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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(RULE 13d-101)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934(1)
Game Financial Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock Par Value $0.01 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
3646P 10 7
(CUSIP Number)
Peter Novak, Esq.
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Ave. Phoenix Arizona 85077 Phone: 602-207-5913
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
September 24, 1997
(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 [ ].
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be
filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies
are to be sent.
(Continued on following pages)
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(1) The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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CUSIP No. 3646P 10 7 13D Page 2 of 8 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Viad Corp 361169950
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* WC, 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 Delaware
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 2,753,290
SHARES
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BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -0-
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EACH
REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,500,000
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PERSON WITH
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
4,253,290
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 70.6%*
[*Assumes that Issuer issues an additional 1,500,000 shares
as would be required if Viad exercises the Option. See
Item 5.]
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 3646P 10 7 13D Page 3 of 8 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Game Acquisition Corp.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* WC, 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 Minnesota
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
SHARES
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BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -0-
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EACH
REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
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PERSON WITH
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
4,253,290
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 70.6%*
[*Assumes that Issuer issues an additional 1,500,000 shares
as would be required if Viad exercises the Option. See
Item 5.]
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER
The class of equity securities to which this statement on Schedule 13D
relates is the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Securities") of Game
Financial Corporation (the "Issuer"), a Minnesota corporation, with principal
offices located at 13705 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441.
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
This statement is being jointly filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f) by Viad
Corp, a Delaware corporation ("Viad") and Game Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viad (Viad and Game Acquisition
Corp. are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Reporting Persons").
Viad's principal business address is 1850 North Central Avenue, Phoenix,
Arizona 85077. Viad is comprised of operating companies and a division which
constitute a diversified services business. Viad's services are classified into
three principal business segments, namely (1) Airline Catering and Services,
provided through companies such as Dobbs International Services, Inc. (airline
catering) and Aircraft Service International Group, Inc. (airplane fueling and
ground-handling), (2) Convention Services, provided through companies such as
GES Exposition Services, Inc. and Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, (3) Travel and Leisure
and Payment Services, provided through companies such as Travelers Express
Company, Inc., Restaura, Inc. (contract foodservices), Greyhound Leisure
Services, Inc. (airport and cruise ship duty-free businesses), and Brewster
Transport Company Limited, Jetsave, Inc. and Crystal Holidays, Ltd. (travel
services).
Game Acquisition Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viad, and has been
formed for the purpose of acquiring Issuer pursuant to the merger described in
Item 4, below.
During the past five years, neither Viad nor Game Acquisition Corp. has
been party to a criminal proceeding, nor has either been a party to a civil
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction
resulting in 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.
For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to
the executive officers and directors of Viad, Game Acquisition Corp. and other
related persons, reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
Under the terms of a Stock Option Agreement (as defined in Item 6), Issuer
granted Viad an irrevocable option (the "Option") to acquire one million five
hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Issuer's Securities (the "Option Shares")
at the price of $10.00 per share. In the event Viad elects to purchase the
Option Shares, Viad will obtain the funds from its own working capital.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
On September 24, 1997, Viad and Game Acquisition Corp. entered into a
series of agreements (the "Agreements") with Issuer and certain holders of
Issuer's Common Stock, including Gary A. Dachis ("Dachis"), a significant
shareholder of Issuer, Bruce A. Dachis, as Trustee under the Marnie J. Dachis
Irrevocable Trust, dated as of December 28, 1993, and Bruce A. Dachis, as
Trustee under the Louis A. Dachis Irrevocable Trust, dated as of December 28,
1993 (collectively, the "Trusts"). The ultimate purpose of the Agreements is to
effect a merger (the "Merger") of Game Acquisition Corp. with and into Issuer.
Following the Merger, Issuer will be the surviving corporation, and the separate
existence of Game Acquisition Corp. will cease. Issuer will then become a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Travelers Express Company, Inc., a subsidiary of
Viad.
In the Merger, each share of Issuer's Securities issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of September 24, 1997 by and among Viad Corp, Game Acquisition
Corp. and Issuer (the "Merger Agreement") will be converted into the right to
receive that number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of
common stock, $1.50 par value, of Viad equal to $10.75 per share divided by the
Viad Price as defined in and subject to adjustment as provided by the Merger
Agreement. The Viad
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Price will be calculated by averaging the closing prices of Viad's common stock
on the New York Stock Exchange during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on
the fourth trading day prior to the Closing Date of the Merger.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
Issuer reported 4,520,622 shares outstanding as of August 1, 1997. If Viad
exercises the Option, Issuer will be required to issue an additional 1,500,000
shares and would then have a total of 6,020,622 shares outstanding.
(a) Pursuant to the Irrevocable Proxy Agreements (as defined in Item 6),
Viad is deemed the direct beneficial owner of 2,753,290 shares of the Issuer's
Securities by virtue of its authority to vote such number of shares in favor of
the Merger. Pursuant to the Stock Option Agreement (as defined in Item 6), Viad
is deemed the indirect beneficial owner of an additional 1,500,000 shares of the
Issuer's Securities by virtue of the Option. Cumulatively, Viad is deemed to
have direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 4,253,290 shares of the Issuer's
Securities, representing 70.6 percent of Issuer's outstanding Securities as
reported as of August 1, 1997 (assuming Viad exercises the Option). By nature of
the relationship between Viad and Game Acquisition Corp. and by virtue of the
Merger Agreement, Game Acquisition Corp. may be deemed to share indirect
beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Viad. In addition to the Securities
owned by Viad as described above, it is a condition to the Closing of the Merger
that certain other Significant Shareholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement)
(who hold less than 1 % of the issued and outstanding shares of Game Common
Stock on September 24, 1997) execute Irrevocable Proxy Agreements in a form
substantially similar to that executed by the Trusts.
(b) If Viad exercises the Option, Viad will have sole power to direct the
vote and direct the disposition of the 1,500,000 shares of Issuer's Securities
acquired under the Option. Viad has sole power to vote with respect to the
Merger the 2,753,290 shares of Issuer's Securities acquired under the
Irrevocable Proxy Agreements described herein. By virtue of the relationship
between Viad and Game Acquisition Corp. and by virtue of the Merger Agreement,
Game Acquisition Corp. may be deemed to share the indirect power to vote and
direct the disposition of the shares held by Viad.
(c) Except as set forth herein, the Reporting Persons have effected no
transactions in the shares of Issuer during the past 60 days.
(d) None.
(e) Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO
SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
As of September 24, 1997, Viad, Game Acquisition Corp., and Issuer entered
into the Merger Agreement, under the terms of which Game Acquisition Corp. will
be merged into Issuer and thereafter the separate existence of Game Acquisition
Corp. will cease and the Issuer will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viad. The
foregoing summary of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to Exhibit 99.1, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
As of September 24, 1997, Viad, Game Acquisition Corp. and Dachis, solely
in his capacity as a shareholder and not in his capacity as an officer or
director of Issuer, entered into a Selling Shareholder's Agreement (the "Selling
Shareholder's Agreement"), under the terms of which Dachis made certain
representations and warranties to Viad and Game Acquisition Corp. The foregoing
summary of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to Exhibit 99.2, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
As of September 24, 1997, Viad and Issuer entered into a Stock Option
Agreement (the "Stock Option Agreement"), under the terms of which Issuer
granted Viad the option to purchase one million five hundred thousand
(1,500,000) shares of Issuer's common stock. The foregoing summary of the Stock
Option Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 99.3,
which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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As of September 24, 1997, Viad, Dachis and the Trusts entered into
Irrevocable Proxy Agreements (the "Irrevocable Proxy Agreements"), under the
terms of which Dachis and Trusts granted to Viad, or Viad's nominee, an
irrevocable proxy to vote all shares of Issuer's Securities which Dachis or the
Trusts would otherwise be entitled to vote in favor of the Merger. It is a
condition to the Closing of the Merger that certain other Significant
Shareholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (who hold less than 1 % of
the issued and outstanding shares of Game Common Stock on September 24, 1997)
execute Irrevocable Proxy Agreements in a form substantially similar to that
executed by the Trusts. The foregoing summary of the Irrevocable Proxy
Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibits 99.4 and 99.5,
which are hereby incorporated by reference.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
The following materials are filed as Exhibits to this Schedule 13D:
Exhibit 99.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 24, 1997
by and among Viad Corp, Game Acquisition Corp. and Game
Financial Corporation.
Exhibit 99.2 Selling Shareholder's Agreement dated as of September 24,
1997 by and between Viad Corp and Gary A. Dachis.
Exhibit 99.3 Stock Option Agreement dated as of September 24, 1997 by
and between Viad Corp and Game Financial Corporation.
Exhibit 99.4 Irrevocable Proxy Agreement dated as of September 24, 1997
by and between Viad Corp and Gary A. Dachis.
Exhibit 99.5 Irrevocable Proxy Agreement dated as of September 24, 1997
by and between Viad Corp and the Trusts.
Exhibit 99.6 Joint Filing Agreement.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
VIAD CORP
By:_________________________________________
Its:________________________________________
Date:________________________
GAME ACQUISITION CORP.
By:_________________________________________
Its:________________________________________
Date:________________________
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Schedule I
Information With Respect to Executive Officers and Directors of the Reporting
Persons
The following sets forth as to each of the executive officers and
directors of Viad and Game Acquisition Corp. the following information: Name;
Business Address; and Present Principal Occupation or Employment; and the Name,
Principal Business and Address of any corporation or other organization in which
such employment is conducted. To the knowledge of the undersigned, during the
last five years, no such person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and no such person was a
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction as a result of which he or she 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 law or finding any
violation with respect to such laws. Each of the person identified below is a
citizen of the United States.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF VIAD
Unless otherwise specified, Present Principal Employer of each of the
Executive Officers of Viad is the Viad Corp, and the Business Address of each
Executive Officer is 1850 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85077.
NAME OFFICE
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Robert H. Bohannon Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Viad
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L. Gene Lemon Vice President of Administration of Viad
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Ronald G. Nelson Vice President-Finance and Treasurer of Viad
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Peter J. Novak Vice President and General Counsel of Viad
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Scott E. Sayre Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Viad
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Richard C. Stephan Vice President and Controller of Viad
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Charles J. Corsentino President and Chief Executive Officer of
Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, a division of Viad, 200 North
Gary Avenue, Roselle, IL 60172
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Frederick J. Martin President and Chief Executive Officer of Dobbs
International Services, Inc. a subsidiary of Viad, 5100
Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38137
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Philip W. Milne President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelers
Express Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Viad, 1550 Utica
Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
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Paul B. Mullen President and Chief Executive Officer of GES Exposition,
a subsidiary of Viad, P.O. Box 98790, Las Vegas, NV
89193
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DIRECTORS OF VIAD
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NAME RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS PRESENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR
ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT
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Judith K. Hofer 426 Washington St. President and Chief Executive
Boston, MA 02108 Officer of Filene's, a retail
department store division of The
May Department Stores Company
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Jack F. Reichert 1 N. Field Court Chairman of the Board, Retired,
Lake Forest, IL and a director of Brunswick
60045-4811 Corporation; Trustee, Carroll
College
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Jess Hay P.O. Box 239 Chairman, Texas Foundation for
Dallas, TX 75221-0239 Higher Education; Chairman of the
Board of HCB Enterprises, Inc.
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DIRECTORS OF VIAD (CONTINUED)
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NAME RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS PRESENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR
ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT
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Linda Johnson Rice 820 S. Michigan Avenue President and Chief Operating
Chicago, IL 60605 Officer of Johnson Publishing
Company, Inc.
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Timothy R. Wallace 2525 Stemmons Freeway President and Chief Operating
Dallas, TX 75207 Officer of Trinity Industries,
Inc.
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Robert H. Bohannon Viad Tower Chairman of the Board, President
Phoenix, AZ 85077-2410 and Chief Executive Officer of
Viad
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Douglas L. Rock 16740 Hardy Street Chairman of the Board and Chief
Houston, TX 77032 Executive Officer of Smith
International, Inc.
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John C. Tolleson 1601 Elm Street Chairman, First USA Paymentech,
47th Floor Inc.
Dallas, TX 75201
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF GAME ACQUISITION CORP.
Unless otherwise specified, Present Principal Employer of each of the
Executive Officers is the Game Acquisition Corp., and the Business Address of
each Executive Officer is 1550 Utica Ave. S., St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416.
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NAME OFFICE
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Philip W. Milne President and Chief Executive Officer of Game Acquisition
Corp.
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Carol L. Lenhart Vice President and Treasurer of Game Acquisition Corp.
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Ronald G. Nelson Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of Game Acquisition
Corp.
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Anthony P. Ryan Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Assistant
Treasurer of Game Acquisition Corp.
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Scott E. Sayre Secretary of Game Acquisition Corp.
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Larry J. Allen Assistant Treasurer of Game Acquisition Corp.
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Thomas J. Gottwalt Assistant Treasurer of Game Acquisition Corp.
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Carol Kotek Assistant Secretary of Game Acquisition Corp.
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Laura A. Lane Assistant Secretary of Game Acquisition Corp.
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James M. Litherland Assistant Secretary of Game Acquisition Corp.
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DIRECTORS OF GAME ACQUISITION CORP.
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NAME RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS PRESENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR
ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT
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Robert H. Bohannon Viad Tower Chairman of the Board, President
Phoenix, AZ 85077-2410 and Chief Executive Officer of
Viad
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Philip W. Milne 1550 Utica Ave. S. President and Chief Executive
St. Louis Park, MN Officer of Travelers Express
55416 Company, Inc., a subsidiary of
Viad
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EXHIBIT 99.1
[EXECUTION COPY]
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated as of September 24, 1997
by and among
VIAD CORP,
GAME ACQUISITION CORP.
and
GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
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Section 1.1. The Merger........................................................................................1
Section 1.2. Effects of the Merger.............................................................................2
Section 1.3. Effective Time....................................................................................2
Section 1.4. Closing...........................................................................................2
ARTICLE II
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
Section 2.1. Articles of Incorporation; By-laws................................................................2
Section 2.2. Directors and Officers............................................................................2
ARTICLE III
CONVERSION OF SHARES
Section 3.1. Conversion of Shares in the Merger................................................................2
Section 3.2. Terms of Exchange.................................................................................3
Section 3.3. Stock Transfer Books..............................................................................5
Section 3.4. Stock Options, Warrants, Rights or Other Agreements...............................................5
Section 3.5. Dissenting Shares.................................................................................6
Section 3.6. Escrow of Dachis Shares...........................................................................6
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.1. Organization and Qualification....................................................................7
Section 4.2. Company Stock.....................................................................................7
Section 4.3. Subsidiaries......................................................................................7
Section 4.4. Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals...........................................................8
Section 4.5. Reports and Financial Statements..................................................................9
Section 4.6. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities...............................................................10
Section 4.7. Absence of Certain Changes or Events.............................................................10
Section 4.8. Litigation.......................................................................................10
Section 4.9. Accuracy of Proxy Statement......................................................................10
Section 4.10. No Violation of Law.............................................................................11
Section 4.11. Compliance with Organizational Document.........................................................11
Section 4.12. State Takeover Statutes.........................................................................11
Section 4.13. Vote Required...................................................................................11
Section 4.14. Intellectual Property...........................................................................11
Section 4.15. Validity of Contracts...........................................................................12
Section 4.16. Customers and Suppliers.........................................................................14
Section 4.17. Indebtedness To and From Officers, Directors and Others.........................................14
Section 4.18. Licenses and Permits............................................................................14
Section 4.19. Taxes and Returns...............................................................................15
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Section 4.20. ERISA Related Matters...........................................................................16
Section 4.21. Labor and Employment Matters....................................................................18
Section 4.22. Tax-Free Structure..............................................................................19
Section 4.23. Advisors and Investment Bankers.................................................................19
Section 4.24. Un-bank Agreements..............................................................................19
Section 4.25. Complete Disclosure.............................................................................19
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUISITION SUB AND PARENT
Section 5.1. Organization and Qualification...................................................................19
Section 5.2. Parent Common Stock..............................................................................19
Section 5.3. Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals..........................................................20
Section 5.4. Reports and Financial Statements.................................................................21
Section 5.5. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities...............................................................21
Section 5.6. Absence of Certain Changes or Events.............................................................22
Section 5.7. Registration Statement...........................................................................22
Section 5.8. No Violation of Law..............................................................................22
Section 5.9. Litigation.......................................................................................22
Section 5.10. Compliance with Agreements......................................................................22
Section 5.11. Taxes and Returns...............................................................................25
Section 5.12. Advisors and Investment Bankers.................................................................25
Section 5.13. Pooling Structure...............................................................................25
Section 5.14. Complete Disclosure.............................................................................25
ARTICLE VI
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
Section 6.1. Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger............................................25
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 7.1. Access to Information............................................................................27
Section 7.2. No Solicitation..................................................................................27
Section 7.3. Registration Statement; Prospectus/Proxy Statement...............................................28
Section 7.4. Stockholders' Approval...........................................................................30
Section 7.5. The New York Stock Exchange......................................................................30
Section 7.6. Expenses.........................................................................................30
Section 7.7. Agreement to Cooperate...........................................................................30
Section 7.8. Confidentiality..................................................................................31
Section 7.9. Tax Treatment....................................................................................31
Section 7.10. Pooling.........................................................................................32
Section 7.11. Affiliates Agreements...........................................................................32
Section 7.12. Directors and Officers Insurance................................................................32
Section 7.13. Continuation of Indemnities; No Circular Indemnities............................................32
Section 7.14. Recovering Drawer Shortages.....................................................................32
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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Section 8.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger.......................................33
Section 8.2. Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger.....................................34
Section 8.3. Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Acquisition Sub to Effect the Merger......................35
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.1. Termination......................................................................................38
Section 9.2. Effect of Termination or Abandonment.............................................................40
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1. Indemnification.................................................................................42
Section 10.2. Participation in Litigation.....................................................................43
Section 10.3. Claims Procedure................................................................................43
Section 10.4. Payment of Indemnification Losses...............................................................44
Section 10.5. Limitations on Liability........................................................................44
ARTICLE XI
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 11.1. Representatives.................................................................................44
Section 11.2. Mediation.......................................................................................45
Section 11.3. Arbitration.....................................................................................45
ARTICLE XII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12.1. Definitions.....................................................................................47
Section 12.2. Amendment and Modification......................................................................47
Section 12.3. Waiver..........................................................................................47
Section 12.4. Survival........................................................................................48
Section 12.5. Notices.........................................................................................48
Section 12.6. Binding Effect; Assignment......................................................................50
Section 12.7. Expenses........................................................................................50
Section 12.8. Governing Law...................................................................................50
Section 12.9. Interpretation..................................................................................50
Section 12.10.Entire Agreement................................................................................51
Section 12.11.Severability....................................................................................51
Section 12.12.Specific Performance............................................................................51
Section 12.13.Advice of Counsel...............................................................................51
Section 12.14.Disclosure Schedules............................................................................52
Section 12.15.Counterparts....................................................................................52
Section 12.16.Parties in Interest.............................................................................52
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Schedule A Definitions
Exhibit A Opinion of Counsel to Parent and Acquisition Sub
Exhibit B Opinion of Counsel to the Company
Exhibit C Form of Assignment of Intellectual Property
Exhibit D Form of Affiliate Agreement
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 24,
1997 (this "Agreement"), is by and among VIAD CORP, a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), GAME ACQUISITION CORP., a Minnesota corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent or a subsidiary of Parent formed prior to the Closing Date
("Acquisition Sub") and GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (the
"Company").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent and the
Company have approved the merger of Acquisition Sub with and into the Company
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent and
Acquisition Sub entering into this Agreement, concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Company has granted to Parent an option to
acquire common stock of the Company pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement with
the Parent ("Stock Option Agreement");
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent and
Acquisition Sub entering into this Agreement, concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, certain of the Company's shareholders have
granted to Parent an irrevocable proxy to vote the common stock of the Company
owned by such shareholder's pursuant to an Irrevocable Proxy Agreement
("Irrevocable Proxy Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent and
Acquisition Sub entering into this Agreement, concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, Gary A. Dachis, a significant shareholder of the
Company (together with his successor and assigns, "Dachis") has entered into the
Selling Shareholder's Agreement ("Selling Shareholder's Agreement") with the
Parent.
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, Parent,
Acquisition Sub and the Company, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows (capitalized terms used herein and not defined in the text hereof shall
have the meanings set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and incorporated
herein):
ARTICLE I.
THE MERGER
Section 1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement, at the Effective Time in accordance with the Minnesota
Corporation Law ("MCL"), Acquisition Sub shall be merged with and into the
Company in accordance with this Agreement (the "Merger"). The Company shall be
the surviving corporation in the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
(hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Surviving Corporation"). The parties
shall prepare, execute or file an appropriate certificate of merger (the
"Certificate of Merger") to comply with the requirements of the MCL and the
separate existence of Acquisition Sub shall thereupon cease.
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Section 1.2. Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects
set forth in Section 302A.641 of the MCL.
Section 1.3. Effective Time. The Merger shall become effective at the
time of the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Minnesota in accordance with the applicable provisions of the MCL, or
at such later time as may be specified in the Articles of Merger. The Articles
of Merger shall be filed as soon as practicable after all of the conditions set
forth in this Agreement have been satisfied or waived by the party or parties
entitled to the benefit of the same. The time when the Merger shall become
effective is herein referred to as the "Effective Time".
Section 1.4. Closing. The closing (the "Closing") of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Bryan Cave
LLP, 2800 North Central Avenue, Phoenix Arizona 85004 at 10:00 A.M. Phoenix time
on the first Business Day immediately following the date on which the last of
the conditions set forth in Article VIII hereof is fulfilled or waived, or at
such other time and place as Parent and the Company shall mutually agree (the
"Closing Date"), but in no event later than the Termination Date.
ARTICLE II.
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
Section 2.1. Articles of Incorporation; By-laws. At the Effective Time
of the Merger, the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, respectively, of the
Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated in their entirety to read as
the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of Acquisition Sub.
Section 2.2. Directors and Officers. (a) At the Effective Time, the
Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation shall consist of the directors
of Acquisition Sub.
(b) At the Effective Time, the officers of the Surviving
Corporation shall be the officers of Acquisition Sub, provided, however that
Dachis shall be the President of the Surviving Corporation.
ARTICLE III.
CONVERSION OF SHARES
Section 3.1. Conversion of Shares in the Merger. (a) At the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder
of any capital stock of the Company except as set forth in this Section 3.1,
subject to the other provisions of this Article III, each share of common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time ("Company Common Stock") (excluding any treasury
shares and Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into the right to receive that
number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock,
$1.50 par value, of Parent ("Parent Common Stock") equal to the Game Price
divided by the Viad Price (as such terms are defined in Schedule A), subject to
adjustment as set forth in subparagraph (b) below (such number being referred to
hereinafter as the "Exchange Ratio").
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if between the date of this
Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock
shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class,
by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification,
recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, the Exchange Ratio
shall be correspondingly
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adjusted to reflect such stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification,
recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares.
(c) If the Viad Price is greater than $21.20 per share, the
Company may elect to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Parent.
If the Viad Price is less than $17.20 per share, the Parent may elect to
terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Company. Any election to
terminate pursuant to this subparagraph (c) must be made within one Business Day
after the determination of the Viad Price.
(d) At the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock
issued and outstanding shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each certificate previously
evidencing any such shares shall thereafter represent the right to receive the
Merger Consideration. The holders of certificates previously evidencing shares
of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall cease to have any rights with respect to shares of Company Common Stock
except as otherwise provided herein or by Applicable Law. Certificates
previously evidencing shares of Company Common Stock shall be exchanged for
certificates evidencing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in
consideration therefor in accordance with the procedures of this Section 3.1 and
upon the surrender of such certificates in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.2, without interest. No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall
be issued, and, in lieu thereof, a cash payment or an adjustment in the number
of shares issued shall be made pursuant to Section 3.2(e).
(e) At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of the
Common Stock of Acquisition Sub shall automatically be converted into a share of
Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation and such shares shall continue to be
owned by Parent or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
Section 3.2. Terms of Exchange.
(a) Exchange Agent. Promptly after completion of the
procedures set forth in Section 3.1, but prior to the Effective Time, Parent or
Acquisition Sub shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with a bank or
trust company designated by Parent (the "Exchange Agent"), for the benefit of
the holders of shares of Company Common Stock for exchange in accordance with
this Article III, through the Exchange Agent, (i) certificates (containing
appropriate legends, if any) evidencing such number of shares of Parent Common
Stock required to be delivered hereunder and (ii) if appropriate, cash in an
amount as estimated by the Exchange Agent as necessary to pay for fractional
shares (such certificates for shares of Parent Common Stock, together with any
dividends or distributions with respect thereto and cash, being hereinafter
referred to as the "Exchange Fund"). The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to
irrevocable instructions, deliver the Parent Common Stock and cash out of the
Exchange Fund in accordance with Section 3.1. The Exchange Fund shall not be
used for any other purpose.
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as reasonably practicable
after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall instruct the Exchange
Agent to promptly mail to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates
which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock (other than Dissenting Shares) (the "Certificate") (i) a
letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and
risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery
of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form and have
such other provisions as the Surviving Corporation may reasonably specify) and
(ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in
exchange for certificates
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evidencing shares of Parent Common Stock. Subject to Section 3.6 and the Selling
Shareholder's Agreement, upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the
Exchange Agent (or, in lieu thereof, delivery to the Exchange Agent of an
appropriate affidavit of loss and such other documents as may be required under
Section 3.2(i)) together with such letter of transmittal, duly executed, and
such other customary documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions,
the holder of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive, and shall instruct
the Exchange Agent to promptly deliver, in exchange therefor (A) certificates
evidencing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock which such holder
has the right to receive in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock
formerly evidenced by such Certificate in accordance with Section 3.1, (B) cash
or whole shares in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to which
such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.2(e) and (C) any dividends or
other distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.2(c)
(the shares of Parent Common Stock, dividends, distributions and cash described
in clauses (A), (B) and (C) being collectively, the "Merger Consideration") and
the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of Company
Common Stock which is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, a
certificate evidencing the proper number of shares of Parent Common Stock and/or
cash may be issued and/or paid in accordance with this Article III to a
transferee if the Certificates evidencing such shares of Company Common Stock
are presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to
evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence that any applicable stock
transfer taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section
3.2, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to
evidence only the right to receive the Merger Consideration upon such surrender.
(c) Parent Distribution with Respect to Unsurrendered
Certificates of the Company. No dividends or other distributions declared or
made after the Effective Time with a record date after the Effective Time with
respect to Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered
Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock evidenced thereby,
and no other part of the Merger Consideration shall be paid to any such holder,
until the holder of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate or
complies with Section 3.2(i).
Subject to the effect of Applicable Laws, Section 3.6 and the
Selling Shareholder's Agreement, following surrender of any such Certificate or
compliance with Section 3.2(i), there shall be paid to the holder of such
Certificates promptly (i) the Merger Consideration and (ii) the amount of
dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time
theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock and,
at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions,
with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment
date occurring after surrender, payable with respect to such whole shares of
Parent Common Stock. No interest shall be paid on the Merger Consideration or
any dividends or other distributions.
(d) No Further Rights in Company Common Stock. All shares of
Parent Common Stock issued and cash paid upon conversion of the shares of
Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have
been issued or paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares
of Company Common Stock.
(e) No Fractional Shares. (i) No certificates or scrip
evidencing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the
surrender for exchange of Certificates, and such fractional share interests will
not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a stockholder of
Parent. In lieu of any such fractional shares, each holder of Company Common
Stock upon surrender of a Certificate for exchange pursuant to this Section 3.2,
shall either (A) be paid an amount in cash
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(without interest), rounded to the nearest cent, determined by multiplying (1)
the Viad Price by (2) the fractional interest to which such holder would
otherwise be entitled (after taking into account all shares of Company Common
Stock then held of record by such holder) or (B) be issued a whole share in lieu
of any fractional share larger than or equal to one half share and no shares for
shares smaller than one half share, at the sole discretion of the Parent.
(ii) As soon as practicable after the determination
of the amount of cash, if any, to be paid to holders of Company Common Stock
with respect to any fractional share interests, the Exchange Agent shall
promptly pay such cash amounts to such holders of Company Common Stock subject
to and in accordance with this Agreement.
(f) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange
Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of Company Common Stock for six
months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation,
upon demand, and any holders of Company Common Stock who have not theretofore
complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving
Corporation for the Merger Consideration to which they are entitled.
(g) No Liability. Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation
shall be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any such
shares of Parent Common Stock or cash (or dividends or distributions with
respect thereto) from the Exchange Fund delivered in good faith to a public
official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(h) Withholding Rights. Parent and/or the Surviving
Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration
otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of Company
Common Stock such amounts, if any, as Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation is
required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under
the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent
that amounts are so withheld by Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation, such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid to the holder of the shares of Company Common Stock in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made by Parent and/or the Surviving
Corporation.
(i) Lost Certificates. In the event any Certificate shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by
the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if
reasonably required by the Surviving Corporation (which determination may be
delegated to the Exchange Agent), the posting by such person of a bond in such
amount as the Surviving Corporation or such Exchange Agent may determine is
reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it
with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable
in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 3.3. Stock Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the stock
transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further
registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on the
records of the Company. On or after the Effective Time, any certificates
presented to the Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Corporation for any
reason shall be converted into the Merger Consideration.
Section 3.4. Stock Options, Warrants, Rights or Other Agreements. (a)
At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding stock option, warrant, right
or other agreement to purchase or sell any capital stock of the Company granted
by the Company which has, pursuant to the terms of the grant,
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vested with the holder thereof (collectively, the "Options") shall be
automatically converted, without any action by the Option holders, into an
option to purchase, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such
Options immediately prior to the Effective Time (including any existing vesting
schedules) under the terms of the option plans of the Company existing
immediately prior to the Effective Time (which shall survive the Effective Time
and shall be the obligation of the Surviving Corporation), a number of Parent
Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock subject to such Option times (ii) the Exchange Ratio; at an exercise price
per share (rounded upward to the nearest full cent) equal to a fraction, (A) the
numerator of which is equal to the exercise price of such Option by (B) the
denominator which is the Exchange Ratio. At the Effective Time, the holders of
Options shall cease to have any rights with respect to shares of Company Common
Stock and will only have rights with respect to Parent Common Stock set forth in
this Section 3.4(a).
(b) The Company shall take such actions as are necessary to
ensure that from and after the date hereof none of the Company, the Surviving
Corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries is or will be bound by any
Options which would entitle any person, other than Parent or its wholly owned
Subsidiaries, to beneficially own, or receive any payments in respect of (other
than as otherwise contemplated by Section 3.1 hereof), any capital stock of the
Company or the Surviving Corporation.
Section 3.5. Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common Stock that are
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by
stockholders who shall have not voted in favor of the Merger or consented
thereto in writing and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal for
such shares in accordance with MCL Section 302A.471 (collectively, the
"'Dissenting Shares") shall not be converted into or represent the right to
receive the Merger Consideration. Such stockholders shall be entitled to receive
from the Company payment of the appraised value of such shares of Company Common
Stock held by them in accordance with the provisions of such MCL Section
302A.471, eXcept that all Dissenting Shares held by stockholders who shall have
failed to perfect or who effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their rights
to appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock under such MCL Section
302A.471 shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into and to have
become exchangeable, as of the Effective Time, for the right to receive, without
any interest thereon, the Merger Consideration, upon surrender, in the manner
provided in Section 3.2, of the certificate or certificates that formerly
evidenced such shares of Company Common Stock. The Company shall give Parent
prompt notice of any demands for appraisals received by the Company.
Section 3.6. Escrow of Dachis Shares. Certificates representing Parent
Common Stock, with a value (based upon the Viad Price at the Effective Time)
equal to sum of the Maximum Indemnification Amount and the Software Fee, which
would have otherwise been issued to Dachis in accordance with the procedures of
Section 3.1, shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, with the other
Escrowed Consideration pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement. Except as
otherwise provided in the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall hold the
Escrowed Consideration for one year following the Closing Date and shall only
release such Escrowed Consideration pursuant to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement. Any amounts held in escrow and not payable to Parent or subject to
claim of Parent at the end of such escrow period will be paid to Dachis;
provided, however, that except as expressly provided in the Selling
Shareholder's Agreement, such payment to Dachis will not release Dachis from any
liabilities under the Selling Shareholder's Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to Parent and Acquisition
Sub as follows:
Section 4.1. Organization and Qualification. The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its state of incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on
its businesses as they are now being conducted. The Company is qualified to do
business and is in good standing in each State listed in Section 4.1 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and, without limiting the foregoing, to the best
knowledge of the Company, is qualified to do business with the Native American
Tribes set forth in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company
does not own, lease or operate property or otherwise conduct business in any
State or Native American Tribe which is not listed in Section 4.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
Section 4.2. Company Stock. (a) The Company has 10,000,000 authorized
shares of Common Stock, of which 4,522,522 shares are outstanding as of August
31, 1997, all of which are or shall be validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, none of which have been issued or are outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock appreciation rights,
subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts, voting trusts,
proxies or other commitments, understandings, restrictions, or arrangements,
including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security,
instrument or other agreement obligating the Company to issue, deliver, sell or
cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of the capital stock of
the Company or obligating the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to grant,
extend or enter into any such agreement or commitment except pursuant to this
Agreement. Except for the Stock Option Agreement or set forth in Section 4.2 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no commitments, understandings,
restrictions or arrangements obligating the Company to purchase, redeem or
acquire, or register under any securities law any shares of capital stock or any
securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right
to subscribe to any shares of capital stock of the Company.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.2 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule and except for any obligations in connection with this
Agreement, there are not as of the date hereof and there will not be at the
Closing Date any stockholder agreement, voting trust or other agreements or
understandings to which the Company or any of the Significant Shareholders of
the Company are a party or to which any of them is bound relating directly or
indirectly to any Company Common Stock or other capital stock. Except as stated
in Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there has not been, and there
will not have been on the Closing Date, any change in the equity interest of the
Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company since June 30, 1994. For
purposes of this subsection, "any change in the equity interest of the Common
Stock or other capital stock of the Company" includes but is not limited to:
distributions to shareholders of any dividends; additional issuances, exchanges
or retirements of stock; reacquisition of shares (treasury shares); grants,
exercises, or cancellation of stock options; outstanding warrants; and
spin-offs.
Section 4.3. Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary of the Company is set forth
in Section 4.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and
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operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted. The Company has never had a Subsidiary that is not listed in
Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule as a Subsidiary of the Company.
Except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of
such Subsidiaries is qualified to do business in the State(s) set forth in
Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and, without limiting the
foregoing, to the best knowledge of the Company, is qualified to do business
with the Native American Tribes set forth in Section 4.3 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. Any such Subsidiary does not own, lease or operate
properties, or otherwise conduct business in any State or to the best knowledge
of the Company, with any Native American Tribe which is not listed in Section
4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as set forth in Section 4.3 of
the Disclosure Schedule, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive
rights, and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of
any liens, claims, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges and
options of any nature whatsoever. Each then existing Subsidiary of the Company
is listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
year ended December 31, 1996 (the "Company 10-KSB" and, together with those
reports listed on Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule filed by
Company with the SEC under the Exchange Act after the Company 10-KSB and prior
to the date of this Agreement, the "Recent Company Reports"). As of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock appreciation
rights, subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts, voting
trusts, proxies or other commitments, understandings, restrictions or
arrangements relating to the issuance, sale, voting, transfer, ownership or
other rights affecting any shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary of the
Company, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding
security, instrument or agreement. Section 4.3 of the Company's Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete list of all corporations, partnerships, joint
ventures and other business entities in which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns an interest and such Subsidiaries'
direct and indirect share, partnership or other ownership interest of each such
entity.
