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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FUQUA ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
361022-10-6
(CUSIP Number)
Gene J. Minotto
2935 Northeast Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30360
Telephone: (770) 368-4700
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
November 8, 1995
(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(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [X].
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CUSIP NO. 361022-10-6
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1. Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
Gene J. Minotto
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2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a)
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(b)
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3. SEC Use Only
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4. Source of Funds
OO
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5. Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to
Item 2(d) or 2(e) ______
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6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States
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Number of 7. Sole Voting Power
Shares 600,000
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Beneficially 8. Shared Voting Power
Owned by -0-
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Each Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power
Person With 600,000
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10. Shared Dispositive Power
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11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
600,000
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12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares _____
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13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
Approximately 13.5%
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14. Type of Reporting Person
IN
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Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Schedule 13D relates to the common stock, $2.50 par value
per share ("Common Stock"), of Fuqua Enterprises, Inc. ("Fuqua"). Fuqua has
its principal executive offices at One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree
Street, Suite 5000, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
This statement is being filed by Gene J. Minotto ("Mr.
Minotto" or the "Reporting Person").
I. (a) Gene J. Minotto
(b) Gene J. Minotto's business address is 2935
Northeast Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30360.
(c) Gene J. Minotto is President of Basic American
Medical Products, Inc. ("Basic"), a Georgia
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Fuqua. Basic is engaged in the
manufacturing and distribution of health
care equipment for the acute, long-term and
home health care industries. The address of
Basic is 2935 Northeast Parkway, Atlanta,
Georgia 30360.
(f) Gene J. Minotto is a citizen of the United
States.
(d)-(e) During the last five years the Reporting Person has
not been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations
and similar misdemeanors) or (ii) 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.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
On November 8, 1995, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of October 6, 1995, by and among Basic, BA Acquisition
Corporation ("Sub") and Fuqua and with respect to Articles 7, 12 and 13
thereof, Gene J. Minotto (the "Merger Agreement"), Sub was merged with and
into Basic (the "Merger"), and Basic became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Fuqua. At the effective time of the Merger, the shares of common stock of
Basic beneficially owned by the Reporting Person were converted into 600,000
shares of Common Stock of Fuqua and cash in the amount of $1,329,980.
The foregoing response to this Item 3 is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, the full text of which is filed
as Exhibit 1 hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Mr. Minotto acquired beneficial ownership of the 600,000
shares of Common Stock described herein as a result of the consummation of the
Merger described in Item 3 above.
Mr. Minotto may be deemed an affiliate of Basic, for purposes
of Rule 145 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). As an
affiliate, Mr. Minotto may not sell his shares of Common Stock acquired in
connection with the Merger except pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act covering such shares, or in compliance with
Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act or another applicable exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. In connection with
the Merger, the Reporting Person acquired the 600,000 shares of Common Stock
for investment purposes. Additionally, the Reporting Person has agreed to
refrain from transferring, or otherwise disposing of any shares of Common Stock
received in the Merger, except in compliance with applicable securities laws.
Mr. Minotto may change any of his current intentions, acquire
additional shares of Common Stock or sell or otherwise dispose of all or any
part of the Common Stock beneficially owned by him, or take any other action
with respect to Fuqua or any of its debt or equity securities in any manner
permitted by law. Mr. Minotto does not have any current plans or proposals
which relate to or would result in any of the events described in items (a)
through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
The foregoing response is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Merger Agreement, the full text of which is filed as Exhibit 1
hereto and the Registration Rights Agreement described in Item 6 below, the
full text of which is filed as Exhibit 2 hereto.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a)-(b) The Reporting Person owns of record 600,000 shares of
Common Stock, which amounts to approximately 13.5% of the total number of
shares of Common Stock which Fuqua had outstanding as of November 8, 1995
(4,438,488 shares). The Reporting Person has sole voting and dispositive
rights with respect to such shares.
(c) Except in connection with the Merger, the Reporting
Person has not effected any transaction in the Common Stock during the past
sixty days.
(d) None.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationship with
Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Registration Rights Agreement.
In connection with the Merger, the Reporting Person entered
into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 8, 1995, with Fuqua (the
"Registration Rights Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Reporting Person or a subsequent holder of the shares of
Fuqua Common Stock received by
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the Reporting Person in the Merger (the "Registrable Securities"), shall be
entitled to require Fuqua to register the Registrable Securities in the manner
described below.
Shelf Registration. At any time beginning one year after the closing
of the Merger and ending four years after the closing of the Merger (the "Shelf
Period"), holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities may request that
Fuqua effect a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act
(the "Shelf Registration") covering Registrable Securities constituting no more
than 50% of the Registrable Securities. If the amount of Registrable
Securities requested to be registered under the Shelf Registration exceeds 50%
of the Registrable Securities, the amount of the Registrable Securities to be
offered for the account of the holders requesting registration shall be reduced
pro rata to the extent necessary so that the amount of Registrable Securities
to be registered shall not exceed 50% of the Registrable Securities. Fuqua is
obligated to use its reasonable efforts to have the shelf registration
statement declared effective as soon as practicable after its filing and to
keep such registration statement continuously effective until the fourth
anniversary of the closing of the Merger or until all Registrable Securities
included therein have been sold, if earlier.
Demand Registration. Holders of Registrable Securities are also
entitled to certain demand registration rights under the Registration Rights
Agreement. At any time after one year following the closing of the Merger, one
or more holders of Registrable Securities holding in the aggregate Registrable
Securities with a market value (on the date the written notice is delivered) of
at least $2 million may require Fuqua to use its reasonable efforts to effect
the registration of any and all Registrable Securities (a "Demand
Registration"). Fuqua is not required to effect more than two Demand
Registrations pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Fuqua is not
required to effect a Demand Registration (i) if it has effected a Demand
Registration during the previous twelve months; (ii) if the holders have
requested a demand after the third anniversary of the closing of the Merger;
or (iii) during the Shelf Period, unless the requested demand registration is
to be underwritten, on a firm commitment or best efforts basis, and the
managing underwriter or underwriters have requested in a written opinion to the
holders and Fuqua that a new registration statement be filed in the interest of
the proposed offering. A Demand Registration will not be deemed to have been
effected for purposes of the Registration Rights Agreement if the applicable
registration statement is not declared effective and kept effective until the
earlier of (i) four months following the date on which such registration
statement was declared effective, and (ii) the sale pursuant to such
registration statement of the Registrable Securities covered thereby. During
the first three years of the Shelf Period, an underwritten public offering made
under the Shelf Registration will constitute a Demand Registration for purposes
of the Registration Rights Agreement.
Piggyback Registration. If Fuqua proposes to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to any class of equity
securities (other than in connection with the registration of equity securities
issued or issuable pursuant to an employee stock option, stock purchase, stock
bonus or similar plan or pursuant to a merger, exchange offer or transaction of
the type specified in Rule 145(a) of the Securities Act), at any time on or
prior to the fifth anniversary of the closing of the Merger, then Fuqua shall
give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable
Securities at least 15 days before the anticipated filing date, and such notice
shall offer the holders the opportunity to register such amount of Registrable
Securities as each such holder may request. Fuqua is required to use its best
efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed
underwritten offering to permit the inclusion therein of any Registrable
Securities requested to be included. If the amount of any kind of Registrable
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Securities to be offered for the accounts of holders is reduced in accordance
with certain specified cutback provisions, Fuqua may not include in such
offering any securities other than (i) Registrable Securities and (ii)
securities, if any, that Fuqua is offering for sale for its own account in a
primary underwritten offering.
Merger Agreement.
Subject to certain limitations described below, (a) the
Reporting Person has agreed to indemnify Fuqua and Basic from and against all
losses asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by Fuqua or Basic by reason
of or resulting from a breach of any representation or warranty of Basic or the
Reporting Person in the Merger Agreement and (b) Fuqua has agreed to indemnify
the Reporting Person from and against all losses asserted against, imposed upon
or incurred by the Reporting Person by reason of or resulting from a breach of
any representation or warranty of Fuqua in the Merger Agreement.
As specified in the Merger Agreement, indemnification will not
be required until an indemnified party's losses exceed $160,000, at which time
indemnification may be claimed for such amount and amounts in excess thereof.
No indemnifying party will be required to make indemnification payments in
excess of $1,600,000. All rights of indemnification under the Merger Agreement
expire on the first anniversary of the effective time of the Merger (except
with respect to claims made prior to the first anniversary of the effective
time of the Merger).
Indemnification payments may be made in shares of Fuqua Common
Stock in the manner specified in the Merger Agreement. Claims for
indemnification must be adjusted for tax benefits and insurance recoveries of
the indemnified party.
Except as stated in the preceding paragraphs, Mr. Minotto does
not have any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or
otherwise) with any other person with respect to the Common Stock, including,
but not limited to, any agreements concerning (i) transfer or voting of any of
the securities, (ii) finder's fees, (iii) joint ventures, (iv) loan or option
arrangements, (v) puts or calls, (vi) guarantees of profits, (vii) division of
profits or losses or (viii) the giving or withholding of proxies.
The foregoing response to this Item 6 is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement, the full texts of which are filed as Exhibits 1 and 2 hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
(1) Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Basic
American Medical Products, Inc., BA Acquisition Corporation and Fuqua
Enterprises, Inc. and with respect to Articles 7, 12, and 13 thereof, Gene J.
Minotto, dated as of October 6, 1995.
(2) Registration Rights Agreement by and among Fuqua
Enterprises, Inc. and Gene J. Minotto, dated November 8, 1995.
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Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the informtion set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: November 20, 1995
/s/ Gene J. Minotto
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GENE J. MINNOTTO
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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1 Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Basic, BA
Acquisition Corporation ("Sub") and Fuqua and with
respect to Articles 7, 12 and 13 thereof, Gene J.
Minotto, dated as of October 6, 1995
2 Registration Rights Agreement by and among Fuqua
Enterprises, Inc. and Gene J. Minotto, dated as of
November 8, 1995
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EXHIBIT 1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
BASIC AMERICAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.,
BA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
AND
FUQUA ENTERPRISES, INC.
AND
WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES 7, 12 AND 13 HEREOF,
GENE J. MINOTTO
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 6, 1995
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Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE 1 - TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Time and Place of Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Effective Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE 2 - TERMS OF MERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1 Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Bylaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 Directors and Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE 3 - MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1 Conversion of Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2 Anti-Dilution Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3 Shares Held by the Company or Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4 Dissenting Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTICLE 4 - EXCHANGE OF SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1 Exchange Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2 Rights of Former Company Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ARTICLE 5 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1 Organization, Standing, and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2 Authority; No Breach By Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.3 Capital Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.4 Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.5 Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.6 Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.7 Accounts Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.8 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.10 Tax Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.11 Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.12 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.13 Compliance With Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.14 Employment and Labor Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.15 Employee Benefit Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.16 Material Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.17 Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.18 Title to Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.19 Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.20 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.21 Statements True and Correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.22 Accounting, Tax and Regulatory Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE 6 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.1 Organization, Standing, and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.2 Authority; No Breach By Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.3 Capital Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.4 Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.5 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.6 Statements True and Correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.7 Authority of Sub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.8 Accounting, Tax and Regulatory Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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ARTICLE 7 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MINOTTO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.1 Ownership of Company Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.2 Authorization, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.3 No Consent Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.4 Litigation Relating to the Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.5 Agreement to Vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.6 Securities Act Covenants and Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.7 Investment Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ARTICLE 8 - CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING CONSUMMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1 Affirmative Covenants of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.2 Negative Covenants of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.3 Covenants of Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8.4 Adverse Changes in Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8.5 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE 9 - ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.1 Proxy Statement; Shareholder Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.2 Exchange Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.3 Applications; Antitrust Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.4 Filings with State Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.5 Agreement as to Efforts to Consummate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.6 Investigation and Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.7 Press Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.8 Certain Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.9 Tax Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
9.10 Charter Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE 10 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
10.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
10.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
10.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE 11 - TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
11.1 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
11.2 Effect of Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ARTICLE 12 - SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
12.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
12.2 Obligation of Minotto to Indemnify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
12.3 Obligation of Parent to Indemnify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
12.4 Conditions of Indemnification with Respect to Third Party Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
12.5 Limitations on Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
12.6 Payment of Indemnification Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
12.7 Reduction for Certain Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
12.8 Section 16 Deferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
12.9 Subrogation Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
12.10 Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ARTICLE 13 - MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
13.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
13.2 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.3 Brokers and Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.4 Entire Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.5 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.6 Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
13.7 Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
13.8 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
13.9 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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13.10 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
13.11 Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
13.12 Interpretations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
13.13 Enforcement of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
13.14 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of OCTOBER 6, 1995, by and among BASIC AMERICAN MEDICAL
PRODUCTS, INC. (the "Company"), a Georgia corporation having its principal
office located in Norcross, Georgia; BA ACQUISITION CORPORATION ("Sub"), a
Georgia corporation having its principal office located in Atlanta, Georgia;
and FUQUA ENTERPRISES, INC. ("Parent"), a Delaware corporation having its
principal office located in Atlanta, Georgia and with respect to Articles 7, 12
and 13 hereof, GENE J. MINOTTO ("Minotto").
PREAMBLE
The Boards of Directors of the Company, Sub and Parent are of the
opinion that the transactions described herein are in the best interests of the
parties and their respective shareholders. This Agreement provides for the
acquisition of the Company by Parent pursuant to the merger of Sub with and
into the Company. At the effective time of such merger, the outstanding shares
of the capital stock of the Company shall be converted into the right to
receive the consideration specified herein. As a result, Minotto will become a
stockholder of Parent and the Company shall continue to conduct its business
and operations as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The transactions
described in this Agreement are subject to the approval of the shareholders of
the Company, and the satisfaction of certain other conditions described in this
Agreement. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the
Merger for federal income tax purposes shall qualify as a "reorganization"
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as
a condition and inducement of Parent's willingness to enter into this
Agreement, Parent and Minotto have agreed to enter into a registration rights
agreement in the form of Exhibit 1 (the "Registration Rights Agreement"),
pursuant to which Parent will provide certain registration rights with respect
to certain shares of Parent Common Stock to Minotto.
Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 13.1
of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual
warranties, representations, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the
parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER
1.1 MERGER. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, Sub shall be merged with and into the Company
in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-2-1101 et. seq. of the GBCC and
with the effect provided in Section 14-2-1106 of the GBCC (the "Merger"). The
Company shall be the Surviving Corporation resulting from the Merger and shall
become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent and shall continue to be governed by
the Laws of the State of Georgia. The Merger shall be consummated pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, which has been approved and adopted by the
respective Boards of Directors of the Company, Sub and Parent.
1.2 TIME AND PLACE OF CLOSING. The Closing will take place at
9:00 A.M. on the date that the Effective Time occurs (or the immediately
preceding day if the Effective Time is earlier than 9:00 A.M.), or at such
other time as the Parties, acting through their chief executive officers or
chief financial officers, may mutually agree. The place of Closing shall be at
the offices of Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Georgia, or such other place as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Parties.
1.3 EFFECTIVE TIME. The Merger and other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective on the date and at the
time the Certificate of Merger reflecting the Merger shall become effective
with the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia (the "Effective Time").
The Certificate of Merger will contain the undertaking required by Section
14-2-1105.1 of the GBCC. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, unless
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otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing by the chief executive officers or
chief financial officers of each Party, the Parties shall use their reasonable
efforts to cause the Effective Time to occur on the first business day
following the last to occur of (i) the effective date (including expiration of
any applicable waiting period) of the last required Consent of any Regulatory
Authority having authority over and approving or exempting the Merger, and (ii)
the date on which the shareholders of the Company approve this Agreement to the
extent such approval is required by applicable Law; or such later date within
30 days thereof as may be specified by Parent.
ARTICLE 2
TERMS OF MERGER
2.1 CHARTER. The Articles of Incorporation of Sub in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Articles of Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation until otherwise amended or repealed.
2.2 BYLAWS. The Bylaws of Sub in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until
otherwise amended or repealed.
2.3 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The directors of Sub in office
immediately prior to the Effective Time, together with such additional persons
as may thereafter be elected, shall serve as the directors of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation. The officers of Sub in office immediately prior to
the Effective Time, together with such additional persons as may thereafter be
elected, shall serve as the officers of the Surviving Corporation from and
after the Effective Time in accordance with the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
ARTICLE 3
MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES
3.1 CONVERSION OF SHARES. Subject to the provisions of this
Article 3, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of Parent, the Company, Sub or the shareholders of any of
the foregoing, the shares of the constituent corporations shall be converted as
follows:
(a) Each share of Parent Capital Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain issued and outstanding
from and after the Effective Time.
(b) Each share of Sub Common Stock issued and outstanding at the
Effective Time shall cease to be outstanding and shall be converted into one
share of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(c) Each share of Company Common Stock (excluding shares held by
the Company or any Parent Company, in each case other than in a fiduciary
capacity or as a result of debts previously contracted, and excluding shares
held by shareholders who perfect their statutory dissenters' rights as provided
in Section 3.4 of this Agreement) issued and outstanding at the Effective Time
shall cease to be outstanding and shall be converted into and exchanged for the
right to receive the following: (A) with respect to Minotto, 600,000 shares of
Parent Common Stock and $1,329,980 in cash, and (B) with respect to the
Minority Shareholders, $178.03 in cash for each share of Company Common Stock
held by such Minority Shareholder (collectively, the "Merger Consideration").
3.2 ANTI-DILUTION PROVISIONS. In the event the Company or
Parent changes the number of shares of Company Common Stock or Parent Common
Stock, respectively, issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time as a
result of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar recapitalization with
respect to such stock and the record date therefor (in the case of a stock
dividend) or the effective date thereof (in the case of a stock split or
similar recapitalization for which a record date is not established) shall be
prior to the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration shall be proportionately
adjusted.
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3.3 SHARES HELD BY THE COMPANY OR PARENT. Each of the shares of
Company Common Stock held by the Company or by any Parent Company, in each case
other than in a fiduciary capacity or as a result of debts previously
contracted, shall be canceled and retired at the Effective Time and no
consideration shall be issued in exchange therefor.
3.4 DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS. Any holder of shares of Company
Common Stock who perfects his dissenters' rights in accordance with and as
contemplated by Section 14-2-1301 et. seq. of the GBCC shall be entitled to
receive the value of such shares in cash as determined pursuant to such
provision of Law; provided, that no such payment shall be made to any
dissenting shareholder unless and until such dissenting shareholder has
complied with the applicable provisions of the GBCC and surrendered to the
Company the certificate or certificates representing the shares for which
payment is being made. In the event that after the Effective Time a dissenting
shareholder of the Company fails to perfect, or effectively withdraws or loses,
his right to appraisal and of payment for his shares, Parent shall issue and
deliver the consideration to which such holder of shares of Company Common
Stock is entitled under this Article 3 (without interest) upon surrender by
such holder of the certificate or certificates representing shares of Company
Common Stock held by him.
ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE OF SHARES
4.1 EXCHANGE PROCEDURES. At the Closing, each holder of shares
of Company Common Stock (other than shares to be canceled pursuant to Section
3.3 of this Agreement or as to which statutory dissenters' rights have been
perfected as provided in Section 3.4 of this Agreement) issued and outstanding
at the Effective Time shall surrender the certificate or certificates
representing such shares to Parent and shall promptly upon surrender thereof
receive in exchange therefor the consideration provided in Section 3.1 of this
Agreement, together with all undelivered dividends or distributions in respect
of such shares (without interest thereon) pursuant to Section 4.2 of this
Agreement. Parent shall not be obligated to deliver the consideration to which
any former holder of Company Common Stock is entitled as a result of the Merger
until such holder surrenders his certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Company Common Stock for exchange as provided in this Section 4.1 and
delivers an executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. The certificate or
certificates of Company Common Stock so surrendered shall be duly endorsed as
Parent may require and be accompanied by such other evidence of ownership as
Parent may reasonably require. Any other provision of this Agreement
notwithstanding, neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable
to a holder of Company Common Stock for any amounts paid or property delivered
in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned
property Law.
