1.6 having a value measured on
each Distribution Date aggregating more than $17,000,000, and Parent's
obligations to make payments/distributions pursuant to this Section 1.6
shall terminate at such time the aggregate value measured on each
Distribution Date of all payments/distributions made by Parent pursuant to
this Section 1.6 equals $17,000,000;
(ii) no payment or distribution of any Post-Closing Payment shall
be made to any Key Employee for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 unless
such Key Employee continues to be employed by the Surviving Corporation
until the last day of such Post-Closing Payment Year; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing:
(A) if the employment of such Key Employee shall have been
terminated as a result of the death or disability of such Key
Employee or by Parent or the Surviving Corporation without Cause
or by such Key Employee for Good Reason, then such payment or
distribution of the Post-Closing Payment shall be made to such
Key Employee (or in the event of death, to the estate, heirs or
successors of such Key Employee) notwithstanding the termination
of such Key Employee's employment; and
(B) a Key Employee who acquired shares of Company Common Stock in
certain specified financing rounds of the Company made prior to
the Effective Time (the "Specified Financing Rounds") other than
the founders round of financing, shall be entitled to that
portion of the Post-Closing Payment otherwise due for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2004 equal to the product of (1) the portion
of such Post-Closing Payment such Key Employee would have been
entitled to receive had such Key Employee remained employed by
the Surviving Corporation until the last day of such Post-Closing
Payment Year, multiplied by (2) a fraction (x) whose numerator is
the number of shares of Company Common Stock acquired by such Key
Employee in the Specified Financing Rounds (or upon the exercise
of warrants acquired by such Key Employee in the Specified
Financing Rounds) and owned by such Key Employee immediately
prior to the Effective Time, and (y) whose denominator is the
total number of shares of Company Common Stock owned by such Key
Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time; and
(iii) subject to Section 1.6(e)(i) and Section 1.6(e)(ii), (A)
in the event of a Corporate Event which is not approved by at least a
majority of the board of directors of Parent, each Merger Shareholder shall
be entitled to receive promptly following the closing of such Corporate
Event such Merger Shareholder's Percentage Interest of consideration having
a
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value equal to the sum of the Maximum Pay-Out Amounts for each Post-
Closing Payment Year that remains following such Corporate Event
(including, for greater certainty, the Post-Closing Payment Year in which
the Corporate Event takes place, provided the Merger Shareholders have not
already received a Post-Closing Payment for that Post-Closing Payment Year
as of the closing date of the Corporate Event); and (B) in the event of a
Corporate Event which is approved by at least a majority of the board of
directors of Parent, each Merger Shareholder shall be entitled to receive
on the date determined in accordance with Section 1.6(b)(vi) with respect
to each remaining Post-Closing Payment Year following such Corporate Event
(including, for greater certainty, the Post-Closing Payment Year in which
the Corporate Event takes place, provided the Merger Shareholders have not
already received a Post-Closing Payment for that Post-Closing Payment Year
as of the closing date of the Corporate Event), such Merger Shareholder's
Percentage Interest of consideration having a value equal to the greater of
(x) the Post-Closing Payment that would otherwise be due for that Post-
Closing Payment Year calculated in accordance with this Section 1.6 or (y)
33-1/3% of the Maximum Pay-Out Amount for that Post-Closing Year as set
forth in Section 1.6(b)(i) and if applicable, as modified by Sections
1.6(b)(iv) and/or 1.6(b)(v).
(f) In the event that the Shareholders' Agent objects to Parent's
calculation of the Gross Profit or Post-Closing Payment for any particular
Post-Closing Payment Year, then, within 30 days after the delivery to the
Shareholders' Agent of the Post-Closing Payment Statement for such Post-
Closing Payment Year, the Shareholders' Agent shall deliver to Parent a
written notice describing in reasonable detail the Shareholders' Agent's
objections to Parent's calculation of the Gross Profit and/or Post-Closing
Payment (an "Objection Notice"), accompanied by a statement setting forth
the dollar amount determined by the Shareholders' Agent to represent the
Gross Profit and/or Post-Closing Payment or a request for additional
information from Parent or the Surviving Corporation that the Shareholders'
Agent may require in order to determine the Gross Profit and/or Post-
Closing Payment. If the Shareholders' Agent shall not deliver an Objection
Notice to Parent within the 30-day period referred to in the preceding
sentence, then Parent's calculation of the Gross Profit and the Post-
Closing Payment, if any, shall be binding and conclusive on Parent, the
Merger Shareholders, the Shareholders' Agent and the Surviving Corporation.