Section 4.4. Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals. (a) The Company
has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the
Stock Option Agreement and subject to Company Stockholders' Approval and the
Company Required Approvals, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Stock Option
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors, and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Stock Option
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby, except for the receipt of the Company Stockholders' Approval and the
obtaining of the Company Required Approvals. This Agreement and the Stock Option
Agreement have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by Parent and
Acquisition Sub, constitutes valid and legally binding agreements of the Company
enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except to the
extent that enforcement may be limited by the laws of bankruptcy or insolvency,
or laws relating to creditors' remedies generally.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.4 of the Company's
Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Stock
Option Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not, violate, conflict with or result
in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the
creation
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of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties
or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of (i) the respective charters or By-Laws of the
Company ("Company Charter Documents") or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject
to obtaining the Company Required Approvals and the receipt of the Company
Stockholders' Approval, any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment,
decree, order, injunction, writ, permit or license of any Governmental Authority
(other than a Native American Authority), or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, any Native American Authority, applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, or (iii) any note,
bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit,
concession, contract, lease or other instrument, obligation or agreement of any
kind to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is now a party or by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets may be bound or affected, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii) and
(iii) such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations,
accelerations or creations of liens, security interests, charges or encumbrances
that would not, in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except for (i) the filings by the Company required by
Title II of the HSR Act, (ii) the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC
pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Securities Act and the declaration of the
effectiveness thereof by the SEC and filings with various blue sky authorities,
(iii) the filing of necessary certificates with the State of Minnesota in
connection with the Merger and (iv) any approval required with respect to any
license or permit required as a result of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby (the filings and approvals referred to in clauses (i)
through (iv) are collectively referred to as the "Company Required Approvals"),
no declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority (other than a Native American
Authority), and to the best knowledge of the Company, any Native American
Authority, is necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Stock Option Agreement by the Company or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except for such declarations, filings,
registrations, notices, authorizations, consents or approvals the failure of
which to make or obtain, as the case may be, will not, in the aggregate, have or
may have a Company Material Adverse Effect or material adverse effect on the
properties, assets, business, financial condition, results of operations or
prospects of the Parent and/or its Subsidiaries ("Parent Adverse Impact").
Section 4.5. Reports and Financial Statements. Since December 31, 1992,
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all forms, statements,
reports and documents (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements
thereto) required to be filed by them under each of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, applicable laws and regulations of the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' jurisdictions of incorporation and the respective rules and
regulations thereunder, all of which complied in all material respects with all
applicable requirements of the appropriate act and the rules and regulations
thereunder ("Company Reports"). The Company has delivered to Parent true and
complete copies of its (a) Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with the SEC from January 1, 1993 until the date hereof, (b) proxy
and information statements relating to all meetings of its stockholders (whether
annual or special) and actions by written consent in lieu of a stockholders'
meeting from January 1, 1993 until the date hereof and (c) all other reports or
registration statements filed by Company or its Subsidiaries with the SEC from
January 1, 1993, until the date hereof (collectively, the "Company SEC
Reports"), and (d) audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996, and its unaudited consolidated financial statements for
the three months ended March 31, 1997 and the six months ended June 30, 1997
(collectively the "Recent Company Financial Statements") and will deliver copies
to the Parent of all Company Reports filed after the date hereof but before the
Closing Date. As of their
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respective dates, the Company SEC Reports did not 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 therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The audited
consolidated financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements of
the Company included in the Company SEC Reports and the Recent Company Financial
Statements (collectively, the "Company Financial Statements") fairly present the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof
and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto), subject, in
the case of the unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year end and
audit adjustments and any other adjustments described therein.
Section 4.6. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Section 4.6 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule or in the Recent Company
Reports, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries had at December 31,
1996, or has incurred since that date, any liabilities or obligations (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of any nature, except liabilities,
obligations or contingencies (a) which are accrued or reserved against in the
Recent Company Financial Statements or reflected in the notes thereto or (b)
which were incurred after December 31, 1996, and were incurred in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices and, in either case,
except for any such liabilities, obligations or contingencies which (i) would
not, in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse
Impact, (ii) have been discharged or paid in full prior to the date hereof, or
(iii) would not be required to be disclosed in the Company Financial Statements
or the notes thereto.
Section 4.7. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth
in Section 4.7 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule or in the Recent Company
Reports, since December 31, 1996, there has not been any material adverse change
in the business, financial condition or the results of operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole that would result in a Company Material
Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact and the Company and its Subsidiaries
have in all material respects conducted their respective businesses in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice.
Section 4.8. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Recent Company
Reports, the Recent Company Financial Statements, or Section 4.8 of the
Company's Disclosure Schedule, (a) there are no claims, suits, actions or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor to the
knowledge of the Company are there any investigations or reviews pending or
threatened, against, relating to or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which, if adversely determined, is reasonably likely to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect; (b) there have not been any developments since
December 31, 1996 with respect to such claims, suits, actions, proceedings,
investigations or reviews which, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably
likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (c) except as contemplated
by the Company Required Approvals, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of
any, Governmental Authority or any arbitrator which prohibits or restricts the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or is reasonably likely to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact.
Section 4.9. Accuracy of Proxy Statement. The proxy statement to be
distributed in connection with the Company Stockholders' Meeting ("Proxy
Statement") and which shall be included in the Registration Statement will not
at the time of the mailing of the Proxy Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto (unless the same is corrected prior to the Company
Stockholders' Meeting), and at the time of the Company Stockholders' Meeting,
contain any untrue statement of a
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material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading or necessary to correct
any statement in any earlier filing with the SEC of such Proxy Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto or any earlier communication to stockholders of
the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with all
Applicable Laws, including the provisions of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no representation is made by the Company with respect to
information supplied by Parent or Acquisition Sub or their representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement.
Section 4.10. No Violation of Law. Except as set forth in Section 4.10
of the Company's Disclosure Schedule or the Recent Company Reports, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated, is in violation of, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is under investigation with respect to or has been
given notice or been charged with any violation of, any law, statute, order,
rule, regulation, ordinance, or judgment of any Governmental Authority, except
for (a) violations which in the aggregate would not have a Company Material
Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact and (b) subject to Section 4.18, any
violations which arise solely from the failure by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to obtain Company Approvals from any Native American Authority.
Section 4.11. Compliance with Organizational Document. Except as
disclosed in the Recent Company Reports, the Recent Company Financial Statements
or Section 4.11 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries are not in breach or violation of or in default in the
performance or observance of any term or provision of, and no event has occurred
which, with lapse of time or action by a third party (or both), could result in
a default under the respective charters or By-laws of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Section 4.12. State Takeover Statutes. The Board of Directors of the
Company has approved the Merger and any related transactions and the provisions
of MCL Section 302A.671 will not prevent, and the provisionS of MCL 302A.675
will not impair, impede or prevent, any transaction contemplated hereby,
including the grant of the irrevocable proxy contemplated by the Irrevocable
Proxy Agreement.
Section 4.13. Vote Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding Company Common Stock is the only vote of the holders
of any class or series of Company capital stock necessary to approve the Merger
or the other transactions contemplated herein.
Section 4.14. Intellectual Property. Set forth on Section 4.14 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule is a complete list of each patent, trademark or
service mark registration, copyright registration and applications therefor, and
a complete list of all software (including any software being developed by or
for the Company) owned, used, licensed, or assigned by or to the Company which
is used in or is reasonably necessary to conduct the business and operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries ("Intellectual Property"). Except as set forth
on Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a) The Company or its Subsidiaries are the sole and exclusive
owner of, or has the unrestricted right to use, any and all Intellectual
Property and all items of Intellectual Property are valid and subsisting and
Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies the owner, licensor
and licensee of each item of Intellectual Property, as applicable;
(b) The conduct of the business and operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and the ownership, manufacture, purchase, sale, licensing,
use and performance of the products or
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services of the Company and its Subsidiaries do not contravene, conflict with,
violate or infringe upon any patent, trademark, service mark, copyright or other
intellectual property right of a third party and no proprietary information or
trade secret has been misappropriated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
from any third party. In addition, the use, licensing or sale by or to the
Company as its Subsidiaries of any of the Intellectual Property does not require
the acquiescence, agreement or consent of any third party;
(c) To the Company's knowledge, the Intellectual Property and
the Company's products and services are not subject to a challenge or claim of
infringement, interference or unfair competition or other claim and the
Intellectual Property is not being infringed upon or violated by any third
party;
(d) With respect to any software included in the Intellectual
Property, the occurrence in or use by such software of dates on or after January
1, 2000, will not adversely affect the performance of the software in any
material way with respect to date dependent data, computations, output or other
functions (including, without limitation, calculating, computing and sequencing)
("Year 2000 Problem"), and the software will create, store and generate output
data related to or including dates on or after January 1, 2000, without errors
or omissions;
(e) Each item of software owned, used or licensed by the
Company and its Subsidiaries is fully operative, sufficiently developed and is
currently capable of performing its intended application(s) as described in
Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule; and
(f) The Intellectual Property is sufficient, fit and adequate
for the reasonably anticipated or intended future business and operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.15. Validity of Contracts. (a) Except for contracts, leases,
commitments, plans, agreements and licenses, together with all amendments
thereto, listed in Section 4.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (complete
and accurate copies of which have been delivered to Parent) and the agreements
entered into in connection with the Merger, the Company and its Subsidiaries are
neither a party to nor subject to:
(i) any plan or contract providing for bonuses,
pensions, options, stock purchases, profit sharing, severance or
termination pay, collective bargaining or the like, or any contract or
agreement with any labor union;
(ii) any employment contract or contract for services
which requires the payment of $30,000 or more annually or which is not
terminable within 30 days by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
without liability for any penalty or severance payment other than
pursuant to the Company's severance policies existing on the date
hereof;
(iii) any contract or agreement for the purchase of
any commodity, material or equipment except purchase orders in the
ordinary course for less than $50,000 each;
(iv) any other contracts or agreements creating any
obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries of $50,000 or more with
respect to any such contract;
(v) any contract or agreement providing for the
purchase of all or substantially all of its requirements of a
particular product from a supplier;
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(vi) any contract or agreement which by its terms
does not terminate or is not terminable by the Company or its
Subsidiaries or any successor or assign within six months after the
date hereof without payment of a penalty of $50,000 or more;
(vii) any contract or agreement for the sale or lease
of its products or services not made in the ordinary course of
business;
(viii) any contract with any sales agent or
distributor of products or services of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(ix) any contract containing covenants limiting the
freedom of the Company or its Subsidiary to compete in any line of
business or with any person or entity;
(x) any contract or agreement for the purchase of any
fixed asset for a price in excess of $50,000 whether or not such
purchase is in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) any license agreement (as licensor or licensee);
(xii) any indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan
agreement, guaranty or other agreement or commitment for the borrowing
of money and any related security agreement;
(xiii) any contract or agreement with any officer,
employee, director or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary or
with any persons or organizations controlled by or affiliated with any
of them;
(xiv) any partnership, joint venture, or other
similar contract, arrangement or agreement;
(xv) any registration rights agreements, warrants,
warrant agreements or other rights to subscribe for securities, any
voting agreements, voting trusts, shareholder agreements or other
similar arrangements or any stock purchase or repurchase agreements or
stock restriction agreements; or
(xvi) any other contract (written or oral) not
described in subsections (i) - (xv) which is material to the business
or operations of the Company.
(b) All contracts, leases, commitments, plans, agreements, and
licenses including those described in Section 4.15(a) to which the Company and
its Subsidiaries are a party or by which the Company are obligated ("Contracts")
are valid and are in full force and effect and constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the other parties
thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. Neither the
Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any other party to any Contract of the Company or
a Subsidiary, is in default in complying with any provisions thereof, and no
condition or event or facts exists which, with notice, lapse of time or both
would constitute a default thereof on the part of either of the Company, or any
Subsidiary or on the part of any other party thereto in any such case that could
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as disclosed in Section 4.15(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no Contract with a customer or supplier of the Company or
its Subsidiaries provides, by its terms, for or permits the customer to
terminate the Contract at will, for convenience, without cause, or upon a change
of the ownership or control of the Company.
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(d) Except as disclosed in Section 4.15(d) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no consent of any party to a Contract (that is not a Native
American Tribe) is required in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein.
(e) With respect to any Contracts to which a Native American
Tribe is a party, to the best knowledge of the Company, except for the Contracts
listed in Section 4.15(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule ("Tribal
Consents"), no consent of any Native American Tribe is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein.
Section 4.16. Customers and Suppliers. Section 4.16 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all
customers from which the Company has received revenues of over $100,000 and the
10 largest suppliers of the Company and its Subsidiaries by volume of purchases,
for each of the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996, and for the six
month period ended June 30, 1997. Except as set forth in Section 4.16 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received
any indication from any material supplier of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the effect that, and has no reason to believe that, such
supplier will stop, or materially decrease the rate of, supplying materials,
products or services to the Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in
Section 4.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have not received any indication from any material customer of the
Company or any Subsidiaries to the effect that, and has no reason to believe
that, such customer will stop, or materially decrease the rate of, buying
materials, products or services from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.17 Indebtedness To and From Officers, Directors and Others.
Except as set forth in Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (a) the
Company and its Subsidiaries are not indebted to any shareholder, director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company and its Subsidiaries except for
amounts due as normal salaries, wages, overtime payments, employee benefits and
bonuses and in reimbursement of ordinary expenses on a basis consistent with the
past practices of the Company and (b) no shareholder, director, officer,
employee or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is indebted to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for advances for ordinary business
expenses on a basis consistent with the past practices of the Company.
Section 4.18. Licenses and Permits. Section 4.18 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists all material permits, registrations, licenses,
franchises, certifications and other approvals, including without limitation,
all gaming licenses, gambling licenses, sale-of-deck licenses, and
money-changing licenses (collectively, the "Company Approvals") required from
any Governmental Authority (other than any Native American Authority) and, to
the best knowledge of the Company, any Native American Authority, in order for
the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct its business. The Company has
obtained all Company Approvals (other than from Native American Authorities),
which are valid and in full force and effect, and, to the best of its knowledge,
the Company has obtained all Company Approvals from Native American Authorities,
which are to the Company's knowledge in full force and effect, except where the
lack of such Company Approvals would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect
or Parent Adverse Impact. Except as disclosed in Section 4.18 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company Approvals is subject to termination by
their express terms as a result of the execution of this Agreement by the
Company or the consummation of the Merger. No further Company Approvals (other
than from Native American Authorities) and, to the best knowledge of the
Company, no further Company Approvals from any Native American Authority will be
required in order to continue to conduct the business currently conducted by the
Company subsequent to the Closing, except where the termination of such Company
Approvals or the lack of such further Company Approvals would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact. Except as
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disclosed in Section 4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or in any other
schedule hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to
nor bound by any agreement, judgment, decree or order which may have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact.
Section 4.19. Taxes and Returns. (a) Except as disclosed in Section
4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries, its previously owned subsidiaries and any affiliated group within
the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code of which the Company, its Subsidiaries
or previously owned Subsidiaries is or has been a member (each a "Taxpayer") has
timely filed, or caused to be timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed
and all such returns were complete and accurate in all material respects, and
has paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld,
all Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for
which adequate reserves in the Company Financial Statements have been
established or which are being contested in good faith. Except as set forth in
Section 4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no claims or
assessments pending against any Taxpayer for any alleged deficiency in any Tax,
and no Taxpayer has been notified in writing of any proposed Tax liens, claims
or assessments against any Taxpayer (other than in each case, claims or
assessments for which adequate reserves in the Company Financial Statements have
been established or which are being contested in good faith). Except as set
forth in Section 4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Taxpayer has any
waivers or extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any
Taxes in excess of $10,000. Except as set forth in Section 4.19(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding requests by any Taxpayer
for any extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return or within
which to pay any material amounts of Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return.
(b) To the best knowledge of the Company, there are no liens
for material amounts of Taxes on the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries except for statutory liens for current Taxes not yet due and
payable.
(c) Other than as set forth on Section 4.19(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there have been no audits and there are no ongoing audits
of any Tax Returns or reports of any Tax filed by Taxpayer. There is set forth
on Section 4.19(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule a brief description of the
status of all prior audits, all ongoing audits and all notifications of audits
for any Taxpayer, and except as otherwise disclosed on such Section 4.19(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule all deficiencies resulting from such audits have
either been paid or adequately provided for in the Company Financial Statements.
(d) Section 4.19(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth all elections made by Taxpayer in the past five years that remain in
effect for any Taxpayer with respect to Taxes. Except as set forth on Section
4.19(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no ongoing audit
adjustments of Taxes that will affect taxable periods subsequent to the audit.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.19(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, (i) there has not been made with respect to any Taxpayer,
or any property held by any Taxpayer, any consent under Section 341 of the Code
(or any corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign income Tax Law),
(ii) no property of any Taxpayer is "tax exempt use property" within the meaning
of Section 168(h) of the Code, and (iii) no Taxpayer is a party to any lease
made pursuant to former Section 168(f)(8) of the Code.
(f) Except as set forth in Section 4.19(f) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no Taxpayer is party to any Tax sharing agreement or any
other agreement with respect to Taxes.
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(g) Except as disclosed in Section 4.19(g) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Company with respect to Taxes due and payable after the Closing Date have been
presented in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 4.19(h) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no Taxpayer is a party to any joint venture, partnership,
or other arrangement or contract that could be treated as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes.
Section 4.20. ERISA Related Matters. (a) Section 4.20 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth each employee pension, defined benefit, defined
contribution, retirement, profit sharing, stock bonus, stock option, stock
purchase, incentive, deferred compensation, hospitalization, medical, dental,
vision, life insurance, sick pay, disability, severance or other plan, fund,
program, policy, contract or arrangement providing employee benefits
administered, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in which any employee or former employee or beneficiary of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries currently participates, has participated or
was eligible to participate or under which any employee, former employee or
beneficiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has accrued or is or will
be entitled to any benefits or pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries
has any liability, contingent or otherwise or on behalf of which the Company or
its Subsidiaries is or has acted as a fiduciary since January 1, 1987
(individually, a "Plan" and collectively, the "Plans").
(b) The Company shall have delivered to Parent true, complete
and correct copies, together with all amendments thereto, of (i) each Plan
(other than certain union Plans listed in Section 4.20(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule which cannot be obtained upon reasonable effort or, in the
case of any unwritten Plans, descriptions thereof), (ii) the three most recent
annual reports on Form 5500 filed with the IRS with respect to each Plan (if any
such report was required), (iii) the most recent summary plan description for
each Plan for which such a summary plan description is required, (iv) each trust
agreement and group annuity contract relating to any Plan; (v) reasonable
evidence of adoption for each Plan; and (vi) a complete copy of each IRS
determination letter for each Plan for which such a letter was obtained. Neither
the Company nor any corporation or trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which would be or was treated as a member of the controlled group
of the Company under Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA (hereinafter the "Controlled
Group"), is now sponsoring or contributing to or ever has sponsored or
contributed to, prior to the Closing Date, any Plan subject to Title IV of
ERISA.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.20(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there exists no liability in connection with any Plan that
has been terminated and all procedures for termination of such plans have been
properly followed.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any of
the Plans, or any trust created thereunder, or any trustee or administrator
thereof, or any other "disqualified person" within the meaning of Section
4975(e)(2) of the Code, has engaged in a transaction in connection with which
the Company or any such subsidiaries or any trustee or administrator of the
Plans or any such trust, or any other such "disqualified person," could be
subject to either a liability or civil penalty assessed pursuant to Sections
409, 502(i) or 502(l) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 through
4980 of the Code.
(e) Except as described in Section 4.20(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, each of the Plans and any trust created thereunder has been
operated and administered in accordance with its terms and in compliance with
Applicable Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. There are no
pending or threatened claims, action, audits, or examinations with respect to
any of the
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Plans and any trust created thereunder by any Governmental Authority. There are
no pending or threatened claims with respect to any of the Plans and any trust
created thereunder, by any employee or former employee that participated in,
currently participates in, or is or was eligible to participate in, or
beneficiary covered under any such Plan, or otherwise involving any such Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits).
(f) All contributions required to be made to each Plan have
been timely made or accrued for on the Company Financial Statements. All account
allocations required to have been made under each Plan and Applicable Law have
been made.
(g) None of the Plans or any trust established thereunder has
incurred any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of
ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal year of each of the Plans. No contribution failure has
occurred with respect to any Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under
Section 302(f) of ERISA.
(h) With respect to any Plan that provides welfare benefits as
defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, except as disclosed in Section 4.20 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, no such Plan is unfunded or funded through a
welfare benefits fund, as such term is defined in Section 419(e) of the Code.
(i) With respect to any "welfare plan" (as defined in Section
3(1) of ERISA) which qualifies as a "group health plan" under Section 607(1) of
ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code and related regulations (relating to the
benefit continuation rights imposed by COBRA), the Company, and each of its
Subsidiaries, such group health plan and the administrator of such group health
plan have all complied, in all material respects, with all reporting,
disclosure, notice, election and other benefit requirements imposed under COBRA,
as and when applicable; and the Company has not incurred any direct or indirect
liability, nor is the Company subject to any loss, assessment, excise tax
penalty, loss of federal income tax deduction or other sanction arising on
account of or in respect of any direct or indirect failure to comply with such
COBRA requirements.
(j) With respect to each Plan that is funded wholly or
partially through an insurance policy, there will be no liability of the Company
or its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date that has not been either paid or
reasonably estimated and reserved for in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied.
(k) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.20(k) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (A)
result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment
compensation, golden parachute or otherwise) becoming due from the Company under
any Plan, (B) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (C)
result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such
benefits.
(l) The Company has not announced any plan or made any legally
binding commitment to create additional benefits which are intended to cover
employees or former employees of the Company or to make any amendment or
modifications to any Plan that covers or has covered or is available to the
Company employees or former employees other than as set forth in Section 4.20(l)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as required by Applicable Law. No payment
under any Plan will not be deductible by the Company by reason of failure to
comply with any provisions of the Code.
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(m) The Company does not, nor has it ever contributed to or
participated in any Multiemployer Plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
Section 4.21. Labor and Employment Matters. (a) Except as set forth in
Section 4.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material respects with all
Applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, and such laws relating to
employment discrimination, equal opportunity, affirmative action, worker's
compensation, occupational safety and health requirements and unemployment
insurance and related matters, and is not engaged in and has not engaged in any
unfair labor practice, as defined under Applicable Laws.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries are not delinquent or in
arrears in payments to any of their respective employees or agents for any
wages, salaries, commission, overtime payments, bonuses or other direct
compensation for any services performed by them or benefits required to be
provided or amounts required to be reimbursed to such officers, directors,
employees or agents.
(b) If the employment of any such officers, directors,
employees or agents terminates for any reason, neither Company, Parent,
Acquisition Sub nor the Surviving Corporation will, pursuant to any agreement in
effect, or by reason of any act or omission by Company or any Subsidiary before
the Effective Time, be liable to any of such officers, directors, employees or
agents for so-called "severance pay" or any other payments, benefits or damages.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.21(d) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there is no material controversy pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened between Company and its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and any of its employees or consultants or former employees or
consultants, on the other hand.
(d) The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have never been and
are not now subject to a union organizing effort, (ii) are not subject to any
collective bargaining agreement with respect to any of their respective
employees, and (iii) are not subject to any other contract, written or oral,
with any trade or labor union, employees' association or similar organization.
Company and its Subsidiaries have good labor relations, and have no knowledge of
any facts indicating that the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will have a material adverse effect on such labor relations, and has no
knowledge that any of their key employees intends to leave their employ.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.21(f) to Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries have no employment
contracts or consulting agreements currently in effect that are not terminable
at will (other than agreements with the sole purpose of providing for the
confidentiality of proprietary information or assignment of inventions). To the
knowledge of Company and its Subsidiaries, no employee of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent
disclosure statement, noncompetition agreement, or any other contract or
agreement, or any restrictive covenant, relating to the right of any such
employee to be employed thereby, or to use the proprietary information of
others, and the employment of such employees does not subject Company and its
Subsidiaries to any claim by any other Person.
(f) A list of all employees, officers and consultants of
Company and its Subsidiaries and their current compensation is set forth on
Section 4.21(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Such list also describes any
vested benefits, including, without limitation, vacation or sick pay, which each
Person on such list is entitled to receive from Company.
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Section 4.22. Tax-Free Structure. To the knowledge of the Company, the
Merger, together with the other transactions contemplated under this Agreement,
shall qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the provisions of Section
368(a)(1)(B) of the Code and the Company, to its knowledge, has not taken any
action, or failed to take any action, that would make the Merger ineligible as a
tax-free reorganization.
Section 4.23. Advisors and Investment Bankers. Except for the Company's
investment banking firm, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., whose advisory fee
arrangement has been disclosed to Parent prior to the date hereof, no broker,
advisor, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, advisor's,
finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the Merger or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of the Company.
Section 4.24. Un-bank Agreements. All agreements or arrangements
between the Company and Un-bank Company LLP are on terms no less advantageous to
the Company than could be secured from an unaffiliated third party in a
transaction negotiated at arm's-length. The Company has made no material
payments to Un-bank Company LLP or any of its principals or members in
connection with or arising from any business between the Company and Un-bank
Company LLP.
Section 4.25. Complete Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, the Stock
Option Agreement nor any of the certificates or documents required to be
delivered by Company and/or Dachis to Parent under this Agreement as a condition
to closing, taken together, contains a statement of a material fact that is
untrue in any material respect, or omits to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein and therein, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading in any
material respect.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF ACQUISITION SUB AND PARENT
Acquisition Sub, upon being formed prior to the Closing Date,
and Parent hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
Section 5.1. Organization and Qualification. Parent is, and Acquisition
Sub shall be, corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of their states of incorporation and have the requisite corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate their assets and properties and to
carry on their businesses as they are now being conducted. Parent is, and
Acquisition Sub shall be, qualified to do business and in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the properties owned, leased or operated by each or the
nature of the businesses conducted by each makes such qualification necessary,
except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing will not, when
taken together with all other such failures, have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect. Prior to or at the Closing, Parent will directly own and have the power
to vote all of the outstanding capital stock of Acquisition Sub, and, as the
sole stockholder of Acquisition Sub, will have approved this Merger Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereunder.
Section 5.2. Parent Common Stock. Parent has 200,000,000 authorized
shares of Common Stock, of which 96,568,213 shares are outstanding on August 31,
1997. Acquisition Sub or Parent holds, or by the Effective Time shall hold, a
number of shares of Parent Common Stock sufficient to convert all
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Company Common Stock to Parent Common Stock pursuant to Article III, all of
which are or shall be validly issued and are or will be fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. Except as set forth in Section 5.2
of the separate disclosure schedule executed and delivered by Parent
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement ("Parent's
Disclosure Schedule") or in Parent's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and the exhibits and schedules thereto (the "Parent
10-K") and, together with any reports filed by Parent with the SEC under the
Exchange Act after the Parent 10-K and prior to the date of this Agreement, the
"Recent Parent Reports") or any of the Recent Parent Reports, as of the date
hereof, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights,
calls, contracts, voting trusts, proxies and other commitments, understandings,
restrictions and arrangements, including any right of conversion or exchange
under any outstanding security, instrument or other agreement obligating Parent
to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional
shares of the capital stock of Parent or obligating Parent or any subsidiary of
Parent to grant, extend or enter into any such agreement or commitment, except
pursuant to this Agreement and the issuance of certain options granted by the
Parent to certain employees by the Human Resources Committee of its Board of
Directors at a meeting held on August 20, 1997. The shares of Parent Common
Stock to be issued to stockholders of the Company in the Merger will be at the
Effective Time duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and
free of preemptive rights.
Section 5.3. Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals. (a) Parent has,
and Acquisition Sub shall have, full corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and subject to obtaining the Parent Required Approvals, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent and Acquisition Sub
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by Parent's,
and will have been duly authorized by, Acquisition Sub's Boards of Directors,
and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent and Acquisition Sub are
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation by Parent and Acquisition Sub of the transactions contemplated
hereby except for the obtaining of the Parent Required Approvals and the
formation of Acquisition Sub. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by Parent, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof by the Company, constitutes a valid and legally binding
agreement of Parent enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
to the extent that enforcement may be limited by laws of bankruptcy or
insolvency or laws relating to creditor's rights generally.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 5.3(b) of Parent Disclosure
Schedule, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent does not, and
the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated hereby will not,
violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute
a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the
performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration
under, or result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the
charters or By-Laws of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject to
obtaining the Parent Required Approvals, any statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, decree, order, injunction, writ, permit or license of any
court or governmental authority applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties or assets, and (iii) any note, bond,
mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, concession,
contract, lease or other instrument, obligation or agreement of any kind to
which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is now a party or by which Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound
or affected, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) such
violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations or
creations of liens, security interests, charges or encumbrances that would not,
in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Except for (i) the filings by Parent and the Company
required by Title II of the HSR Act, (ii) the filing of the Registration
Statement with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act and the declaration of the
effectiveness thereof by the SEC and filings with various blue sky authorities,
(iii) the filing of necessary certificates with the Secretary of State of the
State of Minnesota in connection with the Merger and (iv) the listing with the
NYSE of the additional shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger
(the filings and approvals referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) are
collectively referred to as the "Parent Required Approvals"), no declaration,
filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval
of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by Parent or the consummation by Parent or Acquisition Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby, other than as contemplated in this Agreement
and such filings, registrations, authorizations, consents or approvals the
failure of which to make or obtain, as the case may be, will not, in the
aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.4. Reports and Financial Statements. Since December 31, 1992,
Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all forms, statements, reports
and documents (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto)
required to be filed by them under each of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act,
applicable laws and regulations of Parent's and its Subsidiaries' jurisdictions
of incorporation and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, all of
which complied in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the
appropriate act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Parent has delivered
to the Company true and complete copies of its (a) Annual Reports on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by Parent
or any of its subsidiaries with the SEC from January 1, 1993 until the date
hereof, (b) proxy and information statements relating to all meetings of its
shareholders (whether annual or special) and actions by written consent in lieu
of a shareholder's meeting from January 1, 1993, until the date hereof and (c)
all other reports or registration statements filed by Parent or its subsidiaries
with the SEC from January 1, 1994, until the date hereof (other than
registration statements on Form S-8 and the registration statement on Form S-3
for the Parent Dividend Reinvestment Plan) (collectively, the "Parent SEC
Reports") and (d) audited consolidated financial statements of Parent for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, and its unaudited consolidated financial
statements for the three months ended March 31, 1997 and for the six months
ended June 30, 1997 (collectively, the "Recent Parent Financial Statements"). As
of their respective dates, the Parent SEC Reports did not 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 therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of Parent included in the Parent SEC Reports and the Recent Parent
Financial Statements (collectively, the "Parent Financial Statements") fairly
present the financial position of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the dates
thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto)
subject, in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements, to normal
year-end and audit adjustments and any other adjustments described therein.
Section 5.5. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Section 5.5 of Parent Disclosure Schedule or in the Parent SEC Reports, neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries had at June 30, 1997, or has incurred since
that date, any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent
or otherwise) of any nature, except liabilities, obligations or contingencies
(a) which are accrued or reserved against in the Recent Parent Financial
Statements or reflected in the notes thereto or (b) which were incurred after
June 30, 1997, and were incurred in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices and, in either case, except for any such
liabilities, obligations or contingencies which (i) would not, in the aggregate,
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (ii) have
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been discharged or paid in full prior to the date hereof or (iii) would not be
required to be disclosed in the Parent's financial statements or the notes
thereto.
Section 5.6. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth
in Section 5.6 of Parent Disclosure Schedule or in the Recent Parent Reports,
since December 31, 1996, there has not been any material adverse change in the
business, financial condition or results of operations of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole that would result in a Parent Material Adverse
Effect, and Parent and its subsidiaries have in all material respects conducted
their respective businesses in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice.
Section 5.7. Registration Statement. The Prospectus forming part of the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed under the Securities Act with the
SEC by Parent for the purpose of registering the shares of Parent Common Stock
to be issued in the Merger or the Stock Option Agreement (the "Registration
Statement") will not at the time it becomes effective and at the Effective Time,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading; provided, however, that in the event of such untrue statement or
omission, Parent shall timely file with the SEC an amendment or supplement
correcting such untrue statement or omission prior to the Effective Time. The
Registration Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with all
applicable laws, including the provisions of the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
representation is made by Parent with respect to information supplied by the
Company or its representatives specifically for inclusion therein.
Section 5.8. No Violation of Law. Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC
Reports or set forth in Section 5.8 of Parent's Disclosure Schedule, neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, or, to the knowledge of
Parent, is under investigation with respect to or has been given notice or been
charged with any violation of, any law, statute, order, rule, regulation,
ordinance, or judgment of any Governmental Authority, except for violations
which in the aggregate do not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent and
its subsidiaries have all material governmental permits, licenses, franchises
and other governmental authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to
conduct their businesses as presently conducted, except those which the failure
to obtain would not, in the aggregate have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.9. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Recent Parent
Reports, the Recent Parent Financial Statements, or Section 5.9 of the Parent's
Disclosure Schedule, (a) there are no claims, suits, actions or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened, nor to the knowledge of
Parent are there any investigations or reviews pending or threatened, against,
relating to or affecting the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, which, if
adversely determined, could have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; (b) there
have not been any developments since December 31, 1996, with respect to such
claims, suits, actions, proceedings, investigations or reviews which
individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect; and except as contemplated by the Parent Required Approvals,
neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, decree,
injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Authority or any arbitrator which
prohibits or restricts the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or is reasonably likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.10. Compliance with Agreements. Except as disclosed in the
Recent Parent Reports, the Recent Parent Financial Statements or Section 5.10 of
the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent and
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each of its Subsidiaries are not in breach or violation of or in default in the
performance or observance of any term or provision of, and no event has occurred
which, with lapse of time or action by a third party (or both), could result in
a default under, (a) the respective charters or By-laws of the Parent or any of
its subsidiaries or (b) any contract, commitment, agreement, indenture,
mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease, bond, license, approval or other
instrument to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any
of them is bound or to which any of their property is subject, which breaches,
violations and defaults, in the case of clause (b) of this Section 5.10 would
have, in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.11. Taxes and Returns. The Parent and each of its
Subsidiaries has timely filed, or caused to be timely filed all material Tax
Returns required to be filed by it, and has paid, collected or withheld, or
caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all material amounts of Taxes required
to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate
reserves have been established or which are being contested in good faith.
Section 5.12. Advisors and Investment Bankers. The Parent represents
and warrants that no broker, advisors, finder or investment banker is entitled
to any brokerage, advisor's, finder's or other fee or commission in connection
with the Merger or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Parent.
Section 5.13. Pooling Structure. Except as set forth in Section 5.13 of
the Parent Disclosure Schedule, to the best knowledge of Parent, prior to the
date hereof, neither Parent nor Acquisition Sub has taken any action, or failed
to take any action, that would cause the Merger to be ineligible as a pooling of
interest for accounting, reporting or tax purposes.
Section 5.14. Complete Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, nor any of
the certificates or documents required to be delivered by the Parent to Company
and Dachis under this Agreement as a condition to closing, taking together,
contains a statement of a material fact that is untrue in any material respect,
or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained herein and therein, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading in any material respect.
ARTICLE VI.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
Section 6.1. Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.
Except as set forth in Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, after the date hereof and prior to the
Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, unless Parent shall
otherwise agree in writing, the Company shall and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to:
(a) conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary and
usual course of business and consistent with past practice;
(b) not (i) amend or propose to amend their respective
charters or By-Laws; (ii) split, combine, subdivide, recapitalize, reclassify or
exchange their outstanding capital stock or declare, set aside or pay any
dividend or distribution payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise; or (iii)
knowingly take any action which would result in a failure to maintain the
trading of Company Common Stock on the NASDAQ NMS;
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(c) not (i) authorize the issuance of, or issue, sell, pledge
or dispose of, or agree to issue, sell, pledge or dispose of, any additional
shares of, or any options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire any shares
of, their capital stock of any class or any debt or equity securities
convertible into or exchangeable for such capital stock except to honor the
exercise of previously granted options; (ii) sell (including, without
limitation, by sale/leaseback), pledge, dispose of, license or encumber any
material assets (including without limitation intellectual property), or any
interests therein, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice; (iii) redeem, purchase, acquire or offer to purchase or
acquire any (x) shares of its capital stock, other than in accordance with the
governing terms of such securities or (y) long-term debt, other than as required
by the governing instruments relating thereto; or (iv) enter into any contract,
agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing;
(d) use their best efforts to preserve intact their respective
business organizations and goodwill, keep available the services of their
respective present officers and key employees, and preserve the goodwill and
business relationships with suppliers, distributors, customers, and others
having business relationships with them;
(e) confer on a regular and frequent basis with one or more
representatives of Parent to discuss operational matters of materiality and the
general status of ongoing operations;
(f) promptly notify Parent of any significant changes in the
business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company or its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(g) not acquire, or publicly propose to acquire, all or any
substantial part of the business and properties or capital stock of any person
not a party to this Agreement, whether by merger, purchase of assets, tender
offer or otherwise;
(h) not enter into or amend any employment, severance, special
pay arrangement with respect to termination of employment or other similar
arrangements or agreements with any directors, officers or key employees;
(i) not adopt, enter into or amend any bonus, profit sharing,
compensation (except regularly scheduled, ordinary course salary adjustments
consistent with historic practice), stock option, pension, retirement, deferred
compensation, health care, employment or other employee benefit plan, agreement,
trust, fund or arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any employee or
retiree, except as required to comply with changes in applicable law occurring
after the date hereof, except with the prior written approval of Parent;
(j) maintain with financially responsible insurance companies,
insurance on its tangible assets and its businesses in such amounts and against
such risks and losses as are consistent with past practice;
(k) not enter into any material arrangement, agreement, or
contract with any third party which provides for an exclusive arrangement with
that third party or is substantially more restrictive on the Company or
substantially less advantageous to the Company than arrangements, agreements, or
contracts existing on the date hereof;
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(l) not establish any new lines of credit or other credit
facilities or incur any indebtedness other than pursuant to existing credit
facilities except for trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business; and
(m) not agree in writing, or otherwise, to take any of the
foregoing actions or any other action which would make any representation or
warranty contained in Article IV untrue or incorrect in any material respect as
of the time of the Closing.