4.2 RIGHTS OF FORMER COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS. At the Effective
Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed as to holders of
Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time and no transfer of
Company Common Stock by any such holder shall thereafter be made or recognized.
Until surrendered for exchange in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1
of this Agreement, each certificate theretofore representing shares of Company
Common Stock (other than shares to be canceled pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4
of this Agreement) shall from and after the Effective Time represent for all
purposes only the right to receive the consideration provided in Section 3.1 of
this Agreement in exchange therefor, subject, however, to the Surviving
Corporation's obligation to pay any dividends or make any other distributions
with a record date prior to the Effective Time which have been declared or made
by the Company in respect of such shares of Company Common Stock in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and which remain unpaid at the Effective Time.
However, upon surrender of such Company Common Stock certificate, the
applicable Merger Consideration shall be delivered and paid with respect to
each share represented by such certificate.
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ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
5.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING, AND POWER. The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of Georgia, and has the corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its
Assets. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a
foreign corporation in good standing in the States of the United States and
foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or
conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for
such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed is not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company.
5.2 AUTHORITY; NO BREACH BY AGREEMENT.
(a) The Company has the corporate power and authority
necessary to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution,
delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the
part of the Company, subject to the approval of this Agreement by the holders
of a majority of the outstanding Company Common Stock, which is the only
shareholder vote required for approval of this Agreement and consummation of
the Merger by the Company. Subject to such requisite shareholder approval,
this Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (except
in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of
the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to
the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought).
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Company, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the provisions
hereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of the
Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (ii) constitute or result in
a Default under, or require any Consent pursuant to, or result in the creation
of any Lien on any Asset of the Company under, any Contract or Permit of the
Company , where such Default or Lien, or any failure to obtain such Consent, is
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company, or, (iii) subject to receipt of the requisite approvals
referred to in Section 10.1(b) of this Agreement, violate any Law or Order
applicable to the Company or any of its respective Assets.
(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the
provisions of the GBCC or under the HSR Act, no notice to, filing with, or
Consent of, any public body or authority is necessary for the consummation by
the Company of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated in this
Agreement.
5.3 CAPITAL STOCK.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists
of (i) 5,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 89,872 shares are
issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and not more than
89,872 shares will be issued and outstanding at the Effective Time, and (ii) no
shares of preferred stock. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are duly and validly issued and outstanding and are fully
paid and nonassessable under the GBCC. None of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company has been issued in violation of any preemptive
rights of the current or past shareholders of the Company.
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(b) Except as set forth in Section 5.3(a) of this
Agreement, or as disclosed in Section 5.3 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum,
there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Company
outstanding and no outstanding Rights relating to the capital stock of the
Company.
5.4 SUBSIDIARIES. The Company does not have any Subsidiaries.
5.5 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company has included in Section
5.5 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum copies of all the Company Financial
Statements that have been prepared for periods ended prior to the date hereof
and will deliver to Parent copies of all the Company Financial Statements
prepared subsequent to the date hereof. The Company Financial Statements (as
of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby) (i) are or, if dated
after the date of this Agreement, will be in accordance with the books and
records of the Company , which are or will be, as the case may be, complete and
correct and which have been or will have been, as the case may be, maintained
in accordance with good business practices, and (ii) present or will present,
as the case may be, fairly the financial position of the Company as of the
dates indicated and the results of operations, changes in shareholders'
equity, and cash flows of the Company for the periods indicated, in accordance
with GAAP (subject to any exceptions as to consistency specified therein or as
may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of interim financial
statements, to normal recurring year-end adjustments that are not material in
amount or effect).
5.6 INVENTORY. Except as disclosed in Section 5.6 of the
Company Disclosure Memorandum, the inventories of the Company are in good
condition, conform in all respects with applicable specifications and
warranties, are not obsolete and are saleable in the ordinary course of
business and at values not less than the recorded cost plus an amount adequate
to cover normal selling and disposition costs. The value of all items of
slow-moving, excessive, redundant, or obsolete inventory and of inventory of
below standard quality or which cannot be returned to the manufacturer thereof
has been written down to net realizable value or adequate reserves have been
provided therefore, and since December 31, 1994, has been accrued on the books
of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and in accordance with GAAP.
5.7 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. The accounts receivable shown on the
Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 1994, and all accounts receivable
created since December 31, 1994 through the Closing Date, represent and will
represent valid obligations owing to the Company and are collectible or
realizable by the Company, subject to the reserve for doubtful accounts
disclosed in the Company Financial Statements, and with respect to accounts
receivable created since December 31, 1994 as accrued on the books of the
Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in
accordance with GAAP since December 31, 1994.
5.8 ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES. The Company does not
have any Liabilities that are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, except Liabilities which
are accrued or reserved against in the balance sheets of the Company as of
December 31, 1994, included in the Company Financial Statements delivered prior
to the date of this Agreement or reflected in the notes thereto. The Company
has not incurred or paid any Liability since December 31, 1994, except for such
Liabilities incurred or paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past business practice and which are not reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
5.9 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS. Since December 31,
1994, except as disclosed in the Company Financial Statements delivered prior
to the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 5.9 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, (i) there have been no events, changes, or occurrences
which have had, or are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and (ii) the Company has
not taken any action, or failed to take any action, prior to the date of this
Agreement, which action or failure, if taken after the date of this Agreement,
would represent or result in a material breach or violation of any of the
covenants and agreements of the Company provided in Article 7 of this
Agreement.
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5.10 TAX MATTERS.
(a) All Tax returns required to be filed by or on behalf
of the Company have been timely filed or requests for extensions have been
timely filed, granted, and have not expired for periods ended on or before
December 31, 1994, and on or before the date of the most recent fiscal year end
immediately preceding the Effective Time, and all returns filed are complete
and accurate. All Taxes shown on filed returns have been paid. As of the date
of this Agreement, there is no audit examination, deficiency, or refund
Litigation with respect to any Taxes that is reasonably likely to result in a
determination that would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, except as reserved against in the Company
Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or as
disclosed in Section 5.10 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum. All Taxes and
other Liabilities due with respect to completed and settled examinations or
concluded Litigation have been paid.
(b) The Company has not executed an extension or waiver
of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any Tax due
(excluding such statutes that relate to years currently under examination by
the Internal Revenue Service or other applicable taxing authorities) that is
currently in effect.
(c) Adequate provision for any Taxes due or to become due
for the Company for the period or periods through and including the date of the
respective Company Financial Statements has been made and is reflected on such
Company Financial Statements.
(d) Deferred Taxes of the Company have been provided for
in accordance with GAAP.
(e) The Company is in compliance with, and its records
contain all information and documents (including properly completed IRS Forms
W-9) necessary to comply with, all applicable information reporting and Tax
withholding requirements under federal, state, and local Tax Laws, and such
records identify with specificity all accounts subject to backup withholding
under Section 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code.
5.11 ASSETS. Except as disclosed in Section 5.11 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum or as disclosed or reserved against in the Company
Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company
has good and marketable title, free and clear of all Liens, to all of its
respective Assets. All tangible properties used in the business of the Company
are in good condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and are usable in the
ordinary course of business consistent with the Company's past practices. All
Assets which are material to the Company's business, held under leases or
subleases by the Company, are held under valid Contracts enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms (except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other Laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the
availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive
relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceedings
may be brought), and each such Contract is in full force and effect. The
Company currently maintains adequate insurance with respect to its businesses.
The Company has not received notice from any insurance carrier that (i) such
insurance will be canceled or that coverage thereunder will be reduced or
eliminated, or (ii) premium costs with respect to such policies of insurance
will be substantially increased. There are presently no claims pending under
such policies of insurance and no notices have been given by the Company under
such policies. The Assets of the Company include all assets required to
operate the business of the Company as presently conducted.
5.12 ENVIRONMENTAL. Except as disclosed in Section 5.12 of the
Company Disclosure Memorandum,
(a) There is no Environmental Litigation (or any Litigation
against any Person whose liability, or any portion thereof, for Environmental
Matters or under any Environmental Laws the Company has or may have retained or
assumed contractually or by operation of law) pending or threatened with
respect to (i) the ownership, use, condition or operation of the business, the
Real Property or any other Asset of the Company or any Asset formerly held for
use or sale by the Company or any of its predecessors or any of its former
Subsidiaries, or (ii) any
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violation or alleged violation of or liability or alleged liability under any
Environmental Law or any Order related to Environmental Matters. There are no
existing, and to the Knowledge of the Company there have not been, violations
of (i) any Environmental Law, or (ii) any Order related to Environmental
Matters, with respect to the ownership, use, condition or operation of the
business, the Real Property or any other Asset of the Company or any Asset
formerly held for use or sale by the Company or any of its predecessors or any
of its former Subsidiaries. There are no present or, to the Knowledge of the
Company past, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or
incidents, including, without limitation, any Environmental Matter, that could
form the basis of (i) any Environmental Litigation against the Company, or (ii)
any Litigation against any Person whose liability (or any portion thereof) for
Environmental Matters or under any Environmental Laws the Company has or may
have retained or assumed contractually or by operation of law. To the
Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company, any of its predecessors or any
of its former Subsidiaries nor anyone known to the Company has used any Assets
or premises of the Company or any of its predecessors or any of its former
Subsidiaries or any part thereof for the handling, treatment, storage, or
disposal of any Hazardous Substances.
(b) No release, discharge, spillage or disposal of any Hazardous
Substances is occurring, or to the Knowledge of the Company has occurred, at
any Assets or Real Property of the Company or any of its predecessors or any of
its former Subsidiaries or any part thereof while or before such Assets or Real
Property or premises were owned, leased, operated, or managed, directly or
indirectly, by the Company.
(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, no soil or water in, under
or adjacent to any Assets or Real Property or premises of the Company or assets
formerly held for use or sale by the Company or any of its predecessors or any
of its former Subsidiaries has been contaminated by any Hazardous Substance
while or before such assets or premises were owned, leased, operated or
managed, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its predecessors or
any of its former Subsidiaries.
(d) To the Knowledge of the Company, all waste containing any
Hazardous Substances generated, used, handled, stored, treated or disposed of
(directly or indirectly) by the Company or any of its predecessors or any of
its former Subsidiaries has been released or disposed of in compliance with all
applicable reporting requirements under any Environmental Laws. There is no
Environmental Litigation with respect to any such release or disposal.
(e) All underground tanks and other underground storage
facilities presently or previously located at any Real Property owned, leased,
operated or managed by the Company or any of its predecessors or any of its
former Subsidiaries or any such tanks or facilities located at any Real
Property while such Real Property was owned, leased, operated, or managed by
the Company or any of its predecessors or any of its former Subsidiaries are
listed together with the capacity and contents (former and current) of each
such tank or facility in the Company Disclosure Memorandum. None of such
underground tanks or facilities is leaking or has ever leaked.
(f) All waste, hazardous or otherwise, has been removed from all
Real Property of the Company and its predecessors and its former Subsidiaries.
(g) The Company and each of its predecessors and each of its
former Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable reporting requirements
under all Environmental Laws concerning the disposal or release of Hazardous
Substances and neither the Company nor any of its predecessors or any of its
former Subsidiaries have made any such reports concerning any Real Property of
the Company or concerning the operations or activities of the Company or any of
its predecessors or any of its former Subsidiaries.
(h) No building or other Improvement or any Real Property owned,
leased, operated or managed by the Company contains any asbestos-containing
materials.
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(i) Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, (i)
all on-site and off-site locations where the Company or any of its predecessors
or any of its former Subsidiaries have stored, disposed or arranged for the
disposal of Hazardous Substances are identified in the Company Disclosure
Memorandum and (ii) no polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) are used or stored on
or in any Real Property owned, leased, operated or managed by the Company or
any of its predecessors or any of its former Subsidiaries.
(j) The Company Disclosure Memorandum contains a correct and
complete list of all environmental site assessments and other studies relating
to the investigation of the possibility of the presence or existence of any
Environmental Matter with respect to the Company, the business of the Company,
the Assets of the Company or any of the Real Property, and the Company has
previously delivered to Parent a correct and complete copy of each such
assessment and study.
5.13 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. The Company has in effect all Permits
necessary for it to own, lease, or operate its material Assets and to carry on
its business as now conducted, except for those Permits the absence of which
are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, and there has occurred no Default under any such
Permit, other than Defaults which are not reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Except as disclosed in Section 5.13 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum, the
Company :
(a) is not in violation of any Laws, Orders, or Permits
applicable to its business or employees conducting its business; and
(b) has not received any notification or communication from any
agency or department of federal, state, or local government or any Regulatory
Authority or the staff thereof (i) asserting that the Company is not in
compliance with any of the Laws or Orders which such governmental authority or
Regulatory Authority enforces, (ii) threatening to revoke any Permits, or (iii)
requiring the Company to enter into or consent to the issuance of a cease and
desist order, formal agreement, directive, commitment, or memorandum of
understanding, or to adopt any Board resolution or similar undertaking.
5.14 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR MATTERS.
(a) Section 5.14 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum contains a
correct and complete list of (i) all employees whose direct annual compensation
exceeds $80,000 and (ii) the number of employees in each job classification
employed by the Company along with a complete and accurate schedule (the
"Employee Benefits Schedule") of the direct compensation (including, without
limitation, wages, salaries and actual or anticipated bonuses) plus an accurate
description of other benefits paid or provided in the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1994 and to be paid or provided in the current fiscal year.
Section 5.14 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum contains correct and complete
copies of all written personnel policies, rules or procedures and correct and
complete descriptions of all oral personnel policies, rules or procedures of
the Company. Except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the Company Disclosure
Memorandum, the employment of all employees of the Company is terminable at
will by the Company without any penalty or severance obligation of any kind on
the part of the Company. Other than as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the
Company Disclosure Memorandum, the Company shall not owe any amounts to any of
its employees for any reason whatsoever as of the Closing Date.
(b) Except as and to the extent set forth in Section 5.14 of the
Company Disclosure Memorandum, (i) no attempt to organize any group or all of
the employees of the Company has been made, proposed or threatened; (ii) the
Company is not a party to any union agreement or collective bargaining
agreement or work rules or practices agreed to with any labor organization or
employee association applicable to any employees of the Company; (iii) the
Company has not had any Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges or
other claims of employment discrimination made against it; (iv) no Wage and
Hour Department investigations have ever been made of the Company; (v) no labor
strike, dispute, slowdown, stoppage or lockout is pending or threatened against
or affecting
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the Company, its business or its assets and during the past five years there
has not been any such action; (vi) no union claims to represent any of the
employees of the Company; (vii) the Company is not now, or in the past been,
engaged in any unfair labor practices as defined in the National Labor
Relations Act or other applicable law; (viii) no unfair labor practice charge
or complaint against the Company is pending or threatened before the National
Labor Relations Board or any similar governmental authority; (ix) there is no
grievance against the Company arising out of any collective bargaining
agreement or other grievance procedure; and (x) no claim is pending or
threatened in any forum by or on behalf of any present or former employee of
the Company, any applicant for employment or classes of the foregoing alleging
breach of any express or implied contract of employment, any law governing
employment or the termination thereof or other discriminatory, wrongful or
tortious conduct in connection with the employment relationship.
(c) The Company has not received any notice that any of the
officers, employees, consultants, agents, or other persons performing services
for the Company, will terminate or contemplates terminating his or her
employment currently or at any time before or within 60 days after the Closing
Date or will otherwise not be available to Parent, or not agree to employment
by Parent, on the same terms and conditions as his or her current employment by
the Company.
(d) Since 1989, the Company has not effectuated (i) a "plant
closing", as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
(the "WARN Act"), affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or
operating units within any site of employment or facility of the Company; or
(ii) a "mass layoff" (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of
employment or facility of the Company; nor has the Company been affected by any
transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in
number to trigger application of any similar state or local Law. None of the
Company's employees has suffered an "employment loss" (as defined in the WARN
Act) since six (6) months prior to the date hereof.
5.15 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.
(a) The Company has disclosed in Section 5.15 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, and has delivered or made available to Parent prior to
the execution of this Agreement copies in each case of, all pension,
retirement, profit-sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, employee stock
ownership, severance pay, vacation, bonus, or other incentive plan, all other
written employee programs, arrangements, or agreements, all medical, vision,
dental, or other health plans, all life insurance plans, and all other employee
benefit plans or fringe benefit plans, including "employee benefit plans" as
that term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, currently adopted, maintained
by, sponsored in whole or in part by, or contributed to by the Company or any
Affiliate thereof for the benefit of employees, retirees, dependents, spouses,
directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries and under which
employees, retirees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors,
or other beneficiaries are eligible to participate (collectively, the "Company
Benefit Plans"). The Company has also delivered or will make available to
Parent prior to the Effective Time true and correct copies of all trust or
other funding agreements executed in conjunction with any Company Benefit Plan,
copies of Form 5500 annual reports for each Company Benefit Plan for the last
three years (together with all schedules and financial statements which
constitute a part of such annual report), copies of any currently effective
employee handbooks that describe the terms of any Company Benefit Plan, and
copies of any other currently effective description of any Company Benefit
Plan. Any of the Company Benefit Plans which is an "employee pension benefit
plan," as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, is referred to herein
as a "Company ERISA Plan." Each Company ERISA Plan which is also a "defined
benefit plan" (as defined in Section 414(j) of the Internal Revenue Code) is
referred to herein as a "Company Pension Plan." No Company Pension Plan is or
has been a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(b) All the Company Benefit Plans are in compliance in all
material respects with the applicable terms of ERISA, the Internal Revenue
Code, and any other applicable Laws. Each Company ERISA Plan which is intended
to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received
a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service which
determines that the currently effective provisions of such ERISA Plan
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meet the currently effective requirements for qualification under Section
401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (or, if such letter from the Internal
Revenue Service has not yet been received, then the Company has applied for
such a letter on a timely basis), and the Company is not aware of any
circumstances likely to result in revocation of any such favorable
determination letter. The Company has not engaged in a transaction with
respect to any Company Benefit Plan that, assuming the taxable period of such
transaction expired as of the date hereof, would subject the Company to a Tax
imposed by either Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 502(i)
of ERISA. There are no pending or threatened claims against any Company
Benefit Plan other than claims for benefits in the normal course, and there are
no pending or threatened investigations of any Company Benefit Plan by any
government agency.
(c) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, no Company Pension Plan has any "unfunded current
liability," as that term is defined in Section 302(d)(8)(A) of ERISA, and the
fair market value of the assets of any such plan exceeds the plan's "benefit
liabilities," as that term is defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, when
determined under actuarial factors that would apply if the plan terminated in
accordance with all applicable legal requirements. Since the date of the most
recent actuarial valuation, there has been (i) no material change in the
financial position of any Company Pension Plan, (ii) no change in the actuarial
assumptions with respect to any Company Pension Plan, and (iii) no increase in
benefits under any Company Pension Plan as a result of plan amendments or
changes in applicable Law which is reasonably likely to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or materially
adversely affect the funding status of any such plan. No Company Pension Plan
nor any "single-employer plan," within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of
ERISA, currently or formerly maintained by the Company, or the single-employer
plan of any entity which is considered one employer with the Company under
Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section
302 of ERISA (whether or not waived) (an "ERISA Affiliate") has an "accumulated
funding deficiency" within the meaning of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code or Section 302 of ERISA. The Company has not provided, nor is required to
provide, security to a Company Pension Plan or to any single-employer plan of
an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code.