If the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Objection Notice to Parent within
the 30-day period referred to in the first sentence of this Section 1.6(f),
and if the Shareholders' Agent and Parent are unable to agree upon the
calculation of the Gross Profit and/or Post-Closing Payment, if any, within
30 days after an Objection Notice is delivered to Parent, the dispute shall
be finally settled by a "Big Five" or similar independent accounting firm
selected by Shareholders' Agent (and reasonably acceptable to Parent). The
determination by the independent accounting firm of the Gross Profit and
the Post-Closing Payment, if any (the "Determined Post-Closing Payment")
shall be conclusive and binding on Parent, the Merger Shareholders, the
Shareholders' Agent and the Surviving Corporation. Parent and the Merger
Shareholders shall each bear and pay 50% of the fees and other expenses of
such independent accounting firm (the "Fees"). Upon the sole discretion of
Parent, the amount of Fees payable by the Merger Shareholders pursuant to
this Section 1.6(f) may be deducted from the Determined Post-
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Closing Payment in full satisfaction of the Merger Shareholders' liability
for such Fees as set forth in this Section 1.6(f).
(g) No rights or interest of any Merger Shareholder under Section 1.6
may be assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part.
(h) Parent and affiliates shall maintain separate records of account
(the "Records of Account") upon which all transactions involving the
Products will be entered. The Shareholders' Agent shall at all reasonable
times during normal business hours have access to and the right to inspect
and audit such Records of Account; provided that the Shareholders' Agent
agrees that he shall hold all information contained in the Records of
Account in strict confidence and shall use such information only for
purposes of making calculations under this Section 1.6. Parent intends to
develop, market and sell the Products, subject to changes in market
conditions and the business environment generally.
4. Post-Closing Payment Schedule. Schedule 1.6(b)(i) of the Reorganization
Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with Schedule
1.6(b)(i) attached hereto.
5. Termination. The reference to "December 15, 1999" in Sections 5.5(b),
8.1(c) and 8.1(d) of the Reorganization Agreement shall be replaced
with "December 29, 1999."
6. Exercise of Options and Warrants. Section 5.3 of the Reorganization
Agreement shall be deleted.
7. Excess Accounting and Legal Expenses. The reference to "$75,000" in
subpart "(A)" of the definition of Excess Accounting and Legal Expenses
in Exhibit A to the Reorganization Agreement shall be replaced with
"$100,000."
8. Miscellaneous.
8.1 Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be
delivered or given to any party under this Amendment shall be
deemed properly delivered and given when delivered in accordance
with the terms of Section 10.5 of the Reorganization Agreement.
8.2 This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken
together, shall constitute one agreement.
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8.3 This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with, and governed
in all respects by, the internal laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of
laws).
8.4 This Amendment may not be amended, modified, altered or
supplemented other than by means of a written instrument duly
executed and delivered: (a) prior to the Closing Date, on behalf
of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the Shareholders' Agent
(acting exclusively for and on behalf of all of the Merger
Shareholders); and (b) after the Closing Date, on behalf of Parent
and the Shareholders' Agent (acting exclusively for and on behalf
of all of the Merger Shareholders).
8.5 In the event that any provision of this Amendment, or the
application of any such provision to any Person or set of
circumstances, shall be determined to be invalid, unlawful, void
or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Amendment,
and the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances
other than those as to which it is determined to be invalid,
unlawful, void or unenforceable, shall not be impaired or
otherwise affected and shall continue to be valid and enforceable
to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.6 This Amendment and the other agreements referred to herein
(including the Reorganization Agreement) set forth the entire
understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter
hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings among or between any of the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and thereof.
8.7 Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives any and all
right to trial by jury in any Legal Proceeding arising out of or
related to this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby.
8.8 The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the
effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation
of this Amendment.
8.9 Except as amended by this Amendment, the Reorganization Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.
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The parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered
as of the date first written above.
Acuson Corporation,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Charles H. Dearborn
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Charles H. Dearborn
Vice President
Echo Acquisition Corp.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Charles H. Dearborn
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Charles H. Dearborn
Vice President
Ecton, Inc.,
a Pennsylvania corporation
By: /s/ Michael G. Cannon
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Michael G. Cannon
President
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