ARTICLE VII.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 7.1. Access to Information. (a) The Company and its
Subsidiaries shall afford to Parent, Travelers Express Company, Inc., and their
employees, accountants, counsel, and other representatives access during normal
business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to all of their
respective properties, books, contracts, commitments and records (including, but
not limited to, tax returns) and to their customers, vendors, employees,
consultants and professional advisors and, during such period, shall furnish
promptly to Parent (i) a copy of each report, schedule and other document filed
or received by any of them pursuant to the requirements of federal or state
securities laws or the HSR Act or filed or received by any of them with or from
the SEC, FTC or DOJ and (ii) all other information concerning their respective
businesses, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request; provided,
however, that no investigation pursuant to this Section 7.1(a) shall affect any
representations or warranties made herein (except as to breaches or inaccuracies
therein of which Parent had Actual Knowledge as to both existence and scope) or
the conditions to the obligations of the respective parties to consummate the
Merger. Parent agrees that it shall only contact vendors of the Company after
consultation with the Company, and the Company agrees to consult freely with the
Parent with respect thereto. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall promptly
advise Parent in writing of any change or occurrence of any event after the date
of this Agreement having, or which, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, in
the future is likely to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent
Adverse Impact.
(b) Parent and its Subsidiaries shall afford to the Company
and its financial advisors, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., access during normal
business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to such
information as may be reasonably necessary for such financial advisors to
prepare and deliver the Fairness Opinion. From the date hereof until the
Effective Time, Parent shall furnish promptly to Company a copy of each report,
schedule and other document filed or received by the Parent pursuant to the
requirements of federal or state securities laws or the HSR Act or filed or
received by any of them with or from the SEC, FTC or DOJ, unless the Parent
believes in its reasonable discretion that such report, schedule or document
contains confidential information or does not relate to the transactions
contemplated herein. Parent and its Subsidiaries shall promptly advise the
Company in writing of any change or occurrence of any event after the date of
this Agreement having, or which, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, in the
future is likely to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.2. No Solicitation.
(a) From the date hereof until the termination hereof, the
Company agrees not to, and will not authorize any of the Company's officers,
directors, employees or other agents to, directly or indirectly, (i) take any
action to seek, initiate or encourage any offer or proposal from any person,
entity
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or group (other than Parent) to acquire any shares of the capital stock, options
or other securities of the Company, to acquire any significant portion of the
Company's assets or for any other merger, joint venture, recapitalization,
consolidation or business combination (a "Third Party Offer"), or (ii) engage in
negotiations concerning or disclose non-public financial information relating to
the Company, or any confidential or proprietary trade or business information
relating to the business of the Company, or afford access to the properties,
books or records of the Company (except as required by Applicable Law), to any
third party that may be considering a Third Party Offer. Except as disclosed in
Section 7.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since May 15, 1997, neither
the Company, nor any of the officers, directors, employees or other agents of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any activities,
discussions or negotiations with any parties with respect to any of the
foregoing.
(b) The Company will orally notify Parent immediately,
followed by prompt written notice (identifying the offeror and describing, in
reasonable detail, the terms of the offer or the request for information), of
any Third Party Offer from any person, entity or group (other than from Parent)
or of any request for information with respect to a Third Party Offer or any
indication from any person, entity or group that it or another person, entity or
group is considering making a Third Party Offer.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 7.2 to
the contrary, the Company and its Subsidiaries may furnish information pursuant
to an unsolicited Third Party Offer if the Company's Counsel advises the Board
of Directors of the Company that the failure to take such action or actions
might reasonably subject the Company's directors to liability for breach of
their fiduciary duties and the Company's financial advisors advise the Board
that the consideration to be paid pursuant to said unsolicited Third Party Offer
is greater than that to be received by the Company's stockholders pursuant to
this Agreement and said offeror has the necessary financial capability to effect
such transaction. Following receipt of a bona fide Third Party Offer to
consummate a Company Acquisition transaction, (i) the Company may take and
disclose to the Company's stockholders the position of the Board of Directors of
the Company contemplated by Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise make
appropriate disclosures to its stockholders, (ii) the Company may furnish or
cause to be furnished information concerning its business, properties or assets
to a bona fide third party in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, and (iii) the Company may engage in discussions or negotiations with
a third party concerning a Company Acquisition transaction. In the event the
Company shall determine to provide any information as described above, or shall
receive any offer relating to a Company Acquisition transaction, it shall
promptly notify the Parent as to the fact that information is to be provided or
that an offer relating to a Company Acquisition transaction has been received
and shall furnish to the Parent the identity of the recipient of information or
the proponent of such Company Acquisition transaction if applicable, and, if a
Third Party Offer has been received, a description of the material terms
thereof. The Company may enter into a definitive agreement for a Company
Acquisition transaction meeting the requirements set forth above with the
offeror with which it is permitted to negotiate pursuant to this Section 7.2(c),
only if its failure to do so would, in the judgment of the Company's Board of
Directors based upon the advice of the Company's Counsel, constitute a breach of
the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors, provided, that at least ten
Business Days prior to the Company's execution thereof, the Company shall have
notified the Parent in writing indicating the Company's intent to enter into
such agreement and describing all of the material terms of such agreement.
Section 7.3. Registration Statement; Prospectus/Proxy Statement.
(a) For the purposes of (i) registering the issuance of Parent
Common Stock to holders of the Company Common Stock in connection with the
Merger with the SEC under the Securities
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Act, and complying with applicable state securities laws and (ii) holding the
meeting of Company stockholders to vote upon the adoption of this Agreement and
the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (the "Company
Proposals"), Parent and Company will cooperate in the preparation of a
registration statement on Form S-4 (such registration statement, together with
any and all amendments and supplements thereto, being herein referred to as the
"Registration Statement," including a prospectus/proxy statement satisfying all
requirements of applicable state securities laws, the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act. Such prospectus/proxy statement in the form mailed by Company and
Parent to Company's stockholders, together with any and all amendments or
supplements thereto, is herein referred to as the "Prospectus/Proxy Statement."
(b) Company will furnish Parent with such information
concerning Company and its Subsidiaries as is necessary in order to cause the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement, insofar as it relates to Company and its
Subsidiaries, to comply with Applicable Law. None of the information relating to
Company and its Subsidiaries supplied by Company for inclusion in the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement will be false or misleading with respect to any
material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Company agrees promptly
to advise Parent if, at any time prior to the respective meetings of the
stockholders of Company or Parent referenced herein, any information provided by
it in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement is or becomes incorrect or incomplete in
any material respect and to provide Parent with the information needed to
correct such inaccuracy or omission. Company will furnish Parent with such
supplemental information as may be necessary in order to cause the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement, insofar as it relates to Company and its
subsidiaries, to comply with Applicable Law after the mailing thereof to the
stockholders of Company or Parent.
(c) Parent will furnish Company with such information
concerning Parent and its Subsidiaries as is necessary in order to cause the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement, insofar as it relates to Parent and its
Subsidiaries, to comply with Applicable Law. None of the information relating to
Parent and its Subsidiaries supplied by Parent for inclusion in the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement will be false or misleading with respect to any
material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Parent agrees promptly
to advise Company if, at any time prior to the respective meetings of
stockholders of Company or Parent referenced herein, any information provided by
it in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement is or becomes incorrect or incomplete in
any material respect and to provide Company with the information needed to
correct such inaccuracy or omission. Parent will furnish Company with such
supplemental information as may be necessary in order to cause the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement, insofar as it relates to Parent and its
subsidiaries, to comply with applicable Law after the mailing thereof to the
stockholders of Company or Parent.
(d) Parent shall cooperate with Company in making any
preliminary filings of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement with the SEC, as promptly
as practicable, pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Exchange Act.
(e) Parent will file the Registration Statement with the SEC
and appropriate materials with applicable state securities agencies as promptly
as practicable and will use all reasonable efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to become effective under the Securities Act and all such state filed
materials to comply with applicable state securities laws. Company authorizes
Parent to utilize in the Registration Statement and in all such state filed
materials, the information concerning Company and its subsidiaries provided to
Parent in connection with, or contained in, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.
Parent promptly will advise Company when the Registration Statement has become
effective and of any
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supplements or amendments thereto, and Parent will furnish Company with copies
of all such documents. Except for the Prospectus/Proxy or the preliminary
prospectus/proxy, neither Parent nor Company shall distribute any written
material that might constitute a "prospectus" relating to the Merger or the
Company Proposals within the meaning of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law without the prior written consent of the other party.
Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under applicable state
blue sky or securities laws in connection with the issuance of Parent Common
Stock in the Merger; provided, however, that with respect to such blue sky
qualifications neither Parent nor the Company shall be required to register or
qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action which would subject it to
service of process in any jurisdiction where any such entity is not now so
subject, except as to matters and transactions relating to or arising solely
from the offer and sale of Parent Common Stock.
Section 7.4. Stockholders' Approval. The Company shall promptly submit
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby for the approval of its
stockholders at a stockholder meeting (the "Company Stockholders' Meeting") to
be held as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC and, subject to the fiduciary duties of the Board of
Directors of the Company under Applicable Laws, shall use its best efforts to
obtain stockholder approval (the "Company Stockholders' Approval") of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with Section
4.13. Subject to the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of the Company
under Applicable Law, as determined by such directors in good faith after
consultations with and based upon the advice of the Company's Counsel, the
Company shall, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its stockholders
approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 7.5. The New York Stock Exchange. Parent shall use its best
efforts to obtain the listing on the New York Stock Exchange, at or before the
Effective Time, of the additional shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued
pursuant to the Merger.
Section 7.6. Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in
this Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party
incurring such expenses; provided, however that all costs and expenses relating
to printing, filing and mailing the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement
and any other filings with the SEC and all SEC and other regulatory filing fees
(including HSR fees) incurred in connection with such filings shall be borne
equally by the Company and Parent.
Section 7.7. Agreement to Cooperate. Subject to the terms and
conditions provided in this Agreement and Applicable Law, each of the parties
hereto shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
action to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable
under Applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including using its reasonable efforts to obtain
all necessary or appropriate waivers, consents and approvals and SEC "no-action"
letters (including, but not limited to, required approvals under applicable
Minnesota state laws and regulations), to effect all necessary registrations and
filings (including, but not limited to, filings under the HSR Act) and to lift
any injunction or other legal bar to the Merger (and, in such case, to proceed
with the Merger as expeditiously as possible). The Company agrees to allow the
Parent to review each regulatory filing made by the Company prior to the filing
thereof during the term of this Agreement. The Parent agrees to allow the
Company to review each regulatory filing made by the Parent relating to the
transactions contemplated herein prior to the filing hereof during the term of
this Agreement, unless such filing contains information which the Parent in its
reasonable discretion believes contains confidential information.
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Section 7.8. Confidentiality. Unless (a) otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, (b) required by Applicable Law or any listing agreement with,
or the rules and regulations of, any applicable securities exchange or the NASD,
(c) necessary to secure any required Consents as to which the other party has
been advised, or (d) consented to in writing by Parent and Company, any
information or documents furnished in connection herewith shall be kept strictly
confidential by Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents. Prior to any disclosure pursuant to the
preceding sentence, the party intending to make such disclosure shall consult
with the other party regarding the nature and extent of the disclosure. Nothing
contained herein shall preclude disclosures to the extent necessary to comply
with accounting, SEC and other disclosure obligations imposed by Applicable Law.
To the extent required by such disclosure obligations, Parent or Company, after
consultation with the other party, may file with the SEC a Report on Form 8-K
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act with respect to the Merger, which report
may include, among other things, financial statements and pro forma financial
information with respect to the other party. In connection with any filing with
the SEC of a registration statement or amendment thereto under the Securities
Act, Company or Parent, after consultation with the other party, may include a
prospectus containing any information required to be included therein with
respect to the Merger, including, but not limited to, financial statements and
pro forma financial information with respect to the other party, and thereafter
distribute such prospectus. Parent and Company shall cooperate with the other
and provide such information and documents as may be required in connection with
any such filings. In the event the Merger is not consummated, each party shall
return to the other any documents furnished by the other and all copies thereof
any of them may have made (or destroy all such documents and certify as to the
complete destruction of such documents) and will hold in absolute confidence any
information obtained from the other party except to the extent (i) such party is
required to disclose such information by Applicable Law or such disclosure is
necessary in connection with the pursuit or defense of a claim, (ii) such
information was known by such party prior to such disclosure or was thereafter
developed or obtained by such party independent of such disclosure, or (iii)
such information is or becomes generally available to the public or is otherwise
no longer confidential. Prior to any disclosure of information pursuant to the
exception in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, the party intending to
disclose the same shall so notify the party which provided the same in order
that such party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy should
it choose to do so.
Section 7.9. Tax Treatment. Each of Parent, Acquisition Sub and the
Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify as a
tax-free reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code
and Company shall not knowingly take any action or knowingly fail to take such
action that would be reasonably likely to jeopardize the treatment of the Merger
as a tax-free reorganization.
Section 7.10. Pooling. From and after the date hereof, neither Company
nor Dachis shall knowingly take any action, or knowingly fail to take any
action, that would jeopardize the treatment of the Merger as a pooling of
interests for accounting, reporting and tax purposes.
Section 7.11. Affiliates Agreements. Dachis shall enter into, and
Company and Dachis shall each use their respective best efforts to ensure that
each person who is or may be an "affiliate" of Company within the meaning of
Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act, shall enter into the Affiliates
Agreement.
Section 7.12. Directors and Officers Insurance. The Company shall
maintain or procure a policy of directors and officers insurance from a
reputable insurance Company providing not less than $5 million coverage to their
officers and directors for its actions and decisions relating to the
transactions
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contemplated hereby (with a retention amount not exceeding $250,000), which
policy shall remain in effect for a period not less than three years from the
Effective Date.
Section 7.13. Continuation of Indemnities; No Circular Indemnities. The
right to indemnification, if any, from the Company of any current or former
officer or director of the Company pursuant to the Company Charter Documents or
under any Applicable Law, shall survive the Effective Date; provided, however,
that subject to Applicable Law (a) no indemnification shall be available to the
Company from the Parent, Surviving Corporation or Acquisition Sub for any claim
or matter for which any Indemnified Party would be entitled to receive
indemnification under this Agreement, (b) no indemnification shall be available
to Dachis from the Company, the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the
Acquisition Sub for any claim or matter for which any Indemnified Party would be
entitled to receive indemnification under Article V of the Selling Shareholder's
Agreement, and (c) no indemnification shall be available to any officer or
director (including, without limitation, Dachis) for any claim or matter if,
with regard to the subject matter thereof, the Company, the Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub prevails upon a claim (at law or in
equity) against that officer or director. For purposes of the foregoing, the
Company, the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as the
case may be, shall be considered to have "prevailed upon a claim" only if: (x) a
final order resolving such claim in favor of the Company, the Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as the case may be, shall be
issued by a court, administrative body or other tribunal of competent
jurisdiction, unless such final order is subsequently overturned on appeal; or
(y) the subject officer or director enters into an agreement with the Company,
the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as the case may
be, for the purpose of resolving such claim and therein agrees that the Company,
the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as the case may
be, has prevailed upon such claim for purposes of this Section 7.13.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the current and former officers and directors of
the Company may pursue such rights as they may have under the insurance policy
described in Section 7.12.
Section 7.14. Recovering Drawer Shortages. At the request of the
Parent, the Company shall not withhold drawer shortages from the payroll checks
of cashiers.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section 8.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the
Merger. The respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be
subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Time of the following
conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. This Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been approved and adopted by the requisite vote
of the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 4.13.
(b) No Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or
other order or decree by any federal or state court which prevents the
consummation of the Merger shall have been issued and remain in effect (each
party agreeing to use all reasonable efforts to have any such injunction, order
or decree lifted).
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(c) No Adverse Action. No action shall have been taken, and no
statute, rule or regulation shall have been enacted, by any state, federal or
foreign government or governmental agency which would prevent the consummation
of the Merger.
(d) Government Consents. All governmental consents and
approvals legally required for the consummation of the Merger and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, approval (if
required) by the DOJ, FTC and the SEC, shall have been obtained and be in effect
at the Effective Time on terms and conditions that would not have a material
adverse effect on the Surviving Corporation.
(e) Expiration of Waiting Period. The waiting period
applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR Act shall have
expired or been terminated and no additional requirements relating thereto shall
be applicable.
(f) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act, and no stop order suspending such effectiveness shall have been
issued and remain in effect and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation for
that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by any Governmental
Authority.
(g) Blue Sky. Parent shall have received all state securities
law authorizations necessary to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby.
(h) NYSE Listing Available. The shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable in the Merger shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE.
(i) Delivery of Fairness Opinion. The Company's Board of
Directors shall have received from its financial advisors, Ladenburg Thalmann &
Co. Inc., a written opinion addressed to it for inclusion in the
Prospectus/Proxy Statement to the effect that the Exchange Ratio is fair to the
holders of the Company's Common Stock from a financial point of view ("Fairness
Opinion").
Section 8.2. Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the
Merger. The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to
the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional
conditions:
(a) Performance by Parent. Acquisition Sub and Parent shall
have performed in all material respects their agreements contained in this
Agreement required to be performed on or prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of Acquisition Sub and Parent contained in this Agreement shall be
true and correct in all respects on and as of the date of this Agreement and on
and as of the Effective Time as if made on and as of such date, except as
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement and except those which in the
aggregate do not result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect, and the Company
shall have received a certificate of the President or the Chief Financial
Officer of each of Acquisition Sub and Parent to that effect.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date hereof, no
Parent Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.
(d) Price of Parent Stock. The Viad Price shall be no greater
than $21.20 per share.
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(e) Opinion of Counsel. The Company shall have received an
opinion addressed to the Company from Bryan Cave LLP, special counsel to the
Parent and Acquisition Sub substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A and
relying on the certificates and opinions provided by the Company's General
Counsel, dated the Closing Date. Any opinion of General Counsel shall be
addressed to the Company.
(f) Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received an opinion
dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Company and Parent from Ernst & Young
LLP to the effect that there is a reasonable basis to believe that the Merger
will be treated for Federal Income Tax purposes as a tax-free reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code.
(g) Delivery of Merger Consideration. Parent shall have
deposited the Parent Common Stock and cash into the Exchange Fund in accordance
with Section 3.2(a).
(h) Necessary Documents. Parent shall have delivered to the
Company at or prior to the Effective Time such other documents (including
certificates of officers of Parent) as the Company may reasonably request in
order to enable the Company to determine whether the conditions to its
obligations under this Agreement have been met and otherwise to carry out the
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 8.3. Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Acquisition Sub to
Effect the Merger. The obligation of Parent and Acquisition Sub to effect the
Merger shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Time of
the additional following conditions:
(a) Performance by Company and Dachis. The Company and Dachis
shall have performed in all material respects their respective agreements
contained in this Agreement, the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, the Stock
Option Agreement and the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement required to be performed on
or prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct
in all respects on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the
Effective Time as if made on and as of such date, except as contemplated or
permitted by this Agreement and except those which in the aggregate do not
result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, and Parent and Acquisition Sub
shall have received a Certificate of the President and the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company to that effect.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date hereof, no
Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.
(d) Price of Parent Stock. The Viad Price shall be no less
than $17.20 per share.
(e) Dissenting Shareholders. The number of Dissenting Shares
shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the Company Common Stock outstanding at
the Effective Time.
(f) Licenses and Permits. All material licenses and permits
required to conduct business of the Company (other than licenses or permits from
any Native American Authority) shall have been properly transferred or obtained
(except to the extent that such licenses and permits may only be transferred or
obtained by the Surviving Corporation subsequent to the Effective Time) and
shall be in full force and effect as of the Effective Time. All licenses and
permits required to conduct the business of the Company that the Parent has
requested that the Company obtain from any Native American
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Authority shall have been properly transferred or obtained and shall be in full
force and effect as of the Effective Time.
(g) Required Consents. All third party consents and approvals
necessary for the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated
hereby (other than those consents and approvals from any Native American Tribes
that the Parent and Company have agreed not to procure) shall have been obtained
and shall be in full force and effect at the Effective Time. All third party
consents and approvals of any Native American Authority that the Parent has
requested that the Company procure shall have been obtained and be in effect at
the Effective Time.
(h) Note Receivables. All notes and other receivables from any
employees, consultants or other third parties due to the Company shall have been
fully paid and satisfied.
(i) FBS Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement and the
Security Agreement, each dated as of June 20, 1997, between the Company and
First Bank System shall have been terminated effective no later than the
Effective Time and all obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and
the Security Agreement shall have been satisfied, subject to any obligations
that survive full payment of all outstanding principal and interest in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(j) Merchant Member Agreement. In the event the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries enters into the Merchant Member Agreement with First Bank
National Association, such Agreement shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Parent.
(k) License in Wisconsin. Company shall have in full force and
effect the Non-gaming Vendor License from the Wisconsin Gaming Board described
in the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(l) Certificate of Significant Shareholders. Each of the
Significant Shareholders shall have executed and delivered a Certificate
certifying that as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in this Agreement are true and correct and do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated herein necessary in order to make the statements herein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(m) Director's and Officers Liability Insurance. Company shall
have in force and effect the policy of director's and officer's liability
insurance coverage required by Section 7.12.
(n) Termination of 401K Profit Sharing Plan. The Company shall
provide evidence of the termination of any 401K Plan or Profit Sharing Plan of
the Company, including without limitation the Game Financial Corporation and
Affiliate Profit Sharing and Savings Plan.
(o) Resignations. Except to the extent Parent directs
otherwise or as contemplated by this Agreement, Company shall cause the
resignation, termination or other removal of the Company's present directors and
officers, effective as of the Closing Date.
(p) Accounting Treatment. The Parent shall have adequate
assurance, in its sole and absolute discretion, that the Merger and other
transactions related thereto shall be approved as a "pooling of interests" for
all accounting and reporting purposes of Parent and Surviving Corporation,
including, without limitation, a letter from Ernst & Young LLP, the Company's
independent certified public
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accountants dated as of the Closing Date, confirming that such firm is not aware
of any fact or circumstance with respect to the Company which could be
interpreted as rendering the Merger ineligible for the pooling of interests
method of accounting in accordance with GAAP and all published rules,
regulations and policies of the SEC.
(q) Assignment of Intellectual Property. The Company shall
have delivered fully executed assignments, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C, conveying all rights, title and interest to the Intellectual Property
from those persons set forth in Section 8.3(n) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and any person hired by the Company after the execution of this
Agreement who has access to the Intellectual Property.
(r) Opinion of Counsel. Parent and Acquisition Sub shall have
received an opinion from Robin, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi, PA, special counsel
to the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to Parent and Acquisition
Sub, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B.
(s) Selling Shareholder's Agreement. The Selling Shareholder's
Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
(t) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, by and among the Parent, Dachis and the Escrow Agent in
substantially the form attached to the Selling Shareholder's Agreement or
another form reasonably acceptable to the parties thereto ("Escrow Agreement")
shall be executed and delivered and shall be in full force and effect.
(u) Employment Agreements. The Employment Agreements, in the
forms approved by Parent, between the Company, and each of Gary A. Dachis,
Jeffrey L. Ringer, Deanna Frederichs-Moose, Michael Barcelow, Louis Dachis and
Jean Williams shall be in full force and effect.
(v) Affiliate Agreements. Each person who is or may be an
"affiliate" of the Company within the meaning of Rule 145 of the rules and
regulations of the SEC under the Securities Act including Bruce Dachis, as
trustee under The Marnie J. Dachis Irrevocable Trust Agreement, dated December
28, 1993 and as trustee under The Louis A. Dachis Irrevocable Trust Agreement
dated December 28, 1993, shall have entered into an Affiliate Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
(w) Stock Option Agreement. The Stock Option Agreement by and
among Parent and Company shall be in full force and effect.
(x) Irrevocable Proxy Agreements. The Irrevocable Proxy
Agreement by and between the Parent and Dachis shall be in full force and
effect. In addition, an irrevocable proxy from each Significant Shareholder and
from Bruce Dachis, as trustee under The Marnie J. Dachis Irrevocable Trust
Agreement, dated December 28, 1993 and as trustee under The Louis A. Dachis
Irrevocable Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1993, to vote their shares of
Company Common Stock in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent
shall be in full force and effect.
(y) HSR Filing by Dachis. Dachis shall have timely filed any
filing required to be filed by Dachis under the HSR Act or shall have provided
the written representations and warranties and the opinion of counsel described
in Section 3.1(a) of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement.
(z) Necessary Documents. The Company shall have delivered to
Parent at or prior to the Effective Time such other documents (including
certificates of officers of the Company) as Parent
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and Acquisition Sub may reasonably request in order to enable Parent to
determine whether the conditions to its obligations under this Agreement have
been met and otherwise to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after approval by the
shareholders of Company or Acquisition Sub:
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and Company;
(b) by either Parent or Company if:
(i) the Merger shall not have been consummated on or
before the Termination Date; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall not be
available to any party whose failure to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement results in the failure of the Merger to be
consummated by such time;
(ii) the requisite vote of the stockholders of the
Company to approve this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.13 and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall not be obtained at the Company
Stockholders' Meeting, or any adjournments or postponement thereof,
(iii) any Governmental Authority, the consent of
which is a condition to the obligations of Acquisition Sub and the
Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have
determined not to grant its consent and any appeals of such
determination shall have been taken and have been unsuccessful or such
body shall have imposed conditions or limitations on its consent that
would have a material adverse effect on the Surviving Corporation and
any appeals from such imposition shall have been taken and have been
unsuccessful, or
(iv) any court of competent jurisdiction in the
United States, or any state or any country in which there is a
Subsidiary of the Company, shall have issued an order, judgment or
decree (other than a temporary restraining order) restraining,
enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger and such order, judgment
or decree shall have become final and nonappealable;
(c) by Parent if:
(i) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have
withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Parent its approval or
recommendation of the Merger, this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby or shall have failed to reaffirm such approval or
recommendation upon Parent's request, or shall have resolved to do any
of the foregoing;
(ii) the Company or any of the other persons or
entities described in Section 7.2 shall take any of the actions that
would be proscribed by Section 7.2;
(iii) there has been (x) a material breach of any
covenant or agreement herein on the part of the Company which has not
been cured or adequate assurance of cure given, in either case within
15 Business Days following receipt of notice of such breach, (y) a
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representation or warranty of the Company herein and Dachis under the
Selling Shareholder's Agreement is or becomes untrue or incorrect in a
material respect which representation or warranty by its nature cannot
be made true and correct in all material respects prior to the
Termination Date or is not made true and correct prior to the
Termination Date unless the untrue or incorrect representation or
warranty does not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (z) a
condition to Closing set forth in Section 8.3 (which is an obligation
of the Company) has not been satisfied by the Company and the Company
has not satisfied the condition at least ten days prior to the
Termination Date;
(iv) the Viad Price is below $17.20 per share; or
(v) the Merger would not qualify as a "pooling of
interests" for all accounting, reporting and tax purposes.
(d) by the Company if :
(i) there has been a material breach of any covenant
or agreement herein on the part of Acquisition Sub or Parent which has
not been cured or adequate assurance of cure given, in either case
within 15 business days following receipt of notice of such breach, or
(ii) a representation or warranty of Parent or
Acquisition Sub herein is or becomes untrue or incorrect in a material
respect which representation or warranty by its nature cannot be made
true and correct in all material respects prior to the Termination Date
or is not made true and correct prior to the Termination Date, unless
in either case, the material breach or the untrue or incorrect
representation or warranty does not result in a Parent Material Adverse
Effect or (y) a condition to Closing set forth in Section 8.2 (which is
an obligation of the Parent) has not been satisfied by the Parent and
Parent has not satisfied the condition at least ten days prior to the
Termination Date;
(iii) the Viad Price is above $21.20 per share;
(iv) the Merger would not qualify as a tax-free
reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the
Code; or
(v) the Company enters into a definitive agreement
for a Company Acquisition transaction in accordance with Section
7.2(c), provided Company has complied with all provisions thereof,
including the notice provisions therein, and that the Company complies
with applicable requirements relating to payment of the Breakup Fee.
Section 9.2. Effect of Termination or Abandonment.
(a) In the event of termination of this Agreement or the
abandonment of the Merger by either Parent, Acquisition Sub or the Company as
provided in Section 9.1 without the breach of any covenant or obligation of the
Company on the one hand, or the Parent and Acquisition Sub on the other hand,
contained in this Agreement or any related agreement (including the exhibits
thereto), there shall be no liability on the part of either the Company or
Parent or Acquisition Sub or their respective officers or directors, except for
the fees provided for in Section 9.2(b), (c) and (e), provided, nothing
contained in this Agreement shall relieve any party from any liability for any
inaccuracy, misrepresentations or breach of this Agreement prior to termination.
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(b) The Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two
Business Days after termination, pay to the Parent a fee of $500,000 ("Expense
Fee") to defray the expenses incurred by Parent in connection herewith, payable
by wire transfer of immediately available funds if this Agreement is terminated
or the transactions contemplated herein fails to close for any reason other than
(i) termination in accordance with Sections 9.1(a), (b)(iii) or (iv) (unless the
court order, judgment or decree enjoining, restraining or prohibiting the Merger
was sought by the Company or any of its Affiliates in which case the Expense Fee
shall be paid), 9.1(c)(iv), 9.1(c)(v) (unless the failure to qualify as a
pooling of interests is a result of the Company or any Significant Shareholder
intentionally taking any action or failing to take any action after the date of
this Agreement), 9.1(d)(i), 9.1(d)(ii), 9.1(d)(iii), or (ii) the failure of
Parent or Acquisition Sub to satisfy the closing conditions (which are
obligations of the Parent or Acquisition Sub) set forth in Section 8.2.
(c) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
9.1(d)(v) or if this Agreement is terminated or the transactions contemplated
herein fails to close as a result of (i) the breach of Section 7.2 by the
Company or any of its Affiliates; (ii) the failure to satisfy the condition set
forth in Section 8.1(a); (iii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having
entered into an agreement with any third party relating to the acquisition of
the Company's capital stock, options or other securities of the Company (except
agreements in the ordinary course of the Company's business consistent with
prior practices for amounts which are less than or equal to 5% of the Company's
then issued and outstanding securities), the acquisition of any significant
portion of the Company's assets, or for any other merger, joint venture,
recapitalization, consolidation or business combination relating to the Company
prior to January 31, 1999, or one year from the Termination Date if the
Termination Date is extended beyond January 31, 1998 ("Company Acquisition"),
then the Company shall promptly upon the earlier of (x) the termination of this
Agreement, or (y) the date of the Company Acquisition, pay to the Parent a fee
of $2,000,000 ("Breakup Fee"), with a credit for any Expense Fee already paid to
the Parent by the Company, as the Parent's sole and exclusive remedy together
with its rights under the Stock Option Agreement, to defray the Parent's
out-of-pocket and other expenses, lost opportunity costs and the costs of tying
up capital, payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(d) The Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in
Section 9.2(b) and (c) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Parent would not enter into
this Agreement. Accordingly, if Company fails to promptly pay the amounts due
pursuant to this Section 9.2(b) and (c), and in order to obtain such payment,
Parent or Acquisition Sub commences a suit which results in a judgment against
the Company for such fees, Company shall also pay to Parent its costs and
expenses (including attorney's fees and expenses) in connection with such suit,
together with interest at 10% per annum from the date such payment was due
hereunder.
(e) If this Agreement is terminated or the transactions
contemplated herein fails to close as a result of the failure to satisfy the
condition set forth in Section 8.3(p) as a result of the Parent's intentionally
taking any action or intentionally failing to take any action after the date of
this Agreement (other than those disclosed in the Parent Disclosure Schedule)
that causes the Merger to fail as a "pooling of interests" for accounting,
reporting and tax purposes, the Parent shall promptly pay to Company, but in no
event later than two Business Days after the termination of this Agreement
$500,000 to defray the out-of-pocket and other expenses and lost opportunity
costs incurred by the Company in connection herewith as the Company's sole and
exclusive remedy, payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
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(f) The Parent acknowledges that the agreements contained in
Section 9.2(e) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Company would not enter into this
Agreement. Accordingly, if Parent fails to promptly pay the amounts due pursuant
to this Section 9.2(e), and in order to obtain such payment, Company commences a
suit which results in a judgment against the Parent for such fees, Parent shall
also pay to Company its costs and expenses (including attorney's fees and
expenses) in connection with such suit, together with interest at 10% per annum
from the date such payment was due hereunder.
ARTICLE X.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1. Indemnification. The Company (the "Indemnifying Party")
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of Parent, Acquisition Sub, any
corporation affiliated with Parent, and any director, officer, stockholder,
employee or agent of any of them (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against
all claims, liabilities, losses, costs, deficiencies, damages (including
punitive, consequential or treble damages) or expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs, interest and penalties in connection therewith, and
expenses and costs of investigation, obligations, liens, assessments, judgments
and fines ("Indemnified Loss") which may be sustained, suffered or incurred by
an Indemnified Party to the extent resulting or arising in any way from
(regardless of any investigation or inquiry by the Parent at any time, provided,
that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification under this
Agreement with respect to the breach of any representation or warranty of the
Company, if the Parent had Actual Knowledge of the existence and scope of such
breach):
(a) The breach of any agreement, covenant, representation,
warranty, or other obligation of Company made or incurred under or pursuant to
this Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement or any other agreement or document
delivered pursuant thereto or in connection herewith;
(b) The assertion against any Indemnified Party of any
liability or obligation of Company or its affiliates or in connection with the
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducted prior to the
Closing Date;
(c) The assertion of any claim for injury, property or
economic damage, or other product or strict liability claim arising from the
design, manufacture, sale or distribution of or exposure to any product or
component thereof or the provision of any service by Company or any Subsidiary
prior to the Closing Date;
(d) Any violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
or liability under any Environmental Law (including remediation expenses), the
Occupational Safety and Health Act or any other U.S. federal, state or local or
any foreign statute, regulation, ordinance or other requirement regulating or
otherwise affecting public health, employee health and safety, any employee wage
and labor law regulation (including for the failure to pay required overtime
payments), including any such liability arising out of the conduct prior to the
Closing Date which is imposed upon Parent (whether or not disclosed or required
to be disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule);
(e) The presence on any real property owned, used or leased by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in the improvements thereon at or
prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation the soil, sub-soil and
groundwater, of "hazardous substances," "hazardous waste," "hazardous
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constituents" and "solid waste" (as those terms are defined in any applicable
U.S. federal, state or local or foreign statute, regulation, ordinance or
requirement of any kind) in any quantity;
(f) The liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
for its own Taxes or its liability, if any, for Taxes of others, including, but
not limited to the Company or any affiliate (for example, by reason of
transferee liability or application of Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-6), damage or
Indemnified Losses payable with respect to Taxes claimed or assessed against the
Company (i) for any taxable period ending on or before the Effective Time or as
a result of this transaction (including any Section 338(h)(10) election) or (ii)
for any taxable period as a result of a breach of any of the representations or
warranties contained in Section 4.19 hereof;
(g) Any criminal misconduct by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether or not disclosed or required to be disclosed on the
Company Disclosure Schedule;
(h) Any breach of any agreement, covenant, representation,
warranty or other obligation by Dachis under the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement,
the Selling Shareholder's Agreement or the Escrow Agreement;
(i) Any breach of any agreement, covenant, representation,
warranty or other obligation by the Company under the Stock Option Agreement;
and/or
(k) Any losses arising out of any joint liability due to
affiliations, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other similar
business arrangements, whether by contract or by operation of law in which
Company or Dachis participated prior to the Closing Date.
Section 10.2. Participation in Litigation. In the event any suit or
other proceeding is initiated against an Indemnified Party with respect to which
Parent alleges the Company is or may be obligated to indemnify an Indemnified
Party hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to participate in such suit or
proceeding, at its expense and by counsel of its choosing, provided that (a)
such counsel is reasonably satisfactory to Parent, and (b) Parent shall retain
primary control over such suit or proceeding. Such counsel shall be afforded
access to all information pertinent to the suit or proceeding in question.
Parent shall not settle or otherwise compromise any such suit or proceeding
without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, if the effect of such settlement or compromise
would be to impose liability on the Company hereunder.