(d) Within the six-year period preceding the Effective Time, no
Liability under Subtitle C or D of Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to
be incurred by the Company with respect to any ongoing, frozen, or terminated
single-employer plan or the single-employer plan of any ERISA Affiliate. The
Company has not incurred any withdrawal Liability with respect to a
multiemployer plan under Subtitle B of Title IV of ERISA (regardless of whether
based on contributions of an ERISA Affiliate). No notice of a "reportable
event," within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA for which the 30-day
reporting requirement has not been waived, has been required to be filed for
any Company Pension Plan or by any ERISA Affiliate within the 12-month period
ending on the date hereof.
(e) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, the Company has no Liability for retiree health and life
benefits under any of the Company Benefit Plans and there are no restrictions
on the rights of the Company to amend or terminate any such Plan without
incurring any Liability thereunder.
(f) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any
payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, or
otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee of the Company from the
Company under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) increase any benefits
otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any
acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefit.
(g) The actuarial present values of all accrued deferred
compensation entitlements (including entitlements under any executive
compensation, supplemental retirement, or employment agreement) of employees
and former employees of the Company and their respective beneficiaries, other
than entitlements accrued pursuant to funded retirement plans subject to the
provisions of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of
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ERISA, have been fully reflected on the Company Financial Statements to the
extent required by and in accordance with GAAP.
5.16 MATERIAL CONTRACTS. Except as disclosed in Section 5.16 of
the Company Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise reflected in the Company
Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any of its Assets, businesses, or
operations, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or receives benefits
under, (i) any employment, severance, termination, consulting, or retirement
Contract providing for aggregate payments to any Person in any calendar year in
excess of $50,000, (ii) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by the
Company or the guarantee by the Company of any such obligation (other than
trade payables, and Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees made in the
ordinary course of business), (iii) any Contracts between or among the Company
and any Affiliate of the Company, and (iv) any other Contract or amendment
thereto that is material to the Business of the Company (together with all
Contracts referred to in Sections 5.11 and 5.15(a) of this Agreement, the
"Company Contracts"). With respect to each Company Contract and except as
disclosed in Section 5.16 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum: (i) the
Contract is in full force and effect; (ii) the Company is not in Default
thereunder, other than Defaults which are not reasonably likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(iii) the Company has not repudiated or waived any material provision of any
such Contract; and (iv) no other party to any such Contract is, to the
Knowledge of the Company, in Default in any respect, other than Defaults which
are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, or has repudiated or waived any material
provision thereunder. All of the indebtedness of the Company for money
borrowed is prepayable at any time by the Company without penalty or premium.
5.17 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. There is no Litigation instituted or
pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (or unasserted but
considered probable of assertion and which if asserted would have at least a
reasonable probability of an unfavorable outcome) against the Company, or
against any Asset, interest, or right of the Company, that is reasonably likely
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, nor are there any Orders of any Regulatory Authorities, other
governmental authorities, or arbitrators outstanding against the Company, that
are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no
basis for any Litigation which, if commenced, would be reasonably likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. Section 5.17 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum includes a summary
report of all Litigation as of the date of this Agreement to which the Company
is a party and which names the Company as a defendant or cross-defendant.
5.18 TITLE TO PROPERTIES.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 5.18(a) of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, the Company has good and valid title to all of its
properties, assets and other rights that do not constitute real property, free
and clear of all Encumbrances. The Company owns, has valid leasehold interests
in or valid contractual rights to use, all of the assets, tangible and
intangible, used by, or necessary for the conduct of the business of the
Company.
(b) The machinery, tools, equipment and other tangible physical
assets of the Company are in good working order, normal wear and tear excepted,
are being used or are useful in the business of the Company at its present
level of activity and are in an operating condition sufficient to conduct the
business of the Company as now being conducted.
(c) Section 5.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum sets
forth each and every parcel of real property or interest in real estate owned,
held under a lease or used by, or necessary for the conduct of the business of,
the Company (the "Real Property").
(d) Except as disclosed in Section 5.18(d) of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, the Company:
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(i) owns and has good and marketable title in fee simple
to the Real Property designated as "owned property" in the
Company Disclosure Memorandum free and clear of all pledges,
liens, charges, encumbrances, easements, defects, security
interests, claims, options and restrictions of every kind
("Encumbrances"), except (A) minor imperfections of title,
none of which, individually or in the aggregate, materially
detracts from the value of or impairs the use of the affected
property or impairs the operations of the Company and (B)
liens for current taxes not yet due and payable;
(ii) with respect to the Real Property designated as
"leased property" in the Company Disclosure Memorandum is in
peaceful and undisturbed possession of the space and/or estate
under each lease under which it is a tenant, and there are no
material defaults by it as tenant thereunder; and
(iii) has good and valid rights of ingress and egress to
and from all the Real Property from and to the public street
systems for all usual street, road and utility purposes.
(e) All of the buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures
used by or useful in the business of the Company, owned or leased by the
Company, are in a good state of repair, maintenance and operating condition
and, except for normal wear and tear, there are no defects with respect thereto
which would impair the day-to-day use of any such buildings, structures,
improvements or fixtures or which would subject the Company to liability under
applicable law.
5.19 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. For purposes of this Agreement, the
term "Intellectual Property" shall mean, collectively, patents, designs, art
work, designs-in-progress, formulations, know-how, inventions, trademarks,
trade names, trade styles, service marks, copyrights, manufacturing processes,
and confidential or proprietary information. The Company owns or has the
uncontested right to use all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of
its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. Except as
disclosed in Section 5.19 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum, no claim is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and the Company has
not received any notice that the conduct of its business (including without
limitation, its use of any Intellectual Property) infringes upon,
misappropriates or conflicts with any rights in Intellectual Property claimed
by any third party, nor is there any basis known to the Company for such a
claim. No use by the Company of any Intellectual Property licensed to it
violates the terms of any agreement pursuant to which it is licensed. No claim
is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened, which alleges that
any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by or to the Company or which the
Company otherwise has the right to use is invalid or unenforceable by the
Company, nor is there any basis known to the Company for any such claim. The
Company does not manufacture products which are the subject of patents, patent
applications, copyrights, copyright registrations, trademarks, trademark
registrations, trade styles, service marks, or trade secrets owned by or
licensed from third parties, other than as described in Section 5.19 of the
Company Disclosure Memorandum. Except as shown in Section 5.19 of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum, no royalties or fees are payable by the Company to
anyone for use of the Intellectual Property. Correct and complete copies of all
agreements pursuant to which the Company has any license or right to use any
Intellectual Property or pursuant to which it licenses any Intellectual
Property have been or will be delivered to Parent. All such agreements are in
full force and effect, and there are no existing Defaults or events of Default,
real or claimed, or events which with or without notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute Defaults under such agreements that would give the
non-defaulting party a right to terminate such agreement or a right to receive
any payment pursuant to such agreement. Except as disclosed in Section 5.19 of
the Company Disclosure Memorandum the Company has not received any notice that
the manufacture, use, or sale by the Company of its products, or any component
or part thereof, nor any manufacturing operation or machinery employed by the
Company violates or infringes upon any claims of any United States or other
patent or patent application owned or held by any third party in any
jurisdiction, nor is there any basis known to the Company for any such claim.
No consent of any third party is required in connection with the merger with
respect to any Intellectual Property owned by, licensed to or by, or used by
the Company.
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5.20 REPORTS. Since January 1, 1990, the Company has timely
filed all reports and statements, together with any amendments required to be
made with respect thereto, that it was required to file with all Regulatory
Authorities, (except for failures to file which are not reasonably likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company). As of their respective dates, each of such reports and documents,
including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, complied
in all material respects with all applicable Laws. As of its respective date,
each such report and document did not, in all material respects, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
5.21 STATEMENTS TRUE AND CORRECT. No statement, certificate,
instrument, or other writing furnished or to be furnished by the Company or any
Affiliate thereof to Parent pursuant to this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the Company Disclosure Memorandum) or any other document,
agreement, or instrument referred to herein contains or will contain any untrue
statement of material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied
by the Company or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Proxy Statement to
be mailed to the Company's shareholders in connection with the Shareholders'
Meeting, and any other documents to be filed by the Company or any Affiliate
thereof with any other Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, will, at the respective time such documents are filed, and
with respect to the Proxy Statement, when first mailed to the shareholders of
the Company, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, in the
case of the Proxy Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, at
the time of the Shareholders' Meeting, be false or misleading with respect to
any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any
statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of any
proxy for the Shareholders' Meeting. All documents that the Company or any
Affiliate thereof is responsible for filing with any Regulatory Authority in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in
all material respects with the provisions of applicable Law.
5.22 ACCOUNTING, TAX AND REGULATORY MATTERS. Neither the Company
nor any Affiliate thereof has taken any action or has any Knowledge of any fact
or circumstance that is reasonably likely to materially impede or delay
receipt of any Consents of Regulatory Authorities referred to in Section
10.1(b) of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
Parent hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
6.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING, AND POWER. Parent is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the
State of Delaware, and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its material Assets.
Parent is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in the States of the United States and foreign
jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its
business requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such
jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed is not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on Parent.
6.2 AUTHORITY; NO BREACH BY AGREEMENT.
(a) Parent has the corporate power and authority
necessary to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the
part
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of Parent. This Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of
Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms (except in all
cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of
the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to
the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought).
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by Parent, nor the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated
hereby, nor compliance by Parent with any of the provisions hereof, will (i)
conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of Parent's Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, or (ii) constitute or result in a Default under, or
require any Consent pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Lien on any
Asset of any Parent Company under, any Contract or Permit of any Parent
Company, where such Default or Lien, or any failure to obtain such Consent, is
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on Parent, or, (iii) subject to receipt of the requisite approvals
referred to in Section 10.1(b) of this Agreement, violate any Law or Order
applicable to any Parent Company or any of their respective material Assets.
(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Laws, applicable state corporate and securities
Laws, and rules of the NYSE, and other than Consents required from Regulatory
Authorities, and other than notices to or filings under the HSR Act, and other
than Consents, filings, or notifications which, if not obtained or made, are
not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent, no notice to, filing with, or Consent of, any public
body or authority is necessary for the consummation by Parent of the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
6.3 CAPITAL STOCK.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (i)
20,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, of which 3,834,169 are issued and
outstanding as of September 30, 1995, and (ii) 8,000,000 shares of Parent
Preferred Stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of Parent Capital Stock are, and all of the
shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in exchange for shares of Company
Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger, when issued in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding
and fully paid and nonassessable under the DGCL. None of the outstanding
shares of Parent Capital Stock has been, and none of the shares of Parent
Common Stock to be issued in exchange for shares of Company Common Stock upon
consummation of the Merger will be, issued in violation of any preemptive
rights of the current or past shareholders of Parent. Parent has reserved
407,500 shares of Parent Common Stock for issuance under the Parent Stock
Plans, pursuant to which options to purchase no more than 294,500 shares of
Parent Common Stock are outstanding as of September 30, 1995.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 6.3(a) of this Agreement, or
as disclosed in Section 6.3 of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum, there are no
shares of capital stock or other equity securities of Parent outstanding and no
outstanding Rights relating to the capital stock of Parent.
6.4 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Parent has disclosed in Section 6.4
of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum all Parent Financial Statements for periods
ended prior to the date hereof and will deliver to the Company copies of all
Parent Financial Statements prepared subsequent to the date hereof. The Parent
Financial Statements (as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered
thereby) (i) are or, if dated after the date of this Agreement, will be in
accordance with the books and records of the Parent Companies, which are or
will be, as the case may be, complete and correct and which have been or will
have been, as the case may be, maintained in accordance with good business
practices, and (ii) present or will present, as the case may be, fairly the
consolidated financial position of the Parent Companies as of the dates
indicated and the consolidated results of operations, changes in shareholders'
equity, and cash flows of the Parent Companies for the periods indicated, in
accordance with GAAP (subject to exceptions as to consistency specified therein
or as may be indicated in the notes thereto or,
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in the case of interim financial statements, to normal recurring year-end
adjustments that are not material in amount or effect).
6.5 REPORTS. Since January 1, 1990, or the date of organization
if later, each Parent Company has filed all reports and statements, together
with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was
required to file with (i) the SEC, including, but not limited to, Forms 10-K,
Forms 10-Q, Forms 8-K, and proxy statements and (ii) other Regulatory
Authorities. As of their respective dates, each of such reports and documents,
including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, complied
in all material respects with all applicable Laws. As of its respective date,
each such report and document did not, in all material respects, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
6.6 STATEMENTS TRUE AND CORRECT. No statement, certificate,
instrument or other writing furnished or to be furnished by any Parent Company
or any Affiliate thereof to the Company pursuant to this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the Parent Disclosure Memorandum) or any other document,
agreement or instrument referred to herein contains or will contain any untrue
statement of material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied
by any Parent Company or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement to be mailed to the Company's shareholders in connection with the
Shareholders' Meeting, and any other documents to be filed by any Parent
Company or any Affiliate thereof with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the
respective time such documents are filed, and with respect to the Proxy
Statement, when first mailed to the shareholders of the Company, be false or
misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or, in the case of the Proxy
Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, at the time of the
Shareholders' Meeting, be false or misleading with respect to any material
fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in
any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of any proxy for the
Shareholders' Meeting. All documents that any Parent Company or any Affiliate
thereof is responsible for filing with any Regulatory Authority in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in all
material respects with the provisions of applicable Law.
6.7 AUTHORITY OF SUB. Sub is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Georgia as
a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. The authorized capital stock of Sub
consists of 1,000 shares of Sub Common Stock, 100 of which are validly issued
and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by Parent free and
clear of any Lien. Sub has the corporate power and authority necessary to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part of
Sub. This Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of Sub,
enforceable against Sub in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable
remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought).
6.8 ACCOUNTING, TAX AND REGULATORY MATTERS. No Parent Company
or any Affiliate thereof has taken any action or has any Knowledge of any fact
or circumstance that is reasonably likely to materially impede or delay receipt
of any Consents of Regulatory Authorities referred to in Section 10.1(b) of
this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 7
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF MINOTTO
Minotto represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Parent and
Sub as follows:
7.1 OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY COMMON STOCK. Minotto owns
beneficially and of record 83,300 shares of Company Common Stock and has the
power to vote such shares with respect to approval of the Merger.
7.2 AUTHORIZATION, ETC. Minotto has the power, authority and
capacity to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Article and Article 12 hereof, and this Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Minotto, enforceable against
Minotto in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable
remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought).
7.3 NO CONSENT REQUIRED. Except in connection, or in compliance
with the HSR Act, if applicable, no consent, approval, order or authorization
of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Regulatory Authority or
other Person on the part of Minotto is required in connection with the
execution or delivery of or performance of Minotto's obligations under this
Agreement.
7.4 LITIGATION RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT. Minotto is not a
party to, or subject to any judgment, decree or order entered in, any
Litigation that prevents Minotto from executing this Agreement or performing
Minotto's obligations hereunder.
7.5 AGREEMENT TO VOTE.
(a) Minotto hereby agrees to attend the Shareholders' Meeting
relating to the Merger, in person or by proxy, and to vote (or cause to be
voted) all shares of Company Common Stock that Minotto owns or has the right to
vote, for approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger, such
agreement to vote to apply also to any adjournment or adjournments of the
Company Meeting.
(b) Minotto hereby agrees that at all times prior to the
Effective Time he shall continue to own a number and kind of shares of Company
Common Stock having the right to cast over 90% of the votes of the outstanding
capital stock of the Company entitled to vote on this Agreement and the Merger
and any other proposals.
(c) To the extent inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of
this Section 7.5, Minotto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies with
respect to Minotto's shares of Company Common Stock.
7.6 SECURITIES ACT COVENANTS AND REPRESENTATIONS. Minotto
hereby agrees and represents to Parent that Minotto has been advised that to
the extent Minotto is considered an "affiliate" of the Company at the time this
Agreement is submitted for a vote of the shareholders of the Company, any
public offering or sale by Minotto of any Parent Common Stock received by
Minotto in the Merger will, under current law, require either (i) the further
registration under the Securities Act of any Parent Common Stock to be sold by
Minotto, (ii) compliance with Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the
Securities Act or (iii) the availability of another exemption from such
registration under the Securities Act.
7.7 INVESTMENT INTENT. Minotto represents that he is and will be
acquiring the Parent Common Stock for investment purposes only and for his own
account and not with a view to the distribution or resale of such Parent Common
Stock within the meaning of the Securities Laws. Minotto will refrain from
transferring or otherwise
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disposing of any of the shares of Parent Common Stock received in the Merger,
or any interest therein, in such manner as to cause Parent to be in violation
of the registration requirements of the Securities Laws or applicable state
securities or blue sky laws.
ARTICLE 8
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING CONSUMMATION
8.1 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. Unless the prior
written consent of the chief executive officer, chief operating officer or
chief financial officer of Parent shall have been obtained, and except as
otherwise expressly contemplated herein, the Company shall (a) operate its
business only in the usual, regular, and ordinary course, (b) preserve intact
its business organization and Assets and maintain its rights and franchises,
and (c) take no action which would (i) adversely affect the ability of any
Party to obtain any Consents required for the transactions contemplated hereby,
or (ii) adversely affect the ability of any Party to perform its covenants and
agreements under this Agreement.
8.2 NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. From the date of this
Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this
Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees that it will not do or agree or
commit to do any of the following without the prior written consent of the
chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of
Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(a) amend the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other
governing instruments of the Company, or
(b) incur any additional debt obligation or other obligation for
borrowed money in excess of an aggregate of $100,000, or impose, or suffer the
imposition, on any Asset of the Company of any Lien or permit any such Lien to
exist (other than Liens in effect as of the date hereof that are disclosed in
the Company Disclosure Memorandum); or
(c) repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or exchange (other
than exchanges in the ordinary course under employee benefit plans), directly
or indirectly, any shares, or any securities convertible into any shares, of
the capital stock of the Company, or declare or pay any dividend or make any
other distribution in respect of the Company's capital stock; or
(d) except for this Agreement, or as disclosed in Section 8.2(d)
of the Company Disclosure Memorandum, issue, sell, pledge, encumber, authorize
the issuance of, enter into any Contract to issue, sell, pledge, encumber, or
authorize the issuance of, or otherwise permit to become outstanding, any
additional shares of Company Common Stock or any other capital stock of the
Company, or any stock appreciation rights, or any option, warrant, conversion,
or other right to acquire any such stock, or any security convertible into any
such stock; or
(e) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of
the Company or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in
respect of or in substitution for shares of Company Common Stock, or sell,
lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or otherwise encumber any Asset other
than in the ordinary course of business for reasonable and adequate
consideration; or
(f) except for purchases of U.S. Treasury securities or U.S.
Government agency securities, which in either case have maturities of three
years or less, purchase any securities or make any material investment, either
by purchase of stock of securities, contributions to capital, Asset transfers,
or purchase of any Assets, in any Person, or otherwise acquire direct or
indirect control over any Person; or
(g) grant any increase in compensation or benefits to the
employees or officers of the Company, except in accordance with past practice
disclosed in Section 8.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum or as
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required by Law; pay any severance or termination pay or any bonus other than
pursuant to written policies or written Contracts in effect on the date of this
Agreement and disclosed in Section 8.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum;
and enter into or amend any severance agreements with officers of the Company;
grant any material increase in fees or other increases in compensation or other
benefits to directors of the Company except in accordance with past practice
disclosed in Section 8.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum; or
voluntarily accelerate the vesting of any stock options or other stock-based
compensation or employee benefits; or
(h) enter into or amend any employment Contract between the
Company and any Person (unless such amendment is required by Law) that the
Company does not have the unconditional right to terminate without Liability
(other than Liability for services already rendered), at any time on or after
the Effective Time;
(i) adopt any new employee benefit plan of the Company or make
any material change in or to any existing employee benefit plans of the Company
other than any such change that is required by Law or that, in the opinion of
counsel, is necessary or advisable to maintain the tax qualified status of any
such plan; or
(j) make any significant change in any Tax or accounting methods
or systems of internal accounting controls, except as may be appropriate to
conform to changes in Tax Laws or regulatory accounting requirements or GAAP;
or
(k) commence any Litigation other than in accordance with past
practice, settle any Litigation involving any Liability of the Company for
material money damages or restrictions upon the operations of the Company; or
(l) modify, amend or terminate any material Contract or waive,
release, compromise or assign any material rights or claims.
8.3 COVENANTS OF PARENT. From the date of this Agreement until
the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, Parent
covenants and agrees that it shall (x) continue to conduct its business and the
business of its Subsidiaries in a manner designed in its reasonable judgment,
to enhance the long-term value of the Parent Common Stock and the business
prospects of the Parent Companies and to the extent consistent therewith use
all reasonable efforts to preserve intact the Parent Companies' core businesses
and goodwill with their respective employees and the communities they serve,
and (y) take no action which would (i) materially adversely affect the ability
of any Party to obtain any Consents required for the transactions contemplated
hereby, or (ii) materially adversely affect the ability of any Party to perform
its covenants and agreements under this Agreement; provided, that the foregoing
shall not prevent any Parent Company from discontinuing or disposing of any of
its Assets or business if such action is, in the judgment of Parent, desirable
in the conduct of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries. Parent further
covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the
chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of the Company,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, amend the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent in each case, in any manner adverse to the
holders of Company Common Stock.
8.4 ADVERSE CHANGES IN CONDITION. Each Party agrees to give
written notice promptly to the other Party upon becoming aware of the
occurrence or impending occurrence of any event or circumstance relating to it
or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) is reasonably likely to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on it or (ii) would cause or
constitute a material breach of any of its representations, warranties, or
covenants contained herein, and to use its reasonable efforts to prevent or
promptly to remedy the same.
8.5 REPORTS. Each Party and its Subsidiaries, if any, shall
file all reports required to be filed by it with Regulatory Authorities between
the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time and shall deliver to the
other Party copies of all such reports promptly after the same are filed. If
financial statements are contained in any such reports filed with the SEC, such
financial statements will fairly present the consolidated financial position of
the
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entity filing such statements as of the dates indicated and the consolidated
results of operations, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the
periods then ended in accordance with GAAP (subject in the case of interim
financial statements to normal recurring year-end adjustments that are not
material). As of their respective dates, such reports filed with the SEC will
comply in all material respects with the Securities Laws and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Any financial statements contained in any other reports to another
Regulatory Authority shall be prepared in accordance with Laws applicable to
such reports.
ARTICLE 9
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
9.1 PROXY STATEMENT; SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The Company shall
call a Shareholders' Meeting, to be held as soon as reasonably practicable for
the purpose of voting upon approval of this Agreement and such other related
matters as it deems appropriate. In connection with the Shareholders' Meeting,
(i) the Company shall prepare a Proxy Statement and mail such Proxy Statement
to its shareholders, (ii) the Parties shall furnish to each other all
information concerning them that they may reasonably request in connection with
such Proxy Statement, (iii) the Board of Directors of the Company shall
recommend to its shareholders the approval of this Agreement, and (iv) the
Board of Directors and officers of the Company shall use their reasonable
efforts to obtain such shareholders' approval.
9.2 EXCHANGE LISTING. Parent shall use its reasonable efforts
to list, prior to the Effective Time, on the NYSE, subject to official notice
of issuance, the shares of Parent Common Stock to Minotto pursuant to the
Merger.
9.3 APPLICATIONS; ANTITRUST NOTIFICATION. Parent shall promptly
prepare and file, and the Company shall cooperate in the preparation and, where
appropriate, filing of, applications with all Regulatory Authorities having
jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated by this Agreement seeking the
requisite Consents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Each of the Parties will within five business days of the date
hereof file with the United States Federal Trade Commission and the United
States Department of Justice the notification and report form required for the
transactions contemplated hereby and any supplemental or additional information
which may reasonably be requested in connection therewith pursuant to the HSR
Act and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the HSR
Act.
9.4 FILINGS WITH STATE OFFICES. Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall execute and file the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia in
connection with the Closing.
9.5 AGREEMENT AS TO EFFORTS TO CONSUMMATE. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, each Party agrees to use, and to cause its
Subsidiaries, if any, to use, its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary,
proper, or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate and make effective, as
soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including using its reasonable efforts to lift
or rescind any Order adversely affecting its ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated herein and to cause to be satisfied the conditions
referred to in Article 9 of this Agreement; provided, that nothing herein shall
preclude either Party from exercising its rights under this Agreement. Each
Party shall use, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use, its
reasonable efforts to obtain all Consents necessary or desirable for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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9.6 INVESTIGATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, each Party shall keep the other
Party advised of all material developments relevant to its business and to
consummation of the Merger and shall permit the other Party to make or cause to
be made such investigation of the business and properties of it and its
Subsidiaries and of their respective financial and legal conditions as the
other Party reasonably requests, provided that such investigation shall be
reasonably related to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not
interfere unnecessarily with normal operations. No investigation by a Party
shall affect the representations and warranties of the other Party.
(b) Each Party shall, and shall cause its advisers and agents
to, maintain the confidentiality of all confidential information furnished to
it by the other Party concerning its and its Subsidiaries' businesses,
operations, and financial positions and shall not use such information for any
purpose except in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time, each
Party shall promptly return or certify the destruction of all documents and
copies thereof, and all work papers containing confidential information
received from the other Party.
(c) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to exercise its
rights under confidentiality agreements entered into with Persons, if any,
which were considering an Acquisition Transaction with the Company to preserve
the confidentiality of the information relating to the Company provided to such
Persons and their Affiliates and Representatives.
(d) Each Party agrees to give the other Party notice as soon as
practicable after any determination by it of any fact or occurrence relating to
the other Party which it has discovered through the course of its investigation
and which represents, or is reasonably likely to represent, either a material
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the other
Party or which has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the other Party; provided, however, that the failure to give such
notice shall not give rise to any Liability against Parent by the Company, or
against Company by Parent, as the case may be, or otherwise affect the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements (including, without
limitation, indemnification obligations) of the Company, Parent or Minotto set
forth herein (or the rights and remedies of Parent or the Company in the event
of a breach thereof) or any of the other terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
9.7 PRESS RELEASES. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company
and Parent shall consult with each other as to the form and substance of any
press release or other public disclosure related to this Agreement or any other
transaction contemplated hereby; provided, that nothing in this Section 9.7
shall be deemed to prohibit any Party from making any disclosure which its
counsel deems necessary or advisable in order to satisfy such Party's
disclosure obligations imposed by Law.
9.8 CERTAIN ACTIONS. Except with respect to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Company nor any Affiliate
thereof or any Representatives thereof retained by the Company shall directly
or indirectly solicit any Acquisition Proposal by any Person. Neither the
Company nor any Affiliate or Representative thereof shall furnish any
non-public information, negotiate with respect to, or enter into any Contract
with respect to, any Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall promptly notify
Parent orally and in writing in the event that it receives any inquiry or
proposal relating to any such transaction. The Company shall (i) immediately
cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or
negotiations with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any of the
foregoing, and (ii) direct and use its reasonable efforts to cause all of its
Representatives not to engage in any of the foregoing.
9.9 TAX TREATMENT. Each of the Parties undertakes and agrees to
use its reasonable efforts to cause the Merger, and to take no action which
would cause the Merger not to qualify for treatment as a "reorganization"
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code for federal
income tax purposes.
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9.10 CHARTER PROVISIONS. The Company shall take all necessary
action to ensure that the entering into of this Agreement and the consummation
of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby do not and will
not result in the grant of any rights to any Person under the Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws or other governing instruments of the Company or restrict
or impair the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to vote, or
otherwise to exercise the rights of a shareholder with respect to, shares of
the Company that may be directly or indirectly acquired or controlled by it.
ARTICLE 10
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE
10.1 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY. The respective
obligations of each Party to perform this Agreement and consummate the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions, unless waived by both Parties pursuant to Section
13.6 of this Agreement:
(a) SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The shareholders of the Company shall
have approved this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, as and to the extent required by Law
and by the provisions of any governing instruments.
(b) REGULATORY APPROVALS. All Consents of, filings and
registrations with, and notifications to, all Regulatory Authorities required
for consummation of the Merger shall have been obtained or made and shall be in
full force and effect and all waiting periods required by Law shall have
expired.
(c) CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Each Party shall have obtained any
and all Consents required for consummation of the Merger (other than those
referred to in Section 10.1(b) of this Agreement) or for the preventing of any
Default under any Contract or Permit of such Party which, if not obtained or
made, is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on such Party.
(d) LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. No court or governmental or regulatory
authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated,
enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or
permanent) or taken any other action which prohibits, restricts or makes
illegal consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) EXCHANGE LISTING. The shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Merger shall have been approved for listing on the
NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.
(f) TAX MATTERS. Each Party shall have received a written
opinion of counsel from Alston & Bird , in form reasonably satisfactory to such
Parties (the "Tax Opinion"), to the effect that (i) the Merger will constitute
a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code, (ii) the exchange in the Merger of Company Common Stock held by Minotto
for Parent Common Stock will not give rise to gain or loss to Minotto with
respect to such exchange, and (iii) none of the Company, Sub or Parent will
recognize gain or loss as a consequence of the Merger (except for amounts
resulting from any required change in accounting methods and any income and
deferred gain recognized pursuant to Treasury regulations issued under Section
1502 of the Internal Revenue Code). In rendering such Tax Opinion, such
counsel shall be entitled to rely upon representations of officers of the
Company, Minotto and Parent reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
such counsel.
10.2 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT. The obligations of
Parent to perform this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions, unless waived by Parent pursuant to Section 13.6(a) of
this Agreement:
(a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and
warranties of the Company set forth or referred to in this Agreement shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement
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and as of the Effective Time with the same effect as though all such
representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Time
(provided that representations and warranties which are confined to a specified
date shall speak only as of such date), except as expressly contemplated by
this Agreement.
(b) PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS. Each and all of
the agreements and covenants of the Company to be performed and complied with
pursuant to this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby prior
to the Effective Time shall have been duly performed and complied with in all
material respects.
(c) CERTIFICATES. The Company shall have delivered to Parent
(i) a certificate, dated as of the Effective Time and signed on its behalf by
its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer, to the effect that
the conditions of its obligations set forth in Section 10.2(a) and 10.2(b) of
this Agreement have been satisfied, and (ii) certified copies of resolutions
duly adopted by the Company's Board of Directors and shareholders evidencing
the taking of all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, all in such reasonable detail as Parent and
its counsel shall request.
(d) DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS. The holders of no more than 2.5%
of the shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding at the Effective
Time shall have asserted dissenters' rights under the GBCC.
10.3 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. The obligations
of the Company to perform this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions, unless waived by the Company pursuant to Section 13.6(b)
of this Agreement:
(a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and
warranties of Parent set forth or referred to in this Agreement shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of
the Effective Time with the same effect as though all such representations and
warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Time (provided that
representations and warranties which are confined to a specified date shall
speak only as of such date), except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS. Each and all of
the agreements and covenants of Parent to be performed and complied with
pursuant to this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby prior
to the Effective Time shall have been duly performed and complied with in all
material respects.
(c) CERTIFICATES. Parent shall have delivered to the Company
(i) a certificate, dated as of the Effective Time and signed on its behalf by
its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer, to the effect that
the conditions of its obligations set forth in Section 10.3(a) and 10.3(b) of
this Agreement have been satisfied, and (ii) certified copies of resolutions
duly adopted by Parent's Board of Directors and Sub's Board of Directors and
shareholder evidencing the taking of all corporate action necessary to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all in such reasonable
detail as the Company and its counsel shall request.
(d) REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. The Registration Rights
Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by Parent.
ARTICLE 11
TERMINATION
11.1 TERMINATION. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, and notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement by the
Shareholders of the Company, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger
abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time:
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(a) By mutual consent of the Board of Directors of Parent and
the Board of Directors of the Company; or
(b) By the Board of Directors of either Party (provided that the
terminating Party is not then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this Agreement) in the
event of a breach by the other Party of any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement which cannot be or has not been cured within 30
days after the giving of written notice to the breaching Party of such breach
and which breach is reasonably likely, in the opinion of the non-breaching
Party, to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
the breaching Party; or
(c) By the Board of Directors of either Party (provided that the
terminating Party is not then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this Agreement) in the
event of a material breach by the other Party of any covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement which cannot be or has not been cured within 30
days after the giving of written notice to the breaching Party of such breach;
or
(d) By the Board of Directors of either Party (provided that the
terminating Party is not then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this Agreement) in the
event any Consent of any Regulatory Authority required for consummation of the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall have been denied by
final nonappealable action of such authority or if any action taken by such
authority is not appealed within the time limit for appeal; or
(e) By the Board of Directors of either Party in the event that
the Merger shall not have been consummated by December 31, 1995, if the failure
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on or before such date is
not caused by any breach of this Agreement by the Party electing to terminate
pursuant to this Section 11.1(e); or
(f) By the Board of Directors of either Party (provided that the
terminating Party is not then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this Agreement) in the
event that any of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such Party to
consummate the Merger cannot be satisfied or fulfilled by the date specified in
Section 11.1(e) of this Agreement.
11.2 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. In the event of the termination and
abandonment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Agreement, this
Agreement shall become void and have no effect, except that (i) the provisions
of this Section 11.2 and Article 13 and Section 9.6(b) of this Agreement shall
survive any such termination and abandonment, and (ii) a termination pursuant
to Sections 11.1(b), 11.1(c) or 11.1(f) of this Agreement shall not relieve the
breaching Party from Liability for an uncured willful breach of a
representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement giving rise to such
termination.
ARTICLE 12
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
12.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All
representations and warranties made by (a) the Company in Article 5 of this
Agreement, (b) Parent in Article 6 of this Agreement and (c) by Minotto in
Article 7 shall survive until the first anniversary of the Effective Time
hereunder, and shall not survive thereafter.
12.2 OBLIGATION OF MINOTTO TO INDEMNIFY. Subject to the
limitations of Section 12.5, Minotto agrees to indemnify and hold Parent and
the Surviving Corporation harmless from and against all Losses asserted
against, imposed upon or incurred by Parent or the Surviving Corporation by
reason of or resulting from a breach of any representation or warranty of the
Company contained in Article 5 hereof or of Minotto contained in Article 7
hereof.
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12.3 OBLIGATION OF PARENT TO INDEMNIFY. Subject to the
limitations of Section 12.5 and the provisions of Section 12.7, Parent agrees
to indemnify and hold the Shareholders harmless from and against all Losses
asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Shareholders by reason of or
resulting from a breach of any representation or warranty of Parent contained
in Article 6 hereof.
12.4 CONDITIONS OF INDEMNIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO THIRD PARTY
CLAIMS. Each party indemnified (the "Article 12 Indemnified Party") under the
provisions of Section 12.2 or 12.3, upon receipt of written notice of any claim
or the service of a summons, or other initial legal process upon it in any
action instituted against it, in respect of which indemnity may be sought on
account of any indemnity agreement contained in Section 12.2 or 12.3, shall
promptly give notice of such claim or the commencement of such action, or
threat thereof, to the party (the "Article 12 Indemnifying Party") from whom
indemnity shall be sought hereunder. The Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall
be entitled at its own expense to participate in the defense of such claim or
action, in which case the defense shall be conducted by counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Article 12 Indemnified Party, and such Article 12 Indemnified
Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by
it; but if the Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall elect not to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall
reimburse each Article 12 Indemnified Party for the reasonable fees and
expenses of any counsel retained by it. Notwithstanding the above, should any
Article 12 Indemnified Party reasonably conclude that there may be defenses to
it that are different from or additional to those available to the Article 12
Indemnifying Party, the Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall not have the right
to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Article 12 Indemnified
Party and all such fees and expenses of the Article 12 Indemnified Party shall
be borne by the Article 12 Indemnifying Party. The Article 12 Indemnifying
Party shall also have the right to settle or compromise any such claim but only
if it shall first obtain the written consent of the Article 12 Indemnified
Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. For the purposes of
this Section 12.4 and Section 12.5, all of the Shareholders shall be considered
one Article 12 Indemnified Party and the Parent and the Surviving Corporation
shall be considered one Article 12 Indemnified Party.
12.5 LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY.
(a) No Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall be required to
indemnify an Article 12 Indemnified Party unless the amount of any Loss for
which indemnity is claimed hereunder, when aggregated with all other Losses for
which indemnity is claimed hereunder by such Article 12 Indemnified Party,
shall exceed $160,000 (the "Deductible Amount"), at which time rights to
indemnification for Losses may be asserted for the Deductible Amount and any
amounts in excess thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing Deductible
Amount shall not apply to any initial Loss: (A) which results form or arises
out of fraud and intentional misrepresentation or any intentional breach of
warranty or covenant on the part of the Indemnifying Party, or (B) which
results from or arises out of any Claim incident to any of the matters referred
to in the foregoing clause (A).
(b) No Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall be required to pay
any amounts in respect of any indemnity hereunder which, when aggregated with
all such other amounts paid by such Article 12 Indemnifying Party exceed
$1,600,000.
(c) Except with respect to claimed Losses for which proper
notice of indemnification shall have been submitted in good faith and in
reasonable detail on or before the first anniversary of the Effective Time, all
rights of indemnification under this Article 12 shall terminate and expire on
the first anniversary of the Effective Time.
12.6 PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFICATION LIABILITY. To the extent that
any Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall be required to indemnify any Article 12
Indemnified Party, such indemnification obligation may (at the option of the
Indemnifying Party and as an alternative to a cash payment) be satisfied for
all purposes hereunder by delivering to such Article 12 Indemnified Party
certificates, duly endorsed for transfer, representing that number of shares of
Parent Common Stock having a value (based on the last reported sale price on
the New York Stock Exchange of Parent Common Stock on the Closing Date or, if
Parent Common Stock does not trade on the New
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York Stock Exchange on such date, the last date prior to the Closing Date that
Parent Common Stock does trade on the New York Stock Exchange, (rounded to the
nearest share), equal to the amount due such Article 12 Indemnified Party
hereunder, subject to Section 12.5.
12.7 REDUCTION FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS.
(a) In the event a Claim hereunder results in a tax benefit to
the Article 12 Indemnified Party, the Article 12 Indemnifying Party shall be
entitled to a credit against any liability thereunder in the amount by which
(i) the present value of the federal and state income taxes of the Article 12
Indemnified Party shall be reduced by reason of any deduction allowed the
Article 12 Indemnified Party for any payment, settlement or satisfaction of
such Claim, exceeds (ii) the present value of the federal and state income
taxes payable by the Article 12 Indemnified Party by reasons of any payment
under this Article 12.
(b) Any insurance or other recovery, payment or credit received
by the Article 12 Indemnified Party from any third party which was not taken
into account in computing the amount of any Claim shall promptly be paid over
to the Article 12 Indemnifying Party up to the amount of the indemnification
payment made by the Article 12 Indemnifying Party with respect thereto, such
that the total amount received by the Article 12 Indemnified Party from the
Article 12 Indemnifying Party and the third parties in connection with such
Claim shall not exceed the amount of such Claim.
12.8 SECTION 16 DEFERRAL. In the event that Minotto (i) is or
may be deemed to be covered by Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and (ii) has an
indemnification obligation that may be payable in shares of Parent Common Stock
hereunder and has, within six months prior to the time that such obligation
arises, purchased any shares of Parent Common Stock, Minotto shall be entitled
to delay payment of his indemnification obligation hereunder until after six
months have passed from the date of the last purchase prior to the time that
such obligation arises.