Section 10.3. Claims Procedure. In the event from time to time
Parent believes that it or any other Indemnified Party has or will suffer any
Indemnified Loss for which the Company is obligated to indemnify it hereunder
("Indemnified Event"), it shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
matter, specifying therein the reason why Parent believes that the Company is or
will be obligated to indemnify, the amount, if liquidated, to be indemnified,
and the basis on which Parent has calculated such amount; if not yet liquidated,
the notice shall so state. The failure of the Indemnified Party to give such
notification shall not affect the indemnification provided in this Agreement.
The Indemnified Party may seek, and has sole and unfettered discretion in
seeking, indemnification from any other Person (including, without limitation,
Dachis) before or while seeking indemnification from the Indemnifying Party in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Selling Shareholder's
Agreement, and nothing herein shall create any duty to seek indemnification from
the Indemnifying Party. An Indemnified Party may not seek indemnification under
this Article X for any amounts that the Indemnified Party has actually received
under any insurance policy, unless such recovery is sought pursuant to the
subrogation rights of the insurer. Any Indemnified Party may in its sole and
exclusive
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discretion determine whether or not it will seek insurance payments/coverage
under such policy. The Indemnified Party shall retain sole and unfettered
discretion to submit a claim seeking coverage under a policy of insurance and
nothing herein shall create a duty to submit such claim. The Company shall pay
any amount to be indemnified hereunder not more than five days after receipt of
notice from Parent of the liquidated amount to be indemnified ("Indemnification
Amount") in accordance with Section 10.4. In the event any payment is made after
such fifth day, it shall bear interest from (and including) the date due (but
excluding the date of payment), at an interest rate equal to five percent above
the Prime Rate in effect on the date such payment became due, but in no event to
exceed the maximum contract rate permitted under Applicable Laws, provided,
however, that no such payment shall be due so long as it is the subject of any
bona fide, reasonable contest.
Section 10.4. Payment of Indemnification Losses. The Company shall pay
the Indemnified Loss of any Indemnified Party within ten (10) days of receipt of
notice from that Indemnified Party of an Indemnified Loss, unless the Company
has given a notice of dispute of the Indemnified Loss to the Indemnified Party
and the Escrow Agent, in which case the claim for Indemnified Loss shall be
subject to the provisions of Article XI of this Agreement.
In order to preserve the pooling of interests treatment for the Merger
as anticipated by this Agreement, all Indemnified Losses (whether to be paid
pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to an Award in accordance with Article
XI) shall be payable as follows:
(a) if the Indemnifying Party is the beneficial owner of
Parent Common Stock, through the surrender for cancellation of that number of
Certificates representing Parent Common Stock equal to (i) the total amount of
the Indemnified Loss divided by (ii) the Viad Price at the Effective Time,
regardless of the fair market value of the Parent Common Stock on the date of
payment; or
(b) if the Indemnifying Party does not own a sufficient number
of shares of Parent Common Stock to satisfy the Indemnified Loss, through the
payment of cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated by Parent of an amount equal to the amount of the Indemnified Loss
not paid in Parent Common Stock in accordance with Section 10.4(a).
Section 10.5. Limitations on Liability. The Company shall not have any
obligation to indemnify any Indemnified Party or Parties from, against, for or
in respect of any Indemnified Loss until such time as the Indemnified Party has
suffered an aggregate loss by reason of all such indemnity obligations in excess
of $500,000, in which case, the Company shall be required to indemnify such
Indemnified Party or Parties for the full amount of their losses, without
deduction. None of the limitations in this Article X shall apply to any matter
giving rise to a claim which, or the delay in discovery of which, is the
consequence of fraud or intentional concealment by the Company.
ARTICLE XI.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 11.1. Representatives. (a) Subject to Section 11.1(b), if any
dispute arises under or relates to this Agreement, at the written request of
either party each party will appoint a designated representative (the
"Representative") to meet for the purpose of resolving the dispute. The
Representatives will meet at a mutually agreeable place within 10 days after
either party makes a written request to the other for such a meeting. The
Representatives will honor reasonable requests to exchange information related
to the dispute and will make an effort to negotiate a resolution to the dispute.
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Negotiations shall continue until the dispute is resolved or until either party
informs the other in writing that negotiations will not result in a mutually
acceptable resolution and a mediator should be appointed.
(b) The parties hereto agree that the circumstance in which
disputes between them will not be subject to the provisions of this Article XI
is where (i) there is an alleged breach of any provision of this Agreement
relating to Intellectual Property, confidentiality or nondisclosure, (ii) a
party makes a good faith determination that a breach of the terms of this
Agreement by the other party is such that irreparable harm to such party may
result from the breach such that equitable or other relief in the form of a
temporary restraining order or other immediate injunctive relief is the only
adequate remedy, or (iii) the determination of the satisfaction of the
conditions to the obligations of Parent and Acquisition Sub as set forth in
Section 8.3. The question of damages, if any, incurred by such party as a result
of such breach will be resolved pursuant to the dispute resolution procedures
set forth in this Article XI.
Section 11.2. Mediation. In the event that the dispute is not resolved
under Section 11.1, the dispute shall be submitted to nonbinding mediation (the
"Mediation"). The parties shall appoint a mutually agreeable neutral mediator
(the "Mediator"). If the parties are unable to agree on a Mediator within 10
days after the mediation is requested, either party may refer the matter to the
office of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") for the limited purpose
of having AAA provide a panel of seven names from which the parties will select
a Mediator. If the parties are unable to agree on a person on the panel, the
parties shall alternately strike names from the panel until one name is left on
the panel. A coin toss will determine which party is entitled to strike the
first name. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or as the parties may
agree otherwise at the time of the Mediation, the Mediation shall be conducted
pursuant to the Commercial Mediation Rules of the AAA, as it may be amended from
time to time. The Mediation shall be conducted within 30 days after the
appointment of the Mediator. The parties shall share equally the cost of the
Mediation, including, but not limited to, fees of the Mediator, the cost, if
any, of obtaining a location for the Mediation and any filing fee. If during the
Mediation the parties reach a settlement of all or any of their disputes, they
shall reduce the settlement to the form of a written settlement agreement which
shall be binding upon the parties. The Mediation may be terminated only after
both parties have participated in the Mediation and are unable to agree on a
settlement. Mediation discussions or opinions of the Mediator are confidential
and may not be relied upon, referred to or introduced as evidence in any
subsequent arbitration or other proceeding.
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Section 11.3. Arbitration.
(a) In the event the dispute is not resolved under Section
11.2, the parties agree that the dispute shall be resolved by a private
arbitration conducted by one arbitrator. Within 10 days after the termination of
negotiations pursuant to Section 11.2, the parties shall agree upon one
arbitrator, selected from a permanent panel of no fewer than fifteen names
agreed upon by the parties (the "Permanent Panel"). The parties shall select the
arbitrator from the Permanent Panel by alternately striking names until only one
name remains on the Permanent Panel. A toss of a coin will determine which party
is to strike the first name. Neither party may choose as its arbitrator the
person who was its Representative under Section 11.2 of this Agreement or any
person who participated in the Mediation or any person who is an officer,
director or employee of either party or any affiliated entity of either party,
or a person who has a direct or indirect personal or financial interest in the
outcome of the arbitration.
(b) The Arbitrator shall set a hearing date for an arbitration
(the "Hearing") within 90 days from the date the Arbitrator is selected, unless
otherwise agreed by the parties, or unless otherwise ordered by the Arbitrator
at the request of either party.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed, within 15 days before the Hearing
each party shall submit to the Arbitrator with a copy to the other party a list
of all witnesses and exhibits which it intends to present at the Hearing.
(d) No later than 10 days before the scheduled Hearing, each
party shall provide to the Board of Arbitrators a short (not to exceed five
single-spaced pages or such other page limit as the Board of Arbitrators
permits) a statement of its position with regard to the dispute.
(e) At the Hearing, each party shall, unless it waives the
opportunity, make an oral opening statement, and an oral closing statement.
(f) The Arbitrator shall not be strictly bound by rules of
procedure or rules of evidence, but shall use the Federal Rules of Evidence as a
guideline in conducting the Hearing.
(g) When testimony is complete and each party has introduced
its exhibits, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and each party has
made a closing statement pursuant the provisions of this Agreement or waived the
opportunity to do so, the Arbitrator shall declare the Hearing closed; provided,
however, the parties may submit post-hearing briefs pursuant to an agreed upon
schedule or one formulated by the Arbitrator.
(h) The Hearing shall be held at a location agreed upon by the
parties and convenient for the Arbitrator, or if the parties cannot agree upon a
location, at a location designated by the Arbitrator.
(i) The Hearing shall be conducted in private. Attendance at
the Hearing shall be limited to the following: (i) the Arbitrator; (ii)
representatives of each party; (iii) each party's attorneys and attorneys'
assistants or advisors, if any, including expert witnesses, if any; (iv) a court
reporter if requested by either party; and (v) any witnesses. The Arbitrator may
sequester witnesses upon the motion of a party.
(j) Within 30 days of the close of the Hearing or submission
of the post-hearing briefs, the Arbitrator shall issue a written opinion and
award (the "Award"), based on evidence, arguments and post-hearing briefs, if
any. The Award shall be a decision of the Arbitrator, shall resolve
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the parties' dispute, and shall be final and binding on the parties. The fact
that an opinion is issued does not enlarge or restrict the authority of a court
provided in the Arbitration Act to review the arbitration proceedings or the
Award. The Arbitrator shall have the Award delivered to each Party in accordance
with Section 10.4.
(k) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, there
shall be no ex parte communication regarding the subject matter of the Hearing
between a party or its attorneys and any Arbitrator from the time the Arbitrator
is appointed until after the parties receive the Award.
(l) The parties may agree to submit the dispute to the
Arbitrator without a Hearing, in which event the Arbitrator will render and
deliver to the parties a written opinion and Award within 30 days of being
notified that the parties waive the Hearing.
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Arbitrator shall have no power to delete from, add to, nor modify the terms of
this Agreement, and may not award any remedy which effectively conflicts
directly or indirectly with any provision of this Agreement.
(n) The arbitration shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Minnesota, including without limitation the provisions of the Minnesota
Uniform Arbitration Act, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
(o) The parties shall share equally the costs and expenses of
the arbitration, including, but not limited to, filing fees, fees of the
arbitrators and costs, if any, of obtaining a location for the arbitration. Each
party shall bear its own witness and expert fees, and copying and travel
expenses. Each party shall bear its own attorney fees relating to the dispute.
ARTICLE XII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement
without definition herein shall have the meaning set forth in Schedule A
attached hereto.
Section 12.2. Amendment and Modification. To the extent permitted by
Applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by
a written agreement among Company, and Parent, whether before or after approval
of this Agreement by the stockholders of Company and Acquisition Sub (if in
existence at the time) or approval of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by the Board of Directors of Parent.
Section 12.3. Waiver. Any failure of Company on the one hand, or Parent
or Acquisition Sub on the other hand, to comply with any obligation, covenant,
agreement or condition herein may be waived by Parent or Acquisition Sub on the
one hand, or Company on the other hand, only by a written instrument signed by
the party granting such waiver, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict
compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not
operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other
failure. Whenever this Agreement requires or permits consent by or on behalf of
any party hereto, such consent shall be given in writing in a manner consistent
with the requirements for a waiver of compliance as set forth in this Section
12.3.
Section 12.4. Survival. (a) Subject to Section 12.4(b), the respective
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Company on the one hand
and Parent and Acquisition Sub on
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the other hand contained herein or in any certificates or other documents
delivered prior to or at the Closing shall not survive the execution and
delivery of the Closing, but shall terminate at the Effective Time, except for
those contained in Section 1.2 (Effects of the Merger), Article III (Conversion
of Shares), Section 7.6 (Expenses), Section 7.7 (Agreement to Cooperate),
Section 7.8 (Confidentiality), 7.9 (Tax Treatment), 7.10 (Pooling), 7.13
(Continuation of Indemnities; No Circular Indemnities), 9.2 (Effect of
Termination or Abandonment), Article X (Indemnification), Article XI (Dispute
Resolution), 12.4 (Survival), 12.5 (Notices), 12.6 (Assignment), 12.7
(Expenses), 12.8 (Governing Law), 12.11 (Severability), 12.12 (Specific
Performance), 12.14 (Disclosure Schedules) and 12.16 (Parties in Interest).
(b) With respect to the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Article IV, such representations and warranties shall
survive for a period of one year following the Closing Date, except for the
non-filing of any Tax Returns or the non-payment of any Taxes to any
Governmental Authority in which case, such representations and warranties shall
survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.
(c) The survival of the Closing of the Company's
representations and warranties shall not create, expand, alter or diminish any
right of any Indemnified Party against any current or former officer, director
or shareholder of Company, such rights being unaltered, and neither increased or
diminished hereby.
Section 12.5. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered
in person, by facsimile, receipt confirmed, or on the next business day when
sent by overnight courier or on the second succeeding business day when sent by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the
respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a
party as shall be specified by like notice).
(a) If to Acquisition Sub or Parent, to:
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Attn: Peter Novak, Vice President and General Counsel
Telephone: (602) 207-5913
Facsimile: (602) 207-5480
with a copy to:
Travelers Express Company, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South, Mail Stop 8060
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Attn: Michael Berry
Telephone: (612) 591-3820
Facsimile: (612) 591-3870
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and to:
Bryan Cave LLP
2800 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85253
Attn: Frank M. Placenti, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 280-8451
Facsimile: (602) 266-5938
(b) If to the Company to:
Game Financial Corporation
P.O. Box 26000
Minneapolis, Minn. 55426
Attn: Gary A. Dachis
Telephone: (612) 404-6580
Facsimile: (612) 476-8051
with a copy to:
Ravich, Meyer, Wilson, Kirkman, McGrath & Nauman, PA
4595 IDS Center
Minneapolis, Minn. 55402
Attn: Paul H. Ravich, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 332-8511
Facsimile: (612) 332-8302
Section 12.6. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be
assigned by any of the parties hereto prior to the Effective Time without the
prior written consent of the other party hereto, except that Parent or
Acquisition Sub may assign to any direct subsidiary of Parent, including
Travelers Express Company, Inc. and Surviving Corporation, any and all rights,
interests and obligations of Parent or of Acquisition Sub under this Agreement.
Section 12.7. Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by
the party incurring such costs or expenses, subject to the rights of such party
contemplated under Section 7.6, above.
Section 12.8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made
in, and in all respects shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in
accordance with the internal laws of, the State of Minnesota.
Section 12.9. Interpretation. The article and section headings
contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not
part of the agreement of the parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement. The headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words "include," "includes," or
"including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation."
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Section 12.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or
instruments referred to herein including, but not limited to the Employment
Agreements, Stock Option Agreement, the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, the
Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Confidentiality Letter
and Exhibits and Schedules, the Disclosure Schedules referred to herein, which
Exhibits and Disclosure Schedules are incorporated herein by reference, embody
the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
representations, warranties, covenants, or undertakings, other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject
matter.
Section 12.11. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement
shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such
provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to
the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality
or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other
jurisdiction.
Section 12.12. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. Accordingly, the parties further agree that each party shall
be entitled to an injunction or restraining order 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 right or remedy to which such party may be entitled under
this Agreement, at law or in equity.
Section 12.13. Advice of Counsel. Each party represents and warrants
that in executing this Agreement: (a) such party has had the opportunity to
obtain independent accounting, financial, investment, legal, tax and other
appropriate advice; (b) the terms of the Agreement have been carefully read by
such party and its consequences explained to such party by his, her or its
independent advisors; (c) such party fully understands the terms and
consequences of this Agreement; (d) such party has not relied on any
inducements, promises or representations made by the other party (except those
expressly set forth herein) or the accountants, attorneys or other agents
representing or serving the other party; and (e) such party's execution of this
Agreement is free and voluntary.
Section 12.14. Disclosure Schedules. Company and Parent acknowledge
that the Schedules to this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule and the
Parent Disclosure Schedule (a) relate to certain matters concerning the
disclosures required and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) are
qualified in their entirety by reference to specific provisions of this
Agreement, (c) are not intended to constitute and shall not be construed as
indicating that such matter is required to be disclosed, nor shall such
disclosure be construed as an admission that such information is material with
respect to Company or Parent, as the case may be, except to the extent required
by this Agreement, and (d) disclosure of the information contained in one
section of the Company or Parent Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed as
proper disclosure for all sections of Company or Parent Disclosure Schedule, as
the case may be, unless specific cross reference citations are made.
Section 12.15. 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 shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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Section 12.16. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and the Surviving
Corporation and nothing in this Agreement or on any instrument or document
executed by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
express or implied, is intended to confer upon any other person (other than the
Surviving Corporation) any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under
this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent and the Company have caused this Agreement
to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and Parent
have caused this Agreement to be signed on behalf of Acquisition Sub, as of the
date first written above.
VIAD CORP,
A Delaware Corporation
By: /s/ Philip W. Milne
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Name: Philip W. Milne
Title: President and CEO of Travelers
Express Company, Inc.
GAME ACQUISITION CORP.,
a Minnesota corporation
By: /s/ Philip W. Milne
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Name: Philip W. Milne
Title: President and CEO of Travelers
Express Company, Inc.
GAME FINANCIAL CORP.,
A Minnesota Corporation
By: /s/ Gary A. Dachis
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Name: Gary A. Dachis
Title:
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SCHEDULE A
DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the meanings specified in the following section
of the Agreement:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Defined Word Section Where Defined
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<S> <C>
AAA Section 11.2
Acquisition Sub Introduction
Agreement Introduction
Award Section 11.3(j)
Breakup Fee Section 9.2(c)
Certificate Section 3.2(b)
Certificate of Merger Section 1.1
Closing Section 1.4
Closing Date Section 1.4
Company Introduction
Company Acquisition Section 9.2(c)
Company Charter Documents Section 4.4(b)
Company 10-KSB Section 4.3
Company Approvals Section 4.18
Company Common Stock Section 3.1(a)
Company Financial Statements Section 4.5
Company Proposals Section 7.3(a)
Company Reports Section 4.5
Company Required Approvals Section 4.4(c)
Company SEC Reports Section 4.5
Company Stockholders' Approval Section 7.4
Company Stockholders' Meeting Section 7.4
Contracts Section 4.15(b)
Controlled Group Section 4.20
Dachis Recitals
Effective Time Section 1.3
Escrow Agreement Section 8.3(q)
Exchange Agent Section 3.2(a)
Exchange Fund Section 3.2(a)
Exchange Ratio Section 3.1(a)
Expense Fee Section 9.2(b)
Fairness Opinion Section 8.1(i)
Hearing Section 11.3(b)
Indemnification Amount Section 10.3
Indemnified Event Section 10.3
Indemnified Loss Section 10.1
Indemnified Party Section 10.1
Indemnifying Party Section 10.1
Intellectual Property Section 4.14
Irrevocable Proxy Agreement Recitals
Mediation Section 11.2
Mediator Section 11.2
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Merger Section 1.1
Merger Consideration Section 3.2(b)
Options Section 3.4
Parent Introduction
Parent Adverse Impact Section 4.4(c)
Parent Common Stock Section 3.1(a)
Parent Financial Statements Section 5.4
Parent Required Approvals Section 5.3(c)
Parent SEC Reports Section 5.4
Parent 10-K Section 5.2
Permanent Panel Section 11.3(a)
Plan Section 4.20
Prospectus/Proxy Statement Section 7.3(a)
Proxy Statement Section 4.9
Recent Company Financial Statements Section 4.5
Recent Company Reports Section 4.3
Recent Parent Financial Statements Section 5.4
Recent Parent Reports Section 5.2
Registration Statement Section 5.7
Selling Shareholder's Agreement Recitals
Stock Option Agreement Recitals
Surviving Corporation Section 1.1
Taxpayer Section 4.19
Third Party Offer Section 7.2(a)
Tribal Consents Section 4.15(e)
Year 2000 Problem Section 4.14(d)
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As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning specified
below:
"Actual Knowledge" shall mean the facts and information that are within the
actual knowledge of Michael J. Berry, Joseph A. Hafermann, Anthony P. Ryan and
Stuart R. Meislik.
"Affiliate" with respect to any person, shall mean and include any person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person.
"Agreements" and "Contracts" shall include any written or oral contract,
purchase or sales order, franchise, insurance policy, license, undertaking,
arrangement, understanding,-commitment, document, lease, sublease, deed,
mortgage plan, plan, indenture, bill of sale, assignment, proxy, voting trust or
other agreement or instrument.
"Applicable Laws" shall mean all applicable provisions of all (i) constitutions,
treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations,
ordinances, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, orders or other
governmental authorization or approval of any Governmental Authority, (ii)
Governmental Approvals and (iii) orders, decisions, judgments, awards and
decrees of or agreements with any Governmental Authority.
"Approval" shall mean any consent, waiver, license, permit, certificate or
authorization.
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"Breach" shall mean any default, event of default or event, occurrence,
condition or act which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
breach, default, or event of default or give the other party or parties a right
to accelerate any obligation under the applicable agreement.
"Business Day" shall mean each weekday that is not a holiday under federal or
Minnesota law.
"COBRA" shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,
as amended.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all rules
and regulations and revenue rulings and revenue procedures and amendments
promulgated thereunder. All citations to the Codes or to the regulations
promulgated thereunder shall include any amendments or any substitute or
successor provisions thereto.
"Company Disclosure Schedule" shall mean the separate disclosure schedules
executed and delivered by the Company simultaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, as it may be amended prior to the Closing Date.
"Company Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any event, claim, occurrence or
change in circumstances that would or could have a material adverse effect upon
any of the properties, assets, business, financial condition, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries or the Surviving
Corporation, taken as a whole.
"Company's Counsel" shall mean any of the following firms who are acting as
legal counsel to the Company: Dorsey & Witney LLP, Faegre & Benson, Kaplan,
Strangis & Kaplan, P.A., Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, Briggs & Morgan,
Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP, or Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, PA.
"Dachis" shall mean Gary A. Dachis, together with his successors and assigns.
"DOJ" shall mean U.S. Department of Justice.
"Environmental Law" shall mean all Applicable Laws in effect as of the Closing
Date issued, promulgated, approved, or entered relating to the protection of the
environment, the protection of public health and safety from environmental
concerns, or the protection of worker health and safety.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Escrow Agent" shall mean the Escrow Agent that is a party to the Escrow
Agreement.
"Escrowed Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in the Selling
Shareholders' Agreement.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulators promulgated thereunder.
"FTC" shall mean the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
"GAAP" shall mean U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied from period to period.
"Game Price" shall mean $10.75 per share.
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"Governmental Authority" shall mean any regulatory body, agency,
instrumentality, department, commission, court, tribunal, authority or board of
any government, whether foreign or domestic and whether national, federal,
state, provincial or local, including all Native American Authorities.
"HSR Act" shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,
as amended.
"IRS" shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
"Liability" and "Liabilities" shall include any direct or indirect indebtedness,
claim, loss, damage, penalty, deficiency (including deferred income tax and
other net tax deficiencies), cost, expense, obligation, duties or guarantee,
whether accrued, absolute, or contingent, known or unknown, fixed or unfixed,
liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured or secured or unsecured.
"Maximum Indemnification Amount" shall mean Four Million and Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000).
"Native American Tribe" shall mean a sovereign nation state of Native American
descent recognized by the United States of America.
"Native American Authority" shall mean any regulatory body, agency,
instrumentality, department, commission, court, tribunal, authority, board or
other governing body of any Native American Tribe.
"NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
"Parent Disclosure Schedule" shall mean the separate disclosure schedule
executed and delivered by the Parent simultaneously with the execution and
deliver of this Agreement, as it may be amended prior to the Closing Date.
"Parent Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect on the
properties, assets, business, financial condition, results of operations or
prospects of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Person" shall include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization and a Government Authority or other legal body thereof or any other
entity.
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest published by The Wall Street
Journal each Business Day under the column "Money Rates" under the heading Prime
Rates or if The Wall Street Journal no longer publishes the Prime Rate, the
Prime Rate as established by other national financial newspapers.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Significant Shareholders" shall mean Gary A. Dachis, Stephen Weisbrod, Jeffrey
L. Ringer, Deanna Frederichs-Moose, Michael Barcelow, Louis Dachis and Jean
Williams.
"Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall mean all direct or indirect subsidiaries of
the Company or the Parent, as the case may be.
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"Tax" shall mean any federal, state, local, Native American Tribe, foreign or
provincial income, gross receipts, property, sales, profit, gross receipts,
capital, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, payroll, social security,
disability, occupation, property, severance, production, alternative or added
minimum, ad valorem, transfer or excise tax, or any other tax, custom, duty,
governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever,
together with any interest or penalty imposed by any Governmental Authority,
including all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such
amounts and any obligations under any agreements or arrangements relating to
such agreements.
"Tax Return" shall mean a report, return, statements or other information
(including any attached schedules or any amendments to such report, return or
other information) required to be supplied to or filed with a governmental
entity and any Native American Authority with respect to any Tax, including an
information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration or estimated
Tax.
"Termination Date" shall mean January 31, 1998, unless extended by the mutual
agreement of the Company and the Parent.
"Transfer" shall include any sale, pledge, gift, assignment, conveyance, lease
or disposition and the term "transferred" shall include sold, pledged, gave,
assigned, conveyed, leased or disposed of.
"Viad Price" shall mean the average of the closing sale price of Viad Common
Stock as listed on the NYSE for the 30 trading day period ending four trading
days prior to the Closing Date.
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EXHIBIT A
TO AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF MERGER
[FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO PARENT]
December _____, 1997
Game Financial Corporation
13705 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441
RE: Merger of Game Financial Corporation
with and into Game Acquisition Corp.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Viad Corp, a Delaware corporation
(the "Parent") and Game Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota corporation ("Acquisition
Sub"), in connection with the proposed merger of the Acquisition Sub with and
into the Company (the "Transaction"). Capitalized terms used without definition
herein are used with the meanings attributed to such terms in the Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of September 24, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement").
For the purpose of rendering this opinion, we have made, such factual
and legal examination as we deemed necessary under the circumstances, and in
that connection, we have examined or relied upon, among other things, originals
or copies of the following (collectively, the "Transaction Documents"):
1. The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 24,
1997, by and among the Parent, the Acquisition Sub and the Company;
2. The Selling Shareholder's Agreement, dated as of September
24, 1997, by and between the Parent and Gary A. Dachis;
3. The Escrow Agreement, dated as of September 24, 1997, by
and among Parent, Gary A. Dachis and the Escrow Agent identified
therein;
4. The Stock Option Agreement, dated as of September 24, 1997,
by and among the Parent and the Company; and
5. The Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, dated as of September 24,
1997, between the Parent, the Company and certain holders of Common
Stock of the Company set forth in such agreement.
With respect to certain factual matters relevant to this opinion, we
have relied solely upon, and assumed the accuracy, completeness and genuineness
of, certificates of public officials and if necessary, subsequent telephone
confirmation of the information included in such certificates, and various
certificates
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of officers of the Parent (the "Officers' Certificates") and other written and
oral representations made to us by officers of the Parent. With respect to
certain legal matters relevant to this opinion, we have relied solely upon, and
assumed the accuracy, completeness and genuineness of certificates and legal
opinion of the General Counsel of Parent and other written and oral
representations made to us by the Stuart Meislik, Assistant General Counsel of
the Parent and Scott E. Sayre, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of the
Parent. While we have no reason to believe that any of the information presented
in this letter or upon which we have relied in expressing any of the opinions
set forth herein is inaccurate or incomplete, we have not independently verified
the accuracy or completeness of such information.
In rendering this opinion, we have assumed:
(a) the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures of
persons executing the documents on behalf of the parties thereto (other
than on behalf of the Parent and Acquisition Sub);
(b) the authenticity and completeness of all documents
submitted to us as originals;
(c) the conformity to authentic original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic
copies;
(d) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the
documents by the parties thereto (other than the Parent and Acquisition
Sub);
(e) the legal capacity of all natural persons executing the
documents examined by us;
(f) that the documents delivered in connection with the
Transaction accurately describe and contain the mutual understanding of
the parties, and that there are no oral or written statements or
agreements that modify, amend, vary, or purport to modify, amend or
vary, any of the material terms of such documents; and
(g) that no party executing the documents delivered in
connection with the Transaction is involved in any court or
administrative proceeding relating to or otherwise affecting the
Transaction or subject to any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or governmental agency or commission that would prohibit the
execution and deliver of such documents or the consummation of any
transaction therein contemplated.
On the basis of the foregoing and subject to the limitations and
qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that as of the date
hereof:
1. Each of Parent and Acquisition Sub is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their states of
incorporation and have the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate their assets and properties and to carry on their respective
businesses as they are now being conducted.
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2. Parent and Acquisition Sub each are qualified to do business and are
in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the properties owned, leased or
operated by each or the nature of the businesses conducted by each makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good
standing will not, when taken together with all other such failures, have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
3. Parent has the power to vote all of the outstanding capital stock of
Acquisition Sub, and, as the sole stockholder of Acquisition Sub, has approved
the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder.
4. Parent has 200,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock, of which
96,484,329 shares are outstanding on July 31, 1997. Parent holds a number of
shares of Parent Common Stock sufficient to convert all Company Common Stock to
Parent Common Stock pursuant to Article III of the Merger Agreement, all of
which are or shall be validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free
of preemptive rights. Except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule or the Parent Form 10-K or any of the Recent Parent Reports,
as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the date hereof, there are no
outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts, voting
trusts, proxies and other commitments, understandings, restrictions and
arrangements, including any right of conversion or exchange under any
outstanding security, instrument or other agreement obligating Parent to issue,
deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of
the capital stock of Parent or obligating Parent or any subsidiary of Parent to
grant, extend or enter into any such agreement or commitment, except pursuant to
the Merger Agreement. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to
stockholders of the Company in the Merger will be at the Effective Time duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive
rights.
5. Parent and Acquisition Sub have full corporate power and authority
to enter into the Merger Agreement and the Other Transaction Documents and
subject to obtaining the Parent Required Approvals, to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Merger Agreement and Other Transaction Documents and the consummation by
Parent and Acquisition Sub of the transactions contemplated thereby have been
duly authorized by Parent's and Acquisition Sub's Boards of Directors, and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent and Acquisition Sub are
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and
the Other Transaction Documents and the consummation by Parent and Acquisition
Sub of the transactions contemplated thereby except for the obtaining of the
Parent Required Approvals. The Merger Agreement and the Other Transaction
Documents has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and
Acquisition Sub, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
hereof by the Company, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of
Parent enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective
terms, subject to the qualifications expressed herein.
6. Except as set forth in Section 5.3(b) of Parent Disclosure Schedule,
to the best of our knowledge, the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement
by Parent does not, and the consummation by Parent of the transactions
contemplated thereby will not, violate, conflict with or result in a breach of
any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the
termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
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result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the
creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the charters or By-Laws of Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject to obtaining the Parent Required Approvals,
any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order,
injunction, writ, permit or license of any court or governmental authority
applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets, and (iii) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust, license, franchise, permit, concession, contract, lease or other
instrument, obligation or agreement of any kind to which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries is now a party or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties or assets may be bound or affected, excluding
from the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) such violations, conflicts, breaches,
defaults, terminations, accelerations or creations of liens, security interests,
charges or encumbrances that would not, in the aggregate, have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect.
7. Except for Parent Required Approvals, no declaration, filing or
registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of, any
governmental or regulatory body or authority is necessary for the execution and
delivery of the Merger Agreement by Parent or the consummation by Parent or
Acquisition Sub of the transactions contemplated thereby, other than as
contemplated in the Merger Agreement and such filings, registrations,
authorizations, consents or approvals the failure of which to make or obtain, as
the case may be, will not, in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
In addition to the assumptions set forth above, the opinions expressed
herein are also subject to the following qualifications:
(a) This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of
Arizona, the federal laws of the United States currently in effect and
to facts known to us as they currently exist.
(b) No opinion is expressed by us as to the effect of the laws
of any other jurisdiction or as to matters of conflict or choice of
law. In every instance where the laws of another jurisdiction might
normally control the issue, we have nonetheless expressed our opinion
based upon the assumption (which we have not verified and as to which
we express no opinion) that the laws (including the principles of
conflict of laws) of such other jurisdiction is identical in all
respects to the current laws (excluding the principles of conflict of
laws) of the State of Arizona, and except where noted otherwise, the
United States.
(c) We undertake no obligation to supplement this opinion if
any applicable laws change, or if we become aware of facts that might
change the opinions expressed above, after the date of this opinion.
(d) The enforceability of any given document or provision
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or
similar federal or state laws, by general equity principles, by rules
of law governing other equitable remedies, and by certain other
limitations which may be imposed upon the availability of certain
remedies or the exercise of certain rights.
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(e) The qualification of any opinion or statement herein by
the use of the words "to our knowledge," or similar phrase, means that,
during the course of our representation of the Parent and the
Acquisition Sub in this transaction, no information has come to the
attention of the particular attorneys in our firm who have represented
the Parent and the Acquisition Sub in connection with the Transaction
that gives us current actual knowledge of the existence of the matters,
actions, proceedings, items, documents or facts so qualified.
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(f) We have not made any independent inquiry into, or review
or investigation of any orders, writs, judgments, injunctions,
determinations, awards or decrees by which the Company or any of its
properties may be bound or otherwise affected, or of suits,
investigations or proceedings, if any, pending or threatened against
the Parent and the Acquisition Sub except for a limited inquiry of the
Parent and the Acquisition Sub and the particular attorneys in our firm
referenced above, which did not reveal any information that would
negate or qualify the opinions expressed herein.
This opinion is furnished by us pursuant to Section 8.2(e) of the
Merger Agreement, as Special Counsel to the Parent and the Acquisition Sub,
solely to you for your benefit and may not be otherwise quoted or relied upon or
delivered to any person or entity, without our prior express written consent.
Very truly yours,
BRYAN CAVE LLP
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EXHIBIT B
TO AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF
MERGER
[FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY]
December __, 1997
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Game Acquisition Corp.
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Re: Merger of Game Financial Corporation
with and into Game Acquisition Corp.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Game Financial Corporation, a
Minnesota corporation (the "Company") in connection with the proposed merger of
Game Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota corporation ("Acquisition Sub") with and
into the Company (the "Transaction"). Capitalized terms used without definition
herein are used with the meanings attributed to such terms in the Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of September 24, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement"). This
opinion is furnished by us, as special counsel to the Company, pursuant to
Section ___ of the Merger Agreement.
For the purpose of rendering this opinion, we have made, such factual
and legal examination as we deemed necessary under the circumstances, and in
that connection we have examined or relied upon, among other things, originals
or copies of the following (collectively, the "Transaction Documents"):
1. The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 24, 1997, by
and among Viad Corp (the "Parent"), the Acquisition Sub and the Company;
2. The Selling Shareholder's Agreement, dated as of September 24, 1997,
by and between the Parent and Gary A. Dachis;
3. The Escrow Agreement, dated as of September 24, 1997, by and among
Parent, Gary A. Dachis and the Escrow Agent identified therein;
4. The Stock Option Agreement, dated as of September 24, 1997, by and
among the Parent and the Company; and
5. The Irrevocable Proxy Agreements dated as of September 24, 1997,
between the Parent, the Company and certain holders of Common Stock of the
Company set forth in such agreements.
With respect to certain factual matters relevant to this opinion, we
have relied solely upon, and assumed the accuracy, completeness and genuineness
of, certificates of public officials and if necessary, subsequent telephone
confirmation of the information included in such certificates, and various
certificates of officers of the
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Viad Corp
Game Acquisition Corp.
December __, 1997
Page 2
Company (the "Officers' Certificates"), including certificates of public
officials and officers of the Company delivered to you as of the date hereof,
and other written and oral representations made to us by officers of the
Company. [With respect to certain legal matters relevant to this opinion, we
have relied solely upon, and assumed the accuracy, completeness and genuineness
of the legal opinion of ______________, ______ counsel to the Company.] While we
have no reason to believe that any of the information presented in this letter
or upon which we have relied in expressing any of the opinions set forth herein
is inaccurate or incomplete, we have not independently verified the accuracy or
completeness of such information.
In rendering this opinion, we have assumed:
(a) the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures of persons
executing the documents on behalf of the parties thereto (other than on behalf
of the Company);
(b) the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us
as originals;
(c) the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies;
(d) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the documents by
the parties thereto (other than the Company);
(e) the legal capacity of all natural persons executing the documents
examined by us;
(f) that the documents delivered in connection with the Transaction
accurately describe and contain the mutual understanding of the parties, and
that there are no oral or written statements or agreements that modify, amend,
vary, or purport to modify, amend or vary, any of the material terms of such
documents; and
(g) that no party executing the documents delivered in connection with
the Transaction is involved in any court or administrative proceeding relating
to or otherwise affecting the Transaction or subject to any order, writ,
injunction or decree of any court or governmental agency or commission that
would prohibit the execution and deliver of such documents or the consummation
of any transaction therein contemplated.