12.9 SUBROGATION RIGHTS. In the event that the Indemnifying
Party shall be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party pursuant to this
Article 12, the Indemnifying Party shall, upon payment of such indemnity in
full, be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party with respect to the
Loss to which such indemnification relates; provided, however, that the
Indemnifying Party shall only be subrogated to the extent of any amount paid by
it pursuant to this Article 12 in connection with such Loss.
12.10 ARBITRATION. All disputes arising under this Article 12
(other than claims in equity) shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance
with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Arbitration shall be by a single arbitrator experienced in the matters at issue
and selected by Minotto (or a Person designated by Minotto or his successors
and assigns that is reasonably acceptable to Parent) and Parent in accordance
with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
The arbitration shall be held in such place in Atlanta, Georgia as may be
specified by the arbitrator (or any place agreed to by Minotto (or a Person
designated by Minotto or his successors and assigns that is reasonably
acceptable to Parent), Parent and the arbitrator). The decision of the
arbitrator shall be final and binding as to any matters submitted under this
Article 12; provided, however, if necessary, such decision and satisfaction
procedure may be enforced by either Minotto (or a Person designated by Minotto
or his successors and assigns that is reasonably acceptable to Parent) or
Parent in any court of record having jurisdiction over the subject matter or
over any of the parties to this Agreement. All costs and expenses incurred in
connection with any such arbitration proceeding (including reasonable attorneys
fees) shall be borne by the party against which the decision is rendered, or,
if no decision is rendered, such costs and expenses shall be borne equally by
the Indemnifying Party as one party and the Indemnified Party as the other
party. If the arbitrator's decision is a compromise, the determination of
which party or parties bears the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
any such arbitration proceeding shall be made by the arbitrator on the basis of
the arbitrator's assessment of the relative merits of the parties' positions.
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ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 DEFINITIONS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the capitalized terms
set forth below shall have the following meanings:
"ACQUISITION PROPOSAL" with respect to a Party shall mean
any tender offer or exchange offer or any proposal for a merger,
acquisition of all of the stock or assets of, or other business
combination involving such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the
acquisition of a substantial equity interest in, or a substantial
portion of the assets of, such Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
"AFFILIATE" of a Person shall mean: (i) any other Person
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person; (ii) any
officer, director, partner, employer, or direct or indirect beneficial
owner of any 10% or greater equity or voting interest of such Person; or
(iii) any other Person for which a Person described in clause (ii) acts
in any such capacity.
"AGREEMENT" shall mean this Agreement and Plan of Merger,
including the disclosure memoranda and Exhibits delivered pursuant
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
"ASSETS" of a Person shall mean all of the assets,
properties, businesses and rights of such Person of every kind, nature,
character and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible, accrued or contingent, or otherwise relating to or utilized
in such Person's business, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part,
whether or not carried on the books and records of such Person, and
whether or not owned in the name of such Person or any Affiliate of such
Person and wherever located.
"CERTIFICATE OF MERGER" shall mean the Certificate of Merger
to be executed by the Company and filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Georgia relating to the Merger as contemplated by Section
1.1 of this Agreement.
"CLAIM" means any action, administrative or other
proceeding, arbitration, cause of action, claim, demand, complaint,
criminal prosecution, inquiry, hearing, investigation (governmental or
otherwise), notice (written or oral) by any person alleging potential
liability or requesting information relating to or affecting the Parties
or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
"CLOSING DATE" shall mean the date on which the Closing
occurs.
"COMPANY COMMON STOCK" shall mean the no par value common
stock of the Company.
"COMPANY DISCLOSURE MEMORANDUM" shall mean the written
information entitled "Basic American Medical Products, Inc. Disclosure
Memorandum" delivered prior to the date of this Agreement to Parent
describing in reasonable detail the matters contained therein and, with
respect to each disclosure made therein, specifically referencing each
Section of this Agreement under which such disclosure is being made.
Information disclosed with respect to one Section shall not be deemed to
be disclosed for purposes of any other Section not specifically
referenced with respect thereto.
"COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" shall mean (i) the draft
balance sheet (including related notes and schedules, if any) of the
Company as of December 31, 1994, and the related draft statements of
income, shareholders' equity and cash flows (including related notes and
schedules, if any) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and (ii)
if prepared, the balance sheets of the Company (including related notes
and
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schedules, if any) and related statements of income, and cash flows
(including related notes and schedules, if any) prepared with respect to
periods ended subsequent to December 31, 1994.
"CONSENT" shall mean any consent, approval, authorization,
clearance, exemption, waiver, or similar affirmation by any Person
pursuant to any Contract, Law, Order, or Permit.
"CONTRACT" shall mean any written or oral agreement,
arrangement, authorization, commitment, contract, indenture, instrument,
lease, obligation, plan, practice, restriction, understanding or
undertaking of any kind or character, or other document to which any
Person is a party or that is binding on any Person or its capital stock,
Assets or business.
"DEFAULT" shall mean (i) any breach or violation of or
default under any Contract, Order or Permit, (ii) any occurrence of any
event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would constitute a breach or violation of or default under any Contract,
Order or Permit, or (iii) any occurrence of any event that with or
without the passage of time or the giving of notice would give rise to a
right to terminate or revoke, change the current terms of, or
renegotiate, or to accelerate, increase, or impose any Liability under,
any Contract, Order or Permit.
"DGCL" shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" shall mean all Laws relating to
pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including
ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
strata) and which are administered, interpreted or enforced by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency and state and local
agencies with jurisdiction over, and including common law in respect of,
pollution or protection of the environment, including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq. ("CERCLA"), the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. ("RCRA"), and other Laws
relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of
any Hazardous Material, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport
or handling of any Hazardous Material.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION" shall mean any Litigation against
the Company, the business or the assets of the Company (including,
without limitation, notice or other communication, written or oral, by
any Person alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup
costs, private or governmental response or remedial costs, natural
resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, or penalties)
arising out of, based upon, or resulting from (i) any Environmental
Matter or (ii) any circumstances or state of facts forming the basis of
any liability or alleged liability under, or violation or alleged
violation of, any Environmental Law.
"ENVIRONMENTAL MATTER" shall mean any matter or
circumstances related in any manner whatsoever to (i) the emission,
discharge, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Substance into the environment, or (ii) the transportation, treatment,
storage, recycling or other handling of any Hazardous Substance or (iii)
the placement of structures or materials into waters of the United
States, or (iv) the presence of any Hazardous Substance, including, but
not limited to, asbestos, in any building, structure or workplace or on
any of the Real Property.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.15 of this Agreement.
"EXHIBITS" shall mean the Exhibits so marked, copies of
which are attached to this Agreement. Such Exhibits are hereby
incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof, and may be
referred to in this Agreement and any other related instrument or
document without being attached hereto.
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"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied during the periods involved.
"GBCC" shall mean the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
"HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" shall mean (i) any hazardous
substance, hazardous material, hazardous waste, regulated substance or
toxic substance (as those terms are defined by any applicable
Environmental Laws) and (ii) any chemicals, pollutants, contaminants,
petroleum, petroleum products, or oil.
"HSR ACT" shall mean Section 7A of the Clayton Act, as added
by Title II of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"KNOWLEDGE" as used with respect to a Person (including
references to such Person being aware of a particular matter) shall mean
those facts that are known or should reasonably have been known after
due inquiry by the Chairman, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief
Accounting Officer, or any executive officer of such Person and the
knowledge of any such persons obtained or which would have been obtained
from a reasonable investigation.
"LAW" shall mean any code, law, ordinance, regulation,
reporting or licensing requirement, rule, or statute applicable to a
Person or its Assets, Liabilities or business, including those
promulgated, interpreted or enforced by any Regulatory Authority.
"LIABILITY" shall mean any direct or indirect, primary or
secondary, liability, indebtedness, obligation, penalty, cost or expense
(including costs of investigation, collection and defense), claim,
deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of or by any Person (other than
endorsements of notes, bills, checks, and drafts presented for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) of any type,
whether accrued, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated,
matured or unmatured, or otherwise.
"LIEN" shall mean any conditional sale agreement, default of
title, easement, encroachment, encumbrance, hypothecation, infringement,
lien, mortgage, pledge, reservation, restriction, security interest,
title retention or other security arrangement, or any adverse right or
interest, charge, or claim of any nature whatsoever of, on, or with
respect to any property or property interest, other than (i) Liens for
current property Taxes not yet due and payable, and (iii) Liens which
are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on a Party.
"LITIGATION" shall mean any action, arbitration, audit,
cause of action, claim, complaint, criminal prosecution, demand letter,
governmental or other examination or investigation, hearing, inquiry,
administrative or other proceeding, or notice (written or oral) by any
Person alleging potential liability or requesting information relating
to or affecting a Party, its business, its Assets (including Contracts
related to it), or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
"LOSS" means any and all direct or indirect demands, claims,
payments, obligations, recoveries, deficiencies, fines, penalties,
interest, assessments, actions, causes of action, suits, losses,
diminution in the value of the assets, punitive, exemplary or
consequential damages (including, but not limited to, lost income and
profits and interruptions of business), liabilities, costs, expenses
(including without limitation, (i) interest, penalties and reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses, (ii) reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses necessary to enforce rights to indemnification hereunder, and
(iii) consultant's fees and other costs of defense or
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investigation), and interest on any amount payable to a third party as a
result of the foregoing. This definition shall include all Losses
whether accrued, absolute, contingent, known, unknown, or otherwise as
of the Closing or thereafter.
"MATERIAL" for purposes of this Agreement shall be
determined in light of the facts and circumstances of the matter in
question; provided that any specific monetary amount stated in this
Agreement shall determine materiality in that instance.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" on a Party shall mean an event,
change or occurrence which, individually or together with any other
event, change or occurrence, has a material adverse impact on (i) the
financial position, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise),
results of operation, business, or business prospects of such Party and
its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of such
Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate
the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
"MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS" shall mean all of the shareholders
of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than
Minotto.
"NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
"ORDER" shall mean any administrative decision or award,
decree, injunction, judgment, order, quasi- judicial decision or award,
ruling, or writ of any federal, state, local or foreign or other court,
arbitrator, mediator, tribunal, administrative agency or Regulatory
Authority.
"PARENT CAPITAL STOCK" shall mean, collectively, the Parent
Common Stock, the Parent Preferred Stock and any other class or series
of capital stock of Parent.
"PARENT COMMON STOCK" shall mean the $2.50 par value common
stock of Parent.
"PARENT COMPANIES" shall mean, collectively, Parent and all
Parent Subsidiaries.
"PARENT DISCLOSURE MEMORANDUM" shall mean the written
information entitled "Fuqua Enterprises, Inc. Disclosure Memorandum"
delivered prior to the date of this Agreement to the Company describing
in reasonable detail the matters contained therein and, with respect to
each disclosure made therein, specifically referencing each Section of
this Agreement under which such disclosure is being made. Information
disclosed with respect to one Section shall not be deemed to be
disclosed for purposes of any other Section not specifically referenced
with respect thereto.
"PARENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" shall mean (i) the
consolidated statements of condition (including related notes and
schedules, if any) of Parent as of June 30, 1995, and as of December 31,
1994 and 1993, and the related statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows (including related notes and
schedules, if any) for the six months ended June 30, 1995, and for each
of the three years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992, as filed by
Parent in SEC Documents, and (ii) the consolidated statements of
condition of Parent (including related notes and schedules, if any) and
related statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash
flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) included in SEC
Documents filed with respect to periods ended subsequent to June 30,
1995.
"PARENT PREFERRED STOCK" shall mean the $1.00 par value
preferred stock of Parent.
"PARENT STOCK PLANS" shall mean the existing stock option
plans of Parent designated as follows: the Vista Resources, Inc. 1989
Stock Option Plan and the Vista Resources, Inc. 1992 Stock Option
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Plan.
"PARENT SUBSIDIARIES" shall mean the Subsidiaries of Parent,
identified in Section 14.1 of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum and any
corporation or other organization acquired as a Subsidiary of Parent in
the future and owned by Parent at the Effective Time.
"PARTY" shall mean either the Company or Parent, and
"PARTIES" shall mean both the Company and Parent and with respect to
Sections 13.2 through 13.7 and Sections 13.12 and 13.13 hereof, Minotto,
the Company and Parent.
"PERMIT" shall mean any federal, state, local, and foreign
governmental approval, authorization, certificate, easement, filing,
franchise, license, notice, permit, or right to which any Person is a
party or that is or may be binding upon or inure to the benefit of any
Person or its securities, Assets or business.
"PERSON" shall mean a natural person or any legal,
commercial or governmental entity, such as, but not limited to, a
corporation, general partnership, joint venture, limited partnership,
limited liability company, trust, business association, group acting in
concert, or any person acting in a representative capacity.
"PROXY STATEMENT" shall mean the proxy statement used by the
Company to solicit the approval of its shareholders of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
"REGULATORY AUTHORITIES" shall mean, collectively, the
Federal Trade Commission, the United States Department of Justice, all
state regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the Parties and their
respective Subsidiaries (if any), the NYSE, and the SEC.
"REPRESENTATIVE" shall mean any investment banker, financial
advisor, attorney, accountant, consultant, or other representative of a
Person.
"RIGHTS" shall mean all arrangements, calls, commitments,
Contracts, options, rights to subscribe to, scrip, understandings,
warrants, or other binding obligations of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable
for, shares of the capital stock of a Person or by which a Person is or
may be bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock or other
Rights.
"SEC DOCUMENTS" shall mean all forms, proxy statements,
registration statements, reports, schedules, and other documents filed,
or required to be filed, by a Party or any of its Subsidiaries with any
Regulatory Authority pursuant to the Securities Laws.
"SECURITIES LAWS" shall mean the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Advisors Act
of 1940, as amended, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of any Regulatory Authority promulgated
thereunder.
"SHAREHOLDERS" shall mean Minotto and the Minority
Shareholders.
"SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING" shall mean the meeting of the
shareholders of the Company to be held pursuant to Section 9.1 of this
Agreement, including any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
"SUB COMMON STOCK" shall mean the $.01 par value common
stock of Sub.
"SUBSIDIARIES" shall mean all those corporations,
associations, or other entities of which the entity in question owns or
controls 50% or more of the outstanding equity securities either
directly or through an unbroken chain of entities as to each of which
50% or more of the outstanding equity securities is owned
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directly or indirectly by its parent.
"SURVIVING CORPORATION" shall mean the Company as the
surviving corporation resulting from the Merger.
"TAX" or "TAXES" shall mean any federal, state, county,
local, or foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, payroll,
sales, employment, use, property, withholding, excise, occupancy, and
other taxes, assessments, charges, fares, or impositions, including
interest, penalties, and additions imposed thereon or with respect
thereto.
(b) The terms set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the referenced sections:
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Closing Section 1.2
Company Benefit Plans Section 5.15
Company Contracts Section 5.16
Company ERISA Plan Section 5.15
Company Pension Plan Section 5.15
Effective Time Section 1.3
ERISA Affiliate Section 5.15
Encumbrance Section 5.18
Intellectual Property Section 5.19
Merger Section 1.1
Merger Consideration Section 3.1
Real Property Section 5.18
Tax Opinion Section 9.1(h)
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(c) Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to
include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words
"include," "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed followed by the words "without limitation."
13.2 EXPENSES.
(a) Each of the Parties shall bear and pay all direct costs and
expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder, including filing, registration and application fees,
printing fees, and fees and expenses of its own financial or other consultants,
investment bankers, accountants, and counsel, except that if the Merger is
consummated Minotto shall bear all direct costs and expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the HSR filing fees, such fees
shall be split and paid equally between Minotto and Parent.
(b) Nothing contained in this Section 13.2 shall constitute or
shall be deemed to constitute liquidated damages for the willful breach by a
Party of the terms of this Agreement or otherwise limit the rights of the
nonbreaching Party.
13.3 BROKERS AND FINDERS. Each of the Parties represents and
warrants that neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees, or
Affiliates has employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for any
financial advisory fees, investment bankers' fees, brokerage fees, commissions,
or finders' fees in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. In the event of a claim by any broker or finder based
upon his or its representing or being retained by or allegedly representing or
being retained by the Company or Parent, Minotto and Parent, as the case may
be, agree to indemnify and hold the other Party harmless of and from any
Liability in respect of any such claim.
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13.4 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, this Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to
herein) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereunder and supersedes all prior arrangements
or understandings with respect thereto, written or oral. Nothing in this
Agreement expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person, other
than the Parties or their respective successors, any rights, remedies,
obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
13.5 AMENDMENTS. To the extent permitted by Law, this Agreement
may be amended by a subsequent writing signed by each of the Parties upon the
approval of the Boards of Directors of the Company and Parent and Minotto,
whether before or after shareholder approval of this Agreement has been
obtained; provided, that after any such approval by the holders of Company
Common Stock, there shall be made no amendment that pursuant to applicable
provisions of the GBCC requires further approval by such shareholders without
the further approval of such shareholders.
13.6 WAIVERS.
(a) Prior to or at the Effective Time, Parent, acting through
its Board of Directors, chief executive officer or other authorized officer,
shall have the right to waive any Default in the performance of any term of
this Agreement by the Company or Minotto, to waive or extend the time for the
compliance or fulfillment by the Company or Minotto of any and all of their
obligations under this Agreement, and to waive any or all of the conditions
precedent to the obligations of Parent under this Agreement, except any
condition which, if not satisfied, would result in the violation of any Law.
No such waiver shall be effective unless in writing signed by a duly authorized
officer of Parent.
(b) Prior to or at the Effective Time, the Company, acting
through its Board of Directors, chief executive officer or other authorized
officer, shall have the right to waive any Default in the performance of any
term of this Agreement by Parent, to waive or extend the time for the
compliance or fulfillment by Parent of any and all of its obligations under
this Agreement, and to waive any or all of the conditions precedent to the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement, except any condition which, if
not satisfied, would result in the violation of any Law. No such waiver shall
be effective unless in writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the
Company.
(c) The failure of any Party at any time or times to require
performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect the right of such
Party at a later time to enforce the same or any other provision of this
Agreement. No waiver of any condition or of the breach of any term contained
in this Agreement in one or more instances shall be deemed to be or construed
as a further or continuing waiver of such condition or breach or a waiver of
any other condition or of the breach of any other term of this Agreement.
13.7 ASSIGNMENT. Except as expressly contemplated hereby,
neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations
hereunder shall be assigned by any Party hereto without the prior written
consent of the other Party. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement
will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties
and their respective successors and assigns.
13.8 NOTICES. All notices or other communications which are
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered
by hand, by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, postage
pre-paid, or by courier or overnight carrier, to the persons at the addresses
set forth below (or at such other address as may be provided hereunder), and
shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so delivered:
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The Company or Minotto: Basic American Medical Products, Inc.
4355 International Boulevard
Norcross, Georgia 30093
Telecopy Number: (770) 923-0816
Attention: Gene J. Minotto
Copy to Counsel: Palmer & Berman
352 Piedmont Road, N.E.
8 Piedmont Center
Suite 510
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Telecopy Number: (404) 266-3737
Attention: Jeffrey N. Berman
Parent: Fuqua Enterprises, Inc.
One Atlantic Center
Suite 5000
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
Telecopy Number: (404) 815-4529
Attention: John J. Huntz, Jr.
Copy to Counsel: Alston & Bird
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
Telecopy Number: (404) 881-7777
Attention: Bryan E. Davis
13.9 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Georgia, without regard
to any applicable conflicts of Laws.
13.10 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
13.11 CAPTIONS. The captions contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.
13.12 INTERPRETATIONS. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty
or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against any party, whether
under any rule of construction or otherwise. No party to this Agreement shall
be considered the draftsman. The Parties acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement has been reviewed, negotiated and accepted by all Parties and their
attorneys and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary
meaning of the words used so as fairly to accomplish the purposes and
intentions of all parties hereto.
13.13 ENFORCEMENT OF AGREEMENT. The Parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement was not performed in accordance with its specific terms or was
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement
and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the
United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any
other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
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13.14 SEVERABILITY. Any term or provision of this Agreement which
is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without
rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this
Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of
this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be
interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement
to be executed on its behalf and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and
attested by officers thereunto as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: BASIC AMERICAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
/s/ Marc J. Minotto By: /s/ Gene J. Minotto
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Secretary Name: Gene J. Minotto
Title: President
[CORPORATE SEAL]
ATTEST: FUQUA ENTERPRISES, INC.
/s/ Mildred H. Hutcheson By: /s/ L. P. Klamon
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Secretary Name: Lawrence P. Klamon
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
[CORPORATE SEAL]
ATTEST: BA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
/s/ Brady W. Mullinax, Jr. By: /s/ L. P. Klamon
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Secretary Name: Lawrence P. Klamon
Title: President
[CORPORATE SEAL]
With respect to Articles 7, 12 and
13 only:
/s/ Gene J. Minotto (SEAL)
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Gene J. Minotto
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT 1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is made this
____ day of October, 1995 by and among Fuqua Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Gene J. Minotto (the "Basic Shareholder").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, BA Acquisition Corp., a Georgia corporation and
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Subsidiary"), Basic American
Medical Products, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Basic") and the Basic
Shareholder, have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement") dated as of October 6, 1995, providing for the acquisition of Basic
by the Company through a merger (the "Merger") of the Subsidiary into Basic
with Basic being the corporation surviving the Merger;
WHEREAS, the Basic Shareholder upon consummation of the Merger will
hold in the aggregate approximately 13.53% of the issued and outstanding common
stock, $2.50 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Merger Agreement and the Basic
Shareholder desire the Company to register the shares under the Securities Act
(as hereinafter defined) for resale by the Basic Shareholder and the execution
and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the consummation of
the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
following meanings when used herein:
(a) "Business Day" means any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in Atlanta,
Georgia are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to close.
(b) "Closing" means the date of the consummation of the
Merger as set forth in the Merger Agreement.
(c) "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
(d) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value
$2.50 per share, of the Company.
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(e) "Company" means Fuqua Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns.
(f) "Demand Registration" means any registration of
Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
(g) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (or any similar successor federal statute), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
(h) "Holder" means any Person that owns Registrable
Securities, including such successors and assigns as acquire Registrable
Securities, directly or indirectly, from such Person. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Company may deem and treat the registered holder of a
Registrable Security as the Holder and absolute owner thereof.
(i) "Initial Holder" means Gene J. Minotto.
(j) "Majority Registered Holders" means in the case of
any registration statement, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities proposed to be covered (or so covered) in such registration
statement.
(k) "Majority Sellers" means (i) in the case of any
offering or proposed offering pursuant to a shelf "draw-down" of Registrable
Securities registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities so offered or proposed to be so offered,
and (ii) in the case of any other offering or proposed offering pursuant to any
Registration, the Majority Registered Holders of the applicable registration
statement.
(l) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, or other entity, or a government or
any political subdivision or agency.
(m) "Piggyback Registration" means any registration of
Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
(n) "Registrable Securities" means (i) the 600,000 shares
of Common Stock issued to the Basic Shareholder in the Merger and (ii) any
securities issued or issuable in respect of or in exchange for any of the
shares of Common Stock referred to in clause (i) above by way of a stock
dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock, stock split or combination
of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or
exchange offer. For purposes of this Agreement, a Registrable Security ceases
to be a Registrable Security when either (1) it has been effectively registered
under the Securities Act and sold or distributed to any Person pursuant to an
effective registration statement covering it or (2) it has been sold or
distributed to any
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Person pursuant to Rule 144.
(o) "Registration" means any Shelf Registration, Demand
Registration or Piggyback Registration.
(p) "Rule 10b-6" means Rule 10b-6 promulgated by the
Commission under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.
(q) "Rule 144," Rule 145," "Rule 415" and "Rule 424"
mean, respectively, Rule 144, Rule 145, Rule 415 and Rule 424, each promulgated
by the Commission under the Securities Act, in each case as amended from time
to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be promulgated by the
Commission.
(r) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (or any similar successor federal statute), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as the same are in effect from time to time.
(s) "Shelf Period" means the period (i) beginning one
year after the Closing Date and (ii) ending four years after the Closing Date
(or, if earlier, on expiration of the period during which a Shelf Registration
must remain effective under this Agreement).
(t) "Shelf Registration" means any registration of
Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
2. Shelf Registrations.
(a) Effective Registration. At any time after
commencement of the Shelf Period, upon written notice to the Company from one
or more Holders (the "Initiating Shelf Holders") of a majority of the
Registrable Securities, requesting that the Company effect, pursuant to this
Section 2(a) a Shelf Registration covering the Registrable Securities then
constituting no more than 50% of the Registrable Securities on any appropriate
form pursuant to Rule 415, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within
20 days) give written notice of such requested registration to all other
Holders and thereupon the Company shall as expeditiously as possible, use its
reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of:
(A) The Registrable Securities that the Initiating
Shelf Holders have requested the Company to register; and
(B) All other Registrable Securities the Holders of
which have made a written request to the Company for registration
thereof (which request shall specify such Registrable Securities and
the proposed amounts thereof) within 30 days after receipt of such
written notice from the Company,
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all to the extent requisite to permit the disposition by Holders of the
securities then constituting Registrable Securities so to be registered.
(b) Proration. To the extent that the amount of
Registrable Securities requested to be registered under the Shelf Registration
shall exceed 50% of the Registrable Securities, the amount of Registrable
Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be reduced pro rata
to the extent necessary so that amount of Registrable Securities to be
registered shall not exceed 50% of the Registrable Securities.
(c) Duration. The Company shall use its reasonable
efforts to have such "shelf" registration statement declared effective as soon
as practicable after its filing and to keep such registration statement
continuously effective until the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date or
until all Registrable Securities included therein have been sold, if earlier.
If necessary, the Company shall cause to be filed, and shall use its reasonable
efforts to have declared effective as soon as practicable following filing,
additional "shelf" registration statements or amendments as necessary to
maintain such effectiveness during the Shelf Period.
(d) Shelf "Draw-Downs". If any Holder effects, pursuant
to a Shelf Registration, a public offering of all or a part of its Registrable
Securities a shelf "draw-down") and wishes the Company to perform, in
connection with such shelf "draw-down," any procedures specified in Section
6(a) hereof in addition to those the Company is otherwise obligated to perform
with respect to such Shelf Registration pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 6(a)
hereof, such Holder shall deliver to the Company, at least five Business Days
before such "draw-down" is to be made, a written notice describing in
reasonable detail its proposed offering and requesting the performance of such
additional procedures pursuant to this Section 2(d) and such Section 6(a). The
Company shall be required to perform such additional procedures in advance of a
particular shelf "draw-down" only if such Holder shall have requested such
performance as provided above. In addition, the Company shall be required to
perform such additional procedures (other than those required under the
securities laws) in connection with a particular shelf "draw-down" only if one
or more Holders shall have notified the Company pursuant to this Section 2(d)
of their intention to offer to the public Registrable Securities with an
aggregate market value (on the date the written notice referred to above is
delivered) of at least $2 million pursuant to such "draw-down." During the
first three years of the Shelf Period a shelf "draw-down" that is an
underwritten offering shall constitute a Demand Registration for purposes of
the first sentence of Section 3(b).
(e) Inclusion of Other Securities. No Shelf Registration
shall include any securities other than Registrable Securities; provided that
this Agreement shall not prohibit the filing of other "shelf" registration
statements by the Company.
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3. Demand Registrations.
(a) Effective Registration. At any time after one year
following the Closing Date, upon written notice to the Company from one or more
Holders (the "Initiating Demand Holders") of Registrable Securities holding in
the aggregate Registrable Securities with a market value (on the date the
written notice is delivered) of at least $2 million, requesting that the
Company effect, pursuant to this Section 3, the registration of any of such
Initiating Demand Holders' Registrable Securities under the Securities Act
(which notice shall specify the Registrable Securities so requested to be
registered, the proposed amounts thereof and the intended method or methods of
disposition by such Demand Initiating Holders), the Company shall promptly (but
in any event within 20 days) give written notice of such requested registration
to all Holders, and thereupon the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible,
use its reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act
of:
(A) the Registrable Securities that the Initiating
Demand Holders have requested the Company to register, for
disposition in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition stated in their notice to the Company; and
(B) all other Registrable Securities the Holders of
which shall have made a written request to the Company for
registration thereof (which request shall specify such Registrable
Securities and the proposed amounts thereof) within 30 days after the
receipt of such written notice from the Company,
all to the extent requisite to permit the disposition by Holders of the
securities then constituting Registrable Securities so to be registered.
(b) Frequency; Duration. The Company shall not be
required to effect more than two Demand Registrations pursuant to this
Agreement. The Company shall not be required to effect a Demand Registration
pursuant to this Section 3: (i) if it shall have so effected a Demand
Registration during the previous 12 months; (ii) if the Initiating Demand
Holders shall have requested such Demand Registration after the third
anniversary of the Closing Date; or (iii) during the Shelf Period, unless the
requested Demand Registration is to be underwritten, on either a firm
commitment or best efforts basis, and the managing underwriter or underwriters
have requested in a written opinion to the Initiating Demand Holders and the
Company that a new registration statement be filed in the interest of the
proposed offering; provided, however, that a Demand Registration shall not be
deemed to have been effected for purposes of Section 3(b)(i) if the applicable
registration statement has not been declared effective and kept effective until
the earlier of (i) four months following the date on which such registration
statement was declared effective and (ii) the sale pursuant to such
registration statement of the Registrable Securities covered thereby.
(c) Inclusion of Other Securities. The Company shall not
register any securities other than Registrable Securities in any Demand
Registration without the
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prior written consent of Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such Demand Registration. If any securities other
than Registrable Securities are so registered, securities requested to be
registered by the Company for sale for its own account shall have absolute
priority over securities requested to be registered by third parties.
4. Piggyback Registrations.
(a) Effective Registration. If the Company proposes to
file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any
class of equity securities (other than in connection with the registration of
equity securities issued or issuable pursuant to an employee stock option,
stock purchase, stock bonus or similar plan or pursuant to a merger, exchange
offer or transaction of the type specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities
Act) at any time on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, then
the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Holders at
least 15 days before the anticipated filing date, and such notice shall offer
the Holders the opportunity to register such amount of Registrable Securities
as each such Holder may request. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts
to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten
offering to permit the inclusion therein of any Registrable Securities the
Holders of which request, within 5 days after receiving written notice of the
proposed filing from the Company, such inclusion, on the same terms and
conditions as any similar securities of the Company so included. Any Holder's
request for such inclusion may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at any time
prior to the effective date of the registration statement for such offering.
(b) Cut-Backs. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
4(a) hereof, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed
underwritten offering as described in such Section 4(a) deliver a written
opinion to the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Securities
stating that the total amount or kind of securities that they and any other
Persons seek to include in such offering would materially and adversely affect
the success of such offering, then the amount or kind of Registrable Securities
to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be reduced pro rata to the
extent necessary to reduce the total amount of Registrable Securities to be
included in such offering to that recommended by such managing underwriter or
underwriters (which amount may be zero); provided, however, that if the amount
of any kind of Registrable Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders
is reduced in accordance with this Section 4(b), the Company may not include in
such offering any securities other than (i) Registrable Securities and (ii)
securities, if any, that the Company is offering for sale for its own account
in a primary underwritten offering.
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5. Holdback Agreements.
(a) Restrictions on Public Sales by Holders of
Registrable Securities. To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law,
each Holder that is timely notified in writing by the managing underwriter or
underwriters shall not effect any public sale or distribution (including a sale
pursuant to Rule 144) of any issue being registered in an underwritten offering
(other than pursuant to an employee stock option, stock purchase, stock bonus
or similar plan, pursuant to a merger, exchange offer or a transaction of the
type specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities Act or pursuant to a "shelf"
registration), any securities of the Company similar to any such issue or any
securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
any such issue, during the 10-day period prior to, and during the 90-day period
beginning on, the effective date of the applicable registration statement,
except as part of such registration.
(b) Restrictions on Public Sales by the Company. The
Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of any issue being
registered in an underwritten offering (other than pursuant to an employee
stock option, stock purchase, stock bonus or similar plan or pursuant to a
merger, exchange offer or a transaction of the type specified in Rule 145(a)
under the Securities Act or pursuant to a "shelf" registration), any securities
of the Company similar to any such issue or any securities of the Company
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any such issue, during the
10-day period prior to, and during the 30-day period beginning on, the
effective date of the applicable registration statement, except as part of such
registration.
6. Registration Procedures.
(a) Company Procedures. Whenever the Company is required
by this Agreement to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement, the Company
shall use its reasonable efforts to effect each such registration to permit the
sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as soon
as practicable:
(i) prepare and file with the Commission the
requisite registration statement to effect such registration and thereafter use
its reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared
effective as soon as practicable and to remain continuously effective for the
time period required by this Agreement to the extent permitted under the
Securities Act, provided that as soon as practicable but in no event later than
three Business Days before filing such registration statement, any related
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, other than any amendment or
supplement made solely as a result of incorporation by reference of documents
filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of such registration
statement (or, in the case of any prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment relating to a proposed shelf "draw-down" pursuant to Section 2
hereof, two Business
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Days before the filing thereof), the Company shall furnish to the Holders of
the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement (or, in the
case of any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment relating to a
proposed shelf "draw-down" pursuant to Section 2 hereof, to the Selling
Holders) and the underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to
be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review of such Holders and
underwriters; the Company shall not file any registration statement or
amendment thereto or any prospectus or any supplement thereto (other than any
amendment or supplement made solely as a result of incorporation by reference
of documents filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of such
registration statement) to which the managing underwriters of the applicable
offering, if any, or the Majority Registered Holders (or, in the case of any
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment relating to a proposed shelf
"draw-down" pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Majority Sellers) shall have
reasonably objected in writing within two Business Days after receipt of such
documents to the effect that such registration statement or amendment thereto
or prospectus or supplement thereto does not comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act (provided that the foregoing shall
not limit the right of any Holder whose Registrable Securities are covered by a
registration statement to reasonably object, within two Business Days after
receipt of such documents, to any particular information that is to be
contained in such registration statement, amendment, prospectus or supplement
and relates specifically to such Holder, including, without limitation, any
information describing the manner in which such Holder acquired such
Registrable Securities and the intended method or methods of distribution of
such Registrable Securities), and if the Company is unable to file any such
document due to the objections of such underwriters or such Holders, the
Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cooperate with such underwriters
and Holders to prepare, as soon as practicable, a document that is responsive
in all material respects to the reasonable objections of such underwriters and
Holders;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and post-effective amendments to such registration statement as may
be necessary to keep such registration statement continuously effective and
current for the period required by this Agreement to the extent permitted under
the Securities Act; and cause each related prospectus to be supplemented by any
prospectus supplement as may be required, and as so supplemented to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424; and otherwise comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act as may be necessary to facilitate the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition by the selling Holders thereof set forth in such registration
statement or such prospectus or prospectus supplement;
(iii) notify the Holders and the managing
underwriters, if any, of the applicable offering (providing, if requested by
any such Persons, confirmation in writing) as soon as practicable after
becoming aware of: (A) the filing of any prospectus or prospectus supplement or
the filing or effectiveness (or anticipated date
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of effectiveness) of such registration statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto; (B) any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to such registration statement or the related prospectus or for
additional information; (C) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose; (D) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or
registration (or exemption therefrom) of any Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction in the United States or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purposes; or (E) the happening of any event that makes any
statement made in such registration statement or in any related prospectus,
prospectus supplement, amendment or document incorporated therein by reference
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in
such registration statement or in any such prospectus, supplement, amendment or
other such document so that it will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
(iv) make every reasonable effort to obtain at the
earliest possible moment the withdrawal of any order or other action suspending
the effectiveness of any such registration statement or suspending the
qualification or registration (or exemption therefrom) of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction;
(v) if reasonably requested by the managing
underwriters, if any, of the applicable offering, or by the Majority Sellers,
as soon as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment such information as such underwriters or the Majority Sellers, as the
case may be, agree should be included therein relating to the sale and offering
of the applicable Registrable Securities, including, without limitation,
information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold to
any underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor by any such
underwriters and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities;
and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable following receipt of notice of the matters to
be incorporated therein;
(vi) as soon as practicable after filing such
documents with the Commission, furnish to the Holders and each of the
underwriters, if any, without charge, at least one manually signed or conformed
copy of such registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules (or, in the case of any
post-effective amendment relating to a shelf "draw-down" pursuant to Section 2
hereof, to the Selling Holders); and as soon as practicable after the request
of any Holder or underwriter, furnish to such Holder or underwriter, as the
case may be, at least one copy of any document incorporated by reference in
such registration statement or in any related prospectus, prospectus supplement
or amendment, together with all exhibits thereto (including those previously
furnished or
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incorporated by reference);
(vii) deliver to the Holders and to each of the
underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus or
prospectuses (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; subject to Section
6(b)(i) hereof, the Company consents to the use of any such prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto by the Holders and the underwriters, if any, in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
any such prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(viii) prior to any public offering of Registrable
Securities, register or qualify (or obtain an exemption therefrom), or
cooperate with the Holders, the underwriters, if any, and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) of, such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the
Holders or the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably request in writing; keep
each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the period during which such registration statement is required to be
kept effective pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent permitted under the
Securities Act; and do any and all other acts and things reasonably necessary
or advisable to facilitate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement; provided that
the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not be required to qualify but for this Section
6(a)(viii);
(ix) cooperate with Holders participating in such
registration and the underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to be
sold; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the underwriters, if any, may request at least two
Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriters;
(x) use its reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities in the
United States as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Holders or the
underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities;
(xi) as soon as practicable after the occurrence of
any event described in Section 6(a)(iii)(E) hereof, prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement or to the related
prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such prospectus shall not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or
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omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; if any event described in Section 6(a)(iii)(B) hereof occurs, use
its reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Commission to prepare, as soon as
practicable, any amendment or supplement to such registration statement or such
related prospectus and any other additional information, or to take other
action that may have been requested by the Commission;
(xii) use its reasonable efforts to cause all Common
Stock constituting Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement to be listed on each securities exchange (or quotation system
operated by a national securities association) on which the Common Stock of the
Company is then listed (or included), if so requested by the Majority
Registered Holders or the underwriters, if any, and enter into customary
agreements including, if necessary, a listing application and indemnification
agreement in customary form, and provide a transfer agent for such Registrable
Securities no later than the effective date of such registration statement; use
its reasonable efforts to cause any other Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement to be listed (or included) on each securities
exchange (or quotation system operated by a national securities association) on
which securities of the same class and series, if any, are then listed (or
included) (or on any exchange or quotation system on which any Person other
than a Holder shall have the right to have securities of the same class and
series, if any, listed or included), if so requested by the Majority Registered
Holders or the underwriters, if any, and enter into customary agreements
including, if necessary, a listing application and indemnification agreement in
customary form, and, if necessary, provide a transfer agent for such securities
no later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(xiii) provide a CUSIP number for the
Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such registration
statement;
(xiv) enter into customary agreements (including, in
the case of an underwritten offering, an underwriting agreement in customary
form for the managing underwriters with respect to issuers of similar market
capitalization and reporting and financial histories) and take all such other
reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities included in such registration
statement and, in the case of an underwritten offering: (A) make
representations and warranties to each Holder of Registrable Securities
participating in such offering and to each of the underwriters, in such form,
substance and scope as are customarily made to the managing underwriters by
issuers of similar market capitalization and reporting and financial histories
and confirm the same to the extent customary if and when requested; (B) obtain
opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof addressed to each Holder
of Registrable Securities participating in such offering and to each of the
underwriters, such opinions and updates to be in customary form and covering
the matters customarily covered in opinions obtained in underwritten offerings
by the managing underwriters for issuers of similar market capitalization and
reporting and financial histories; (C) obtain "comfort" letters and
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updates thereof from the Company's independent certified public accountants
addressed to each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in such
offering and to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form
and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "comfort" letters to
the managing underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings by them for
issuers of similar market capitalization and reporting and financial histories;
(D) provide, in the underwriting agreement to be entered into in connection
with such offering, indemnification provisions and procedures of the type
customarily contained in underwriting agreements for offerings by issuers of
similar market capitalization and reporting and financial histories; and (E)
deliver such customary documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested by the Majority Sellers and the managing underwriters to evidence .
compliance with clause (A) of this paragraph (xiv) and with any customary
conditions contained in the underwriting agreement entered into by the Company
in connection with such offering;
(xv) make available, for inspection by the Holders
of the Registrable Securities included in such registration, any underwriter
participating in any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other representative
retained by such selling Holders or by any such underwriter, all pertinent
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Company, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to
supply all information reasonably requested by any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or other representative in connection with such registration;
(xvi) otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission relating to such
registration and the distribution of the securities being offered (including,
without limitation, Rule 10b-6, with respect to which the Company shall also
use its reasonable efforts timely to apprise each Holder of any bids and
purchases by the Company, and of any known bids and purchases by each
"affiliated purchaser" (as defined in Rule 10b-6) of the Company, that would in
the opinion of the Company be prohibited under Rule 10b-6 in connection with a
"distribution" (as so defined) by such Holder of securities of the Company) and
make generally available to its security holders earning statements satisfying
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 60 days
after the end of any 12-month period (or 120 days, if such period is a fiscal
year) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which the Registrable
Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts
underwritten offering, or, if not sold to underwriters in such an offering,
beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing
after the effective date of such registration statement, which earning
statements shall cover such 12-month periods;
(xvii) cooperate and assist in any filings required
to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and in
the performance of any customary or required due diligence investigation by
any underwriter; and
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(xviii) use its reasonable efforts to take all
other reasonable steps necessary and appropriate to effect such registration in
the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Holder Procedures.