On the basis of the foregoing and subject to the limitations and
qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that as of the date
hereof:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation and has the requisite
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and
properties and to carry on its businesses as they are now being conducted. The
Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each State listed
in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. While we have not made any
independent inquiry with respect thereto, we are not aware of any failure by the
Company to be qualified to do business with any Native American Tribe listed in
Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
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Viad Corp
Game Acquisition Corp.
December __, 1997
Page 3
2. The Company has 10,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock, of
which 4,522,522 shares are outstanding as of August 31, 1997, all of which are
or shall be validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of
preemptive rights, and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, none of which have
been issued or are outstanding. To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as
set forth in Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Recent
Company Reports, as of the date hereof there are no outstanding stock
appreciation rights, subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts,
voting trusts, proxies or other commitments, understandings, restrictions, or
arrangements, including any right of conversion or exchange under any
outstanding security, instrument or other agreement obligating the Company to
issue, deliver, sell or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares
of the capital stock of the Company or obligating the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such agreement or commitment
except pursuant to the Merger Agreement. To our knowledge after due inquiry,
except for the Stock Option Agreement or as set forth in Section 4.2 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no commitments, understandings,
restrictions or arrangements obligating the Company to purchase, redeem or
acquire, or register under any securities law any shares of capital stock or any
securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right
to subscribe to any shares of capital stock of the Company.
3. To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as set forth in Section
4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and for any obligations in connection
with the Merger Agreement, there are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or
other agreements or understandings to which the Company or any of the
Significant Shareholders of the Company is a party or to which any of them is
bound relating directly or indirectly to any Company Common Stock. To our
knowledge after due inquiry, except as stated in Section 4.2 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there has not been, and there is not as of the date hereof,
any change in the equity interest of the Common Stock of the Company since June
30, 1994. For purposes of this paragraph, "any change in the equity interest of
the Common Stock of the Company" includes but is not limited to: distributions
to shareholders of dividends; additional issuances, exchanges or retirements of
stock; reacquisition of shares (treasury shares); grants, exercises, or
cancellation of stock options; outstanding warrants; and spin-offs.
4. Each Subsidiary of the Company is set forth in Section 4.3 of the
Disclosure Schedule, is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. To our
knowledge after due inquiry, the Company has never had a Subsidiary that is not
listed in Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule as a subsidiary of the
Company. Each such Subsidiary is qualified to do business in the State(s) set
forth in Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. To our knowledge after
due inquiry, except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, all
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly
issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, and are owned
directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of any liens, claims,
encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges and options of any nature
whatsoever. Each then existing Subsidiary of the Company is listed in Exhibit 21
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31,
1996. To our knowledge after due inquiry, as of the Closing Date there are no
outstanding stock appreciation rights, subscriptions, options, warrants, rights,
calls, contracts, voting trusts, proxies or other commitments, understandings,
restrictions or arrangements relating to the issuance, sale, voting, transfer,
ownership or other rights affecting any shares of capital stock of any
Subsidiary of the Company, including any right of conversion or exchange under
any outstanding security, instrument or agreement. To our knowledge after due
inquiry, Section 4.3 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule
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sets forth a list of all corporations, partnerships, joint ventures and other
business entities in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly owns a material interest and such Subsidiaries' direct and indirect
share, partnership or other ownership interest of each such entity.
5. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into the Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement and subject to Company
Stockholders' Approval and the Company Required Approvals, to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Company's Board of Directors, and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution
and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, except for
the receipt of the Company Stockholders' Approval and the obtaining of the
Company Required Approvals. The Merger Agreement and the Option Agreement have
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Parent and the
Acquisition Sub, constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the Company
enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms.
6. Except as set forth in Section 4.4 of the Company's Disclosure
Schedule, the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Stock
Option Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated thereby will not, violate, conflict with or result
in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the
creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the respective charters or By-Laws of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject to obtaining the Company
Required Approvals and the receipt of the Company Stockholders' Approval, any
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, injunction,
writ, permit or license of any Governmental Authority (other than a Native
American Authority, as to which we express no opinion) known to us after due
inquiry to be applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets, or (iii) any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, concession, contract,
lease or other instrument, obligation or agreement of any kind known to us after
due inquiry to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is now a party or by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound or affected, excluding from the foregoing
clauses (ii) and (iii) such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults,
terminations, accelerations or creations of liens, security interests, charges
or encumbrances that would not, in the aggregate, have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
7. Except for (i) the filings by the Company, the Parent [or Dachis]
required by Title II of the HSR Act, (ii) the filing of the Proxy Statement with
the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Securities Act and the declaration
of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and filings with various blue sky
authorities, (iii) the filing of necessary certificates with the State of
Minnesota in connection with the Merger and (iv) any approval required with
respect to any license or permit required as a result of the Merger Agreement or
the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, no declaration, filing or
registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of, any
Governmental Authority (other than a Native American Authority) and to our
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knowledge, a Native American Authority, is necessary for the execution and
delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement by the Company
or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby,
except for such declarations, filings, registrations, notices, authorizations,
consents or approvals the failure of which to make or obtain, as the case may
be, will not, in the aggregate, have or may have a Company Material Adverse
Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect.
8. To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as disclosed in the
Recent Company Reports, the Recent Company Financial Statements, or Section 4.8
of the Company's Disclosure Schedule, (a) there are no claims, suits, actions or
proceedings pending or threatened, nor are there any investigations or reviews
pending or threatened, against, relating to or affecting the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, which, if adversely determined, are reasonably likely to have
a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (b) except as contemplated by the Company
Required Approvals, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject
to any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Authority
or any Arbitrator which prohibits or restricts the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or is reasonably likely to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect.
9. The Proxy Statement, together with all amendments and supplements
thereto, complies as to form in all material respects with all Applicable Laws,
including the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
10. To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as set forth in Section
4.10 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule or the Recent Company Reports, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated, is in violation of, or is
under investigation with respect to or has been given notice or been charged
with any violation of, any law, statute, order, rule, regulation, ordinance, or
judgment of any Governmental Authority, except for violations which in the
aggregate would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material
Adverse Effect.
11. To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as disclosed in the
Recent Company Reports, the Recent Company Financial Statements or Section 4.11
of the Company's Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in default in the performance or
observance of any term or provision of, and no event has occurred which, with
lapse of time or action by a third party (or both), would result in a default
under the respective charters or By-laws of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
12. The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Merger and
the transactions which are contemplated by the Merger Agreement and to which the
Company is a party. The provisions of MCL Section 302A.671 will not prevent, and
the provisions of MCL Section 302A.673 will not impair, impede or prevent, any
transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the grant of the
irrevocable proxies contemplated by the Irrevocable Proxy Agreements.
13. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Company Common Stock is the only vote of the holders of any class or
series of Company capital stock necessary to approve the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
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14. (a) To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as disclosed in
Section 4.15(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no material contract with a
customer or supplier of the Company or its Subsidiaries provides, by its terms,
for or permits the customer to terminate the Contract at will, for convenience,
without cause, or upon a change of the ownership or control of the Company.
(b) To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as disclosed in
Section 4.15(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no consent of any party to a
Contract (that is not a Native American Tribe) is required in connection with
the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.
15. To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as disclosed in Section
4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company Approvals is
subject to termination by their express terms as a result of the execution of
the Merger Agreement by the Company or the consummation of the Merger, and no
further Approvals will be required in order to continue to conduct the business
currently conducted by the Company subsequent to the Closing, except where the
termination of such Company Approvals or the lack of such further Company
Approvals would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material
Adverse Effect.
16. To our knowledge, there are no pending or threatened claims,
actions, audits, or examinations with respect to any of the Plans and any trust
created thereunder by any Governmental Authority. To our knowledge, there are no
pending or threatened claims with respect to any of the Plans and any trust
created thereunder, by any employee or former employee that participated in,
currently participates in, or is or was eligible to participate in, or
beneficiary covered under any such Plan, or otherwise involving any such Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits).
17. (a) To our knowledge, based on officers' certificates but without
any independent inquiry, except as set forth in Section 4.21(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in
compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws respecting
employment.
(b) To our knowledge after due inquiry, except as set forth in
Section 4.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no pending or
threatened claims against the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to
employment or employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours, or relating to employment discrimination, equal opportunity,
affirmative action, worker's compensation, occupational safety and health
requirements and unemployment insurance and related matters.
18. To our knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are not
subject to any collective bargaining agreement with respect to any of their
respective employees, and (ii) are not subject to any contract, written or oral,
with any trade or labor union, employees' association or similar organization.
19. Except as set forth in Section 4.21(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries have no employment contracts or
consulting agreements currently in effect that are not terminable at will (other
than agreements with the sole purpose of providing for the confidentiality of
proprietary information or assignment of inventions).
Nothing has come to our attention during the course of our engagement
in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement
which has caused us to believe that the Company has
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breached any of its representations, warranties or agreements therein or has
made an untrue statement of material fact or has omitted to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made in the Merger Agreement, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In addition to the assumptions set forth above, the opinions expressed
herein are also subject to the following qualifications:
(a) The qualification of any opinion or statement herein by the use of
the words "to our knowledge," or similar phrase, means that during the course of
our representation of the Company in this transaction, no information has come
to the attention of the particular attorneys in our firm who have represented
the Company in connection with the Transaction that gives us current actual
knowledge of the existence of the matters, actions, proceedings, items,
documents or facts so qualified.
(b) We have not made any independent inquiry into, or review or
investigation of any orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, determinations,
awards or decrees by which the Company or any of its properties may be bound or
otherwise affected, or of suits, investigations or proceedings, if any, pending
or threatened against the Company except for a limited inquiry of the Company
and the particular attorneys in our firm referenced above, which did not reveal
any information that would negate or qualify the opinions expressed herein.
(c) This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Minnesota, the
federal laws of the United States currently in effect and to facts known to us
as they currently exist.
(d) No opinion is expressed by us as to the effect of the laws of any
other jurisdiction or as to matters of conflict or choice of law. In every
instance where the laws of another jurisdiction might normally control the
issue, we have nonetheless expressed our opinion based upon the assumption
(which we have not verified and as to which we express no opinion) that the laws
(including the principles of conflict of laws) of such other jurisdiction is
identical in all respects to the current laws (excluding the principles of
conflict of laws) of the State of Minnesota, and except where noted otherwise,
the United States.
(e) The enforceability of any given document or provision thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar federal or state
laws, by general equity principles, by rules of law governing other equitable
remedies, and by certain other limitations which may be imposed upon the
availability of certain remedies or the exercise of certain rights, and with
respect to indemnification for violations of federal and state securities laws,
by public policy under such federal and state securities laws.
(f) We undertake no obligation to supplement this opinion if any
applicable laws change, or if we become aware of facts that might change the
opinions expressed above, after the date of this opinion.
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This opinion is furnished solely to you for your benefit and may not be
otherwise quoted or relied upon or delivered to any person or entity, without
our prior express written consent.
Very truly yours,
ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI, L.L.P.
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ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS, (Name) , an individual residing at ____________________________
_____________ ("ASSIGNOR") has assisted in developing certain software for Game
Financial Corporation, a Minnesota corporation having a place of business at
13705 First Avenue North, Plymouth, MN 55441-6114 ("ASSIGNEE"); and
WHEREAS, said software is used to acquire and process credit card cash advance
and check cashing transaction services in various gaming and retail locations,
and is used in conjunction with point of sale ("POS") terminal applications and
remote PC based application systems to process, manage, balance and reconcile
credit card and check cashing transactions, and includes, but is not limited to
the central office systems used to consolidate, process, reconcile and settle
the credit card and check cashing transactions acquired at remote gaming and
retail locations ("SOFTWARE"); and
WHEREAS, ASSIGNEE and ASSIGNOR desire to confirm that ASSIGNEE is the owner of
the SOFTWARE and all patent, copyright, trade secret and other intellectual
property rights therein ("INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of ten dollars ($10.00) and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ASSIGNOR
hereby assigns, grants, conveys and transfers unto ASSIGNEE and its successors
and assigns, ASSIGNOR's entire right, title and interest for the United States
and all other countries in and to said SOFTWARE and said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS, together with any and all exclusive rights therein throughout the world,
including all rights of action and damages for past infringement.
ASSIGNOR covenants and agrees for ASSIGNOR and his legal representatives, heirs
and assigns that ASSIGNOR will assist ASSIGNEE without expense to ASSIGNOR or
his legal representatives, heirs and assigns, in the making or prosecution of
any and all patent, copyright or other applications which ASSIGNEE may elect to
make covering said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, and in any administrative
proceedings, litigation or other proceedings that may arise involving said
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, and that ASSIGNOR will execute and deliver to
ASSIGNEE any and all additional documents and papers and perform any further
acts necessary to vest in ASSIGNEE the rights hereby conveyed.
ASSIGNOR warrants and represents that ASSIGNOR has full and unencumbered legal
and equitable title to said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, and that ASSIGNOR's
contributions to the SOFTWARE comprise original works of authorship, and do not
violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.
ASSIGNOR:
NAME
_____________________________
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STATE OF Minnesota )
) ss.
COUNTY OF ____________ )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _______ day of
________________, 1997 by (Name) .
____________________________________
Notary Public
SEAL
2
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EXHIBIT C
TO AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF
MERGER
ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS, (Company Name) , a/n _________________ corporation having a place of
business at _________________________________________ ("ASSIGNOR") has assisted
in developing certain software for Game Financial Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation having a place of business at 13705 First Avenue North, Plymouth, MN
55441-6114 ("ASSIGNEE"); and
WHEREAS, said software is used to acquire and process credit card cash advance
and check cashing transaction services in various gaming and retail locations,
and is used in conjunction with point of sale ("POS") terminal applications and
remote PC based application systems to process, manage, balance and reconcile
credit card and check cashing transactions, and includes, but is not limited to
the central office systems used to consolidate, process, reconcile and settle
the credit card and check cashing transactions acquired at remote gaming and
retain locations ("SOFTWARE"); and
WHEREAS, ASSIGNEE and ASSIGNOR desire to confirm that ASSIGNEE is the owner of
the SOFTWARE and all patent, copyright, trade secret and other intellectual
property rights therein ("INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of ten dollars ($10.00) and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ASSIGNOR
hereby assigns, grants, conveys and transfers unto ASSIGNEE and its successors
and assigns, ASSIGNOR's entire right, title and interest for the United States
and all other countries in and to said SOFTWARE and said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS, together with any and all exclusive rights therein throughout the world,
including all rights of action and damages for past infringement.
ASSIGNOR covenants and agrees for ASSIGNOR and its legal representatives,
successors and assigns that ASSIGNOR will assist ASSIGNEE without expense to
ASSIGNOR or its legal representatives, successors and assigns, in the making or
prosecution of any and all patent, copyright or other applications which
ASSIGNEE may elect to make covering said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, and in
any administrative proceedings, litigation or other proceedings that may arise
involving said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, and that ASSIGNOR will execute and
deliver to ASSIGNEE any and all additional documents and papers and perform any
further acts necessary to vest in ASSIGNEE the rights hereby conveyed.
ASSIGNOR warrants and represents that ASSIGNOR has full and unencumbered legal
and equitable title to said INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, and that ASSIGNOR's
contributions to the SOFTWARE comprise original works of authorship, and do not
violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.
ASSIGNOR:
COMPANY NAME
By_________________________________
Name_______________________________
Title________________________________
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STATE OF Minnesota )
) ss.
COUNTY OF ____________ )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____ day of
________________, 1997 by (Name) , (Title) of (Company Name) , a/n
____________ corporation, on behalf of the corporation.
_______________________________________
Notary Public
SEAL
2
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EXHIBIT D
TO AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF
MERGER
Viad Corp
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AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85077
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have executed this Affiliate Agreement as required by Section 8.3(s)
of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 24, 1997, among Viad
Corp, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Game Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota
corporation ("Acquisition Sub"), and Game Financial Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation (the "Company"), (hereinafter the "Merger Agreement"). I am
willingly undertaking the commitments contained in this Affiliate Agreement so
that the Parent and the Company may ensure that the merger contemplated by the
Merger Agreement (the "Merger") will qualify as a "pooling of interests" for
all accounting, reporting and tax purposes of the Parent and the Surviving
Corporation (as defined in the Merger Agreement). I understand that the Parent,
Acquisition Sub and the Company will rely on the representations, warranties,
covenants and undertakings that I make in this agreement and I agree that such
parties may so rely, and that their reliance is reasonable.
I further agree as follows:
1. I acknowledge, covenant and agree that the number of shares of
Parent Common Stock that I will receive in the Merger shall, as a percentage of
the shares of Parent Common Stock received by all shareholders of the Company
in the Merger, represent the same percentage interest that I held in the
Company immediately prior to the Closing Date of the Merger.
2. I further acknowledge, covenant and agree that I will not sell or
otherwise reduce my risk relative to the Parent Common Stock which I receive in
the Merger until financial results covering at least thirty (30) days of the
post-closing combined operations of the Parent and the Surviving Corporation
have been published.
3. I further acknowledge, covenant and agree that I have not and will
not reduce my risk relative to the number of Shares of the Company Common Stock
which I now own during the thirty-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Time of the Merger.
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4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, I further
acknowledge, covenant and agree that, during the periods described in
paragraphs 2 and 3 above, I will not sell, transfer, hypothecate, pledge,
hedge, sell short against the box, engage in the sale of put or call options
(whether covered or otherwise), or otherwise act to reduce the financial risks
associated with my ownership of such shares.
5. I agree that the foregoing covenants and agreements are supported by
adequate consideration, including the Parent Common Stock which I am to receive
in the Merger. I agree that this Affiliate Agreement is binding upon my heirs,
beneficiaries, executors, successors, representatives and permitted assigns, as
the case may be, and that this Affiliate Agreement may be enforced by the
Parent, the Acquisition Sub and the Surviving Corporation, and their respective
successors, representatives and assigns, and that this Affiliate Agreement may
be enforced against my estate, notwithstanding my intervening death or
incompetency.
6. I agree that this Affiliate Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with internal laws of the State of Minnesota applicable
to contracts made and to be performed therein. I irrevocably submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts within the State of Minnesota for the purpose of any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Affiliate Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby, and I hereby waive, to the extent not
prohibited by law, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or
otherwise, in any such proceeding, any claim that I am not subject personally to
the jurisdiction of the above-named courts. I further appoint Ravich, Meyer,
Wilson, Kirkman, McGrath & Nauman, P.A., who has agreed to accept service of
process on my behalf, as my authorized agent to receive service of process on my
behalf in connection with any legal matters or proceedings pertaining to this
Affiliate Agreement or to any transactions contemplated hereby. Alternatively,
at the option of the Parent, I consent to the service of process in any such
proceeding by registered or certified mail, return-receipt requested, at the
address indicated below.
7. I acknowledge that the Merger represents a unique opportunity for
the Parent to acquire the business and operations of the Company, and that such
acquisition represents a unique opportunity for the Parent to strengthen its
financial condition so as to permit the Parent to expand its current operations
and possibly to acquire additional businesses, and to improve its future
earnings. I further acknowledge that any failure of the Merger to qualify for
pooling-of-interests treatment for accounting, reporting and tax purposes would
constitute an immediate and irreparable harm to the Parent and Surviving
Corporation that would result in financial injury which would be substantial,
irreparable and not susceptible to measurement. Accordingly, I agree that the
Parent, Acquisition Sub and Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require
me to specifically perform my obligations under this Affiliate Agreement and to
sue me in any court in the State of Minnesota to obtain such specific
performance and enjoin any transaction inconsistent with the agreements which I
have made herein. I further agree to waive any requirement for a bond and not to
contest any of the matters as set forth in this paragraph 7 in the event of any
attempt by Parent, Acquisition Sub or Surviving Corporation to seek any such
equitable remedy.
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8. I agree that in the event of any action to enforce the covenants or
agreements that I have made in this Affiliate Agreement, the prevailing party
shall be entitled to the recovery of its attorneys' fees, expert fees and other
costs.
9. I agree that this Agreement shall terminate on the later of the one
year anniversary of the Merger or the complete performance of my obligations
under this Agreement.
SHAREHOLDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS:
By:
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Date:
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EXHIBIT 99.2
[EXECUTION COPY]
SELLING SHAREHOLDER'S AGREEMENT
dated as of September 24, 1997
by and between
VIAD CORP
and
GARY A. DACHIS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I.
ESCROW OF DACHIS SHARES
Section 1.1. Escrow of Dachis Shares......................................1
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DACHIS
Section 2.1. Authority....................................................2
Section 2.2. Accuracy of Company's Representations........................2
Section 2.3. Company Stock................................................2
Section 2.4. Subsidiaries.................................................3
Section 2.5. Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals......................3
Section 2.6. Reports and Financial Statements.............................4
Section 2.7. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities...........................4
Section 2.8. Absence of Certain Changes or Events.........................5
Section 2.9. Litigation...................................................5
Section 2.10. Accuracy of Proxy Statement.................................5
Section 2.11. No Violation of Law.........................................5
Section 2.12. Compliance with Organizational Document.....................5
Section 2.13. State Takeover Statutes.....................................6
Section 2.14. Vote Required...............................................6
Section 2.15. Intellectual Property.......................................6
Section 2.16. Validity of Contracts.......................................6
Section 2.17. Customers and Suppliers.....................................8
Section 2.18. Indebtedness To and From Officers, Directors and Others.....8
Section 2.19. Licenses and Permits........................................9
Section 2.20. Taxes and Returns...........................................9
Section 2.21. ERISA Related Matters......................................10
Section 2.22. Labor and Employment Matters...............................12
Section 2.23. Tax Free Structure.........................................13
Section 2.24. No Breach..................................................13
Section 2.25. Un-bank Agreements.........................................13
Section 2.26. No Undisclosed Liabilities.................................13
Section 2.27. Absence of Other Claims....................................13
Section 2.28. No Violations of Environmental Law.........................13
Section 2.29. No Tax Liabilities.........................................13
Section 2.30. No Criminal Conduct........................................14
Section 2.31. No Violations of Other Agreement...........................14
Section 2.32. No Vendor Liabilities......................................14
Section 2.33. Advisors and Investment Bankers............................14
Section 2.34. Complete Disclosure........................................14
Section 2.35. Complete Performance.......................................14
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ARTICLE III.
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS
Section 3.1. Agreement to Cooperate......................................14
Section 3.2. Confidentiality.............................................15
Section 3.3. Tax Treatment...............................................15
Section 3.4. Pooling.....................................................15
Section 3.5. Affiliates Agreements.......................................15
Section 3.6. Comply With Merger Agreement................................15
Section 3.7. Delivery of Certificate of Adequate Documentation...........15
Section 3.8. Continuation of Indemnities: No Circular Indemnities.......16
ARTICLE IV.
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 4.1. Termination.................................................16
Section 4.2. Effect of Termination or Abandonment........................16
ARTICLE V.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 5.1. Indemnification.............................................17
Section 5.2. Participation in Litigation.................................17
Section 5.3. Claims Procedure............................................17
Section 5.4. Payment of Indemnified Losses...............................18
Section 5.5. Limitations on Indemnity....................................18
Section 5.6. Special Indemnification.....................................18
Section 5.7. Manner of Payment...........................................19
ARTICLE VI.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 6.1. Representatives.............................................20
Section 6.2. Mediation..................................................20
Section 6.3. Arbitration.................................................20
ARTICLE VII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Definitions.................................................22
Section 7.2. Amendment and Modification..................................22
Section 7.3. Waiver......................................................22
Section 7.4. Survival....................................................22
Section 7.5. Notices.....................................................22
Section 7.6. Binding Effect; Assignment..................................24
Section 7.7. Expenses....................................................24
Section 7.8. Governing Law...............................................24
Section 7.9. Interpretation..............................................24
Section 7.10. Entire Agreement...........................................24
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Section 7.11. Severability...............................................24
Section 7.12. Specific Performance.......................................25
Section 7.13. Disclosure Schedules.......................................25
Section 7.14. Counterparts...............................................25
Section 7.15. Parties in Interest........................................25
EXHIBIT A FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT.....................................27
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SELLING SHAREHOLDER'S AGREEMENT
This SELLING SHAREHOLDER'S AGREEMENT, dated as of September 24, 1997
(this "Agreement"), is by and between VIAD CORP, a Delaware corporation
("Parent") and Gary A. Dachis, a significant shareholder of GAME FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation ("Company") (together with his successors
and assigns, "Dachis"), solely in his capacity as a shareholder and not in his
capacity as an officer or director of the Company.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent and the
Company have approved the merger ("Merger") of Game Acquisition Corp., a
Minnesota corporation ("Acquisition Sub") with and into the Company pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as
of the date hereof, by and among Parent, Acquisition Sub and the Company
("Merger Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent and Acquisition Sub
entering into the Merger Agreement, concurrently with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, Dachis has agreed to enter into this Agreement and has agreed
to and will enter into the Escrow Agreement, in substantially the form set forth
in Exhibit A or another form reasonably satisfactory to each of the parties
thereto ("Escrow Agreement"), by and among Parent, Dachis and the Escrow Agent
(as defined therein) on or before the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger
Agreement).
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, Parent
and Dachis, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows (capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the
Merger Agreement or, if not defined therein, the Escrow Agreement):
ARTICLE I.
ESCROW OF DACHIS SHARES
Section 1.1. Escrow of Dachis Shares. Pursuant to the terms of Section 3.6
of the Merger Agreement, and as security for the representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and other obligations of Dachis to the Parent or the
Surviving Corporation, at the Effective Time, Certificates that would otherwise
have been issued to Dachis in the Merger pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Merger
Agreement representing Parent Common Stock having an aggregate value (based upon
the Viad Price) equal to the sum of the Maximum Indemnification Amount (as
defined in Section 5.5(b)), and the Software Fee (as defined in Section 5.6)
shall be deposited with and held in escrow by the Escrow Agent (the "Escrowed
Shares"). All Escrowed Shares, together with the proceeds from the sale of any
Escrowed Shares and any interest accrued from such proceeds from the Closing
Date until its distribution in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement, shall be payable into and held in escrow pursuant to the terms of the
Escrow Agreement ("Escrowed Consideration"). Dachis may exercise any voting
rights that he may have with respect to the Escrowed Shares during the Escrow
Term and all dividends or other distributions (and interest accrued thereon)
payable with respect to the Escrowed Shares while such Escrowed Shares are held
in escrow during the Escrow Term shall be payable to Dachis.
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ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DACHIS
Dachis represents and warrants to Parent and Surviving Corporation as
follows:
Section 2.1. Authority. Dachis has the requisite capacity, power and
authority to enter into his Employment Agreement with the Company, the
Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Affiliate Agreement and
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. The Employment Agreement, the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement, the Affiliate Agreement and this Agreement have each been duly and
validly executed and delivered by Dachis and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery of such agreements by Parent and Company, if applicable,
constitute valid and legally binding agreements of Dachis enforceable against
him in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
enforcement may be limited by the laws of bankruptcy or insolvency, or laws
relating to creditor's rights generally.
Section 2.2. Accuracy of Company's Representations. To the best knowledge
of Dachis, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the
Merger Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
date of this Agreement and on and as of the Effective Time as if made on and as
of such date, except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement and except
those which in the aggregate would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or
Parent Adverse Impact.
Section 2.3. Company Stock. (a) The Company has 10,000,000 authorized
shares of Common Stock, of which 4,522,522 shares are outstanding as of August
31, 1997, all of which are or shall be validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, none of which have been issued or are outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock appreciation rights,
subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts, voting trusts,
proxies or other commitments, understandings, restrictions, or arrangements,
including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security,
instrument or other agreement obligating the Company to issue, deliver, sell or
cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of the capital stock of
the Company or obligating the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to grant,
extend or enter into any such agreement or commitment except pursuant to this
Agreement. Except as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement or set forth in
Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no commitments,
understandings, restrictions or arrangements obligating the Company to purchase,
redeem or acquire, or register under any securities law any shares of capital
stock or any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or
evidencing the right to subscribe to any shares of capital stock of the Company.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, and except for any obligations in connection with this Agreement,
there are not as of the date hereof and there will not be at the Closing Date,
any stockholder agreement, voting trust or other agreements or understandings to
which the Company or any of the Significant Shareholders of the Company are a
party or to which any of them is bound relating directly or indirectly to any
Company Common Stock or other capital stock. Except as stated in Section 4.2 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, there has not been, and there will not have
been on the Closing Date, any change in the equity interest of the Common Stock
or other capital stock of the Company since June 30, 1994. For purposes of this
subsection, "any change in the equity interest of the Common Stock or other
capital stock of the Company" includes but is not limited to: distributions to
shareholders of any dividends; additional issuances, exchanges or retirements of
stock;
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reacquisition of shares (treasury shares); grants, exercises, or cancellation of
stock options; outstanding warrants; and spin-offs.
Section 2.4. Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary of the Company is set forth in
Section 4.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and
operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted. The Company has never had a Subsidiary that is not listed in
Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule as a Subsidiary of the Company.
Except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of
such Subsidiaries is qualified to do business, and is in good standing in the
State(s) set forth in Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and
without limiting the foregoing, to the best knowledge of Dachis, is qualified to
do business with the Native American Tribes set forth in Section 4.3 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. Any such Subsidiary does not lease or operate
properties or otherwise conduct business in any other State or to the best
knowledge of Dachis, with any Native American Tribe. Except as set forth in
Section 4.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, all of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free
of preemptive rights, and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free
and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances, security interests, equities,
charges and options of any nature whatsoever. Each then existing Subsidiary of
the Company is listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company 10-KSB. As of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock appreciation rights,
subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts, voting trusts,
proxies or other commitments, understandings, restrictions or arrangements
relating to the issuance, sale, voting, transfer, ownership or other rights
affecting any shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company,
including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security,
instrument or agreement. Section 4.3 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a complete list of all corporations, partnerships, joint ventures and
other business entities in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly
or indirectly owns an interest and such Subsidiaries' direct and indirect share,
partnership or other ownership interest of each such entity.
Section 2.5. Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals. (a) The Company has
full corporate power and authority to enter into the Merger Agreement and the
Stock Option Agreement and subject to Company Stockholders' Approval and the
Company Required Approvals, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
The execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the Stock
Option Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of
Directors, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and
the Stock Option Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except for receipt of the Company
Stockholders' Approval and the obtaining of the Company Required Approvals. The
Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement have been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by Parent and Acquisition Sub, constitute valid
and legally binding agreements of the Company enforceable against it in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement
may be limited by the laws of bankruptcy or insolvency, or laws relating to
creditors' remedies generally.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.4 of the Company's Disclosure
Schedule, the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Stock
Option Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated thereby will not, violate, conflict with or result
in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the
creation of
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any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of (i) the respective charters or By-Laws of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject to obtaining the Company
Required Approvals and the receipt of the Company Stockholders' Approval, any
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, injunction,
writ, permit or license of any Governmental Authority (other than a Native
American Authority), or to the best knowledge of Dachis, any Native American
Authority, applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets, or (iii) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, concession, contract, lease or other
instrument, obligation or agreement of any kind to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is now a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or
affected, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) such violations,
conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations or creations of
liens, security interests, charges or encumbrances that would not, in the
aggregate, have or may have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse
Impact.
(c) Except for the Company Required Approvals, no declaration,
filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval
of, any Governmental Authority (other than a Native American Authority), or, to
the best knowledge of Dachis, any Native American Authority, is necessary for
the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Option Agreement by
the Company or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby, except for such declarations, filings, registrations, notices,
authorizations, consents or approvals the failure of which to make or obtain, as
the case may be, will not, in the aggregate, have or may have a Company Material
Adverse Effect or a Parent Adverse Impact.
Section 2.6. Reports and Financial Statements. Since December 31, 1992,
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all forms, statements,
reports and documents (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements
thereto) required to be filed by them under each of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, applicable laws and regulations of the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' jurisdictions of incorporation and the respective rules and
regulations thereunder, all of which complied in all material respects with all
applicable requirements of the appropriate act and the rules and regulations
thereunder. The Company has delivered to Parent true and complete copies of its
Company SEC Reports, and the Recent Company Financial Statements and will
deliver copies of all Company Reports filed after the date hereof but before the
Closing Date. As of their respective dates, the Company SEC Reports did not
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 therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Company Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof
and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto), subject, in
the case of the unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year end and
audit adjustments and any other adjustments described therein.
Section 2.7. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Section 4.6 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule or in the Recent Company
Reports, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries had at December 31,
1996, or has incurred since that date, any liabilities or obligations (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of any nature, except liabilities,
obligations or contingencies (a) which are accrued or reserved against in the
Recent Company Financial Statements or reflected in the notes thereto or (b)
which were incurred after December 31, 1996, and were incurred in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices and, in either case,
except for any such
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liabilities, obligations or contingencies which (i) would not, in the aggregate,
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact, (ii) have been
discharged or paid in full prior to the date hereof; or (iii) would not be
required to be disclosed in the Company Financial Statements or the notes
thereto.
Section 2.8. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in
Section 4.7 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule or in the Recent Company
Reports, since December 31, 1996, there has not been any material adverse change
in the business, financial condition or the results of operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole that would result in a Company Material
Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact and the Company and its Subsidiaries
have in all material respects conducted their respective businesses in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice.
Section 2.9. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Recent Company
Reports, the Recent Company Financial Statements, or Section 4.8 of the
Company's Disclosure Schedule, (a) there are no claims, suits, actions or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Dachis, threatened, nor to the
knowledge of Dachis are there any investigations or reviews pending or
threatened, against, relating to or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which, if adversely determined, is reasonably likely to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect; (b) there have not been any developments since
December 31, 1996 with respect to such claims, suits, actions, proceedings,
investigations or reviews which, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably
likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (c) except as contemplated
by the Company Required Approvals, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of
any Governmental Authority, or any arbitrator which prohibits or restricts the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or is reasonably likely to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact.
Section 2.10. Accuracy of Proxy Statement. The Proxy Statement which shall
be included in the Registration Statement will not at the time of the mailing of
the Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto (unless the same is
corrected prior to the Company Stockholders' Meeting), and at the time of the
Company Stockholders' Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading or necessary to correct any statement in any
earlier filing with the SEC of such Proxy Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto or any earlier communication to stockholders of the Company
with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Proxy
Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with all Applicable
Laws, including the provisions of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no representation is made by Dachis with respect to information
supplied by Parent or Acquisition Sub or their representatives specifically for
inclusion in the Proxy Statement.
Section 2.11. No Violation of Law. Except as set forth in Section 4.10 of
the Company's Disclosure Schedule or the Recent Company Reports, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated, is in violation of, or, to the
knowledge of Dachis, is under investigation with respect to or has been given
notice or been charged with any violation of, any law, statute, order, rule,
regulation, ordinance, or judgment of any Governmental Authority, except for (a)
any violations which in the aggregate would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect or Parent Adverse Impact and (b) subject to Section 2.19, any violations
which arise solely from the failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
obtain Company Approvals from any Native American Authority.
Section 2.12. Compliance with Organizational Document. Except as disclosed
in the Recent Company Reports, the Recent Company Financial Statements or
Section 4.11 of the Company's Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of Dachis,
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have not violated, are not
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in breach or violation of or in default in the performance or observance of any
term or provision of, and no event has occurred which, with lapse of time or
action by a third party (or both), could result in a default under the
respective charters or By-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 2.13. State Takeover Statutes. The Board of Directors of the
Company has approved the Merger and any related transactions and the provisions
of MCL Section 302A.671 will not prevent, and the provisions of MCL 302A.673
will not impair, impede or prevent, any transaction contemplated hereby,
including the granting of the irrevocable proxy contemplated by the Irrevocable
Proxy Agreement.
Section 2.14. Vote Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding Company Common Stock is the only vote of the holders
of any class or series of Company capital stock necessary to approve the Merger
or the other transactions contemplated herein.
Section 2.15. Intellectual Property. Set forth on Section 4.14 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule is a complete list of the Intellectual Property.
Except as set forth in Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a) The Company or its Subsidiaries are the sole and exclusive owner
of, or has the unrestricted right to use, any and all Intellectual Property, and
all items of Intellectual Property are valid and subsisting and Section 4.14 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies the owner, licensor and licensee of
each item of Intellectual Property, as applicable;
(b) The conduct of the business and operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries and the ownership, manufacture, purchase, sale, licensing, use
and performance of the products or services of the Company and its Subsidiaries
do not contravene, conflict with, violate or infringe upon any patent,
trademark, service mark, copyright or other intellectual property right of a
third party and no proprietary information or trade secret has been
misappropriated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from any third party.