(i) Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the
Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event described in Section 6(a)(iii)(B), 6(a)(iii)(C),
6(a)(iii)(D) or 6(a)(iii)(E) hereof, such Holder shall forthwith discontinue
disposition of any Registrable Securities (but, in the case of an event
described in Section 6(a)(iii)(D), in the affected jurisdiction or
jurisdictions only) covered by the affected registration statement or
prospectus until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 6(a)(iii) or 6(a)(xi) hereof or
until such Holder is (it being agreed by the Company that the underwriters, if
any, shall also be) advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the
use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed. If the Company shall have
given any such notice during a period when a Shelf Registration or a Demand
Registration is in effect, the Shelf Period or four-month period mentioned in
Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof, as the case may be, shall be extended by the
number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such
Registration shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 6(a)(iii) or 6(a)(xi) hereof or the Advice,
as the case may be.
(ii) In connection with any underwritten public
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration or Demand
Registration, the managing underwriter of such offering shall be a nationally
recognized investment banking firm selected by the Majority Sellers and shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Company.
7. Registration Expenses.
All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or compliance
with this Agreement, including without limitation all registration and filing
fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue
sky qualifications or registrations (or the obtaining of exemptions therefrom)
of the Registrable Securities), printing expenses (including expenses of
printing prospectuses), messenger and delivery expenses, internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), reasonable fees and
disbursements of its counsel and its independent certified public accountants
(including the reasonable expenses of any special audit or "comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance or compliance), securities acts
liability insurance (if the Company elects to obtain such insurance),
reasonable fees and expenses of any special
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experts retained by the Company in connection with any registration hereunder,
reasonable fees and expenses of other Persons retained by the Company,
reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for the Holders, selected by the
Majority Sellers, incurred in connection with each registration hereunder, and
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders (all such expenses being
herein referred to as "Registration Expenses"), shall be borne by the Company;
provided that Registration Expenses shall not include any underwriting
discounts, commissions or fees attributable to the sale of the Registrable
Securities.
8. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall
indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable
Securities, and if applicable, its officers, directors, employees and agents,
and if applicable, each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of
the Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses)
arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any registration statement covering any Registrable
Securities, any related prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state in any
thereof a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of a prospectus or prospectus supplement, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except
in each case insofar as the same arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or an omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact in such registration statement,
prospectus, preliminary prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may
be, made or omitted, as the case may be, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for
use therein. This indemnity is in addition to any liability that the Company
may otherwise have. The Company shall also indemnify any underwriters of the
Registrable Securities and their officers and directors and each Person who
controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the
same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of Holders
and other specified Persons.
(b) Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities.
In connection with any registration statement covering Registrable Securities,
each Holder any of whose Registrable Securities are covered thereby shall
furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits with respect
to such Holder as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with
such registration statement, any related prospectus or preliminary prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, and shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, the Company, the Company's directors, officers, employees and
agents and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the
Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
(including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses) arising out of
or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
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contained in any registration statement covering any Registrable Securities,
any related prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state in any thereof
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of a prospectus or prospectus supplement, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the same arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such
registration statement or in such related prospectus, preliminary prospectus,
amendment or supplement, as the case may be, made or omitted, as the case may
be, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. This indemnity is in
addition to any liability that a Holder may otherwise have. Each Holder
participating in an offering of Registrable Securities shall, if requested by
the managing underwriter or underwriters of such offering, also indemnify any
underwriters of such Registrable Securities and their officers and directors
and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Company and other specified Persons.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person
entitled to indemnification under this Section 8 agrees to give prompt written
notice to the indemnifying party after the receipt by such Person of any
written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which such Person will
claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement and, unless in
the reasonable judgment of such indemnified party a conflict of interest may
exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to
such claim, permit the indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. If the
indemnifying party is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of
a claim, it shall not be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
more than one counsel with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable
judgment of counsel to such indemnified party, expressed in a writing delivered
to the indemnifying party, a conflict of interest may exist between such
indemnified party and any other indemnified party with respect to such claim,
in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable
fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels (which shall be
limited to one counsel per indemnified party). The indemnifying party shall
not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Contribution.
(i) If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 8 from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified party
hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to
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the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and
indemnified parties in connection with the actions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and
indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
indemnifying party or indemnified parties, and the parties, relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, any legal
or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
any investigation or proceeding.
(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(iii) If indemnification is available under this
Section 8, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to
the full extent provided in Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof without regard to the
relative fault of said indemnifying party or indemnified party or any other
equitable consideration provided for in this Section 8(d).
9. Participation in Underwritten Registrations
No Person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Person's securities on the basis
provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled
hereunder to approve such arrangements, (b) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements and (c) agrees to pay such Person's pro rata portion of all
underwriting discounts and commissions.
10. Cooperation with the Company.
Each Holder by the acceptance of Registrable Securities agrees to use
its reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company in all reasonable respects
in connection with the preparation and filing of Registrations hereunder in
which such
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Registrable Securities are included or requested to be included.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not
hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that
contains provisions more favorable to the holders thereof than the provisions
contained in this Agreement without providing for the granting of comparable
rights to the Holders in this Agreement.
(b) Remedies. Each Holder of Registrable Securities, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights in an action at law,
including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its
rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would
not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it
of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in
any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Company shall have obtained the prior written
consent of (i) the Holders of a majority of the securities then constituting
Registrable Securities and (ii) each Holder materially and adversely affected
by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure.
(d) Notices. All notices, requests, waivers, releases,
consents, and other communications required or permitted by this Agreement
(collectively, "Notices") shall be in writing. Notices shall be deemed
sufficiently given for all purposes under this Agreement when delivered in
person, when dispatched by telegram or (upon written confirmation of receipt)
by electronic facsimile transmission or (upon written confirmation of receipt)
when dispatched by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, or five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed.
All Notices shall be delivered as follows:
(i) if to a Holder of Registrable Securities, at
the address indicated on Company's registrar relating to such securities or at
such other address as such Holder may have furnished to the Company in writing;
and
(ii) if to the Company, at:
Fuqua Enterprises, Inc.
1201 West Peachtree Street
Suite 5000
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
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Attention: John J. Huntz, Jr.
Telephone Number: (404) 815-2000
Fax Number: (404) 815-4529
with a copy to:
Alston & Bird
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
Attention: Bryan E. Davis
Telephone Number: (404) 881-7000
Fax Number: (404) 881-7777
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties hereto, including any successors by merger to the Company.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings; Construction. The headings in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Unless the context otherwise requires,
all references to Sections are to Sections of this Agreement, "or" is
inclusively disjunctive, and words in the singular include the plural and vice
versa. In computing any period of time specified in this Agreement, the date
of the act or event from which such period of time is to be measured shall be
included, any such period shall expire at 5:00 p.m., Atlanta time, on the last
day of such period, and any such period denominated in months shall expire on
the date in the last month of such period that has the same numerical
designation as the date of the act or event from which such period is to be
measured; provided, however, that if there is no date in the last month of such
period that has the same numerical designation as the date of such act or
event, such period shall expire on the last day of the last month of such
period.
(h) Certain Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company may
make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares of Common Stock
or other Registrable Securities specified in any other provision of this
Agreement specifying a number or percentage of Registrable Securities, as the
Board may determine after consultation with the Initial Holder (or, if the
Initial Holder no longer holds any securities then constituting the Registrable
Securities, Holders holding a majority of the securities then constituting the
Registrable Securities), is equitably required to
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prevent diminution or enlargement of the rights of Holders that otherwise would
result from any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
recapitalization, or other similar change in the capital structure of the
Company.
(i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Georgia,
without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
(j) Severability. If one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, for any reason, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall
not be in any way affected or impaired thereby, and the provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall be reformed to the minimum extent
necessary, and in a manner as consistent with the purposes thereof as is
practicable, so as to render it valid, legal and enforceable, it being intended
that all of the rights and privileges of the Holders hereunder shall be
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the
Company and the Initial Holder to be a final expression thereof and are
intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the Company and the Initial Holder in respect of the subject
matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the Company and any
Holders with respect to such subject matter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
FUQUA ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
-------------------------------- (SEAL)
GENE J. MINOTTO
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EXHIBIT 2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is made this
8th day of November, 1995 by and among Fuqua Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Gene J. Minotto (the "Basic Shareholder").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, BA Acquisition Corp., a Georgia corporation and
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Subsidiary"), Basic American
Medical Products, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Basic") and the Basic
Shareholder, have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement") dated as of October 6, 1995, providing for the acquisition of Basic
by the Company through a merger (the "Merger") of the Subsidiary into Basic
with Basic being the corporation surviving the Merger;
WHEREAS, the Basic Shareholder upon consummation of the Merger will
hold in the aggregate approximately 13.53% of the issued and outstanding common
stock, $2.50 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Merger Agreement and the Basic
Shareholder desire the Company to register the shares under the Securities Act
(as hereinafter defined) for resale by the Basic Shareholder and the execution
and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the consummation of
the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
following meanings when used herein:
(a) "Business Day" means any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in Atlanta,
Georgia are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to close.
(b) "Closing" means the date of the consummation of the
Merger as set forth in the Merger Agreement.
(c) "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
(d) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value
$2.50 per share, of the Company.
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(e) "Company" means Fuqua Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns.
(f) "Demand Registration" means any registration of
Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
(g) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (or any similar successor federal statute), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
(h) "Holder" means any Person that owns Registrable
Securities, including such successors and assigns as acquire Registrable
Securities, directly or indirectly, from such Person. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Company may deem and treat the registered holder of a
Registrable Security as the Holder and absolute owner thereof.
(i) "Initial Holder" means Gene J. Minotto.
(j) "Majority Registered Holders" means in the case of
any registration statement, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities proposed to be covered (or so covered) in such registration
statement.
(k) "Majority Sellers" means (i) in the case of any
offering or proposed offering pursuant to a shelf "draw-down" of Registrable
Securities registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities so offered or proposed to be so offered,
and (ii) in the case of any other offering or proposed offering pursuant to any
Registration, the Majority Registered Holders of the applicable registration
statement.
(l) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, or other entity, or a government or
any political subdivision or agency.
(m) "Piggyback Registration" means any registration of
Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
(n) "Registrable Securities" means (i) the 600,000 shares
of Common Stock issued to the Basic Shareholder in the Merger and (ii) any
securities issued or issuable in respect of or in exchange for any of the
shares of Common Stock referred to in clause (i) above by way of a stock
dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock, stock split or combination
of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or
exchange offer. For purposes of this Agreement, a Registrable Security ceases
to be a Registrable Security when either (1) it has been effectively registered
under the Securities Act and sold or distributed to any Person pursuant to an
effective registration statement covering it or (2) it has been sold or
distributed to any
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Person pursuant to Rule 144.
(o) "Registration" means any Shelf Registration, Demand
Registration or Piggyback Registration.
(p) "Rule 10b-6" means Rule 10b-6 promulgated by the
Commission under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.
(q) "Rule 144," Rule 145," "Rule 415" and "Rule 424"
mean, respectively, Rule 144, Rule 145, Rule 415 and Rule 424, each promulgated
by the Commission under the Securities Act, in each case as amended from time
to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be promulgated by the
Commission.
(r) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (or any similar successor federal statute), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as the same are in effect from time to time.
(s) "Shelf Period" means the period (i) beginning one
year after the Closing Date and (ii) ending four years after the Closing Date
(or, if earlier, on expiration of the period during which a Shelf Registration
must remain effective under this Agreement).
(t) "Shelf Registration" means any registration of
Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
2. Shelf Registrations.
(a) Effective Registration. At any time after
commencement of the Shelf Period, upon written notice to the Company from one
or more Holders (the "Initiating Shelf Holders") of a majority of the
Registrable Securities, requesting that the Company effect, pursuant to this
Section 2(a) a Shelf Registration covering the Registrable Securities then
constituting no more than 50% of the Registrable Securities on any appropriate
form pursuant to Rule 415, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within
20 days) give written notice of such requested registration to all other
Holders and thereupon the Company shall as expeditiously as possible, use its
reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of:
(A) The Registrable Securities that the Initiating
Shelf Holders have requested the Company to register; and
(B) All other Registrable Securities the Holders of
which have made a written request to the Company for registration
thereof (which request shall specify such Registrable Securities and
the proposed amounts thereof) within 30 days after receipt of such
written notice from the Company,
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all to the extent requisite to permit the disposition by Holders of the
securities then constituting Registrable Securities so to be registered.
(b) Proration. To the extent that the amount of
Registrable Securities requested to be registered under the Shelf Registration
shall exceed 50% of the Registrable Securities, the amount of Registrable
Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be reduced pro rata
to the extent necessary so that amount of Registrable Securities to be
registered shall not exceed 50% of the Registrable Securities.
(c) Duration. The Company shall use its reasonable
efforts to have such "shelf" registration statement declared effective as soon
as practicable after its filing and to keep such registration statement
continuously effective until the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date or
until all Registrable Securities included therein have been sold, if earlier.
If necessary, the Company shall cause to be filed, and shall use its reasonable
efforts to have declared effective as soon as practicable following filing,
additional "shelf" registration statements or amendments as necessary to
maintain such effectiveness during the Shelf Period.
(d) Shelf "Draw-Downs". If any Holder effects, pursuant
to a Shelf Registration, a public offering of all or a part of its Registrable
Securities a shelf "draw-down") and wishes the Company to perform, in
connection with such shelf "draw-down," any procedures specified in Section
6(a) hereof in addition to those the Company is otherwise obligated to perform
with respect to such Shelf Registration pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 6(a)
hereof, such Holder shall deliver to the Company, at least five Business Days
before such "draw-down" is to be made, a written notice describing in
reasonable detail its proposed offering and requesting the performance of such
additional procedures pursuant to this Section 2(d) and such Section 6(a). The
Company shall be required to perform such additional procedures in advance of a
particular shelf "draw-down" only if such Holder shall have requested such
performance as provided above. In addition, the Company shall be required to
perform such additional procedures (other than those required under the
securities laws) in connection with a particular shelf "draw-down" only if one
or more Holders shall have notified the Company pursuant to this Section 2(d)
of their intention to offer to the public Registrable Securities with an
aggregate market value (on the date the written notice referred to above is
delivered) of at least $2 million pursuant to such "draw-down." During the
first three years of the Shelf Period a shelf "draw-down" that is an
underwritten offering shall constitute a Demand Registration for purposes of
the first sentence of Section 3(b).
(e) Inclusion of Other Securities. No Shelf Registration
shall include any securities other than Registrable Securities; provided that
this Agreement shall not prohibit the filing of other "shelf" registration
statements by the Company.
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3. Demand Registrations.
(a) Effective Registration. At any time after one year
following the Closing Date, upon written notice to the Company from one or more
Holders (the "Initiating Demand Holders") of Registrable Securities holding in
the aggregate Registrable Securities with a market value (on the date the
written notice is delivered) of at least $2 million, requesting that the
Company effect, pursuant to this Section 3, the registration of any of such
Initiating Demand Holders' Registrable Securities under the Securities Act
(which notice shall specify the Registrable Securities so requested to be
registered, the proposed amounts thereof and the intended method or methods of
disposition by such Demand Initiating Holders), the Company shall promptly (but
in any event within 20 days) give written notice of such requested registration
to all Holders, and thereupon the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible,
use its reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act
of:
(A) the Registrable Securities that the Initiating
Demand Holders have requested the Company to register, for
disposition in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition stated in their notice to the Company; and
(B) all other Registrable Securities the Holders of
which shall have made a written request to the Company for
registration thereof (which request shall specify such Registrable
Securities and the proposed amounts thereof) within 30 days after the
receipt of such written notice from the Company,
all to the extent requisite to permit the disposition by Holders of the
securities then constituting Registrable Securities so to be registered.
(b) Frequency; Duration. The Company shall not be
required to effect more than two Demand Registrations pursuant to this
Agreement. The Company shall not be required to effect a Demand Registration
pursuant to this Section 3: (i) if it shall have so effected a Demand
Registration during the previous 12 months; (ii) if the Initiating Demand
Holders shall have requested such Demand Registration after the third
anniversary of the Closing Date; or (iii) during the Shelf Period, unless the
requested Demand Registration is to be underwritten, on either a firm
commitment or best efforts basis, and the managing underwriter or underwriters
have requested in a written opinion to the Initiating Demand Holders and the
Company that a new registration statement be filed in the interest of the
proposed offering; provided, however, that a Demand Registration shall not be
deemed to have been effected for purposes of Section 3(b)(i) if the applicable
registration statement has not been declared effective and kept effective until
the earlier of (i) four months following the date on which such registration
statement was declared effective and (ii) the sale pursuant to such
registration statement of the Registrable Securities covered thereby.
(c) Inclusion of Other Securities. The Company shall not
register any securities other than Registrable Securities in any Demand
Registration without the
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prior written consent of Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such Demand Registration. If any securities other
than Registrable Securities are so registered, securities requested to be
registered by the Company for sale for its own account shall have absolute
priority over securities requested to be registered by third parties.
4. Piggyback Registrations.
(a) Effective Registration. If the Company proposes to
file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any
class of equity securities (other than in connection with the registration of
equity securities issued or issuable pursuant to an employee stock option,
stock purchase, stock bonus or similar plan or pursuant to a merger, exchange
offer or transaction of the type specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities
Act) at any time on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, then
the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Holders at
least 15 days before the anticipated filing date, and such notice shall offer
the Holders the opportunity to register such amount of Registrable Securities
as each such Holder may request. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts
to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten
offering to permit the inclusion therein of any Registrable Securities the
Holders of which request, within 5 days after receiving written notice of the
proposed filing from the Company, such inclusion, on the same terms and
conditions as any similar securities of the Company so included. Any Holder's
request for such inclusion may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at any time
prior to the effective date of the registration statement for such offering.
(b) Cut-Backs. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
4(a) hereof, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed
underwritten offering as described in such Section 4(a) deliver a written
opinion to the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Securities
stating that the total amount or kind of securities that they and any other
Persons seek to include in such offering would materially and adversely affect
the success of such offering, then the amount or kind of Registrable Securities
to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be reduced pro rata to the
extent necessary to reduce the total amount of Registrable Securities to be
included in such offering to that recommended by such managing underwriter or
underwriters (which amount may be zero); provided, however, that if the amount
of any kind of Registrable Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders
is reduced in accordance with this Section 4(b), the Company may not include in
such offering any securities other than (i) Registrable Securities and (ii)
securities, if any, that the Company is offering for sale for its own account
in a primary underwritten offering.
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5. Holdback Agreements.
(a) Restrictions on Public Sales by Holders of
Registrable Securities. To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law,
each Holder that is timely notified in writing by the managing underwriter or
underwriters shall not effect any public sale or distribution (including a sale
pursuant to Rule 144) of any issue being registered in an underwritten offering
(other than pursuant to an employee stock option, stock purchase, stock bonus
or similar plan, pursuant to a merger, exchange offer or a transaction of the
type specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities Act or pursuant to a "shelf"
registration), any securities of the Company similar to any such issue or any
securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
any such issue, during the 10-day period prior to, and during the 90-day period
beginning on, the effective date of the applicable registration statement,
except as part of such registration.
(b) Restrictions on Public Sales by the Company. The
Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of any issue being
registered in an underwritten offering (other than pursuant to an employee
stock option, stock purchase, stock bonus or similar plan or pursuant to a
merger, exchange offer or a transaction of the type specified in Rule 145(a)
under the Securities Act or pursuant to a "shelf" registration), any securities
of the Company similar to any such issue or any securities of the Company
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any such issue, during the
10-day period prior to, and during the 30-day period beginning on, the
effective date of the applicable registration statement, except as part of such
registration.
6. Registration Procedures.
(a) Company Procedures. Whenever the Company is required
by this Agreement to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement, the Company
shall use its reasonable efforts to effect each such registration to permit the
sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as soon
as practicable:
(i) prepare and file with the Commission the
requisite registration statement to effect such registration and thereafter use
its reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared
effective as soon as practicable and to remain continuously effective for the
time period required by this Agreement to the extent permitted under the
Securities Act, provided that as soon as practicable but in no event later than
three Business Days before filing such registration statement, any related
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, other than any amendment or
supplement made solely as a result of incorporation by reference of documents
filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of such registration
statement (or, in the case of any prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment relating to a proposed shelf "draw-down" pursuant to Section 2
hereof, two Business
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Days before the filing thereof), the Company shall furnish to the Holders of
the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement (or, in the
case of any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment relating to a
proposed shelf "draw-down" pursuant to Section 2 hereof, to the Selling
Holders) and the underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to
be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review of such Holders and
underwriters; the Company shall not file any registration statement or
amendment thereto or any prospectus or any supplement thereto (other than any
amendment or supplement made solely as a result of incorporation by reference
of documents filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of such
registration statement) to which the managing underwriters of the applicable
offering, if any, or the Majority Registered Holders (or, in the case of any
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment relating to a proposed shelf
"draw-down" pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Majority Sellers) shall have
reasonably objected in writing within two Business Days after receipt of such
documents to the effect that such registration statement or amendment thereto
or prospectus or supplement thereto does not comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act (provided that the foregoing shall
not limit the right of any Holder whose Registrable Securities are covered by a
registration statement to reasonably object, within two Business Days after
receipt of such documents, to any particular information that is to be
contained in such registration statement, amendment, prospectus or supplement
and relates specifically to such Holder, including, without limitation, any
information describing the manner in which such Holder acquired such
Registrable Securities and the intended method or methods of distribution of
such Registrable Securities), and if the Company is unable to file any such
document due to the objections of such underwriters or such Holders, the
Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cooperate with such underwriters
and Holders to prepare, as soon as practicable, a document that is responsive
in all material respects to the reasonable objections of such underwriters and
Holders;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and post-effective amendments to such registration statement as may
be necessary to keep such registration statement continuously effective and
current for the period required by this Agreement to the extent permitted under
the Securities Act; and cause each related prospectus to be supplemented by any
prospectus supplement as may be required, and as so supplemented to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424; and otherwise comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act as may be necessary to facilitate the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition by the selling Holders thereof set forth in such registration
statement or such prospectus or prospectus supplement;
(iii) notify the Holders and the managing
underwriters, if any, of the applicable offering (providing, if requested by
any such Persons, confirmation in writing) as soon as practicable after
becoming aware of: (A) the filing of any prospectus or prospectus supplement or
the filing or effectiveness (or anticipated date
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of effectiveness) of such registration statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto; (B) any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to such registration statement or the related prospectus or for
additional information; (C) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose; (D) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or
registration (or exemption therefrom) of any Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction in the United States or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purposes; or (E) the happening of any event that makes any
statement made in such registration statement or in any related prospectus,
prospectus supplement, amendment or document incorporated therein by reference
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in
such registration statement or in any such prospectus, supplement, amendment or
other such document so that it will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
(iv) make every reasonable effort to obtain at the
earliest possible moment the withdrawal of any order or other action suspending
the effectiveness of any such registration statement or suspending the
qualification or registration (or exemption therefrom) of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction;
(v) if reasonably requested by the managing
underwriters, if any, of the applicable offering, or by the Majority Sellers,
as soon as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment such information as such underwriters or the Majority Sellers, as the
case may be, agree should be included therein relating to the sale and offering
of the applicable Registrable Securities, including, without limitation,
information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold to
any underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor by any such
underwriters and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities;
and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable following receipt of notice of the matters to
be incorporated therein;
(vi) as soon as practicable after filing such
documents with the Commission, furnish to the Holders and each of the
underwriters, if any, without charge, at least one manually signed or conformed
copy of such registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules (or, in the case of any
post-effective amendment relating to a shelf "draw-down" pursuant to Section 2
hereof, to the Selling Holders); and as soon as practicable after the request
of any Holder or underwriter, furnish to such Holder or underwriter, as the
case may be, at least one copy of any document incorporated by reference in
such registration statement or in any related prospectus, prospectus supplement
or amendment, together with all exhibits thereto (including those previously
furnished or
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incorporated by reference);
(vii) deliver to the Holders and to each of the
underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus or
prospectuses (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; subject to Section
6(b)(i) hereof, the Company consents to the use of any such prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto by the Holders and the underwriters, if any, in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
any such prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(viii) prior to any public offering of Registrable
Securities, register or qualify (or obtain an exemption therefrom), or
cooperate with the Holders, the underwriters, if any, and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) of, such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the
Holders or the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably request in writing; keep
each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the period during which such registration statement is required to be
kept effective pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent permitted under the
Securities Act; and do any and all other acts and things reasonably necessary
or advisable to facilitate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement; provided that
the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not be required to qualify but for this Section
6(a)(viii);
(ix) cooperate with Holders participating in such
registration and the underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to be
sold; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the underwriters, if any, may request at least two
Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriters;
(x) use its reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities in the
United States as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Holders or the
underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities;
(xi) as soon as practicable after the occurrence of
any event described in Section 6(a)(iii)(E) hereof, prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement or to the related
prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such prospectus shall not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or
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omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; if any event described in Section 6(a)(iii)(B) hereof occurs, use
its reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Commission to prepare, as soon as
practicable, any amendment or supplement to such registration statement or such
related prospectus and any other additional information, or to take other
action that may have been requested by the Commission;
(xii) use its reasonable efforts to cause all Common
Stock constituting Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement to be listed on each securities exchange (or quotation system
operated by a national securities association) on which the Common Stock of the
Company is then listed (or included), if so requested by the Majority
Registered Holders or the underwriters, if any, and enter into customary
agreements including, if necessary, a listing application and indemnification
agreement in customary form, and provide a transfer agent for such Registrable
Securities no later than the effective date of such registration statement; use
its reasonable efforts to cause any other Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement to be listed (or included) on each securities
exchange (or quotation system operated by a national securities association) on
which securities of the same class and series, if any, are then listed (or
included) (or on any exchange or quotation system on which any Person other
than a Holder shall have the right to have securities of the same class and
series, if any, listed or included), if so requested by the Majority Registered
Holders or the underwriters, if any, and enter into customary agreements
including, if necessary, a listing application and indemnification agreement in
customary form, and, if necessary, provide a transfer agent for such securities
no later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(xiii) provide a CUSIP number for the
Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such registration
statement;
(xiv) enter into customary agreements (including, in
the case of an underwritten offering, an underwriting agreement in customary
form for the managing underwriters with respect to issuers of similar market
capitalization and reporting and financial histories) and take all such other
reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities included in such registration
statement and, in the case of an underwritten offering: (A) make
representations and warranties to each Holder of Registrable Securities
participating in such offering and to each of the underwriters, in such form,
substance and scope as are customarily made to the managing underwriters by
issuers of similar market capitalization and reporting and financial histories
and confirm the same to the extent customary if and when requested; (B) obtain
opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof addressed to each Holder
of Registrable Securities participating in such offering and to each of the
underwriters, such opinions and updates to be in customary form and covering
the matters customarily covered in opinions obtained in underwritten offerings
by the managing underwriters for issuers of similar market capitalization and
reporting and financial histories; (C) obtain "comfort" letters and
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updates thereof from the Company's independent certified public accountants
addressed to each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in such
offering and to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form
and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "comfort" letters to
the managing underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings by them for
issuers of similar market capitalization and reporting and financial histories;
(D) provide, in the underwriting agreement to be entered into in connection
with such offering, indemnification provisions and procedures of the type
customarily contained in underwriting agreements for offerings by issuers of
similar market capitalization and reporting and financial histories; and (E)
deliver such customary documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested by the Majority Sellers and the managing underwriters to evidence .
compliance with clause (A) of this paragraph (xiv) and with any customary
conditions contained in the underwriting agreement entered into by the Company
in connection with such offering;
(xv) make available, for inspection by the Holders
of the Registrable Securities included in such registration, any underwriter
participating in any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other representative
retained by such selling Holders or by any such underwriter, all pertinent
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Company, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to
supply all information reasonably requested by any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or other representative in connection with such registration;
(xvi) otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission relating to such
registration and the distribution of the securities being offered (including,
without limitation, Rule 10b-6, with respect to which the Company shall also
use its reasonable efforts timely to apprise each Holder of any bids and
purchases by the Company, and of any known bids and purchases by each
"affiliated purchaser" (as defined in Rule 10b-6) of the Company, that would in
the opinion of the Company be prohibited under Rule 10b-6 in connection with a
"distribution" (as so defined) by such Holder of securities of the Company) and
make generally available to its security holders earning statements satisfying
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 60 days
after the end of any 12-month period (or 120 days, if such period is a fiscal
year) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which the Registrable
Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts
underwritten offering, or, if not sold to underwriters in such an offering,
beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing
after the effective date of such registration statement, which earning
statements shall cover such 12-month periods;
(xvii) cooperate and assist in any filings required
to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and in
the performance of any customary or required due diligence investigation by
any underwriter; and
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(xviii) use its reasonable efforts to take all
other reasonable steps necessary and appropriate to effect such registration in
the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Holder Procedures.
(i) Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the
Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event described in Section 6(a)(iii)(B), 6(a)(iii)(C),
6(a)(iii)(D) or 6(a)(iii)(E) hereof, such Holder shall forthwith discontinue
disposition of any Registrable Securities (but, in the case of an event
described in Section 6(a)(iii)(D), in the affected jurisdiction or
jurisdictions only) covered by the affected registration statement or
prospectus until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 6(a)(iii) or 6(a)(xi) hereof or
until such Holder is (it being agreed by the Company that the underwriters, if
any, shall also be) advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the
use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed. If the Company shall have
given any such notice during a period when a Shelf Registration or a Demand
Registration is in effect, the Shelf Period or four-month period mentioned in
Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof, as the case may be, shall be extended by the
number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such
Registration shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 6(a)(iii) or 6(a)(xi) hereof or the Advice,
as the case may be.
(ii) In connection with any underwritten public
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration or Demand
Registration, the managing underwriter of such offering shall be a nationally
recognized investment banking firm selected by the Majority Sellers and shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Company.
7. Registration Expenses.
All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or compliance
with this Agreement, including without limitation all registration and filing
fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue
sky qualifications or registrations (or the obtaining of exemptions therefrom)
of the Registrable Securities), printing expenses (including expenses of
printing prospectuses), messenger and delivery expenses, internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), reasonable fees and
disbursements of its counsel and its independent certified public accountants
(including the reasonable expenses of any special audit or "comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance or compliance), securities acts
liability insurance (if the Company elects to obtain such insurance),
reasonable fees and expenses of any special
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experts retained by the Company in connection with any registration hereunder,
reasonable fees and expenses of other Persons retained by the Company,
reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for the Holders, selected by the
Majority Sellers, incurred in connection with each registration hereunder, and
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders (all such expenses being
herein referred to as "Registration Expenses"), shall be borne by the Company;
provided that Registration Expenses shall not include any underwriting
discounts, commissions or fees attributable to the sale of the Registrable
Securities.
8. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall
indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable
Securities, and if applicable, its officers, directors, employees and agents,
and if applicable, each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of
the Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses)
arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any registration statement covering any Registrable
Securities, any related prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state in any
thereof a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of a prospectus or prospectus supplement, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except
in each case insofar as the same arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or an omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact in such registration statement,
prospectus, preliminary prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may
be, made or omitted, as the case may be, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for
use therein. This indemnity is in addition to any liability that the Company
may otherwise have. The Company shall also indemnify any underwriters of the
Registrable Securities and their officers and directors and each Person who
controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the
same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of Holders
and other specified Persons.
(b) Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities.
In connection with any registration statement covering Registrable Securities,
each Holder any of whose Registrable Securities are covered thereby shall
furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits with respect
to such Holder as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with
such registration statement, any related prospectus or preliminary prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, and shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, the Company, the Company's directors, officers, employees and
agents and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the
Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
(including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses) arising out of
or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
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contained in any registration statement covering any Registrable Securities,
any related prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state in any thereof
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of a prospectus or prospectus supplement, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the same arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such
registration statement or in such related prospectus, preliminary prospectus,
amendment or supplement, as the case may be, made or omitted, as the case may
be, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. This indemnity is in
addition to any liability that a Holder may otherwise have. Each Holder
participating in an offering of Registrable Securities shall, if requested by
the managing underwriter or underwriters of such offering, also indemnify any
underwriters of such Registrable Securities and their officers and directors
and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Company and other specified Persons.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person
entitled to indemnification under this Section 8 agrees to give prompt written
notice to the indemnifying party after the receipt by such Person of any
written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which such Person will
claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement and, unless in
the reasonable judgment of such indemnified party a conflict of interest may
exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to
such claim, permit the indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. If the
indemnifying party is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of
a claim, it shall not be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
more than one counsel with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable
judgment of counsel to such indemnified party, expressed in a writing delivered
to the indemnifying party, a conflict of interest may exist between such
indemnified party and any other indemnified party with respect to such claim,
in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable
fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels (which shall be
limited to one counsel per indemnified party). The indemnifying party shall
not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Contribution.
(i) If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 8 from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified party
hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to
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the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and
indemnified parties in connection with the actions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and
indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
indemnifying party or indemnified parties, and the parties, relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, any legal
or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
any investigation or proceeding.
(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(iii) If indemnification is available under this
Section 8, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to
the full extent provided in Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof without regard to the
relative fault of said indemnifying party or indemnified party or any other
equitable consideration provided for in this Section 8(d).
9. Participation in Underwritten Registrations
No Person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Person's securities on the basis
provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled
hereunder to approve such arrangements, (b) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements and (c) agrees to pay such Person's pro rata portion of all
underwriting discounts and commissions.
10. Cooperation with the Company.
Each Holder by the acceptance of Registrable Securities agrees to use
its reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company in all reasonable respects
in connection with the preparation and filing of Registrations hereunder in
which such
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Registrable Securities are included or requested to be included.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not
hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that
contains provisions more favorable to the holders thereof than the provisions
contained in this Agreement without providing for the granting of comparable
rights to the Holders in this Agreement.
(b) Remedies. Each Holder of Registrable Securities, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights in an action at law,
including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its
rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would
not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it
of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in
any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Company shall have obtained the prior written
consent of (i) the Holders of a majority of the securities then constituting
Registrable Securities and (ii) each Holder materially and adversely affected
by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure.
(d) Notices. All notices, requests, waivers, releases,
consents, and other communications required or permitted by this Agreement
(collectively, "Notices") shall be in writing. Notices shall be deemed
sufficiently given for all purposes under this Agreement when delivered in
person, when dispatched by telegram or (upon written confirmation of receipt)
by electronic facsimile transmission or (upon written confirmation of receipt)
when dispatched by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, or five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed.
All Notices shall be delivered as follows:
(i) if to a Holder of Registrable Securities, at
the address indicated on Company's registrar relating to such securities or at
such other address as such Holder may have furnished to the Company in writing;
and
(ii) if to the Company, at:
Fuqua Enterprises, Inc.
1201 West Peachtree Street
Suite 5000
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
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Attention: John J. Huntz, Jr.
Telephone Number: (404) 815-2000
Fax Number: (404) 815-4529
with a copy to:
Alston & Bird
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
Attention: Bryan E. Davis
Telephone Number: (404) 881-7000
Fax Number: (404) 881-7777
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties hereto, including any successors by merger to the Company.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings; Construction. The headings in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Unless the context otherwise requires,
all references to Sections are to Sections of this Agreement, "or" is
inclusively disjunctive, and words in the singular include the plural and vice
versa. In computing any period of time specified in this Agreement, the date
of the act or event from which such period of time is to be measured shall be
included, any such period shall expire at 5:00 p.m., Atlanta time, on the last
day of such period, and any such period denominated in months shall expire on
the date in the last month of such period that has the same numerical
designation as the date of the act or event from which such period is to be
measured; provided, however, that if there is no date in the last month of such
period that has the same numerical designation as the date of such act or
event, such period shall expire on the last day of the last month of such
period.
(h) Certain Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company may
make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares of Common Stock
or other Registrable Securities specified in any other provision of this
Agreement specifying a number or percentage of Registrable Securities, as the
Board may determine after consultation with the Initial Holder (or, if the
Initial Holder no longer holds any securities then constituting the Registrable
Securities, Holders holding a majority of the securities then constituting the
Registrable Securities), is equitably required to
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prevent diminution or enlargement of the rights of Holders that otherwise would
result from any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
recapitalization, or other similar change in the capital structure of the
Company.
(i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Georgia,
without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
(j) Severability. If one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, for any reason, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall
not be in any way affected or impaired thereby, and the provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall be reformed to the minimum extent
necessary, and in a manner as consistent with the purposes thereof as is
practicable, so as to render it valid, legal and enforceable, it being intended
that all of the rights and privileges of the Holders hereunder shall be
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the
Company and the Initial Holder to be a final expression thereof and are
intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the Company and the Initial Holder in respect of the subject
matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the Company and any
Holders with respect to such subject matter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
FUQUA ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/ L. P. Klamon
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Name: Lawrence P. Klamon
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Gene J. Minotto
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GENE J. MINOTTO
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