In addition, the use, licensing or sale by or to the Company as its Subsidiaries
of any of the Intellectual Property does not require the acquiescence, agreement
or consent of any third party;
(c) To Dachis' knowledge, the Intellectual Property, and the
Company's products and services are not subject to a challenge or claim of
infringement, interference or unfair competition or other claim and the
Intellectual Property, is not being infringed upon or violated by any third
party;
(d) With respect to any software included in the Intellectual
Property, there is no Year 2000 Problem, and the software will create, store and
generate output data related to or including dates on or after January 1, 2000,
without errors or omissions;
(e) Each item of software owned, used or licensed by the Company and
its Subsidiaries is fully operative, sufficiently developed and is currently
capable of performing its intended application(s) as described in Section 4.14
of the Company Disclosure Schedule; and
(f) The Intellectual Property is sufficient, fit and adequate for
the reasonably anticipated or intended future business and operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 2.16. Validity of Contracts. (a) Except for contracts, leases,
commitments, plans, agreements and licenses, together with all amendments
thereto, listed in Section 4.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (complete
and accurate copies of which have been delivered to Parent) and the agreements
entered into in connection with the Merger, the Company and its Subsidiaries are
neither a party to nor subject to:
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(i) any plan or contract providing for bonuses, pensions,
options, stock purchases, profit sharing, severance or termination pay,
collective bargaining or the like, or any contract or agreement with any
labor union;
(ii) any employment contract or contract for services which
requires the payment of $30,000 or more annually or which is not
terminable within 30 days by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
without liability for any penalty or severance payment other than pursuant
to the Company's severance policies existing on the date hereof;
(iii) any contract or agreement for the purchase of any
commodity, material or equipment except purchase orders in the ordinary
course for less than $50,000 each;
(iv) any other contracts or agreements creating any obligation
of the Company or its Subsidiaries of $50,000 or more with respect to any
such contract;
(v) any contract or agreement providing for the purchase of
all or substantially all of its requirements of a particular product from
a supplier;
(vi) any contract or agreement which by its terms does not
terminate or is not terminable by the Company or its Subsidiaries or any
successor or assign within six months after the date hereof without
payment of a penalty of $50,000 or more;
(vii) any contract or agreement for the sale or lease of its
products or services not made in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) any contract with any sales agent or distributor of
products or services of the Company or any subsidiary;
(ix) any contract containing covenants limiting the freedom of
the Company or its Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with
any person or entity;
(x) any contract or agreement for the purchase of any fixed
asset for a price in excess of $50,000 whether or not such purchase is in
the ordinary course of business;
(xi) any license agreement (as licensor or licensee);
(xii) any indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan
agreement, guaranty or other agreement or commitment for the borrowing of
money and any related security agreement;
(xiii) any contract or agreement with any officer, employee,
director or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary or with any
persons or organizations controlled by or affiliated with any of them;
(xiv) any partnership, joint venture, or other similar
contract, arrangement or agreement;
(xv) any registration rights agreements, warrants, warrant
agreements or other rights to subscribe for securities, any voting
agreements, voting trusts, shareholder agreements or other similar
arrangements or any stock purchase or repurchase agreements or stock
restriction agreements; or
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(xvi) any other contract, written or oral, not described in
subsections (i) - (xv) which is material to the business or operations of
the Company.
(b) All Contracts are valid and are in full force and effect and
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement may be limited by the
laws of bankruptcy or insolvency or other laws relating to creditors' remedies
generally. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any other party to any
Contract of the Company or a Subsidiary, is in default in complying with any
provisions thereof, and no condition or event or facts exists which, with
notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereof on the part of
either of the Company, or any Subsidiary or on the part of any other party
thereto in any such case that could have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as disclosed in Section 4.15(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Contract with a customer or supplier of the Company or its
Subsidiaries provides, by its terms, for or permits the customer to terminate
the Contract at will, for convenience, without cause, or upon a change of the
ownership or control of the Company.
(d) Except as disclosed in Section 4.15(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no consent of any party to a Contract that is not a Native American
Tribe is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and in the Merger Agreement.
(e) With respect to any Contracts to which a Native American Tribe
is a party, to the best knowledge of Dachis, except as disclosed in Section
4.15(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no consent of any Native American
Tribe is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and in the Merger Agreement.
Section 2.17. Customers and Suppliers. Section 4.16 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all
customers from which the Company has received revenues of over $100,000 and the
10 largest suppliers of the Company and its Subsidiaries by volume of purchases,
for each of the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 and for the six
month period ended June 30, 1997. Except as set forth in Section 4.16 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received
any indication from any material supplier of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the effect that, and has no reason to believe that, such
supplier will stop, or materially decrease the rate of, supplying materials,
products or services to the Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in
Section 4.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have not received any indication from any material customer of the
Company or its Subsidiaries to the effect that, and has no reason to believe
that, such customer will stop, or materially decrease the use of the services of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 2.18. Indebtedness To and From Officers, Directors and Others.
Except as set forth in Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (a) the
Company and its Subsidiaries are not indebted to any shareholder, director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company and its Subsidiaries except for
amounts due as normal salaries, wages, overtime payments, employee benefits and
bonuses and in reimbursement of ordinary expenses on a basis consistent with the
past practices of the Company and (b) no shareholder, director, officer,
employee or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is indebted to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for advances for ordinary business
expenses on a basis consistent with the past practices of the Company.
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Section 2.19. Licenses and Permits. Section 4.18 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all Company Approvals required from any Governmental Authority
(other than a Native American Authority) and to the best knowledge of Dachis,
any Native American Authority in order for the Company and its Subsidiaries to
conduct its business. The Company has obtained all Company Approvals (other than
from Native American Authorities), which are valid and in full force and effect,
and to the best knowledge of Dachis, the Company has obtained all Company
Approvals from Native American Authorities and to the Company's knowledge, such
approvals are in full force and effect, except where the lack of such Company
Approvals would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse
Impact. Except as disclosed in Section 4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
none of the Company Approvals is subject to termination by their express terms
as a result of the execution of this Agreement by the Company or the
consummation of the Merger. No further Company Approvals (other than from Native
American Authorities) and, to the best knowledge of Dachis, no further Company
Approvals from any Native American Authority will be required in order to
continue to conduct the business currently conducted by the Company subsequent
to the Closing, except where the termination of such Company Approvals or the
lack of such further Company Approvals would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. Except as disclosed in Section 4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
or in any other schedule thereto, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to nor bound by any agreement, judgment, decree or order
which may have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Adverse Impact.
Section 2.20. Taxes and Returns. (a) Except as disclosed in Section
4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Taxpayer has timely filed, or
caused to be timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed and all such
returns were complete and accurate in all material respects, and has paid,
collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all Taxes
required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which
adequate reserves in the Company Financial Statements have been established or
which are being contested in good faith. Except as set forth in Section 4.19(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no claims or assessments pending
against any Taxpayer for any alleged deficiency in any Tax, and no Taxpayer has
been notified in writing of any proposed Tax liens, claims or assessments
against any Taxpayer (other than in each case, claims or assessments for which
adequate reserves in the Company Financial Statements have been established or
which are being contested in good faith). Except as set forth in Section 4.19(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Taxpayer has any waivers or extensions of
any applicable statute of limitations to assess any Taxes in excess of $10,000.
Except as set forth in Section 4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
are no outstanding requests by any Taxpayer for any extension of time within
which to file any material Tax Return or within which to pay any material
amounts of Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return.
(b) To the best knowledge of Dachis, there are no liens for material
amounts of Taxes on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except
for statutory liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable.
(c) Other than as set forth on Section 4.19(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there have been no audits and there are no ongoing audits
of any Tax Returns or reports of any Tax filed by Taxpayer. There is set forth
on Section 4.19(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule a brief description of the
status of all prior audits, all ongoing audits and all notifications of audits
for any Taxpayer, and except as otherwise disclosed on such Section 4.19(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule all deficiencies resulting from such audits have
either been paid or adequately provided for in the Company Financial Statements.
(d) Section 4.19(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
all elections made by Taxpayer in the past five years that remain in effect for
any Taxpayer with respect to Taxes. Except as
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set forth on Section 4.19(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no
ongoing audit adjustments of Taxes that will affect taxable periods subsequent
to the audit.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.19(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (i) there has not been made with respect to any Taxpayer, or any
property held by any Taxpayer, any consent under Section 341 of the Code (or any
corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign income Tax Law), (ii) no
property of any Taxpayer is "tax exempt use property" within the meaning of
Section 168(h) of the Code, and (iii) no Taxpayer is a party to any lease made
pursuant to former Section 168(f)(8) of the Code.
(f) Except as set forth in Section 4.19(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Taxpayer is party to any Tax sharing agreement or any other
agreement with respect to Taxes.
(g) Except as disclosed in Section 4.19(g) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company with
respect to Taxes due and payable after the Closing Date have been presented in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 4.19(h) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Taxpayer is a party to any joint venture, partnership, or other
arrangement or contract that could be treated as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes.
Section 2.21. ERISA Related Matters. (a) Section 4.20 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all Plans of the Company and
its Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company has delivered to Parent true, complete and correct
copies, together with all amendments thereto, of (i) each Plan (other than
certain union Plans listed in Section 4.20(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
which cannot be obtained upon reasonable effort or, in the case of any unwritten
Plans, descriptions thereof), (ii) the three most recent annual reports on Form
5500 filed with the IRS with respect to each Plan (if any such report was
required), (iii) the most recent summary plan description for each Plan for
which such a summary plan description is required, (iv) each trust agreement and
group annuity contract relating to any Plan; (v) reasonable evidence of adoption
for each Plan; and (vi) a complete copy of each IRS determination letter for
each Plan for which such a letter was obtained. Neither the Company nor any
corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which would be or
was treated as a member of Controlled Group, is now sponsoring or contributing
to or ever has sponsored or contributed to, prior to the Closing Date, any Plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.20 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there exists no liability in connection with any Plan that has been
terminated and all procedures for termination of such plans have been properly
followed.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any of the
Plans, or any trust created thereunder, or any trustee or administrator thereof,
or any other "disqualified person" within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of
the Code, has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Company or
any such Subsidiaries or any trustee or administrator of the Plans or any such
trust, or any other such "disqualified person," could be subject to either a
liability or civil penalty assessed pursuant to Sections 409, 502(i) or 502(l)
of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 through 4980 of the Code.
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(e) Except as described in Section 4.20(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, each of the Plans and any trust created thereunder has been operated
and administered in accordance with its terms and in compliance with Applicable
Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. There are no pending or
threatened claims, action, audits, or examinations with respect to any of the
Plans and any trust created thereunder by any Governmental Authority. There are
no pending or threatened claims with respect to any of the Plans and any trust
created thereunder, by any employee or former employee that participated in,
currently participates in, or is or was eligible to participate in, or
beneficiary covered under any such Plan, or otherwise involving any such Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits).
(f) All contributions required to be made to each Plan have been
timely made or accrued for on the Company Financial Statements. All account
allocations required to have been made under each Plan and Applicable Law have
been made.
(g) None of the Plans or any trust established thereunder has
incurred any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of
ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal year of each of the Plans. No contribution failure has
occurred with respect to any Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under
Section 302(f) of ERISA.
(h) With respect to any Plan that provides welfare benefits as
defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, except as disclosed in Section 4.20 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, no such Plan is unfunded or funded through a
welfare benefits fund, as such term is defined in Section 419(e) of the Code.
(i) With respect to any "welfare plan" (as defined in Section 3(1)
of ERISA) which qualifies as a "group health plan" under Section 607(1) of ERISA
and Section 4980B of the Code and related regulations (relating to the benefit
continuation rights imposed by COBRA), the Company, and each of its
Subsidiaries, such group health plan and the administrator of such group health
plan have all complied, in all material respects, with all reporting,
disclosure, notice, election and other benefit requirements imposed under COBRA,
as and when applicable; and the Company has not incurred any direct or indirect
liability, nor is the Company subject to any loss, assessment, excise tax
penalty, loss of federal income tax deduction or other sanction arising on
account of or in respect of any direct or indirect failure to comply with such
COBRA requirements.
(j) With respect to each Plan that is funded wholly or partially
through an insurance policy, there will be no liability of the Company or its
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date that has not been either paid or reasonably
estimated and reserved for in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(k) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.20(k) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (A) result in any
payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation,
golden parachute or otherwise) becoming due from the Company under any Plan, (B)
increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (C) result in the
acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.
(l) The Company has not announced any plan or made any legally
binding commitment to create additional benefits which are intended to cover
employees or former employees of the Company or to make any amendment or
modifications to any Plan that covers or has covered or is available to the
Company employees or former employees other than as set forth in Section 4.20(l)
of the
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Company Disclosure Schedule or as required by Applicable Law. No payment under
any Plan will not be deductible by the Company by reason of failure to comply
with any provisions of the Code.
(m) The Company does not, nor has it ever contributed to or
participated in any Multiemployer Plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
Section 2.22. Labor and Employment Matters. (a) (a) Except as set forth in
Section 4.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material respects with all
Applicable Laws relating to employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, and such laws respecting
employment discrimination, equal opportunity, affirmative action, worker's
compensation, occupational safety and health requirements and unemployment
insurance and related matters, and is not engaged in and has not engaged in any
unfair labor practice as defined under Applicable Laws.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries are not delinquent or in
arrears in payments to any of their respective employees or agents for any
wages, salaries, commission, overtime payments, bonuses or other direct
compensation for any services performed by them or benefits required to be
provided or amounts required to be reimbursed to such officers, directors,
employees or agents.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.21(c), if the employment of
any such officers, directors, employees or agents terminates for any reason,
neither Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub nor the Surviving Corporation will,
pursuant to any agreement in effect, or by reason of any act or omission by
Company or any subsidiary before the Effective Time, be liable to any of such
officers, directors, employees or agents for so-called "severance pay" or any
other payments, benefits or damages.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 4.21(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there is no material controversy pending or, to the knowledge of
Dachis, threatened between Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand and any
of its employees or consultants or former employees or consultants, on the other
hand.
(e) Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have never been and are not now
subject to a union organizing effort, (ii) are not subject to any collective
bargaining agreement with respect to any of their respective employees, and
(iii) are not subject to any other contract, written or oral, with any trade or
labor union, employees' association or similar organization. Company and its
Subsidiaries have good labor relations, and have no knowledge of any facts
indicating that the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
have a Company Adverse Effect on such labor relations, and has no knowledge that
any of their key employees intends to leave their employ.
(f) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.21(f), Company and its
Subsidiaries have no employment contracts or consulting agreements currently in
effect that are not terminable at will (other than agreements with the sole
purpose of providing for the confidentiality of proprietary information or
assignment of inventions). To the knowledge of Dachis, no employee of Company
and its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of any employment contract,
patent disclosure statement, noncompetition agreement, or any other contract or
agreement, or any restrictive covenant, relating to the right of any such
employee to be employed thereby, or to use proprietary information of others,
and the employment of such employees does not subject Company and its
Subsidiaries to any claim by any other Person.
(g) A list of all employees, officers and consultants of Company and
its Subsidiaries and their current compensation is set forth on Section 4.21(g)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Such
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list also describes any vested benefits, including, without limitation, vacation
or sick pay, which each Person on such list is entitled to receive from Company.
Section 2.23. Tax Free Structure. To the knowledge of Dachis (a) the
Merger, together with the other transactions contemplated under this Agreement,
shall qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the provisions of Section
368(a)(1)(B) of the Code, and (b) each of the Company and Dachis has not taken
any action, or failed to take any action that would make the Merger ineligible
as a tax-free reorganization.
Section 2.24. No Breach. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not in
breach of any agreement, covenant, representation, warranty, or other obligation
of Company made or incurred under or pursuant to the Merger Agreement or any
document delivered pursuant thereto.
Section 2.25. Un-bank Agreements. All agreements or arrangements between
the Company and Un-bank Company LLP are on terms no less advantageous to the
Company than could be secured from an unaffiliated third party in a transaction
negotiated at arm's-length. The Company has made no material payments to Un-bank
Company LLP or any of its principals or members in connection with or arising
from any business between the Company and Un-bank Company LLP.
Section 2.26. No Undisclosed Liabilities. There exists no basis for
assertion against the Company (or any Party whom the Company would be required
to indemnify) and the Company has no liability for any claim against the Company
or any of its Affiliates in connection with the business of the Company and any
of its Subsidiaries conducted prior to the Closing Date (including claims for
injury, property or economic damage or any product or strict liability claim
arising from the design, sale or distribution of or exposure to any product or
component thereof or the provision of any service by the Company or any
Subsidiary), other than claims specifically identified in the Merger Agreement.
Section 2.27. Absence of Other Claims. There exists no basis for assertion
against the Company (or any party whom the Company would be required to
indemnify) and the Company has no liability for any claim of the type described
in Sections 10.1(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) or (k) of the Merger Agreement.
Section 2.28. No Violations of Environmental Law. The Company has not
violated and will have no liability under any Environmental Law (including
remediation expenses), including any such liability arising out of the conduct
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date which is
imposed upon Parent or the Surviving Corporation; whether or not disclosed or
required to be disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule. There will be no
presence of any real property owned, used or leased by the Company or in the
improvements thereon at or prior to the Closing Date, including without
limitation on the soil, sub-soil and groundwater, of "hazardous substances,"
"hazardous waste," "hazardous constituents" and "solid waste" (as those terms
are defined in any applicable U.S. federal, state or local or foreign statute,
regulation, ordinance or requirement of any kind) in any quantity.
Section 2.29. No Tax Liabilities. The Company does not have any
liabilities for Taxes of others, including, but not limited to the Company or
any Affiliate (for example, by reason of transferee liability or application of
Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-6), damage or Indemnified Loss payable with respect
to Taxes claimed or assessed against the Company (a) for any taxable period
ending on or before the Effective Time or as a result of transactions
contemplated under the Merger Agreement (including any Section 338(h)(10)
election) or (b) for any taxable period as a result of a breach of any of the
representations or warranties contained in Section 4.19 of the Merger Agreement.
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Section 2.30. No Criminal Conduct. To the knowledge of Dachis, neither the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries have engaged in any criminal misconduct,
whether or not disclosed or required to be disclosed on the Company Disclosure
Schedule.
Section 2.31. No Violations of Other Agreement. There has been, and as of
the Effective Time, there will be no breach of any agreement, covenant,
representation, warranty or other obligation by Dachis under the Irrevocable
Proxy Agreement, the Affiliate Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or this
Agreement.
Section 2.32. No Vendor Liabilities. There are and as of the Effective
Time there will be no losses arising out of any joint liability due to
affiliations, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other similar
business arrangements, whether by contract or operation of law in which Company
or Dachis participated prior to the Closing Date.
Section 2.33. Advisors and Investment Bankers. Except for the Company's
investment banking firm, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., whose advisory fee
arrangement has been disclosed to Parent prior to the date hereof, no broker,
advisor, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, advisor's,
finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the Merger or the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement based upon arrangements made
by or on behalf of the Company.
Section 2.34. Complete Disclosure. Neither the Merger Agreement, the Stock
Option Agreement, the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or this
Agreement, nor any of the certificates or documents required to be delivered by
Company and/or Dachis to Parent under the Merger Agreement as a condition to
closing, taken together, contains a statement of a material fact that is untrue
in any material respect, or omits to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements contained herein and therein, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading in any
material respect.
Section 2.35. Complete Performance. To the best knowledge of Dachis, the
Company has performed and as of the Effective Time shall have performed, in all
material respects, all agreements and obligations of the Company contained in
the Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement required to be performed by
them on or prior to the Effective Time.
ARTICLE III.
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS
Section 3.1. Agreement to Cooperate. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions provided in this Agreement and Applicable Law, Dachis shall use all
reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action to do, or cause to
be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Law to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement, including causing the Company to use its reasonable efforts to obtain
all necessary or appropriate waivers, consents and approvals and SEC "no-action"
letters (including, but not limited to, required approvals under applicable
Minnesota state laws and regulations), to effect all necessary registrations and
filings (including, but not limited to, filings under the HSR Act) and to lift
any injunction or other legal bar to the Merger (and, in such case, to proceed
with the Merger as expeditiously as possible).
(b) In connection with any filings under the HSR Act, (i) in the
event that Dachis determines that a filing by Dachis (as an acquiring person)
under the HSR Act is necessary, Dachis shall
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promptly make all such necessary filings at his sole expense, or (ii) in the
event that Dachis determines that such a filing by Dachis under the HSR Act is
not necessary, Dachis shall represent and warrant to Parent in writing in a form
reasonably satisfactory to Parent at the Closing Date that no filing is required
under Title II of the HSR Act with respect to Dachis' acquisition of shares of
Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger and shall provide an opinion
from Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., counsel to Dachis stating that Dachis was not and
is not required to file under Title II of the HSR Act with respect to the shares
of Parent Common Stock to be acquired by Dachis in the Merger.
Section 3.2. Confidentiality. Unless (a) otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement, (b) required by Applicable Law or any listing agreement with, or
the rules and regulations of, any applicable securities exchange or the NASD,
(c) necessary to secure any required Consents as to which the other party has
been advised, or (d) consented to in writing by Parent, any information or
documents furnished in connection herewith shall be kept strictly confidential
by Dachis and his agents and assigns. Prior to any disclosure pursuant to the
preceding sentence, Dachis' shall consult with Parent regarding the nature and
extent of the disclosure. Nothing contained herein shall preclude disclosures to
the extent necessary to comply with accounting, SEC and other disclosure
obligations imposed by Applicable Law. In the event the Merger is not
consummated, Dachis shall return to Parent any documents furnished by the other
and all copies thereof any of them may have made (or destroy all such documents
and certify as to the complete destruction of such documents) and will hold in
absolute confidence any information obtained from Parent except to the extent
(i) Dachis is required to disclose such information by Applicable Law or such
disclosure is necessary in connection with the pursuit or defense of a claim,
(ii) such information was known by Dachis prior to such disclosure or was
thereafter developed or obtained by Dachis independent of such disclosure, or
(iii) such information is or becomes generally available to the public or is
otherwise no longer confidential. Prior to any disclosure of information
pursuant to the exception in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, Dachis shall
so notify Parent which provided the same in order that such party may seek a
protective order or other appropriate remedy should it choose to do so.
Section 3.3. Tax Treatment. Dachis will use his reasonable best efforts to
cause the Merger to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the provisions of
Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code and Dachis shall not knowingly take any action
or knowingly fail to take such action that would jeopardize the treatment of the
Merger as a tax-free reorganization.
Section 3.4. Pooling. From and after the date hereof, Dachis shall not
knowingly take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, that would
jeopardize the treatment of the Merger as a pooling of interests for accounting,
reporting and tax purposes.
Section 3.5. Affiliates Agreements. Dachis shall enter into, and Dachis
shall use his best efforts to ensure that each person who is or may be an
"affiliate" of Company within the meaning of Rule 145 promulgated under the
Securities Act including the Trust, shall enter into the Affiliate Agreements.
Section 3.6. Comply With Merger Agreement. Dachis shall use best efforts
to cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to comply with the terms and
conditions of the Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement.
Section 3.7. Delivery of Certificate of Adequate Documentation. On or
before the date which is eleven (11) months from the date hereof, Dachis shall
cause Parent and Surviving Corporation to receive from Cambridge Technology or
another software consultant reasonably acceptable to Parent and Dachis
("Consultant") a certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Parent, to the effect that documentation has been prepared and appropriate
procedures are in place to allow the Company's software
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and systems existing as of the Effective Time to be used and modified in the
ordinary course of business and without undue expense by any third party that is
reasonably knowledgeable regarding systems and software of a similar nature
("Certificate of Adequate Documentation"). Parent will promptly cause Consultant
to provide to the Company and Dachis a complete written list of the documents
and procedures which, if completed, will cause Consultant to issue such a
certificate.
Section 3.8. Continuation of Indemnities: No Circular Indemnities. The
right to indemnification, if any, from the Company of Dachis as an officer or
director of the Company pursuant to the Company Charter Documents or under any
Applicable Law, shall survive the Effective Date; provided, however, that
subject to Applicable Law, (a) no indemnification shall be available to Dachis
from the Company, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or Acquisition Sub for any
claim or matter for which any Indemnified Party would be entitled to receive
indemnification under Article V of this Agreement, and (b) no indemnification
shall be available to Dachis for any claim or matter if, with regard to the
subject matter thereof, the Company, the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or
the Acquisition Sub prevails upon a claim (at law or in equity) against that
officer or director. For purposes of the foregoing, the Company, the Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as the case may be, shall be
considered to have "prevailed upon a claim" only if: (x) a final order resolving
such claim in favor of the Company, the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the
Acquisition Sub, as the case may be, shall be issued by a court, administrative
body or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, unless such final order is
subsequently overturned on appeal; or (y) Dachis enters into an agreement with
the Company, the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as
the case may be, for the purpose of resolving such claim and therein agrees that
the Company, the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Acquisition Sub, as
the case may be, has prevailed upon such claim for purposes of this Section 3.8.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Dachis may pursue such rights as he may have
under the insurance policy described in Section 7.12 of the Merger Agreement.
ARTICLE IV.
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 4.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Effective Time whether before or after approval of the Merger by
the Shareholders of the Company or the Acquisition Sub:
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and Dachis;
(b) by Parent upon termination of the Merger Agreement by Parent in
accordance with the terms of Article 9 of the Merger Agreement; and/or
(c) by Dachis upon termination of the Merger Agreement by the
Company in accordance with the terms of Article 9 of the Merger Agreement.
Section 4.2. Effect of Termination or Abandonment. Nothing contained in
this Agreement shall relieve any party from any liability for any inaccuracy,
misrepresentation or breach of this Agreement, the Affiliate Agreements, the
Merger Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement or the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement
prior to termination.
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ARTICLE V.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 5.1. Indemnification. Dachis (the "Indemnifying Party") shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Parent, Acquisition Sub, Surviving
Corporation, any corporation affiliated with Parent, and any director, officer,
stockholder, employee or agent of any of them (each, an "Indemnified Party")
from and against all Indemnified Loss which may be sustained, suffered or
incurred by an Indemnified Party to the extent resulting or arising in any way
from (regardless of any investigation or inquiry by the Parent at any time,
provided, that an Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to indemnification
under this Agreement with respect to the breach of any representation or
warranty of Dachis, if the Parent had Actual Knowledge of the existence and
scope of such breach):
(a) The breach of any agreement, covenant, representation, warranty,
or other obligation of Dachis made or incurred under or pursuant to this
Agreement, the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Affiliate
Agreement or any other agreement or document delivered pursuant thereto or in
connection herewith; and/or
(b) The liability of the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries for its own Taxes or its liability, if any, for Taxes of
others, but not limited to the Company or any Affiliate (for example, by reason
of transferee liability or application of Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-6), damage
or Indemnified Losses payable with respect to Taxes claimed or assessed against
the Company (i) for any taxable period ending on or before the Effective Time or
as a result of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated therein
(including any Section 338(h)(10) election) or (ii) for any taxable period
resulting from a breach of any of the representations or warranties contained in
Section 4.19 of the Merger Agreement.
Section 5.2. Participation in Litigation. In the event any suit or other
proceeding is initiated against an Indemnified Party with respect to which
Parent alleges Dachis is or may be obligated to indemnify an Indemnified Party
hereunder, Dachis shall be entitled to participate in such suit or proceeding,
at its expense and by counsel of its choosing, provided that (a) such counsel is
reasonably satisfactory to Parent, and (b) Parent shall retain primary control
over such suit or proceeding. Such counsel shall be afforded access to all
information pertinent to the suit or proceeding in question. Parent shall not
settle or otherwise compromise any such suit or proceeding without the prior
written consent of Dachis, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed, if the effect of such settlement or compromise would be to impose
liability on Dachis hereunder.
Section 5.3. Claims Procedure. In the event from time to time Parent
believes that it or any other Indemnified Party has or will suffer any
Indemnified Loss for which Dachis is obligated to indemnify it hereunder
("Indemnified Event"), it shall promptly notify Dachis in writing of the matter,
specifying therein the reason why Parent believes that Dachis is or will be
obligated to indemnify, the amount, if liquidated, to be indemnified, and the
basis on which Parent has calculated such amount; if not yet liquidated, the
notice shall so state. The failure of the Indemnified Party to give such
notification shall not affect the indemnification provided in this Agreement.
The Indemnified Party need not seek, and has sole and unfettered discretion in
seeking, indemnification from any other Person (including, without limitation,
the Company or the Surviving Corporation) before or while seeking
indemnification from the Indemnifying Party in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and nothing herein shall create a duty to seek indemnification from
any other Person. An Indemnified Party may not seek indemnification under this
Article V for any amounts that the Indemnified Party has actually received under
any insurance policy,
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unless such recovery is sought pursuant to the subrogation rights of the
insurer. Any Indemnified Party may in its sole and exclusive discretion
determine whether or not it will seek insurance payments/coverage under such
policy. The Indemnified Party shall retain sole and unfettered discretion to
submit a claim seeking coverage under a policy of insurance and nothing herein
shall create a duty to submit any such claim.
Section 5.4. Payment of Indemnified Losses. (a) Dachis shall pay all
Indemnified Loss of any Indemnified Party within ten (10) days of receipt of
notice from that Indemnified Party of an Indemnified Loss in accordance with
Section 5.7, unless Dachis has given a notice of dispute of the Indemnified Loss
to the Indemnified Party and the Escrow Agent, in which case the claim for
Indemnified Loss shall be subject to resolution in accordance with the
provisions of Article VI of this Agreement. In the event any payment for an
Indemnified Loss is made after the tenth day, it shall bear interest from (and
including) the date due (but excluding the date of payment), at an interest rate
equal to five percent (5%) above the Prime Rate in effect on the date such
payment became due, but in no event to exceed the maximum interest rate
permitted under Applicable Laws; provided, however, that no such payment shall
be due so long as it is the subject of a bona fide, reasonable contest or so
long as the delay is solely due to the administrative timing requirements of
making a distribution of the Escrowed Consideration in accordance with the terms
of the Escrow Agreement.
(b) Dachis may at any time during the Escrow Term elect to sell any
of the Escrowed Shares and notify Escrow Agent of his election to sell such
shares in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, provided, that the
proceeds from the sale of any such shares (together with any interest accrued
thereon) shall remain in escrow as part of the Escrowed Consideration and
distributed in accordance with Section 5.7 and the Escrow Agreement.
Section 5.5. Limitations on Indemnity. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein (except as set forth in Section 5.5(c) and Section 5.6), Dachis
shall have no obligation to indemnify any Indemnified Party from, against or in
respect of any Indemnified Loss unless the aggregate of all Indemnified Losses
incurred by all Indemnified Parties exceeds $500,000, in which case Dachis shall
be required to indemnify such Indemnified Parties for the full amount of their
losses, without deduction.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement (except as set forth in Section 5.5(c)), in the Merger Agreement or
Escrow Agreement, the obligations of Dachis to all Indemnified Parties for any
and all Indemnified Loss shall not in any event exceed, in the aggregate, Four
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) (the "Maximum Indemnification
Amount"), provided, however, that the Maximum Indemnification Amount shall not
apply to any claim of indemnification based upon (i) Section 5.6 of this
Agreement; (ii) a breach or inaccuracy of Section 2.20 (Taxes and Returns) of
this Agreement; (iii) a breach of Dachis' Employment Agreement; or (iv) a breach
of Dachis' Affiliate Agreement; and, provided further, that the Maximum
Indemnification Amount shall not apply to, and nothing in this Agreement shall
limit, the liability of Dachis to any Indemnified Party for any claim asserted
at law or in equity for fraud, intentional or willful misrepresentation or other
willful misconduct or any claim based upon any federal or state securities laws
or regulations.
(c) None of the limitations in this Section 5.5 shall apply to any
matter giving rise to a claim which, the delay or the discovery of which, is the
consequence of fraud or willful misconduct by Dachis.
Section 5.6. Special Indemnification. (a) In the event that a Certificate
of Adequate Documentation is not provided to Parent and Surviving Corporation in
accordance with Section 3.7 on or
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before the date which is eleven (11) months from the date hereof, Dachis shall
promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days after the date which is
eleven (11) months from the date hereof, pay to Surviving Corporation $500,000
("Software Fee") in accordance with Section 5.7, to defray any expenses that the
Surviving Corporation or the Parent may incur to produce the necessary
documentation and install appropriate procedures for the Surviving Corporation's
software and systems and certain losses incurred in connection with the absence
of appropriate documentation and procedures. Payment of such Software Fee shall
not operate to reduce the amount available to any Indemnified Party pursuant to
the indemnification provision of Sections 5.4 or 5.5.
Section 5.7. Manner of Payment. In order to preserve the "pooling of
interests" treatment for the Merger as anticipated by the Merger Agreement, all
Indemnified Losses (whether to be paid pursuant to agreement by Dachis and the
Parent or pursuant to an Award in accordance with Article VI) and the Software
Fee to be paid pursuant to Section 5.6 shall be payable in the following order
and manner and in the event that Escrowed Consideration is to be disbursed, the
parties hereto should instruct the Escrow Agent in accordance with this Section:
(a) first, if a sufficient number of Escrowed Shares are available
to satisfy the Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as applicable, through the
surrender to Parent for cancellation of that number of Certificates representing
Parent Common Stock equal to (x) the total amount of the Indemnified Loss or the
Software Fee divided by (y) the Viad Price, regardless of the fair market value
of the Parent Common Stock on the date of payment;
(b) second, if a sufficient number of Escrowed Shares are not
available, but sufficient Escrowed Consideration from the sale of such Escrowed
Shares is available to satisfy the Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as
applicable, through the distribution to Parent of such Escrowed Consideration in
lieu of such Escrowed Shares equal to the product of (A) the balance of the
total amount of the Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as applicable, not
paid with Escrowed Shares divided by the Viad Price, by (B) the price per share
at which the Parent Common Stock (net of commissions) was sold by Dachis or the
Escrow Agent, together with any interest accrued on the proceeds of any sale;
(c) third, if a sufficient number of Escrowed Shares or adequate
Escrowed Consideration to satisfy the Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as
applicable, is not available, and Dachis is the beneficial owner of any shares
of Parent Common Stock, with the surrender for cancellation of certificates
representing that number of shares of Parent Common Stock held by Dachis equal
to the balance of the total amount of the Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee,
as applicable, not paid with Escrowed Consideration, calculating the number of
shares in accordance with Section 5.7(a); and
(d) fourth, if adequate Escrowed Consideration to satisfy the
Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as applicable, is not available and Dachis
is not the beneficial owner of a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common
Stock to satisfy the Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as applicable,
through the payment of cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account designated by Parent of an amount equal to the balance of the
Indemnified Loss or the Software Fee, as applicable, not paid with Escrowed
Consideration or with shares of Parent Common Stock.
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ARTICLE VI.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 6.1. Representatives. (a) Subject to Section 6.1(b), if any
dispute arises under or relates to this Agreement, at the written request of
either party each party will appoint a designated representative (the
"Representative") to meet for the purpose of resolving the dispute. The
Representatives will meet at a mutually agreeable place within 10 days after
either party makes a written request to the other for such a meeting. The
Representatives will honor reasonable requests to exchange information related
to the dispute and will make an effort to negotiate a resolution to the dispute.
Negotiations shall continue until the dispute is resolved or until either party
informs the other in writing that negotiations will not result in a mutually
acceptable resolution and a mediator should be appointed.
(b) The parties hereto agree that the circumstances in which
disputes between them will not be subject to the provisions of this Article VI
is where (i) there is an alleged breach of any provision of this Agreement
relating to Intellectual Property, confidentiality or nondisclosure, or (ii) a
party makes a good faith determination that a breach of the terms of this
Agreement by the other party is such that irreparable harm to such party may
result from the breach such that equitable or other relief in the form of a
temporary restraining order or other immediate injunctive relief is the only
adequate remedy, or (iii) the determination of the satisfaction of the
conditions to the obligations of Parent and Acquisition Sub as set forth in
Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement. The question of damages, if any, incurred
by such party as a result of such breach will be resolved pursuant to the
dispute resolution procedures set forth in this Article VI.
Section 6.2. Mediation. In the event that the dispute is not resolved
under Section 6.1, the dispute shall be submitted to nonbinding mediation (the
"Mediation"). The parties shall appoint a mutually agreeable neutral mediator
(the "Mediator"). If the parties are unable to agree on a Mediator within 10
days after the mediation is requested, either party may refer the matter to the
office of the AAA for the limited purpose of having AAA provide a panel of seven
names from which the parties will select a Mediator. If the parties are unable
to agree on a person on the panel, the parties shall alternately strike names
from the panel until one name is left on the panel. A coin toss will determine
which party is entitled to strike the first name. Except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement or as the parties may agree otherwise at the time of the
Mediation, the Mediation shall be conducted pursuant to the Commercial Mediation
Rules of the AAA, as amended from time to time. The Mediation shall be conducted
within 30 days after the appointment of the Mediator. The parties shall share
equally the cost of the Mediation, including, but not limited to, fees of the
Mediator, the cost, if any, of obtaining a location for the Mediation and any
filing fee. If during the Mediation the parties reach a settlement of all or any
of their disputes they shall reduce the settlement to the form of a written
settlement agreement which shall be binding upon the parties. The Mediation may
be terminated only after both parties have participated in the Mediation and are
unable to agree on a settlement. Mediation discussions or opinions of the
Mediator are confidential and may not be relied upon, referred to or introduced
as evidence in any subsequent arbitration or other proceeding.
Section 6.3. Arbitration. (a) In the event the dispute is not resolved
under Section 6.2, the parties agree that the dispute shall be resolved by a
private arbitration conducted by an arbitrator (the "Arbitrator"). Within 10
days after the termination of such negotiations pursuant to Section 6.2, the
parties shall agree upon one arbitrator, selected from a permanent panel of no
fewer than fifteen names agreed upon by the parties (the "Permanent Panel"). The
parties shall select the arbitrator from the Permanent Panel by alternately
striking names until only one name remains on the Permanent Panel. A
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toss of a coin will determine which party is to strike the first name. Neither
party may choose as its arbitrator the person who was its Representative under
Section 6.2 of this Agreement or any person who participated in the Mediation or
any person who is an officer, director or employee of either party or any
affiliated entity of either party, or a person who has a direct or indirect
personal or financial interest in the outcome of the arbitration.
(b) The Arbitrator shall set a hearing date for an arbitration (the
"Hearing") within 90 days from the date the Arbitrator is selected, unless
otherwise agreed by the parties, or unless otherwise ordered by the Arbitrator
at the request of either party.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed, within 15 days before the Hearing each
party shall submit to the Arbitrator with a copy to the other party a list of
all witnesses and exhibits which it intends to present at the Hearing.
(d) No later than 10 days before the scheduled Hearing, each party
shall provide to the Arbitrator a short (not to exceed five single-spaced pages
or such other page limit as the Arbitrator permits) a statement of its position
with regard to the dispute.
(e) At the Hearing, each party shall, unless it waives the
opportunity, make an oral opening statement, and an oral closing statement.
(f) The Arbitrator shall not be strictly bound by rules of procedure
or rules of evidence, but shall use the Federal Rules of Evidence as a guideline
in conducting the Hearing.
(g) When testimony is complete and each party has introduced its
exhibits, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and each party has made a
closing statement pursuant the provisions of this Agreement or waived the
opportunity to do so, the Arbitrator shall declare the Hearing closed; provided,
however, the parties may submit post-hearing briefs pursuant to an agreed upon
schedule or one formulated by the Arbitrator.
(h) The Hearing shall be held at a location agreed upon by the
parties and convenient for the Arbitrator, or if the parties cannot agree upon a
location, at a location designated by the Arbitrator.
(i) The Hearing shall be conducted in private. Attendance at the
Hearing shall be limited to the following: (i) the Arbitrator; (ii)
representatives of each party; (iii) each party's attorneys and attorneys'
assistants or advisors, if any, including expert witnesses, if any; (iv) a court
reporter if requested by either party; and (v) any witnesses. The Arbitrator may
sequester witnesses upon the motion of a party.
(j) Within 30 days of the close of the Hearing or submission of the
post-hearing briefs, the Arbitrator shall issue a written opinion and award (the
"Award"), based on evidence, arguments and post-hearing briefs, if any. The
Award shall be a decision of the Arbitrator, shall resolve the parties' dispute,
and shall be final and binding on the parties. The fact that an opinion is
issued does not enlarge or restrict the authority of a court provided in the
Arbitration Act to review the arbitration proceedings or the Award. The
Arbitrator shall have the Award delivered to each Party.
(k) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, there shall be
no ex parte communication regarding the subject matter of the Hearing between a
party or its attorneys and the Arbitrator from the time the Arbitrator is
appointed until after the parties receive the Award.
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(l) The parties may agree to submit the dispute to the Arbitrator
without a Hearing, in which event the Arbitrator will render and deliver to the
parties a written opinion and Award within 30 days of being notified that the
parties waive the Hearing.
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Arbitrator shall have no power to delete from, add to, nor modify the terms of
this Agreement, and may not award any remedy which effectively conflicts
directly or indirectly with any provision of this Agreement.
(n) The arbitration shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Minnesota, including without limitation the provisions of the Minnesota Uniform
Arbitration Act, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
(o) The parties shall share equally the costs and expenses of the
arbitration, including, but not limited to, filing fees, fees of the arbitrators
and costs, if any, of obtaining a location for the arbitration. Each party shall
bear its own witness and expert fees, and copying and travel expenses. Each
party shall bear its own attorney fees relating to the dispute.
ARTICLE VII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without
definition herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
Section 7.2. Amendment and Modification. To the extent permitted by
Applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by
a written agreement between Dachis and Parent.
Section 7.3. Waiver. Any failure of Dachis or Parent to comply with any
obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be waived by Parent, or
Dachis on the other hand, only by a written instrument signed by the party
granting such waiver, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict
compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not
operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other
failure. Whenever this Agreement requires or permits consent by or on behalf of
any party hereto, such consent shall be given in writing in a manner consistent
with the requirements for a waiver of compliance as set forth in this Section
7.3.
Section 7.4. Survival. (a) Subject to Section 7.4(b), the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements of Dachis contained herein or in any
certificates or other documents delivered prior to or at the Closing shall
survive the Closing.
(b) Subject to Section 5.5(c), the representations and warranties of
Dachis set forth in this Agreement shall survive for a period of one year
following the Closing Date, except for the representations and warranties
relating to the non-filing of any Tax Returns or the non-payment of any Taxes to
any Governmental Authority, in which case, such representations and warranties
shall survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.
Section 7.5. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in
person, by facsimile, receipt confirmed, or on the next business day when sent
by overnight courier or on the second succeeding business day when sent
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by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to
the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for
a party as shall be specified by like notice).
(a) If to Acquisition Sub or Parent, to:
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Attn: Peter Novak, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 207-5913
Facsimile: (602) 207-5480
with a copy to:
Travelers Express Company, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South, Mail Stop 8060
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Attn: Michael Berry
Telephone: (612) 591-3820
Facsimile: (612) 591-3870
and to:
Bryan Cave LLP
2800 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85253
Attn: Frank M. Placenti, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 280-8451
Facsimile: (602) 266-5938
(b) If to Dachis, to:
Game Financial Corporation
P.O. Box 26000
Minneapolis, Minn. 55426
Attn: Gary A. Dachis
Telephone: (612) 404-6580
Facsimile: (612) 476-8051
with a copy to:
Ravich, Meyer, Wilson, Kirkman, McGrath & Nauman, PA
4595 IDS Center
Minneapolis, Minn. 55402
Attn: Paul H. Ravich, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 332-8511
Facsimile: (612) 332-8302
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and to:
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
1100 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minn. 55402-3397
Attn: Howard G. Stacker, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 347-7000
Facsimile: (612) 347-7072
Section 7.6. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be
assigned by any of the parties hereto prior to the Effective Time without the
prior written consent of the other party hereto, except that Parent may assign
to any other direct subsidiary of Parent, including Travelers Express Company,
Inc. and Surviving Corporation, any and all rights, interests and obligations of
Parent under this Agreement.
Section 7.7. Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the
party incurring such costs or expenses.
Section 7.8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made in,
and in all respects shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in
accordance with the internal laws of, the State of Minnesota.
Section 7.9. Interpretation. The article and section headings contained in
this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the
agreement of the parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. The headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words "include," "includes," or
"including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation."
Section 7.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or
instruments referred to herein including, but not limited to, the Merger
Agreement, the Employment Agreement between Dachis and the Company, the
Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement
and their respective Exhibits and Schedules, embody the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained
thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties,
covenants, or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to
herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
Section 7.11. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall
be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision
shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the
extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality
or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other
jurisdiction.
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Section 7.12. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. Accordingly, the parties further agree that each party shall
be entitled to an injunction or restraining order 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 right or remedy to which such party may be entitled under
this Agreement, at law or in equity.
Section 7.13. Disclosure Schedules. Dachis and Parent acknowledge that the
Schedules to this Agreement and the Company Disclosure Schedule (a) relate to
certain matters concerning the disclosures required and transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (b) are qualified in their entirety by reference
to specific provisions of this Agreement, (c) are not intended to constitute and
shall not be construed as indicating that such matter is required to be
disclosed, nor shall such disclosure be construed as an admission that such
information is material with respect to Company or Parent, as the case may be,
except to the extent required by this Agreement, and (d) disclosure of the
information contained in one section of the Company or Parent Disclosure
Schedule shall not be deemed as proper disclosure for all sections of Company or
Parent Disclosure Schedule, as the case may be, unless specific cross-reference
citations are made.
Section 7.14. 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 shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 7.15. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and the Surviving
Corporation (which is hereby declared to be a third party beneficiary of this
Agreement) and nothing in this Agreement or on any instrument or document
executed by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
express or implied, is intended to confer upon any other person other than the
Surviving Corporation any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under this
Agreement.
[Intentionally left blank.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent and Dachis have caused this Agreement to
be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first written above.
VIAD CORP
A Delaware Corporation
By: /s/ Philip W. Milne
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Name: Philip W. Milne
Title: President and CEO of
Travelers Express Company, Inc.
/s/ Gary A. Dachis
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Gary A. Dachis
ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Gary A. Dachis
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Gary A. Dachis
Its: President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT A
ESCROW AGREEMENT
dated as of _______________, 1997
by and among
VIAD CORP,
GARY A. DACHIS
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Escrow Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I.
ESCROW OF DACHIS SHARES
Section 1.1. Escrow of Dachis Shares......................................1
Section 1.2. Appointment of Escrow Agent..................................2
Section 1.3. Distribution of the Escrowed Consideration...................2
Section 1.4. Concerning the Escrow Agent..................................2
Section 1.5. Fees.........................................................3
Section 1.6. Resignation..................................................3
Section 1.7. Duties.......................................................3
Section 1.8. Indemnification..............................................3
Section 1.9. Cash Payments; Distribution of Escrowed Consideration........3
ARTICLE II.
DISBURSEMENTS AND DETERMINATIONS
Section 2.1. Claims Procedure.............................................4
Section 2.2. Escrow Termination Date......................................4
ARTICLE III.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 3.1. Definitions..................................................5
Section 3.2. Amendment and Modification...................................5
Section 3.3. Waiver.......................................................5
Section 3.4. Survival.....................................................5
Section 3.5. Notices......................................................5
Section 3.6. Binding Effect; Assignment...................................7
Section 3.7. Expenses.....................................................7
Section 3.8. Governing Law................................................7
Section 3.9. Interpretation...............................................7
Section 3.10. Entire Agreement............................................8
Section 3.11. Severability................................................8
Section 3.12. Specific Performance........................................8
Section 3.13. Counterparts................................................8
Section 3.14. Parties in Interest.........................................8
Schedule 1 Additional Terms and Conditions of Escrow
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
This ESCROW AGREEMENT, dated as of _______________, 1997 (as amended
from time to time, "Agreement"), is by and among VIAD CORP, a Delaware
corporation ("Parent"), Gary A. Dachis, a significant shareholder of Game
Financial Corporation, a Minnesota corporation ("Company"), solely in his
capacity as a shareholder and not in his capacity as an officer or director of
the Company, (together with his successors and assigns, "Dachis"), and State
Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as Escrow Agent ("Escrow
Agent").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the Parent and the
Company have approved the merger ("Merger") of the Company with and into Game
Acquisition Corp., a Minnesota corporation ("Acquisition Sub") pursuant to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
the date hereof, by and among Parent, Acquisition Sub and the Company ("Merger
Agreement");
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent and Acquisition Sub
entering into the Merger Agreement, concurrently with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, Dachis has agreed to enter into the Selling Shareholder's
Agreement which requires Dachis to deposit into escrow the Escrowed
Consideration (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to establish the terms and conditions upon
which the Escrow Agent will accept and hold the Escrowed Consideration and the
terms under which the Escrowed Consideration will be disbursed to the parties,
all as set forth below.
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, Parent
and Dachis, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows;
ARTICLE I.
ESCROW OF DACHIS SHARES
Section 1.1. Escrow of Dachis Shares.
(a) Pursuant to the terms of Section 3.6 of the Merger Agreement and
Section 1.1 of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, and as security for the
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnification and other obligations of
Dachis under the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, at the Effective Time,
certificates registered in the name of Dachis (in each case accompanied by a
blank stock power properly executed by Dachis) that would have otherwise been
issued to Dachis in accordance with the procedures of Section 3.1 of the Merger
Agreement representing Parent Common Stock having an aggregate value (based upon
the Viad Price) equal to the sum of the Maximum Indemnification Amount and the
Software Fee, shall be deposited with and held in escrow by the Escrow Agent
("Escrowed Shares"). The Escrow
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Agent need not confirm the calculation of the number of Escrowed Shares
delivered to it and may assume without inquiry that whatever Escrowed Shares are
delivered to it are those required by the Merger Agreement and the Selling
Shareholder's Agreement. All Escrowed Shares, together with the proceeds from
the sale of any Escrowed Shares and any interest accrued from such proceeds
shall be payable into and held in escrow pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
("Escrowed Consideration"). As the registered owner of the Escrowed Shares,
Dachis may exercise any voting rights that he may have with respect to the
Escrowed Shares during the term of this Agreement ("Escrow Term") and all
dividends and other distributions (other than in connection with any stock
dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or
exchange of shares) payable with respect to the Escrowed Shares while such
Escrowed Shares are held in escrow during the Escrow Term shall be payable to
Dachis.
(b) Dachis may at any time during the Escrow Term elect to require
the Escrow Agent to sell any of the Escrowed Shares and Escrow Agent shall sell
such shares on behalf of Dachis in accordance with the prior written
instructions of Dachis, provided, that all proceeds from the sale of any such
shares (including any interest accrued on such proceeds) shall remain in escrow
as part of the Escrowed Consideration and distributed in accordance with Section
1.3.
(c) Unless otherwise specifically required herein, the Escrow Agent
shall invest any cash received from the proceeds of the sale of any Escrowed
Shares pursuant to Section 1.1(b) in a [reputable] money market mutual fund
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [with a federally insured
commercial bank], the principal of which is invested solely in the United States
government and agency obligations. For tax reporting purposes, all income earned
on the Escrowed Consideration shall be allocable to Dachis. Any and all interest
earned by such investments shall be reinvested and distributed in accordance
with Section 1.3.
Section 1.2. Appointment of Escrow Agent. Dachis and the Parent hereby
appoints State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as the Escrow
Agent ("Escrow Agent") and State Street Bank and Trust Company of California,
N.A. hereby agrees to perform the duties of the Escrow Agent under this
Agreement, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in
Schedule 1 to be provided by Escrow Agent and attached hereto.
Section 1.3. Distribution of the Escrowed Consideration. The Escrow Agent
shall hold the Escrowed Consideration in its possession until authorized to make
distributions thereof in accordance with Article II of this Agreement. Parent
and Dachis agree between themselves that, from time to time, they shall jointly
execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent instructions in accordance with Section
5.7 of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, which shall direct the Escrow Agent
regarding the distribution of the Escrowed Consideration. In the absence of
either such a jointly executed instruction by the Parent and Dachis or a final
resolution of any dispute with respect to the disposition of the Escrowed
Consideration described in a certificate delivered to the Escrow Agent as having
been made in accordance with Article VI of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement,
no Escrowed Consideration shall be distributed by the Escrow Agent. Prior to the
settlement or resolution of any dispute known to the Escrow Agent which may
arise between Parent and Dachis, the Escrow Agent is authorized and directed to
retain in this possession, without liability to anyone, that portion of the
Escrowed Consideration which are subject of such dispute.
Section 1.4. Concerning the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be
entitled to compensation for its services hereunder as set forth in Section 1.5
below and shall also be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred or
made by it in performing its duties hereunder. Each of the Parent, on the one
hand, and Dachis, on the other hand, shall pay one-half of all such compensation
and reimbursements promptly following the request (which request shall not be
made more than once during any three-month period commencing with the
three-month period beginning on the date hereof) and submission by the Escrow
Agent to Parent and Dachis of a reasonably detailed itemized statements of the
amounts to be paid and/or reimbursed. To secure the payment of such fees and
expenses and of any indemnities payable pursuant to Section 1.8, each of the
Parent and Dachis, as to itself or himself, as the case may be, grants to the
Escrow Agent a first lien and security interest on that portion of the Escrowed
Consideration otherwise distributable to it or him, as appropriate.
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Section 1.5. Fees. Each of Parent, on the one hand, and Dachis on the
other hand, agree to pay fifty percent (50%) of the fees to the Escrow Agent set
forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto. All fees are to be paid in accordance with
Schedule 1 attached hereto.
Section 1.6. Resignation. The Escrow Agent, or any successor to it
hereafter appointed, may resign at any time by giving ninety (90) days' prior
written notice of such resignation to the other parties in accordance with this
Agreement specifying the date when such resignation shall take effect, and shall
thereupon be discharged from its duties hereunder upon the appointment and
acceptance of the successor Escrow Agent as hereinafter provided. Upon such
notice, a successor Escrow Agent shall be appointed with the consent of the
Parent and Dachis or, if such parties are unable to agree upon a successor
Escrow Agent within thirty (30) days after the notice of resignation, the Escrow
Agent shall be entitled, at its option, to appoint its own successor, which
shall be a national bank or trust company based in the United States, having (or
if the Escrow Agent is a subsidiary of a bank holding company, such holding
company shall have) assets of at least $500 million. Any successor Escrow Agent
appointed hereunder shall deliver to the parties a written instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon it shall succeed to all of the rights
and duties of the Escrow Agent hereunder and shall be entitled to receive in
escrow the Escrowed Consideration from the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall
continue to serve until its successor accepts the escrow and receives the
Escrowed Consideration. The Parent and Dachis shall have the right at any time
upon the unanimous consent to substitute a new Escrow Agent by giving notice
thereof to the Escrow Agent then acting.
Section 1.7. Duties. The Escrow Agent undertakes to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth herein and may conclusively rely upon and
shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting on any written notice,
instrument or signature believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties duly authorized to do
so. The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility for the contents of any
writing contemplated herein and may rely without liability upon the contents
thereof. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by
it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized hereby or within
the rights or powers conferred upon it hereunder, for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith in accordance with advice of counsel, or any mistake
of fact or law or error of judgment or for anything which it may do or refrain
from doing in connection herewith, in each case, except for its own misconduct
or negligence.
Section 1.8. Indemnification. Parent shall indemnify the Escrow Agent and
hold the Escrow Agent harmless against any and all liabilities incurred by the
Escrow Agent as a result of the consequences of the actions of Parent. Dachis
shall indemnify the Escrow Agent and hold the Escrow Agent harmless against any
and all liabilities incurred by the Escrow Agent as a consequence of the actions
of Dachis or as a result of the action of the Company prior to the Closing.
Section 1.9. Cash Payments; Distribution of Escrowed Consideration. All
cash payments hereunder to Parent or to Dachis shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to such banks and for the credit to such accounts as
may be specified in writing to the Escrow Agent from time to time by the
parties. All distributions of Escrowed Consideration of Parent Common Stock
shall be delivered to the party entitled to receive the Escrowed Consideration
in person or by overnight express courier at the address of that party set forth
in Section 3.5 below, as it may be amended from time to time by written notice
to the parties to this Agreement. Prior to making any distribution of Escrowed
Consideration, the Escrow Agent may require the intended recipient to furnish an
IRS Form W-9 or such other document as the Escrow Agent may require to permit it
to report the distribution to the proper taxing authority or authorities.
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ARTICLE II.
DISBURSEMENTS AND DETERMINATIONS
Section 2.1. Claims Procedure. (a) In the event that, from time to time,
Parent or Acquisition Sub believes that it is an Indemnified Party and has or
will suffer any Indemnified Loss for which Dachis has or will have indemnity
obligations pursuant to Section V of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement
("Indemnified Event"), and party shall promptly notify Dachis and Escrow Agent
in writing of the Indemnified Event, specifying therein the reason why the
Indemnified Party believes that Dachis is or will be obligated to indemnify the
Indemnified Party, the amount, if liquidated, to be indemnified, and the basis
upon which the Indemnified Party has calculated such amount; and if not yet
liquidated, the notice shall so state. In the event that the Indemnified Party
and Dachis are able to agree on the number of Escrowed Shares to be surrendered
to Parent for cancellation and other Escrowed Consideration to be disbursed to
Parent pursuant to the terms of Article V of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement
as a result of the Indemnified Event, Parent and Dachis shall issue a joint
written instruction to the Escrow Agent regarding the distribution of such
Escrowed Consideration to the Parent.
(b) In the event the Parent delivers to the Escrow Agent a
certificate (a "Software Claim Notice") (A) stating on its face (i) that a
Certificate of Adequate Documentation has not been provided to the Parent and
the Surviving Corporation in accordance with Section 3.7 of the Selling
Shareholder's Agreement, and (ii) that a copy of such claim has been furnished
to the other party to this Agreement and (B) instructing the Escrow Agent to pay
Parent or Surviving Corporation the Software Fee of $500,000 payable in
accordance with Section 5.7 of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, then the
Escrow Agent shall deliver the amount set forth in such Software Claim Notice to
the person named therein, at the address named therein; provided, however, that
the Escrow Agent shall not distribute such amount if the Escrow Agent, within
five Business Days following the Escrow Agent's receipt of a Software Claim
Notice, shall receive from Dachis a certificate to the effect that a Certificate
of Adequate Documentation has been properly and timely delivered to the Parent,
together with a copy of such Certificate of Adequate Documentation (which shall
be in form and substance satisfactory to Parent), in which case the Escrow Agent
shall continue to hold all Escrowed Consideration on hand pending a resolution
of the dispute pursuant to Section 2.1(c).
(c) In the event that the Indemnified Party and Dachis are unable to
agree, and accordingly do not instruct the Escrow Agent, regarding the number of
Escrowed Shares and other Escrowed Consideration to be surrendered by the Escrow
Agent to Parent, or the payment of the Software Fee, the matter shall be treated
by the parties (other than the Escrow Agent) as a matter subject to the dispute
resolution procedures of Article VI of the Selling Shareholder's Agreement and
the Escrow Agent shall continue to hold all Escrowed Shares and other Escrowed
Consideration subject to dispute pending its receipt of either a joint written
instruction from Parent and Dachis or a certificate stating on its face that it
is a final Award by the Arbitrator in accordance with Article VI of the Selling
Shareholder's Agreement.
Section 2.2. Escrow Termination Date.
(a) The escrow provided for herein shall terminate on the later of
(i) the date which is one (1) year from the Effective Time; or (ii) if Escrow
Agent has received a notice of an Indemnification Event or a Software Claim
Notice, the date on which all Escrowed Consideration has been distributed
pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i). The Parent shall furnish to the Escrow Agent
(with a copy to Dachis) a certificate setting forth the Closing Date and the
Effective Time.
(b) On the date which is one (1) year from the Effective Time, the
Escrow Agent shall deliver to Dachis all certificates for Escrowed Shares of
Parent Common Stock and other Escrowed Consideration held in escrow on that date
(subject to any payments to be paid to the Escrow Agent for its fees) to Dachis
unless it shall have received from an Indemnified Party prior to that date a
notice of an Indemnified Event or a Software Claim Notice, in which case all
Escrowed Shares and other Escrowed Consideration then in escrow shall continue
to be held in escrow pending Escrow Agent's receipt of either a (i) joint
written instruction from Parent and Dachis regarding
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the distribution of the Escrowed Shares and other Escrowed Consideration; or
(ii) a certificate stating on its face that it is a final Award issued by an
Arbitrator pursuant to the provisions of Article VI of the Selling Shareholder's
Agreement regarding the distribution of the Escrowed Shares and other Escrowed
Consideration.
ARTICLE III.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 3.1. Definitions. Definitions as between the parties other than
the Escrow Agent, they agree that capitalized terms used in this Agreement
without definition herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger
Agreement or if not defined therein, in the Selling Shareholder's Agreement.
Section 3.2. Amendment and Modification. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by
a written agreement among Dachis, Parent and Escrow Agent.
Section 3.3. Waiver. Any failure of Dachis or Parent to comply with any
obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be waived by Parent or
Dachis, respectively, only by a written instrument signed by the party granting
such waiver, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with
such obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver
of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure. Whenever this
Agreement requires or permits consent by or on behalf of any party hereto, such
consent shall be given in writing in a manner consistent with the requirements
for a waiver of compliance as set forth in this Section 3.3.
Section 3.4. Survival. The respective covenants and agreements of the
parties contained herein or in any certificates or other documents delivered
prior to or at the Closing shall survive the execution and delivery of the
Merger.
Section 3.5. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in
person, by facsimile, receipt confirmed, or on the next business day when sent
by overnight courier or on the second succeeding business day when sent by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the
respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a
party as shall be specified by like notice).
(a) If to Acquisition Sub or Parent, to:
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85077
Attn: Peter Novak, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 207-5913
Facsimile: (602) 207-5480
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with copies to:
Travelers Express Company, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South, Mail Stop 8060
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Attn: Michael Berry
Telephone: (612) 591-3820
Facsimile: (612) 591-3870
and to:
Bryan Cave LLP
2800 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85253
Attn: Frank M. Placenti, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 280-8451
Facsimile: (602) 266-5938
(b) If to Dachis, to:
Game Financial Corporation
P.O. Box 26000
Minneapolis, MN 55426
Attn: Gary A. Dachis
Telephone: (612) 404-6580
Facsimile: (612) 476-8051
with a copy to:
Ravich, Meyer, Wilson, Kirkman,
McGrath & Nauman, PA
4595 IDS Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attn: Paul H. Ravich, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 332-8511
Facsimile: (612) 332-8302
and to:
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
1100 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3397
Attn: Howard G. Stacker, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 347-7000
Facsimile: (612) 347-7077
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(c) If to the Escrow Agent, to:
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.
725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3100
Los Angeles, California 90017
Attn: Janice Mer
Telephone: (213) 362-7338
Facsimile: (213) 362-7357
with a copy to:
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
One American Row
Hartford, Connecticut 06103-2819
Attn: Daniel P. Brown, Jr.
Telephone: (860) 251-5919
Facsimile: (860) 251-5999
Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices addressed to the Escrow Agent shall
be effective only upon receipt.
Section 3.6. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be
assigned by any of the parties hereto prior to the Effective Time without the
prior written consent of the other party hereto, except that Parent may assign
to any other direct subsidiary of Parent, including Travelers Express Company,
Inc., and the Surviving Corporation any and all rights, interests and
obligations of Parent under this Agreement.
Section 3.7. Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the
party incurring such costs or expenses.
Section 3.8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made in,
and in all respects shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in
accordance with the internal laws of, the State of Minnesota.
Section 3.9. Interpretation. The article and section headings contained in
this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the
agreement of the parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. The headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words "include," "includes," or
"including' are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation."
Section 3.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is between the parties
other than the Escrow Agent the documents or instruments referred to herein or
entered simultaneously herewith including, but not limited to, the Merger
Agreement, the Employment Agreements between Dachis and the Company, the Selling
Shareholder's Agreement, the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement and the Stock Option
Agreement and their respective Exhibits and Schedules embody the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto other than the Escrow Agent in
respect of the subject matter thereof. The Escrow Agent's duties are governed
solely by this Agreement. There are no restrictions, promised, representations,
warranties, covenants, or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or
referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and the
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
Section 3.11. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall
be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision
shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the
extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall
not in any way be affected or impaired
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thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be
affected thereby in any other jurisdiction.
Section 3.12. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. Accordingly, the parties further agree that each party shall
be entitled to an injunction or restraining order 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 right or remedy to which such party may be entitled under
this Agreement, at law or in equity.
Section 3.13. 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
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 3.14. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, together with the
Surviving Corporation (which is hereby declared to be a third party beneficiary
hereof), and nothing in this Agreement or on any instrument or document executed
by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, express or
implied, is intended to confer upon any other person (other than the Surviving
Corporation) any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under this
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Dachis and Escrow Agent have caused this
Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the date first written above.
VIAD CORP
A Delaware Corporation
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
_______________________________________
Gary A. Dachis
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE OF ESCROW FEES
Acceptance Fee: Waived
Administration Fee: $2,500.00 per year, or [pro rata
portion for any part year]
Investment Transaction Charges: $ 65.00
Wire Transfer Fee: $ 20.00
Out-of-Pocket Expense: At Cost
Legal Fees (Shipman & Goodwin): At Cost
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EXHIBIT 99.3
[EXECUTION COPY]
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated as of September 24,
1997, is by and among Viad Corp, a Delaware corporation (the "Parent") and Game
Financial Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent have determined that their
respective best interests and the best interests of their respective
shareholders would be served by combining their businesses and operations and,
for such purpose, the Company and the Parent concurrently herewith are entering
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date herewith (the "Merger
Agreement") providing for the merger of a subsidiary of the Parent with and into
the Company (the "Merger");
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Parent's willingness to enter into
the Merger Agreement, Parent has requested and Company hereby agrees, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to grant to Parent an
irrevocable option to purchase One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000)
shares of the Company's Common Stock ("Shares"), as more fully set forth herein.
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce Parent to enter into the Merger
Agreement, and in consideration of the premises and the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties, intending to
be legally bound hereby, agree as follows (capitalized terms used herein without
definition having the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement):
Section 1. Option to Purchase Shares.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
the Company hereby grants to Parent an irrevocable option to purchase one
million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of the Company's Common Stock
(the "Option Shares").
(b) The purchase price of each Option Share to be purchased by the
Parent pursuant to the option provided for in this Agreement (the "Option")
shall be $10.00 per share (the "Purchase Price"), to be paid in cash ("Purchase
Consideration").
Section 2. Representations and Warranties of Company.
Company represents and warrants to Parent that:
(a) The Company has full power and capacity to execute and deliver
this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement, the grant of the Option, the issuance of the
Option Shares and the consideration to be received by the Company for the Option
Shares have been duly approved by all corporate action required under the
Company's Articles and Bylaws and by the laws of the Company's state of
incorporation, and any other Applicable Laws.
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company, and assuming due execution and delivery hereof by Parent, this
Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of
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the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally or by the principles governing the availability of
equitable remedies.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will violate or result in
any violation of, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under, or
require the consent of any person under any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to the
Company. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, except for compliance
with the HSR Act.
(e) The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued Common Stock
and/or issued Common Stock held in treasury to enable it to issue the full
number of Option Shares.
(f) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
the Merger Agreement are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this
reference as is fully set forth herein.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Parent.
The Parent represents and warrants to the Company that:
(a) The Parent is acquiring the Option and, upon exercise of the
Option, the Parent would be purchasing the Option Shares for its own account and
not with a view toward distribution and will not distribute, resell or offer the
Option or the Option Shares or any part thereof or any interest therein unless
registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or unless an
exemption from registration is available thereunder.
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Parent, and has been duly authorized by the Parent by all necessary corporate
action and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by each
other party hereto, is a valid and binding obligation of the Parent enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally or by the principles governing the availability of equitable
remedies.
(c) The representations of the Parent set forth in the Merger
Agreement are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 4. Covenants of Company.
Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company will, at all times, during the term of this
Agreement reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the
authorized but unissued Common Stock or its issued Common Stock held in
treasury, or both, the full number of Option Shares deliverable upon exercise of
the Option.
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(b) Except as required by Applicable Law, Company will not, in any
capacity, make any public announcement regarding this Agreement or the Merger
without the prior written consent of Parent.
(c) Company will promptly take such steps, if any, as may be
required insofar as the Company is concerned with respect to filings under the
HSR Act and will promptly furnish such additional materials and information as
the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") or the Antitrust Division of the Department
of Justice ("Antitrust Division") may require. The Company will promptly furnish
to the Parent copies of all communications to Company from, or from such Seller
to, the FTC or the Antitrust Division, or any other governmental agency or
authority in respect of this Agreement or the Merger, and shall promptly advise
Parent of any material oral communications with any such agencies.
Section 5. Exercise of Option and Closing Date.
(a) Provided that no preliminary or permanent injunction or other
order against the delivery of Shares covered by the Option has been issued by
any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States and remains in effect,
Parent may exercise the Option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time from the date hereof until the Option Termination Date.
(b) In the event Parent wishes to exercise the Option, it shall send
to Company written notice (the date of which being herein referred to as the
"Notice Date") specifying the total number of Option Shares it intends to
purchase from the Company pursuant to such exercise. If prior notification to or
approval of any governmental regulatory agency is required in connection with
such purchase, Company shall cooperate with Parent in the filing of the required
notice or application for approval and the obtaining of such approval and the
Closing (as defined below) (or Closings, if Parent exercises the Option in part
on multiple occasions) shall occur immediately following such regulatory
approvals (and any mandatory waiting periods). Any exercise of the Option shall
be deemed to occur on the Notice Date relating thereto.
(c) Upon the exercise of the Option by the Parent, the closing (the
"Closing") of the transactions contemplated herein and the delivery of the
Option Shares and the consideration therefor shall occur within three Business
Days or earlier if Parent so elects. If any law or regulation shall not permit
the purchase of the Shares to be consummated as set forth above, the date for
the Closing shall be as soon as practicable following the cessation of such
restriction on consummation, but in any event within two Business Days after
such cessation. Upon the exercise of the Option by the Parent, the date the
Closing occurs is referred to herein as the "Closing Date." The Closing shall
occur on the Closing Date at 10:00 A.M. Phoenix time at the offices of counsel
to the Parent or at such other time and place as the Parent and the Company may
agree.
(d) On the Closing Date, upon the exercise of the Option by the
Parent, the Company shall deliver to the Parent certificates representing all
the Option Shares, and any opinions of counsel or other documents required by
the transfer agent of the Company to permit the transfer of the Option Shares to
the Parent. As consideration for the delivery of each Option Share, Parent shall
pay on the Closing Date the Purchase Consideration, payable by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Company (in accordance with
written instructions to be provided by Company).
(e) Upon the giving by Parent to Company of the written notice of
exercise of the Option and the payment of the Parent Consideration to the
Company, Parent shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Option Shares
of such Company Common Stock fully paid for, notwithstanding that the stock
transfer books of Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing
such Option Shares shall not then be actually delivered to Parent. Company shall
pay all expenses, and any and all
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United States federal, state, and local taxes and other charges that may be
payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of stock
certificates pursuant to this Agreement in the name of Parent or its assignee,
transferee, or designee.
Section 6. Conditions to Obligations of the Parent.
Upon providing notice of Parent's interest in exercising the Option,
the obligations of Parent to consummate the purchase of the Option Shares are,
at the option of Parent, subject to the conditions that on or before the Closing
Date:
(a) The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date when made and on
and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of such date and the Company
shall have performed in all material respects its covenants and obligations
contained in this Agreement;
(b) The representations and warranties of Company contained in the
Merger Agreement and of Gary A. Dachis in the Selling Shareholder's Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date when made and on
and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of such date;
(c) No injunction or other order issued by any federal or state
court preventing the consummation of the Merger or this Agreement shall be in
effect; and
(d) There shall have occurred no Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7. Conditions to Obligations of Company.
The obligations of the Company to consummate the sale of the Option
Shares are, at the option of the Company, subject to the conditions that on or
before the Closing Date:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Parent contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date
when made and at and as of the Closing Date as if then made and the Parent shall
have performed in all material respects its covenants and obligations contained
in this Agreement;
(b) No injunction or other order issued by any federal or state
court preventing the consummation of this Agreement shall be in effect; and
(c) The Merger Agreement shall not have been terminated by the
Company in accordance with Section 9.1 of the Merger Agreement.
Section 8. Registration Rights.
(a) Demand Registration Rights. Subject to the conditions of 8(c)
below, Company shall on no more than two occasions, if requested by Parent,
including Parent and any permitted transferee acquiring at least 10% of the
shares of Company Common Stock represented by the Option on the date hereof
(each, a "Selling Shareholder"), as expeditiously as possible prepare and file a
registration statement under the Securities Act if such registration is
necessary in order to permit the sale or other disposition of any or all Option
Shares or other securities that have been acquired by the Selling Shareholders
upon exercise of the Option in accordance with the intended method of sale or
other disposition stated by the
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Selling Shareholder in such request, including without limitation a "shelf"
registration statement under Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor
provision, and Company shall use its best efforts to qualify such shares or
other securities for sale under any applicable state securities laws, provided,
however, that Company shall not be required to consent to general jurisdiction
or qualify to do business in any state where it is not otherwise required to so
consent to such jurisdiction or to so qualify to do business.
(b) Additional Registration Rights. If Company at any time after the
exercise of the Option proposes to register any shares of Company Common Stock
under the Securities Act, Company will promptly give written notice to the
Selling Shareholders of its intention to do so and, upon the written request of
any Selling Shareholder given within thirty (30) days after receipt of any such
notice (which request shall specify the number of shares of Company Common Stock
intended to be included in such public offering by the Selling Shareholder),
Company will cause all such shares for which a Selling Shareholder requests
participation in such registration, to be so registered and included in such
public offering, provided, however, that Company may elect to not cause any such
shares to be so registered (i) if such public offering is to be underwritten and
the underwriters in good faith object for valid business reasons, or (ii) in the
case of a registration solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a
registration filed on Form S-4 of the Securities Act or any successor form. If
some but not all the shares of Company Common Stock, with respect to which
Company shall have received requests for registration pursuant to this Section
8(b), shall be excluded from such registration, Company shall make appropriate
allocation of shares to be registered among the Selling Shareholders desiring to
register their shares pro rata in the proportion that the number of shares
requested to be registered by each such Selling Shareholder bears to the total
number of shares requested to be registered by all such Selling Shareholders
then desiring to have Company Common Stock registered for sale.
(c) Conditions to Required Registration. Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause each registration statement referred to in Section
8(a) above to become effective and to obtain all consents or waivers of other
parties which are required therefor and to keep such registration statement
effective; provided, however, that Company may delay any registration of Option
Shares required pursuant to Section 8(a) above for a period not exceeding ninety
(90) days provided Company shall in good faith determine that any such
registration would adversely affect Company (provided that this right may not be
exercised more than once during any twelve month period).
In addition, Company shall not be required to maintain the
effectiveness of any registration statement after the expiration of six (6)
months from the effective date of such registration statement. Company shall use
all reasonable efforts to make any filings, and take all steps, under all
applicable state securities laws to the extent necessary to permit the sale or
other disposition of the Option Shares so registered in accordance with the
intended method of distribution for such shares; provided, however, that Company
shall not be required to consent to general jurisdiction or qualify to do
business in any state where it is not otherwise required to so consent to such
jurisdiction or to so qualify to do business.
(d) Expenses. Except where applicable state law prohibits such
payments, Company will pay all expenses (including without limitation
registration fees, qualification fees, blue sky fees and expenses (including the
fees and expenses of counsel), legal expenses, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of one counsel to the holders whose Option Shares are being registered,
printing expenses and the costs of special audits or "cold comfort" letters,
expenses of underwriters, excluding discounts and commissions but including
liability insurance if Company so desires or the underwriters so require, and
the reasonable fees and expenses of any necessary special experts) in connection
with each registration pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) above (including the
related offerings and sales by holders of Option Shares) and all other
qualifications, notifications or exemptions pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b)
above.
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(e) Indemnification. In connection with any registration under
Section 8(a) or 8(b) above, Company hereby indemnifies the Selling Shareholders,
and each underwriter thereof, including each person, if any, who controls such
underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all
expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue, or
alleged untrue, statement of a material fact contained in any registration
statement or prospectus or notification or offering circular (including any
amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by
any omission, or alleged omission, to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as such expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities of such
indemnified party are caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
that was included by Company in any such registration statement or prospectus or
notification or offering circular (including any amendments or supplements
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with, information furnished in
writing to Company by such indemnified party expressly for use therein, and
Company and each officer, director and controlling person of Company shall be
indemnified by such Selling Shareholders, or by such underwriter, as the case
may be, for all such expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by
any untrue, or alleged untrue, statement, that was included by Company in any
such registration statement or prospectus or notification or offering circular
(including any amendments or supplements thereto) in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, information furnished in writing to Company by or on behalf of
such Selling Shareholder or such underwriter, as the case may be, expressly for
such use.
Promptly upon receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 8(e)
of notice of the commencement of any action against such indemnified party in
respect of which indemnity or reimbursement may be sought against any
indemnifying party under this Section 8(e), such indemnified party shall notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action, but the
failure so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it of any
liability which it may otherwise have to any indemnified party under this
Section 8(e) except to the extent the indemnified party is materially prejudiced
thereby. In case notice of commencement of any such action shall be given to the
indemnifying party as above provided, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate in and, to the extent it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of such action at
its own expense, with counsel chosen by it and reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees
and expenses of such counsel (other than reasonable costs of investigation)
shall be paid by the indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party either
agrees to pay the same, (ii) the indemnifying party fails to assume the defense
of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, or
(iii) the indemnified party has been advised by counsel that one or more legal
defenses may be available to the indemnifying party that may be contrary to the
interest of the indemnified party, in which case the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to assume the defense of such action notwithstanding its obligation to
bear fees and expenses of such counsel. No indemnifying party shall be liable
for any settlement entered into without its consent, which consent may not be
unreasonably withheld.
If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8(e) is
unavailable to a party otherwise entitled to be indemnified in respect of any
expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, then the
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such party otherwise entitled to be
indemnified, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such party to be
indemnified as a result of such expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by Company, the Selling Shareholders and the underwriters from the offering of
the securities and also the relative fault of Company, the Selling Shareholders
and the underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The amount paid or payable by a
party as a result of the expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses
reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending
any action or claim, provided, however, that in no case shall any
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Selling Shareholder be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess
of the net offering proceeds attributable to its Option Shares included in the
offering. Any obligation by any Selling Shareholder to indemnify shall be
several and not joint with other holders.
In connection with any registration pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b)
above, Company and each Selling Shareholder (other than Parent) shall enter into
an agreement containing the indemnification provisions of this Section 8(e). In
the event of an underwritten public offering pursuant to Section 8(b), the
Company and the Selling Shareholders shall enter into an underwriting agreement
containing customary terms and provisions; provided that the indemnification
provisions as they relate to Selling Shareholders shall contain substantially
the same limitations as the provisions set forth herein.
(f) Miscellaneous Reporting. Company shall comply with all reporting
requirements and will do all such other things as may be necessary to permit the
expeditious sale at any time of any Option Shares by the Selling Shareholder
thereof in accordance with and to the extent permitted by any rule or regulation
promulgated by the SEC from time to time, including, without limitation, Rule
144. Company shall at its expense provide Selling Shareholders with any
information necessary in connection with the completion and filing of any
reports or forms required to be filed by them under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, or required pursuant to any state securities laws or the rules of
any stock exchange.
Section 9. No Brokerage Fee.
The parties represent and warrant to each other that, as a result of
the consummation of transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no broker,
finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee
or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by (i) this
Agreement; or (ii) the Merger Agreement (except as disclosed therein).
Section 10. Specific Performance.
Parent hereby advises the Company that the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement represent a unique opportunity for
the Parent to acquire the business and operations of Company; and that such
acquisition presents a unique opportunity for the Parent to strengthen its
financial condition so as to permit the Parent to expand its current operations
and possibly to acquire additional businesses, and to improve its future
earnings. Company recognizes that its failure to carry out the terms of this
Agreement could result in financial injury to Parent which would be substantial,
irreparable and not susceptible of measurement. Accordingly, Company agrees that
Parent shall be entitled to (i) require the Company specifically to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and (ii) sue in any court of competent
jurisdiction to obtain such specific performance and to enjoin any transaction
inconsistent therewith to which Company may, directly or indirectly, have become
or propose to become a party. Company further agree to waive any requirement for
a bond and not to contest any of the matters set forth in the first sentence of
this Section, in the event of any attempt by Parent to seek any such remedy.
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Section 11. Termination of Stock Option Agreement and Option.
This Agreement and the Option shall automatically terminate on the
Option Termination Date. Subject to Applicable Laws, the Option Termination Date
shall be the earlier of (i) the Effective Date, if the Merger is consummated,
(ii) the termination date of the Merger Agreement, if the Merger Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 9.1(a), 9.1(b)(iii) or 9.1(b)(iv) (unless the
failure to close was due to failure of Company to perform its obligations under
the Merger Agreement, in which case the Option will terminate pursuant to
subparagraph (iii) of this Section 11), or 9.1(c)(iv), 9.1(c)(v) (unless the
failure to qualify as a pooling of interest was due to the actions or inactions
of the Company or Dachis), or 9.1(d)(i), 9.1(d)(ii), 9.1(d)(iii), 9.1(d)(iv) (if
the failure to qualify as a tax-free reorganization was due to the actions or
inactions of Parent or Acquisition Sub) of the Merger Agreement, or (iii)
January 31, 1999, unless the Termination Date is extended by the agreement of
the parties to the Merger Agreement, in which case the Option Termination Date
under subsection (iii) shall be one year from the Termination Date.
Section 12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Payment of Expenses. Each party hereto shall pay its own
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement.
(b) Amendments; Assignability. This Agreement may not be modified,
amended, altered or supplemented except upon the execution and delivery of a
written agreement executed by the party or parties sought to be affected. No
party to this Agreement may assign any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided,
however, that Parent may assign its rights to purchase the Shares pursuant to
this Agreement to any subsidiary or affiliate of Parent without such prior
written consent. This Agreement does not create or confer any rights in favor of
any third person or entity which is not a party to this Agreement. The Company,
by executing this Agreement, hereby authorizes Ravich, Meyer, Wilson, Kirkman,
McGrath & Nauman, P.A. to act as its agent with respect to all matters in this
Agreement relating to the Company, including any amendments or waivers to or
matters required to be taken in connection with, and receipt of notices under,
this Agreement.
(c) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parent and the Company and their
respective successors, representatives and permitted assigns, as the case may
be.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person,
by facsimile, receipt confirmed, or on the next business day when sent by
overnight courier or on the second succeeding business day when sent by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the
respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a
party as shall be specified by like notice).
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(i) If to Parent, to:
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Attn: Peter Novak, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 207-5913
Fax: (602) 203-5480
with copies to :
Travelers Express Company, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Mail Stop 8060
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Attn: Michael Berry
Telephone: (612) 591-3820
Fax: (612) 591-3870
and to:
Bryan Cave LLP
2800 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Attn: Frank M. Placenti, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 280-8451
Fax: (602) 266-5938
(ii) If to the Company, to:
Game Financial Corporation
PO Box 26000
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426
Attn: Gary A. Dachis
Telephone: (612) 404-6580
Fax: (612) 476-8071
with copies to:
Ravich, Meyer, Wilson, Kirkman, McGrath & Nauman, P.A.
4595 IDS Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attn: Paul H. Ravich, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 332-8511
Fax: (612) 332-8302
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or to such other address as the person to whom notice is to be given may have
previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above
(provided that notice of any change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt thereof).
(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.
(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Minnesota
applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein. Each Seller and the
Company (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of, and agrees that
any suit by it shall be brought only in, the state and federal courts located in
the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota for the purpose of any suit,
action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) hereby waives to the extent not
prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a
defense or otherwise, in any such proceeding, any claim that it is not subject
personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is
exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such proceeding brought
in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that this Agreement, or the
transactions contemplated hereby, may not be enforced in or by such court. The
Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Ravich, Meyer, Wilson,
Kirkman, McGrath & Nauman, P.A., who has agreed to accept process on behalf of
the Company, as its authorized agent to receive service of process on its behalf
in connection with any legal matters or proceedings pertaining to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby and hereby consents to service of
process in any such proceeding by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, at such address. As an alternative method of service, the Company
also irrevocably consents to the service of process in any such matter or
proceeding by the delivery of copies of such process to the Company as provided
by Section 12(d). Nothing contained in this Section shall affect the right of
the Parent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company in any other
jurisdiction. In the event the Company should commence or maintain any action
arising out of or related to this Agreement in a forum other than the state and
federal courts located in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, the
Parent shall be entitled to request the dismissal of such action, and the
Company stipulates that such action shall be dismissed.
Section 13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or
instruments referred to herein including, but not limited to, the Merger
Agreement, the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, the Irrevocable Proxy Agreement,
the Escrow Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement and their respective
Exhibits and Schedules, embody the entire agreement and understanding of the
parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained hereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants, or undertakings
relating to the subject matter hereof, other than those expressly set forth or
referred to herein and therein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements
and the understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Parent and the Company as of the day and year first above written.
VIAD CORP, a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Philip W. Milne
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Name: Philip W. Milne
Title: President and CEO of
Travelers Express Company,
Inc.
GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a
Minnesota corporation
By: /s/ Gary A. Dachis
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Name: Gary A. Dachis
Title: Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board
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EXHIBIT 99.4
[EXECUTION COPY]
IRREVOCABLE PROXY AGREEMENT
This IRREVOCABLE PROXY AGREEMENT ("Proxy Agreement"), dated as of
September 24, 1997, is by and among Viad Corp, a Delaware corporation (the
"Parent") and certain holders of common stock of Game Financial Corporation, a
Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), whose names are set forth on Appendix 1
to this Proxy Agreement (hereinafter collectively called the "Sellers" and
individually called a "Seller").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent have determined that their best
interests and the best interests of their respective shareholders would be
served by combining their businesses and operations and, for such purpose, the
Company and the Parent concurrently herewith are entering into an Agreement and
Plan of Merger of even date herewith (the "Merger Agreement") providing for the
merger (the "Merger") of the Company with a subsidiary of the Parent;
WHEREAS, the Sellers are the owners of shares of the Company's
common stock (the "Company Common Stock") as set forth on Appendix 1 (the
"Shares"). As used herein, "Shares" shall also include any shares of Common
Stock or any other voting stock of Company acquired by the Sellers after the
date of this Proxy Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Parent's willingness to enter into
the Merger Agreement, Parent has requested that the Sellers agree, and, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Proxy Agreement, each of the
Sellers hereby agrees, to grant to Parent an irrevocable proxy to vote those
Shares on certain matters relating to the Merger, as more fully set forth
herein.
AGREEMENT:
NOW THEREFORE, in order to induce Parent to enter into the Merger
Agreement, and in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties, intending to be legally
bound hereby, agree as follows (capitalized terms used herein without definition
having the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement):
Section 1. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of Sellers. Sellers
jointly and severally covenant, represent and warrant to the Parent that:
(a) Each Seller has full power and capacity to execute and deliver
this Proxy Agreement.
(b) This Proxy Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
each Seller, and assuming due execution and delivery hereof by Parent, this
Proxy Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of each Seller, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally or by the principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.
(c) On the date hereof, each Seller has, and through the Closing
Date each Seller will have, full record and beneficial ownership of the Shares
listed opposite each Seller's name on Appendix 1,
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free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, rights, claims or
equities of any nature whatsoever (including without limitation any voting
rights granted to any third party with respect to such Shares).
(d) No Seller will grant to any person or entity (other than to
Parent) any proxy with respect to voting of the Shares.
(e) If, for any reason whatsoever, the proxy granted hereby is
ineffective, or upon written request by Parent, each Seller agrees to vote all
of such Seller's Shares in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
(f) Neither the execution and delivery of this Proxy Agreement nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will violate or result
in any violation of, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under, or
require the consent of any person under any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such
Seller. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Proxy Agreement by such Seller or the
performance by such Seller of its obligations hereunder.
(g) In connection with the Merger Agreement, each Seller will
furnish to the Parent information with respect to such Seller as may be
reasonably requested by Parent and as may be required to comply with Applicable
Laws. Each Seller shall comply with, and use its best efforts to cause the
Company to comply with, all of their respective covenants and obligations under
the Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions set forth in
Articles VI and VII and Section 9.2 of the Merger Agreement.
(h) Except as required by Applicable Law, no Seller will, in any
capacity, make any public announcement regarding this Proxy Agreement or the
Merger without the written consent of Parent.
(i) Each Seller will promptly take such steps, if any, as may be
required insofar as such Seller is concerned with respect to filings under the
HSR Act and will promptly furnish such additional materials and information as
the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") or the Antitrust Division of the Department
of Justice ("Antitrust Division") may require. Each Seller will promptly furnish
to the Parent copies of all communications to such Seller from, or from such
Seller to, the FTC or the Antitrust Division, or any other governmental agency
or authority in respect of this Proxy Agreement or the Merger, and shall
promptly advise the Parent of any material oral communications with any such
agencies.
(j) From and after the date of this Proxy Agreement and unless and
until this Proxy Agreement is terminated, none of the Sellers will:
(i) Solicit or initiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiries
or acquisition proposals, or participate in any negotiations concerning,
or provide any information in connection with, any proposal concerning a
merger or other business combination involving the Company, or the
acquisition of any equity interest in or a substantial portion of the
assets of, the Company, other than the acquisition contemplated by this
Proxy Agreement and the Merger Agreement, provided, however, that Gary A.
Dachis may assist the Company in furnishing information in connection with
an unsolicited Third Party Offer in accordance with Section 7.2(c) of the
Merger Agreement; or
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(ii) Engage in any course of conduct, execute any documents or
otherwise act in such manner as to impede or render more difficult the
consummation of this Proxy Agreement or the Merger, provided, however,
that nothing herein shall limit Seller's rights solely in its capacity as
a shareholder of the Company.
(l) Each of the Sellers will give prompt written notice to the
Parent upon acquisition of knowledge or receipt of notice of any of the
following:
(i) Any written or oral communication from any third party
alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Proxy
Agreement or the Merger Agreement;
(ii) Any written or oral communication from any third party
challenging the legality or fairness of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Proxy Agreement or the Merger Agreement; and
(iii) The occurrence of any event or the failure of any event
to occur which involves or results in a breach of any representation or
warranty by any other Seller hereunder or by the Company under the Merger
Agreement or any failure by any other Seller to comply with any covenant,
condition or agreement hereunder, or any failure by the Company to comply
with any material covenant, condition or agreement under the Merger
Agreement.
(m) Each Seller will fully cooperate with the Parent and the Company
to consummate the Merger Agreement and execute and deliver all documents and
perform all acts necessary or appropriate to assure the successful completion of
such agreement, subject, however, to the satisfaction of the conditions to
Parent's obligations set forth in the Merger Agreement.
(n) Each Seller acknowledges and agrees that if such Seller's proxy
is voted in favor of the Merger, such Seller will not be eligible to exercise
any right as a dissenting Shareholder with respect to the Merger or any related
transaction.
Section 3. Irrevocable Proxy.
From the date hereof and for one (1) year thereafter, each Seller
hereby irrevocably appoints the Parent or any nominee of Parent, with full power
of substitution, as proxy for such Seller, which proxy is coupled with an
interest in their respective Shares, to vote all Shares which such Seller is
entitled to vote, for and in the name, place and stead of such Seller with
respect to the Merger, at any annual, special or other meeting of the holders of
Common Stock or other voting stock of the Company and at any adjournment thereof
or pursuant to any written consent in lieu of a meeting, or otherwise called to
vote with respect to the Merger. Parent's termination of the Merger Agreement in
accordance with its terms shall operate to terminate the foregoing proxy unless
such termination is based upon a breach of such Agreement by the Company or
Seller.
This appointment shall revoke all prior powers of attorney and
proxies appointed by any Seller at any time with respect to their respective
Shares and no subsequent powers of attorney or proxies will be appointed by any
Seller, or be effective, with respect thereto during the term of this Agreement.
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Each Seller agrees to perform such further acts and execute such
further documents and instruments as may reasonably be required to vest in the
Parent the power to carry out and give effect to the provisions of this Proxy
Agreement.
Section 4. Specific Performance.
Parent hereby advises the Sellers that the transactions contemplated
by this Proxy Agreement and the Merger Agreement represent a unique opportunity
for the Parent to acquire the business and operations of the Company; and that
such acquisition presents a unique opportunity for the Parent to strengthen its
financial condition so as to permit the Parent to expand its current operations
and possibly to acquire additional businesses, and to improve its future
earnings. The Sellers recognize that their failure to carry out the terms of
this Proxy Agreement could result in financial injury to Parent which would be
substantial, irreparable and not susceptible of measurement. Accordingly, the
Sellers agree that Parent shall be entitled to (i) require each of the Sellers
specifically to perform its respective obligations under this Proxy Agreement
and (ii) sue in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such specific
performance and to enjoin any transaction inconsistent therewith to which any
Seller may, directly or indirectly, have become or propose to become a party.
The Sellers further agree to waive any requirement for a bond and not to contest
any of the matters set forth in the first sentence of this Section, in the event
of any attempt by Parent to seek any such remedy.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Payment of Expenses. Each party hereto shall pay its own
expenses incurred in connection with this Proxy Agreement.
(b) Amendments; Assignability. This Proxy Agreement may not be
modified, amended, altered or supplemented except upon the execution and
delivery of a written agreement executed by the party or parties sought to be
affected. No party to this Proxy Agreement may assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Proxy Agreement without the prior written consent of the
other parties; provided, however that Parent may assign any of its rights or
obligations to any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent without such prior written
consent. This Proxy Agreement does not create or confer any rights in favor of
any third person or entity which is not a party to this Proxy Agreement or the
Merger Agreement. Each Seller, by executing this Proxy Agreement, hereby
authorizes Parent to act as its agent with respect to all matters in this Proxy
Agreement relating to such Seller, including any amendments or waivers to or
matters required to be taken in connection with, and receipt of notices under,
this Proxy Agreement.
(c) Binding Effect. This Proxy Agreement shall be binding upon,
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, each of the Sellers, the Parent,
the Company and such Seller's, the Company's or the Parent's respective heirs,
beneficiaries, executors, successors, representatives and permitted assigns, as
the case may be. The proxy granted under Section 3 may be exercised by the
Parent, notwithstanding any such Seller's intervening death, dissolution or
incompetency.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person,
by facsimile, receipt confirmed, or on next business day when sent by overnight
carrier or on the second succeeding business day when sent by registered or
certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective
parties at the following address (or such other address for such party as shall
be specified by like notice.
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(i) If to Parent, to:
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Attn: Peter Novak, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 207-5913
Fax: (602) 207-5480
with copies to:
Travelers Express Co.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Mail Stop 8060
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Attn: Michael Berry
Telephone: (612) 591-3820
Fax: (612) 591-3870
and to:
Bryan Cave LLP
2800 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Attn: Frank M. Placenti, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 280-8451
Fax: (602) 266-5938
(ii) If to any of the Sellers, at their respective addresses set
forth on Appendix l, with a copy to:
Fredrikson & Byron, P. A.,
1100 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3397
Attn: Howard G. Stacker, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 347-7000
Fax: (612) 347-7077
(e) Counterparts. This Proxy Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of
which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Proxy Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Arizona applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein. Each Seller
(i) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of, and agrees that any suit
by it shall be brought only in, the state and federal courts located in the City
of Phoenix and State of
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Arizona for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of
or based upon this Proxy Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and
(ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees
not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such
proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of
the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or
execution, that any such proceeding brought in one of the above-named courts is
improper, or that this Proxy Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby,
may not be enforced in or by such court. Each Seller hereby irrevocably
designates and appoints Viad Corp as its authorized agent to receive service of
process on its behalf in connection with any legal matters or proceedings
pertaining to this Proxy Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and
hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, at such address. As an alternative
method of service, each Seller also irrevocably consents to the service of
process in any such matter or proceeding by the delivery of copies of such
process to such Seller to the address provided in Section 5(d). Nothing
contained in this Section shall affect the right of the Parent to serve process
in any other manner permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise
proceed against the Sellers in any other jurisdiction. In the event the Sellers
should commence or maintain any action arising out of or related to this Proxy
Agreement in a forum other than the state and federal courts located in the City
of Phoenix and State of Arizona, the Parent shall be entitled to request the
dismissal of such action, and such Seller stipulates that such action shall be
dismissed.
(g) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or
instruments referred to herein including, but not limited to, the Merger
Agreement, the Selling Shareholder's Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the
Stock Option Agreement and their respective Exhibits and Schedules, embody the
entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter contained thereof. There are no restrictions, promises,
representations, warranties, covenants, or undertakings, other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject
matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Proxy Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Parent and the Seller whose names appear below as of the day and
year first above written.
VIAD CORP, a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Philip W. Milne
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Name: Philip W. Milne
Title: President and CEO of
Travelers Express Company,
Inc.
SELLER:
/s/ GARY A. DACHIS
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GARY A. DACHIS
ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
a Minnesota corporation
By: /s/ Gary A. Dachis
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Name: Gary A. Dachis
Title: President
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Appendix 1
To Irrevocable Proxy Agreement
Shareholder Number of Shares Address
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Gary A. Dachis 2,050,170
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EXHIBIT 99.5
IRREVOCABLE PROXY AGREEMENT
This IRREVOCABLE PROXY AGREEMENT ("Proxy Agreement"), dated as of
September 24, 1997, is by and between Viad Corp, a Delaware corporation (the
"Parent") and the holder of common stock of Game Financial Corporation, a
Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), whose name is set forth on Appendix 1 to
this Proxy Agreement (the "Seller").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent have determined that their best
interests and the best interests of their respective shareholders would be
served by combining their businesses and operations and, for such purpose, the
Company and the Parent concurrently herewith are entering into an Agreement and
Plan of Merger of even date herewith (the "Merger Agreement") providing for the
merger (the "Merger") of the Company with a subsidiary of the Parent;
WHEREAS, the Seller is the owner of shares of the Company's common
stock (the "Company Common Stock") as set forth on Appendix 1 (the "Shares"). As
used herein, "Shares" shall also include any shares of Common Stock or any other
voting stock of Company acquired by the Seller after the date of this Proxy
Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Parent's willingness to enter into
the Merger Agreement, Parent has requested that the Seller agree, and, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Proxy Agreement, the Seller hereby
agrees, to grant to Parent an irrevocable proxy to vote those Shares on certain
matters relating to the Merger, as more fully set forth herein.
AGREEMENT:
NOW THEREFORE, in order to induce Parent to enter into the Merger
Agreement, and in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties, intending to be legally
bound hereby, agree as follows (capitalized terms used herein without definition
having the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement):
Section 1. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller
covenants, represents and warrants to the Parent that:
(a) Seller has full power and capacity to execute and deliver this
Proxy Agreement.
(b) This Proxy Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
Seller, and assuming due execution and delivery hereof by Parent, this Proxy
Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally or by the
principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.
(c) On the date hereof, Seller has, and through the Closing Date
Seller will have, full record and beneficial ownership of the Shares listed
opposite Seller's name on Appendix 1, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests, rights, claims or equities of any nature whatsoever
(including without limitation any voting rights granted to any third party with
respect to such Shares).
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(d) Seller will not grant to any person or entity (other than to
Parent) any proxy with respect to voting of the Shares.
(e) If, for any reason whatsoever, the proxy granted hereby is
ineffective, or upon written request by Parent, Seller agrees to vote all of
Seller's Shares in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
(f) Neither the execution and delivery of this Proxy Agreement nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will violate or result
in any violation of, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under, or
require the consent of any person under any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to Seller. No
consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or
filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Proxy Agreement by Seller or the performance by
Seller of its obligations hereunder.
(g) In connection with the Merger Agreement, Seller will furnish to
the Parent information with respect to Seller as may be reasonably requested by
Parent and as may be required to comply with Applicable Laws.
(h) Except as required by Applicable Law, Seller will not, in any
capacity, make any public announcement regarding this Proxy Agreement or the
Merger without the written consent of Parent.
(i) Seller will promptly take such steps, if any, as may be required
insofar as Seller is concerned with respect to filings under the HSR Act and
will promptly furnish such additional materials and information as the Federal
Trade Commission ("FTC") or the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
("Antitrust Division") may require. Seller will promptly furnish to the Parent
copies of all communications to Seller from, or from Seller to, the FTC or the
Antitrust Division, or any other governmental agency or authority in respect of
this Proxy Agreement or the Merger, and shall promptly advise the Parent of any
material oral communications with any such agencies.
(j) From and after the date of this Proxy Agreement and unless and
until this Proxy Agreement is terminated, Seller will not:
(i) Solicit or initiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiries
or acquisition proposals, or participate in any negotiations concerning,
or provide any information in connection with, any proposal concerning a
merger or other business combination involving the Company, or the
acquisition of any equity interest in or a substantial portion of the
assets of, the Company, other than the acquisition contemplated by this
Proxy Agreement and the Merger Agreement; or
(ii) Engage in any course of conduct, execute any documents or
otherwise act in such manner as to impede or render more difficult the
consummation of this Proxy Agreement or the Merger, provided, however,
that nothing herein shall limit Seller's rights solely in its capacity as
a shareholder of the Company.
(k) Seller will give prompt written notice to the Parent upon
acquisition of knowledge or receipt of notice of any of the following:
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(i) Any written or oral communication from any third party
alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Proxy
Agreement or the Merger Agreement; and
(ii) Any written or oral communication from any third party
challenging the legality or fairness of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Proxy Agreement or the Merger Agreement.
(l) Seller will fully cooperate with the Parent and the Company to
consummate the Merger Agreement and execute and deliver all documents and
perform all acts necessary or appropriate to assure the successful completion of
such agreement, subject, however, to the satisfaction of the conditions to
Parent's obligations set forth in the Merger Agreement.
(m) Seller acknowledges and agrees that if Seller's proxy is voted
in favor of the Merger, Seller will not be eligible to exercise any right as a
dissenting Shareholder with respect to the Merger or any related transaction.
Section 2. Irrevocable Proxy.
From the date hereof and for one (1) year thereafter, Seller hereby
irrevocably appoints the Parent or any nominee of Parent, with full power of
substitution, as proxy for Seller, which proxy is coupled with an interest in
Seller's Shares, to vote all Shares which Seller is entitled to vote, for and in
the name, place and stead of Seller with respect to the Merger, at any annual,
special or other meeting of the holders of Common Stock or other voting stock of
the Company and at any adjournment thereof or pursuant to any written consent in
lieu of a meeting, or otherwise called to vote with respect to the Merger.
Parent's termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms shall
operate to terminate the foregoing proxy unless such termination is based upon a
breach of such Agreement by the Company.
This appointment shall revoke all prior powers of attorney and
proxies appointed by Seller at any time with respect to its Shares and no
subsequent powers of attorney or proxies will be appointed by Seller, or be
effective, with respect thereto during the term of this Agreement.
Seller agrees to perform such further acts and execute such further
documents and instruments as may reasonably be required to vest in the Parent
the power to carry out and give effect to the provisions of this Proxy
Agreement.
Section 3. Specific Performance.
Parent hereby advises the Seller that the transactions contemplated
by this Proxy Agreement and the Merger Agreement represent a unique opportunity
for the Parent to acquire the business and operations of the Company; and that
such acquisition presents a unique opportunity for the Parent to strengthen its
financial condition so as to permit the Parent to expand its current operations
and possibly to acquire additional businesses, and to improve its future
earnings. The Seller recognizes that its failure to carry out the terms of this
Proxy Agreement could result in financial injury to Parent which would be
substantial, irreparable and not susceptible of measurement. Accordingly, the
Seller agrees that Parent shall be entitled to (i) require Seller specifically
to perform its respective obligations under this Proxy Agreement and (ii) sue in
any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such specific
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performance and to enjoin any transaction inconsistent therewith to which Seller
may, directly or indirectly, have become or propose to become a party. The
Seller further agrees not to contest any of the matters set forth in the first
sentence of this Section, in the event of any attempt by Parent to seek any such
remedy. Section 4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Payment of Expenses. Each party hereto shall pay its own
expenses incurred in connection with this Proxy Agreement.
(b) Amendments; Assignability. This Proxy Agreement may not be
modified, amended, altered or supplemented except upon the execution and
delivery of a written agreement executed by the party or parties sought to be
affected. No party to this Proxy Agreement may assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Proxy Agreement without the prior written consent of the
other parties; provided, however that Parent may assign any of its rights or
obligations to any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent without such prior written
consent. This Proxy Agreement does not create or confer any rights in favor of
any third person or entity which is not a party to this Proxy Agreement or the
Merger Agreement. Seller, by executing this Proxy Agreement, hereby authorizes
Parent to act as its agent with respect to all matters in this Proxy Agreement
relating to Seller, including any amendments or waivers to or matters required
to be taken in connection with, and receipt of notices under, this Proxy
Agreement; provided, however, that Parent shall promptly give notice to Seller
of any actions taken or notices received by Parent as Seller's agent hereunder.
(c) Binding Effect. This Proxy Agreement shall be binding upon,
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Seller, the Parent, the
Company and Seller's, the Company's or the Parent's respective heirs,
beneficiaries, executors, successors, representatives and permitted assigns, as
the case may be. The proxy granted under Section 2 may be exercised by the
Parent, notwithstanding Seller's intervening death, dissolution or incompetency.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person,
by facsimile, receipt confirmed, or on the next business day when sent by
overnight carrier or on the second succeeding business day when sent by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the
respective parties at the following address (or such other address for such
party as shall be specified by like notice):
(i) If to Parent, to:
Viad Corp
1850 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85077
Attn: Peter Novak, Esq.
Telephone: (602) 207-5913
Fax: (602) 207-5480
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with copies to:
Travelers Express Co.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Mail Stop 8060
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Attn: Michael Berry
Telephone: (612) 591-3820
Fax: (612) 591-3870
and to:
Bryan Cave LLP
2800 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Attn: Frank M. Placenti, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 280-8451
Fax: (602) 266-5938
(ii) If to Seller, at its address set forth on Appendix 1,
with a copy to:
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
1100 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3397
Attn: Howard G. Stacker, Esq.
Telephone: (612) 347-7000
Fax: (612) 347-7077
(e) Counterparts. This Proxy Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.
(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Proxy Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Arizona applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein. Seller (i)
hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of, and agrees that any suit by
it shall be brought only in, the state and federal courts located in the City of
Phoenix and State of Arizona for the purpose of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of or based upon this Proxy Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, and (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by
applicable law, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or
otherwise, in any such proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally
to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or
immune from attachment or execution, that any such proceeding brought in one of
the above-named courts is improper, or that this Proxy Agreement, or the
transactions contemplated hereby, may not be enforced in or by such court.
Seller hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in connection with
any legal matters or proceedings pertaining to this Proxy Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, by the delivery of copies of such process by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to Seller to the address
provided in Section 4(d). Nothing contained in this Section shall affect the
right of the Parent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or
commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Seller in any other
jurisdiction. In the event the Seller should commence or maintain any action
arising out of or related to this Proxy
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Agreement in a forum other than the state and federal courts located in the City
of Phoenix and State of Arizona, the Parent shall be entitled to request the
dismissal of such action, and Seller stipulates that such action shall be
dismissed.
(g) Entire Agreements. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement
and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof.
There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants, or
undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
with respect to such subject matter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Proxy Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Parent and the Seller whose names appear below as of the day and
year first above written.
VIAD CORP, a Delaware corporation
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
SELLER:
_______________________________________
BRUCE DACHIS, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE
MARNIE J. DACHIS IRREVOCABLE TRUST,
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 28, 1993
_______________________________________
BRUCE DACHIS, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE
LOUIS A. DACHIS IRREVOCABLE TRUST,
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 28, 1993
ACKNOWLEDGED:
GAME FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
a Minnesota corporation
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
County of Hennepin )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____ day of
September, 1997, by Bruce Dachis, as Trustee for the Marnie J. Dachis
Irrevocable Trust, dated as of December 28, 1993.
_______________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
________________________________
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
County of Hennepin )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____ day of
September, 1997, by Bruce Dachis, as Trustee for the Louis A. Dachis Irrevocable
Trust, dated as of December 28, 1993.
_______________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
_________________________________
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Appendix 1
To Irrevocable Proxy Agreement
Shareholder Number of Shares Address
- ----------- ---------------- -------
Bruce Dachis, as Trustee for the
Marnie J. Dachis Irrevocable Trust,
dated as of December 28, 1993.
Bruce Dachis, as Trustee for the
Louis A. Dachis Irrevocable Trust,
dated as of December 28, 1993
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EXHIBIT 99.6
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Viad Corp and Game Acquisition Corp. (the "Filing Persons"), hereby agree
to file jointly Schedule 13D and any amendments thereto relating to the
aggregate ownership by each of the Filing Persons of any voting equity security
of a class which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as required by Rule 13d-1 and Rule 13d-2 promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each of the Filing Persons agrees
that the information set forth in such Schedule D and any amendments thereto
with respect to such Filing Person will be true, complete and correct as of the
date of such Schedule 13D or such amendment, to the best of such Filing Person's
knowledge and belief, after reasonably inquiry. Each of the Filing Persons makes
no representations as to the accuracy or adequacy of the information set forth
in the Schedule 13D or any amendments thereto with respect to any other Filing
Person. Each of the Filing Persons shall promptly notify the other Filing
Persons if any of the information set forth in the Schedule 13D or any
amendments thereto shall become inaccurate in any material respect or if said
person learns of information that would require an amendment to the Schedule
13D.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have set their hands this _____ day of
October, 1997.
VIAD CORP
By:_________________________________________
Its:________________________________________
GAME ACQUISITION CORP.
By:_________________________________________
Its:________________________________________
